"Your Highness, you must not negotiate peace with Can Ming, just destroy them all in one go. If you give them a chance to breathe, I'm afraid it will be a disaster." Chen Mingxia objected loudly, "Your Highness, please don't forget the previous two Ying Yu two
The king's southern expedition was just because he failed to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, so the king of Lu came out to stabilize the decline, and even now it has caused so much damage to the court."
Qian Qianyi also had a tit-for-tat counterattack against the young Southern Party leader, "Mr. Yan is in the south of the Yangtze River. Doesn't he understand the situation in the south better than Chen Shilang? Is it because the imperial court is unwilling to pursue the victory? Is it because we don't have the ability now? Although the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are elite
Wushuang, but the question is, don't the Eight Banners need to eat or drink? The hot weather in the Jiangnan water town is not good for our Eight Banners soldiers, so we were unable to continue southward. Furthermore, how can we continue to go deeper without food and other supplies?"
"Now Jiangnan and Huguang have been beaten to pieces. The green camps are owed wages, the officials are owed salaries, and the people are hungry. If the war continues, Jiangnan and Huguang will suffer from the same famine as Guanzhong and Henan back then. Then press the gourd
After rising up, the residual light was not extinguished. On the contrary, the newly occupied areas in the Central Plains, Jiangnan, Huguang, and Guanzhong were about to have civil uprisings again. Now that the imperial court occupies most of the Central Plains, it should recuperate first, stabilize these places, and then resume
Isn’t the southern expedition just a matter of one blow?”
"Why is Minister Chen so eager to urge the imperial court to use troops at this time? Is it because he wants to see the soldiers on the front line being unable to advance or retreat due to lack of money and food, or because he wants to see civil unrest in the rear?"
Dorgon was very happy when he saw the two arguing there, but pretended to be displeased on the surface, "Okay, let's just discuss the matter and don't get involved with anything else."
"Scholar Feng, what do you think?"
Feng Quan, an old fox, saw this situation and did not express his attitude directly. Instead, he said, "I think what the two bachelors Qian and Chen said are reasonable, but since the regent has already chosen Hong Chengchou and Yan Wogong,
If a great talent manages the south, he should employ people without suspicion."
"Their talents are also valued by His Highness. Now they are on the front line. They know the specific situation well and should listen to their opinions more."
Dorgon said helplessly, "But if we go by what Mr. Yan said, the five southeastern provinces alone will have to reorganize 200,000 green battalions. This does not include the at least 20,000 to 30,000 garrisoned Eight Banners. This will disband the old soldiers, recruit new ones, and demobilize them."
Fees, settlement silver, and the purchase of weapons all require a large amount of money, not to mention food and salary, but now that the imperial treasury is empty, they are still counting on transporting grain and taxes from the south to Beijing."
"Your Highness, things can be done one by one. Yan Jinglue said that the reorganization of Green Camp, although it is a big undertaking, can be done bit by bit.
The 200,000 green battalions can be reorganized battalion by battalion, not all at once.
On the other hand, the navy must be recruited and organized as soon as possible, otherwise the Ming army will have the advantage of the navy, which will be very detrimental to our Qing Dynasty."
Dorgon fell into deep thought.
I thought that by entering the city of Beijing, the Central Plains world would be secure, but who would have thought that after the last southern expedition, Can Ming's resistance would still be so fierce.
"That Lu Jianguo is indeed a capable man. I heard that when our Qing army attacked Yanzhou Prefecture, I chopped him three times. Unexpectedly, he was not killed. If I could have killed him, there would be one less person.
Disaster."
Chen Mingxia rolled his eyes and said, "Your Highness the Regent, I have thought of a plan that might disturb Can Ming's heart."
"speak."
"King Nalu has always claimed to be the overseer of the country but not the emperor. So, can we, the Qing Dynasty, send back Hongguang, who was imprisoned in Beijing?"
"You can even send King Lu, who was captured in Hangzhou and escorted back to Beijing, to Huguang or Jiangxi, and still respect him as the supervisor of the country?"
These words shocked Dorgon. What a magical idea this was.
