Chapter 249: The Obstacle of Being the Sovereign Emperor
Huang Taiji did not blame Fan Wencheng, but it was difficult to make a decision for the time being. This was because he did not understand the details of the two red flags' attack on Jinzhou in detail.
After a long silence, Huang Taiji changed the subject and talked about the shortcomings of the expedition against Chahar.
Because the Horqin tribe, which had a large number of troops, missed the expedition, Huang Taiji did not continue to go deep alone despite insufficient troops.
"King Khan, I humbly believe that the Jin-Meng Alliance should have a master-slave relationship and follow the orders of King Khan to avoid similar things from happening again." Fan Wencheng put forward his own suggestions on this.
Huang Taiji laughed and said: "Xian Du is indeed called an alliance, but I, Dai Jin, must take all the initiative. Some rules should be established and strictly enforced."
In front of the long queue, Dorgon and Azig rode side by side. Even the soldiers were far away and could not hear what they were saying.
In the battle against the Chahar tribe, Dorgon fought bravely and defeated the Mongolian troops in Aomuleng. He was awarded the title of "Mergen Dai Qing" by Huang Taiji.
Mergen Daiqing, at first glance, sounds like the name of a flat-haired beast, but it actually means "smart commander".
"The two white flags charge forward, and the two yellow flags sit back and reap the benefits. What a good plan!" Azige curled his lips sarcastically and said, "Even if the loss is not big, it is still uncomfortable."
Dorgon smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry about this. Who made him the King of Khans? When my father Khan was alive, he issued orders and prohibitions, but no one complained about it. Besides, the spoils obtained from the two white flags were also a lot.
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"Having said that -" Azig was still unhappy and said with a frown: "I'm afraid he is still suspicious of you and won't give up easily."
Dorgon was also troubled, knowing that what his brother said was true. He might not win Huang Taiji's trust if he worked hard.
Alas, it’s all the fault of rumors!
Seeing his brother lowering his eyebrows and saying nothing, Azig thought for a while and said: "The two red flags defeated Jinzhou. Although not all of them were dispatched, it was surprising. Do you think King Khan will let the enemy occupy it and not launch an attack?"
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Dorgon shook his head vigorously and said: "It's just that Lushun Fort can be left alone, but Jinzhou cannot. I think that either after the autumn harvest or in winter, the Khan King will definitely start again."
Azig glanced at Dorgon and said, "What if he sends two white flags to fight again? Our army is not good at attacking fortresses, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties."
Dorgon shrugged helplessly and said: "There is no way, who makes him the Khan? I'm afraid the other three Baylor will not speak for us."
Daishan, Mang Gurtai, and Amin were all accomplices who forced the death of their biological mother Abahai and took the throne from themselves. In Dorgon's understanding, the two white flags were caught in the gap.
Of course, the two white flags are also the key to the rise and fall of Houjin’s internal forces.
Towards Huang Taiji, two yellow flags plus two white flags, plus the two red flags ostensibly supporting Huang Taiji, were the Six Flags. They had an absolute advantage over the two blue flags of Mang Gurtai and Amin.
On the side of Mang Gurtai and Amin, the four flags are against the four flags, and they are evenly matched. However, the two red flags of Daishan may not be loyal to Huang Taiji, and the anti-Huang Taiji side has the upper hand.
But Dorgon is not prepared to completely fall to any party, nor is he prepared to offend anyone easily.
Since Huang Taiji is the King of Khan, his orders must be followed and executed. There is nothing to say about this. Presumably, Huang Taiji will not kill him. He still needs two white flags to stand and support him!
The relationship is complicated, and Dorgon chose the position of temporarily forbearing and watching Huang Taiji fight with the three Baylors.
Dorgon also had his own thoughts and opinions on taking orders to fight. He believed that the increase in military exploits and prestige would be beneficial to him.
At least, from the current point of view, he is still young, only sixteen years old; his qualifications are not enough, and his military exploits are not enough. Huang Taiji and the three Baylors are firmly suppressing him in terms of reputation and influence.
Of course, there is a limit to this. If the losses of the two white flags were too great, Dorgon would not continue to work hard for military success like a fool.
"Jinzhou is not easy to fight!" Azig narrowed his eyes and warned earnestly: "In North Korea, Amin suffered a big loss, and I have also seen great things. After more than a year, Dongjiang Town's strength
There should be some growth again.”
