Li Zhaoji ordered Zhao Changshui to distribute some information, and the first moment everyone got the information, they found that there was a top secret word in the upper right corner, and it was handed over after reading it, and it was not allowed to be kept privately.

This is Li Zhaoji's ability to synthesize the news from all sides and introduce the internal situation of the Ming, Qing, and Shun Kingdoms.

It can be said that the Jiashen national disaster and the seventeen years of fierce war in Chongzhen made the three countries feel the survival of life and death, and each country was eager to make reforms and integrate domestic forces in order to enhance greater strength, unify China at the same time, and completely solve the problem of survival.

Among them, Dashun's reform has been carried out in the deepest and the wider the scope involved. But reform is a redistribution of existing interests, which will inevitably lead to internal turmoil.

First of all, Dashun is establishing its own bureaucratic system and beginning to change some of its previous policies, the first to be abolished is the donation of stolen goods, although this kind of exhaustive method can solve financial problems such as military salaries, but it is a great destruction of the country's ruling order.

As early as the beginning of the war in Guannai, Li Zicheng abolished the recovery of stolen goods and subsidies nationwide.

The second is the policy of tax exemption in Juntian, in the process of the expansion of Dashun, the proposal and partial implementation of the tax exemption policy of Juntian and the implementation of the policy have won the large-scale support of the people at the bottom, so that Dashun can rise rapidly and sweep the entire northern China.

But it also destroyed the tax system in the north, Dashun was established, although more than 70 million taels of silver were confiscated in the capital in one go, but this silver simply could not withstand a long-term large-scale war, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty fought for a year last year, it cost a lot, if a new tax system was not established, the 70 million taels were eaten, that is, when Dashun was defeated.

Therefore, the tax exemption policy must be abolished, and Dashun must establish a new bureaucratic and taxation system in order to achieve long-term peace and stability.

Dashun now owns northern China, and at the same time inherits many of the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, many of which are left by Zhu Ming to be solved urgently. For example, a large-scale cleanup of the vassal kings, guards, and camps of the capital can release the resources occupied by these traditional nobles and use them for the use of the Dashun court.

However, if they have military strength, doing so will inevitably require military strength to suppress it, which will inevitably bring further turmoil within Dashun.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty and Dashun occupy the north and south respectively, the Cao Yun is cut off, and millions of Cao Ding have no food and clothing, which will definitely produce a series of problems, which require Dashun to make up his mind and mobilize resources for integration and reform.

It can be said that whether it is observed from the outside, or from the news obtained from Song Xiance and other internal Dashun, the Dashun Dynasty is eager to solve the Qing army in the Guannei and recover Shanhaiguan, not to control the Manchu Qing with Shanhaiguan and then expand southward, but to determine the security of the capital and the order in the north through Shanhaiguan, so as to have a reasonable environment for internal reform and the integration of various forces.

Not to mention, Dashun has had enough of the weakness and incompetence of those Ming surrendered troops, but he needs a large salary to maintain it, and wants to solve them through Tuntian and other ways.

Li Zhaoji believes that Dashun's reform is comprehensive and thorough, and it is to consolidate the roots and reshape a new ruling order.

Judging from this, such a reform will certainly not be achieved overnight, and it may not be possible to completely complete it in two or three years, or even five years, after all, there are too few qualified bureaucrats in the Dashun court.

The Manchu Qing expanded, the Dashun reformed, and the Ming gathered resources to build a new army of firearms loyal to the center. Li Zhaoji's judgment was that in the next few years, there would be no large-scale war on the mainland, and there would not be too many opportunities for the Oriental Trading Company, so the strategy of the Oriental Trading Company should once again turn to the ocean.

After reading the information provided by Lee Zhaoji and listening to Lee Zhaoji's judgment on the situation, no one raised any objections. The strategic focus of the trading company has shifted to the direction of the sea, which is actually what most people want to see, after all, the Oriental trading company itself has risen in the ocean, and most people are suitable for this kind of work.

Liu Mingde and others are happy to see it, so naturally they will not object, and Chen Liuzi is the biggest vested interest, watching everything indifferently. Yang Yandi was the only opponent, but Li Zhaoji first disarmed and then deployed the work of the trading company, which can already show his determination.

Yang Yandi coughed lightly and said, "During this time, on behalf of the trading company, I have conducted a series of contacts with Zhang Nai on military cooperation.

They have encountered a series of difficulties in Shanhaiguan, and now let me introduce you to ........ ”

Before the year, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty made a strategy of annexing the dynasty and Xian, it immediately made deployments, and the key was to withdraw the troops occupying Jizhou and Yongping in the pass, whether it was the Green Banner or the Eight Banners. This, of course, caused a series of confusion.

The Green Banner Army is a part of the Zhu Ming surrendered army after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and Gao Di and Wu Sangui's troops were only part of it, because the Qing army's invasion footprints were all over the north of the Yellow River, so a large number of Ming troops who surrendered to Dashun surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and some gentry surrendered.

