Wu Liangfu introduced Hong Chengchou to the Palace of Nourishing the Heart and saw Shunzhi lying on the sickbed.

Shunzhi saw Hong Chengchou coming in and struggled to get up from the sickbed.

"Hooray! You're done! Hong Chengchou burst into tears and knelt down in front of the sickbed to dissuade him.

Shunzhi sat up hard and sighed: "Hong Aiqing, I have always reused you and other Hanchen, but unfortunately the emperor can't understand my hard work, and the people of Sony and Suke Saha are also dissatisfied with what I have done!" What I want is this Qing Dynasty for thousands of generations! Just rely on the Manchurians who don't know how to take care of national politics on Sony's side, and don't rely on you, how can you do it? I understand Hong Aiqing's loyalty to my Qing Dynasty! ”

"Your Majesty!" Hong Chengchou kowtowed and said, "Weichen understands the emperor's love for his ministers!" ”

Shunzhi nodded: "Now that the situation in Guangdong has eroded to this point, Qiongzhou has lost it, and the Haikou have all come to the capital!" It's just audacious and lawless! This matter is shocking to the government and the opposition! Helplessly, today I am in good health and cannot go to court. The Emperor summoned Sonny, Sukh Saha, Suppilon, and Ao Bai to discuss the matter. But I think that the only way to pacify the south is Hong Aiqing! ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to Guangdong again for the emperor to pacify the false Ming barbarians!" ”

"I know that Hong Aiqing will definitely solve problems for me! Huang Eniang and Sony discussed it all day and didn't have a good way to come up with it. I can only use Hong Aiqing again! But Hong Aiqing is old, and if I pull Hong Aiqing out and vomit blood, I feel ashamed! Shunji sighed.

Hong Chengchou was flattered and bowed again and again: "Thank you for the emperor's love!" Solve problems for the emperor, for the Qing Dynasty for thousands of generations, even if the ministers are broken, they will not give up! ”

Shunzhi thought of Concubine Dong E, and shed tears again: "Since Concubine Dong E, my dragon body has deteriorated, and I feel that time is running out!" Therefore, summoning Hong Aiqing into the palace overnight is to seal Hong Aiqing's seven provincial strategies! Compared with the original five provinces, Fujian and Sichuan provinces have been slightly increased! ”

"Your Majesty!" Hong Chengchou was in tears.

Shunzhi shouted: "Little Wuzi! ”

"The minions are here!" Wu Liangfu hurriedly replied.

"Prepare pen and ink, I want to draw up the purpose!"

"Wow!"

In less than a moment, Wu Liangfu presented pen and ink.

Shunzhi struggled to sit up, and Wu Liangfu supported Shunzhi on the side. About a stick of incense, Shunzhi wrote the holy decree. Wu Liangfu saw that Shunzhi had written the holy decree and shouted: "Hong Jingluo has the decree!" ”

"The minister is here!" Hong Chengchou knelt on the ground, his hands raised above his head.

Wu Liangfu took the holy decree that had not dried the ink, read it in his hand, and then handed the holy decree to Hong Chengchou with both hands.

"Thank you, Emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! Hong Chengchou held the holy decree in his hands and saluted.

Shunzhi shouted: "Come on, give Hong Jingluo a golden knife and yellow coat!" ”

After a while, a eunuch entered the Hall of Heart Cultivation with a tray containing a golden knife and a yellow coat.

After giving Hong Chengchou a golden knife and a yellow coat, Shunzhi said to Hong Chengchou: "Aiqing went to Guangdong, and officials from all over the country saw the yellow coat as if they were me. This golden knife can be cut first and then played, if the king of Pingnan and even the commander of the Eight Banners do not listen to the order, you can cut it! ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Hong Chengchou bowed and thanked him again and again.

After Hong Chengchou withdrew, Shunzhi lay on the sickbed and thought: If I hadn't activated Hong Jingluo again, I'm afraid that after I died, Huang Eniang and Sony's gang would not reuse this person! This is the only person who quells the thieves in the south! Don't look at those people in Sonny Aobai, they are powerful in the northern plains, but when they go to the south, they don't use cavalry to fight, they have to use the Han people to deal with the Han people.

Bu Mu Butai's henchmen had already reported to her about Shunzhi's night summoning Hong Chengchou, and in this regard, the Empress Dowager Bu Mu Butai only had one sentence: "I hope that the emperor's dragon body is safe and sound, and he can do whatever he wants!" ”

Hong Chengchou returned to the mansion, made a brief preparation, and on the fifth day of the first month, he left the capital with his entourage and guards, with the holy decree, the golden sword and the yellow coat.