Dorgon nodded vigorously and said: "Brother, don't worry, I won't bang my head against the wall. If there is a war, I will take advantage of the opportunity."
"That's good." Azig smiled slightly, as if relieved, and started chatting casually.
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In order to divide the power of the three major Baylors, Huang Taiji promoted the four minor Baylors, Yue Tuo, and Shuo Tuo. Now the eight Baylors are in charge of politics, except for the four major Baylors. The four minor Baylors are Hauge, Dorgon, Duduo, and Sa.
Harlem.
To put it bluntly, the Eight Heshuo Baylor Council is the eight banner leaders. It is fair to rank them according to their strength and seniority.
However, Huang Taiji was not satisfied with the eight banner leaders discussing politics, so he wanted to set up Gushan Ezhen under the banner leaders to divide the power of the eight banner leaders.
According to Huang Taiji's idea, the eight newly added Gushan Ezhen will serve as ministers of political affairs and enjoy the same power of discussing political affairs as Zhu Beile.
This is equivalent to adding eight more people to the system of "Eight He, Shuo and Baylor", and these eight people are basically Huang Taiji's trusted confidants.
Although Gu Shan'erzhen is not the leader of the banner, he is also in charge of the military, civil affairs and other affairs of the banner. After entering the political meeting, he will gradually become independent of the national political meeting of "Eight Heshuo Baylor co-managing national affairs".
If this proposal is implemented, Huang Taiji also plans to add two more people to each banner to assist in flag affairs, which will continue to weaken the power of the eight banner leaders.
However, after rumors spread that he wanted to be the emperor and exclude dissidents, the establishment of Gushan'ezhen was strongly opposed by Mang Gurtai and Amin.
Although Daishan's attitude is not that fierce, he is also very disgusted with placing others under his two red flags and diluting his power.
The final result is a compromise. Gushan'e can really be set up, but it must be from the banner, not Huang Taiji who randomly dispatches it.
Even so, Huang Taiji had already won half the battle.
Because Gushan'e, who is inlaid with the blue flag, is really Jierhalang. Although he is Amin's younger brother, he is loyal to Huang Taiji.
Gu Shan'er of Zhenglan Banner is really Degelei, who is Manggurtai's younger brother. However, because Manggurtai killed his mother, Degelei was estranged from him. He also made outstanding achievements when Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne.
Needless to say, the two red flags, Gu Shan'e's true nature is not important. Because Daishan only holds one flag in name, and his son Saha Lian holds another flag. Saha Lian is more loyal to Huang Taiji and is Huang Taiji's support
one.
The two white flags are quite special. They were changed from the two yellow flags during the Nurhaci era. They were equivalent to the original soldiers of the emperor. Even Huang Taiji did not dare to touch them.
Azig himself took a white flag to secure the mountain's forehead, and a white flag to solidify the mountain's forehead was Suk Saha. Huang Taiji's plan to decentralize power did not seem to be successful.
But on the whole, Gushan'e was really established, and Huang Taiji achieved part of his purpose. Coupled with his status as King Khan, he still had considerable say and decision-making power in political meetings.
Of course, this is still far from his claim to be the emperor. The obstacles caused by rumors and the suspicion and precautions of Houjin's senior officials have not been eliminated.
However, the identity of King Khan is the biggest advantage for Huang Taiji.
Regardless of whether it is Big Baylor or Little Baylor, if there is really something wrong and is caught by Huang Taiji, the punishment can be carried out as long as the political meeting passes it.
Judging from the current members of the political meeting, Huang Taiji has a slight advantage.
Those who support him may not necessarily be loyal to him, but those who stubbornly confront him are Mang Gurtai and Amin. Others mostly act according to the prevailing situation, or are unwilling to offend King Khan easily.
On the other hand, Mang Gurtai and Amin are also very depressed. Even their brothers don't stand with them. You think this is the reason.
And after returning from the great victory against the Chahar tribe, Huang Taiji, whose prestige had been improved, had already chosen the next target to suppress, and that was Mang Gurtai.
Amin's troops suffered heavy losses when they attacked North Korea, and Huang Taiji deliberately gave him less supplies. The Xianglan Banner's strength has not recovered yet, so Huang Taiji let it go for the time being.
Although Mang Gurtai became cautious, there was no need to hesitate to accuse him. Attacking Jinzhou was an opportunity, and Huang Taiji had already thought of a plan.
