Wu Sangui's troops broke through Yongping Mansion and greatly expanded the scope of their roundabout maneuvers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoFrom Yongping to Shanhaiguan, to Ningyuan, Luanzhou, Yutian, Jizhen and other places, large areas of land are fluttering with the banner of Wu characters.

Lin Wenbing is also a man of his word, Wu Sangui took Yongping with his front foot, and on his back foot, a large ship full of grain docked at the dock outside Yongping City.

With food, weapons and armor, and military salaries, Wu Sangui could expand his army again. Those Liao people who followed him from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan could be transformed from Yiyong into regular troops under him.

Wu Sangui's large-scale use of troops naturally could not be concealed from Li Zicheng and Dolgon, who were both east and west. According to Li Zicheng's convening of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss Wu Sangui's strategy, let's just talk about Dolgon, which is hundreds of miles away from Shanhaiguan.

Since Li Zicheng crossed the river, it has brought shock after shock to the Qing Kingdom. One by one, ******** was conquered overnight, and the Xiongguan in the eyes of the Qing army and the soldiers was also locked in the middle of talking and laughing, and became a thoroughfare in front of the Dashun army.

However, none of these recent intelligence reports made Dolgon feel terrified.

After Li Zicheng's army passed the Juyong Pass, the first report Dolgon received was that after Li Zicheng's army arrived at the city of Beijing, it took only three days to break through the city, and Emperor Chongzhen's attempts to break through failed and his whereabouts were unknown.

After receiving this report from Beijing, Dolgon was not happy, but sincerely frightened! He entered the customs many times to plunder, and he also had the idea of attacking the city of Beijing, but every time he saw the strong and tall city wall from afar, he gave up this idea in his heart. He was worried that after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, would he go on a crusade to the east and leave Liaodong after taking Shanhaiguan?

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. In order to grasp Li Zicheng's accurate movements, he ordered various yamen to speed up the investigation of various news after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and on the other hand, he summoned Fan Wencheng to come to Rui Wangfu to discuss major matters without waiting for dawn.

As a new regime that had just appeared in the northeastern part of China, the Qing State was barbaric, full of vitality, full of vigor, and full of vitality. Taking the work of collecting intelligence in the Guannai, it has a feasible and strict system that can provide insight into the major military and political situation in the Guannai at any time. In the city and suburbs of Beijing, there were often all kinds of fine works, which were sent to Manchuria as soon as there was important news, and then sent to Shengjing station by station with specially reserved stagecoaches. All urgent reports, when they arrive at the competent departments of the Ministry of War, they must quickly copy out several copies and distribute them to Prince Rui, Prince Zheng, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and the scholars of the Inner Three Academies, so that any particularly important military news will soon be known to the main ruling princes, dukes, and ministers of the Qing State.

Fan Wencheng came to Dolgon, kowtowed, and then sat down. Dolgon asked, "Have you met with Hong Chengchou?" ”

Fan Wencheng replied: "The minister just knew that Li Zicheng had broken through Beijing, the queen hanged herself in the palace, and Chongzhen did not know the whereabouts, and then he was summoned to come, and he has not yet met with Hong Chengchou. According to the minister's conjecture, Hong Chengchou is familiar with the situation of the government and the opposition in the Southern Dynasty, and it is beyond the reach of everyone in our Qing Dynasty, and he will definitely have important suggestions for my Eight Banners to march into the Central Plains and sweep away the thieves. After the prince summoned him, he went to talk to him. ”

"How do you know he's going to have important advice?"

When the thieves were still on the way to Juyong Pass in the Xuanfu area, the minister deduced that there would be a battle between the thieves entering the Great Wall and Juyong Pass, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said that there would not be much resistance, and then it was as he expected. I originally thought that Chongzhen would give up Ning Yuan and transfer Wu Sangui to Beijing to guard Beijing, and Beijing would not be lost to the hands of thieves. However, Hong Chengchou shook his head frequently at his ministers, thinking that Chongzhen should not order Wu Sangui to carry the people of Ningyuan into the customs, and sighed and said: "Beijing is over!" If Wu Sangui doesn't arrive, Beijing will fall into the hands of thieves! Now it seems that Hong Chengchou is like a god! ”

Dolgon nodded and said, "Yes, Chongzhen is really confused, he not only transferred Wu Sangui to save Beijing, but also ordered him to escort the people of Ningyuan into the customs, which actually made Wu Sangui lose the opportunity to fight in Beijing!" I don't know if Hong Chengchou knew that after Li Zicheng broke through Beijing......"

