The empress dowager and Shunzhi's confidants naturally wanted the prince to succeed to the throne, which was different from the wishes of the princes of the clan, but the princes had their own thoughts, and as a result, the alliance between the empress dowager and the important ministers had a slight upper hand. The emperor died violently, died at the hands of the enemy, and there were careerists coveting the throne inside, and everyone knew that it was better to choose the older prince at this time. However, the eldest prince of the current year, Fuquan, has a strict disease in one eye, and he can barely see, and no one dares to guarantee that Fuquan's other eye will not have a problem. If the young emperor had been blind, it would have caused even more trouble.

In this case, the first emperor faction chose Xuan Ye, this prince not only did not have a strict disease, but also had smallpox, obviously in good health, and was a suitable candidate. In this way, Xuan Ye, who is now seven years old, will officially become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty after the edict is issued, and when the New Year comes two days later, he will be eight years old (virtual age).

The Empress Dowager knew very well that there was an urgent need to win over the group of important ministers, so she issued a decree ordering four people, Sonny, Aobai, Sukh Saha, and Kupilon, to assist the government. Sony, Aobai, and Suppilon are all minions of the Two Yellow Flags, and only Sukh Saha is the owner of the Two White Flags. However, after the death of Dolgon, Sukh Saha fell to Shunzhi and helped the emperor to purge the remnants of Dolgon, who had two white flags, and presented a certificate of surrender, which had proved his loyalty to the descendants of Huang Taiji with his actions; In addition, the two white flags, as Nurhachi's personal leader, have a strong strength (the current two white flags are the two yellow flags of the Nurhachi era, and the then emperor Taiji, the owner of the Zhengbai flag, forced the concubine to death after his father's death, and usurped the position of his younger brother Dolgon, and changed the original two white flags to two yellow flags, and the original two yellow flags to two white flags), and the appointment of a Suke Saha as an auxiliary minister is also a necessary means of wooing.

After confirming Shunzhi's death, Suke Saha showed a keen sense of political smell, and he immediately handed over the army to Suppilon to take back, while he hurried back to Jingshi. No matter how much the Empress Dowager, Shunzhi, and the Minister of the Two Yellow Banners trusted him, Sukh Saha still knew that he was in a place of right and wrong. In the eyes of the two white flag people, he lived up to Dolgon's trust and helped the descendants of Huang Taiji clean up his own people, and was the lackey of the two yellow flags; In the eyes of the two yellow flag people, Sukh Saha is the leader of the two white flags. At this time, Sukh Saha definitely did not dare to hold the military power and stay outside, so as not to make the queen mother suspicious. Now Sukh Saha feels that there is no turning back, and the trust of the Queen Mother is the guarantee of his wealth and wealth.

When Sukh Saha rushed back to Beijing, the Empress Dowager asked him to participate in the negotiation of the new emperor and the future name of the emperor, and attended the most important meetings to show her favor and trust in him. At the meeting, Sukh Sahawi Soni was the head of the horse. Now he ranks third among the auxiliary ministers, and even above the Compition, and the merit of supporting the auxiliary government plus the hard work of the auxiliary minister, Sukh Saha has a sad expression on his face, and his heart is breathing a sigh of relief, knowing that his speculation has once again paid off, and the queen mother will guarantee his wealth and future.

The edict of the change of the Yuan and the enthronement of the emperor was quickly issued, and it was not long before the whole country received the news. The current Empress Dowager announced her retirement from the dynasty, and the first imperial meeting of the new emperor was held in the Ming Dynasty, and the theme was how to deal with Deng Ming's challenge and how the imperial court should fight back.

In fact, there is a contradiction between how to deal with Sukh Saha, the Empress Dowager and the two important ministers of the Yellow Banner. Privately, the Empress Dowager summoned Sonny twice, and the latter insisted that Sukh Saha had no ability to cause chaos, and that keeping Sukh Saha's position would be extremely useful in appeasing the two white flags. The Empress Dowager's opinion on this is no different, but Sony's vision is not deep enough, so it can only end here, which makes the Empress Dowager very disappointed. Eight years after the reign of Shunzhi, although the two white flags endured the emperor's suppression with hatred and admitted the defeat of the political struggle, many of them still did not convince themselves of the emperor Taiji, and looked forward to the day when the two white flags could be restored to their status during the Nurhachi period. Ten years now, after all, this period is still too short, after the emperor's violent death, the two white flags are ready to move, and Sukh Saha's statement is certainly beneficial to the Huang Taiji line, which disappoints those disgruntled and even more dissatisfied, but Sukh Saha is still the leader of the two white flags.

Two white flags and a plate of scattered sand are more in line with the interests of the Huang Taiji family. Sukh Saha's follow-up to the two yellow flags has brought him a lot of hatred. Cleaning up Sukh Saha will not only make the two white flags more loose, but also not have to worry about causing the two white flags to be resentful, and those who already regard Sukh Saha as a traitor may even applaud. As for what Sonny said should not be moved, the Empress Dowager is not a fool when she asks herself, of course she will not clean up Sukh Saha at this juncture, but will use him to further suppress the ambition of the two white flags, and wait until he loses his use value before throwing it out to feed the dogs.

