Huang Taiji was very happy. This problem had troubled him for a long time and he had no good solution. Because he was the Great Khan, the other three Baylors were wary of him. Once he made any move that was unfavorable to the other three, he would be easily grouped together. against. Very passive.
"This strategy is good, but it works too slowly. It is estimated that it will take six or seven years to fully take back power, but it is better than being safe."
Seeing that Huang Taiji seemed a little dissatisfied, Fan Wencheng continued, "Tui En is to fundamentally solve the problem and can be implemented slowly. But there are still things that can be done at the moment."
Huang Taiji asked in surprise: "Please tell me what other strategies the bachelor has."
"Does the Great Khan know half of the Analects of Confucius and Zhao Pu, the Prime Minister of the early Song Dynasty who ruled the world?"
"I've heard a little bit about it. I'd like to hear the details."
"At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the emperor could not stop the separatist rebellions in the feudal towns. After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, how to prevent the new dynasty from following the old path of the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou dynasties and how to take back the power of the Jiedushi became a top priority. Zhao Pu proposed to seize it. The strategy is to gain power, control their money and food, and recruit their elite soldiers."
Huang Taiji lowered his head and thought for a while, and found that there was really no difference between the current leader of the Eight Banners and the governor of the feudal town.
Under the Eight Banners system, banner people were slaves subordinate to the banner owners. The flag owner is its master. The Eight Banners system was actually a combined military and civilian system. When you enter, you become a people; when you leave, you become a soldier. It is similar to the Tang Dynasty's Mansion Army System, but under the Tang Dynasty's Mansion Army System, the Zhechong Mansion only had management rights, training rights, and omen rights. There is no power to command troops or command.
But the banner owners are different. They even have the power of life and death over their subordinates. Each banner has its own territory and people. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are vassal towns. It's just that the two yellow flags under the emperor's command are the strongest and have the most Niulu, so they can suppress them.
"The Great Khan's expansion of the number of ministers is just a slight attempt to seize his power. There are two other strategies available: controlling his money and food and recruiting his elite soldiers."
Huang Taiji repeated the two sides, seizing his power and recruiting his best soldiers. Thoughtful.
"How does this Khan make his money and food?"
"Currently, the production in Liaodong is not enough to maintain the needs. It is difficult for each banner owner, Baylor, to feed his subjects. Now he is just barely able to survive. If Daijin wants to survive, there are only three ways out. One is to reclaim wasteland and cultivate and feed itself. . The second is to trade with the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, and North Korea. The third is to send troops to plunder."
Huang Taiji was silent for a long time.
The first one is impossible. The Han people in Liaodong were already dead and could not escape during the Nurhaci period. There were more than three million Han people, and only tens of thousands were left. They were still slaves in the hands of the Eight Banners nobles, large and small, and there was no one who wanted to farm the land.
If the banner people could cultivate good land, why would they still have such a headache?
Trade is a feasible route. Now there is a large amount of plundered gold and silver in the treasury and in the Eight Banners. The total is no less than 80 million taels. At present, it is just a relationship with Shanxi merchants. After pacifying Duoyan and Tumo, Before the Special Department, trade routes could not be guaranteed to be open for the time being.
To take this path, we need to get rid of the obstacle Lin Danhan.
The problem is back to the starting point. There is still no agreement with the three major Baylors on the issue of Lin Dan Khan.
Then there is only the last option left, which is to send troops to plunder other tribes, Ming Dynasty and North Korea.
Amin had already plundered North Korea once during his expedition last year. This year it is best to attack Lin Danhan and plunder the herdsmen to herd the Eight Banners' sheep.
As for the Ming Dynasty, we can go to fight against it next year. The Ming Dynasty is a fat sheep. Nothing can be done as quickly as robbery. After all, it is a business without capital.
If you want to attack Ming Dynasty, you must first deal with Lin Danhan, otherwise, he will be too much of a threat from behind. At least cripple him so that he doesn't dare to stab the Eight Banners in the back after the main force enters the pass.
"The Great Khan, it is best to attack the Ming Dynasty after removing the threat of Lin Dan Khan, plunder enough farmers, and then farm in the Liaohe River. The grain will be directly controlled by the Great Khan, and the trade with Shanxi merchants must also be in hand. Here, we cannot delegate power to the Eight Banners. With money and food, we can pay the soldiers of the Eight Banners. This is the so-called strategy to control their money and food."
