nanming man

Chapter 651 Targeting Gao Yihuan

The current situation facing the Qing Dynasty is indeed a bit of a dilemma.

You can't win if you fight, and if you don't fight, you may be drawn closer and closer. After all, the Qing Dynasty lacks experience in governance, and if the Eight Banners soldiers are corrupted, they will not be able to unify the world.

Dorgon frowned and looked at the ministers, and said in a deep voice: "According to the detailed report, Zhu Cihong reformed the tax system in Nanjing, organized a new army, and Gao Ni proclaimed queen in Xi'an, and he also made frequent moves. Shandong, Henan, and Henan are all dilapidated places. Only Lianghuai and Shanxi are in better condition. Compared with recuperating, they may not be as good as Nanjing and Xi'an. If the truce is too long, it will only give Nanjing and Xi'an time to reform and strengthen the army, so it is necessary to Interrupt their process of reform and strengthening the army!"

What Doer Gun means is that the Manchus and the Qing are no match for governing the region and reforms, so it is better to use war to interrupt Nanjing's reform process and Gao Yihuan's self-cultivation.

At this time, many Manchu and Qing officials in the main hall pondered for a while, whispering in whispers, thinking hard about what to do, but found that there was no good strategy.

Not long ago, a battle was fought, and it has been proved that Nanjing cannot be destroyed, and Gao Yihuan has not been defeated. If we wait another year or two, it is estimated that it will only be harder to fight than it is now.

Hauge saw that all the officials were discussing, but suddenly said loudly: "Regent, this king thinks that the power of one-third of the world has been achieved. Now that the strength is not enough, why must the regent want to rule the world? With the strength of my Qing Dynasty, It is not difficult to consolidate the existing territory and keep the results, blindly rushing to attack will only fail to destroy the enemy, and at the same time lead to instability of our own foundation, if the attack fails again, the consequences will be disastrous."

Hauge stood up, glanced at the ministers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the hall, and then continued: "This king thinks that the most important thing is to consolidate the territory and strengthen local control. As for the unification of the world, he will follow the trend and go to war if he has the opportunity." If there is no chance, we will maintain the current territory. If my Qing Dynasty takes the defense of the current territory as its first goal and lays a solid foundation, it will be invincible. Why must it unify the world?"

As soon as he said this, the hall immediately started to discuss, and there was a burst of noise in an instant.

Hauge means that it is very difficult for the Qing Dynasty to destroy Gao Yihuan and Zhu Cihong, but it is very easy to control the existing territory. Since it cannot be destroyed, it is better to maintain the current situation. Like the former Jin, ruling the north is also a good idea choose.

Now the Manchu nobles are no different than when they were outside the customs. After they entered the customs, they surrounded the land and became slave owners.

After having a family and a job, people don't want to work so hard after life is easy.

The Qing Dynasty fought wars every year, and the hard-working men couldn't stand it.

Dole's approach is to block the current property, rule the world if he wins, and get out of the pass if he loses, while Hauge hopes to keep the results he has obtained now, and is unwilling to put all the property on it.

This is like a person who has 1000 taels of silver in his hand, and if he puts it all in, he has a 1000% chance of winning another [-] taels, but if he loses, he gets nothing.

Another option is to only bet 500 taels, with a 1000% chance of winning another [-] taels.

Most people will choose the latter.

For a while, many people in the hall began to support Hauge's remarks.

Listening to the commotion in the main hall, Dole's face gradually became gloomy. Seeing Hauge's complacent face, he was full of contempt for this elder nephew, really childish.

"Quiet!" Dole shouted angrily.

The noise in the hall immediately quieted down, and the ministers immediately bowed their heads and lowered their hands, showing the ferocity of Dole Gun.

At this time Dorgon looked at Hauge, and said coldly: "This king only said one word, how can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch. In the Central Plains, you die or I die. When you are not strong, defeat your opponent, don't you?" Will they attack you again when they become stronger? You don’t even have that kind of ambition, and you are trying to separate yourself, but will Gao Ni and Nanjing make you feel safe?”

Hauge's face flushed for a while, he was not convinced, and was about to argue, but Jierhalang, who was at the side, gave him a look.

