Chapter 361: Slow simmer, coarse salt

361 Simmer over warm heat with coarse salt

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After hearing Huang Taiji's inquiry, Abatai shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

For them to be deceived by one of the enemy's captured generals, it was not only a shame for Dolgon, but also a shame for all their Tartars.

After they returned to the Guanwai, they learned Li Zixiao's true origin through the undercover agents placed in the Guanwai.

Abatai sighed: "This Li Zixiao, the minister only knows that he is a guerrilla of the Tun army in the city of Yongcheng County in the Ming Kingdom, and even two years ago, he was just a bandit, and later accepted the edict of the Ming court.

At that time, in order to appease him, the Ming court sealed him as a guerrilla, and he did not pay soldiers and salaries, which was purely a false name.

But this person really has some ability, and in just two years, he has pulled up such a strong team.

Especially their firearms, which I don't know how to build, are too sharp to blow up, and they are extremely powerful.

In the opinion of Wei Chen, if this person continues to grow, it will inevitably be a big problem for our Qing Dynasty in the future, and we can finally find a way to get rid of it as soon as possible. ”

"There is such a person."

After Huang Taiji heard this, he was also shocked, how could he not shock Huang Taiji by being able to pull up such an elite team within two years.

You must know that if you want to feed such a team of thousands of people, the cost is huge, and Huang Taiji is very clear.

After Huang Taiji groaned for a while, he turned his head to a Han man next to him and said, "This Li Zixiao will definitely be a disaster for my Qing Dynasty in the future, Master Ning, you sent us to lurk in the Ming Dynasty."

I want to inquire about everything about this Li Zixiao, and everything must be collected into a book, and I want to know his every move in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Scum! Minions obey! ”

This Han minion, who was loyal to the Tartars, would rather finish me and immediately respectfully accept the order.

After seeing Ning Wan and me go out, Huang Taiji said to Fan Wencheng, another Han servant on the side: "Master Fan, through this army going south, what you said has been confirmed.

It is not the time to go deep into the Ming Kingdom, directly attack the Beijing Division, and destroy the Ming Dynasty.

This plan is too dangerous to be followed by an unimaginable consequence.

Although the Ming Kingdom was defeated by the hands of our Qing Dynasty several times, the Ming Kingdom has a vast territory, many ministers, and a population hundreds of times that of the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army is dozens of times larger than our Eight Banners.

They can lose ten times or twenty times, but as long as I lose once, I will have the disaster of destroying the country, and the so-called I can't do this risky move.

For example, this southward journey, although a lot of property and the people of the Ming Kingdom were plundered, this victory was won with the lives of more than 10,000 warriors.

This price is not insignificant, 'snake swallowing elephant' is not so easy, one is not careful, it is easy to be stripped to death, I prefer the strategy of 'simmering slowly'.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, disasters are repeated, and chaos is rising from all walks of life, we just need to let them continue to fight, and when necessary, send troops to interfere, so as not to let the Ming Emperor exterminate those bandits.

In this way, give me another ten years in the Qing Dynasty, and great things can be expected, Fan Aiqing, do you say? ”

Huang Taiji still attaches great importance to Fan Wencheng, a Han minion, and Fan Wencheng, a traitor, is also determined to work for the Tartars.

At this time, after Fan Wencheng listened to Huang Taiji's words, he bowed down in shame and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, but the slave is not thoughtful. ”

Last year, three traitors, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, and Ma Guozhu, drafted a strategic offensive.

That is to raise the army of the country, go south to attack the Ming Dynasty, and directly take the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In Fan Wencheng's opinion, as long as the capital of the Ming Dynasty is captured, then the entire Ming Dynasty will be paralyzed, and it will be much easier to deal with the remnants of the soldiers who are fighting separately in various places.

After receiving the recital of Fan Wencheng and the others, it was impossible for Huang Taiji not to be moved, and it has always been the dream of the Tartars to enter the Central Plains.

In the past two years, the victory of the Tartars in the battle against the Ming Dynasty has also made many Tartars breed 'It's time to replace the Ming Dynasty and enter the Central Plains'.

Therefore, after Fan Wencheng's plan was proposed, it really received the support of many high-ranking Tartar officials.

However, Huang Taiji is also a master, he will not really agree to Fan Wencheng's plan as soon as his mind is hot, so he thought of a compromise solution.

That is to send an army south to loot and test the reaction of the Ming Kingdom, as well as the resistance of the Ming army.

In addition to the plan to rob the population and plunder the wealth, Huang Taiji also hopes to take this opportunity to actually verify whether the plan proposed by Fan Wencheng is feasible.

