Shenyang, Dayamen.

Huang Taiji flipped through the mountains of folds on the big case, and each one was just a glance and then thrown to the ground, as messy as his mood at the moment.

Fan Wencheng stood silently behind him, his hands in his sleeves, his body trembling slightly.

It's not because of the tense and frozen atmosphere in the hall, it's just because of it.

Cold!

The Great Yamen is the main hall of the imperial palace of Manchukuo, the ambition of the Emperor Taiji is great, so the regulation of this palace is very large, although the Great Yamen is not as good as the Fengtian Palace, but it is not small, the palace is large, and there are many stoves that need to be warm.

They can't afford to burn charcoal anymore.

Huang Taiji has nothing to do with the four words of loving the people like a son, his thrift is a word.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Footsteps sounded outside the hall, followed by a figure walking in, Fan Wencheng looked up and saw that it was Sony.

Without speaking, Fan Wencheng took a few steps back and left from the position of the side hall.

He is a Han man, and many times he has to learn to avoid suspicion.

Huang Taiji raised his head, with a slight tiredness on his face.

"It's Sony, sit down."

Sonny bowed down and knocked his head: "The slave has seen the emperor." ”

"It's just the two of us, don't do this, sit down." Huang Taiji sighed, bent down to pick up the scattered folds on the ground one by one, and said in a low tone: "It's so messy, it's a joke." ”

Sonny stood up: "Your Majesty." ”

"I just sighed." Huang Taiji straightened up and squeezed out a smile: "How about it, what have you seen and heard about your envoy to the Mongolian tribes this time." ”

Sonny said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the situation in all Mongolian departments is not good now, three months ago a sudden heavy snow froze more than half of the cattle and sheep, after the snow melted, the severe cold has continued to this day, and many tribesmen's old people and children have frozen to death."

The servants went to borrow grain, but the Mongol tribes could not take out much, so they only borrowed 3,000 cattle and sheep. ”

3,000 cows and sheep, how long can you eat?

Huang Taiji sighed again: "As expected, I asked Daishan to go to North Korea, and North Korea is like this, asking for food but no food, and no clothes." ”

Sonny said hatefully: "North Korea surrendered, but just to deceive the emperor to withdraw from the army, his heart is still in Daming, such a country that is not subordinate, it must be begged!" ”

"Begg? Who's going to ask for it? How to ask? Huang Taiji asked three times in a row, and finally shook his head: "Now that there is a shortage of food in our country, how can the army move, even if it moves, it can only go west to the Ming Dynasty and not south to North Korea, otherwise Yuan Keli and Yuan Chonghuan will attack our army."

Don't talk about this joke of Xingshi's crusade, for now, let's think about how to get through this difficult situation in front of us. ”

Sony lowered his head: "Right now, it is definitely not okay to continue to sit still, there has been no news from the Jin merchants for more than half a year, Fan Yongdou said that there is a dislike within the Jin merchants, and many businesses are no longer willing to sell grain to us, and instead go to find Zhang Xianzhong, who is making trouble in the Ming Dynasty."

Fan Yongdou was lonely, and the caravan couldn't get out of Chahar at all, so it was intercepted by the border army of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"yes, if you wait like this, you'll really sit still."

Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "Therefore, I decided to move troops after the beginning of spring and attack Jinzhou and Ningyuan with all my might!" ”

Sonny looked up in shock: "Attack with all your might? ”

"That's right, the power of the country!"

Huang Taiji's voice is like a dark prison, and the face is cold and frosty: "If this year is another dry year, then we don't have to wait for the Ming people to attack us, we will starve to death, even so, it is better to fight with the Ming people, as long as we can break through Ningjin and Shanhaiguan, our army can drive straight into the pass, forcing Chongzhen's little hairy boy to move the capital south."

As long as he moves the capital, half of the northern part of the Ming Kingdom will enter my hands, and the day of unifying the world will be far from the day when he will conquer the south in the north. ”

That's a good idea.

Sony was worried, but looking at Huang Taiji's confident expression and not daring to open his mouth, he also cheered up: "The emperor is shengming!" ”

"Of course, I will fight, but I will not use only brute force."

