"A hundred taels of silver, six pieces of fur, six pieces of silk, eight sets of porcelain, ten bags of tea, and twenty eastern pearls!"
After getting the popular title of "Shunzhi", Huang Taiji became more and more happy. When he was overjoyed, he gave Fan Wencheng a bunch of gifts.
Unlike Man Ming, in the Qing Dynasty, two hundred silver had a strong purchasing power, although there were very few things that could be purchased on the market.
But for some particularly loyal slaves, Huang Taiji, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, could take some from the warehouse of his rear residence to win people's hearts.
"I thank you, Your Majesty! I wish your Majesty to rule the world as soon as possible!"
Fan Wencheng didn't expect to get a reward, but now he got a bunch of good items. He was very happy and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, sending auspicious words.
"My dear, there is no need to be so polite, just stay on your side!"
Huang Taiji was in high spirits and had automatically ignored the news of Chongzhen's awakening. What the courtiers below said was true. It no longer mattered whether the barbarian emperor was dead or alive.
As long as the Qing Dynasty completes its work in one battle and mobilizes 250,000 troops to march southward with all its strength, the capital will be within easy reach. Who dares to stop the powerful heavenly soldiers and generals?
"Your Majesty, I believe that this time the royal army enters the pass and strives to fight. Different from the past, the top priority should be to attack the capital with all strength. If this is the case, a large number of red cannons must be cast first. Only such sharp firearms can Blast through the strong city walls.”
Ning Wan didn't want Fan Wencheng to enjoy this honor alone, so he hurriedly brought up a topic to divert Huang Taiji's attention, and it was a very important matter.
"Yeah! What Aiqing said makes sense! I ordered the artillery foundry to cast various types of artillery overnight, including casting fifty cannons in red before autumn! In this way, it may be possible to build on this basis. Only by doing a little more work can you get twice the result with half the effort!”
The capital is the most fortified city in the world. Huang Taiji understands that the Qing army is invincible in a field battle, and it would take a huge amount of manpower and material resources to capture a strong city like the capital.
It can be said that without the help of the red cannon, it would be impossible to break through the capital with only 250,000 heavenly troops. In Ningyuan, the Wang Division suffered all the losses from the red cannon.
Nowadays, the balance of power between the Ming and Qing Dynasties has undergone fundamental changes. The Qing Dynasty has an absolute advantage and can launch a war to destroy the Ming Dynasty this year.
Master Wang is already equipped with more than a hundred red-coated cannons. If he casts hundreds more, plus other types of artillery, the total number will be as high as a thousand, which I think will be enough.
More than two hundred red-coated cannons bombarded the city wall day and night. Even though the capital city seemed solid, it was difficult to withstand such a fierce bombardment. After many days, it would inevitably collapse, and then the Qing warriors could swarm up.
"In order to conquer the capital, I require that each banner must provide one hundred carriages, one hundred ladders, one thousand shields, fifty thousand heavy arrows, five thousand coats for the army, and the grain and grass must meet the needs of the troops for a hundred days of operations. !”
These must be provided by each flag owner. Baoyi Aha is responsible for the baggage during the march, and must carry sacks filled with soil to fill the moat during the siege.
In terms of food and grass, Huang Taiji does not have too high requirements. It is enough to carry food for one hundred days of fighting. After entering the customs, Wang Shi can completely implement the strategy of "fighting to support war".
And with the help of more than two hundred red-coated cannons and other firearms, it is not difficult to conquer the capital within a hundred days.
Since it was a siege battle, carriages, ladders, and shields were actually tools used by the infantry brigade. The role of the cavalry in siege was very limited.
"Your Majesty is wise! In this way, our Imperial Army of the Qing Dynasty can be both offensive and defensive. If the rescue troops from various places in the Ming Dynasty arrive close to the capital, our Imperial Army of the Qing Dynasty can besiege the city and provide reinforcements. Otherwise, the capital is just an ancient city and will be destroyed. The King's Army has captured. It is the general trend of the Qing Dynasty to unify the world, and it is the will of the people, and it is also the will of God! This is a great cause for the ages, and it should be remembered in history!"
University scholar Gang Lin also believed that the prosperous Qing Dynasty was already certain of victory, and it was inevitable to replace the dying Man Ming.
Exactly twenty years after the Battle of Hunhe, the "great cause of destroying the Ming Dynasty" was completed. It is really gratifying and congratulatory. If the Qing Dynasty takes over the Central Plains, everyone should celebrate it!
"Hmm~! Okay! What Aiqing said is exactly my plan. Our King's Master of the Qing Dynasty has always been good at killing the enemy in the field. If the various tribes of the Ming Dynasty come, the King's Master can decide in one battle. In this way, the world can be conquered, it is really Kill two birds with one stone!"
What the Imperial Army of the Qing Dynasty was best at was besieging cities and raising reinforcements. They attacked Jinzhou, Guangning, and Dalinghe. This was a good strategy to wait for work and win repeated battles.
If the barbarian troops from all over the country did not come to rescue him, the king's army would be able to attack the capital and capture the barbarian emperor and the prince alive. Otherwise, we can take this opportunity to wipe out all the remaining barbarian teams in the pass.
