At the same time, the East Warm Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.

Dolgon is convening Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, and Hou Fangyu to discuss the matter.

After three years of entering the customs, the form of the court meeting of Jiannu was gradually assimilated by the customs of the Central Plains, and the Shuowang court meeting of the Taihe Hall was gradually reduced to a form and a formality, and the military machine room was the institution that really dealt with the government affairs.

But the place where the decision-making power is really exercised is the Dongnuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.

Moreover, before making a decision every time, Dolgon would inevitably consult Hong Chengchou and other staff, and Hou Fangyu also ranked at the bottom of the four major staff members with his performance, which made Cao Eryu jealous.

"Master, as you said, what will happen next will be a battle over firearms." Hong Chengchou said.

"Because it takes ten years to train an eight-banner vest, and it only takes three months to train a musketeer, but when it comes to the battlefield, the eight-banner vest may not be the opponent of a musketeer."

"Heng Jiu, you don't have to worry about me and save face for the Eight Banners vest." Dolgon said.

"Not necessarily, even if the Eight Banners vest is wearing triple armor, it still can't block a shot from the musketeer."

"This is no longer the time to see for decades that whoever has sharp archery and strong armor will be able to win the war."

Speaking of this, Dorgon continued: "Now it is a comparison of whose firearms have a longer range and more lethality, and who has more musketeers, and I must admit that the era of saber archery is over." ”

"Master Mingjian." Hong Chengchou arched his hand, and said, "Compared with the Han army musketeers, the Eight Banners Horse Armor is not only difficult to train, but also extremely difficult to build the armor and weapons required. ”

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "For the same amount of money, one Eight Banners vest can be exchanged for five Han Army musketeers." ”

"Therefore, the minister suggested that the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Eight Banners Han Army, and the Green Battalion should be comprehensively reorganized, and firearms such as flintlock guns, camel boom cannons, and red-coated cannons should be fully refurbished."

"In addition to that, other firearms will be manufactured." Hou Fangyu then said.

"The kind of grenade used by the Ming army often works wonders on the battlefield."

"Yes, grenades and mines." Fan Wencheng said, "It is also necessary to supervise a large number of buildings." ”

Dolgon unconsciously tapped the handrail of the beauty with his fingers, and said after a while: "Have you ever thought about it, after the full replacement of firearms, the cost of money and food for each soldier is actually less, which means that Pseudo-Shun and Nanming will have a larger army, and the Qing Dynasty will also have to train more Eight Banner Han Army?" ”

"Master Mingjian, this is exactly what the slave wants to tell you today."

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng and the others glanced at each other, and then said: "The minions and others suggested that all the Han people in Gyeonggi, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong should be included in the Eight Banners Han Army. ”

"Divide Han Min into the Eight Banners?" Dorgon frowned.

"Yes, Hermes-Epitek is all raising the flag." Hong Chengchou said, "Enjoy the same rights as the bannermen, divide the land for them, and do not need to pay grain taxes, but when the imperial court has the need to fight, all the bannermen must bring their own money, food and weapons, unconditionally for the imperial court to fight on the battlefield, of course, there can be rewards for winning battles." ”

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"Will this work?" There was no expression on Dorgon's face.

The benefits of including all the Han people under his rule into the Eight Banners Han Army are certainly obvious.

First of all, the public security situation will be reversed in an instant, and the Han people will definitely not be as detached from morality as they are now, and will begin to praise the good of the Qing Dynasty.

The second and biggest benefit is that the Qing Dynasty can have millions of soldiers in an instant!

According to the Ministry of Households' estimates, the population of the Han people in Gyeonggi, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, and Liaodong under the rule of the Qing Dynasty is about 5 million, not counting the Mongols and the Jurchens.

This number is much less than that of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the fish scale atlas of the sixth year of Wanli, there are more than 10 million people in Beizhi, Shanxi and Shandong, and the total population is at least 30 million, which means that after decades of war, the population of these provinces has been sharply reduced to only one-sixth of the original.

But this was still a huge number for the Qing Dynasty.

With a population of five million, there are nearly two million dings!

If these two million Ding are organized into the Eight Banners Han Army, it means that under the limit state, the Qing Dynasty will be able to levy two million Eight Banners Han Army for conquest, which is simply wonderful.

Of course, this is only an ideal state, after all, even if two million Han troops can be recruited, the Qing court will not be able to equip these Han troops with two million flintlock pistols.

But one thing is certain.

After the Han people were included in the Eight Banners Han Army, the Qing Dynasty would no longer have the risk of insufficient troops.

After all, according to the information obtained by the Jin merchants from the south, the number of standing troops in Nanming alone has exceeded 800,000, including 150,000 soldiers in Xuzhou, 200,000 soldiers in Guide Town, 150,000 soldiers in Huguang Town, 150,000 soldiers in Yunnan Town, and 270,000 new troops plus cavalry battalions, naval divisions, and Beijing battalions.