Huang Taiji relaxed again and said with a smile: "I have already agreed with Amin and Daishan that next month, I will withdraw 30,000 troops from Xiping and return to Shenyang." ”

Sonny immediately understood what Huang Taiji meant: "The emperor is planning to show weakness to Yuan Chonghuan?" ”

Xiping is the military front line of the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty, less than 200 miles away from Jinzhou, and is the military bridgehead of the Later Jin Dynasty to attack the Ming Dynasty.

But now Huang Taiji has taken the initiative to withdraw the army, which is not a sign of weakness.

"In the hearts of the Han people, recovering the lost land is a greater glory than opening up the territory, which warrior can refuse this glory?

Our army withdrew from Xiping, making the illusion that the army was insufficient, the Ming people would inevitably be deceived, as long as they sent troops to attack Xiping, I would give them Xiping, and even I could give up more than 70 cities in Liaoxi, including Shenyang! ”

Huang Taiji stood up, and at this moment, he regained the spirit of directing the country.

"I just want to pull the Ming army out to fight, I will give them Shenyang and Fushun, and I will fight another war of annihilation against the Ming army in Salhu!"

Showing the enemy weakness and finally finishing the battle is a typical way of betting on national fortune.

If the battle is won, then Houjin, who completely annihilated the Guanning army, can drive straight into the country and force the Ming Dynasty to move the capital south.

What if you lose?

Then there is no Houjin country, and there is no Jurchen nation.

Even this kind of play has been sacrificed, it can be seen that Huang Taiji has indeed been forced to a dead end, not only him, but also the entire Houjin, the entire Eight Banners Jurchen.

Sony was silent, and finally a thousand words turned into a sentence.

"Your Majesty, Shengming."

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"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"What beautiful fireworks."

On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Chinese New Year's Eve, a fireworks show came to Beijing City, which was so beautiful that people were enchanted.

There is a long case at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen wears an apron around his waist, burying his head in the dumpling skin, and occasionally raises his head to look at the sky outside the palace, looking at the bright lights that explode one by one, and the daughter-in-law who took a few little palace maids to enjoy fireworks in the square outside the palace.

"When did this Sun Yuanhua start tinkering with fireworks?" With a smile on his face, Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Chengen, who was in charge of making dumplings next to him: "Isn't this nonsense, I asked him to study gunpowder and cannons, and he will send fireworks to me." ”

Wang Chengen picked up a dumpling skillfully, and his work did not delay his answer.

"During the Chinese New Year, Dean Sun wanted to come here to have a happy and lively time."

"What's so hilarious about this."

Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "If he can bring me a hundred cannons, even if he blows up this Qianqing Palace, I will feel lively." ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help but laugh: "The next time the slave maid sees Dean Sun and tells him, when the Chinese New Year is next year, I will try to pull the cannon into the palace for His Majesty." ”

"Okay, you Wang Chengen, I'm squeezing out."

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and smiled, and was about to say a few words, when Cao Huachun walked over from the corridor of the hall on the west side, walked to Zhu Youzhen's side, and whispered.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the King of Joseon, Yi Kun, has arrived."

"Where did you come from?"

"Escorted by the Taishi, from the port of Tianjin."

Zhu Youzhen's work was not delayed at all, and he continued to ask: "What are you doing?" ”

"The envoy said that a few months ago, Jiannu sent people to borrow grain from Korea, but Li Liang did not agree, fearing that Jiannu would send troops to attack them, so he sent an envoy to attack Jiannu with my Ming Dynasty."

Cao Huachun said: "The DPRK is very sincere, and promised that once the troops are dispatched, the DPRK side will send 50,000 troops as the vanguard, and the DPRK will bear the military rations of our army. ”

"It deserves to be my brotherly state of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youzhen sighed with heartfelt emotion, but then shook his head: "But if it is for this matter, the envoy I will disappear, you arrange it, let the envoy escort him back to China after a few days of rest in our Daming, let the envoy tell Li Liang that I will not fight, and let him rest assured that Huang Taiji will not dare to send troops to fight him, if Huang Taiji dares to send troops, I will definitely send troops to rescue." ”

Cao Huachun's lips squirmed a few times, and finally lowered his head: "Yes, the slave has written it down." ”

With that, he turned and left.

Wang Chengen glanced at his back, didn't say much, and continued to rush the work in his hands.

Although he also felt that Zhu Youzhen was too cowardly, he thought about it again, and now it is more beneficial to Daming.

Fighting a war is risky.

Gambling on the fortune of the country can be done, but the Ming can't.

Sometimes you can be stable and can endure, that is great wisdom.