Dolgon didn't finish his sentence, and the military department sent another urgent report. He quickly opened it and took a look, his face was cold, and he immediately handed it to Fan Wencheng and said, "The Ming Dynasty is dead." I didn't expect Chongzhen to end like this! ”

Although the Ming and Qing dynasties were two hostile countries, Fan Wencheng couldn't help but be moved when he saw the news of Chongzhen's hanging in the coal mountain, and blurted out: "Actually, he is not a mediocre lord!" The death of the Ming Kingdom was actually the death of the officials. ”

Dolgon wanted to know what Hong Chengchou thought about the fall of Beijing and the martyrdom of Chongzhen, so he asked Fan Wencheng to go to Hong Chengchou's mansion as soon as possible, and instructed:

"This king asked you to go and see Hong Chengchou, because only you can understand his mood best, and he is willing to confide in you."

"Do you want to talk to him about the plan to enter the Central Plains?"

"That was a few days later, so there's no need to talk about it now. Also, tomorrow, the civil and military officials will hold a court meeting in the Dazheng Palace, which is very important! ”

Fan Wencheng was surprised, but he didn't dare to ask more, and if he wanted to come to the discussion, he would discuss how to meet the challenges of the great changes in the world. Then he left Prince Rui's mansion, took his servants, and rode to the Hong Mansion.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the door of the Hong Mansion opened.

Because Fan Wencheng was an important minister of the Great Qing Dynasty and had a close relationship with Hong Chengchou, he only asked if Lord Hong had gotten up, and he didn't need to be informed, leaving his servants at the gate, and hurriedly walked inside.

Hong Chengchou received the first urgent report from the Yamen of the Ministry of War at the time of the fourth watch, so he got up, shocked by the fall of Beijing, and no longer sleepy. After being served by Bai Ruyu, who was a personal servant and a prostitute, she sat next to the bookcase in a daze, guessing the life and death of Emperor Chongzhen.

Half a shift later, another report from the military department came. He was scared in his heart, leaning on the table with the sealed detective report, looking at the envelope in surprise, not daring to open it, his heart was beating, his hands were trembling, and he ordered Ruyu: "Turn the lamp grass bigger!" When the light was turned on, he opened the envelope, read the secret report hurriedly, read it again, sat down in his chair, and sighed deeply. Ruyu, who was good at being considerate of the master's mood, poured a cup of hot tea from the thermos and put it in front of the master, and asked softly, "Emperor Chongzhen is dead?" ”

Hong Chengchou didn't make a sound, and waved his hand to make Ruyu leave his side. When Fan Wencheng entered the second gate, Ruyu first saw that he greeted Lord Fan on the side of the road, and then walked in front and reported to the master: "Lord Fan has arrived." While opening the scarlet felt-trimmed warm curtain. Fan Wencheng arched his hand and said, "Lord Hong, I'm here!" Before the words fell, he had already walked into the warm pavilion, and when he arrived in front of Hong Chengchou, he saw at a glance that Hong had just cried, and he didn't have time to wipe the tears dry.

Fan Wencheng consciously avoided Hong Chengchou's eyes, sat down in the guest seat, and said: "Before the fourth watch, Prince Rui received the first urgent report from the Yamen of the Ministry of War, so he sent someone to call the students. The student also just read the first visit to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, thinking that Prince Rui was going to discuss with me about marching to the Central Plains, but it was not, probably his mind changed temporarily. After casually talking about Beijing, the second urgent report from the Ministry of War arrived, and Prince Rui ordered me to come to you to see how you felt. ”

Hong Chengchou was secretly surprised, regretting that he didn't have time to wipe away his tears just now. Then he smiled sadly and said: "I really don't dare to deceive my brother, just now I suddenly learned that Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in the coal mountain, after all, I have an old relationship with him, and I also know that he is by no means a mediocre lord, and he has this end, seventeen years of conscientious work, but he died and the country died, and I couldn't help but shed a few tears." You and my friends, I beg not to tell the truth to Prince Rui, so that the foolish brother will be blamed for this. ”

