All of a sudden, all sorts of fancy flattery.

Chongzhen can't listen to it, what about your discipline?

"Okay, King Ding's fight in Liaodong is really good, but if you want to say that he can compare with Han Xin and Huo Quai, then you are not praising him, but harming him." Chongzhen snorted lightly and said, "However, the Liaodong Army accidentally destroyed the Horqin Mongols, but it cut off one of Jiannu's arms, and the success of the Northern Expedition was one point higher. ”

In fact, Zhu Cijiong's successful forced landing in Horqin Mongolia is by no means more than that.

The biggest advantage of the forced landing on Horqin Mongolia is the opportunity to make the Horqin people Cossacks of the Ming Dynasty.

In short, the vast expanse of Siberia had to be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, but the government's military occupation was costly and unsustainable.

Because Siberia and the adjacent Far East are too vast, and the transportation is extremely closed, the winter weather is very cold and not suitable for activities, but once the weather warms up, and there are swamps and mud everywhere, the army is simply not able to do it, so the cost of sending troops to occupy it by government actions is too low.

Therefore, we can only hope for the spontaneous armed development of the people.

Just as Tsarist Russia drove the Cossacks to the armed development of Siberia and the Far East.

At this time, the Cossacks' armed development of Siberia should have just begun, in the vast Siberia at most, there were dozens of armed strongholds, and the number of people in each stronghold was very small, before and after the two battles of Yaksa, the first time the Cossacks participated in the war was only more than 400 people, and the second time the strength doubled was only more than 800 people.

If at this time tens of thousands of Korqin cavalry were to fight with the Cossacks for the whole of Siberia and even further east in the Far East, the success would undoubtedly be great.

Chongzhen suddenly fell into deep thought, which made Xu Yingwei and the others a little puzzled.

Gao Qiqian asked with concern: "Holy Lord, but your body is not suitable?" ”

"Nope." Chongzhen blurted out, "I'm thinking about the problem of Siberia. ”

"Siberia?" Gao Qiqian said with a blank face, "Who is Siberia?" ”

Xu Yingwei said with a smile: "Siberia means muddy land in Mongolian, which refers to the vast forests and grasslands further north of Mobei. ”

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"Oh, that's a place name."

There is no embarrassment in Gao Qiqian, our family has little reading.

Jiang Tianyi said: "Holy Lord, although Siberia has a vast territory, its climate is cold, ten times worse than that of Liaodong, and the roads are blocked, it is a wild and barren land, and it is harmful and useless to take it. ”

"Rat-eyed." Chongzhen reprimanded with a rare reprimand.

"Siberia, though it is in the wilderness, is not a barren land."

"At the moment alone, the forests of Siberia contain infinite treasures."

"All kinds of precious animal skins, one is worth a thousand gold, and there are all kinds of precious Chinese medicinal materials, especially ginseng, any one is worth ten thousand gold, and there are also dog's head gold in each river."

"In the future, this land will be even more priceless."

"The vast forests of Siberia, the waters of Lake Baikal, and the coal, oil, natural gas, and so many more that will be taken for future generations!"

Zheng Sen, Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars looked at each other when they heard this.

Animal skins, ginseng, they can understand them, they can understand forest coal and even oil.

But what the hell is the water? I am in the Ming Dynasty, Kyushu Wanfang, will there still be a shortage of water? No, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River alone have an inexhaustible supply of water, so what is so rare about this?

And what the hell is natural gas? I've never heard of it.

However, after Chongzhen said this, Jiang Tianyi and the others immediately realized something.

That is, the Holy Lord seems to have an unusual interest in this vast and wild land of Siberia.

At that moment, Jiang Tianyi sincerely apologized: "Holy Lord, the minister is indeed short-sighted and failed to see the benefits of Siberia, since this Siberia contains so many rare treasures, I should take it from the Ming Dynasty." ”

Scholars such as Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan, and Zheng Sen seriously discussed the possibility of controlling Siberia.

However, several scholars discussed for a long time and came to the unanimous conclusion that the Ming Dynasty had no ability to control Siberia at all.

Yan Yingyuan said to Chongzhen very seriously: "Holy Lord, Siberia is indeed a heart-warming treasure land, but it is too far away from the center of the Ming Dynasty, even farther away than Annan, and the climate is bitterly cold, the roads are blocked, and it is extremely difficult to transfer military supplies, so if you want to stay for a long time, the cost is too great, and it is really worth the loss." ”

Zheng Sen said: "Of course, the garrison army is a waste of food, but what if there is a small number of garrisons? ”

"A small garrison is useless." Xu Yingwei shook his head and said, "Because this land is too vast, even if it is a hundred thousand troops to share such a large land, there are very few within a hundred miles." ”

Chongzhen said with deep understanding: "Youzhen and Wanheng are right, sending a large army to garrison Siberia consumes food and salaries and the gains outweigh the losses, so they can only use other methods to control Siberia, for example, under the pretense of the hands of the Horqin people." ”

