Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

At the same time, the East Nuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.

Dorgon is convening Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo and Hou Fangyu to discuss matters.

Three years after entering the customs, the form of the court meeting for the establishment of slaves was gradually assimilated by the customs of the Central Plains. The Shuwang court meeting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was gradually reduced to a formality and a formality, and the military computer room was the real institution that handled the government affairs.

But the place where the real decision-making power is exercised is the East Nuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.

Moreover, Dorgon would inevitably consult Hong Chengchou and other aides before making a decision every time. Hou Fangyu also ranked among the bottom of the four aides with his own performance, which made Cao Eryu jealous.

"Master, as you said, the battle for firearms will follow." Hong Chengchou said.

"Because it takes ten years of hard work to train an Eight Banners vest, but it only takes three months at most to train a musketeer. However, on the battlefield, the Eight Banners vest may not be the opponent of a musketeer."

"Heng Jiu, you don't have to worry about me and save face for the Eight Banners vest." Dorgon said.

"It's not sure. Even if the Eight Banners vest wears triple armor, it still can't stop the musketeer's gun."

"Now is no longer the era in which one who rides and shoots sharply and has a strong armor can win the war for decades."

Speaking of this meal, Dorgon went on to say: "Now we are comparing whose firearms have longer range and greater lethality, and who has more musketeers. I must admit that the era of saber riding and shooting has passed." It's over."

"Master Mingjian." Hong Chengchou arched his hands, and said again, "Compared with the Han army musketeers, the Eight Banners vest is not only difficult to train, but also the armor and weapons required are extremely difficult to make, such as large bows, heavy arrows, cotton armor, cloth face armor, Chain mail and all kinds of iron armor are too expensive to make, and a flintlock gun costs only one tael of silver."

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "For the same money, one Eight Banners vest can be exchanged for five Han army musketeers."

"Therefore, I suggest a comprehensive reorganization of the Eight Banners Manchuria, Eight Banners Mongolia, Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion, and a full replacement of firearms such as flintlock guns, camel swivel guns, and red cannons."

"In addition to this, there are other firearms to be manufactured." Hou Fangyu said immediately.

"Grenades like the ones used by the Ming army can often have miraculous effects on the battlefield."

"Yes, there are also grenades and landmines." Fan Wencheng said, "We also need to supervise a large number of manufacturing."

Dorgon tapped the armrest of the beauty with his fingers unconsciously, and said after a while: "Have you ever thought about it, after a full replacement of firearms, the money and food consumption of each soldier is actually less, which means that the pseudo-shun and The Southern Ming Dynasty will have a larger army, so will the Qing Dynasty have to train more Eight Banners Han troops?"

"Master Mingjian, this is exactly what this slave wants to tell you today."

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and the other three looked at each other, and then said: "The servants and others suggest that all the Han people in Gyeonggi, Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong be included in the Eight Banners Han army."

"Will all the Han people be included in the Eight Banners?" Dorgon frowned.

"Yes, all the Han people raise the flag." Hong Chengchou said, "Enjoy the same rights as the bannermen, divide the land for them, and don't need to pay food taxes, but when the court needs to go to war, all the bannermen must bring their own money, grain and food." Weapons, to fight for the imperial court unconditionally, of course, there will be rewards for victorious battles."

"Is this possible?" Dorgon didn't show any expression on his face.

The benefits of including all the Han people under the rule into the Eight Banners Han army must be obvious.

First of all, the law and order situation will be reversed in an instant. The Han people have land and do not need to pay taxes.

The second advantage is also the biggest advantage, that is, the Qing Dynasty can have millions of soldiers in an instant!

According to the estimates of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the current Gyeonggi, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, and Liaodong areas under the Qing Dynasty do not count Mongolia or the Jurchens, and the population of Han people is about 500 million.

This number has been much lower than that in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the fish-scale atlas in the sixth year of Wanli, there are more than 1000 million people in Beizhi, Shanxi and Shandong in Chengding, and the total population is at least 3000 million. That is to say, after decades of wars, these few The province's population has shrunk to only one-sixth of its original size.

But this is still a huge number for the Qing Dynasty.

With a population of 500 million, there are nearly 200 million Ding at least!

If these 200 million Ding are compiled into the Eight Banners Han Army, it means that in the extreme state, the Qing Dynasty will be able to conscript 200 million Eight Banners Han Army for war, which is simply wonderful.

Of course, this is only an ideal state. After all, even if 200 million Han troops could be recruited, the Qing court would not be able to equip them with 200 million flintlock guns.

But one thing is certain.

After the Han people were included in the Eight Banners Han Army, the Qing Dynasty would no longer have the risk of insufficient troops.

After all, according to the information obtained by Shanxi merchants from the south, the number of Nanming's standing army alone has exceeded 80, including 15 soldiers in Xuzhou Town, 20 soldiers in Guide Town, 15 soldiers in Huguang Town, and 15 soldiers in Yunnan Town. There are also 27 new troops plus cavalry battalions, naval divisions, and Beijing battalions.