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Brother Hengjiu, you know too little about Lord Rui! If he knows that you are martyred for Chongzhen and wept, not only will he not blame you, but he will respect you more. You are not like the military generals who came to surrender by Mu Yi, and you are also different from the Wenchen who originally lived in Liaodong. You have read the book of Confucius and Mencius since you were a child, you were born in the imperial examination, at the age of 23, you began to enter the army, experienced the three dynasties of Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen, successively served as a member of the feudal territory, and hung the title of secretary of the military department. Although Chongzhen lost the world, he treated you well during his lifetime. Because you are the old minister of the third Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Chongzhen has seventeen years of friendship with the monarch and minister, today I suddenly heard that Beijing was broken by thieves, Chongzhen hanged himself, if you don't cry, it's not you Hong Hengjiu. Do you say yes? ”

Hong Chengchou stood up suddenly, bowed deeply to Fan Wencheng, and said, "The parents of the one who gave birth to me, Brother Fan who knows me!" ”

Fan Wencheng held Hong Chengchou's hand and laughed. He immediately said goodbye and instructed Hong Chengchou in the courtyard: "Prince Rui just specially ordered that tomorrow, all the kings and military officials of Baylor will gather in front of the main palace for a meeting, which must be a major event to decide that Prince Rui will lead his troops to the south. Emperor Chongzhen is dead, my brother has made great efforts to exterminate the thieves, which is not only a great contribution to the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, but also a great revenge for the martyrdom of Emperor Chongzhen, and the opportunity cannot be missed! ”

"Exactly, exactly. Although my brother is busy, he is willing to break his bones and serve me for the work of dogs and horses, and also avenge the martyrdom of the first emperor. ”

"Good, good. Brother's heart can refer to the sun, and Brother will tell Brother Tai's heart and this intention to Lord Rui to know. ”

Hong Chengchou looked at the guest Fan Wencheng outside the gate and left with Goshha and the servants, and asked in his heart: Will you decide to send troops in the Dazheng Palace tomorrow? No. The situation after Li Zicheng entered Beijing was not yet understood, the Manchu and Han Eight Banners had not yet been fully assembled, the strategy for marching to Beijing had not been agreed, many affairs had not yet been completed, and grain and grass had not been collected. How can the southern crusade be declared prematurely? …… Fan Wencheng is a person who knows the inside story of the Qing Dynasty, and he doesn't know about this matter!

Ruyu walked to his side and whispered, "Master, go back to the study and have breakfast!" ”

The news about Li Zicheng's attack on Beijing and Chongzhen's self-hanging is becoming clearer and clearer. The Qing government and the opposition were all excited, waiting for the regent and Prince Shuorui to lead the southern expedition.

Although Shengjing had a population of only 10,000 or 20,000 and commerce was not prosperous, it became increasingly important outside the customs since the emerging Qing Dynasty made it the capital. The Mongol tribes, the newly conquered Korea, the area around the Changbai Mountains and the Heilongjiang River as far north, as well as the envoy dogs, the envoy deer fish skin, and many other tribes, all came to Shengjing continuously. Shengjing became the political center of the various ethnic groups in Northeast China, where all important news was gathered and then transmitted to various places. In recent days, the news of Li Zicheng's attack on Beijing has been that he first arrived in Shengjing, and then spread from Shengjing to various places.

Since the day before yesterday, in Shengjing City, whether it is the palaces of the king, the prince, the minister, or the people in the streets and alleys, there is a lot of talk about Prince He Shuorui is about to lead the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies into the Great Wall, defeat the thieves, and occupy Beijing. The people living in Shengjing, whether they were civil and military officials, Li people, or Manchu Han people, were equally excited about Dolgon's imminent march to the Central Plains.

From the perspective of the entire history of Chinese cultural development, it is the gradual integration of many ethnic minorities, and the general trend is the sinicization of ethnic minorities, but in a specific period, in some places, there have been cases of Han people being integrated by ethnic minorities. In the Huang Taiji era, the Han people living in Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places were integrated by the Manchus and organized into the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Psychologically speaking, since the Central Plains had a developed economy and advanced culture since ancient times, they also hoped that the Manchu and Han armies would enter the Great Wall, occupy Beijing, and unify the Central Plains.

