I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Today, the 12 people in the Eight Banners are not all the armored soldiers in the hands of Nurhachi who were good at fighting, and most of them are just ordinary soldiers.

Several defeats during the Tianming years caused most of the armored soldiers who followed Nurhachi to fight and build the country.

Huang Taiji also knew that it was no longer possible for all members of the Eight Banners to wear armor, so according to the population situation in the country, it was stipulated that one out of two people would be drawn, and each cow would record [-] soldiers, and [-] of them would wear armor.

In other words, although the number of the Eight Banners Army has been greatly increased by Huang Taiji, the armor rate has dropped significantly, to less than one-third.

Most of the savage Jurchen who served as the new force were purely brave, without much actual combat experience, and their elite level was far less than that of Nurhachi's reign.

This is to encourage the growth of seedlings. It looks powerful for a while, but once it does not gain an advantage in a short period of time, it will soon be seen clearly by all forces.

However, the current Liaodong Army and the Nine Sides had already completed all the upgrades of their armor and equipment at the beginning of the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

Complete the replacement of all, what is this concept?

Zhu Youxiao spent more than 1000 million taels per year, which is an astronomical military expenditure, in six years to create a Ming Dynasty frontier army with an armored rate of nearly [-]%.

Daming has never been so rich!

In addition, advanced firearms such as Suifa guns, suppressing captive guns, and hand guns were also successively released under the day and night research of the Armament Department, and were distributed to the frontier troops in batches.

As soon as Xiong Tingbi got these, he set up an "artifact battalion" with a scale of 3 people. He spent all day in the school grounds with guns and guns, and trained recruits with a large number of sub-drugs.

It is said that the sub-drugs and lead bullets used in the monthly training of this artifact battalion are delivered in units of millions.

Of course, these [-] soldiers are not all regular soldiers, and a considerable part of them are auxiliary soldiers responsible for the maintenance and transportation of firearms.

It is the first of its kind in Liaodong and even in the whole of Asia to spend money to build an organized firearms unit of this scale.

Needless to say, Xiong Tingbi's capital for doing this came from the continuous military expenditure of the capital behind him.

As Daming participated in the great voyage and gained a place in the Far East trade, at least for now, funding is no longer a problem for Zhu Youxiao.

It costs money to raise soldiers, but Zhu Youxiao has never been stingy about it.

If the imperial court has money and is determined to change its military, the troops below will naturally become elite, with high morale and fighting every day.

Although Jin has been rectified and revived in the hands of Huang Taiji in the past two years, under the leadership of Zhu Youxiao, the pace of progress of Daming is obviously faster!

I feel more and more that I should not just be satisfied with the position of a sweater.

Ever since Huang Taiji became Khan, he has been busy with internal affairs, and in recent years has had no time to take care of provoking wars.

It's just that the kingdom of Korea to the south, such a weak country, dared to challenge Da Jin, which made him very uncomfortable.

I think that once, when Nurhachi was in power, the Eight Banners Army was invincible. In the battle of Sarhu, more than 40 elites of the Ming Dynasty were defeated.

At that time, North Korea paid tribute year after year and was very honest.

When Nurhachi was defeated in Shenyang and died of illness in a hurry, with the secret help of Ming Dynasty, the so-called "Injo Reversal" incident occurred in North Korea.

However, the new king, Li Ji, even sent envoys to contact the Ming Dynasty and stopped paying tribute to Dajin.

Now Huang Taiji feels that he can free up his hands and start to do some things that he has always wanted to do for these years.

Huang Taiji has always been worried about the fact that the national book was ignored by the North Korean country in the past few years.

This time, Huang Taiji was no longer a test, but was prepared to go. In the middle of March in the sixth year of Tianqi, he once again issued a letter of credence to the king of North Korea, Li Ji, as a great sweat.

The content has not changed, ordering the Kingdom of Korea to become a vassal state of Hou Jin, proclaiming its vassals and paying tribute, otherwise the Jurchen army of [-] will crush the capital of the Joseon Dynasty.

This time, North Korea seemed to have sensed Hou Jin's wolfish ambitions. After receiving the letter of credence, the government and the public were terrified, and quickly sent people to seek help from Daming.

At the same time, Huang Taiji was also preparing for a major event in Hetuala. He felt that the title of Great Khan was not enough to show his prestige.

Huang Taiji wants to be the emperor, just like the Ming emperor, he wants to be the emperor of Dajin, he wants to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!

