In Beijing, the scenery of Bauhinia City covered with heavy snow is particularly magnificent.

In the warm cabinet, the brazier was lit and the room was roasted very warm. Dorgon stood in front of the window wearing a martened fur, overlooking the snowy earth.

Fan Wencheng, who rushed back from Huguang behind him, bowed and reported in a low voice, "Regent, Prince Yu has withdrawn from Changsha, and his troops have returned to Wuchang. He will go north to Shandong soon. Although the bandits in Shandong are in great momentum, they are just taking advantage of the emptiness of our Qing soldiers in the south and the north, so that they are so rampant. Once Prince Yu's troops arrive, they will definitely be able to clear the bandits."

Dorgon's eyes were deep and he said coldly: "Shandong bandits are just clowns who jumped into the clown. I know that once the army arrives, they will surely be wiped out."

As he said that, Dorgon became upset, "What I am angry about is that the King of Japan has dropped Duoduo and returned to the army to pacify Shandong bandits. When the Qing army goes south again, the pirates arrive again. The army will fight against the false Ming again. Will it be a halfway point? In this case, my Eight Banners Warriors were exhausted and the false Ming can survive. The general trend will definitely rise and fall. The cause of unification of the king will be in no time!"

Fan Wencheng pondered for a while and said, "Regent, the slave thought that the pirates were in the Qing Dynasty, just like Mongolia in the Central Plains and the Huns in the Han dynasties."

Dorgon frowned and turned around, "What do you say?"

Fan Wencheng said with a polite resignation: "Reporting to the Regent, the pirates are on the sea, and by virtue of warship movement, it is like the Mongols riding horses on the grassland. It is difficult to capture their traces in the Central Plains and it is difficult to prevent them from entering the invasion!"

Dorgun pondered for a moment and felt that what Fan Wencheng said was very reasonable. The pirates and the northern nomadic tribes did have some similarities.

"Then do you think, how should I, the Qing Dynasty, deal with pirates?" Dorgon asked in a deep voice.

Fan Wencheng said: "The Central Plains only have three strategies to deal with nomadic tribes. One is to build the Great Wall defense, the second is to train the horse army to take the initiative, and the third is to marry. The slaves think that these three strategies are used to deal with pirates."

Dorgon narrowed his eyes, "You talk about it in detail!"

Fan Wenchen pondered for a moment, organized the language, and continued: "The pirates were on the sea, and the materials were scarce. The slaves thought that Governor Hong's strategy to relocate the sea ban was to build a great wall for the Qing Dynasty to defend against the pirates. This strategy should be extended from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Lianghuai and Shandong, and moved all the population within a hundred miles of the coast, creating unmanned areas, so that the pirates could not obtain food and food from land. If the imperial court implemented the strategy of banning the sea, it would make the pirates scarce, and even famines, and could not continue to strengthen their strength."

Dorgon nodded, "It is feasible to forbid the sea, but the Han people like to build the Great Wall, and the Ming people like to build walls and forts, but they failed to stop my Qing Dynasty from entering the pass. I want to listen to the second strategy."

Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "The Regent is wise and the sea ban can only trap the enemy, but cannot defeat the pirates. If the Qing Dynasty wants to defeat the pirates and solve the threat of the pirates, it still needs to train cavalry like the Han Dynasty against the Huns, so that the advantage of the Huns is gone, and then take the initiative to defeat the Huns. If our Qing Dynasty wants to destroy the pirates, we also need to train the navy to defeat the pirates."

Dorgon nodded, "What you said is the same as what Hong Chengchou said."

Fan Wencheng said with a polite remark: "I have indeed read the memorial of Governor Hong. I thought that in addition to sea bans and shipbuilding training naval personnel, the Qing Dynasty could also try to surrender pirates. After sea bans, it is not easy for pirates to obtain materials, and the conditions will inevitably be difficult. The Qing Dynasty is willing to be a high-ranking official and generous salary, and be prosperous and wealthy. Even if Zhao Ming does not surrender, no one of his subordinates surrendered? The Qing Dynasty only needs to recruit a few people to divide the pirates' momentum, and can also speed up the formation of the imperial navy and form combat power as soon as possible."

