Dominate the Country

Beijing White Pagoda Temple.

Sitting on the familiar meditation bed, the inner turmoil of Zhangjia III could not be calmed for a long time. As the oldest and largest Tantric temple in the capital, Zhangjia III was definitely not unfamiliar with this place.

When he left Beijing, Zhangjia III thought he would never come back. Because the Qing army was defeated so miserably!

Yongcheng thought that if he could be patient and learn from Goujian, the Qing Dynasty would still have a future, but Zhangjia III had no confidence at all. But the situation became clearer, and he just had a flash of inspiration and changed his perspective, and things were completely different. Relying on the four Mongolian leagues, Kazakhstan, and the six halls of Guisui [Tumed] behind him, he, Zhangjia III, not only came back now, but also returned to Beijing at the "respectful invitation" of Prince Chen Han. Haha, back to the familiar White Pagoda Temple!

Everything went so smoothly. Four of the six alliances in Inner Mongolia jumped off the Qing ship. Although all this has just begun, no one dares to guarantee how the bilateral relationship will develop in the future, but at least Mongolia has not suffered any fundamental losses, and the Fu Han Army has also recognized this existence.

As the situation has developed to the present, the Mongolians on the grassland have lost no less than 30,000 cavalry in Shaanxi, Central Plains, Zhili and other battlefields. For the Mongolians with a decreasing population, the loss of 30,000 adult men has been very hurt. Although the status of the Mongolian princes and nobles was not as noble as before after the Mongolians surrendered to Chen Han, and there were no rewards. Even whether Chen Han recognized their titles was another matter. It was even more impossible for the emperor of Chen Han to come to the grassland from Nanjing once a year. But the whole Mongolia at least preserved its vitality!

For Zhangjia III, this was enough!

After all, the situation is stronger than people.

Everything in the future must be handed over to future people. All he can do is to maintain the current interests of the Mongolians, and that would be a blessing. Throughout history, whenever the Central Plains was dominated by the Han people, the grassland peoples in the northern part of the Great Wall had few days of peaceful coexistence with the Central Plains dynasty, but the times have changed. The iron cavalry can no longer dominate the Central Plains as in the past, and the cannons and muskets are the real force.

Zhangjia III has a deep understanding of the several battles since the Fu Han Army's Northern Expedition. It must be said that the glory of the grassland cavalry has dimmed.

In the future, let alone sieges, even plain battles, the grassland cavalry can't beat the infantry of the Fu Han Army.

Zhangjia III now recites scriptures to Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor Qianlong every day, but he never tells outsiders about it.

"Hutuktu, is the prince of the Han people willing to convert to Buddhism?" A big monk asked.

Zhangjia III replied: "The prince of the Han people respects Buddha but does not believe in Buddhism." There are many Tantric monks who have met Chen Ming, but only Zhangjia III has really talked to Chen Ming. For these monks, what is the greatest support? It's not gold or silver, but the king's 'piety'!

Unfortunately, Chen Ming was a standard atheist in his previous life. In this life, because of his fear of 'travelling through time', he also kept his distance from all the gods and Buddhas. But this is not to mention belief. Otherwise, how dare he do that to monotheism!

Britain, France and other countries requested to set up consulates in Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou and other places. Chen Hui has agreed, but for the freedom of missionary work requested by the Jesuits, the father and son of the Chen family all have the same opinion - rejection. Chen Hui is based on the pride of the upper country of T Dynasty, and Chen Ming is based on 'discrimination'.

Zhangjia III no longer expected to fool Chen Ming. He thought that Chen Ming was young and vigorous, in power, leading the army across the world, and enjoying great glory. Such a person had no "traditional" influence. For example, Qianlong and Yongzheng, the Qing Dynasty believed in Buddhism since Shunzhi, although he also believed in monotheism. Therefore, Kang Mazi, Yong Laosi, and Qianlong, who were later, all had certain attainments in Buddhist doctrines, especially Yong Laosi.

And in the history of the Han people, how many heroes in their prime would believe in Amitabha Buddha? Without experiencing the friction and blows of time, without feeling the shadow of death, who would worship a group of vanity, a clay statue and a wooden sculpture? Even the descendants of Zhu Hongwu, who were born as monks, believed in Taoism more. Compared with the high-spirited Chen Ming, Zhangjia III's eyes have already looked at the late hero Chen Hui.

As far as he knows, Chen Hui's health is not good, and there are many rumors in the world that this person is lustful. Think about it, giving birth to ten children in a few years, and being nearly fifty years old, such a "performance" is indeed amazing. Wouldn't it be exhausting to do so? If he can restrain himself from women in the future, he can still live for a few years, otherwise he will die soon. And this kind of person is the best prey for Zhangjia III.

At the same time in the Old Summer Palace, Chen Ming didn't think about the weird words of Zhangjia III during the day. He just farted those words. What Chen Ming was thinking about was his future plans for Mongolia!

In the future, the Fu Han Army and the Russian Army will definitely have a big battle. The Mongols are very useful, and Chen Ming can even rely on them to surrender the Tatars, that is, the Buryats, who came to Siberia.