But when I think about it more carefully, I feel that this strategy seems really poisonous.
After Emperor Hongguang was captured in Beijing, the Qing government thought that he could use his name to persuade the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty to surrender and join him. But now that the powerful Lu Supervisor has appeared, Hongguang has no effect at all, except in the military affairs.
Besides wasting food in Beijing, it also serves a purpose.
Some people originally suggested that Dorgon simply kill Hongguang, King Lu and other Mingzong vassals who were captured at the beginning, and find an excuse to kill them all, so as to avoid wasting food.
Who knew that Chen Mingxia would have such a proposal now.
A Hongguang who stayed in Beijing and wasted food was of no use. He couldn't recruit half of the Ming ministers, and he couldn't recruit half of the counties to the Qing Dynasty. So what if he was sent back?
Zhu Yihai is the supervisor of the country, but now that the orthodox emperor has returned, how will Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the country, deal with himself?
Should he abdicate and return to the feudal clan or refuse to abdicate and hand over power?
Then he was only a vassal vassal and a supervisor of the country. When the emperor returned to the throne, he, the supervisor of the country, would naturally have to hand over power. If he did not hand over power, it would be disloyal.
How should the officials, generals and local gentry of Can Ming stand in line?
This will inevitably cause the split of the Southern Dynasties.
If Zhu Yihai dared to kill Hong Guang, he would have to bear the name of disloyalty and regicide, and his prestige would also be greatly reduced.
In Zhu Yihai's supervisory court, many ministers and even cabinet ministers were once ministers of Hongguang.
"This is a stroke of genius." Dorgon praised.
"Since we are going to send them away, why don't we simply send back all the vassals of the Ming Dynasty? Keeping them will be a waste of food. Anyway, these people have nothing else to do but eat. Sending them back will also disrupt the internal affairs of the south. At the very least, it will be a waste of food.
This will add a huge burden of support to Zhu Yihai."
Listening to what these people said, Qian Qianyi sighed in his heart that these people were really hurting them, they were really hurtful.
I'm afraid even Emperor Hongguang and Prince Lu could not have imagined that they were originally going to be killed for some reason, but now they were sent back because Lu Jianguo was too powerful.
He planned to write a secret letter to Lu Jianguo immediately after returning, informing him of the news immediately and asking him to make preparations in advance. It was best not to let Emperor Hongguang return to eastern Zhejiang, otherwise there would be endless troubles.
Although he also participated in supporting Hongguang and was a minister of Hongguang, at this time, Qian Qianyi still did not want him to go back.
"Gong Yan wants to reorganize operations and establish a navy. This is a good thing. Let's ignore the four provinces of Henan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang and Fujian for the time being. Let Yan go all out to reorganize the Han army in the south of the Yangtze River.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, more than 60,000 Green Camp is still too much."
Dorgon thought about it for a while and said, "In this way, Chen Tai, governor of water transportation and admiral of military affairs, patrolled Fengyang and other places, and set up seven battalions on the left, right, front, and rear of Caobao and water camps, with a total of 3,500 people, stationed in Huai'an.
Chen Jin, the admiral of Caojiang, patrolled the Taiguangde areas of Weiningchi in Anqing and stationed himself in Anqing Mansion. Caojiang commanded twelve battalions with a total of 6,000 people by land and water."
"Jinglueyan's official quota was 5,000. Governor Ma Guozhu supervised the quota of 3,000. The admiral of Anhui was eliminated. The department was merged under the command of Admiral Cao Jiang and Su Song. Admiral Su Song raised the quota of 3,000."
"Governor Su Song is stationed in Suzhou, with a command of three thousand."
"Yan Igong reported that the total number of soldiers in the eight towns is 3,000, and the second batch can be recruited and rectified.
First, we will reorganize and enrich the standard battalions of the governor-general, governor-general, and admiral. In other general towns, auxiliary towns, and participating guerrilla garrison battalions, we will slowly add them."
"Your Highness, how will we provide money, food, and military pay? Now the court has no money and food to draw from, and the local government has no money and food to adjust."
The young regent thought for a while and said, "If it doesn't work, we will increase the levy and increase the salary by one cent per acre."