The next day, Hong Chengchou had just entered Baoding Mansion, and a fast horse chased after him, telling Hong Chengchou that the emperor had died, and gave Hong Chengchou a testament, so that he did not have to return to Beijing, and must rush to Guangdong as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty!" Hong Chengchou cried and fainted on the carriage.

Wang Xinyu didn't know that although Shunzhi still died on the sixth day of the first lunar month as in history, the flapping wings of his little butterfly fanned Hong Chengchou, who was old and weak and was about to enter the coffin, to the south.

The reason why Shunzhi reinstated Hong Chengchou and expanded his power from five provinces to seven provinces was because Shunzhi knew very well that if he wanted to deal with the Han people, especially the Han people in the south, he still had to deal with the Han people.

The northerners rode horses and the southerners traveled in boats, and without the help of the Han people, the Manmeng Eight Banners, who were good at riding, were useless under the harsh terrain of the southern river network, mountains and forests. Although there were so many generals from the Ming Dynasty to help, the Manchus still suffered a lot of losses in the south, especially Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong, who created too much trouble for the Manchus.

Shunzhi's reuse of Hanchen was for the great cause of the Qing Dynasty, but his mother Bumu Butai couldn't understand it, and those Manchurian ministers couldn't understand it. In the eyes of Bumu Butai and the Manchu ministers, Shunzhi has a weak personality and can't afford a little setback. Shunzhi's reuse of the Han people is that he has no confidence in the Manchurians, and it is also a manifestation of his weakness. It was precisely because of Shunzhi's weakness that the Qing army suffered a little defeat, and Shunzhi retreated and wanted to withdraw from Beijing and retreat outside the Guan.

But in fact, Shunzhi's reuse of Hanchen was correct for the Manchus, and if it were not for a group of traitors who were desperately serving the Manchus, the Manchus would not have been able to rule the south at all.

Because the situation in Guangdong deteriorated, Shunzhi also knew that time was running out, so he hurriedly used Hong Chengchou to deal with Zheng Jiajun. At the same time, he also asked Hong Chengchou to bring Feng Shilang as the commander of the Fujian Navy, urging Shi Lang to build more warships, and when necessary, dispatch the Fujian Navy's division to assist the Guangdong Navy's recapture of Qiongzhou. In Fujian, the "Pinghai Five Policies" of Huang Wu's commission were implemented, and all coastal residents were expanded to 30 li, and Han people were not allowed to live in the coastal areas; If there is a cause of trouble and harm to the locality, the officers can be moved to the provinces to reclaim wasteland.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Hong Chengchou was still on the road, in the Qing court palace, the empress dowager sat in the middle, Sony, Suke Saha, Kubilong, Ao Bai and other Manchu ministers stood on one side, and Fan Wencheng, Wang Xi, Chen Tingjing, Wu Yingxiong, Shang Zhixin and other Han ministers stood on the other side.

Although the "thieves" in the south are arrogant, they are not as big as the death of the Son of Heaven.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and Shunzhi died yesterday, leaving only a so-called guilty edict arranged for him by Bumu Butai and a Manchu minister. In the next step, the crown prince will succeed to the throne, and the new emperor will set an era name.

The choice of the crown prince is still determined by Tang Ruowang, because Xuan Ye once contracted smallpox, and before Shunzhi died, he adopted Tang Ruowang's suggestion and appointed the third elder brother Xuan Ye as the crown prince. Soon after explaining the aftermath, the queen mother also came to ask Shunzhi to issue a testament. The edict is more like an edict of sin. After that, Shunji died.

Now the Empress Dowager has convened the ministers of the Manchu and Han dynasties to discuss the matter of determining the era name.

Although Fan Wencheng, Wang Xi, Chen Tingjing and other high-ranking Han officials were also present, they knew that it was not their turn to intervene in such a major event as the year number, so these Hanchen closed their mouths and pretended to be dumb with interest.

Wu Yingxiong, the eldest concubine, didn't dare to talk much, although he was a Heshuo forehead, plus Shaobao and the crown prince, and Shunzhi's brother-in-law, but he was actually just a hostage, where did he dare to say a word at this time.

Sonny, Sukh Saha, Suppilon, Ao Bai and other important ministers exchanged words, and several Manchurian princes Beizi Baylor also participated in the discussion.

Looking at the Manchu ministers below, there seemed to be a result. The Queen Mother wiped a handful of tears and asked, "Sony, has the matter of the new emperor's year been decided?" ”

The chief minister, Sony, presented the results of the deliberations of the Manchu ministers, and the new emperor's year name was set as Kangxi.

A few days later, the third elder brother Xuanye became the emperor, but his Kangxi era name is not available now, and the current era name is still the eighteenth year of Shunzhi. Even if Shunzhi died on the first day of the new year, it was the eighteenth year of Shunzhi. The first year of Kangxi will not start until next year.