The vast grasslands of Inner and Outer Mongolia are their home. If the Mongols were not so small in number, with only a million people added together, even though the era of cavalry is about to pass, Mongolia is still a force that cannot be underestimated.

The biggest problem for the Mongolians now is that there are few people. Just like the Huang family in the past, just like the yellow pine now, there is only one seedling in a thousand acres of land, and life is precious, so naturally it cannot be fought to the death. The Mongols had shed a lot of blood for the Manchus. The death of 30,000 men in their prime years after each war had made this nation with a population of only a million people heartbroken.

Now some Mongolians have chosen to surrender, and more Mongolians will surrender in the future. But how to digest these Mongolians? Chen Ming was not prepared to imitate the Qing Dynasty's method of making peace. His daughter is precious, so she will not marry and endure hardships on the prairie. Before and after the Manchus entered the customs, for more than a hundred years, they had trained the Mongols to be docile and vigorously promoted Tantric Buddhism. In addition, they only sacrificed a bunch of princesses and some money, but not a single problem could be ignored. That is, whether it is the Mongolian princes who bow their heads or the underground Mongolian people, Mongolians are still Mongolians.

They did not become Manchu, nor did they quickly become Sinicized like the Manchus. Even the Chahar Mongolia and Tumut Mongolia who completely deposed their flag power still maintained a strong Mongolian flavor in their speech, behavior and living customs.

Chen Ming wants to convert the Mongols. In the future, he will enter Central Asia and North America. At that time, he will need the Mongols. In North America, the Mongols, as cavalry, should not move too fast to enclose territory.

Russia, Central Asia, and North America, look at these places, the role of the Mongols cannot be underestimated. Even if North America is excluded, and only the problems of Russia and Central Asia are discussed, the Mongolian Chen Ming will still be in his hands.

Since Horqin and the others want to live and die with the Manchus, they should be destroyed directly. Now that they are in Chen Ming's bowl, he has to take good care of these Mongolians. As for the hatred between Mongolian and Chinese, it is impossible to say that Chen Ming doesn't mind at all. But it is impossible to deal with Mongolia like the Eight Banners. Let's take it one step at a time. I'm sure there will only be Mongolians in China in the future, not Mongolians.

So how to change the Mongols?

The first thing is to find a way for the Mongolians to make money under current conditions. Raising horses, sheep and cattle is one thing, and wool is the second way he found for the Mongols to make money. Most of China's current woolen fabrics are imported from the British. Under such circumstances, he would be a fool if he did not take advantage of the Mongolian steppes that are convenient for livestock raising.

"Your Highness." Liu Wu's voice came from outside.

"How's the check going?"

"Your Highness, there are a lot of sheep in all the banners of Mongolia. The nomadic people outside the Great Wall began shearing sheep as early as the Han and Tang Dynasties. They cannot live without blankets and felts in their daily lives."

"Is it woven into cloth?" Chen Ming meant cloth like wool imported from Britain.

Liu Wu did not speak, but took out several pieces of cloth. After Chen Ming took it and looked at it carefully, he said: "Your Highness, the longitude and latitude of this are too large, and the thread is too thick." It is completely different from the woolen fabrics made by foreigners. .

Chen Ming narrowed his eyes and thought in his mind. He remembered a certain novel in which when the author wanted to deal with Mongolia, a reader gave the author advice on wool spinning. Use Mongolian wool to form a relatively balanced economic cycle between Mongolia and Han, and use this as a basis for existence to pull the Mongolians into the ditch bit by bit. As a result, the book review area was sprayed again and again, with one popular science party after another shouting: Mongolian wool is too short to be spun. [Don’t counterpoint]

Chen Ming just took a look and passed by without asking Du Niang. I think what those science popularizers said is true.

"Why do they want to introduce woven-proof sheep from the West?" Chen Ming vaguely remembered that this thing had a proper noun, but he forgot it, so he could only call it this woven-proof sheep. .

"Mo Dan. In addition to introducing horse breeds, now we also have to introduce sheep breeds." After Liu Wu retreated, Chen Ming cursed in displeasure. He really doesn't believe that China is so big that it is really impossible to find wool that can be used to weave cloth, but it will undoubtedly require a lot of effort and a long time, and he obviously doesn't need to waste such a huge experience now. Find this stuff in China. Because he can definitely be imported from Europe! Robin Lustig of the Swedish East India Company and François Philippe Perrier of the French East India Company would give him everything he wanted, as long as Chen Ming was willing to spend real money.

These two countries are now more useful to China than the British. Because they have no political interests in Dongfang, they are purely monetary interests. And if Chen Han is short of money, will he still be short of such a small amount of money? Hundreds of thousands and millions of silver dollars have been able to sweep across Europe's modern scientific and technological chemistry works, as well as various types of machinery. But compared to the entire Chen Han's annual expenses, this amount of money is too childish. In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, just a little bit of it can be exposed between the fingers, which is enough to make the Swedish and French people happy. As for whether the leaked money fell into the hands of the two of them or the company behind them, why did Chen Ming care about that!

