Dashun Yongchang

Empress Gao also knew that officials like Niu Jinxing and those Ming officials who surrendered were as unreliable as those capricious frontier soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Back way.

When the news of Henan's defeat came out, many Shaanxi officials in Xi'an sent their family members back to the countryside. If it weren't for the Marshal's Mansion taking decisive measures against the gentry in Shanxi, it would have deterred many people who were about to move , It is estimated that many people would request to resign and return to the countryside to seek refuge at that time.

Empress Gao really hoped that this news was true, so the pressure on her body would be relieved by more than half. As long as she could re-open the post road in Henan and contact Li Zicheng, the people in Shaanxi would be completely at ease.After all, she is a woman, and at such a critical moment, it is hard for the soldiers and civilians to believe that she will have any way to lead everyone to deal with the crisis.

At this time, a small figure ran out of the garden, almost bumped into Queen Gao's team, and Queen Gao was startled immediately.Seeing the boy caught by the female officer beside her, she couldn't help but ask, "Cizhao, what are you doing here?"

But soon Empress Gao noticed the kite falling behind him, and then saw two other figures hiding behind a roadside tree, she immediately shouted angrily to the tree: "Cuiwei, Cijiong, what are you hiding?" Stand up for me. At this time, you are not studying in the school, sneak out to fly a kite?"

Under Queen Gao's scolding, the boys and girls behind the tree finally came out slowly, and then stood with the dejected Zhu Cizhao.Empress Gao actually liked children quite a lot. Although Li Cuiwei was not born to her, she had always been taking care of her, but she did not pamper the children.

After admonishing the three of them, Empress Gao forgot the troubles just now, and then she grabbed the three children who skipped class and sent them back to school.However, although Empress Gao ordered not to spread the news of Henan's victory, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and someone soon spread the news.

Chapter 435 The Heart of Xi'an II

Xi'an Imperial City is the former Qin Palace, and the Zhengshi Hall in the eastern part of the Imperial City was originally a study hall for King Qin to study and relax, a spacious building surrounded by gardens.Since Li Zicheng sent a letter back to Xi'an to establish the West Road Marshal's Mansion, the civil government was changed into a political affairs hall, led by Niu Jinxing to preside over civil affairs. This is also the place where the military ministers and Empress Gao discussed important government affairs.

When the news of Henan's victory came out, some officials came to Zhengshitang to verify the veracity of the news.This caught Niu Jinxing by surprise. After all, he discussed with Empress Gao and Tian Jianxiu yesterday that he should send someone to confirm the news before making an announcement. Live patiently.

Because of the chaos in the direction of Shanxi and news of continuous defeats in Henan, the officials and people in Xi'an City felt that the building was about to collapse. If there is a military disaster, then the new ruler still needs them.But for those officials who are up and down, this is an extremely difficult time. Once they make a wrong bet, it may bring the whole family down.

So after hearing the news, they naturally rushed to ask Niu Jinxing for confirmation.Facing the persecution of hundreds of officials from the six ministries outside the Political Affairs Hall, Niu Jinxing also had some headaches. He could neither go out to refute the rumors and give them a wrong conclusion, nor go out to confirm them, otherwise he would offend Empress Gao.

Niu Jinxing could only ask for help from a few colleagues in the Zhengshitang, that is, the six ministers, and said to them: "Everyone, why don't you go out and persuade the officials of this department to go back, and ask them to go back and wait quietly for a few days?"

Minister of Rites

Gong Xuan immediately objected: "If there is no news, everyone can wait quietly, but now that the news has spread, how can they still be quiet? Now they come with full confidence, as long as we don't give them a Answer, they will only think wildly when they go back, and it will cause panic among the people in the city. At that time, wouldn’t it be more worthwhile than the gains?”

Xiao Yingkun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also supported Gong Xuan: "Shang Shu Gong is right. The reason for blocking the news yesterday is that there will be repetitions in the future, making the soldiers and civilians happy and causing chaos. But if we don't say it now, it will soon lead to chaos. It's better to inform Empress Gao and give them an answer."

