"In Xia Zhang Han, knock on the Great Khan."

Behind him is an empty gate, huge snowflakes keep falling from the sky, the originally gray sky suddenly becomes brighter, Zhang Han's side is sitting are the banner owners of the banners Beile and Gushan Ezhen, the five auxiliary ministers are also all here, as well as a few Mongolian envoys and Unag such as the Mongolian Bakshi, everyone is sitting in shifts, Nurhachi is sitting in the middle position, there are not too many guards, only between the pillars of the faint standing some Great Khan pro-army, they are responsible for protecting the safety of Nurhachi.

Zhang Han couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, Nuer Hachi smiled, after Zhang Han saluted, Heavenly Destiny Khan, who was sitting cross-legged on the chair, pointed to the chair that was very close to his head, and said in Mongolian: "Zhang Dongzhu, please take a seat." ”

Not to mention the identity of Nuer Hachi who is now claiming to be the lord of the Houjin Kingdom and the Khan of the Mandate of Heaven, even if he is also the governor and the dragon and tiger general who has been given the title in the Ming Dynasty, his status is still far above Zhang Han, a businessman, and he can be called such a "Zhang Dongzhu", obviously Huang Taiji has made a lot of effort in advance.

Zhang Han thanked him and sat down, he heard a cold snort from the chair opposite him, and followed the sound to see that it was an unusually burly man, his face and eyes were full of violence, and when he saw Zhang Han's eyes, the person stared at him viciously.

Zhang Han knew that this was Sanbeile Mang Gurtai, the banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner, he had always had a deep prejudice against the Han people, and he was quite at odds with Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner, and his people had always fought fiercely, and it was not surprising that Mang Gurtai did not pretend to Zhang Han.

Nuerhachi and Zhang Han exchanged a few words, his tone was peaceful, full of air and did not seem too high-pitched, his attitude was also easy-going with awe-inspiring and difficult to offend, since his youth Nurhachi became the master of the tribe, in the youth to the prime of life he went to Beijing many times to pay tribute, every time Wanli will most likely meet him, after the court will also call a certain Hou Bo or a horse to set up a banquet to entertain, the center of the Ming Dynasty has certain rules for these distant tributes, Nurhachi has made him see and know a lot of things, In addition, he served as Li Chengliang's family in Guangning when he was a teenager, and became the master of a department when he became an adult.

However, Zhang Han knew that behind the kind attitude in front of him was the endless hatred and indissoluble hostility of the Han people, he must have been despised and despised by the Han people when he was a teenager, and developed a very serious rebellious mentality, when he grew up, his father and grandfather died in the hands of the Ming army, and the Jianzhou Wei rebelled, and was swept away by the Ming army many times, I don't know how many people have been killed, the casualties under the soldiers must be serious, the military discipline of the Ming army in Liaodong has always been very poor, and the hatred of the Han people in the Jianzhou department is not without cause. In this atmosphere, what was hidden behind Nurhachi's kind expression was very interesting.

After a short silence, Nuerhachi said to Zhang Han: "Zhang Dong, we have discussed the matter of your business, you supply us with grain and cloth, as well as pig iron, medicinal materials, these are the materials that Dajin needs, but your business can only reach the vicinity of the Khalkha Department in a few years, and it is still two thousand miles away from my Liaodong. ”

Zhang Han bowed down and said: "Great Khan Rongyu, I only dare to promise what I can do now, and I don't dare to promise anything that I can't do for the time being." ”

Nurhachi nodded and said, "This can be regarded as old and cautious. ”

He smiled and said, "It's not quite your age. ”

Zhang Han said: "My father died early, and I have no brothers and close elders, so I have to do everything myself. ”

Nurhachi nodded and said: "When my father and ancestors were mourned, I was like a tree lost in the sky, and my state of mind at that time still feels sad when I think about it, and it is really not easy for you." ”

Zhang Han was silent, with an appropriate sad expression on his face.

Dai Shan and Amin and the others who were sitting at the top showed strange expressions on their faces, the Great Khan was really very polite to this Han merchant of the Ming Kingdom, which was beyond their imagination, and everyone looked at Huang Taiji again, knowing that this time they were robbed of the opportunity by the old eight who had always been shrewd, and it was too late for everyone to deal with this Han merchant at this time.

Nuerhachi also looked at everyone, and then said to Zhang Han: "You live here for the time being, our country will fight with the Ming Kingdom in the coming year, if you can win, it will definitely shake the grassland, and it will be much more convenient for you to go back at that time." In addition, I will send Fulg to the Khalkha tribes to explain that I have good relations with you, and further west, I will not be able to work hard, and you still have to rely on yourself. ”

Nurhachi stood up, called for the arrows of the bow and arrows, broke them and said: "Today, I will meet with Zhang Han, a merchant of the Ming Kingdom, and affirm the matter of alliance and trade, and all my people must be friendly with Zhang Han, treat his servants well, raise his horses, and not bully, and whoever violates my words will be beheaded and spared!" ”

All the Beylers and Brothers present stood up first, and the Mongol envoys and ministers also stood up, and all of them spoke again as Nurhachi had said.

