Chapter 492: The Beginning of the Manchurian Migration to the West
Dolgon's sudden departure without saying a word made the Manchu civil and military officials in the Jinluan Hall extremely embarrassed, and their faces turned blue and white with anger, but no one dared to stand up and scold Dolgon directly.
After all, the first battle of Yandangshan buried almost all the elites of the Qing Dynasty, and among the less than 30,000 eight banners that returned, the two white flags of Dolgon's descendants accounted for half of them, no matter what the reason was, it can make people extremely worried.
Although no one dared to stand up and scold Dolgon directly, his dissatisfaction with Dolgon could not help but show his face.
This meeting of the Golden Luang Palace ended without a problem because of Dorgon's departure.
Unlike civil and military officials, Dolgon's approach caused another level of concern for the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and after the Jinluan Palace was dispersed, she rushed to Dolgon's regent palace as soon as possible.
Dolgon's approach not only caused concern not only to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, but also to the generals of the two white flags.
"Regent!"
"Lord Wang"
The generals of the two white flags followed Dorgon into the Regent's palace.
Dolgon stared at a golden-sheathed sword enshrined in the center of the palace hall, his back full of wireless loneliness, like the end of a hero.
To say that this golden sheath sword was awarded to him by his father Khan Nurhachi in recognition of his first military exploits, he cherished it very much, even if he went to the battlefield, he was reluctant to take it, for fear of being damaged.
"This king is a sinner of the Qing Dynasty!" After a long time, Dolgon turned to the two white flag generals behind him and sighed out, his tone was full of despair, this time it was complete despair, his heart was like ashes, Yan Dangshan was defeated, coupled with the loss of the ancestral land of Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty had no room for recovery, not only the elite was lost, but even the ancestral land of Liaodong was now captured by the Ming army from the sea, Dolgon couldn't imagine for a while, where should the Qing Dynasty go in the future.
All the Eight Banners came to hear the despair and helplessness in Dolgon's heart.
"The Regent"
"Please don't be arrogant, over the years, everyone has seen your exploits, it was you who led the Qing Dynasty into the customs to defeat Li Zicheng, occupied the capital of the Ming Dynasty, swept half of the Han people, and let the Qing Dynasty develop to the peak, this kind of merit, you are the only one in the Qing Dynasty, even the first emperor and Taizu have never had, what are you guilty of!" Zihar is a general of the White Banner and one of Dolgon's most trusted confidants, and he will be loyal to Dolgon no matter what, so when he saw Dolgon's despair, he hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.
Hearing such persuasion, Dolgon laughed at himself: "This king is to sweep half of the world with the Qing Dynasty and bring the Qing Dynasty to the peak, but the defeat of the Qing Dynasty today, the loss of the elite is also the reason for the improper command of the king, in the end, this king is still not as good as the Ming Emperor Zhu Ci, this king is not a sinner of the Qing Dynasty, who else can be a sinner of the Qing Dynasty!" ”
Dolgon also said that the Qing Dynasty fell into the current situation, and no one was qualified to take the blame except for him Dolgon, which he Dolgon deserved.
The "Regent" Zihar still wanted to continue to persuade, he couldn't watch Dolgon be depressed like this, but he was interrupted by Dolgon before he could say the next persuasion.
"That's it! That's it! Needless to say! Dolgon waved his hand, preventing Zihar from continuing to persuade, and anyone could hear the words of comfort, although he Dolgon failed, he did not need to be comforted by anyone, and defeat was defeat!
Dorgon made up his mind and commanded the people.
"Although the Qing Dynasty can't compete with the Ming Dynasty, it is not advisable to surrender the Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty slaughter it, and now in order to leave the Qing Dynasty with the fire that continues to exist in the world, you will send someone to tell Da Yu'er later, let her gather the nobles of the Eight Banners, discuss the westward relocation of the Eight Banners, stay away from the Ming Dynasty, I believe that the Eight Banners will eventually develop one day, go!" After Dorgon finished speaking, he waved his hand to let the henchmen present out.
The Ming Dynasty did not agree to sue for peace, and occupied the ancestral land of Liaodong, and in recent days, hundreds of thousands of troops were about to come to the city, and the Qing Dynasty could not continue to resist, and moving westward was the only way to continue the existence of the Eight Banners.
Dolgon's tone was full of indifference, and there was a hint of panic in it, as if Dolgon wanted to do something worrying.
"Regent, you are" Zihar was the first to ask, although Dorgon let them go down, but the current situation, how could they really walk out of this gate with confidence.
"What? You're not going to listen to the king, are you? Dolgon scanned Zihar in a deep voice.
Zihar and the others were speechless for a while, as the regent's henchmen, how could they not obey the regent's orders.
"Back to the regent, the minions don't dare to wait!" Zihar knelt down on one knee and said.
"If you don't dare, go out!" Dorgon waved his hand and ordered again.
Zihar and the others were helpless, although they were worried, they didn't dare to disobey Dorgon's orders, so they could only retreat silently.
When everyone had withdrawn, Dorgon picked up the golden-sheathed sword with a hint of determination in his eyes. His actions indicate what he wants to do.
Dolgon's arrogance, he has always been conceited and eloquent, but now, the Qing Dynasty has gradually gone from peak to decline in his hands, and he feels that he can't face the dead father Khan, and he has no face to continue to live in the world.
"Boom!"
Pulling out the golden sheath sword, at the moment before he died, Dolgon couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, thinking that at the beginning, if he hadn't insisted on taking the Qing Dynasty iron cavalry to occupy the splendid rivers and mountains of the Han people, and to rule all the Han people, but only directly plundered the northern provinces and returned to Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty might not be where it is today.
In the end, they wanted to use the Manchu population of less than one million to plot against the Han people with a population of nearly 100 million, but they could not catch it, and the Han people just changed an emperor, and the Qing Dynasty was defeated several times, so that today's decline.
Dorgon slung his sword across his neck, but he had just closed his eyes and was about to kill himself when he felt someone rush in.
"Dolgon! What are you doing? A terrible shout of anger caused Dolgon's movements to pause slightly, and at that moment, a pair of seemingly weak hands snatched the sword from Dolgon's hand.
It was the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang who arrived suddenly.
When the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang came to the regent's palace, it was just in time for Jihar and others to be driven out by Dolgon, and after Jihar met the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, he told Dolgon what he said, and asked the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to organize the nobles of the Eight Banners to discuss the westward migration of the Manchus.
When the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang heard this, she was shocked and inexplicable, and she didn't have time to think deeply, and urgently asked where Dolgon was. When she heard that Dolgon had driven everyone out and was alone in the hall, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's worry was even worse, and she ran over regardless of it, and as soon as she entered the door of the lobby, she saw Dolgon with his sword across his neck, ready to kill himself!
The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was frightened and let out that terrible roar, and finally succeeded in attracting Dolgon's attention and snatching the sword from Dolgon's hand, otherwise Dolgon was afraid that blood would have been spattered on the spot, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang didn't dare to imagine what it meant to the Qing Dynasty and to her and the orphans and widows of Fulin!
"Dolgon, you're crazy!" The Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang roared angrily at Dolgon.