Several other ministers whispered to each other for a while, and they almost all leaned towards the opinions of Gong and Xiao. Niu Jinxing also felt that the matter was a little tricky for a while.Although he is now the head of the Zhengshitang, he still came from a lower background. Facing these ministers who were basically Jinshi, he always felt that he was a little bit overwhelmed. At this time, he began to miss Li Zicheng.

Niu Jinxing can still see the situation clearly. His power comes from Li Zicheng, and the power of these ministers actually comes from the support of relatives and old friends. After all, there is a huge network of interpersonal relationships behind every Jinshi.From a certain point of view, Dashun's current local governance does not depend on Dashun's authority, but on the maintenance of the personal relationships of these high-ranking Ming officials who surrendered.

Thinking of this, Niu Jinxing became angry at Liu Zongmin and other warriors. When he first entered Beijing, all the officials in the capital were actually ready to welcome the new Dynasty Conglong, but Liu Zongmin and others' pursuit of stolen goods and money ruined such a good situation Without these officials as intermediaries to communicate with the localities, the Dashun army can only fight from one place to another. In the situation where the Manchus suddenly entered the customs, this way of conquering the world will naturally not work.

Dashun, without the support of the local gentry, has essentially retreated to a local power.Although Li Zicheng won some people's hearts by launching the prince, the gentry in the world have once again waited and watched, and did not regard Dashun as an inevitable choice to unify the world.The Manchus entered the customs, and many northern gentry turned their backs, which is the best proof that the world has once again fallen into chaos.

As far as Niu Jinxing is concerned, he actually doesn't mind that Shunjun liquidates some former court officials and gentry, but this kind of thing can be done in time after the world is settled down.Didn’t Ming Taizu start killing after appeasing the world’s gentry? What’s more, Ming Taizu killed only the power groups that threatened the imperial power. He still needs to give privileges to the world’s gentry to appease, because managing a country is ultimately It still depends on these gentry, which is why Ming Taizu wanted to force scholars to become officials.

In fact, as early as the Song Dynasty, some scholars told the truth. Wen Yanbo said to Song Renzong: "Your Majesty governs the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people." Hold on, so in the Ming Dynasty, scholars once again dominated the country.Li Zicheng's background was similar to Ming Taizu's, and he also had no family background. What was more disadvantageous than Ming Taizu's was that Li Zicheng didn't even have a son, and he couldn't rely on his clan as his wings.

Therefore, the later the time to unify the world, the more unfavorable it will be for Li Zicheng and Dashun, because the issue of successors will cause Dashun to split again.Therefore, Niu Jinxing hoped that the Shun army could unify the world as soon as possible, and then Li Zicheng would recruit a few more concubines to give birth to an heir, and Dashun would be able to settle down.

It's just that Niu Jinxing is full of emotion, and knows that after missing the opportunity to quickly unify the world, it is impossible to come back.The most important thing at present is how to deal with the current situation. A chief assistant who cannot suppress the six departments obviously cannot be trusted by Li Zicheng.

He glanced at the ministers sitting in the hall, and always felt that the news leaked this time was not an accident, but some people's actions against him, trying to shake Empress Gao's trust in him.

While thinking about the possibility of investigating whether the staff of the Political Affairs Hall might have leaked the secrets afterwards, Niu Jinxing regained his composure and said to the ministers: "Since all the ministers believe that an announcement is more reassuring than not announcing it, then there is no It is necessary to continue the discussion. However, I don’t think it is appropriate to directly announce the content of the news from Luoyang. We can tell them that there is indeed news from Luoyang, but Zhengshitang sent people to verify it, so as not to give them too high expectations. .I’m going to personally ask the empress, so Yu Shangshu and Song Shangshu should convey this matter, let them go back to work in various ministries as soon as possible, and don’t stay here to harass the government affairs hall anymore.”

