Ao Bai talked about how the European powers developed their colonies and the primitive accumulation of wealth, and the three old ministers and "Chongzhen" felt that this was too long-term after hearing it.

He Ru sighed: "You mean that we help Portugal get rid of Spanish control, occupy a place as a stronghold, and then develop trade to Europe, as well as those countries that have been invaded, we go to compete with European powers for resources?" Isn't our Ming doing the same thing as the Jurchens? We are a country of etiquette, how can we do such a thing? ”

Li Biao also frowned and said, "Portugal and Spain are on the same continent, so it's not good for us to send troops to interfere in their relationship?" We fought with the Jurchens in Liaodong, and they never interfered. ”

The Portuguese did not interfere with the Ming because there was no profit to be gained. And they came to the East with such a small number of people, even if they saw a piece of fat, they couldn't gnaw on it. The Ming Dynasty went to Europe, but the interests were huge.

Ao Bai felt that Daming was not developing overseas, but he was giving away the God-given opportunity. When Zheng He went to the West, the Ming Dynasty had a very strong navy and was still in a leading position in the world. They would have had the opportunity to become a colonial power in the world if they wanted to. But the Ming Dynasty did not do this, and after Zheng He returned, the emperor foolishly ordered that sailing was strictly forbidden and stopped all construction and repair work on ocean-going sailing ships. Shake hands and play dedication. Merchants and sailors who violated the ban were put to death. In the course of a hundred years, the Ming navy went down the path of self-destruction, and instead caused the Kou to wreak havoc along the coast of China. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, the leader of the Ming Dynasty quickly left the stage of world history.

Why did the Ming Dynasty give up its power when it had absolute hegemony at sea? Just because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty listened to too many lies, he really regarded himself as the son of heaven, and colonialism was contrary to the ideal almighty, demigod son of heaven. It's a pity that when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China hundreds of years later, it proved that the Son of Heaven without force was about equal to Sun Tzu.

Ao Bai felt that he had to reverse their pedantic thinking. He said with a straight face: "Foreigners and Rogues have all come to our coast to harass us, has our etiquette played any role?" Etiquette can cultivate the sentiments of the people in peacetime, but externally, being too reasonable will only have one future result, that is, suffering. When we were strong, Japan and Korea recognized us as vassals, and our military strength was weak, not to mention letting them pay tribute, and we were thankful that they didn't come to find some trouble. After the opening of the sea ban, if the Japanese Kou still dare to come to the Ming coast to cause chaos, I will personally lead the troops to destroy them and make it the land of the Ming Dynasty.

For the country of Japan, Ao Bai cannot afford to have any sympathy. Even if the Japanese are killed, the only regret in the future is that there are not so many x-movies to watch at most.

Seeing that he was resolute, Li Biao sighed, "I now understand why you were able to attack the Shoe Target Tribe with the defenders. But I don't agree with this matter, we don't have internal stability now" There are still Jurchens in Liaodong eyeing each other, how can they take the initiative to provoke a war again? ”

"If anyone dares to come and make trouble, send troops to clean them up. How can it be called taking the initiative to provoke a war? "Ao Bai thought in his heart that it was better for the Spaniards to make trouble, so that there would be a reason to go to Europe to destroy them.

He Ru said: "Money is needed to fight a war, how can Daming have the money to fight a war now?" ”

Ao Bai said: "Therefore, it is even more necessary to open the sea ban and collect customs duties, as long as foreigners want to trade with us, they have to pay taxes." In addition, the people along the coast also have to sell their goods, and only when they do business can they have silver. ”

After being silent for a while, Xu Guang spoke. "I agree with Lord Huang's idea of opening the sea ban. Foreigners want to do business with us, and doing so will definitely be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. However, there is now a group of pirates entrenched on the coast, and if we do not solve them, I am afraid that trade will be difficult. ”

Ao Bai asked, "Pirates? Isn't it amazing? ”

Xu Guangqi said: "I heard that the largest pirate gang is in Fujian, with tens of thousands of people. ”

"If you want to strengthen the Navy. Can these people be recruited directly? When the time comes, it is enough to seal the pirate leader as an official, and only summon those who are good to the people, and if anyone robs them, they will be killed. I think this can be done by informing the officials in Fujian. "Ao Bai was very happy to hear that there were pirates, and they liked to rob, so he asked them to go to foreign countries to rob, such as Europe and the Americas. Let them grab a good time, just come back and hand in some of it.

