The horns whine and the whips crackle.
The Yamen of the Great Golden Khan Palace has never been as lively as it is today. The octagonal pavilion, which was called "Da Yamen" by the Manchus and later renamed Dazheng Palace, and the eight Eight-Banner Royal Pavilions arranged on the left and right (there are ten royal pavilions in total, and two more are located behind the Yamen, called the left and right wings). The square circled by Wangting) was already crowded with the six ministers and nine ministers of the Great Jin Kingdom, as well as Gushan Ezhen, Mele Zhangjing and Zhasak of the sixty-four banners of the Great Jin Kingdom.
Why is it the Sixty-Four Flags? Aren’t they all talking about the powerful Eight Banners team? How come it doubled in one fell swoop?
This is because the Kingdom of Jin now not only has the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but also the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the Eight Banners of Korea. The four eight flags are of course the thirty-two flags!
This is only the flag of the heartland of the Great Jin Kingdom. If we also include the Zasak Banner belonging to the four outer Mongolian alliances such as the Hulunbuir League, Xing'an League, Xilingol League, and Zhaowuda League, the current flag of the Great Jin Kingdom There are as many as sixty-four flags!
These sixty-four banners were affiliated to eight Manchu banner leaders, Beile, and four Mongolian alliance leaders. And these Eight Banner Leaders, Four League Leaders, and the thirty-two Gushan Ezhen, thirty-two Zasak, and Zhangjing at all levels, together formed a large network, covering hundreds of thousands of households. Soldiers and civilians of Manchu, Mongolian, Han, Korean and other ethnic groups are all included.
A relatively strict hierarchical system was formed such as "Great Khan - Banner Leader (League Leader) - Ezhen (Zhasak) - Zhang Jing at all levels - Banner Ding - Coated Minions - Minions of Minions".
This hierarchical system is not solidified, but can flow upwards - in theory, the lowest-level slaves can donate food and flags to become a glorious coated slave, and then get the opportunity to be promoted to military merit. Banner leaders such as Baylor and Prince Rubafen cannot reach the level, and Ezhen and Zasak of each banner are unlikely to be promoted, but Zhangjing at all levels is still relatively easy to obtain.
In addition to forming a hierarchical system with rising military merit, the Sixty-Four Banners of Dajin have now also formed a grassroots governance system that integrates military and political power.
Except for some wild Jurchens or "savages" of other ethnic groups living in the mountains and dense forests, who have not yet been found and incorporated into the banners, the entire Dajin territory, including those that were just conquered by Dorgon, Azig, The northwest area of the Korean Peninsula (Pingan Road) occupied by Duduo is all covered by this "Sixty-Four Banners Network".
The Great Khan Huang Taiji and Zhu Yizheng Baylor, who were on top of the Sixty-Four Banners, could use this large net to fully squeeze out the national power of Hou Jin and devote themselves to the war against the Ming Empire.
In contrast, Zhu Youjian, who may have ruled 200 million people (no one knows the more accurate number), now has no way to squeeze out all the national power of the Ming Dynasty for the war to destroy Hou Jin. Otherwise, the Hou Jin Kingdom would have been crushed by the Ming army long ago.
Now Zhu Youjian is not only unable to squeeze out all the national power to deal with Houjin, but because of the endless disaster years, he has become a begging emperor. Solving the food problem of the people in the northern disaster area is his top priority - Daming But there is no high-pressure and efficient grassroots governance system like the Later Jin Kingdom, so once a large-scale famine occurs, a major uprising will follow.
At that time, Zhu Youjian will be like in his previous life, with the vast ocean and vicious cycle of peasant uprisings - when the revolting peasants become rogues, they will rush to areas with acceptable agricultural production, destroy the production there, and threaten the people who could have supported themselves. Your own farmer! The destructive power of natural disasters will continue to be amplified until the entire country is destroyed.
It is not an easy task to find enough food to feed a population of 200 million during seventeen consecutive years of disaster.
And Zhu Youjian's enemy Huang Taiji is much more advantageous when facing disasters... because the coats under the banners and the slaves under the coats are both consumable means of production.