The plan given by Niu Jinxing, several ministers felt that it was quite satisfactory and nothing out of the ordinary, so they got up and agreed.Although the Zhengshitang did not directly confirm whether the news about Henan Shengli was true, it admitted that someone from Luoyang had indeed sent the news, which made the officials who came to seek confirmation finally relieved.

Luoyang, which has severed ties with Xi'an, sent someone here, which is a good sign in itself, otherwise it would be an envoy from the Qing army.Therefore, even if the news they heard was not all true, at least it was certain that the situation in Henan had changed, otherwise Luoyang would not have been able to send people over.

With such a result, the officials who had been suffering for the past few months finally felt down-to-earth, and their peace of mind also stabilized the emotions of the people in the city.Since the connection between Luoyang and Xi'an was cut off, the people of Xi'an have been worried about when the Qing army will appear in Tongguan. After all, Tongguan is the gateway to Xi'an. If something goes wrong in Tongguan, Xi'an will definitely not be safe.

The people of Xi'an, who have managed to live a stable life for two years, naturally do not want to be involved in the flames of war again, so when the weather gets warmer, some people have already left the city to seek refuge in the countryside.However, as the news of Henan's victory spread, the people who had planned to take refuge in the countryside decided to wait for a while. After all, the officials stopped sending their families out of Xi'an.

On the first day of February, a small group of cavalry came straight from the official road in the east of Xi'an City to Changle Gate, the east gate. The soldiers moved away the rejecting horses in front of the city gate, and then stepped forward to meet them.

Li Laiheng, who got off his horse in front of the city gate, looked at the city gate officer who came up, and said with some surprise: "You know me?"

The city gate officer with a slight limp pulled Ma Gongshun for him and said: "The last general was under the command of Marquis Bo before, but he was unable to join the expedition because of his leg injury. The major general is back, so we are Haven't you already defeated the Qing army?"

Looking at the expectant eyes of the city gate official, Li Laiheng couldn't bear to refuse and said casually: "It's not right to say that the Qing army was completely defeated, but the Azig tribe in Henan has been defeated by my Majesty. The foreign countries have all been recovered, and the specific news of this battle will be officially announced by the imperial court."

The city gate official said that Li Laiheng and his party had been sent into the city, and just now he returned to his subordinates and said beamingly: "Your Majesty has indeed defeated the Azig army, and now the five Henan prefectures in Henan are back in our hands. It seems that it is very Soon we'll be able to drive the Manchus out of the prison..."

The news of the great victory in Henan was soon confirmed with the appearance of Li Laiheng, and the people in Xi'an who were still a bit skeptical were completely at ease now. Suddenly, there were many people on the street, preparing for the second day of February. food and supplies.Suddenly, Xi'an seemed to have more energy and less tension.

When Niu Jinxing learned that Li Zicheng had sent Li Laiheng back, he immediately asked Li Laiheng where he had gone after his return. His subordinates reported to him: "General Xiao Li didn't go anywhere after returning to the city. He went directly to the palace to see the queen."

Niu Jinxing thought for a few breaths and ordered to go to the gate of the palace, preparing to see the queen.For him, every single word from Li Zicheng is very important, which will determine whether he can govern according to Li Zicheng's wishes.If other people know Li Zicheng better than him, why should he preside over the political affairs hall?

What's more, after removing the threat of the Qing army along the way and reconnecting the east and west borders of Dashun, the Qing army's attack on Dashun has almost failed by half this time.In other words, even if the Manchus could not be driven out of the customs for a while, Dashun's rule over Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places was at least stable.

This means that Dashun is about to enter the stage of system construction, and the power and status of civil servants will be gradually restored. Of course, Niu Jinxing is unwilling to be alienated by Li Zicheng at this time.In fact, he regretted it very much now. He should have gone south with Li Zicheng instead of returning to Xi'an. Although he got the position of chief assistant after returning, he stayed away from Li Zicheng.

Chapter 436 Palace Gate One

When Niu Jinxing came to the gate of the palace, he found that Gong Xuan and others were already waiting here. These ministers were not embarrassed to see Niu Jinxing's arrival, but just greeted him politely.Niu Jinxing couldn't say anything when he saw this, he couldn't drive these people back to work, he should wait here alone for the Queen's summons.