That brat Zhu Youxiao is just the same age as him, even he can be the emperor, so why not?

Such thoughts swelled more and more in his heart.

Chapter 726 The "Xiaozhuang" who was excluded

Hetu Allah Khan Palace.

"Sister, tidy up, let's go out for a walk, won't you be suffocated by being bored in the room all the time?"

On this day, the sun was shining brightly, and Yan Zha came to Bumbutai with a smile and said.

The Yanzha family is the daughter of the head of the Yanzha tribe of the Qiang tribe in Mobei Mongolia.

Huang Taiji, the Great Khan, is much better than our Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao in terms of marrying wives and taking concubines.

Zhu Youxiao has been on the throne for six years, and now there is only one queen and four concubines.

But Huang Taiji is not yet an emperor, but a profuse Khan of the Jurchen clan, and he actually has a regular wife and more than a dozen concubines.

This comparison is really embarrassing.

But Huang Taiji is also urging hard, not taking concubines is impossible!

Right now, Monan Mongolia and Saibei Three Guards have been subdued by the Ming Dynasty. Without some special methods, how can they recruit the Mobei tribes?

This special method is to use the goodness of the in-laws to promote the alliance.

Huang Taiji took concubines, regardless of appearance or figure, only the background. For example, this Yan Zha clan is the daughter of the head of the Yan Zha tribe of Mobei Qiang Tribe.

More than a dozen concubines, all of them are like this.

In addition to concubines, Dafu Jin Zhezhe and Erfu Jin Bumbutai are also like this, but they are the two most shrewd women in the Houjin harem.

Zhezhe's father was Manggus, one of the most powerful people in Horqin, and a prominent figure in Mobei Mongolia.

It is precisely because of the respect between Huang Taiji and Zhe Zhe that the master-servant relationship between Hou Jin and Horqin, the most powerful department in Mobei, is unbreakable.

As for Bumbutai, she is the Xiaozhuang of later generations, and her background should not be underestimated. She is the daughter of Dongtu Motebeile Zaisang.

Since Dongtumote moved to Mobei, he has been grazing in the Nenjiang River Basin, and is now called the "Nen Horqin Tribe" by some places.

But no matter how they are called, they are currently Mobei's strongest force after Horqin.

Bumbutai also went from Tumot to Horqin to marry Huang Taiji in the fifth year of Tianqi. After Huang Taiji accepted her, he greatly enhanced the prestige of Khan Quan.

The relationship between Horqin and Dongtumot is also related to the direction of the rest of the Mobei tribes.

Huang Taiji's marriage policy has now achieved results. All the tribes in Mobei have surrendered to Hou Jin either because of the marriage or because of coercion.

This is also the reason why Huang Taiji felt that he could claim the title of emperor against the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to do a big thing after becoming the emperor.

In the deepest part of the Khan Palace, there are dense ancient cypresses and towering temples. It is a Jurchen-style building. Although it is not spectacular, it is also exquisite.

Soon, Yan Zhashi and Bumbutai were chatting and laughing from the corridor leading here, which also stopped the talking and laughing in the palace.

"Da Fujin is in a good mood today, and we sisters can relax for a while." Yan Zhashi said.

Bumbutai naturally knew that the laughter in the Khan's Palace was all because of one thing, the Great Khan was about to proclaim himself emperor.

She didn't say anything, just walked in.

Before he could go in, he was stopped by a Han maidservant, "My maidservant greets the two ladies. Da Fujin is not feeling well today and cannot see guests."

"Why, did Da Fujin catch the wind and cold?" Yan Zhashi was slightly taken aback, just now he clearly heard the chatter and laughter in the room, why not now.

Bumbutai glanced at the palace, deliberately raised his voice, and said, "Since Da Fujin is inconvenient to meet guests, then we will go back."

On the other hand, Yan Zha's family was a little bit reluctant and couldn't swallow this breath.

"Sister, wait!" She grabbed Bumbutai's sleeve and said arrogantly, "Da Fujin is ill, and a younger sister should serve her with tea and water."

"We have to go in and visit Da Fujin!"

Bumbutai looked at this silly younger sister who was eager to get ahead, but didn't say anything, just turned around and stood quietly.

After all, the servant girl is from a Han Chinese who was taken captive, and belongs to the untouchables, so she dared not talk to the two of them at all, hesitated for a moment, and forced a smile on her face:

"Since the two empresses have good intentions, let the slaves go back and report."