At that time, there will no longer be any hindrance to the Qing Dynasty's 100,000 cavalry barbarians descending from the south of the Yangtze River!
Wonderful!
How wonderful~!
The nobles of the Eight Banners, who like to use force to win, highly agree with this strategy. They know that if the team comes to Qinwang, they are looking for death, and if they don't come, Qinwang is waiting for death. In any case, they will die anyway.
By the year before at the latest, the whole country, especially the area north of the Huaihe River, will fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, and the change of dynasty will be just around the corner.
After the early spring of next year, the area south of the Yangtze River will also be completely occupied by the Qing cavalry. By the autumn of next year, the Qing Dynasty will definitely capture most of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, I learned from Man Ming's newspaper that the young prince of Man Ming confiscated your property, which is really unpopular. However, in this case, all the confiscated property will fall into the hands of our Qing Dynasty. I estimate Let alone thirty or forty million taels of silver!"
Archmaester Sif said a piece of news that caught everyone's attention, because no one would refuse free money.
Thirty to forty million taels!
There are so many piles of them!
"Prince Dog doesn't know anything else, but he's very good at making money. I, the Qing Dynasty, can take all of it, and it will all belong to Emperor Ama!"
Hauge can say whatever he thinks in his head. It is a waste to have so much money in the hands of a ten-year-old child. As long as Huang Ama gives an order, Hauge can lead the men and horses of the blue flag. The silver was snatched away.
"If we can conquer the capital as we wish and seize so much silver, our Qing Dynasty will not have to worry about food and wages in the next two or three years, and we will be able to reward meritorious ministers and the king's heavenly soldiers!"
The eldest son's words were true, but the last sentence seemed very selfish. Huang Taiji had to reluctantly get the money back, after all, he couldn't let everyone waste their efforts.
Attacking the capital is bound to result in the death of many soldiers, so meritorious ministers must be promoted and rewarded with large sums of money. Only in this way can the morale of their subordinates be guaranteed, so that the king's division can continue their efforts, and after resting, they can move south in a big way.
In addition to keeping the Emperor's authority when traveling and being on par with the Manming Emperor, Huang Taiji himself didn't actually spend much money on all aspects, and the scale of the Shenyang Palace was far inferior to that in the capital.
The real cost of money is to raise troops. The Qing royal divisions, especially the elite Eight Banners, cost a lot of money. They cost at least two million taels of silver a year.
After the expansion, the salary may be doubled. If there is no income, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to operate in less than a year.
The huge sum of money in the hands of the Ming Prince in the capital happened to be the military expenditure that Huang Taiji had coveted for a long time. With this money, the Qing Dynasty could gain a firm foothold after taking over the Central Plains. At least it had to be different from the Wei State territory established by the Xianbei people. Just be on par with each other.
"Your Majesty, I learned from the newspaper that Prince Manming is still trying his best to collect money from other channels. I think that after my Qing Dynasty King enters the country, the money in the capital will already be no less than 50 million taels!"
Zhang Cunren, the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, only made a very conservative estimate. If there were 30 to 40 million taels of silver in the Manming Palace, then adding the silver in the hands of merchants outside the palace, it would definitely not be less than 50 million taels.
"No matter how many or how little, after the city is broken, they will all belong to our Qing Dynasty!"
Abate has just acquired a group of troops and is already gearing up.
In his opinion, the only way to boost the morale of his subordinates is money!
Like the fertile land, women, and official titles, they are all empty!
Silver is the most real object!
As long as you have a lot of money, won't everything else be within reach?
For the soldiers below, it is hard to say whether they will survive until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Just be happy every day. Only when you have money in your hands can you be happy!
At the mention of silver, everyone's eyes lit up.
After thinking about it in my mind, I suddenly realized that Zhang Cunren was right.
Even if Prince Gou has 30 million taels of silver in his hands, plus the money from other places in the city, it can definitely reach 60 million taels.
In other words, what the Qing army wanted to attack was not a fortified city, but a silver mountain!
As long as there are fifty or sixty million taels of silver as motivation, no matter how strong the city is, it will be broken!
The psychological expectations of each flag owner are not high. They only need to give them two million taels of silver per flag.
The ten banners total 20 million taels, and the remaining 30 to 40 million taels can be distributed to other ministries.
If that doesn't work, one and a half million taels will do.
In short, it cannot be less than one million taels, otherwise the emperor will monopolize this huge sum of money.
The seized money, materials and population have always been divided equally among the eight banners.
However, the purpose of entering the customs this time is to win the world, which is very different from before.
The imperial court also needs money to run the world, and the banner leader's request for millions of taels of silver is obviously inappropriate.
As for the money in the capital, Huangtaiji naturally takes the lion's share, and the owners of other banners can share a part.
As for places outside the capital, it depends on your ability.
Whoever catches less and doesn't have enough to eat means that this banner is incompetent from top to bottom...
However, the first priority is to capture the capital. Only in this way can the Ming court be dealt a fatal blow.
