"My dear, Ama, why are you so anxious to send that girl from Dongguan to Zhu Cixiang?"
"It's not that I'm anxious, but that the situation forces me... Queen Mother, do you think the Ansheng life between us and Nanming will last long? If we don't get this done early, when the two sides fight, the marriage in Dongguo will be It’s a shame. And sending it there next year can always push back the start of the war a few months, maybe to the year after next, right?”
"Let's fight... If you send Dongguo away, won't she become a hostage?"
"How could he become a hostage? Emperor Xiaozhu of the Nanming Dynasty is not such a senseless person. He welcomed Dongguo as the imperial concubine. How can he use his own woman as a hostage to threaten his father-in-law? If he does this, he is not a hero. A real man!"
"My dear, Ama, do you think highly of the little emperor of the Zhu family?"
"That's... Although he has the title of prince, the territory of the eight southeastern provinces (Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, and Fujian) was conquered by himself! If not With him, I, the Qing Dynasty, may be able to dominate the world!"
"So, isn't he my mortal enemy of the Qing Dynasty?"
"That's right! He is my mortal enemy of the Qing Dynasty! That's why I want to send Gege there... This is a delaying tactic, and it is also Dongguo's fate. If she can go happily, that is her fate! "
Forbidden City, Cining Palace. Tonight is a happy day for Aunt Bumubutai and Uncle Dorgon, but they are not in a hurry to hold hands on the kang. Instead, they are chatting face to face and talking about getting married in Dongguo.
Donggo is only ten years old this year, and there are still five years until she reaches the age of hairpin (the standard age for marriage), but Dorgon looks like he can't wait to send Donggo away, which makes Bumbutai feel very strangeness.
Dorgon's answer surprised Bumubutai - Dorgon never thought that he could maintain the "no war" between the Ming and Qing Dynasties for a long time through marriage (small frictions continued, and there was no end to the conflict in Shanxi). (the Battle of Datong), they just want to delay the outbreak of the war!
In order to postpone it for a few months, he gave away his only daughter who was the apple of his eye. Isn't this too selfless? Are you, Dorgon, that good?
Aunt Bumubutai asked in confusion: "It's only a few months, is it really that important?"
"It doesn't matter if it's urgent, or it's better to fight late than early. The key is how we make use of the next year or so!" Dorgon was full of energy when he talked about national events, almost forgetting about being a groom and an official. forgotten.
"How do you say this?" Bumbutai asked.
Dorgon said: "I'm thinking that we have three major things to do next. One is to pacify Shanxi and Shaanxi... We can't let people use knives behind our backs when we have a decisive battle with Nanming. Keep poking, right?”
"This is not easy!" Bumu Butai said, "Not to mention Datong, even Wu Sangui is nothing. He received such a great favor from the Qing Dynasty and did not want to repay it. He still has two boats. Go up. When I passed by Sony when I was going to Tibet, the person Wu Sangui photographed to greet him made a mistake. He thought he was going to pick up an envoy from the Ming Dynasty, but he ended up wearing a Ming Dynasty mandarin duck war coat, which frightened Sony... .”
Dorgon waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wu Sangui's bandits guarding the family are nothing to worry about. As long as Jiang Yu in Datong is finished, he will not dare to make mistakes. The real trouble is the rogue bandits entrenched in Xi'an, Yan'an, and Yulin... .. They were calm a while ago, but recently Li Zicheng sent someone from the Great Western King to Guanzhong, with strong soldiers and horses, so majestic. I sent several groups of envoys to negotiate peace, but they all had the surname Zhang killed!"
The news that Li Zicheng might be "pretending to be alive" certainly spread to the Qing Dynasty. However, official news from Dashun and Daming both said that Li Zicheng was alive, so why did the Qing Dynasty think that Li Zicheng was dead?
Moreover, after Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Xi'an, he did not lose the banner of Dashun Dynasty. He still ordered the three armies in the name of "King of Dashun West" - because once he lost the banner of Dashun, he might be defeated by Yuan Yuan who was entrenched in Hanzhong. Zongdi and Liu Fangliang, who was entrenched in Gongchang and Longan, attacked... Therefore, he would not fall out with the forces of the Dashun Dynasty before taking Tongguan and closing the gate in Guanzhong.