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Guyin
Jinzhou entered a state of readiness for war, military workshops worked overtime to produce, artillery, guns and ammunition were continuously transported to the front line, and defense facilities were also improved and strengthened.
However, for the people of Jinzhou, out of the need to stabilize people's hearts, the news that Jianlu might launch a large-scale attack did not spread.
The Pidao Headquarters sent the Houxie, led by Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, to Jinzhou to provide support. However, their banner was to help the autumn harvest.
That's right, early-maturing varieties of potatoes and rye are already ripe and ready to be harvested in mid-September.
Autumn harvest is busy and tiring, but it is also joyful. It is a bumper harvest, and the hard work of more than half a year, the sweat falling to the ground, and the hard work are finally rewarded with the excitement of not having to worry about eating and drinking.
Most of the potatoes and rye grown in Guanglu Island and Kashima last year were kept as seeds, and the common people did not taste them.
This year is different, there are plenty of seeds left, and the rest are in carts, piles and bags, which is very satisfying to eat.
In the fields, there are people cutting wheat and digging potatoes everywhere. Even children and old people, those who can walk, participate in the autumn harvest.
The surging waves of wheat can be seen as far as the eye can see. People are bending over, waving sickles, and harvesting wheat in full swing.
Spring plowing and autumn harvest are the busiest and most tiring. Although the movements of cutting and cutting are quite simple, but if you try to repeat it thousands of times, you will have back pain and blurred vision after a while without doing farm work.
Sweating like rain is still light. Calluses and blisters appear on your hands, and the feeling of sweat stains...
But both the soldiers and the common people were born in hardship, or in other words, they were all farmers. They could endure the hardship and endure the fatigue. The joy of the harvest made people forget their tiredness and hard work.
"Master, it's time to eat!" The wife greeted loudly from the field, followed by her younger sister and son.
Zhang Biao cut two more times with the sickle, stacked the wheat neatly, then straightened up, responded in a rough voice, and walked over with a smile on his face.
The officials were fully prepared. In order to eat well and have more physical strength during the autumn harvest, each family was given an extra ten kilograms of rice, as well as a few dried fish and three or four salted duck eggs.
Normally, you can be half-starved, or only eat two meals. But the harvest is around the corner, and you can't be stingy when it's critical to compete for wheat in the autumn.
Multigrain cakes, boiled potatoes, porridge, grilled fish, pickles, and salted duck eggs cut in half. For ordinary people, this is a rare abundance.
The family was sitting under a tree at the edge of the field, eating, laughing, and estimating how much money they would have left after paying for the public food.
The multigrain pancakes had been fried in oil, and they were brown and appetizing. However, Zhang Bang stuffed the pancakes and salted duck eggs to his sister and his wife, picked up the boiled potatoes, peeled them off, put the pickles on them, and ate them with big mouthfuls.
The wife forced the grilled fish into her husband's hands, and looked at the blisters on her husband's hands with a distressed look in her eyes.
Zhang Bang chuckled and said: "There are about three thousand kilograms of potatoes and four to five hundred kilograms of rye, which adds up to ten acres. There are also a few scattered small pieces of land. Our family can keep at least three thousand kilograms."
More than a thousand kilograms.”
The wife handed the multigrain pancake to her husband, took a potato with a smile, and said, "This potato is floury and sweet. I like to eat it."
The little girl grinned and echoed with a smile: "It tastes delicious even when roasted."
Zhang Bang nodded repeatedly and said: "Potatoes are really good things. According to the storage method mentioned by the officials, I heard that they can be stored for four or five months. In this way, the military coupons issued can be saved and spent again during the Chinese New Year.
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According to the official policy, after this year's bumper harvest, military stamps will no longer be issued to the people after one year, that is, in April or May next year.
Corresponding to this are policy adjustments and changes, the proportion of public grain payment will be reduced from 70 to 80% to 50 to 60%. To put it bluntly, the harvest in the fields will be used to pay for the military stamps.
There are no soldiers in Zhang Bang's family, so they pay a relatively high proportion of public grain, paying two for every ten they farm. Next year when the military stamps are stopped, it will become three for every ten they farm.
Such a payment ratio is undoubtedly very high, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is cruel exploitation. But unlike taxes in the mainland, Jinzhou collects taxes in kind.
Although physical objects and money can be exchanged for each other, they are very different in essence. If you collect more, you will pay more, and if you collect less, you will pay less. Physical objects have a certain adjustment effect.