When the food output is not enough, just starve to death some of the talking animals and save the food for the master. After all, the Great Jin Kingdom still has black soil, and the climate is wetter than that of the Central Plains and the Northwest. Although due to various reasons, there will be a large reduction in grain production, it is not easy to have a failed harvest.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Jin can always survive the disaster years by sacrificing some of the old and weak coats and slaves!
As for what to do if the productive population is insufficient?
Just go grab some more!
In the sixth year of Tiancong, which is about to pass, the Kingdom of Jin not only got a rare good year, but also snatched a large number of people from North Korea - the North Korean population brought back by the Dorgon brothers alone was 200,000 to 300,000!
In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of Korean people (slaves) living in Ping'an Road, North Korea, which was ruled by Hou Jin, and they can also be used as the means of production of the Jin Kingdom.
With these funds, Huang Taiji, a sweaty man, finally became hardened.
"The Great Khan is here!"
Following the voice of an eunuch servant serving the Queen's Khan Palace, the Ding lords of the Sixty-Four Banners of Dajin and the officials of the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers standing in the courtyard all shouted long live. Then I heard the sound of footsteps and Huang Taiji's voice that couldn't hide his smile: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"
Everyone got up and took a peek, and saw that Huang Taiji had led Daishan, Amin, Mang Gurtai and other three big beile to the pedestal under the eaves of the porch of the Yamen.
There are four chairs on the pedestal of the Yamen. One of them is covered with tiger skin and is Huang Taiji's throne. The other three are placed on the left and right. The one on the left is Daishan's chair, and the two on the right are Amin and Mang Gurtai's. .
Huang Taiji sat down on the tiger skin chair first, followed by Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai.
The current situation in the DPRK, which is co-governed by the four Baylors of the Great Jin Kingdom, is not in bad shape yet. However, Mang Gurtai broke his head and sought treatment from Mongolian doctors all day long. Daishan was angered by his two filial sons and had no interest in government affairs. And Amin was stationed in Jinzhou for a long time and rarely came back. Therefore, Huang Taiji's authority is getting stronger and stronger, and when he goes to court on weekdays, it is his one-man show.
But today, the four Baylors are gathered together... Needless to say, something big is definitely going to happen.
Seeing that everyone was already standing in their respective positions, Huang Taiji said with a smile: "The banner leaders of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the Eight Banners of Korea (only the Eight Banners of Manchuria have flag owners), the alliance commander, the amount Zhen, Zasak and other officials finally gathered together, and I just took this opportunity to announce two major events.
One is that he won a complete victory in the second battle of conquering the dynasty and returned victorious! In this battle, we not only captured the Ping An Road in North Korea, but also captured Phi Island, which had been harassing us for several years, and brought back nearly 300,000 people... This is really a great victory, in fact congratulations! "
This is the first time Huang Taiji has achieved such a great victory since he became the Great Khan. It is indeed not easy!
Huang Taiji's face began to darken as he spoke: "The second thing I want to talk about today is to send troops to the west to conquer the Southern Dynasties and Monan Mongolia!"
It’s time to fight tomorrow again!
The leaders of the Sixty-Four Banners, who should have been delighted to hear the battle, all lost their faces.
Huang Taiji's eyes swept across the courtyard and caught everyone's attention.
These people are a little scared! Huang Taiji sighed.
It seems that the Kingdom of Jin is slipping on the road to the Kingdom of Xixia... The Ming Dynasty controlled Yanshan and stabilized the front. It would be difficult for the Kingdom of Jin to cut off the flesh of the Ming Dynasty to replenish its own blood. Although North Korea is also a piece of meat, it is too small and not enough to eat!
When North Korea finishes eating, what will happen to the Kingdom of Jin?
Without the flesh and blood of Ming Dynasty to supplement it, this sharp hole cannot be maintained.
Once Daikin gives up "one hole" and starts to encourage farming, its military advantage will disappear.
Without military superiority, could the Kingdom of Jin still be able to farm with peace of mind?
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji took a deep breath and said loudly: "Now our country has strong soldiers and strong horses, and sufficient food. However, in the Southern Dynasties, there have been years of famine, and the soldiers and people lack food... Our strong enemy has become weak, so it is time to send out an army to attack, and in one fell swoop A God-given opportunity to pacify Monan Mongolia!"
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