No matter how stupid Hauge was, he would not be stupid enough to question Nurhachi's tactics in the War of Founding the Kingdom. What he actually said was: Dodo's painting of a tiger cannot be compared to a dog.
But these are no longer important.
Because He Luohui provided an idea for Duoduo.
Someone must take the blame for the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yunlong Mountain.
If no one can be found to take the blame, Duduo will have to take the blame himself.
Duduo takes the blame himself. With Dorgon's high regard for him, there will definitely be no major problems, but it will somewhat weaken Duduo's prestige among the Eight Banners nobles.
So even if he doesn’t have to carry it himself, Duduo still doesn’t want to carry it himself.
And now, He Luohui has provided Duduo with an excellent scapegoat-Hauge!
He Luohui even arranged the crime for Hauge: Hauge had a grudge because he failed in the battle for the throne of Khan. He made wild remarks before the battle of Yunlong Mountain, questioning the old Khan's tactics in the battle of founding the country, which led to
The soldiers of Zhenglan Banner were alienated, which ultimately led to the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yunlong Mountain, and the loss of troops was useless!
He Luohui was really vicious, and he laid three charges against Hao Ge at once.
The first crime was disrespecting the old Khan and making irresponsible remarks on the tactics of the founding war.
The second crime was to disregard the overall situation and seek personal revenge, leading to an unprecedented defeat.
The third crime is to care about human life, disregarding the life and death of the 900 Baja soldiers who set up the Zhenglan flag, the Zhengred flag, the red flag, and the 3,000 bannermen of the Zhenglan flag, just for their own selfish interests.
Once this memorial is published, Hauge may not even be able to save his life.
At that moment, Duduo smiled and said to He Luohui: "Slave dog, you are so clever."
He Luohui chuckled and said: "No matter how smart I am, I am still your master's slave. I will be your master's slave in this life and will only consider your interests."
"I understand." Duduo said with a smile, "One day in the future, I will not forget the contribution of you, a dog slave."
"Then this slave is here to wish that the master's wish will come true." He Luohui smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed, but in the end he still didn't have the guts to say it directly, so he only dared to mention it in a vague way.
Duduo smiled and immediately wrote a memorial to Dorgon.
Dodo did not hesitate to put the responsibility on Hauge.
Clan bond? There is no clan bond.
Jiannu did not have the concept of a clan.
At least not yet.
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The Ming Dynasty did have the concept of clan.
However, Chongzhen did not necessarily care about the clan's affection.
After reading the letter just handed over by Lu Jiude, Chongzhen asked: "Prince Fu, Prince Lu, and the clan members who fled to Jiangnan, are life really so difficult? Can't even afford to eat?"
This letter was written by King Fu Zhu Yousong.
Zhu Yousong cried and complained about his difficulties in the letter.
In the letter, he also stated the difficulties faced by the clan members.
In fact, Chongzhen knew all about these situations, but he always pretended not to know.
Chongzhen liked the Ming Dynasty very much, but he had no good impression of the Ming Dynasty clan.
Lu Jiude said: "Prince Lu lives in Hangzhou, and there is an endless stream of Jin gentry who come to ask for calligraphy and painting every day. Hukou is not a problem, but Prince Fu and other descendants of the clan are really worried about their livelihood now because they have no means to make a living."
In fact, Chongzhen knew very well that the royal family members of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two classes. The first class was like Zhu Yousong, Zhu Changxun and Zhu Youlang, and the second class, the princes like King Jingjiang, were also millet bugs.
These princes and princes actually embezzled most of the royal family's salary.
The situation of land annexation is basically concentrated on these princes and county princes. It is normal for a prince to own tens of thousands of hectares of cultivated land. For example, the cultivated land in Henan Province is basically owned by the kings of Zhou, Zhao, Zheng and Tang. And King Lu's five vassals were all divided up, so that when King Fu came to the vassal, Wanli had to personally come forward to seize the land for his son.
Therefore, the generals and lieutenants below the county level can only force Hukou.
However, the descendants of the clan who did not have titles below the rank of lieutenant had a difficult time even in Hukou. Not only did they not get the lumi of the clan, but they were deprived of the rights of ordinary people.
Even if you want to be a beggar, local officials won't allow it.
The original version of Chongzhen actually thought about solving the clan problem very early on.
Unfortunately, for the Ming Dynasty, the clan issue was a legacy issue from history, and it was not easy to solve. The original version of Chongzhen gave up the idea immediately after giving it a small try.
The clan issue is difficult to solve for many reasons.
The main resistance still comes from the civil service group.
On the surface, the reason why the civil service group is unwilling to cancel the welfare benefits of the clan and then push the clan into society is due to the Confucian philosophy of respecting relatives, but in fact there are deeper reasons.
