Chongzhen Undergraduates

"This Hong Chengchou is too spineless, isn't he?" Li Yan was a little disappointed, he felt that what happened today was a bit dirty to his eyes.

"Spine? Spine is not suitable for a big traitor like him. If he can betray Daming, he will also betray Houjin. Similarly, he can betray himself. Just ignore him and let him make trouble for a long time, otherwise he will give him face." Zhu Youjian drank up his glass of wine, and then flipped through the map as if nothing had happened.

Li Yan and Zuo Maodi are now clear, to be able to bring them together here, plus that lunatic Hong next door, the emperor must be thinking about major events in the world, and it is definitely not as simple as coming to drink and chat.

"Take a copy of the same map and give it to Hong Chengchou. What he wants to ask, don't say a word." Zhu Youjian spread out the map on the table next to him, and Li Yan and Zuo Maodi naturally walked over.

This is a map of the world. This map is more accurate, and some situations have undergone new changes, especially in Northeast Asia. The red block representing Ming Dynasty has gradually extended to Vladivostok, and even Sakhalin Island is virtual. Red.

Another place that is quite different is that a large island appeared to the south of Batavia in the South China Sea. This is the first time Li Yan has seen it.Judging from Zhu Youjian's special marking of Batavia, it is clear that the emperor has two concerns, one is the continent called North America to the east of the Wa Kingdom, and the other is this new big island.

"If I can live for 30 years, these two places must be in Daming's hands." Zhu Youjian took a vermilion pen and made two circles towards North America and Australia.

Zuo Maodi's eyes were staring straight, how big is the emperor's ambition?This is the land area of ​​several great Mings, but Daming has not even regained Guanzhong yet.

Chapter 539 : Master Showdown

Hong Chengchou didn't want to die, so he could only see Zhu Youjian. After all, it was a relationship between a monarch and a minister, so there was still a bit of love.Coupled with an opponent of his level, it will somewhat arouse the curiosity of the opponent.

At least Hong Chengchou is very knowledgeable.

When Zhu sent the map sent by the inspector to Hong Chengchou's small courtyard, he snatched the map away.Obviously, Hong Chengchou couldn't pretend anymore.He felt that his life and death must be in this picture.

Hong Chengchou certainly didn't understand Zhu Youjian's ambitions, and his focus was always on Daming, especially Shaanxi.

Two hours later, Zhu Youjian came to see Hong Chengchou in person.

"The guilty minister Hong Chengchou kowtowed to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Hong Chengchou cried bitterly and prostrated himself on the ground, like a repentant prisoner, pretending to be pitiful.

Li Yan and Zuo Maodi stood on the sidelines, looking disgusted.

"I heard that there is no food in Beizhili, and the water and land are impassable in this lean month. I'm afraid you have already calculated that there will be famine this year?"

Zhu Youjian lit a cigarette with a match, and he was not polite. He came up and asked Hong Chengchou, and it was still a theory of punishment.

"Otherwise, how can we resist the emperor's hundreds of thousands of heavenly troops." Hong Chengchou was also a bachelor, so he gave up on one sentence, anyway, the battle was over, and the secret had already been revealed.

"It's such a good trick!" Li Yan was so angry that his teeth were itching, he had never thought of this trick.A person who has been a senior cabinet official would actually resort to such indecent methods.

Zhu Youjian naturally did not expect that although he had heard of human bombs in later generations, when he was young, he initially thought that the so-called human bombs were brave terrorists who sacrificed themselves.It wasn't until "Operation Red Sea" that I found out that it turned out that I was forced to "dedicate".

"If I don't care about the lives of the people, will there be a north with no people left?" Zhu Youjian asked with restraint of anger.

"The emperor is the king, so naturally he will not neglect the people." Hong Chengchou said quickly.

"I want to listen to the truth." Zhu Youjian dropped half of the cigarette and stomped it out with his foot, making Hong Chengchou tremble in fright.

"There is no one who survives a war. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the northern provinces were like thousands of miles away. Later, the implementation of policies such as the immigration of big locust trees, the relocation of borders and the prohibition of sea immigration, etc., and production resumed after 50 years. Such practices of the criminals, It's not the first time..." Hong Chengchou, who had read poetry and books, opened his mouth and came.

To say this, Zhu Youjian could cut off Hong Chengchou's head, but he couldn't refute it.It is very clear from the historical data that at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, people killed people like hemp.

From this coping strategy alone, Zhu Youjian lost.It can only be said that the fate of the country is towards Daming, and Hong Chengchou failed without God's help.

"However, the emperor's move to send a navy to land in Liaodong is really high. The criminal minister did not expect it, and neither did Dorgon, the thief chief." Hong Chengchou said it sincerely, and Zhu Youjian could hear it comfortably.No one understood the landing operation before the Ming Dynasty, otherwise there would be no defeat at the Daling River.

"What would you do if there was no Battle of Liaodong?" Li Yan asked.

Li Yan has always wanted to compete with Hong Chengchou alone, but the idea of ​​fighting Liaodong was not his idea, it was Li Dingguo's according to some tips from Zhu Youjian.

"If there hadn't been a battle in Liaodong, after the Beijing-Tianjin battle, the Jurchen could coerce some people into retreating outside the pass. The entire pass would need at least decades of recuperation. However, the southern army was unable to continue the northern expedition because of supply problems," Hong Chengchou said.

"What a vicious strategy." Zuo Maodi broke out in a cold sweat.