In view of this, it is indeed necessary for the Qing Dynasty to expand the number of troops.

However, there are downsides to assigning all the Han people to the Eight Banners Han Army. First of all, the Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongols will definitely feel dissatisfied, and even the original Eight Banners Han Army will also have resentment. The untouchables suddenly became their equals, but everyone would be angry.

Another is that the Qing government's grain tax was instantly cleared.

However, the current Qing court is no longer the original Houjin.

The number of officials in the initial post-golden period was small, so the salary expenditure was not much.

However, since entering the customs, the Qing court has accepted a large number of Han people who have been demoted to officials, and granted a large number of nobles, so the monthly salary expenditure is not a small number.

If all the Han people under the rule were included in the Eight Banners Han army, then the grain tax would be instantly zeroed.

Without food tax, what did the Qing court use to support so many officials, as well as nobles?
"Master, you can follow the old Khan's practice and ask for it from outside." Ning Wanwo said, "The silver reserved by the imperial court is still enough to support five years' salary expenditure. As for five years later, the Eight Banners Han Army has been organized into an army. Our Qing Dynasty can have millions of elite musketeers, and then we can launch a war of destroying the country against Nanming and Puppet Shun, and then seize a lot of property from Puppet Shun and Nanming, and then maintain the court's expenditure through plunder."

That's what old slaves did.

Whether it is a noble official or a bannerman, there is no salary to receive.

If you want to gain benefits, you can only go to war with Lao Khan. If you win a battle, you can share the spoils.

Hong Chengchou said: "Master, as the saying goes, if Di Yi enters China, then China will rule, and when China enters Di Yi, then Di Yi will rule. My Qing Dynasty has been the orthodox of China since the day I entered the customs. I also hope that the master will not regard Di Yi as his own. , and don’t make any difference between Chinese and barbarians, this servant respectfully asks the master to classify all the Han troops into the Eight Banners Han troops!”

"Slaves and others respectfully ask the master to classify all Han people into the Eight Banners Han army."

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo knelt down one after another, but Hou Fangyu remained silent.

Dorgon did not respond in a hurry, but remained silent for a long time.

Hong Chengchou and the others are indeed thinking about the Qing Dynasty, and Dorgon knows this.

But Dorgon knew better that Manchurians were the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and this will never change.

Offending the Manchus in order to please the Han people is digging his own grave, and Dorgon would not make such a stupid mistake.

Of course, Hong Chengchou and the others didn't intend to deceive him into making mistakes, but their thinking was a little too naive, or they still followed the Confucianism in their bones.

It doesn't mean that Confucianism is bad.

But he, Dorgon, will only be selectively adopted.

At that moment Dorgon nodded and said: "I already know what the three gentlemen mean. It's getting late, please go back first."

After Hong Chengchou and the others left, Dorgon asked Hou Fangyu, "Chaozong, why didn't you speak just now? Did you disagree with Hong Chengchou and the three of them?"

"Yes, the slave does not approve." Hou Fangyu said, "Mr. Heng Jiu and the others clearly have selfish intentions."

"Really?" Dorgon was a little surprised by Hou Fangyu's words, and asked with a frown, "What's your selfishness?"

Hou Fangyu snorted softly and said: "Mr. Heng Jiu and the others proposed that all the Han people under the Qing Dynasty should raise their flags and put them all under the Eight Banners Han Army. On the surface, the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty was retained, but in fact it was cut off. The foundation of the Eight Banners system, once this policy is fully implemented, the Eight Banners system will exist in name only from then on.”

"So, the three of Hong Chengchou are going to kill the Qing Dynasty?"

Dorgon's eyes turned cold, as long as Hou Fangyu said yes, he would be severely punished.

However, Hou Fangyu shook his head and said, "No, Hong Chengchou and the others don't want to kill the Qing Dynasty, but want to transform the Qing Dynasty into what they want."

"What kind of appearance do they want?" Dorgon asked, "What kind of appearance?"

Hou Fangyu said in a deep voice: "It's just that ministers like them have the final say on state affairs, and the emperor is a puppet. They did this when they were officials in the Ming Dynasty, and now they want to transfer this to my Qing Dynasty."

Dorgon said sarcastically, "Even if the minister has the final say, it's not Han Chen's turn, right?"

"Of course it is absolutely impossible for the Hanchens to have the final say now." Hou Fangyu shook his head and said, "But what about 20 years later, 50 years later? One day, Hanchen will become the mainstream, and Manchen will be squeezed out of the power center of the Qing Dynasty."

Dorgon suddenly smiled and asked, "Hou Fangyu, you are also Han."

"The slave is a Han, but it is also your master's slave." Hou Fangyu said shamelessly, "So I always think about you, my master, and also think about Daqing."