Fan Wencheng paused and continued: "The sea ban was used to trap the enemy, shipbuilding and training navy, and negotiation and pacification were carried out at the same time. The slaves thought that the court would put down the pirates in less than five years!"

Dorgon smiled, "This time, Governor Hong Chengchou made a mistake in Jiangnan, which ordered the pirates to rob the grain of the two Huaihe Rivers and disrupt Shandong. He must be punished. I have decided to remove Hong Chengchou from his position as Governor of Jiangnan and transfer him back to the capital to question him. I am worried that no one can replace Hong Chengchou. Today, I will let you go to Governor Jiangnan!"

Fan Wencheng was stunned, his face was stunned. Dorgon saw his expression and frowned and said, "What, you don't want to share your worries for me!"

Fan Wencheng hurriedly kowtowed and said, "A servant will definitely live up to the expectations of the Regent."

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Since Zhao Ming defeated Mandahai, Shandong's Qing army has changed from offense to defense.

Jueluo Bahana and Yue Le huddled in Jinan City, and Mandahai retreated to Yizhou and Yanzhou, but they were unable to advance north.

After the Qing army stopped moving, the rebels in Shandong became active. The Yuyuan army in Caozhou attacked Jining, went to Dongchang, and even attacked the territory of Daming Prefecture, Hebei, with a huge momentum.

Compared with the Yuyuan Army in western Shandong, the rebels in eastern Shandong took a shrinking trend and were busy moving towards Denglai.

In the late first lunar month, Dengzhou, Changshan Island.

Changshan Island is located between the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula. There are also Miaodao Islands nearby, including more than a dozen large and small islands.

At this time, Zhao Ming had already used Chang Island as an important base to operate. The island was covered with temporary wooden houses and tents, as well as figures of people passing by, and ships carrying personnel and supplies were everywhere on the sea.

The island was still very cold during the first month, but in the stone-built blacksmith shop, more than a dozen men were still naked and sweating profusely. They were forging waist knives and shuttle flags. The rebel army was not equipped with enough equipment. Zhao Ming did not say that they would equip them with bows, bird guns, and cannons, but at least each person had to have a sword or javelin.

Zhao Ming, Xie Qian and others stood in the blacksmith shop. The blacksmiths in the countryside had limited skills and the conditions of the blacksmith shop were also very rough.

Xie Qian said: "Master, most of the craftsmen are from the village who make farm tools. They can only use iron swords and fine iron spear tips. They dare not make other weapons. First, they are not skilled enough, and they are too slow to build. Second, they are too costly."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly: "The Qing army was mostly armoured soldiers, and inferior combat swords were not easy to break armor. I suggest you to use more iron spear tips, so that you can stab people when you are far away, and you can throw them. In addition, you can use molds to directly produce iron bones and insert a stick as a blunt weapon."

As he said that, Zhao Ming stopped, turned to Xie Qian and other rebel generals, and comforted him: "Don't worry too much about equipment. Use these generals first. I will ask someone to allocate a large number of weapons from Zhoushan to you later."

When Xie Qian and others heard the words, their faces showed joy and they clasped their fists together, "I thanked the general!"

Zhao Ming talked to everyone, left the simple blacksmith shop, and came outside the blacksmith shop. The beach below was the schoolyard, and thousands of rebels were practicing in the cold wind.

The Ming army generals and corporations were training the rebels to throw javelins. Nearly a thousand people threw guns together. There were only a few people who hit wooden targets twenty steps away.

Zhao Ming glanced at it and shook his head slightly, "Training needs to be done quickly!"

At this time, Ruan Mei came over and reported: "Master, the leader of the rebel army from all walks of life in Shandong has arrived!"

Zhao Ming nodded when he heard the words, "Let's go, everyone will go to the official office to discuss major events!"
Chapter completed!