However, Sonny seems to be really old, and he can't understand the hints of the Queen Mother very well, and finally he was forced to be anxious and shouted, saying that if the Queen Mother really can't trust Sukh Saha, as long as he has a letter, he will immediately personally take someone to raid Suke Saha's home.

Sony's old decay can completely disappoint the Empress Dowager, and a few days ago she invited another important minister to worship. After receiving the assurances of the Empress Dowager that she would not immediately take action against Sukh Saha, Ao Bai relieved himself, and he further proposed to the Empress Dowager that when he got rid of Sukh Saha in the future, he could pretend to be a contradiction and infighting between the auxiliary ministers, so as to avoid leaving the image of the royal family as mean and unkind to the two white flags, and said that he could fully preside over the matter.

This plan is even better than the Empress Dowager's idea, and after she sorted out Aobai's thoughts, she sighed with some regret: "That is too wronged for you, and I will have to punish you in the future." ”

The meaning of the Empress Dowager is very clear, Ao Bai will definitely arouse the hatred of some people in the two white flags, and in the future, in order to show fairness and win over the two white flags, the royal family will undoubtedly give him some punishment, if necessary, and even give Ao Bai the humiliation of surrendering and slinging.

"The slave is dedicated to serving his master." Ao bowed heavily.

"Good minion." The Empress Dowager exclaimed. After this conversation with Aobai, Sukh Saha's position as the third auxiliary minister was confirmed.

After Ao Bai left, the Empress Dowager pondered in her heart: "Ao Bai was loyal when he followed Taizong, but he didn't have so many cunning, why do you have so many bad thoughts in her stomach now?" Sony is an old fool, although he doesn't use it, but it's still reliable like Sony. Well, in the future, when Xuan Ye grows up, he will definitely rehabilitate Suke Saha, and at that time, if Ao Bai is old, he will just scold a few words, if he is still so sober-minded...... Simply, in the future, the matter of cleaning up the two white flags will be handed over to him, and when he is rehabilitated, he will give Ao Bai a death, and the two white flags will definitely be grateful to Dade. ”

…… The next day, the penultimate day of the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, Dai Xiao's little emperor climbed on the dragon chair for the first time, sat on it, and listened to the duet between the auxiliary minister and his grandmother in a serious manner. It stands to reason that the year can already be changed to the yuan, but now it is too close to the new year, and it is impossible to let the whole world know the new year name before the year in any case, and finally the court decided to continue to use the year name of the eighteenth year of Shunzhi next year to avoid unnecessary trouble and confusion, and another year will be the first year of Kangxi.

Regarding the death of Shunzhi in battle, the Jingshi has been discussing a lot during this time, although Deng Ming's actions can be explained by bullying the enemy first and then raiding, but Deng Ming's thunderous blow is really powerful, and the night attack of one hour broke down the three thousand Mengba Eight Banners and captured all the peripheral positions, while the two thousand Praetorian Guards with high morale and excellent equipment did not last long to defend the camp. After reading the detailed report of the Praetorian Guard officer, the veterans of Sonny and Ao Bai shuddered, they felt that they could not go deep into the enemy territory so perfectly, and besiege the Praetorian Guard with lightning speed, compared to Deng Ming's fierce raid, the endless bows and arrows described in the report were not worth mentioning.

Now the high-level of the imperial court has basically reached a consensus, that is, Deng Ming must have learned about the emperor's movements through some channel, and the person who can provide him with the emperor's whereabouts is the Jiangnan officialdom in addition to the high-level officials of the imperial court.

There weren't many participants in today's Imperial Council, and the guards were all the most reliable disciples of the Three Banners, so the auxiliary ministers had no scruples. Ao Bai said loudly: "The people who can know the whereabouts of the emperor in time are almost these people in the house now. The people in the room are basically the participants in the selection of the emperor and the determination of the era name, and their loyalty has been tested for a long time: "There must be someone in Jiangnan officialdom who is a thief, and the position is not low!" ”

Lin Qilong, who was responsible for providing grain and grass, Jiang Guozhu, who was responsible for the overall planning of the battlefield, and Liang Huafeng, who specifically commanded the Liangjiang troops, the three of them were the most suspicious. However, the Qing court could not find a motive for their fornication with Deng Ming, and if they were traitors, how can they explain that they have not yet shown their anti-flag? With this lesson, the next time the Qing court wants to go south, it will be vigilant, and it will not give Jiangnan officialdom another chance to sell intelligence; And the longer it drags on, the greater the chances of this traitor being exposed. In the eyes of the imperial court, this time the emperor was killed by a surprise attack, and the governor of Jiangnan would also have the same doubts as the imperial court. But the real situation is that there has been no reaction from the Jiangnan side, that is, no governor has found any clues -- it can't be said that the entire Jiangnan officialdom is inexplicably unreasonable, right?

There is another explanation for this matter, that is, Deng Ming had a secret agent next to a certain governor, and although this derelict governor noticed something different after the incident, in order to shirk his responsibility, he secretly executed Xizuo. However, this idea was not put on the table, and if this statement was true, then the participants of the Imperial Council could not completely clear the suspicion, after all, it was also possible that someone around them leaked it.

Therefore, everyone insisted that there must be a high-ranking official in Jiangnan who betrayed the emperor to Deng Ming, and he must be seriously investigated. But how to track it down is a tricky matter, and it's debatable whether it's a good time to do it seriously.