It was November, and it was already snowing heavily in Liaodong. There were low and simple wooden houses everywhere in Liaodong, which were the residences of Han serfs.

These Han people were the population that the Qing Dynasty had robbed after entering the pass. They were taken to the unfamiliar Liaodong and forced to do various production matters by the Qing Dynasty.

Their status is very low, and any Manchus can punish them at will, or even kill them at will. A large number of Han people fled to Pidao and North Korea.

Some Han people often poisoned the Qing Dynasty and robbed the road and killed it, and the contradictions were very sharp.

Since Huang Taiji took office, he has made some reforms to this, which has reduced the conflict between the two sides to a certain extent, but does not mean that the two sides are in a moderate relationship.

Since the beginning of winter, these Han people were not able to curl up in wooden houses and shivered like in previous years, but were forced to work.

Mining, logging, building cities, building forts, and Huang Taiji issued a series of tasks. In the eighty-mile workshop under Chenyang City, a large number of Han craftsmen and people were extremely busy building war armor and weapons.

Every day, a certain number of Han people are frozen to death, starved to death, and even exhausted to death.

The news of the defeat reached Liaodong, and the Qing Dynasty seemed to be slapped hard. On that day, Huang Taiji's fat body rolled down from the dragon chaise.

The Qing Dynasty learned about the entire defeat and pushed the blame to Ajige, as if he had suffered a huge shame. The Qing Dynasty was extremely angry.

That's 50,000 troops! The Qing Dynasty soldiers occupied nearly 30,000. These people were all soldiers who followed Taizu Nurhaci to conquer the world! They said they were gone.

Huang Taiji has never experienced such a difficult feeling now. Since he became sensible, he has witnessed the entire rise of his father with his own eyes.

At that time, there were too many chickens at home!

Now it has become a delicacy in the mountains and seas that cannot be eaten! All the people of the tribe are enjoying the life of the nobles.

But all this is based on military basis. Now, there is a reduction of 50,000 troops in one battle, almost one-third of the troops.

At the same time, Huang Taiji clearly felt that a very difficult opponent had risen among the Ming generals. It would probably not be so easy to go south to rob. At the same time, Zhao Yan's statement that he would restore Liao in three years and would have a tendency to attack Liao, which made Huang Taiji very nervous. Regardless of the harsh winter, he began to recover his manpower urgently.

...A huge horse team came from the west, and the caravan sent by Huang Taiji returned from Mongolia. This was already the second horse team.

In Chenyang, Fan Wencheng hurriedly entered the palace. At this time, Fan Wencheng successfully surrendered the rebel generals of the Ming court such as Kong Youde and Youxi, and was promoted to the second-class Jialazhangjing, which was equivalent to the level of the general.

Huang Taiji sat in the study wearing a dragon robe, frowned tightly, and said angrily to Fan Wencheng who came in: "The Mongols have only sold us 30,000 horses so far, and there are less than 20,000 males recruited. I really take it seriously."

"Master, the Mongols will surrender to us, mainly because we have the ability to lead them south to plunder. If our army suddenly defeated us, the Mongols will naturally have some thoughts in their minds. However, God blessed the Qing Dynasty, and this defeat was just a careless one. As long as the Qing Dynasty defeated the Ming people a few times, the Mongols would not be so slanderous." Fan Wencheng nodded and stood below and said.

Huang Taiji was silent for a while, and suddenly stared at Fan Wenchen with a sharp look and asked loudly: "Is it just careless?"

"Your Majesty, our Qing Dynasty and the Ming people faced each other head-on, both sides were victorious and defeated each other. However, the reason why our Qing Dynasty could completely defeat the Ming people in Liaodong was because our soldiers were all riding horses to fight, and we could afford to lose. Most of the Ming people were infantry, so they could not afford to lose." Fan Wencheng said proudly, and he paused, and then continued: "Ajige obviously violated the taboo of our Qing army. If we were to lead troops back at that time, how could we be bombarded by the Ming people's fire weapons? The fire weapons were very bulky. If the Ming army had not set up an ambush in advance, our army would not have been bombarded by the fire weapons."