"Chongzhen" also said: "I think it is feasible to open the sea ban." ”

It's three to two. He Ru is a family of Aobai, and sooner or later he will support him. Li Biao smiled and said, "Then put it on the agenda and prepare to open the sea ban." Prepare the officials of the coastal provinces. ”

It is inevitable to send eunuchs to supervise the collection of taxes, and the East Factory has been withdrawn for half a year, and the taxes are much less, so it can't be like this anymore.

Li Biao asked again, "Didn't Lord Sun say that the Jin Kingdom wanted to negotiate peace?" He went back without discussing it at the court, and you gave him an idea? ”

Ao Bai said: "I have a plan on the border, which must be kept secret to be effective, so I will not discuss it in the imperial court." Now there must be Jurchen spies in the Central Plains. Didn't they want to make peace?

It's okay to negotiate peace, but you have to return the cities of the Ming Dynasty such as Shenyang and Liaoyang. As long as they return to Jianzhou, the Ming soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Salhu and the Battle of Juehua Island and the lost financial accounts will not be counted for them. If they want to expand their territory, they can go to North Korea. If they take down North Korea and move there, and give back the territory of the Ming Dynasty, we will open a market with them and be willing to help them develop. But if you want to nibble away at Daming step by step, there is no door. ”

Shenyang, Fushun, and Liaoyang were originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and as long as the Jurchens had these bases, they would endlessly harass the Ming Dynasty. Now that the economic situation of the Jin State is not good, and there is a serious shortage of materials, they want to negotiate peace, and only by trading with the Ming Dynasty to stabilize the situation in the Jin State can they take the Han slaves for their own use. As long as they don't trade, they won't do it, and they can only rely on Zhangjiakou and the Lu family to trade. If this continues, there will be less and less currency, gold and silver in their territory, and the problem will become more and more serious. Sooner or later, irreconcilable contradictions will arise, triggering civil strife.

Li Biao said: "Let us go back to our land, how can they agree to such conditions?" ”

Ao Bai nodded and said lightly: "Of course they won't agree." But we have to show enough sincerity, first of all, to transfer Man Gui back to Guannei, in addition to letting Man Gui come back, but also to transfer the officers and soldiers of Xifengkou and Jizhou Town, leaving only half of the troops, and letting Lord Sun himself guard there. Temporarily cease war with them, give them time to deal with North Korea and Lin Dan Khan. All four were confused. Xu Guangqi asked: "In this way, haven't we lost all the good situation?" How can a war be fought like this? All the troops were transferred, what if the enemy went around from there to attack the Central Plains? ”

Li Biao sighed: "Also, if North Korea is really captured by the Jin State, our rear will have no support at all." What to do with Dongjiang Town? ”

Ao Bai smiled mysteriously and said: "Dongjiang Town has lost the supply of North Korea, and it has long existed in name only. A group of refugees were there, obviously they couldn't fight, and they had to spend a lot of military pay to provide for them. I suggest that Mao Wenlong be summoned back as well, and this place in Dongjiang Town is gone.

The Dongjiang earthquake could only play a role in harassment, and it could not become an atmosphere, so let the navy army meet them, and all of them returned to the Central Plains, completely solving the worries of Huang Taiji's southward journey. ”

The three old ministers are not military generals, and they don't know much about soldiers, and although "Chongzhen" doesn't understand what Aobai is going to do, he believes him very much, and says with a smile: "Then nickname?" You must already have a plan, right? I don't think there's anything you can't do. ”

Ao Bai said: "Huang Taiji accepted this great gift, why don't you go south, then he will disappoint me too much, this Khan King is in vain." At this time, he is likely to do two things, one is to attack North Korea, occupy North Korea, and let them lose their country, but at some cost. If Huang Taiji was smart, he would attack Korea first. After gaining the upper hand, he quietly divided his troops and went to Mongolia. ”

Li Biao asked, "What is he doing in Mongolia?" ”

Turtle Bai said: "I want to win over the Mongolian tribes at the border and make a detour to attack the Central Plains." ”

Xu Guangqi frowned and said, "You did these things just to let them go around to attack the Central Plains?" What's in it for us? ”

"The good thing is that if they come in, they don't have to go back."