Therefore, after a few words of politeness with his colleagues, he went forward and talked with the gate envoy who guarded the palace gate, and submitted a request to see the queen.Although Li Zicheng refused to bring the eunuchs southward when he left Beijing, the palace ban system in Xi'an still followed the regulations of the old Qin Palace.It was an eunuch who guarded the gate between the front court and the back palace.

It's just that Empress Gao herself didn't like to see eunuchs, so the eunuchs in Dashun Palace also lost their previous prestige, especially in front of these ministers and rebel generals, they were particularly cautious.Seeing Niu Jinxing's arrival, the palace gate envoy asked someone to add a chair for Niu Jinxing, and at the same time hurriedly sent someone to the harem to report again.

When Niu Jinxing and several ministers were basking in the sun in front of the palace gate, another group of people came from a distance, and Niu Jinxing recognized Tian Jianxiu and other generals with just a glance.Unlike the Zhengshitang located within the imperial city, the West Road Marshal's Mansion is located outside the imperial city, so the generals who rushed over upon hearing the news were a step behind the civil servants.

So the civil servants who were sitting scattered in front of the palace gate quickly moved their chairs to the left side of the palace gate, and then the generals all sat on the right side of the palace gate, and the two sides became quite distinct.

At this time, Xin Sizhong had already gone to Puzhou to preside over the suppression of the rebellious gentry, so Tian Jianxiu was the only one left in Xi'an to preside over the overall situation.After the Qing army cut off the connection between Xi'an and Xuzhou, Tian Jianxiu felt that he was under great pressure. He had never faced such a bad situation alone. He became even more hesitant, but fortunately Xin Sizhong took part of the pressure for him.

Now I heard that Li Zicheng sent Li Laiheng back, which means that the news about the great victory in Henan was not false. Tian Jianxiu hurried over after heaving a sigh of relief, hoping to get the latest instructions from Li Zicheng, so as to unload himself. burden.

The two parties didn't wait long outside the palace gate before they saw Empress Gao walking out of the palace.Everyone stood up and saluted Empress Gao, and the palace envoy brought a chair for the empress.Empress Gao then sat on the platform of the palace gate and said to the crowd: "Everyone, please sit down and talk. I also know that you are here for His Majesty's messengers. Lai Heng, tell them what Your Majesty will tell us. .”

Li Laiheng, who was originally standing behind Queen Gao, walked to the front of the platform, first turned around and saluted the Queen, then turned around and walked off the platform, stood on the ground in front of the platform, saluted the civil and military officials on the left and right, and said: " The first thing His Majesty sent ministers over this time was to inform everyone that our army defeated the Azig Army last month, and the remnants of the Azig Army also retreated across the Yellow River five days ago.

When the Azig army went south, there were about 5 horses. After entering Henan, they had to surrender another 4 or 2 troops. However, when they returned to the north bank of the Yellow River, there were only about [-] horses left. Therefore, after discussing with the generals, Your Majesty concluded that Before receiving support from the rear, it was impossible for the Azig army to go south to threaten Henan.

His Majesty decided that Bohou and Wenshuibo would rebuild the Yellow River defense line and restore the post road connection between Xuzhou and Xi'an.Afterwards, His Majesty will return to the east of the division to face the Duoduo Department of the Qing Army. Therefore, I hope that everyone will continue to unite sincerely, guard the defense lines of Shaanxi and Shanxi, and stabilize the foundation of our Dashun. "

Hearing this, Niu Jinxing immediately got up and bowed to the east, and then said seriously: "I would like to obey the holy edict."

The ministers also reacted quickly, standing up one after another to express their attitudes. Generals like Tian Jianxiu were slow to react, but seeing the civil servants getting up, they couldn't help but also followed suit.