If you are a member of the military, the preferential policies are very obvious. Compared with ordinary people, the difference is almost double.
Let some people get rich first. Guo Dajing would rather these people be soldiers and their families. Inclination is also encouragement, and it also improves the social status of soldiers, making the common people proud of their status as military relatives.
Zhang Bang's wife also calculated very carefully, thinking about how she could save more than two months of military coupons during the Chinese New Year, whether she could pull out a few feet of cloth at the supply and marketing station, and whether she could buy some meat-wrapped, meat-and-egg dumplings.
"If we follow last year's practices, won't the officials give out something during the Chinese New Year?" The wife looked forward to it, "It's better to save more money on hand, and don't dare to spend it randomly."
Zhang Bang smiled and nodded, but he was thinking about the few pieces of marginal land he had cultivated, which totaled nearly an acre and could harvest a lot of corn.
I don’t know if corn tastes good or not, even though the officials have given instructions, it can be ground into powder to make pancakes, steamed steamed buns, ground into half powder to make porridge, and the straw can be dried in the sun and chopped into pieces to feed cattle and sheep.
It shouldn't be bad. It's food after all. I cultivated wasteland myself, but I can keep most of it.
Seeing that the people in the fields next to him had finished their meals and went into the fields to cut wheat. Zhang Bang ate the grain cakes in two mouthfuls, drank most of the bowl of gruel, and stood up to pick up the sickle.
The wife handed the basket and jar to the younger sister and asked her to take the children home. She also joined her husband in cutting the wheat.
Regardless of gender, as long as they can do something, no one will be idle, all for the sake of the family's life and for the family to have enough food.
Multigrain rice, mutton soup, potatoes and cabbage, the army's wheat harvest "noon lunch" is simple but delicious.
"For more than half a year, Jinzhou has been doing really well." Kong Youde drank the mutton soup and said with emotion: "With this bumper harvest, we in Dongjiang Town will not have to worry about having enough to eat."
Li Jiucheng smiled and said: "Shuai Mao asked us to eat in Jinzhou, isn't it because we want to try our best to protect this land base? I heard that the Jianlu in Liaoshen are building a large number of carts and siege equipment. It must be a rush." Came from Jinzhou."
Kong Youde nodded and said: "A war is inevitable, I guess it will be in winter."
Li Jiucheng agreed and said: "It was copied by General Guo and his troops across the sea. The two red flags suffered a big loss. Don't they still have a long memory?"
"It's a pity that our army's weapons and equipment were not sharp enough at that time, so we could only harass. But it was not like General Guo who could hold back the enemy and make it difficult for them to advance." When Kong Youde mentioned plagiarism, he shook his head regretfully.
Li Jiucheng pondered for a moment and said: "The number of muskets of the Left and Right Associations has increased significantly, have you seen it?"
"The first to get the moon is closer to the water. If you are jealous, you won't be tempted." Kong Youde smiled bitterly and said: "Besides, Marshal Mao also knows this. Jinzhou is important, so it is normal to keep their equipment first."
Li Jiucheng looked at Kong Youde and said: "But we are still stationed in Jinzhou now. If Jianlu comes to attack, we will also participate in the war. So, isn't it normal to ask Deputy Marshal Chen for instructions and give us more firearms?"
Kong Youde blinked and said, "Guo Dajing is in charge of the military industry. I'm afraid Deputy Marshal Chen will also ask for his opinion."
"Report it first. If you don't tell me, how will others know?" Li Jiucheng said, "Whether you give it to me or not is up to you."
Kong Youde nodded and said: "After the autumn harvest, it won't be short of ten days and a half."
At this time, the soldiers brought the roasted potatoes over. When they were broken open, the brown flesh exuded heat and fragrance, which made people want to eat.
"This stuff tastes really good when it's cooked." Kong Youde was so hot that his left hand moved his right hand, but he still smiled, "Although it's not bad when it's cooked, I think it's still a little bit inferior."
"Three thousand kilograms per acre, amazing, amazing!" Li Jiucheng reached for one, put it on the table to cool, and sighed: "I really don't know where he got this exotic species from overseas."
Kong Youde's mouth was sizzling, but he ate it without fear of burning it, and said vaguely: "Are there not enough strange things he got?"
Li Jiucheng then thought about it, and it was the same. The high-yielding potatoes that were promoted, the telescopes that could see the distance clearly, and the various weapons and equipment. As time went by, they almost became accustomed to it.