Zheng Jiajun, the work of recruiting new recruits after the year has already begun.

Shunzhi died, Kang Mazi succeeded to the throne, and the news did not spread to Fujian so quickly, Zheng Jiajun didn't care so much, just do his own thing.

Zheng Chenggong conquered Chaozhou and brought back a group of captives. It's just that most of the Chaozhou locals can't use it, and the Zheng family army attacked Chaozhou three times, and there was too much hatred. Before Li Chengdong anyway, Zheng Chenggong was provoked by Shi Lang, not only did not send troops to rescue, but attacked Hao Shangjiu, which led to the weakening of the anti-Qing forces, and the most direct result was that the Qing army then slaughtered the city after entering Chaozhou. Because of this incident, Zheng Chenggong's reputation in Chaozhou is not good.

Later, Zheng Chenggong attacked Chaozhou for the second time, and Zheng's army once slaughtered a stockade and killed tens of thousands of people. Although there was a reason for the incident, the village saw the Qing court massacre Chaozhou, the people in the village were afraid, forced by the Qing court threat, this village not only refused to pay taxes and grain to the Zheng family, but also sent people to attack the Zheng family's grain and grass, which triggered the Zheng family's army to slaughter the village. But this incident caused many locals in Chaozhou to hate Zheng Jiajun very much.

When Zheng Jiajun conquered Chaozhou, there were many people who originally came from the coastal areas of Guangdong, most of these people were fishermen, because of the ban on the sea, they couldn't live anymore, and when Zheng Jiajun retreated, he followed Zheng Jiajun to Kinmen, Xiamen, Tongshan and Nanao Islands.

At this time, Wang Xinyu had been promoted to the chief soldier, and he could get more troops in the Zheng family's army, so Zheng Chenggong allowed him to go to Tongshan and Nanao Island to recruit a group of recruits from the people who had defected.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Wang Xinyu set off and took a boat to Tongshan and Nanao to recruit troops.

In fact, as early as the second day of the first lunar month, Wang Xinyu had already begun to get busy. In order to make the iron mold of the mortar cannon, from the second day of the first lunar month, Wang Xinyu went to the gun factory every day to supervise the manufacture of the iron mold of the mortar cannon with Chen Shuijie. The proposed mortar was made in two sizes, a thirty-two-pounder mortar and a sixty-four-pounder mortar.

In order to make the iron mold of the mortar cannon, it is necessary to first refine the high-quality steel, and then heat the steel to soften it into a mold for casting the cannon. Because Wang Xinyu was still unable to make more high-temperature resistant refractory bricks, the temperature of the blast furnace was still not high enough, and most of the obtained iron was wrought iron, and very little steel was obtained, which needed to be baked many times, collected and then made into molds. Because steel is much harder than iron, and the mold is a high-precision product, it needs to be carefully crafted, and it takes at least ten days to build a set of molds.

Dai Cang's father and son and Claire also began to be busy on the second day of the first month, creating rifled rifles, electric guns and thunderbolt handcuffs, three new weapons, on the sixth day of the first month, before Wang Xinyu left Xiamen to go to Tongshan, another new thunderbolt handcuff was created.

This Thunderbolt is slightly different from the previous two, the barrel made of stainless steel is much stronger, which means that the sub-guns of this Thunderbolt can increase the charge to increase the power; The airtightness of the gun is also better, and the parts such as the belly and bolt are made of copper, which is a very delicate weapon.

However, Wang Xinyu did not consider using fire [cotton] gunpowder as the propellant of the gun, because the fire [cotton] gunpowder ignited too quickly and was easy to explode, and it needed to be passivated with diphenylamine to obtain real smokeless gunpowder. Diphenylamine is too troublesome to manufacture, and there is no need to upgrade the propellant at the moment, and the use of black huo medicine is enough.

In the past few days, Wang Xinyu also went to the Alchemy Academy, and Song Yingxing's two sons have become skilled Dana explosives dispensers. Song Yingxing also taught his two grandsons, five grandchildren, as long as there are enough raw materials, it is not a problem to prepare about ten catties of Dana explosives every day.

It's just the preparation of sulfur acid and nitric acid, but it is not so simple, the basic industry is not yet up to the industrial production of sulfur and nitric acid, and the laboratory method is used to produce sulfur and nitric acid, which consumes man-hours and the output is low. Due to the limitation of raw material production, only about three catties of Dana explosives can be obtained every day. According to this progress, by the time Zheng Chenggong launched the battle to attack Taiwan next month, there would already be about 100 catties of Dana explosives to use.

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