This time, the initial action of Dolgon and the others was still very smooth, and those Ming troops were still as vulnerable as before.

However, what the Tartars never expected was that a powerful Ming army appeared out of nowhere, and the Tartars were bruised and swollen.

Although Li Zixiao used sneak attacks before and after, and the unsightly attack methods, they really caused the Tartars to lose more than seven or eight thousand Qing troops.

In addition, they suffered battle losses from other Ming troops, and they lost tens of thousands of horses and horses when they entered the customs this time.

Such a loss made Huang Taiji, who was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, also feel distressed, and at the same time made Huang Taiji deny Fan Wencheng's plan.

At the same time, it also let Huang Taiji know that although the big tree of Daming was rotten at this time, the foundation was not yet rotten, and with the strength of the Tartar at this time, it was not enough to complete the 'snake swallowing elephant'.

Helpless, Huang Taiji had to continue to implement, their previous policy of the Tartars, using the way of boiling frogs in warm water, slowly weakened the Ming Dynasty and strengthened the Tartars themselves.

At the same time, cooperate with the bandits in the Ming Dynasty, so that the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty will not be quelled.

Because Huang Taiji knows very well that once the Ming Dynasty solves the internal troubles, the Ming Dynasty will pour the power of the whole country into dealing with them and the Qing Dynasty, and they will definitely not be able to bear it.

This is also why, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when several chaotic armies with Li Zicheng were about to be exterminated by the imperial court several times, there would be a Tartar invasion.

It can be said that this strategy of the Tartars is definitely the wisest, and there is nothing wrong with it.

If the Tartars had been carrying out this policy, they would have had a chance to dominate the Central Plains in a few years, and history would have been the same.

Huang Taiji sighed, stretched out his hand and patted Fan Wencheng's shoulder, and encouraged: "Master Fan, don't worry too much, sooner or later, one day, I will enter the Central Plains." ”

Seeing that the strategy he formulated made a mistake, Huang Taiji not only did not blame himself, but also comforted everyone, Fan Wencheng trembled with excitement.

He choked up and cried: "The emperor treats the slave so kindly, the slave is ten thousand deaths, and it is not enough to repay the emperor's kindness!" ”

Huang Taiji's way of being under the emperor can be described as very smooth.

Huang Taiji smiled faintly and waved his hand: "Okay, remember to work hard in the future, which is the best reward for me." ”

"Meow, the minion obeys!"

Fan Wencheng, who was excited, immediately lay on the ground and kowtowed to Huang Taiji three times.

In this Tartar Conference, Huang Taiji had achieved his goal, weakening the two white flags of Dorgon and Duoduo, and reaping the most spoils, increasing his personal strength in controlling the two yellow flags.

So, the emperor was satisfied and announced the dissolution of the meeting, only Dolgon and Duoduo left with a cold face, and Hauge sneered on the side.

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His gaze turned back to Li Zixiao's side.

It took almost half a month for Li Zixiao to take over the defense of Xuzhou, and his henchmen were installed in various important positions.

Incompetent officials like Huo Changzheng and Liu Guoping will either find reasons to dismiss them, or find evidence of guilt, send them to prison, and deter dishonest guys on the side.

But more officials want to be like Huo and Liu, who were installed by Li Zixiao and took away part of their power, of course, these people are willing to serve Li Zixiao.

Those restless guys behind their backs have been withdrawn and killed by Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao, who is holding a knife handle in his hand, is really not afraid that someone will be dishonest.

No, Li Zixiao caught a typical example, found out the evidence of the crime, and killed a few officials, and everyone was honest.

In this era, the official's buttocks are clean, and Li Zixiao asked Zhang Fugui's intelligence bureau to find out a bunch of incriminating evidence from them with a casual search.

Li Zixiao used thunderous means to tell his officials that Lao Tzu didn't want to use you anymore, and he wouldn't hold you accountable for the sins you had put down before, so you would honestly take the money you were greedy for ink and give Lao Tzu a fuck.

If you are not convinced and want to do something for Lao Tzu, then Lao Tzu will make you unable to even be a rich man, how to choose, you can do it.

Sure enough, after having the effect of killing chickens and setting an example to monkeys, the officials who were subsequently removed by Li Zixiao or set aside did not dare to say anything.

Half a month later, the defense of the entire territory of Xuzhou was all controlled by Li Zixiao.

As for him, he nominally could take over the defense of Huai'an and Yangzhou, but he was not in a hurry to send someone to take over.

In fact, the situation in Huai'an and Yangzhou is far more complicated than that in Xuzhou.

Whether it is in terms of area or population, Huai'an and Yangzhou are much larger and more than Xuzhou, and the local situation is complicated, and Li Zixiao does not want to set foot in those two quagmires for the time being.