The underlying reason is still interests, and in the final analysis it is still a struggle for interests.
The civil servant group is very worried that once the welfare benefits of the clan are cancelled, and the clan children are pushed into society, they will have to be allowed to engage in business, agriculture, and serve as soldiers, and they will also be allowed to take the imperial examination.
That's all for the first few things, but it's not okay to allow clan members to take the imperial examination.
What if one of the sons and grandsons of Emperor Taizu Gao has a scholarly seed, and then becomes the chief minister all the way? What if we usurp the throne? Even if we don’t usurp the throne, it will be troublesome to build a Zhu family cabinet, and there will still be more in the future. What's wrong with their civil servant group? Hasn't the world of the Ming Dynasty become the Zhu family's world again? This is something the civil servant group cannot tolerate.
All in all, co-governance by scholars and officials is a political principle. The ownership of the Ming Dynasty can be given to the descendants of the Zhu family, but the management rights must belong to the civil service group. All factors that may undermine or threaten this political principle must be resolutely eliminated, so the descendants of the Zhu family are allowed to participate in the imperial examination. The exam is absolutely impossible.
The Zhu family can only produce one emperor.
If you want to train a first assistant, then take a rest.
Of course, Chongzhen was well aware of this.
So Chongzhen wanted to kick the ball back to the cabinet.
Chongzhen said: "For the clan's Lumi distribution, they should go to the cabinet."
"I have looked for it," Lu Jiude said. "Prince Fu has made petitions to the cabinet countless times. This time, there is really no other way. I have no choice but to write this letter to you, Lord Long Live."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Lu Banban, Prince Fu must have also written to you, right?"
Chongzhen looked at Lu Jiude with a half-smile, his eyes seemed to pierce into Lu Jiude's heart.
"Long live the Lord." Lu Jiude knelt on the ground with a bang and said sincerely, "The old slave has committed the crime of disrespect. The long live Lord will not even complain about the old slave if he wants to kill him or chop him into pieces, but this time the old slave will never complain.
I’m not selfish at all, I really don’t want you to leave a reputation for treating the clan harshly, and I hope you will see clearly.”
Chongzhen smiled and asked Lu Jiude: "Why can't the cabinet think of a way?"
Lu Jiude said: "The cabinet didn't say it couldn't find a solution. It just asked people to wait. It said that when the Ministry of Household Affairs has money, it will distribute the Lumi to the clan."
When Chongzhen heard this, he laughed out loud.
When the Ministry of Household Affairs has enough money to distribute rice to the clan, it will be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
At that moment, Chongzhen said: "Forget it, before Jiannu has surrounded the city, quickly send flying cavalry to Nanjing and let Ma Mingluan make arrangements as much as possible. But there is one thing, just treat them as ordinary people, and not because they are clan members."
The disciples are treated extra generously, which is breaking the rules again."
The clan issue must eventually be resolved.
Then use this matter as a bargaining chip first.
"Long live Lord Shengming." Lu Jiude sobbed.
"Okay, why are you crying?" Chongzhen said, "Lu Banban, you are still kind and righteous. You are better than Han Zanzhou. As long as you handle my errands well for me, I will never treat you badly."
Lu Jiude burst into tears of gratitude and went away with many thanks.
Lu Jiude didn't know that what Chongzhen said about not being treated unfairly was not the same thing as what he thought.
What Lu Jiude and the others wanted was to let them guard one side as before, or they could be weaving eunuchs or salt supervisor eunuchs.
But Chongzhen's idea of not being treated unfairly was limited to reputation.
As long as you are willing to work hard, you can still consider making a eunuch king. As for guarding one side, forget about it. Starting from the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will never have the right to eunuch again.
With the Ministry of Internal Affairs, what else do we need to do to guard the eunuchs?
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After sending Lu Jiude away, Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Daban, please call everyone in."
Wang Chengen responded with a yes and immediately went to the ground to call in Jin Shenghuan, Ma Huabao, Wang Zuntan and their lieutenants and generals who were waiting outside the bunker.
Ruan Dacheng and Li Xiangjun were also called in together.
In addition, there were Xia Yunyi, Zheng Sen, Fang Yizhi and other senior scholars.
Li Xiangjun is now a Zhengerbajing and a third-grade military general, and is already qualified to participate in military meetings.
After Li Xiangjun came in, she saw at a glance that there was a sand table in the center of the bunker hall. She had seen this sand table in the hall of Xing Zai in Xuzhou, but the one here was not as big as the one in Xing Zai, and it was not as elegantly built as the one in Xing Zai.