"Your Highness, Gao Jingcheng would like to see you."

The latter is now the police chief of Beijing. Boss Yu, who walks openly and openly in the sunshine, has stunned countless Chaoyang men who have returned to Beijing.

"Your Highness." Gao Jingcheng followed the guards and quickly came to Chen Ming, and bowed respectfully. Then, listening to Chen Ming's simple "say", Gao Jingcheng reported in great detail the actions of the North Korean group during the day.

There is more than one Zhangjia III in Beijing now who needs attention. Even Meishan, which has been renamed to its original name, is surrounded by the Fuhan Army from both sides, and is on high alert. Because the first queen of North Korea suddenly arrived, in the name of paying homage to the Ming Emperor, Chen Ming couldn't stop him.

"Your Highness, Jin Jizhong, Ding Zaiyuan and the others..." Gao Jingcheng was now very impatient with these two guys, "How about we let them rest for a few days?"

These two guys came to Beijing to show off in the city to build momentum for North Korea. And the prince Chen Ming is now obviously trying to solve the problem in the northwest first. Gao Jingcheng is so sure that Jin Jizhong and Ding Zaiyuan will not know what happened even if their bones are broken.

"No. Let them continue."

Things in North Korea have been stuck there for a long time. The power of the 'two monarchs' is not much different. They are almost surrounded by most of the remaining power of the Lee family in North Korea. It is time to take the next step. The two groups compete fiercely, but the fight is only verbal. This is not good, they want to take action.

After Gao Jingcheng retreated, Chen Ming picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Nanjing.

"There will be no two days in the sky and the people will have no two masters. The throne of North Korea is vacant. Now it is time to choose one..."

This is to throw out a meat bone and let the two dogs fight for it. Although the Fuhan Army wanted to divert its forces to attack Shaanxi and clean up the area, the pressure on the Manchus to participate was suddenly reduced. But the Qing Dynasty was also severely weakened. Shouldn't the Korean rebels show off at this time?

However, this matter should not be rushed for a moment. It will not be too late to throw it out when the North Koreans raise the momentum.

In the letter, Chen Ming also briefly described his feelings about contacting Zhangjia III. This Zhangjia III was indeed going to board Chen Han's ship. In today's conversation, in addition to the Amitabha Buddha, he described Qinghai to Chen Ming in great detail. , various forces in Outer Mongolia and Tibet.

Especially Tibet. With the strong support of the Manchus, Tatsu, one of the two leaders of Tantric Buddhism, played an increasingly important political role, while Pantang consciously broke away from secular affairs and only focused on religious spirituality. Nowadays, the governance in Tibet has been systematized. Monasteries of the Gelug sect and other sects have quotas. The number of monks has also been stipulated. The organizational system and economic system of the monastery have been established. An inventory of the monastery subjects has been carried out so that everyone can Each manor owned by the temple pays a certain amount of land rent in kind to the Gelug sect monastery group. At the same time, the land and serfs in Tibet were divided into three parts. First, the area allocated to monasteries and senior monks is called "Quexi"; secondly, the area allocated to secular nobles is called "Gexi"; thirdly, the area allocated to the Tibetan local government is called "Xiongxi". These are the three major ‘lords’ of Tibet.

However, it has only been more than 20 years since the secular government was abolished in Tibet, and the rule of Tantric Buddhism has not yet developed to the point where it completely overwhelms the secular government. It is said that there are three major lords in Tibet, and below the three major lords are the four major debens. That is to say, there are four super big families, namely the Gexi family, the Douka family, the Tunba family and the Samdrub Phodrang family. Although the Four Great Debens obeyed the rule of Tantric Buddhism, it did not mean that if the Fuhan Army wanted to replace the Manchu Qing Dynasty and become the new suzerain of Tibet, they only had to set their sights on Tantric Buddhism. The Four Great Debens, as well as the great nobles such as the Xia Zha family and the Pala family, also need to be won over by the Fuhan Army.

This is the first time Chen Ming has heard of many of these things.

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Just like the seemingly calm river, there are always turbulent undercurrents surging beneath it. A hiding place like a pool of stagnant water should not be underestimated.

At the same time, the same was true in Hebei under the rule of the Fuhan Army. Before millions or tens of millions of ordinary people were completely unaware, the Hebei Salt Industry Company had been established, and one salt shop after another appeared in counties and towns. The price of salt dropped by half. So when the people were happy about this, they never discovered that the entire Hebei salt merchant group centered on the Changlu Salt Field. Many salt merchants, large and small, had been liquidated by the Fuhan Army.

According to the past behavior of these people, they were either safe, killed, punished, or confiscated their property. The Fuhan Army gained hundreds of thousands more acres of land and millions of taels of silver. The Changlu salt merchants had no less or even more entanglements with the Manchu and Qing officials than the Yangzhou salt merchants. Because this site is closer to Beijing, so close that many people couldn’t help but extend their hands. Now the storm is sweeping over, and the ground is covered with residual flowers.

This is because many salt merchants fled before the danger came. The salt merchants who were lucky enough to survive the storm only held less than 30% of the total amount of salt.