For a while, everyone in the main hall was silent, and a needle could be heard, and the atmosphere became oppressive.

At this time, Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, but he stood up and saluted, "Prince Regent, I think that in the current situation, we, the Qing Dynasty, still have the upper hand. If we only face one side, the advantage will be even more obvious."

Seeing Hong Chengchou coming out to speak, Dorgon looked a little better, "Go on!"

The last time Hong Chengchou made a number of suggestions to Dorgon, and Dorgon adopted them and implemented them, but was resolved by Gao Yihuan, making him very passive in front of Dorgon.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou has been observing the current situation, summing up the lessons of failure, and has come up with a new strategy, which is exactly between the strategies of Dorgon and Hauge.

At this time, Hong Chengchou saluted and said: "I think that the three parties are fighting each other, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. I, the Qing Dynasty, faced Gao Ni and Nanjing at the same time, and I really had more than enough energy. Therefore, I thought that the first thing to do is between Nanjing and Xi'an. One main target, and then concentrate our forces to attack one of them. The chances of winning are still quite high. Nanjing has more than enough defense, but not enough aggressiveness. In addition, the navy is strong, and the threat to our dynasty is much smaller. Our dynasty is a huge threat. If our dynasty attacks Nanjing, we need to keep a large number of soldiers and horses to defend Gao Ni, but if our dynasty wants to attack Gao Ni, we only need a few soldiers and horses to defend Nanjing. In addition, our dynasty lacks warships, so the ministers I think the main target should be set on Gao Ni."

Dole nodded, agreeing with his opinion, but he also had to admit that Gao Yihuan was really difficult to deal with, "Then how should I deal with Gao Ni?"

Hong Chengchou said: "After this war, the imperial court lost a lot of military equipment, food and grass, and Gao Ni occupied the advantage of the terrain. Once the war started, it would be a long-term battle. I thought that the food, grass and equipment should be replenished first, and we couldn't fight half of them, and because the food was not enough , and gave up halfway. Now my Qing Dynasty occupies Lianghuai, where there are many rivers and suitable for farming. The imperial court must restore production in the Lianghuai area as soon as possible. There are many lands in the northern Ming Dynasty, most of which are now deserted. The imperial court can hand over the land to the people Farming can reduce the rebellion, and at the same time, the imperial court can also collect a sum of grain. In addition, the imperial court can also use the profit to smuggle grain from the south to collect it. In this way, after the autumn harvest next year, the imperial court must have enough food for the army.”

Hong Chengchou paused, and then continued: "Gao Ni relies on, besides the Huguang granary, the firearms in his hands are also quite powerful. Last time, the imperial court seized some weapons used by Gao Ni in southern Henan, such as the self-generating fire blunderbuss , bronze cannons, etc., the imperial court should allocate silver to imitate them, and send out fine craftsmen to dig out Gao Ni’s craftsmen. If the equipment and food and grass are properly prepared, after the autumn harvest next year, the imperial court can raise troops to fight Gao Ni again.”

Dorgun nodded slightly, "In more than a year, our Qing army has solved the problem of food, grass and ordnance, and Gao Ni will probably develop rapidly. When the war starts, I am afraid that Gao Ni will rise to a higher level. What means do you have? , interfere with the development of the high-reversal."

Hong Chengchou was quite self-confident: "Yes! You can encourage Moxi and Mobei Mongolia to go south and plunder Guanzhong. In this way, Gao Yihuan's energy will be restrained, and his troops and military resources will be consumed in the war against Mongolia. At that time, I will The Qing Dynasty cultivated for a year, but the Western Wei Dynasty was exhausted, and it was not difficult to defeat it!"

Doer Gun understood what Hong Chengchou meant, that the Qing Dynasty cultivated and consolidated its own strength, but it encouraged Mongolia to attack Gao Yihuan, so that he could not recuperate.

In this way, the strength of the Qing army increased and the strength of the Wei army decreased. With each increase and decrease, it would be much easier for the Qing army to destroy Wei.

"Okay!" Dorgon supported the throne with both hands, looked at Hong Chengchou, "The imperial court will follow this strategy. Hong Xueshi, I will leave it to you to copy the equipment. As for contacting Mongolia, it is up to King Li Host!"

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