When these armies and gentry surrendered, the Manchu Qing Dynasty marched forward in the Guannei, and the Great Shun was defeated and retreated, and because of the unpopular pursuit of stolen goods, many people thought that the Manchus could defeat the Great Shun, even if they would not enter the Central Plains and unify the Xia, they could also replace it.

But no one expected that Dashun continued to send reinforcements to stabilize the situation, while the Manchu Qing Dynasty retreated to Liaodong after grabbing enough in the Central Plains, but wanted to occupy the area from Jizhou to Shanhaiguan to provide convenience for entering and exiting the border wall in the future.

It's just that for Dashun, this is the side of the couch, and others are not allowed to sleep soundly. If Shanhaiguan was not recovered, the capital was really unstable, so Li Zicheng immediately marched eastward after the Qing army withdrew, starting the second eastward crusade.

This time the Eastern Crusade was very fruitful, because Li Zicheng had a good political skill, he found that the Green Banner soldiers became the main force of the Qing army to stay in the pass for consumption, so they began to appease on a large scale, even if it was a rebellion, as long as they were attached again, they could still be treated the same, for the gentry, Li Zicheng even directly sent the appointed edict to them, so that they could fill the official positions in various places.

If it weren't for Dolgon's further shrinkage of Azig to Shanhaiguan, the Green Banner might have collapsed due to Dashun's combination of hard and soft measures.

When Dashun recovered the state capital in Shanhaiguan, it was in front of Shanhaiguan to meet a bloody flow, the Manchu Qing Dynasty imitated Dashun's way of guarding Tongzhou and the capital, built all kinds of large and small fortifications in Shanhaiguan, put the green flag soldiers, Han military flags and other firearms troops into it, supplemented by part of the Manchurian Eight Banners, and consumed the attack on Dashun.

Both sides fought a large-scale campaign both before and after, and although the Shun army achieved some results, it suffered heavy casualties.

"The current strategy of the Shun army is to abandon the frontal assault from the west side of Shanhaiguan and switch to a flank attack. He wanted to conquer Shanhaiguan by leading away the main force of the Qing army. Yang Yandi said helplessly.

But it is clear that Shunjun does not have many options.

First of all, it is impossible in southern Liaoning, from Haicheng to Jinzhou fortress, thousands of miles of uninhabited, increase troops in southern Liaoning, attack to the north, even if the battalion of Abatai is broken, it will not be able to pose any major threat to the core area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

And landing in other areas is to directly crash into the core area of the Qing army, and may be completely annihilated.

There are two plans put forward by the Shun army, one is to reoccupy Juehua Island, land in Ningyuan, and directly cut off the retreat supply line of the Shanhaiguan garrison army. Another plan was to land in the area of the mouth of the Liaohe River, attack the core area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, force it to send troops to support, and reduce the strength of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan.

No matter which plan is reasonable, but the key point is that landing is the most complex form of warfare, and no matter where you choose to land, you will have to face a flanking attack and encirclement from the Manchus, and such a dangerous task cannot be carried out by any army.

Although Zhang Nai did not put forward it directly, Dashun's meaning was still very clear, to hire the army of the Oriental Trading Company for direct support, and it was even more obvious that this support was by no means the scale of the original Dongfang Brigade attacking Liaodong, and the scale would only become larger.

Of course, Dashun is also willing to cooperate in the attack and give more rewards, but there is resistance on the side of the Oriental Trading Company.

If Li Zhaoji was willing to accept and help, he would not insist on the dismissal of the Eastern Brigade.

"Are we going to respond to Dashun's request?" Yang Yandi asked directly, he didn't have any hope for this. If the Eastern Brigade were to expand and participate in the war, it would take at least another year, which would greatly affect the trading company's expansion strategy on the sea.

Li Zhaoji said: "No, there is no need to respond, if they don't take the initiative to make a request, we don't need to respond, if they make a request, we will refuse in the name of being disarmed, and then tell them that the trading company is willing to support them in reforming a part of the army, so that they can get the power to land in Liaodong on their own." ”

Yang Yandi smiled slightly and said, "It seems to be perfunctory." ”

Li Zhaoji also smiled and said: "It is not us who urgently want to recover Shanhaiguan, but Dashun, in fact, the longer the battle of Shanhaiguan is fought, the greater the possibility of forming a continental balance of power." ”

Yang Yandi nodded, since Li Zhaoji is this strategy, then everything does not need to be discussed anymore.

Liu Mingde saw that Yang Yandi had finished his business, so he took the initiative to say: "Mr. Zhao Wenji has come back from Jiangnan again, bringing a new problem.

Today's Ming court, in addition to establishing a new firearms army loyal to the central government, is also considering the strategy of uniting and leveling the Kou.

Shen Youlong wanted to ask about the specific attitude of our trading company. ”

"Don't they have any new ways to do it, just like that?" Chen Liuzi said sarcastically without hesitation.

Li Zhaoji said: "This is a major issue, related to the friendship between us and Dashun and Daming, and if you have any ideas, you can put forward." ”

Liu Mingde was the first to say: "I think that as long as our attitude is not directly opposed, it is enough. ”

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