Huang Taiji's face was very bad. Whenever he thought of the big defeat in the pass, his mood was extremely bad. At this time, he had just as early as the 95th position, and several Baylors were not very convinced by him, especially this time, and even the Big Baylor Amin who was under house arrest was a little ready.

After hearing Fan Wencheng's words, Huang Taiji's expression improved slightly. After thinking about it, he nodded slowly, but immediately said worriedly: "Then Denglai Zhaogou threatened to seize the foundation of the Qing Dynasty in three years and destroy the Qing Dynasty in ten years. I have to be careful!"

"Your Majesty does not need to worry. The Ming court is corrupt, and all the officials in the court are all bought by money. Zhao Gou is just a small general. Judging from the information found, this person has many enemies in the court. If he dares to invade Liaodong, he will inevitably be dragged by the Ming people. In addition, if Zhao Gou wants to attack Liao, he is likely to go on a waterway. Your Majesty can ask someone to set up a beacon tower ten miles along the coast, and each beacon tower is equipped with 500 soldiers, and then order the navy to go out to patrol the sea. As long as the Ming army comes, we will know immediately, and then let the soldiers and horses of each beacon tower go to resist. As long as the Ming army cannot get ashore within one or two days, our subsequent troops will arrive. In this way, the Ming people cannot get ashore, and it will not pose a threat to our Liaodong."

"What if they don't walk on the sea?" Huang Taiji asked.

"If they go by land and Denglai is far from Liaodong, the food and grass will inevitably be consumed very much and will never last long. When Your Majesty then cut off their food routes, the Ming army will inevitably be defeated." Fan Wencheng talked happily, as if he was sure to win.

"After that being said, we still can't underestimate the enemy!" Huang Taiji sighed, "Once Zhao Gou gains power, it will probably not be so easy for me, the Qing Dynasty to cut down this big tree in the Ming Dynasty in the future."

"Your Majesty, you said that dealing with the Ming Dynasty is like cutting trees. We have to cut down slowly from both sides so that we will not be crushed by the big tree. Now that we have dulled the axe, the most important thing is to grind the axe first, and then talk about cutting the tree. Zhao Gou is already very powerful at this moment. Will it be easy to deal with him after we grind the axe?" Fan Wencheng said confidently.

"Yes!" Huang Taiji stood up from his position, dragging his body, which was fat due to lack of exercise, walked in the study, raised his head and sighed, "I want to sharpen the axe before I talk about it."

"Your Majesty, according to my opinion, that Zhao Gou is not worth worrying. Why should Lian Dong prepare for the war? Now he is exhausted and frozen to death. If this continues, there will be no food next year!" Fan Wencheng advised.

"No, you can't be careless at this time. No matter how tired you are, you have to do it." Huang Taiji refused, and the destruction of 50,000 troops in the pass had already made Huang Taiji full of vigilance. However, Huang Taiji attaches great importance to production and looks at Fan Wencheng in a dilemma and asks: "Do you have the best of both worlds?"

"I think that we should personally conquer Korea as soon as possible. Most Han people in Liaodong fled to Korea. This time, our Qing Dynasty was not a small defeat. Recently, many Han people have disappeared, and they will inevitably flee to Korea. North Korea abandons its trust and betrayal, and it is not enough to establish its authority. Since ancient times, governing the country with virtue must first establish its authority with force. In addition, conquering North Korea can also allow the Korean people to be bathed in the grace of the emperor. In this way, even if some people die in Liaodong are killed, it is not worth worrying." Fan Wencheng nodded and bowed, and kept flattering. Huang Taiji smiled and obviously enjoyed it very much.

Fan Wencheng rolled his eyes and continued, "At the same time, when His Majesty ascended the throne, he also needed some achievements to convince the public. I think it is better to conquer North Korea as soon as possible, and at the same time it can also boost the morale of our Qing Dynasty."

"Okay." Huang Taiji slapped the table and shouted: "After the spring begins, I will immediately sue North Korea for his crime of abandoning his trust and betraying the alliance."

Huang Taijiyi decided to prepare for war in Liaodong and Qing dynasties in winter. First, they actively defended Liaodong and built various defense facilities. At the same time, they built large-scale war armor and expanded the eight Han and Mongolian banners to restore military strength.