"There shall be no mistake in the kings, Belle, Beizi, and all the civil and military ministers who gather in the Great Political Hall to discuss state affairs." After the word regent's message came out, it immediately made the Manchu dynasty excited: the great expedition that everyone was looking forward to was just around the corner, and Prince Rui would have an important message tomorrow. Although it is inevitable that the soldiers and generals will be killed and wounded, according to the experience of several expeditions in the past ten years, the Qing soldiers entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, such as entering the realm of no one, they always returned victorious, capturing many men and women, ploughing cattle and property, and many participants in the expedition had the opportunity to receive meritorious service awards, get promotions, and also get some property. Especially this time with Prince Rui on the expedition is different from the past, which is even more exciting. As everyone knows, this expedition is to defeat the thieves and occupy Beijing.

It is often said that the palaces and palaces of Beijing are unimaginably magnificent and beautiful, and only in the heavens can they be. There is also a mountain of gold, silver and jewelry in the city of Beijing, and the beauties are like clouds. Although the Qing soldiers were one step late and were robbed by the thieves, the thieves could not be robbed, and most of them could be taken from the hands of the thieves. Such a thing is really tempting for the Manchurians who grew up in poor places. Therefore, for tomorrow's meeting in the Dazheng Palace, many young Manchurian nobles were so excited that they couldn't sleep.

Early the next morning, Shengjing City woke up early. People were waiting for news from the main hall.

Compared with the official system, regulations, and building scale in Beijing at this time, Shengjing's official system and architecture are still in the initial stage, and not only the official system is simple, but the etiquette is also very simple. When the regent and Prince Shuorui sat down, Zhang Jing, a young Han man from the Inner Secretariat, went to the left and right court rooms in the Daqing Gate to guide the princes and ministers and the Manchu and Han civil and military officials to the Dazheng Palace.

The people who had already handed over their swords in front of the Daqing Gate, and even the meat-eating knives were unloaded by the guards without hesitation, walked into the Daqing Gate in an orderly manner according to their respective flags and under the leadership of their respective banner owners.

Walking at the forefront is Prince Heshuoli Aixin Jueluo? Dai Shan. He was the only one of the "Four Great Beylers" who Nurhachi had originally proclaimed to participate in the imperial government, and he was also the oldest of the princes, and he was sixty years old this year. After entering the main hall, Zhang Jing, who was standing beside Prince Rui, said loudly: "Prince Heshuoli is exempt, please sit down immediately!" ”

Dai Shan sat down on a chair covered with red cushions prepared for him, first in the row on the left. Since he was a teenager, he has followed Taizu Nurhachi to fight for the unification of the various tribes in Manchuria and the establishment of the Later Jin regime, and has made many great achievements, so he has today's high status in the Aixin Jueluo royal family. But the position is high and the power is not important.

After all, he is old, and he has long given up the idea of competing for the throne. Over the years, I have seen too many power struggles, and I only hope to get the position of Paul, and I don't want to worry about other things.

Since Huang Taiji's sudden death last year, Nurhachi's children and grandchildren have been fighting for the throne. Dolgon and Hauge, who were the most qualified to succeed to the throne at the time, eventually met each other. The powerful Dolgon stated that he was determined not to be the emperor, and supported the six-year-old child Fulin to be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he became the regent and governed the country. This matter not only won the loyal support of the two yellow flags, thwarted Hauge's ambition to inherit the throne, but also won the support of the two palaces of Empress Zhezhe and Concubine Yongfu Zhuang. Poor Hauge fought in despair, and in the end he was not only posted as an officer, but the blue flag of his department was also divided by the Eight Banners.