Qian Qianyi couldn't help but remind the regent, "Previously, the imperial court had ordered various localities to levy three rates, with an additional three cents of silver per mu, which already includes one cent for training rates."
"Then one more point!" Dorgon said without hesitation.
"If it's not enough, then let the localities find their own way, whether it's borrowing money from the wealthy gentry, asking for donations, or even collecting next year's taxes from the people in advance. In short, if we want the south to be stable, this green camp must be reorganized."
"Jiangnan first organizes and trains the first batch of 23,900 standard battalions."
Three rates are three cents, and now the rate will be increased by one cent, and an additional four cents of silver per acre will be levied.
Susongchang Town, Ninghang, Jiahu and Taicang around Taihu Lake had a population of more than 30 million at the beginning of Chongzhen, and more than 48 million acres of land. Adding one cent of silver per mu equaled 480,000 taels of silver.
Four cents per mu is nearly two million taels of silver.
Is two million taels of silver enough to organize tens of thousands of green battalions and garrison 20,000 to 30,000 eight banners? That is definitely enough, and there is even a surplus.
"Over in Huguang... I urge Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun not to delay any more and enter Chu as soon as possible. After arriving in Huguang, first restore the pacification of Wuchang, Changsha, Jingzhou and Xiangyang. Each of these four places will have a town commander."
"Let them consider whether to go south to pursue the Ming army according to the situation. If food and pay are not enough, they will postpone going south. If Wu Sangui and Li Guohan arrive in Hanzhong, Huguang can cooperate with sending troops to support and attack Yunyang according to the situation. If Yunyang is restored, there will still be a governor and a general army.
member."
"Chen Tai reported that the main force of the army was moving north along the canal and might besiege Huai'an, but Liu Liangzuo was not available."
"Remove Liu Liangzuo from his post as Admiral of Jiangbei, remove this post, and assign Chen Tai, Caobiao, etc. to his headquarters. Let Chen Tai garrison Huai'an, and let Tan Tai and He Luo quickly go south to reinforce Huaihai. We must defend Huai'an and take back this salt
Caochong Town.”
"Who is willing to send Hongguang south for the envoy? Negotiate peace with the Ming army?"
"I recommend Chen Hongfan!" Chen Mingxia suggested.
Chen Hongfan was a minister sent by the Southern Ming Dynasty to negotiate peace in Beijing. He secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Then he came back and made various surrender remarks. Later, he went to Hangzhou and persuaded King Lu to surrender.
However, this big traitor returned to Beijing after the city of Hangzhou was defeated, but he was not well received by the Qing court and was dismissed with a false title.
"Well, Chen Hongfan can serve as deputy envoy, but there is still a lack of a full envoy." Dorgon obviously didn't like Chen Hongfan very much. He looked back and forth on the faces of Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, and Qian Qianyi.
But Feng Quan and Chen Mingxia were obviously unwilling to act as envoys to go south. After all, they were both traitors. Wouldn't it be unfair if they were chopped down with a knife if they went there?
"I recommend Qian Shilang as the envoy to go south. Qian Shilang was once the leader of Donglin and has a high reputation among the southerners. Now there are many Donglin Party members in the court of Lu Jianguo, who are just in time to contact and negotiate." Chen Mingxia quickly recommended Qian Qian.
It is beneficial to avoid being named by the regent.
Feng Quan also hurriedly beat the snake and followed the stick, and also recommended Qian Qianyi for the same reason. He said that he had high prestige among the southerners and had good personal relationships with the ministers of Lu Jianguo, making it easier to promote peace talks.
Qian Qianyi pretended to decline for a few times, and finally accepted with a helpless look on his face, as if he was very unwilling to go south.
Dorgon gave him some kind words to comfort him, and specially appointed him as Minister of the Han Dynasty in the Ministry of Rites.
"Qian Qing is our envoy for peace talks with the Qing Dynasty. If you send Emperor Hongguang back to eastern Zhejiang, the Ming Dynasty will not dare to harm you. You can rest assured and go south. Once everything is done successfully, I will be generously rewarded!"