Dorgon pondered for a moment and said: "However, in the eyes of the Han people, I, the Qing Dynasty, are barbarians. The Han people want to peel off my skin and eat my flesh. How can they unite with us?"
Fan Wencheng shook his clothes and said seriously: "No. Although there are differences between the Jurchens and the Ming people, this is not the point. Maybe among ordinary people, there may be some differences between Yi and Di and some psychological hatred.
.However, these ordinary people work hard for three meals a day and are precarious. Even if they feel uncomfortable, what can they do?"
"As long as these people leave the land for half a month, their crops will be barren and they will not be able to eat. Their opinions and attitudes are not important."
"The wealth of the Ming Dynasty was controlled by the gentry. The entire country of the Ming Dynasty was managed by the gentry. As long as the gentry recognize us, we can easily unite with them."
Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng and said nothing.
Fan Wencheng said: "On the surface, the gentry of the Ming Dynasty upheld morality and spoke of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. But in fact, the gentry encroached on the grassroots and center of the country day after day. They refused to pay local land taxes, evaded taxes, and even accepted small farmers.
He defected and used his status as a gentry to bully men and dominate women. He controlled the officialdom at the central level and constantly forced the Ming emperor to retreat through group pressure, basically controlling the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty."
"In fact, the only thing the civil servants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty needed was profit."
"The key thing now is to make clear the attitude of the Qing Dynasty and let the gentry understand that the Qing Dynasty is for mutual benefit with the gentry."
Fan Wencheng looked at Dorgon's face and felt happy when he saw that Dorgon was listening to his words seriously. He cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, now the gentry of the Ming Dynasty have established the Second Town of Jiangbei in the south of the Yangtze River. The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have
, the officials in Nanjing have basically disobeyed the Ming Emperor’s orders and are running around day and night for the two towns in Jiangbei.”
"The reason why the gentry in the south was like this was that they were extremely disappointed with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and had no choice but to go it alone. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty had been very supportive of Li Zhi in recent years. In recent years, Li Zhi had gone on a killing spree in Shandong and Tianjin.
Gentry, the emperor never punished Li Zhi, and even killed many Donglin Party ministers at Li Zhi's request. This has aroused the anger of the gentry."
"However, because Li Zhi supported the imperial power, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty became more rigid and did not act in accordance with the requirements of the civil servants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty. The gentry of the Ming Dynasty were actually extremely angry with the emperor and Li Zhi. No matter in the south or the north
, all the gentry complained."
"As long as we, the Qing Dynasty, stand up and declare that we protect the interests of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, the gentry of the Ming Dynasty will fall to us like a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix and cooperate with us as much as possible. As long as we let the gentry of the Ming Dynasty trust us, no one else can
If we talk about uniting them to fight against Li Zhi, I am afraid that if we take over the Central Plains, they will also welcome us very much."
Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng who was talking eloquently and felt something.
Dorgon was somewhat disapproving of the emperor's heavy use of Han people during the Huang Taiji era, believing that Han officials threatened the absolute leadership of the Manchu aristocrats over the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, after he became emperor, Dorgon discovered that the Han people did have different methods from the Manchu aristocrats.
For example, Nurhachi's descendants would never have come up with this method of uniting Han gentry.
Dorgon knocked on the table and asked: "Then how can we make the Ming gentry trust us and think that we are in their interests?"
Fan Wencheng knelt on the ground and said loudly: "I think that in order to make the gentry of the Ming Dynasty trust our Qing Dynasty, two strategies are needed: one is to establish the imperial examination, and the other is to exempt taxes from taxes."
"The imperial examination system was already in place during the reign of Emperor Wen, but the holding time was uncertain, which made people feel unreliable. Now the emperor wants to reassure the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, so he has to set a rule of holding an examination every three years."
"At the same time, we, the Qing Dynasty, will announce to the outside world that distinguished scholars will be exempted from land tax and corvee service. As long as this is agreed upon, the Ming gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely support our Qing Dynasty."
"As long as these two national policies are established, the scholars in Jiangnan will definitely send troops to attack Li Zhi's retreat when Li Zhi attacks us."
Dorgon pondered Fan Wencheng's words for a long time.
"With these two strategies, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty will send troops to support us?"
"Will."
Dorgon thought for a while and took a breath: "Okay, as you said, we will set the imperial examination and tax exemption."
"At the same time, send envoys to Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty to promote our new national policy to the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. Ask them to attack Li Zhi at the critical moment."
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Qian Qianyi, Shi Kefa, Zhang Shenyan and others were sitting in Jiangyun Tower, facing the envoys sent by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The messenger was a Jia La Zhangjing of the Zhengbai Banner, named Dizuo, and he brought an interpreter. Qian Qianyi had to go through an interpreter to speak to this Dizuo, which was very inconvenient. But even so, the Manchu envoy brought
The message still made Qian Qianyi's eyes light up.
Not only Qian Qianyi's eyes lit up, but also several other officials and celebrities in the hall were very excited when they heard that the Qing Dynasty explicitly stipulated that scholars were tax-free and could not help but whisper among themselves.
Qian Qianyi looked at Tu Zuo with a smile and said, "So, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is willing to rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats!"
Before the Manchu envoy could answer, Zhang Shenyan burst out laughing and said: "The Qing emperor's approach was to follow nature and people. The Ming Dynasty did not explicitly stipulate that gentry could be exempted from land tax and corvee, but the Qing Dynasty explicitly stipulated this. This is to respect clothes and hats.
, revitalize culture." After a pause, Zhang Shenyan said loudly: "If you are like Li Zhi of Tianjin, killing scholars and practicing scriptures, what is the difference between that and animals?"
After listening to the interpreter, he said to Qian Qianyi: "So we, the Qing Dynasty, hope that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty can distinguish right from wrong and attack Li Zhi from the rear when he attacks our Qing Dynasty. There are more than ten people in our Qing Dynasty."
Ten thousand soldiers and horses, and there are 80,000 soldiers and horses in the two towns in Jiangbei. A total of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses can defeat Li Zhi."
Qian Qianyi laughed and was about to speak when he heard Shi Kefa, the Minister of War in Nanjing, said loudly: "No!"
Shi Kefa stood up and said: "The struggle between us scholars and Li Zhi is an internal matter of our Ming Dynasty. How can we involve the barbarians who covet China? How many Han people have the Tatars killed? If we unite with the Tatars to attack Li Zhi, then what will happen?
What is the difference between us and traitors?"
Zhang Shenyan's eyes widened and he shouted: "Shi Kefa, didn't you listen to what the envoy said? The Qing Dynasty also had imperial examinations and exempted scholars from taxes. How can they be called barbarians and Tatars? I think this is more civilized than the Ming Dynasty.
"
Qian Qianyi also stood up and said: "The Constitution requires that urgent matters be followed by authority. I see clearly that the country respects scholars and respects culture, and it is also a civilized country. We cannot simply treat it as a barbarian."
Shi Kefa looked at the other people in the room and saw that several officials and gentry did not support his point of view, and his face sank.
He flicked his sleeves and strode out of the main room.
Seeing Shi Kefa's fierce attitude, the other gentry began to discuss among themselves. There was also a civil servant who felt that he could not join forces with the Tatars to become traitors. But the other people's attitudes were different from Shi Kefa's, and they quickly suppressed this one who had different opinions.
Civil servants, and finally the eight or nine people in the room all looked at Qian Qianyi.
Qian Qianyi looked at the civil servants and gentry on the left and right, nodded, and said to the Manchu envoy: "Okay, we will form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. If Li Zhi makes the Northern Expedition, our 80,000 elite troops will attack Tianjin."