"Control of Siberia under the guise of the Korqin people?" Yan Yingyuan was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Chongzhen said: "To put it bluntly, it is driven by profits, the forests and grasslands of Siberia contain a large number of rare and exotic beasts, and there are even doghead gold in the rivers, so we can drive them deep into Siberia and even the Far East to pan for gold by buying animal skins, ginseng and other Chinese medicinal materials and gold from the Horqin people." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Not only the Korqin people, but also the Chahars, Tumuts and even the Khalkhas can adopt the same strategy, as time goes by, the Mongols of all walks of life will inevitably build military bases in various key passes in Siberia for their own safety and supplies, so that the vast Siberia will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Holy Wisdom." Xu Yingwei said sincerely, "This policy is indeed a good policy. ”

The rest of the scholars also responded one after another, and seeing that all the scholars agreed, Chongzhen made up his mind.

At that moment, Chongzhen said to Gao Qiqian again: "Gao companion, immediately give the king a reply, the good news has been received, and I have the following considerations regarding the follow-up disposal of Horqin Mongolia......

……

At this time near the Bering Strait in the Far East there was a stronghold called Anadyr.

Of course, at this time, the Bering Strait did not have a name, and Bering was not born yet.

Anadyr was a small armed stronghold, with dozens of Cossacks stationed here all year round, fishing, hunting, collecting furs and transporting them back to Moscow to sell to the nobles for money.

Inside the stronghold, dozens of Cossacks were sitting around the fireplace drinking and eating meat.

An Ayinu girl came to give them barbecue, but a Cossack took her into her arms, and her big rough hand touched the girl's chest, but the girl was not annoyed, and threw her wink.

But before he could touch it twice, the Cossack shuddered.

Taking advantage of this brief interval, the girl turned around and fled from the Cossack's arms.

Another tall Cossack teased: "Dezhniov, how many times did you toss on Eva last night?" Why is there a weak heart, haha. ”

The other Cossacks laughed along.

"Shut up." The Cossack named Dezhnyov scolded with a dark face, "I have a bad feeling that something bad is about to happen." ”

"What could be bad?"

"Are you worried about making Baby's belly bigger?"

"Did an illegitimate child come to your door and ask you to pay child support?"

More than a dozen Cossacks made a mocking gesture, and the atmosphere was unusually enthusiastic.

Dezhniov always felt cold on his back, was it really because he had done too much and his body was weak? It seems that you will have to control it in the future, this thing is not only Figoby, but the key is also a cost.

……

At the same time that the good news from Liaodong arrived at Dagukou, the defeat report of Horqin was also sent to the city of Beijing.

Coming to Beijing to deliver the defeat report was Esen's eldest son Nuo Jiyan, who stayed with a thousand cavalry to watch the horses, and later found out that after the Horqin cavalry was tricked, this cowardly did not dare to take a thousand cavalry to the rescue, but decisively led the army to escape, and even took care of the more than 30,000 horses, which really lost the face of the golden family.

Then again, if Nuo Jiyan really rushed to the rescue, he would just hit Zhu Cijiong's muzzle, not only would he not be able to save his Lao Tzu, but he would also put his own 1,000 cavalry in.

From this logic, Nuo Jiyan's choice seems to be right.

After listening to Nuo Jiyan's personal explanation, Dolgon was startled from the kang.

More than 30,000 strong men in Horqin were all wiped out, Esen's life and death were uncertain, and most of the Jitai Belle of the Ten Banners were also lost, which was a catastrophe for the entire Horqin Mongolia and even the entire Qing Dynasty!

Because the Horqin people are not only the hardcore allies of the Jurchens, but also the link between the Qing Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes, and now that the Horqin link has been cut off by the Ming army, the Tumut Mongols and Chahar Mongols will definitely be separated from the Qing Dynasty, and it will not be so easy to transfer the cavalry of these two tribes to the south of King Qin after the beginning of spring.

Of course, that's not the most worrying thing for Dolgon.

The woman who worries Dorgon the most is the woman in the Forbidden City.

At that moment, Dolgon held on to his sick body and said to Cao Eryu: "Change my clothes, I want to enter the palace." ”

"Master, it's time for the palace to be locked." Cao Eryu whispered to dissuade, "And your body is not good, Lang Zhong confessed that he couldn't blow the cold wind......"

"What, you're teaching me to do things?" Dolgon's eyes froze.

"Uh, no, that's not what the minion meant, the minion should be damned......" Cao Eryu quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Alright, bring me my fur." Dolgon glared at Cao Eryu coldly, and then said, "Let those dog minions prepare the warm sedan chair again, and I will enter the palace in the warm sedan chair this time." ”

Dolgon still cherishes his own life.

Lang Zhong said that he couldn't blow the cold wind, so he sat in a warm sedan chair. 【Kneel and beg for a commuter pass】