In view of this, it was indeed necessary for the Qing Dynasty to expand the number of troops.

But there are also bad aspects to the Han army of the Eight Banners, first of all, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia will definitely be dissatisfied, and even the original Eight Banners Han Army will also have resentment, and the untouchables who were originally trampled under their feet and allowed them to bully and humiliate suddenly sit on an equal footing with them, but everyone will be angry.

Another is that the grain tax of the Qing court was cleared in an instant.

However, the current Qing court has long ceased to be the original Houjin.

The number of Houjin officials was small at first, so the expenditure was not much.

However, since entering the customs, the Qing court has accepted a large number of Han people to demote their officials and enshrined a large number of nobles, so the monthly expenditure is not a small number.

If all the Han people under his rule were included in the Eight Banners Han Army, then the grain tax would instantly go to zero.

Without the grain tax, what would the Qing court use to feed so many officials, as well as honorable nobles?

"Master, you can follow the example of the old Khan and ask for it." Ning Wan said, "At present, the silver reserves of the imperial court are still enough to support five years of expenditures, as for five years later, the Eight Banners Han Army has been organized into an army, and my Qing Dynasty can have millions of elite musket teams, and then I can launch a war of extermination against the Southern Ming and Pseudo-Shun, and then grab a large amount of property from the Pseudo-Shun and Southern Ming, and then maintain the expenses of the imperial court through plunder." ”

That's what the old slaves did.

Whether it is a noble official or a bannerman, there is no money to receive.

If you want to get benefits, you can only follow the old Khan to fight, and if you win the battle, you can share the spoils, and if you make great contributions on the battlefield, the old Khan will have additional rewards.

Hong Chengchou said: "Master, as the so-called Di Yi into Huaxia is Huaxia, Huaxia into Di Yi is Di Yi, I have been Chinese orthodoxy since the day I entered the customs, and I hope that the master will not regard Di Yi as self-esteem, and there will be no more Huayi differences, slave Gong and others please ask the master to divide all the Han army into the Eight Banners Han Army!" ”

"The minions and others respectfully ask the master to classify all Han people into the Eight Banners Han Army."

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan knelt on the ground one after another, only Hou Fangyu did not squeak.

Dolgon did not rush to respond, but remained silent for a long time.

Hong Chengchou They are indeed for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon knows this.

But Dolgon knew better that Manchurian talent was the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and this would never change.

To offend the Manchus in order to curry favor with the Han is to dig one's own grave, and Dolgon would not make such a stupid mistake.

Of course, Hong Chengchou didn't mean to deceive him into making mistakes, but their ideas were a little too naïve, or they still pursued Confucianism in their bones.

It's not that the Confucian system is bad.

But he, Dolgon, will only have a selective adoption.

At that moment, Dolgon bowed his head and said, "I already know the meaning of the three gentlemen, and it is not early, so please go back first." ”

After Hong Chengchou and the others left, Dolgon asked Hou Fangyu, "Chaozong, why didn't you speak just now?" Don't you agree with Hong Chengchou and the three of them? ”

"Yes, the minions don't approve." Hou Fangyu said, "Mr. Hengjiu, they are clearly selfish. ”

"Really?" Hou Fangyu's words surprised Dolgon, and he frowned and asked, "What are your selfish intentions?" ”

Hou Fangyu snorted lightly and said: "Mr. Hengjiu, they proposed that all the Han people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty carry the flag and all of them be included in the Eight Banners Han Army, which on the surface retains the Eight Banners system of the Great Qing Dynasty, but in fact it cuts off the foundation of the Eight Banners system. ”

"So, Hong Chengchou and the three of them want to kill the Qing Dynasty?"

Dolgon's eyes turned cold, as long as Hou Fangyu said yes, he was ready to punish severely.

However, Hou Fangyu shook his head and said: "No, Hong Chengchou and the three of them don't want to kill the Qing Dynasty, but want to transform the Qing Dynasty into what they want." ”

"The way they want it to be?" Dorgon asked, "What does it look like?" ”

Hou Fangyu said in a deep voice: "It's the ministers who have the final say on the major affairs of the country, and the emperor is a puppet, they did this when they were officials in the Ming Dynasty before, and now they want to move this set to my Daqing Dynasty." ”

Dolgon said suddenly: "Even if it is up to the minister to decide, it will not be Hanchen's turn, right?" ”

"Now, of course, it is absolutely impossible for Hanchen to have the final say." Hou Fangyu shook his head and said, "But what about twenty years from now, fifty years from now?" The Han people were better at the imperial examinations, and if the Han people were allowed to enjoy the same power as the Manchus, then one day, the Hanchen would become the mainstream, and the Manchus would be squeezed out of the center of power in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Dolgon suddenly smiled and asked, "Hou Fangyu, you are also Han. ”

"Slaves are Han people, but they are also your slaves." Hou Fangyu Tian said shamelessly, "So I think about you in everything, and I think about Daqing." ”