First get the one-third of the acre of land in Xuzhou, and then Li Zixiao is freeing up his efforts to take over the defense of the two governments.

Moreover, Li Zixiao is actually waiting for a suitable time, you must know that he recently got news that many Japanese robbers who were beaten away by Zheng Zhilong from Fujian in the south.

Now, many of them have gone to the Jiangbei area, and maybe when, these would-be robbers will pay attention to a big city like Yangzhou as they did last time.

At that time, those local officials, businessmen, will beg him to save them, and then Li Zixiao will be able to take over the local defense as a matter of course.

At noon on this day, Li Zixiao went home for dinner, and he was in a very good mood.

Now on the territory of Xuzhou, except for the civil affairs for the time being, he did not interfere, and the rest of the subordinates such as public security, inspection, and health guards all obediently obeyed his orders, and of course he was in a good mood.

When Li Zixiao returned to the mansion, Lin Yuluo and Guan Mingxi, the two daughters, were already sitting at the dining table waiting for Li Zixiao to eat.

Today, Li Zixiao rarely sent someone to inform the two daughters that he was going back to the house for dinner, and he had been living in the Yamen of the Commander of the Metropolitan Government for the past few days.

"Master, you're back." Lin Yuluo saw Li Zixiao coming back, stood up and asked with a smile.

"Drink, good guy, I made such a big table of dishes, is it the New Year today?" Li Zixiao looked at the table of food and asked with a smile.

"This is all home-cooked food made by me and Mingxi, specially treat the master, the master should be busy during this time!"

"Tomorrow evening, can you cook too? Then I'll have to try it. Li Zixiao looked at Guan Mingxi on the other side and said.

Lin Yuluo and Guan Mingxi were both women from big families before, and they didn't know how to go to the kitchen, but after the Lin family was destroyed by Li Zixiao, Lin Yuluo served Li Zixiao as a slave at first.

Of course, I have to follow the old mothers in the kitchen to learn to cook, and by now Lin Yuluo has cooked a good meal.

And Lin Yuluo appeared, Li Zixiao is a foodie, and he loves to eat the food he cooks, which makes Lin Yuluo very happy.

Even now, Li Zixiao admits the identity of his concubine, he is still willing to cook and cook for Li Zixiao.

And after Guan Mingxi became Li Zixiao's concubine, she also saw that every time Li Zixiao praised Lin Yuluo's cooking, she was envious.

No, Guan Mingxi also begged Lin Yuluo to teach her to cook.

"How's it going, sir, how about this dish I made?"

When Li Zixiao sat down, under Guan Mingxi's expectant gaze, he tasted a few dishes she made by herself.

"Well, it's okay, it's good to be able to do this for the first time, but it's a little light." Li Zixiao nodded and said.

"I'll go get some salt." Guan Mingxi finally got Li Zixiao's affirmation, and was so happy that she went to the kitchen at a trot.

"Hey, don't ......"

Before Li Zixiao finished speaking, Guan Mingxi had already run away, making him shake his head helplessly.

Soon, Guan Mingxi came back with paper wrapped in salt.

Li Zixiao inadvertently shifted his gaze to Guan Mingxi's hand, and then asked suspiciously: "Mingxi, why is the salt in your hand coarse salt, is this the salt we eat on weekdays?" ”

"yes, what do you eat if you don't eat this?" Guan Mingxi asked strangely.

Li Zixiao stretched out his hand from Guan Mingxi's hand, picked up this bag of coarse salt and took a look, this is a very coarse bag of salt, containing a lot of impurities.

The surface of the coarse salt has a yellowish color, which is very ugly, and he reached out and grabbed a handful of coarse salt, which was astringent, large and uneven.

Li Zixiao picked up a coarse salt particle and put it in his mouth, and a bitter taste immediately entered his mouth.

"Phew!"

Li Zixiao immediately spit out the salt, and said with a bitter face: "What kind of salt is this, is it for people to eat?" ”

"Master, I'm sorry, the refined salt at home has run out, we went to buy salt in the past two days, and now Xuzhou is also short of salt during this time, didn't buy it?

Today, we had to use the coarse salt eaten by the subordinates to cook a meal, and if the master wants to punish me, he will punish me, after all, I was in charge of the kitchen before. ”

Lin Yuluo on the side said apologetically.

"Well, this coarse salt is too unpalatable, haven't our subordinates always eaten this kind of salt before?"

Li Zixiao was a little speechless, in later generations, such salt can only be used to feed pigs, no, even the salt eaten by pigs is better than this.

(End of chapter)

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