It was Li Laiheng who interrupted these people, and almost forgot what he should say.After all, the Marshal's Mansion in the Eastern Capital has begun to simplify etiquette and demand to improve work efficiency. In the past, this kind of behavior of flattering Shangguan has gradually disappeared in public.Because under Li Zicheng's ridicule, both the flatterer and the person being photographed have become a laughing stock.

Therefore, Niu Jinxing's behavior really frightened him a little.However, he quickly realized that this is Xi'an, not Xuzhou, and it is normal that some customs cannot be corrected.

After calming down, Li Laiheng went on to say under Empress Gao's signal: "The second thing, Your Majesty is concerned about the widespread rebellion in the West Road Marshal's Mansion and the Zhengshitang in Datong Town. Take swift and decisive steps to show support.

His Majesty believes that in order to protect the fundamental interests of the people in Shanxi, it is appropriate to relocate some unrest elements.What His Majesty means is that although some people in Shanxi chose to betray in the face of the interests of the country and the nation, the court should only get rid of the culprits and not treat the coerced people as targets of attack..."

Tian Jianxiu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although the clean-up of the Shanxi gentry had achieved considerable results, it also put great pressure on the West Road Marshal's Mansion.Those scholars were quite dissatisfied with the actions of the Shun army to suppress the gentry in Shanxi. Even the official newspaper, which was supposed to be the mouthpiece of Dashun, published articles criticizing the army's persecution of good gentry in Shanxi.

Now with Li Zicheng's endorsement, Tian Jianxiu and other generals who made this decision will naturally feel at ease, and don't have to worry that they will be attacked by civil officials because of this issue in the future.Because attacking this issue is opposing Li Zicheng himself.

Only a few civil servants frowned when they heard this. In fact, they didn't care about the persecution of the gentry in Shanxi. What they cared about was the unrestrained persecution of the gentry by the army. This is frightening.Whether it is the separatism of the feudal lords at the end of the Tang Dynasty in the historical records, or the increasingly domineering actions of Zuo Liangyu and Liaodong generals in recent years, the civil servants have realized that unfettered force will only destroy everything, and scholars will become The vassals of the generals.

But no one would raise objections at this time. Facing Li Zicheng, who had just defeated the Azig army, it was obviously impossible to stand up and sing the opposite at this time, and it was obviously impossible to get the support of others, and it would not get the sympathy of the people.

Immediately afterwards, Li Laiheng talked about the third matter, "...Your Majesty said that the reason why Dashun has been defeated repeatedly for more than ten years is entirely because of the support of the people. Why do the people support Dashun? Because we represent Leading the common people to resist this cannibalism of the world.

What I, Dashun, uphold is the will of the leaders of the rebel army who first rose up to resist oppression, such as Baishui Wang Er, Fugu Wang Jiayin, Hannan Wang Daliang, and Ansai Gao Yingxiang.The reason why my Dashun was able to unite the rebel army is precisely because we have never forgotten the legacy of these martyrs, to eliminate this unfair world and establish a just world.

Therefore, His Majesty requires the Zhengshitang and the West Road Marshal's Mansion to publicize the deeds of these rebel leaders against oppression to the army and the people, and to call on the army to learn from these leaders, and to educate the people on why these leaders died.

In addition, our war with the Atlantis Army should be suspended.Although the Great West Army clashed with our army, the Great West Army is also a part of the rebel army. If this army has not forgotten the goals pursued by the leaders of the rebel army, then they are our allies rather than enemies.Therefore, we should send a suitable person to Chengdu to persuade Zhang Xianzhong to live in peace with us. "

Li Zicheng asked Xi'an to send people to Chengdu to make peace. The civil and military officials present did not disagree. After all, although there was a good news from Hanzhong, Xi'an still asked He Zhen not to pursue him, because the situation facing Xi'an was too bad, and they had no choice. Open another battlefield in Sichuan.

However, commemorating Baishui Wang Er, Fugu Wang Jiayin, Hannan Wang Daliang, Ansai Gao Yingxiang, etc., and requiring their deeds to be publicized among the army and the people, this made the civil officials somewhat unacceptable.Although they accept Li Zicheng now, what they accept is the Li Zicheng who has defeated the imperial army and has become popular, not Li Zicheng who wandered in Shaanxi, Henan and other places in the early years.