"Very good! Dajin has no way out if it continues like this. It cannot survive at all. Ben Khan must convince the three major Baylors to send troops to attack Lin Dan Khan as soon as possible to prepare for the attack on Ming Dynasty next year."
Fan Wencheng nodded and said: "The third strategy is to recruit his elite troops. I suggest that the Great Khan establish some independent battalions outside the Eight Banners and select elite soldiers from each Niulu of the Eight Banners. This will strengthen the Khan's strength and weaken it." The strength of each banner."
"I'm afraid that the transfer of elites will cause dissatisfaction among the various banners." Huang Taiji said worriedly.
"The Great Khan can come like this. Like Mongolia, I, the Great Jin, like sumo wrestling as a show at banquets. It is better to set up a sumo camp with 500 to 1,000 people, and select strong men from each banner to perform wrestling. This way. It is not used as a military force to conceal its intentions."
Huang Taiji praised, "This is a great plan. The experts in wrestling are all the strongest men. In this name, no one can say anything if we recruit the best."
Fan Wencheng continued: "After the sumo camp is established, autumn hunts can be organized every year to form a routine, and then the best cavalry and archers from each flag can be selected to establish a new camp. In this way, the elites from various tribes can be gathered in the Khan's camp little by little. In your hands, you can gradually strengthen the weak branches. Finally, you can completely take back the power."
Huang Taiji was very satisfied and clapped his hands in praise. For the past few days, the gloomy and gloomy mood on my face was gone. That night, I chatted with Fan Wencheng until late at night before letting Fan Wencheng leave the palace and go home.
When Huang Taiji was secretly plotting against the three major Baylors, the Haraqin tribe, the largest tribe in Duoyan, was also meeting to discuss the crusade against the scourge of the grassland, Narenbaat'er.
This evil guy is a Chinese spy who has infiltrated among the Mongols. He has ulterior motives and affects the relationships between Mongolian herdsmen, slaves, ethnic minority people who surrendered to Mongolia, and the nobility. They actually said nonsense that they were all free people, their cattle, sheep, and property were theirs, and that the nobles were dispensable. Without the exploitation of the nobles, they would be better off.
Nobles cannot do without the support of the lower classes. But when the lower classes lose their nobility, they lose nothing but their chains.
Oh my god, these terrible words are spreading across the grassland like cattle and horses are suffering from the plague.
In the Duoyan Thirty-six tribe in the east and the Tumut tribe in the west, slaves escaped every day and went to Nairenbaat'er.
Now there is a rumor in the grassland, go find Nairen Bat'er, he will give you cattle and sheep, and also give you a wife.
The noble men are going crazy, this is simply digging their ancestors' graves. This is to destroy Mongolia.
Haraqin was hit by a severe drought last year, and more than 10,000 people died of starvation because Chongzhen stopped trade and silver rewards.
This year, the situation has only slowed down, and the legendary Jebel Nayrenbaatar from the Tumote tribe who has been missing for ten years has arrived.
When he came, he flipped the table and stopped everyone from eating.
The Taijis in Duoyan were more unjust than Dou E. They secretly slandered in their hearts that it was Lin Dan Batur who forced your master's family to death, and those traitors in Tumote. They have nothing to do with us Duoyan. Wouldn't your conscience hurt if you throw out such an indiscriminate killing weapon?
The owner of Nairenbaat'er was Boshu Ketu Khan (known as Bu Shitu in the Ming Dynasty), the "King of Shunyi" of the Tumote tribe. In July 1627, Lindan Khan of the Chahar tribe marched westward and attacked the right wing. The Tumote tribe collapsed and fled west to the Hetao. He later died there and retired to the throne of Shunyi. The descendants of Anda Khan are basically extinct.
Now, I heard that Narenbaat'er built the city of Duolun and grew a lot of grain. So everyone is red-eyed. In the past two years, the Mongolians have been going crazy with hunger. Food is simply a life-saving elixir.
Today, leaders of the thirty-six Tumut and Duoyan families gathered in the Haraqin camp. They had only one topic today, which was to determine the time to send troops.