The second is to prepare for the start of the next year that Huang Taiji personally expeditioned North Korea. The last time the Qing Dynasty entered North Korea, North Korea was much more well-behaved, but the Han people from Liaodong kept fleeing to North Korea, which has caused strong dissatisfaction among the Qing Dynasty. Huang Taiji had planned to ascend the throne and immediately expedite North Korea, but the defeat within the pass caused Huang Taiji to hesitate.

However, in order to capture more slaves, although North Korea is a small country and has barren land, it is still a country, and after all, it can always get some food after the battle.

Before the army could not continue to enter the pass and plunder, North Korea undoubtedly became the only choice. Huang Taiji needed to make some record that could convince the public.

Therefore, it is already an imminent task to personally enlist North Korea.

The whole Liaodong began to go crazy.

...At the end of December, it was also snowing heavily in Fenyi, Jiangxi. In a school, Song Yingxing was telling students about the Guanxue of Zhang Zai, the four masters of the Song Dynasty.

"Zhang Zaiyan, the ways of obtaining knowledge are divided into 'seeing, hearing, knowing,' and 'De'. The so-called 'seeing, hearing, knowing,' is the knowledge obtained from experience and study, and 'De' is another way of obtaining knowledge. What the knowledge of the De' is not aroused by seeing, hearing, and hearing,'She is the knowledge obtained from experience and study.'" Song Yingxing, who was empty-handed, kept talking about the "Zhengmeng Daxin" written by Zhang Zai, as if he could memorize this book like a stream.

That's right, Song Yingxing is the kind of person who can never forget it, and his first academic recommendation is Guan Xue of Zhang Zai, the four masters of the Song Dynasty, who is a materialist.

"Sir, what is the surname De?" a student stood up and asked.

"The so-called virtue surname comes from the Tao Te Ching. Morality and morality do not mean good or bad in behavior. These two words should be read separately. Tao is the way of heaven. It transforms everything and represents the ultimate truth. Morality is actually the knowledge that people are born with. Those cultivation in hidden worlds are to obtain this knowledge to find their true self and get rid of ignorance and ignorance." Song Yingxing said this, looking around the students who did not believe it, and continued: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, hundreds of schools of thought contend, and the morality mentioned by Taoism was also quoted by Confucianism, but was misinterpreted by Taoism."

"Sir, morality does not refer to behavior. How should we understand Chapter 65 of the Tao Te Ching?" a student asked at this time.

"Chapter 65: Those who are good at doing things in ancient times did not use to understand the people, but would use to fool them. The people are difficult to govern, and they have a lot of wisdom. Therefore, governing the country with wisdom is a thief of the country; not governing the country with wisdom is a blessing for the country. Knowing these two is also a scheming style. Always know the scheming style, which is called mysterious virtue. The mysterious virtue is deep and far away, and it is contrary to things, and then it is even very harmonious."

Song Yingxing walked over and explained: "This sentence does not mean that the people are so wise that it is difficult to cure. It is said that a long time ago, the king who was good at governing the world did not think that he was smarter than the people, but thought that he was stupider than the people. The reason why the people were difficult to cure was that the king did too many intrigues and strife, which was difficult to cure. Therefore, using intrigues to govern the country is called traitors. Not governing the country with wisdom is a great blessing for the country. This is a conclusion through long-term comparison. The way to know the comparison results is called Xuande. Xuande is extremely profound, and it can make all things return to true simplicity, and only by knowing it can it greatly return to nature."

"A saint can know the world without leaving home; he does not look at the window and see the way of heaven. He knows it without doing it, is famous without seeing it, and is accomplished without doing it. This is because of virtue." Song Yingxing concluded.

"Baopaopaopaopao..." At this moment, the sound of clapping suddenly sounded outside the school. Several armoured officers stood outside the door, one of the hundred households in official uniforms was clapping their hands smiling.

"Who are you?" Song Yingxing looked at the people in front of him in amazement.

"I am the leader of the Shandong Salt Transportation Bureau Inspection Brigade. On the order of my general, I came to invite the gentleman to work in Shandong." The hundred-city household said with a respectful expression.

"Who is your general?" Song Yingxing couldn't help but wonder.

"Shandong General Zhao Yan, General Jianwei, is my general."...

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!