"Although the Ming Dynasty has weak folk customs and treacherous kings and traitorous ministers, its land is vast, rich in resources, numerous cities, and has a population of hundreds of millions. It can be said that a hundred-footed insect will not die even if it dies. The customs of the people there are very different from those of Manchuria, and they are separated from Manchuria by mountains and seas.

, although our Eight Banners in Manchuria have strong troops and horses, if we attack one city after another, the casualties will be heavy.

"And our Eight Banners in Manchuria have less than 100,000 young and strong men. Combined with the Eight Banners in Manchuria and the Eight Banners in Mongolia, the newly formed Eight Banners Han Army has only 200,000 soldiers. How can we withstand the attack of one city after another?

casualties?”

Daishan's mustache, goatee and pigtails on his head were all mottled and gray. At this moment, he looked at Huang Taiji, frowned and spoke, and his face was full of worry.

"Since my emperor came to the throne, he first conquered Korea and second Mongolia, and also conquered the Ming Dynasty several times, killed its vassal kings, surrounded its capital, and took countless lives and property from them. Even Warka, who is far to the west, is waiting for the wind to come back.

, the emperor’s achievements have far surpassed those of previous dynasties.

"However, during this period, the soldiers of the Eight Banners suffered hardships in the battle, and Niu Ludingzhuang suffered heavy casualties, but they cannot be underestimated. At the beginning of the year, the army attacked Songjin, and almost every family in Shengjing wore mourning and cried. It was only half a year ago.

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"Besides, now we in Manchuria have no strong enemies outside and no internal disturbances. We can say that the government is harmonious and the world is at peace. Not to mention that the families of the kings, Baylor and ministers are extremely wealthy. Even if the servants under each banner are wearing armor, they can still have enough food and clothing, and there is no shortage of slaves.

Serve.”

Dai Shan first enumerated the achievements that Huang Taiji was proud of since he succeeded to the throne, and then talked about the hardships experienced by the soldiers of the Eight Banners. At the same time, he also talked about the great situation in the Qing Dynasty. Then he changed the topic and said:

"At this time, we, Manchuria, should organize our households and bring together the people, enjoy peace, and rest and recuperate with the cattle under our banner for a few years. Your Majesty is familiar with the Han Dynasty. Don't you know that the sun will move when it is midday, the moon will be waning when it is full, and the peak will decline.

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To this day, few people in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty dare to speak like this to the Tatar puppet emperor Huang Taiji.

Erbeile Amin and Third Beile Manggultai, who once dared to have sex with Huang Taiji in front of each other, have both been tortured to death.

The second Beile Amin was imprisoned by Huang Taiji until his death, and the third Beile Manggurtai died suddenly, and was later executed by his entire family for treason.

Since then, Huang Taiji's authority has become stronger and stronger. Even Ji Ao, who is not inferior to Abatai, Azig, Dorgon, Duduo and others, dare not contradict Huang Taiji face to face.

However, there is still one person who dares to express different opinions in front of Huang Taiji. This person is Dabeile, who was personally conferred by Nuerhachi in the past, and is now the Prince of Li, Daishan.

Daishan was originally a centrist among the Manchu Tatar clan dignitaries. He was neither the stubborn old guard like Erbeile Amin or Sanbeile Manggurtai who was obsessed with the old Nuerhaci system, nor was he like Huang Taiji, a scholar who liked to re-employ traitors.

, the so-called "enlightened faction" who like to adopt the Han system.

He initially cautiously approved of the enterprising spirit of Huang Taiji and the young men of the Eight Banners, so he had been cautiously supporting Huang Taiji in taking down the second Beile Amin and the third Beile Mang Gurtai, and gained huge benefits from it.

But after the death of Erbeile Amin and Third Beile Manggurtai, Daishan, as a vested interest, and as he grew older, his children and grandchildren enjoyed high titles and generous salaries, and his position began to change step by step.

He began to feel a little worried about the insatiable enterprising spirit of Huang Taiji and the young Eight Banners faction, and began to advise Huang Taiji openly and secretly to give up when things were good and not to take risks. He became a conservative faction among the Eight Banners dignitaries in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In his view, the Eight Banners of Manchuria were less than 100,000 old Jurchens, but they had already conquered Korea and Mongolia.

Even the tribes of Khalkha and Sauron in the far north and the tribes of Varkha in the far west all joined.

Before such a large territory could be consolidated or properly digested and absorbed, they were thinking about going south to the Ming Dynasty. If they were not careful, everything would be lost.

By then, not only will the territory of Guanli in the Ming Dynasty be unable to be conquered, or once conquered, no one will be able to defend it. I am afraid that even Korea and Mongolia that have already been conquered, or the Khalkha and Varkha tribes that have voluntarily surrendered, may be defeated.

About to rebel and leave.

Others may not know how weak the Jurchens' foundation is, but he, the great Beile, who has been fighting everywhere since he started his army in Nuerhachi, knows it very well.

In just a few decades, they went from Jianzhou to the Jin Dynasty, and from the Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Their rise was astonishing.

Sometimes, when Daishan, who is nearly sixty years old, looks back on the past, even he feels that everything in front of him happened too fast, too easily, and it is incredible.

The older he gets, the more he cherishes everything in front of him, and at the same time, the more afraid he is of losing everything in front of him.