Rebels like Baishui Wang Er and Fugu Wang Jiayin were wiped out by the imperial army before they became successful, so they were naturally thieves rather than leaders of the rebel army.The former Li Zi became the belief in himself in the unified army, and he also condoned some officials to portray other leaders in the rebel army who were hostile to him as gangsters who did all kinds of evil.

When Li Zicheng did it so suddenly, these civil servants were a little confused. They didn't know what Li Zicheng wanted to do.People in this era actually like to reward their ancestors in order to elevate their lintels, but there is no such thing as rewarding irrelevant people.

And that's all for the other three, Gao Yingxiang is indeed related to Li Zicheng, because Li Zicheng is Gao Yingxiang's Chuang general, after Gao Yingxiang was defeated and died, he gathered Gao Yingxiang's remnants, and then inherited the title of Chuang King, and finally became the current Dali Shun.However, although Li Zicheng did not deny that he had served as a soldier under Gao Yingxiang, he hardly talked about Gao Yingxiang on weekdays, because Gao Yingxiang's descendants and old troops were still there, so naturally Li Zicheng would not strengthen Gao Yingxiang's appeal.

Niu Jinxing looked thoughtful, wondering why Li Zicheng suddenly wanted to commemorate these dead leaders of the rebel army, and Gong Yan and other ministers over there couldn't help questioning Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng spread his hands on this and said: "My lords, the last general is just passing on your majesty's words, how dare you distort your majesty's meaning without authorization. If you have any doubts, you can write to your majesty to inquire about this matter. Your majesty is still in Zhengzhou. It only takes a few days to go back and forth, and the adults will get the answer soon."

At this time, Empress Gao who was sitting on the platform suddenly said: "This is indeed what His Majesty meant. Your Majesty also mentioned this matter in his letter to the Palace. Let's sacrifice these rebel leaders together.

In addition, Tian Shuai, please send someone to find the descendants of these rebel leaders.What His Majesty means is that we should take good care of the descendants of these leaders and not allow them to be displaced..."

Chapter 437 Palace Gate II

Li Laiheng said three things before resigning and stood aside. The civil and military officials in front of the palace gate still had a lot of intentions, because they didn't expect to get through the channel between Shaanxi and Henan with great difficulty. Li Zicheng only sent back these few words.

He notified the victory in Henan, acknowledged the work achievements in Xi'an some time ago, and then reviewed the history of the rebel army and made peace with Zhang Xianzhong.Gong Xuan stopped Li Laiheng in surprise, and asked him: "Your Majesty asked you to bring back these few words? Does Your Majesty have any other orders for us?"

Not only Gong Xuan and other six ministers have such doubts, but Niu Jinxing also has some doubts in his heart, because according to his experience, even if a superior is dealing with his subordinates thousands of miles away, he also hopes that the other party can do what he thinks. It is also the desire for control of those in power.Not to mention Li Zicheng, even he himself always wanted to intervene in the affairs of the six ministries, so he was not happy with the ministers of the ministries.

Of course, Niu Jinxing doesn't think there is anything wrong with this desire to control. After all, in this era where the king is the leader of the ministers, constantly testing the loyalty of his subordinates is also a necessary tactic.Because you don't know whether the capable subordinate is Di Qing or Zhao Kuangyin.

Especially for a monarch like Li Zicheng who came up from the bottom of the fight, honestly speaking, he doesn't have any deep roots. Can you really rest assured that you can just let them go in Xi'an?Niu Jinxing actually understood the question raised by Gong Xuan. What the other party wanted to ask was not other explanations, but the disposal of the institution of the West Road Marshal's Mansion.

To be honest, Li Zicheng refused to return to Shaanxi because the Qing army had already reached his door, so it was necessary to set up the West Road Marshal's Office to unify the military command in Xi'an.But after repelling Azig all the way, the Qing army in Datong may not be able to continue going south, so Li Zicheng can completely revoke the West Road Marshal's Mansion and re-centralize the military power in his own hands. This is not to make mistakes for others Opportunity.