Ao Bai has been paying close attention to the situation on both sides. Today's situation can be said to have entered a period of stalemate, neither side has done anything in the Guanning front line to carry out a full-line attack, if such a strategic balance of power is maintained, it will fall into the people's assumptions, the Ming Dynasty is rich, time is favorable to the Ming Dynasty, and the economy is used to drag them down. The negotiation of peace by the Jin State is a delaying tactic. Huang Taiji wants to slowly deal with Daming under the condition of preserving the Jin Kingdom. It is impossible to get him out of the city. Not garrisoning troops for 400 miles north of Ningyuan City is where he shows sincerity. That piece of land was actually used by the Ming army to settle the field, and after the grain was planted, he took people to collect the ......, Ao Bai paused for a moment, and said: "When I am fighting, I like to analyze problems from the other party's point of view. Now the position of the Jin State is very embarrassing, Huang Taiji must take measures to break the stalemate between the two sides, and it is not possible to attack Guan Ning, so Huang Taiji will take an extremely risky gambling action, and the failure of this action is very likely, but the Jin State has no money, and there is nothing to grab outside the Guan. If you want to change everything, going around to attack the Central Plains is the only option. Huang Taiji has two strategic purposes, the first is to break the strategic balance of power, if Beijing can be taken and the emperor can be robbed, then the Ming Dynasty can be forced to move the capital to give up the defense of Shanhaiguan, just like the situation of Song Liao back then. In addition, it can also carry out a highly destructive harassment, burning and looting all the way, so that the Ming Dynasty changed the border strategy, and the revenge cut troops and the Eight Banners Army field battle. The siege of Beijing is the salvation of attacking the enemy, and they also hope that our army can send the elite and the Eight Banners Army to fight a decisive battle in the field, so as to annihilate the main force of the Ming army in one fell swoop. In short, this is the only way I can think of to break the balance of power. ”

Li Biao sighed: "I'm really confused, you know that they might do this, and you also withdrew Mangui and Mao Wenlong, giving them the opportunity to go south, at this time, you should strengthen the defense of the border pass, right?" ”

Huang Taiji wanted to annihilate the elite of the Ming army, and vice versa, the Eight Banners Army had the advantage of being familiar with the terrain when fighting outside the pass, and if they arrived in the Central Plains, they would be almost ignorant, and there was a possibility of being completely annihilated.

Ao Bai laughed and said, "Didn't you say it? Huang Tai Chi This is gambling and the risk is too great. So if they weren't well prepared and no one led the way, they might not dare to come in. That's why I'm going to make it easier for them. If the opponent is a calm strategist such as me, it is very likely that the situation of being surrounded outside the pass and falling into a bitter battle or not being able to return home in the Central Plains is very likely to happen, and the city of Beijing is not so easy to break, and when the Ming army Shanhaiguan only needs to send an elite army to Shenyang, they basically have to finish the game. However, I will not choose this kind of side to fight them, because the Ming army will also die a lot, which is only the best strategy. ”

Everyone listened to him and said that as long as Huang Taiji led the troops into the Central Plains, they could directly level Liao, and they were happy, but Ao Bai said that he didn't plan to do so.

Xu Guangqi said: "Don't sell Guanzi, what is the best policy?" ”

Ao Bai said with a smile: "The best strategy is to introduce them into the Guannai, and only a small number of people need to be sacrificed to win a complete victory." I have already told Sun Da to enter the party and let him do it. Whether it can be done depends on whether he can find the right person to complete the task. The Eighth Banner Army will not be able to enter in the short term, and this strategy cannot be said, and it will not work if it is said. "Chongzhen" asked, "When they send troops, will you go to the border pass?" ”

Ao Bai smiled: "Don't go." I went, what if they got the news and were too scared to come? Master Sun is now the spiritual leader of the border pass, the pillar of the Ming army, as long as he is there, plus my apprentice Black Eagle, one article and one martial arts are enough to solve the problem. ”

He didn't go because he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he didn't know if Dolgon would listen to his arrangement and take the people of the Guerjia clan to attack Korea. According to his strategy, as long as Huang Taiji is on the set, it will be a dead end to the Central Plains. If the Eight Banners Army thinks that it can still defeat the Ming Army in a field battle, it is very wrong. There is no need to fight hard, a group of infantry has a chain of crossbows, which is enough for them to drink a pot.

He couldn't go to the border because he didn't want to see so many people die in the Eight Banners Army. He never had a good impression of the Jurchens, but his body was given by the Jurchens after all. As long as Dorgon became the king of Khan, he would leave a place for the Jurchens to live, and Korea was the best choice.

Dolgon, you go to know me, and I hope you will forgive me for what I have done. Don't come to the Central Plains. The turtle prayed in his heart.

Mao Wenlong and Man Gui withdrew, which was a great gift from Ao Bai to Huang Taiji. And Sun Chengzong, the spiritual leader, stayed in a very dangerous place, and it was easy to attract people to attack. What the hell is he going to do? Why did Sun Chengzong accept it?

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