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It took less than five years for the Qing Dynasty to spend half of its territory, so we still need to talk about some "reasons" when doing things.

After all, it is "persuading donations", so how can we break up and fight each other?

Isn't that a robbery?

Therefore, the face of the court must be more concerned.

In addition, these eight imperial merchants were granted by Huang Taiji during his lifetime, and there were also top three, four and fifth ranks on his head.

It’s not that Dorgon could kill easily if he wanted to kill.

In desperation, Dorgon adopted Ganglin's suggestion and used a roundabout way to directly hit the most important points of Shanxi merchants.

That is, check the accounts of Shanxi merchants’ trade transactions in the past two years.

This move is very powerful.

What a big deal about the original businessman’s account?

Therefore, the Shanxi merchants didn't care about this at all. Except for a small number of stubborn accounts, they would be destroyed immediately. The rest, whatever they should be, would never deliberately fake it, because they were for themselves to show it.

The court wanted to check the accounts, and the Ministry of Revenue brought the army to check them.

Shanxi merchants naturally objected.

But Dorgon used the simplest sentence to directly crush the last line of defense of the Shanxi merchants.

Dorgon said that the king received a secret report that a group of Shanxi merchants had committed the crime of secretly colluding with the Yixing Dynasty in the south. In order to prove the innocence of Shanxi merchants, they must be thoroughly investigated and investigated.

Now, the Shanxi merchants were stunned.

In fact, they were "innocent". When the Qing court asked them for "charity donations" three times in the first three times, they gave several franchises such as salt and iron. At the same time, they also knew that most of these salt and iron were sold to Jiangnan. Simply put, the Qing court was the default.

Unexpectedly, in order to ask for a "charity donation", I suddenly turned against me.

Only then did the Shanxi merchants understand that the word "official" is opened, and this is called "donkey eating coptis chinensis", and there is no way to say the pain.

If this is investigated, the facts will remain, and the crime of "selling state-owned assets and enemies" will be detained.

Finally, Shanxi merchants surrendered.

They not only agreed to Dorgon's three million taels, but also promised to donate an additional three million taels to support the Qing court in forming a navy.

Dorgon got what he wanted, and with Bumubutai's interference and mediation, he finally ordered that he would not continue to investigate.

In order to appease Shanxi merchants, Bumubutai sang a slander. At her suggestion, she granted Shanxi merchants a unique foreign trade franchise. Simply put, it is a disguised "smuggling right".

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A few days later, Wu Zheng learned about the bloody "purgation" in Yingtian Mansion, and his heart was mixed.

He understood that this incident was not about peace, but a precursor to conflict.

It is a fierce collision between the old and the new.

Wu Zheng was a little worried about Zhu Mai. Zhu Mai's personality was not a decisive person. In terms of internal struggle, her brother was more suitable.

But Wu Zheng had no intention of getting involved in this battle, which was a mud pit. No matter which side he stood, he would make him feel slutty.

The integration of the eleven palaces and the catalysis of internal affairs have already divided Wu Zheng's greatest energy and time.

Instead of falling into the mud, it is better to wait and see what changes are happening.

Perhaps he can help Zhu Mei with help at some critical moment.

But Wu Zheng never expected that a carefully planned net was slowly covering his head.

The conspiracy began to reveal its head and ferociousness.

....

The year has entered the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

The two princesses are about to give birth.

Wu Zheng, who had been staying in Songjiang Prefecture and supervising the construction of the railway, rushed back to Hangzhou Prefecture in vain.

This year was the most difficult year. The battle in May and June consumed most of the previous three years and most of the accumulated hands were accumulated.

The chaos in Yingtian Prefecture made the finance worse.

But the results are also huge.

Keeping the Yangtze River is the greatest victory.

Pushing the troops south of Yangzhou, occupying the four prefectures of Taizhou, Taixing, Rugao and Tongzhou, and preparing a springboard for future Northern Expeditions.

The integration of Hanming Bank gave Yixing more than 20 prefectures in the north and south, and had a unified exchange channel, and the influence of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce was instantly expanded to Jiangxi, Huguang, Henan and Shandong.

In terms of military strength, although it suffered major casualties in the first half of the year, the number of Zhongzhen Camp was reorganized and some of the prisoners of war were still increased considerably. After training in the second half of the year, it was already in the first battle.

The expansion of military workshops has greatly increased the output of firearms.

In half a year, more than 70% of the Northern Expedition Army had completed the dress change, including Li Gong, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tiren, which was adapted from Zhongzhen Camp.

The establishment of infantry practices has prevented the army from relying on generals.

This is like the assembly line production in later generations. As long as soldiers are trained according to infantry exercises and have the ability to cooperate with their comrades, they will no longer be picky about who is the main general.

This minimizes the possibility of the generals leading troops holding their troops and holding their own weight.

It also greatly improved the general's command efficiency.

This is like a good orchestra, even if the orchestra conductor is an amateur, he can still play the sound of nature.

One of the main reasons for eliminating cold weapons is that cold weapons are too picky for soldiers, and hot weapons have very low requirements for soldiers.

The time and expense required to train an elite crossbowman is enough to train ten or even dozens of musketeers.

Wu Zheng is very clear about this, and this is a model of using quantity to defeat quality.

If we only look at the cost of training soldiers, we can still take advantage of two, three or even five soldiers to exchange for one enemy.

Because muskets can be recycled and will not disappear due to the death of soldiers. Of course, they will also be damaged, but the iron barrel is still there. If you add a musket soldier, you can turn an ordinary person who has never held a gun into a qualified soldier at most three months or even one month.

However, the death of an enemy, a crossbowman or a cavalry takes one year, two years or even longer before the training can be completed.

This is the main reason why Wu Zheng no longer formed the crossbow camp and the cavalry battalion after the establishment of the military workshop.

The future Northern Expedition is by no means comparable to the previous battle to recover the Jiangnan prefectures.

Once you approach the core of the enemy, you will face the enemy's crazy counterattack, which must be consistent.

In other words, the real Northern Expedition is about strength and consumption, and there is no trick at all.

Then, whoever can quickly replace the reserves into the battlefield will have the initiative in the war, which is similar to the theory that war is to make supplies advocated by later generations.

The Qing Dynasty kept holding the Eight Banners tightly in its hands and deploying them in the capital, claiming to be stationed in the Eight Banners. In order to achieve one purpose, that is, if the capital is broken outside the capital, the capital can be defended to the death.

Once the Eight Banners are stationed, the Qing court and the people will be shocked.

Wu Zheng insisted that he would build a railway in the face of extreme financial difficulties. This was not that Wu Zheng was very fond of merit, nor was it to use his ingenious skills to increase his prestige and reputation.

In fact, at this time, Wu Zheng believed that the most usefulness of railways is not civilian, but military.
Chapter completed!