But Li Laiheng's answer obviously disappointed the civil servants. Li Zicheng really had nothing else to say, or in other words, Li Zicheng asked Li Laiheng to publicly convey these three things.

Seeing that Li Laiheng gave a negative answer, the civil and military officials could only ask the Queen to resign, but Queen Gao sent the Minister of the Household Department

Xiao Yingkun stayed behind, Niu Jinxing and Gong Xuan glanced at Xiao Yingkun before turning around and leaving the palace gate.

Xiao Yingkun was still guessing what Empress Gao wanted to tell him, but after everyone left, Empress Gao asked him about the trade with various Mongolian ministries.

Xiao Yingkun immediately said: "The fact that we are currently able to conduct direct trade with Mongolia are mainly two tribes, one is the Erut Mongolian Heshuote tribe that occupies Qinghai, and the other is the Ordos tribe that occupies the Hetao area.

Although the Ordos Tribe did not belong to the Manchus, it has a detached status among the Mongolian tribes. It is a tribe guarding the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, so its tribes generally do not participate in the wars of all parties, but the small tribes of the Ordos Tribe harassed our border areas Never cut off, because they lack living supplies.

For our trade request, the small Taiji under the Ordos Department supported it, but Zaisang and Dataiji of their tribe were unwilling to anger the Manchus, so they refused to trade with us.However, I think that they don't really want to refuse, but they don't want to openly trade with us to prevent being caught by the Manchus. If the merchants are allowed to trade privately, they should not object.

As for the Erut Mongol Heshuote tribe in Qinghai, they entered Qinghai at the invitation of the Tibetan Yellow Sect Lama in the tenth year of Chongzhen. In 15 years, the chieftain Baili in Tibet entered Tibet to eliminate Zangba Khan and established the Yellow Sect Dynasty. Gush Khan set up a khan court in Shigatse, but left eight sons in Qinghai to guard the gate of Tibet.

However, Gush Khan and his sons were quite ambitious. As far as we know, Gush Khan and the Yellow Sect Lama had sent people to surrender to the Manchus, and they were quite likely to join forces with the Manchus to attack Ming Dynasty. He also sent Marquis Jiang to the west to bring Lanzhou, the Hexi Corridor and Xining under his rule. Gushi Khan seemed to be aiming at me again.

The second son, Chechen Ombu, also known as Chechen Huangtaiji, occupied the Qilian Mountain area north of Qinghai Lake and invaded some Tibetan residential areas along the Hexi Corridor. Although Wang Yongji sent people to negotiate with him, Chechen Ombu firmly Saying that all Tibetans should be under the control of Diba Khan is just exercising his legitimate ruling power.

His third son, Dalantai, took advantage of the battle between our army and the local Ming army, and moved the tribe to Yemachuan outside Baishiyakou, Ganzhou, threatening the safety of Ganzhou.Although I sent someone to negotiate with him, the other party refused to retreat for a long time.

Would trading with such an ambitious tribe be breeding tigers? "

Empress Gao turned her attention to Li Laiheng, and Li Laiheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty means that not only the Mongolian tribes need trade, but Dashun also needs trade. Because only trade can stabilize the border, so that we can go abroad." Immigration and development of border areas.

It is useless to build city walls and fortresses to prevent nomadic nomads from invading the customs. It is important to have people guard these areas.Only trade and farming can make the frontier prosperous, thus concentrating a trading city with population and material advantages over the surrounding areas.

Your Majesty said that the important thing is not whether trade makes the Mongols prosperous, but whether we can get more benefits from trade than the Mongols. As long as we can get more benefits, then there is no need to worry about the Mongols. Get rich and strong?

We blocked trade with the Manchus, but didn't the Manchus still develop their own cannon technology?It can be seen that the important thing is not the trade blockade, but whether we are developing ourselves. It is stupid to cut off our own development path in order to prevent others from developing.