For more than half a year, Prince Li, who was experienced in world affairs and court affairs, saw Dolgon step by step on the road to monopoly, which made him dissatisfied and frightened. But he also understands that it is now a critical juncture for the Qing Dynasty, either a good time for the second founding of the country, or everyone will be wiped out. But, no matter what, a figure like Dorgon must be used. He knew better in his heart that at the moment he had no soldiers and no bravery, what he could rely on was his identity and age. He had already thought about it, no matter what was discussed in the Great Political Hall today, as the oldest Prince Heshuoli, as the second son of the great grandfather, and the elder brother of the first emperor, he must not hesitate to stand on the side of the regent! Otherwise, there may be a bloody disaster!

All the princes, county kings, Baylor, Beizi, Gong, and Manchu and Han ministers above the third rank followed Dai Shan and walked into the Great Palace. At that time, the kings, dukes, and ministers did not bow down to the regent, but they were divided into batches according to their ranks, and quickly approached the front of the case, neatly threw off the horse's hooves and sleeves, bent forward with their left legs, squatted back with their right legs, supported their knees with their left hands, lowered their right hands, leaned their heads and upper bodies slightly forward, and said in unison: "Please be safe Lord Regent!" "They didn't have seats, first of all the princes stood on both sides, and the kings of the county, Baylor, and Beizi followed the rows. It turned out that Baylor's title was very high, and in the Huang Taiji era, in order to gradually improve the monarchy, the old system of the "Four Baylors" first canceled the "Four Baylors" to manage the government, and then demoted Baylor to the county king, becoming the third level of knighthood. Because it is a knight, it is not easy to get it. After the people who were knighted in batches called for peace, they stood on the left and right, and then the civil and military ministers of the Manchu and Han dynasties and above stood in the second and third rows.

Those who did not have a title and the civil and military officials below the third rank were all asked for peace in batches outside the main hall, and they were also solemnized in two lines.

Dolgon's face was murderous, and he glanced at the Manchu civil and military forces inside and outside the Great Palace. He usually has blazing eyes and is intimidating, but today his eyes are like a sword, as if he wants to pierce other people's hearts and lungs.

This gaze pierced the hearts of Dai Shan and the others, and they suddenly shivered.

Dai Shan and the others are not close to the Dolgon faction, let alone the so-called Tashan people. At best, he was a neutral faction between the Dorgon brothers and the Huang Taiji father and son. Peeking into Dolgon's seat, Dolgon was no longer what it used to be.

The two empress dowagers rewarded the regent with half a set of honor guards for the Son of Heaven in the name of Emperor Shunzhi, silently hinting to everyone about Dorgon's powerful position. Behind the seat, a large yellow Yunluo umbrella and two large fans show that although he is not an emperor, he has an identity similar to that of an emperor. In the feudal society after the Qin Dynasty for 2,000 years, yellow became the special color of the emperor's clothes and utensils.

In addition to these ceremonial utensils, Dolgon can now use the black fox hat and wear the precious mink robe, mink coat, mink mattress, cool hat, python robe, python coat, python mattress and other things given to him in the name of the emperor.

The Bayara soldiers of the Regent's palace were neatly dressed and energetic, wearing thirteen-breasted Baturu sheepskin shoulders, new trousers, iron net boots, and swords at their waists, and stood solemnly with the guards of the two yellow flags from Dorgon's seat to the door of the main hall.

"Alas! I don't know who is going to be unlucky today. Seeing Dolgon's posture, Prince Zheng Zilharang sighed secretly in his heart.

Last time, after Dolgon was just appointed as the regent, he also put on this guard of honor, and carried out a fierce purge of Hauge's faction as the regent and authority.

The white flag Gushan Ezhen He Luo will take the lead in the first accusation, exposing Prince Su's private slander of Prince Rui and plotting against him. How to talk to him and the ministers of parliament, Yang Shan, Jialazhang Jingyi Chengge, and Niu Luzhang Jingluo Shuo, slander Prince Rui, and sow discord.

He Luohui said: "Prince Su told us that in the past, Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai, the commander of the protector army, Tulai, and Qixin Lang Soni were all attached to me. Now they are ungrateful, and lead two banners to join Prince Heshuorui...... Damn it! He Luohui paused slightly, and then revealed: "Prince Su also said to us several times: Prince Rui is often sick, how can he always bear the heavy responsibility of auxiliary government!" Since those who are capable belong to him, I will take those who are incapable, anyway, he is not a long-lived person, we will wait and see! (To be continued.) )