For Daishan, who is nearly sixty years old, his greatest wish is to be able to keep everything in front of him and the wealth that his children and grandchildren already have.

After Daishan finished speaking, Huang Taiji looked unhappy and looked at Daishan with a gloomy face and remained silent, as if he was pondering the intention behind Daishan's words, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

After a while, Huang Taiji finally sighed and said: "How can I not know the intention of Prince Li? Who doesn't want to enjoy wealth and peace? However, I look at today's situation and see that Manchuria has made no progress and cannot retreat. If we advance, we will fight forever.

If you enjoy peace and retreat, your territory will not be preserved within a few years.

"Now when the Southern Dynasty is extremely weak, if we don't take action quickly, when the Southern Dynasty can breathe again, won't Manchuria be in danger again? For the sake of future generations, if we work hard for a few more years, we can enjoy wealth and peace forever.

Already."

Facing Prince Li Daishan, Huang Taiji rarely used a tone that was half discussion and half persuasion. And at the end of the sentence, he changed the topic, raised his tone, and said to several ministers around him:

"According to my decree, from now on, the late General Yangwu Duoluobeleyuetuo will be posthumously named the King of Duoluokeqin County, and his descendants can inherit it hereditary!"

Prince Li Daishan had just listened to Huang Taiji's words and was thinking about how to continue to persuade Huang Taiji to be cautious. However, before he could speak, he heard that Huang Taiji had posthumously conferred the title of Duke on his deceased eldest son Yue Tuo, and he was also a hereditary prince.

All of a sudden, a lot of things that I had just thought about were stuck in my stomach.

Daishan had no choice but to slowly stand up from his seat, walk to the middle of the hall, slowly kneel down towards Huang Taiji, and take the place of his deceased eldest son Yue Tuo, as well as the living sons of Yue Tuo, who were his grandsons.

Thank you, everyone.

Of course there is something in what Daishan said before. Among the dignitaries of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were many people who personally fought in the north and south. However, after Nuerhaci, there were not many big shots who actually died on the battlefield, and Yue Tuoqia

is one of them.

In the winter of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Yue Tuo was appointed as General Yangwu and led his army to invade the Ming Dynasty. He conquered dozens of cities one after another, and even reached Shandong and captured Jinan.

However, just after Jinan was captured, Yue Tuo, who had made outstanding contributions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, fell ill and soon died in Jinan city.

When he went on the expedition, he was still alive and kicking, but what he returned to Shengjing was a cold coffin and a rotting corpse in the coffin.

This situation made Daishan feel the pain of a white-haired person giving a black-haired person a gift.

Because Yue Tuo's biological mother, Dai Shan's first wife, died young, the relationship between Dai Shan and his eldest son Yue Tuo was originally not harmonious. However, no matter how much discord there is between father and son, Yue Tuo is the eldest son of Dai Shan's first wife.

This relationship is much closer than the relationship between half-brothers.

Moreover, the older Daishan gets, the more he cares about family ties. The previous disagreement with his eldest son Yue Tuo may actually be more of a deliberate superficial phenomenon, a wise and prudent self-preservation strategy.

Otherwise, how could Yue Tuo become the leader of the red flag during the Nuerhaci era?

However, Yue Tuo's fate may not be very good. Not long after he was granted the title of Prince Heshuocheng, the major rebellion of Sanbeile Manggultai was exposed.

Because he married Mang Gurtai's niece, the daughter of Mang Gurtai's sister Mang Guji, he was implicated in the Mang Gurtai rebellion, and his title of Prince Heshuocheng was quickly deprived of him.

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If Huang Taiji hadn't thought about his previous meritorious service, he might have been killed at that time.

In the autumn of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji gave Yue Tuo another opportunity to perform meritorious service. He named him General Yangwu and asked him to lead the army to conquer the Ming Dynasty together with Prince Rui Dorgon. However, he died in Guanli.

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After his death, his coffin was carried back to Shengjing by the Tatar army. Huang Taiji originally wanted to give him a title of king in recognition of his past achievements, but at this time, someone came forward to sue him.

He had rebellious intentions during his lifetime, and there are all kinds of personal and material evidence.

Therefore, the matter of Huang Taiji's posthumous title was shelved. Although there was no further prosecution for the crime of treason, there was no posthumous award to commend his meritorious service during his lifetime.

Daishan has always been dissatisfied with this.

His own eldest son Yue Tuo died just a year ago on the way to conquer the Ming Dynasty. After his death, not only did he not receive any due rewards, but he was also accused of treason, which almost caused his grandchildren to be deprived of their clan origin. This

How could he bear this tone?

No matter what the relationship between him and his eldest son Yue Tuo was before, after Yue Tuo died, the many sons left behind were all his biological grandchildren. If he didn't feel sorry for him, who would?

This time, Huang Taiji was about to mobilize the Eight Banners for an expedition again, so Daishan naturally wanted to take this opportunity to express his opinions half-publicly and half-privately.

He wanted to remind Huang Taiji that large armies would kill people, and his eldest son Yue Tuo died because of this last winter.

At this moment, the Tatar puppet emperor Huang Taiji met Prince Daishan and had objections to his preparations to send troops to conquer the Ming Dynasty again after half a year. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized that he immediately gave the posthumous gift owed to Yue Tuo.

Block Daishan's mouth.
Chapter completed!