In August of the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, warned the imperial court that he had received some news from Shenyang, and Houjin seemed to intend to tear up the peace talks and wanted to raise troops to attack Ming again.

Soon the Sihai Commercial Bank also sent back news from Yingkou, and in June of this year, Jin Dahan Huang Taiji summoned the leaders of the Mongolian tribes to Shenyang to discuss the battle after the autumn. There are two combat objectives, one is my Daming, and the other is the Chahar Department.

Since the Chahar tribe moved westward the year before last, all the Mongolian tribes in eastern Liaodong have submitted to the Later Jin, and even some small tribes in southern Mongolia have defected to the Later Jin. The arrival of these Mongolian tribes made Houjin, which was already short of materials, suddenly face the dilemma of economic collapse.

In terms of grain, because the fields in the Liaohe region have been reclaimed, they can barely support the sudden increase in population in the Later Jin. However, the stock of cloth, salt and other daily necessities was completely insufficient to meet the needs of these Mongols who defected to Houjin.

Although Daishan and Amin also had a batch of materials in their hands because of their trade relations with the Ming people. However, most of these Mongol tribes who came to Houjin came to Liaodong in desperation, and except for some livestock accompanying them, they had no financial resources to buy the materials in the hands of the two beylers.

At the request of Huang Taiji and Zhu Beile, Dai Shan and Amin have already handed over part of the output of this year's newly reclaimed fields to the public treasury, but now they will definitely not do it if they are asked to contribute their own belongings and buy Huang Taiji's hearts.

Therefore, after Huang Taiji convened the Manchurian and Mongolian nobles to discuss, he thought that he could only follow the old way, and his life would not go on, so he would go out and grab a vote to come back.

The leaders of the Mongol tribes in southern Mo, who took refuge in Houjin, suggested sending troops to attack the Chahar tribe, and the property of their tribe was taken away by the Chahar who moved westward, and now Lin Dan Khan has occupied the naturalized city that the Tumut Department has operated for decades, and the wealth in the city is obtained by Lin Dan Khan.

Therefore, they hoped that Houjin would help them reclaim their belongings and take revenge on the Chahars. Of course, the best outcome is that by the way, they can regain the pasture that their tribe originally owned, so that they can return to their homeland and grazing life.

However, the Korqin tribe and the Mongol tribes in Liaodong were not interested in this proposal, after all, in their eyes, Lin Dan Khan was still the Great Khan who ruled all the Mongols. Although they have now taken refuge in Houjin, it does not mean that they are willing to completely betray the Great Khan of the Mongols.

Therefore, the leaders of these Mongol tribes proposed that the Ming should still be attacked, on the grounds that the Ming army was weak and the people were rich. As long as a county seat of the Ming Kingdom is laid, the supplies for the winter of several tribes will be available. On the side of the Manchu people, Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai all supported the attack on Lin Dan Khan, and only Yue Tuo and a few small Baylors supported the attack on the Ming Kingdom.

The meeting did not reach a definitive conclusion until the end, but the opinions of the three Baylors clearly prevailed in the meeting. Afterwards, Amin's son Elle Li secretly revealed the contents of the meeting to a steward of the Four Seas Trading Bank, so that the Four Seas Trading Company had recently gathered its activities in Jinzhou, so as not to be collided with by the Houjin army.

After these two pieces of information were transferred to the General Staff, after discussion and analysis by the staff officers, it was believed that the probability of Houjin attacking the Chahar Department was indeed very high. After all, the Houjin family relied on an alliance with the Mongolian Horqin tribe and the continuous supply of good horses from this tribe to ensure the demand for horses in Houjin.

Beginning with Nurhachi, the Later Jin had been trying to bring the Mongols under the control of the Jurchen Eight Banners. Although the Jurchens fought bravely, the population base was always the biggest flaw. Even under the Later Jin rule, the Han Chinese always outnumbered the Jurchen population, and it was only during the massacres of Nurhachi's later reign that the ratio of Han Chinese to Jurchens finally approached 5:1.

The Later Jin wanted to establish a solid minority regime in eastern Liaodong, expanding their own population or increasing the non-Han population, which was obviously a key point.

Compared with the uncivilized Jurchens in the deep mountains and wild forests, absorbing a large number of Mongol talents was the best choice to stabilize the Later Jin rule. However, although the upper nobles of these Mongol tribes succumbed to the force of the Jurchens, the lower Mongols still had a natural reverence for the Mongol Great Khan.

As long as Lin Dan Khan existed for a day, then the Houjin would never be able to complete the idea of turning the Mongol tribes into Jurchen vassals. Although the population of Mongolia is smaller than that of the Han Chinese, it is also a behemoth for the population of the Jurchens. The various parts of Mongolia were scattered into Houjin, and Huang Taiji naturally couldn't ask for it.

But if the Mongolian tribes still maintain the belief in the bloodline of the golden family, then the Jurchens will not be able to swallow the Mongolian nation as a whole. The consequence of forcible annexation is that it will blow up Houjin.

Therefore, politically speaking, the Later Jin should take advantage of the fact that Lin Dan Khan's westward migration had shaken the foundation of his tribe, and attack the Chahar Department first, and wipe out the nominal Mongol Great Khan. can strengthen the hearts of those Mongol tribes who wavered between Houjin and Lin Dan Khan.