Promulgating the regulations on rewards and punishments will ensure that the morale of all banners will be high, and the destruction of the city will be just around the corner.
It can be said that it was not the exposed king Chongzhen or the dog prince that destroyed Manming, but the money in their hands.
The barbarian is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade!
In the eyes of the nobles of the Eight Banners, they want money, a city, and more importantly, the world!
In addition, it would be great to kill the dog emperor Chongzhen and his family.
This is not a wishful thinking or a daydream.
Now the Qing Dynasty has sharpened their knives and organized an army of 250,000, preparing to enter the Pass and go south after autumn.
Comparable to the Menggu army that destroyed the Jin Dynasty first and then the Song Dynasty, the emperor was the Cheng Jisi Khan in their hearts.
The planning time of the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty was very short and simple.
Within three months, capture the capital!
Within half a year, occupy the north!
Within one year, the world will be at peace!
There is no need to fight a protracted war with the dog barbarians. They have neither the strength nor the qualifications.
For the Qing Dynasty, the best way is to fight quickly to avoid long nights and dreams, and the destruction of Man Ming within a year.
Just break through the capital and capture the Dog Emperor and the Dog Prince alive.
The barbaric resistance forces in the south were leaderless and would collapse under the thunderous blow of the King's cavalry.
Emperor Taiji was so happy that he decided to hold a banquet in the evening to entertain the ministers.
Before that, he had to inspect the production conditions of the cannon foundry in the city. Only by seeing it with his own eyes could he feel completely at ease.
"My slave Jin Shixiang pays his respects to the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long live the Emperor!"
Jin Shixiang used to be a cannon-casting craftsman in the Ming Dynasty. After being captured by the Qing army, in order to save his life, he could only work as a wrapper. However, because he had a unique skill, he not only saved his life, but also lived a good life.
Because of the invention of the clay mold casting method, the Qing Dynasty could cast heavy cannons regardless of the season. Before that, craftsmen used the "lost wax method" invented by Wang Tianxiang to cast cannons.
Unlike the clay molding method, this method can only be done in cooler weather. Jin Shixiang's invention undoubtedly brought the Qing Dynasty's main gun technology to a higher level.
Nowadays, Jin Shixiang is an official and is a "golden fire worshiper for generations". He has twenty acres of fertile land, which is farmed by Baoyi Aha. He has a wife and two concubines, and four servants. He can receive five dollars a month. Two silver coins plus two stone meters of salary.
It's much better than in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, as long as you work hard, you can live a good life.
Jin Shixiang felt that he had met a generation of wise masters. Even if he worked hard day and night, he was still willing to do so, and the righteousness of the country had long been forgotten.
Whatever the Ming Dynasty could give him, the Qing Dynasty could give him.
What the Ming Dynasty could not provide, the Qing Dynasty could also provide.
Then why cast cannons for the Ming Dynasty?
Now that you are in the Qing Dynasty, you are a person from the Qing Dynasty.
Thanks to the emperor's grace, we must build more and better cannons.
"Without ceremony, I know that you have extraordinary abilities. Since you surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, you have worked hard and worked hard without complaining. You have cast many red cannons with excellent craftsmanship for our Qing Dynasty! Tong Aiqing, how many cannons can you cast per month?"
Since the Qing Dynasty had these cannon-casting craftsmen, heavy firearms were no longer exclusive to the Ming Dynasty. After the red cannon was equipped with Wang Shi, it made Wang Shi even more powerful and invincible. Huang Taiji was very satisfied with this .
"Reporting to the Emperor, after the oracle was issued, the cannon foundry has begun to cast heavy cannons around the clock. Last month, there were already twenty-six red cannons. The output will increase this month, and it is expected that more than thirty red cannons can be cast. cannon!"
Tong Puhan is Tong Yangxing's eldest son. After his father's death, he was transferred by Huang Taiji to manage the cannon foundry.
For the Qing Dynasty, this is an extremely important place, and there must be no mistakes.
Tong Puhan was also very cautious and went all out to manage his men to complete the tasks assigned by the emperor.
The monthly production of more than thirty red cannons is considered the upper limit of the cannon foundry's production capacity.
If we want to increase production, we need to expand the factory and increase manpower.
The venue is easy to talk about, but it is not easy to cultivate craftsmen, and it is too late in a short time.
"Okay! I also hope that Aiqing and the craftsmen in the factory will continue to work hard. When the Qing Dynasty rules the world, you will all be heroes of the Qing Dynasty! Come and reward each person in the factory with two taels of silver!"
"嗻!"
Without money as a gimmick, how could these craftsmen work hard?
To enter the border, you must be fully prepared. The red cannon is the sharpest weapon to attack the capital.
Huang Taiji believes that if he persists at this casting schedule, the Qing Dynasty King's Division will be able to equip more than a hundred brand-new red cannons by the time autumn comes.
At that time, we must work together to destroy Man Ming!
Huang Taiji believed that after completing the War to Destroy the Ming Dynasty, his achievements were on par with Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty who launched the War to Destroy the Song Dynasty...