Li Xiangjun was a little curious because he didn't know what the sand table was used for.
Seeing Li Xiangjun's expression, Chongzhen said with a smile: "Li Qing, this is a simulation sand table. The sand table in the hall of Xuzhou Xing simulated the entire Xuzhou defense line, and this simulation is just Yunlong Mountain."
"So that's it." Li Xiangjun's beautiful eyes were sparkling.
Chongzhen pointed to the sand table and said, "Look, this is the ninth peak."
"Then this is the gun platform No. 2 where we are." Li Xiangjun asked, pointing to the model.
"Yes, this is Gun Station No. 2." Chongzhen smiled, looked around and said, "Okay, now let's summarize the gains and losses of the battle during the day. All personnel can express their opinions."
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Xu Yingwei raised his hand first and said.
Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "I will announce another rule. When holding imperial meetings in the future, as long as they do not interrupt or hinder other people's speeches, anyone can freely express their opinions without asking me for permission to speak."
"Yes." Xu Yingwei bowed his hands and continued, "The reason why Yunlong Mountain was in danger in today's battle was mainly because we underestimated the intensity of Jiannu's first attack, so we were caught off guard."
"Yes, what Brother Youzhen said is absolutely true." Zheng Sen said, "The intensity of Jiannu's first attack was indeed underestimated, so we must learn from this painful lesson in the future."
Chongzhen turned his attention to Zhu Cijiong: "Jiong'er, remember, some people like to treat the first battle as the decisive battle in a war, so you must not take it lightly when leading troops in the future."
"Yes, please keep this in mind," Zhu Cijiong said solemnly.
Xu Yingwei continued: "Also, the white-armored soldiers of the Jiannu are indeed fierce. I'm afraid we have to find some suitable tactics, otherwise it will still be very troublesome when we encounter the white-armored soldiers of the Jiannu on the battlefield again in the future."
"Okay." Chongzhen said in his heart that he finally had some summary, "Then we might as well discuss what kind of methods can be used to deal with the white-armored soldiers of Jiannu?"
Ma Huabao said: "Blast it directly with the Hongyi cannon!"
"This move is inappropriate." Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "Hongyi Cannon is too stupid."
"Yes, the Hongyi cannon will definitely not work." This Xu Yingwei has experience, "We suffered this loss today. We only managed to fire two cannons, but by the time the third cannon was fired, we couldn't reach it."
Wang Zuntan said: "The Hongyi cannon is not good, but what about the Tiger Crouching Cannon?"
"The Crouching Tiger Cannon is no good," Xu Yingwei said. "The musket fired by the Crouching Tiger Cannon is not enough to penetrate the triple armor of the white-armored soldiers. The power of the closed-mouth bullets is sufficient, but the accuracy is really poor."
"Then use fire attacks." Jin Shenghuan said, "Use kerosene to burn them to death."
"I'm afraid it won't work." Xu Yingwei sighed, "The cavalry shooting of Jiannu's white-armored soldiers is too powerful. If they use kerosene, they will be shot to death from a long distance before they even get close."
Jin Shenghuan said: "Then wait until Jiannu gets close before pouring fire oil on him."
"That's not possible either." Xu Yingwei said, "Jiannu can use rockets to ignite the oil pot."
"Then there is only one way." Fang Yizhi said in a deep voice, "Increase the lethality of the gun!"
After a pause, Fang Yizhi added: "As long as we create a blunderbuss that is big enough to penetrate three layers of armor, the white-armored soldiers of Jiannu will not be afraid!"
Chongzhen said: "This is the errand of your Gewu Department."
"Yes." Fang Yizhi responded quickly, "After this battle is over, I will send someone to develop such a big gun."
"Okay." Chongzhen nodded happily, and at the same time thought to himself, it would be good to have someone who can be used. No matter what he does, the emperor only needs to say a word.
But without these six thousand scholars, there would be no Ministry of Internal Affairs to try?
You ask those civil servants to help you find someone to develop a powerful bird gun? How much time and money it will cost is another question. The key is that no one is sure what the final product will be.
If you don't have the right people at your disposal, you really can't get anything done.
It is a fantasy to sit in the palace and issue a few imperial edicts, and everything will be done properly.
Chongzhen looked at the others and asked, "Do you have any other opinions on how to deal with the white-armored soldiers who established the slaves?"
"Your Majesty, I have a few ideas." Seeing that no one else spoke up, Li Xiangjun finally plucked up the courage, "I don't know if it might be useful."
"How many?" All the scholars and generals looked at each other in confusion.
Do you think this little lady is so powerful? No one else can think of a single idea, but you alone can think of a few? Is the gap between people really that big? Why don’t you believe it?