Not long after, Zhe Zhe's approval came from the palace.

The two women went in and saw that Zhe Zhe was leaning on the soft bed, holding a handful of delicate copper water pots in his hands.

Concubine Qilei, concubine Borjigit, side concubine Yehenala and others were drinking hot tea and nibbling melon seeds.

Seeing them coming in, they all gave a cold look.

This Houjin's harem has always been very lively since Nurhachi's time, not at all as harmonious as Zhu Youxiao's harem now.

Of course, the harmony in the harem of the Ming Dynasty was also achieved by Zhu Youxiao's expulsion of Ke Baba in the early years and the confinement of the imperial concubine Zheng of the Wanli Emperor.

Zhu Youxiao had nothing to worry about. Even King Fu, who was behind Concubine Zheng, was not enough to look at in front of the emperor.

Wanting to break into the cold palace is a matter of imperial decree.

However, Huang Taiji would not have such courage. Every woman in the harem behind her represents a strong Mongolian army that may support Houjin during the war.

At this juncture of competing for territory with Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji didn't want to and didn't dare to do this.

"Hey, what kind of wind is it that brings your sisters here?"

"Tsk tsk, look at how the two of them are dressed, Da Khan has not proclaimed himself emperor, so you are sure that you will be named a noble concubine?"

Zhezhe also smiled and said, "My palace is not as refined as Nanmanzi's. There is only green tea, can you bear it?"

The words of the concubines obviously meant exclusion, and Zhe Zhe, who was a Dafujin, seemed not as virtuous as rumored.

Bumbutai could tell that she was hiding a knife in her words.

In fact, there is no other way, who told Bumbutai to use extremely clever means to fascinate Huang Taiji so much that he couldn't stop it as soon as he entered the palace?

Being envied and jealous is also a matter of course.

Bumbutai had a smile on his face, showing no sign of irritation.

She pulled Yan Zhashi together to salute, ignored the concubines and Zhezhe's cynicism, remained humble, and asked with concern:

"Did Da Fujin take the decoction? Yesterday he was fine, why did he suddenly get sick?"

"My sister heard that there are often sick people in Nanman's uterus, so let's ask the doctor to take a look!"

"Stop nagging, Da Khan is going to proclaim himself emperor, I am very upset, find a place to sit down."

Zhezhe didn't give Bumbutai any face, leaning on the soft bed, his tone was more aggressive than before.

After all, the Yan Zha clan was not as careful and bold as Bumbutai, and the power of the Yan Zha tribe was far inferior to that of Dong Tumote, so they were a little timid when they saw this.

Then he touched Bumbutai with his elbow, motioning her to sit down.

When Borzigit saw that these two vixens were bullied by Da Fujin, his face was full of villainous smiles.

"Clap!"

She leisurely spit out the melon seed shell, stretched out her oily hand full of fat, grabbed a handful, put it in her mouth, and said with a cold snort:

"Me, I'm not that shameless person."

"Da Fujin, I'll take my leave first."

Zhezhe nodded in acquiescence, and finally looked at Bumbutai who was still standing still, with a sullen face, and said in a commanding tone:

"Bumbutai, quickly and honestly sit down for me!"

Chapter 727 The imperial family is in decline, and the vitality is exhausted?

"What if I don't?"

Bumbutai entered the palace last year, but this year he is only 16 years old, and he already has extremely deep thoughts.

But other than that, she was an easy kid.

Zhe Zhe's authority was offended, he immediately sat up straight, pointed and said, "This man is always volatile, and Da Khan is no exception!"

"Da Yuer, I ask you, what kind of ecstasy did you give Da Khan these days?"

Bumbutai also did not give in, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said arrogantly: "Some people are old and pearly, and they can't lock a man's heart. It's my fault."

"Last year, the Great Khan went to Tumet to welcome me into the palace, rode with me on horseback, and shot with a bow. The day of our wedding and marriage was also a great honor. That night, the Great Khan saw my eyeballs straighten. "

"The whole Dajin, who doesn't praise me, Dayuer, as a golden phoenix flying out of the Horqin grassland?"

Zhezhe's face flushed red when he was poked at the sore spot.

Bumbutai's words were really too much, and Cai Zhezhe's words were not very good, he almost called her a goblin directly.

The two women confronted each other, while Huang Taiji was in the Chongzheng Hall in the front hall of the Khan Palace, frowning tightly.