Then Jin sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, although there was this possibility. But for Houjin, it is not the best choice. First, the peace agreement concluded between the two countries is just over a year old, and now Houjin has torn up the peace treaty, which undoubtedly proves that it is a lie forced to rebel against Ming when Kim has been propagating that he has raised troops before and after.

Second, Daming opened two trade markets in Jinzhou and Yingkou, in which Houjin made a lot of profits. If the Houjin sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, they would lose their trade interests first, which seemed to be a bit more than worth the loss.

In the end, the General Staff came to a preliminary conclusion that Lin Dan Khan should be informed of the news, and the two families were ready to assist each other and strengthen the defenses of Liaoxi and Xuanda at the same time. Avoid the opportunity of Houjin to borrow troops from Chahar and go south to attack the Datong and Xuanfu areas.

After listening to the report of the General Staff Headquarters, Zhu Youzhen felt that there was not much of a problem. However, after he glanced at the map, he added: "The Zunhua area should also be notified, let Zhao lead the sect to overhaul the defense of Zunhua City, and then send people to inspect the border passes along the Great Wall." ”

Mao Yuanyi and several other staff officers also glanced at the map, although they felt that the danger in the Zunhua area should not be great, but they still followed Chongzhen's orders.

In Shenyang, Huang Taiji was also discussing affairs with several close confidants and ministers in the museum. In his hand was a copy of the "Concise History of China" that had been flipped through and some of the margins of the volume.

Standing in Huangtaiji's hands are Manchen Dahai, Ganglin, Kurtang, Wu Bashi, as well as Han people Ning Wanme, Li Bolong, Fan Wencheng, Ma Guozhu and others.

In March, Fan Wencheng returned to Shenyang, and after reporting to Huang Taiji on the geography and reality of Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, Zunhua and other places, he also presented Huang Taiji with a number of books, including this "Concise History of China".

After listening to Fan Wencheng's description of the contents of the book, Huang Taiji laughed at Chongzhen at first. thought that this emperor of the Ming Kingdom was too naïve, and he had no choice but to kill the Jurchen army on the battlefield, so he tried to be quick on his tongue.

After the Jianzhou Jurchen claimed to be the Jin State, although they had the intention of sticking gold on their faces, this was also a common practice throughout the ages, and it was not out of the ordinary. The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom actually found fault in this matter, which was really a little stingy. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, didn't Liu Bei also claim to be the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan. Therefore, Huang Taiji also commented that Chongzhen was not as atmospheric as his brother Emperor Tianqi.

However, when he opened this history book, he saw that the Jianzhou Jurchen was a group of savages who came down from the Tunguska Plateau, and when they first arrived in the Northeast, they did not know human etiquette, did not understand farming, and lived a life like birds and beasts. At that time, the Han Chinese and Mongols in the northeast taught them to raise horses, cultivate fields, weave nets and fish, and only then did they have some human appearances.

However, these savages did not remember the help of the Han and Mongols, and treacherously attacked the Mongols and Han people in the northeast, robbed them of their property and land, and claimed that the land east of the river was the land given to them by heaven. It can be seen that animals are beasts, and even if they are taught to dress and eat, they will not be taught the gratitude that humans have.

Huang Taiji has studied Chinese since he was a child, and it can be said that his knowledge is quite good. And this "Concise History of China" is written in the vernacular. The content was easy to understand, he just glanced at it a few times, and then he understood, and immediately became angry, and smashed several antique ornaments in the room in a row.

He didn't mind that the book said that the Jurchens pretended to be their ancestors, but he obviously couldn't bear it, and the book directly classified the Jurchens as beasts. What annoyed him even more was that the book also faintly provoked the relationship between the Jurchens and the Mongols. The book intentionally or unintentionally compares the Mongols with the Han Chinese, but mercilessly ridicules and belittles the Jianzhou Jurchens.

It seems that the Jianzhou Jurchens used to be just domestic slaves of the Mongols and Han Chinese, and now although they occupy a place and claim the throne, they still can't change the low status of the Jianzhou Jurchens. If the Mongols surrendered to the Jianzhou Jurchens, they would undoubtedly become domestic slaves, and Genghis Khan's prestige would be ruined by these unscrupulous descendants.

After reading this book several times, Huang Taiji finally suppressed his anger and began to look at the content of this book calmly and seriously. In his opinion, this freshly released "Concise History of China" has the same effect as his father's pledge to raise troops with seven hatreds. They all want to gather the hearts of their own people and arouse the common hatred of foreign enemies.

He had considered whether to let people write an article to refute the nonsense in the book, but he was afraid that because of his prudence, this shameless book would become famous, and then more people would see it.

But not refuting the content of the book seems to be tantamount to acquiescing to the content of the book, which is obviously a dilemma.

For the first time, Huang Taiji had difficulty making a decision on a certain matter, although in April this year he set up a literary hall and recruited a group of talented people from the Manchu and Han dynasties. However, compared with Qian Qianyi, who wrote this book, there is still too much difference between the knowledge of these people.

Asking them to write an article to refute it is likely to be self-defeating. In the end, Huang Taiji could only temporarily secretly seize the book in Houjin, and did not do anything else.

However, the appearance of this book also strengthened his belief in Fa Ming. Once this book is circulated for decades, everyone in the Ming Dynasty thinks that the Jianzhou Nuzhen is a group of Tunguska savages, will there be Ming people who will take refuge in them in the future?