Chapter 465 Chen Xinjia, Zhou Yanru and the like can't think of a big plan to change the situation!
He found a confidant brought from his hometown and mixed one hundred thousand counterfeit banknotes with one hundred thousand real banknotes. It was the first time he did such a big deal, and Fan Yongdou was so nervous that his hands were sweating.
He arrived at the construction site with 200,000 taels of money mixed with real and fake money. On the same day, Fan Yongdou arranged for people to pay the wages of those who worked on the project. The construction of the Liaoyang defense line had reached the second half, and it was time to pay a large amount of money.
One hundred thousand taels of money went to the hands of migrant workers in two or three days.
The migrant workers who got the money were very happy. This time, the Fan Dong family settled the bill very happily, and almost all the wages they owed for several months were paid. Facing the merciful Fan Dong family, the migrant workers working underneath were even more energetic.
Alive.
At this time, Fan Yongdou was extremely nervous, and he was deeply afraid that something would happen. As a result, he sent out the money for more than ten days without causing any trouble. He personally took the fake money and went to a trading house opened by the Manchu court to buy things.
I didn't encounter any trouble at all.
Striking while the iron was hot, in the next month, Fan Yongdou spent all the 300,000 taels of counterfeit banknotes that were later shipped to him. Of course, such a large amount of money is not just spent on wages, the money is mainly for downstream people.
It was paid by the supplier.
A big profiteer is a big profiteer. He knows that long-term work is the most taboo in this kind of work. If you can figure things out in a short time, you must not extend the front line. Otherwise, it will be easy to have troubles if you have long nights and dreams. After doing this job, Fan Yong will be short-term.
We won't get involved with counterfeit money for a while, let the bullets fly for a while, and wait until we have the chance next time.
In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, in the Imperial City of Shenyang, Dorgon summoned Hong Chengchou to the Regent's Palace for discussion.
"Scholar Hong, I have received a lot of information recently. The Ming Dynasty is gathering troops and transporting military supplies in southern Liaoning, Daning, and Shanhaiguan. They are afraid that they will launch troops against the country this winter. What do you think, bachelor?"
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"It is not difficult to judge that the Ming court is determined to be traitorous to Liaodong. But it is not necessarily certain that they will use troops in Liaodong this winter!"
"Not necessarily? They have mobilized at least 100,000 troops to these three places. They will not use troops against the country this winter. Is it unreasonable?"
"I have read Fan Shangshu's information in detail. During this period, the Ming court not only mobilized troops to these three places, but also deployed troops and military supplies on a large scale to Datong, Baoding, and Yanzhou. I don't think the Ming court had any
The plan to use troops on both sides at the same time means that there must be a part of it that is a bluff."
"Does the bachelor think they are bluffing in Liaodong?"
"It's impossible to draw a conclusion. We need multiple confirmations before we can draw a conclusion."
"Bachelor, it's hard to get accurate information now. The imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty are becoming more and more strict, and their army is even more impenetrable. Information is really difficult to obtain. At most, our informants can only get some information from foreign ministers.
That’s all, I really don’t have the ability to figure out whether it’s a bluff.”
"Obtaining military intelligence is not just about having a temple. I feel that no matter whether the Ming Dynasty has plans for this winter or not, it must prepare for all the wars it needs to prepare for. This is also a way to find out military intelligence. In addition, people need to pay attention to Ming Shang's information on the field.
The movements of the Ming army, as well as the movements of the merchants within the territory, and then find a way to let the military detectives find out about the five important generals of the Ming army, Ma, Liu, Cao, Ren, and Ma, to see where they are."
"Through this information, the bachelor can predict whether the Ming army will fight a big war in Liaodong?"
"It's almost 80% accurate. If the five people I mentioned are all in Liaodong, it's basically certain that there will be a war this winter. And if Ma Youliang and Ren Shuangyou are not in Liaodong, there will definitely be no war this winter. There will be one among these two.
In Liaodong, there is a 50% chance that there will be a war. In terms of the market, if it is difficult to buy any grain-related goods from now on, there will definitely be a war. If such items are supplied as usual, the probability of a war is very small."
"Why is the key to whether the two Ming generals Ma and Ren are in Liaodong or not? Although these two generals have become famous in the war in recent years, they are not the generals that the Ming court relies on most. I heard that,
In the Ming Dynasty, Huang Degong and Chen Xinjia were the strategists, while outside, Liu Yuanbin and Cao Ruohai were responsible for the victory. They are not considered to be the generals who can shoulder the responsibility of the country!"
"The regent doesn't know something. I have carefully studied the resumes of the generals who have served as leaders in the Ming Dynasty in recent years. They can be roughly divided into three categories. Long-established generals like Huang Degong and Ma Xu, and Cao Ruohai
, Liu Yuanbin was an old general promoted by Emperor Ming, while Ma Youliang and Ren Shuangyou came from the General School Hall where Emperor Ming personally taught science. They were the self-proclaimed disciples of the Emperor, and they were also the officers of General School Hall who were most trusted and relied upon by Emperor Ming.
Representatives of the group, if these two generals are not allowed to participate in such an important battle in Liaodong, it will not show that the Emperor Ming attaches great importance to officers who came from the general school."
"It turns out that these two are the most trusted generals of Emperor Ming. I used to think they were Huang Degong, Chen Xinjia and the others."
"These two people may not be the ones whom Emperor Ming relies on the most, but the officers from the General School Hall represented by them are definitely the Emperor Ming's favorites. In the autumn of the 15th year, Emperor Ming established the General School Hall and established a new army. From then on, Ming Emperor
The imperial court's combat power has steadily increased. First, there are generals and schools, and then there are new armies. The Emperor Ming relied on this to change his destiny and determine the fate of the country. If the Emperor Ming does not risk the family wealth of the generals, he will definitely be uneasy."
"The Ming Emperor set up this general school hall, which really caused the Qing Dynasty to suffer a heavy loss. Thinking about it now, there is a reason why Abatai suffered heavy losses in the battle of entering the pass. In any battle, he made a big mistake without hesitation.
At all costs, he extinguished the fire of the new army of the Ming Dynasty, which led to a big mistake. Of course, no one can make that determination in a situation like his."
"Yes, as a general, how can one know so early. Many things are only understood after hindsight. Rao Yubeile could not be so cruel in such a situation. What he encountered was
The Ming Emperor's family background, but his subordinates also have the Qing Dynasty's family background." When he said this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but think of himself. Didn't he make similar mistakes to Abatai? Abatai felt that
He was not qualified to gamble with the family wealth of the Eight Banners disciples. Hong Chengchou felt that he had put all Ming Dynasty's family wealth on the card table and lost everything, and Ming Dynasty had no hope of coming back.
Who would have thought that the final result was a misjudgment. Abatai did not have a stud, so that the Ming Dynasty drew out the money and it grew bigger and bigger, and there was no chance for stud in the future. Hong Chengchou thought that the Ming Dynasty would no longer have the capital to make a comeback, but the result was that the Ming Dynasty
The emperor dug out the family's old capital, reorganized a fortune, revived the family tradition, and managed the family better and better. But his new master looked less and less like a master who could be wealthy for a long time.
"It was a wonderful move for Emperor Ming to build a general school hall and the new army. I don't know who the great talent was who gave the idea!" Dorgon couldn't help but sigh with emotion as they talked.
"In the Ming Dynasty, there aren't many people who are talented enough to come up with such a good idea! Chen Xinjia, Zhou Yanru and their like are just middle-ranking officials and talented people, and they can't think of such a big plan to change the current situation!"