"Acceptance." Hong Chengchou was very proud, at least he now realized that Li Yan should not be his opponent, which shows that he is still useful.A useful person has a high chance of surviving.

However, one thing is true, that is, the battle of Liaodong was added to it, and who proposed this? Li Yan?It doesn't look like it, and it shouldn't be this Zuo Maodi.

The difficulty is Chongzhen? It shouldn’t be!Hong Chengchou knew the emperor too well, he was not the kind of person with big plans.

Hong Chengchou slightly raised his eyelids to look at Zhu Youjian, and then trembled all over. He found that the emperor in front of him was no longer the person he knew before.There is no arrogance in this kind of eyes, but more depth and determination.

Especially the profundity in his eyes, like a bottomless abyss, with Hong Chengchou's ability to see people, he couldn't see through it.this is too scary!Ten years ago, what Hong Chengchou was most afraid of was the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, because it was too simple.

Zhu Youjian now also understands that the first battle in Liaodong was equivalent to cutting off Hong Chengchou's retreat, so that there was a final battle in Beijing and Tianjin. Otherwise, when the Northern Expedition of Ming Dynasty began, Hong Chengchou would flee north with the people. At the same time, a worse North China will be left to him.

No matter how you fight this kind of battle, Zhu Youjian will lose.Even readers of later generations who only like to watch bloody scenes are unwilling to see an uninhabited north.Fortunately, Li Dingguo proposed to fight Liaodong first.

"Can I think this way, as long as Liaodong is stable, the customs will naturally be stable?" Zhu Youjian said.

"The emperor is wise. I heard that the emperor is immigrating to Liaodong on a large scale. This is a strategy for long-term stability. If Liaodong becomes the Han people's world, the Jurchens who stay in the pass must be assimilated by the Han people. It's something I desperately want to accomplish. It's just that Dorgon is too shrewd to see his intentions." Hong Chengchou said.

Hong Chengchou's statement opened Li Yan and Zuo Maodi's minds. It turns out that politics can still be played in this way, especially in foreign strategy, not just fighting and killing.

It should be said that Daming was too tough in its external strategy and was not as tolerant as Sheng Tang.

"Since you can see my intentions, then tell me what are my difficulties?" Zhu Youjian is not modest, anyway, he intends to use Hong Chengchou's mouth to explain to Li Yan the reasons for his series of policies.

From a psychological point of view, Li Yan may pay more attention to Hong Chengchou's remarks.After all, Zhu Youjian and Li Yan are too familiar, and Li Yan follows Zhu Youjian blindly, which is not conducive to the expansion of Li Yan's strategic vision.

"The most important thing is the conflict between Manchu and Han, and it is difficult to reconcile it in a short time. The Manchus have taken too much advantage, with groups of wives and concubines, and many acres of land, and they have still become nobles. Moreover, the Manchus do not do production, but only know nomadic fishing, hunting and fighting. It is too difficult for them to stay on the land with peace of mind." Hong Chengchou said.

This passage convinced Zhu Youjian.Others don't know it, but he knows it very well.In the official history, the Eight Banners were raised alive for more than 200 years and became a bunch of waste before they fully integrated into the Central Plains culture.

But now, Zhu Youjian will definitely not raise them for nothing.However, these people do not know how to farm, so conflicts will naturally arise.This is also the reason why Zhu Youjian brought Li Yan to see Hong Chengchou, because Hong Chengchou knew both Manchu and Han people very well, and he had the strongest ability.

"What should I do?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Hong Chengchou was overjoyed.Since Zhu Youjian entered the door, although he said a lot, none of them could reveal his ability.Now Zhu Youjian is asking him about politics, and it's time for him to show off his power.

Hong Chengchou is ready and plans to give Zhu Youjian a good lesson to let him know how good he is.

5 Chapter Forty: Hong Chengchou's Closing Performance

"One: abolish the Eight Banners system, and the bannermen will be demoted to slaves and miners; two: regularly select women from the Jurchen women to accompany meritorious families as slaves; three: never allow them to return to Liaodong." Hong Chengchou said three points , The tricks are vicious, completely in accordance with the way Hou Jin treated the savage Jurchen.

Zhu Youjian was chilled when he heard it, and his scalp was numb.According to Hong Chengchou's method, it is estimated that the social conflicts in Ming Dynasty will be extremely sharp.

However, Hong Chengchou's method was a bit cruel, but the guiding ideology was not wrong.First of all, Man-Han intermarriage is certain, especially for those Eight Banners nobles who forcibly rob Han women as concubines, their status will definitely plummet in the future.In this way, will the aunts and wives stay?

The first thing Zhu Youjian thought of was the divorce system of marriage, and corresponding laws should be promulgated to liberate these women.

Secondly, these Manchus are indeed not suitable for farming, and their education level is low.Hong Chengchou is right, these people are indeed only suitable for manual workers, although the combat is not bad, but Zhu Youjian is not afraid to use it for the time being.

After much deliberation, Zhu Youjian planned to place these people in the miners and coachmen's business, so they should be able to give full play to their talents.

"There is nothing new in what you said. I have already ordered that the Manchus and Hans intermarry, and the bannermen are scattered to stay in the pass. The specific measures are still being discussed. And the method is much better than what you said." Zhu Youjian disapproved He didn't want to give Hong Chengchou a chance to be proud.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister, the guilty minister still has a way to solve it, to solve Wu Sangui." Hong Chengchou is now most afraid that he has no value.