Zhang Han knew that it was inconvenient for him to speak at this time, and Nuer Hachi could say this with the attitude of staying above, but he couldn't respond with a good attitude, and it was not suitable to be a courtier or a guest, but fortunately, he was still too far away from Yusheng in Datong, otherwise he doubted that the Jurchens would stuff a woman for him and ask him to be a forehead.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Han also retreated to his place and sat down, and Huang Taiji sat on his upper left, smiling and nodding at him, with a relieved expression on his face.

At this point, Nurhachi began to break things.

Last year, after the attack on Qinghe and Fushun, each Beyler and below had a lot of private property, Nuerha Equator: "After the battle, the cattle and sheep, people, property, gold and silver, silk, and cloth were a lot, and they were divided evenly at that time, but I was afraid that the people under each banner would hide them privately, which would damage the morale of the armor and damage the morale of our army. ”

He Heli stood up and said: "The Great Khan's clan brother Gualcha, Brother Tang Gudai, and Minister Feiyangu have found out that they are the people who have the most gold, silver and silk in private, as well as wool and green cloth, emerald blue cloth and mink fur, and they are also the people with the highest status. ”

The people who were named all lowered their heads, and Nurhaci glanced at everyone and said slowly: "It is very hard for you to lead the troops to fight, and you have to control everyone to fight in person, so you will be rewarded a lot, but you are not satisfied." In that case, confiscate all your private belongings and hand them over to your incorruptible and poor ministers. ”

Everyone had nothing to say, and leaned over at the command.

He Heli said again: "The Varkash Road was not blocked by the Ming army, and people were sent to investigate that there were still some women who had not withdrawn. He sent Bashkushajin over and withdrew more than 100 people. ”

Nurha Equator: "Women and children are not combat power, originally I didn't care, but since it is under my big control, it will definitely not be taken away by the enemy, and the Baylor and the minister who manage the Valkash Road are responsible for this matter, how do you deal with it?" ”

He Heli said: "One horse with three Belle camel armor should be fined, and the people should be ten households." Punish the auxiliary minister Hur Khan with 200 men. ”

Mang Gurtai and Hul Khan both stood up to apologize, and Nurhachi glanced at them and said, "The sentence is very reasonable, but the three beyles are meritorious, and the matter of punishing the people and camels and horses will be spared. ”

He also said to Hulkhan: "I have always regarded you as a son and raised you with my heart, and your treatment is unimaginable to other ministers." The ancients said that if you dig a well, you will get water, and your son will be rich. I have always regarded you as a son, why don't you do things with all your heart? It is said that the punishment for you is very appropriate, and you should be fined 200 dings, but who shall I give to whom I will punish you? I'll give you a belt, but I'm disappointed by your behavior, so don't come to the Khan's palace for ten days. ”

Hurkhan looked ashamed and fell on the ground to plead guilty, but Nurhachi ignored him.

"The Jintaishi Belle of the Yehe tribe led five hundred troops to break through the city of Huifa, and killed fifty of my men, and took away sixteen prostitutes, and seventy women and children."

Nurha snorted coldly and said, "If you cut down Yehe in the next year, ignore him for the time being." ”

"Niu Lu Ezhen Arbuha, who was in charge of the outpost, attacked the peasants who ran back to Fushun Pass to farm, captured more than 100 people, and killed all these farmers, leaving only one person with his ear cut off to report the news."

"This man is doing this without permission, which is against my military discipline." Nurh Equator: "Deprive him of his property, half to his own master, and half to those who find out about it." ”

There are many things at the bottom, most of which are related to the training and storage of grain under the banners, raising horses, etc., as well as building armor, helmets, making bows and arrows, sharpening arrows, stirrups, saddles, banners of each banner and armor flag, Niulu flag, Bashiku flag, before the beginning of spring, each flag should be practiced several times, so that those new Ding learn how to recognize the flag and find the master in the chaotic situation, or obey the orders of the master on the battlefield, etc.

Zhang Han listened carefully, and also in his heart with General Lai and Ma Chengen, the chief soldier in Datong, as well as the general soldier Zhang of the Taiyuan general soldier, their leading and training Zhang Han also met a little, to sum up, whether it is the attention and seriousness of the detailed rules of these military affairs in peacetime, as well as the source of soldiers, the manufacture and rationing of weapons, the maintenance and use of war horses, in many cases, the border army of Datong or Taiyuan Town is far behind Houjin in these various aspects.

To put it simply, Houjin is a bandit group, and it is also a paradise for slave owners, a country of semi-militarized slavery, except for Nurhachi and his sons, the rest of the people are one of the slaves, nothing more than the difference between favored slaves of high status and low-status slaves. But the more this is the case, the more complete the so-called rustic style is preserved, the law is strict and swift, cold and efficient, coupled with the emphasis on military affairs, the original fierce folk customs and strong military force, although it is very backward at the level of civilization, as far as the military is concerned, the army created under such a system must be fierce and brave.