After the Tumed tribe surrendered to the Manchus, there was only a neutral Mongolian tribe like the Ordos tribe left around us.Therefore, what His Majesty means is that in any case, Ordos cannot be completely turned to the Manchus. No matter what method is used, we need to establish a direct communication channel with the upper echelons of the Ordos Ministry.It is also possible to sell some weapons if necessary.

As for the Heshuo Special Department in Qinghai, we also need to trade with them, because we don’t know much about the geography of Qinghai. Conflict, where should we fight to eliminate the main force of the Shuo Te Division? "

After a pause, Li Laiheng continued: "Tibet has special significance to the various tribes of Mongolia. We cannot allow a force close to the Manchus or hostile to us to control Tibet, so Qinghai and Tibet must be brought under the control of Dashun. And Before taking any action in this area, we need to collect relevant intelligence in this area.

Therefore, His Majesty needs the Ministry of Households to adopt a flexible policy to encourage civilians and merchants to go to the various ministries of Mongolia for trade, but at the same time control the number of traders so that they cannot be unprofitable and end up selling a large amount of contraband to the grassland..."

It was only then that Xiao Yingkun realized that what Li Zicheng asked Li Laiheng to say was definitely more than three things, but there were only three things he could say publicly. Tea and cotton cloth are the main products, and the grassland can mainly export horses. However, in the past few years, the disaster in the north has also affected the grassland.

Since the Manchus defeated Lin Dan Khan to control the Mongolian tribes, their control over the Mongolian tribes has become increasingly strict. Not only did they require the Mongolian tribes not to trade with the Ming Dynasty in private, but they also required the Mongolian tribes to trade with Liaodong.In fact, the Manchus traded with the Mongols with the materials traded from Zhangjiakou, and collected a tax from them.

Under such exploitation, the Mongolian ministries have almost no extra horses, cattle and sheep to trade with us.We can't give them supplies for nothing, can we? "

After thinking for a while, Li Laiheng said to Xiao Yingkun: "Your Majesty has also considered this issue. The Mongolian ministries chase water and grass for a living. As the saying goes, those with wealth and hair are not counted, so their output of cattle, sheep and horses is not stable.

For us, a constantly nomadic tribe is also quite difficult to control and deal with, so we need to make these Mongolian tribes fixed, or semi-fixed.In this way, in order to protect their property, they will be attached to me and will not easily betray me.

Therefore, what His Majesty means is that we can first negotiate with the tribes near the border, help them divide the pastures, and give them loans to buy breeding sheep.The sheep are then recovered at a fixed price.Let them know that the grassland is not a gift from the Changshengtian to all Mongolians, but the property they rely on to live a good life.

As long as these Mongolians are taught the concept of land property, then we only need to help them continue to divide the grassland on the grassland, and then buy it and distribute it to the inland immigrants.In order to make a fortune, they will become our most loyal friends.

In addition, His Majesty also hopes to integrate and develop the wool industry. His Majesty has sent people to Macau to recruit woolen craftsmen, and will send people to Xi'an at that time.The Ministry of Households should first establish a preliminary wool processing workshop to prepare for the next step in the development of the wool industry.Compared with other types of trade, wool is almost useless to herdsmen, they can exchange wool for tea and cotton cloth, they will not cut off this trade easily..."

After a long talk, Xiao Yingkun left with a satisfied expression.He, Minister of the Household Department, actually has little power, because the army's logistics was taken away by the Marshal's Mansion. During the war, apart from military affairs, civil affairs are almost dispensable. After all, the army's supply must first be guaranteed. talk about other.

Xiao Yingkun supported Li Zicheng's guiding opinions on trade with various Mongolian ministries, which meant that the Ministry of Household Affairs finally had something to do.With the resumption of trade with various ministries of Mongolia, it also means that Li Zicheng has not completely focused on the war. This is also very good news for civil servants. Restoring people's livelihood is the foundation of a dynasty's long-term stability.

Chapter 438 Palace Gate Three