At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong had no intention of joining forces with the Qing Dynasty and killed all the envoys Dorgon sent to contact him.
Bumbutai nodded, finally understanding Dorgon's plan on the Western Front, and then asked, "What are the other two major events?"
Dorgon said: "The other two major events are the Nine Banners military reform and the reorganization and development of our hometown outside the customs!"
"Nine Flags Military Reform? How to change it?" Bumu Butai first asked about the military reform - the knife handle is not a trivial matter! If Dorgon wants to take advantage of the military reform to seize the Nine Flags military power, then Auntie will also turn her back.
Although Auntie's biological son is the emperor, after all, it is not yet time for him to rule personally, so Auntie is also worried that Dorgon will lose control after centralizing power... and then the regent Huang Ama will become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty!
Dorgon noticed the vigilant expression on Auntie's face and laughed: "The reform of the Nine Banners Army mainly focuses on two points. One is to build a large-scale artillery force. Each banner must build a small Hongyi artillery force. The original Hongyi artillery force We can't abolish the army, and each armor must have a guard equipped with a general cannon, a Franco cannon, and a squad gun.
The second is to build a city and separate it from the garrison! Each Jia La must have a Jia La fort, called Jia Fort, which must be built in the style of the Nanming fortress. As the base of Jia La, it is guarded by the caretaker Niu Lu. "
Auntie breathed a sigh of relief. Dorgon had no intention of concentrating military power. Instead, he was strengthening the military strength of each banner.
"What's going on in my hometown outside the customs?" Aunt Bumubutai asked again.
Dorgon sighed: "Our hometown outside the Guan is our retreat! In the current situation, can we not worry about managing it? So I thought about it, and each Jia La will take another Niulu and go back to his hometown outside the Guan... ..The land was also divided to build the city, each guarding a stall. Although it was bitterly cold in my hometown outside the pass, the fertile land near the water was still good and could be cultivated and cultivated.
In addition, in recent years, the Rakshasa Kingdom has continued to invade eastward, getting closer and closer to the homeland of the Manchus. Many Barhu and Daur tribes have moved to the Heilongjiang and Jingli River basins... We They must be gathered together and incorporated into the Eight Banners. "
Historically, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, because it gained too much within the Pass, it neglected operations outside the Pass, and also ignored the fact that the Rakshasa Kingdom was approaching the Heilongjiang and Jingli River basins step by step. The Qing court did not take the Barhu and Daur people's requests for help seriously.
But now the situation is different. The situation inside the customs is not good. There may be a day when we can quit. If our hometown outside the customs is no longer in business, where can the Nine Flags disciples go?
"My dear, Ama, is it the Nine Banners or the Eight Banners that went to my hometown outside the customs?" Bumu Butai was still a little confused. Because Dorgon talked about the Eight Banners for a while, and the Nine Banners for a while.
"Of course it's the Nine Banners!" Dorgon smiled, "There are many people in the Green Banner, one hundred thousand households! Of course it's time for some of them to go to their hometowns outside the customs... But the Barhu and Daur who defected to us People don’t have to share it with them, and they don’t lack people.”
Nowadays, the standard Eight Banners Manchu Niulu should have two to three hundred households, while the Han Army Niulu usually has four to five hundred households. Of course, the number of households in Niulu is only an estimate, and sometimes there is a big gap between Niulu.
The newly compiled Niulu of Zhenglv Banner is relatively standard, with basically five hundred households - after a Niulu is gathered together, it will be a camp of 500 people. In addition, the five Niu Lu of Zhenglu Banner are compiled into one Jia La. There are two hundred Niu Lu in Zhenglu Banner and forty Jia La are compiled. If each Jia La produces one Niu Lu to develop outside the customs, then it will be possible Forty Niulu were transferred from the pass, amounting to about 20,000 households.
The "Old Eight Banners" can mobilize about 60 Niulu people, more than 10,000 households. If we collect some Barhu people, Daur people, and Sauron people (also residents of the Heilongjiang Basin), we can get about two people. Thousands of households.
And these 40,000 households will be divided into nine parts, each of which will be stationed on a flag land. While managing the land, they will guard the border... This will give the Qing Dynasty a way out! However, it will take time to accomplish this, and one or two years seems quite tight.
