Section 8: Wrath (I)

Because last year, I had prepared for a personal expedition, the honor guard and the car were ready-made, and the relevant arrangements were discussed in detail, so the preparation for the Shunzhi personal expedition was progressing very quickly, and it had already begun to look like a few days under the strict order of the emperor. Sonny saw that the situation was not good, although he hadn't come up with any good ways to persuade him, but he still wanted to delay a little longer, but before he could come up with a countermeasure to delay, Shunji called him into the palace again. Also shouted together were Aobai, Sukhhasa, and Kupilon.

When the four major minions entered the palace, they heard that Shunzhi was furious again, and today a large group of eunuchs, palace maids, and even a few guards were killed.

Originally, after Shunzhi slept for two days, he also began to consider the feasibility and significance of the pro-conquest, in case the emperor pro-conquest but Deng Ming had already run away, then this toss would be a bit more than worth the loss, if he couldn't catch Deng Ming, just for a Zhou Peigong, there was no need to be so prospering. But Shunzhi's words have been spoken, and he is still looking forward to the local officials in Jiangnan desperately intercepting Deng Ming in order to show himself in front of him, if the local officials really delay Deng Ming's footsteps, and because Shunzhi rebelled and did not personally recruit and supervise Deng Ming's escape, it would be a pity and may hit the morale of the officials to serve the country.

This kind of psychology of suffering from gains and losses made Shunzhi not change the original plan, and still continued to supervise the preparations for the pro-conquest, since he might have to leave Beijing for a period of time, the emperor wanted to first set the name of his favorite concubine Dong Efei; If you finally launch a pro-conquest, this matter is done, and Shunzhi will not have to worry about this matter, if you change your mind and do not pro-conscript, this thing still has to be done, and it is better to do it later than early.

As a result, after learning about this, a guard with short eyes said to someone in private: "Will the little master still give a nickname?" Do you want to give a bad name? This was then told to the emperor by a man who had an enmity with him, and Shunzhi was furious and arrested the guard for interrogation. At first, the unlucky guy refused to confess, but later he couldn't bear the torture and confided out all the rumors that had been circulating in Beijing recently: what did Deng Ming actually say was Borgo, the emperor's younger brother, Fujin (Concubine Dong E) fled Beijing by fraud after being favored by the emperor, and watched his wife canonized as a concubine by the imperial brother in the palace; After Borgo surrendered to the thief as a prince, he was supported by the masses of Chuang and Xi, and defeated the imperial army in a row, and even the remnants of the Ming were convinced of his martial bravery...... Recently, Borguo, who went by the pseudonym Deng Ming, threatened Cao Yun again, vowing to take back his wife's family, and the emperor was furious and killed Concubine Dong E, several of her palace maids and eunuchs, and even wanted to personally conquer Jiangnan, so that this brother who cheated on death would become a real death -- the rumors are now full of eyebrows and quite human, which makes many people believe it.

Shunzhi was furious when he heard this, and killed the guard on the spot, and the unlucky guy also climbed some people before he died, and none of these people were spared.

When he saw Sonny and the gang, Shunzhi still had green muscles on his forehead, his eyes were full of red threads, and he ordered murderously: "Spread the decree, if anyone in the capital dares to talk about the concubine, no matter how noble or low, they will be executed!" ”

After giving this order, Shunzhi once again reiterated his previous decision: "I am determined to go south, and I will leave Beijing as soon as the honor guard and car are properly driven!" Now Shunzhi only feels that there is nowhere to vent his resentment, and if he stays in the Forbidden City and doesn't go out for a walk, he feels like he's going to explode. The emperor, who only wanted to go out as much as possible, gave an additional order, and he did not have to wait for all the eight banners to be prepared, he planned to set off first with the two thousand Manchu Eight Banners and the three thousand Mengba Banners, which had moved the fastest so far, and the rest of the army could catch up later.

Although Shunzhi was already angry, he also knew that Jingshi still needed someone to sit in charge, and after thinking about it, he decided to let Sonny and Aobai stay behind to handle daily government affairs for him, and then hand it over to the Queen Mother for approval; Sukh Saha and Kupilon continued to reorganize their troops and horses, and followed the follow-up 15,000 Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners at full speed, and Shunzhi strictly ordered them to join him before the imperial camp arrived in Yangzhou, and then crossed the river together to Nanjing.

Concubine Dong E's matter has always been Shunzhi's rebellion, when he coveted the beautiful brother and daughter-in-law, so that Borgo died in vain, ten days after the death of the prince put his brother-in-law into the palace, quickly sealed the virtuous concubine, and soon promoted to the concubine. When canonizing his brother-in-law, Shunzhi also issued an edict with the specifications of canonizing the queen, and granted amnesty to the world with the specifications of the emperor's accession to the throne.

Although the emperor has shown no shame on his face, Sony and others are very clear that this kind of murder of his brother and wife is still a great shame, and bringing it up is equivalent to slapping the emperor, and now Shunzhi's beloved brother-in-law and his "first son" have just died, and this kind of rumor has been spread, which is undoubtedly ruthless in Shunzhi's heart

A stab in the ground.

"Then pass on the edict to Liangjiang and Huguang, no matter what method they use, they must intercept the Deng thief, and if they don't do anything well, they will be punished with the same thief!" Shunzhi yelled: "Those who cower and do not fight will be punished as thieves!" ”

"Deng Ming is dead." Sony and the others all had such a thought in their hearts, and the tone in the holy decree that Shunzhi made people draft was extremely harsh and murderous, although this was a holy decree for the officials of Liangjiang and Huguang, but Sony They felt cold sweat flowing out of their spines after reading it: "The emperor has hated Deng Ming to the bone, and he would rather have the vitality of Liangjiang and Huguang seriously injured, and he must kill Deng Ming first." ”

No one dares to touch the mold of Shunzhi at this time, the ministers of the Qing court are slaves in the final analysis, if the emperor is in a hurry, don't think that he can return to his hometown like Chongzhen's ministers. As a result, no one persuaded Shunzhi not to recruit in person, but actively offered advice one by one, and no one dared to stand up and claim that Shunzhi's ban order and urgent plan to send troops would only fuel the spread of rumors. In fact, even Sukhhasa's heart was a little shaken, as the minister of the two white flags, his position was already very embarrassing, knowing that the emperor's politeness to him was just a means to envelop the two white flags. Sukhhasa knew that rumors had spread in the banner before, and many people who were dissatisfied with the emperor muttered that Deng Ming and Prince Rui had an unclear relationship because they missed the status of the Dolgon era, but Sukhhasa disdained it and didn't believe it at all, but after seeing the emperor who was almost out of shape today, Sukhhasa couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Who is this Deng Ming?" Why did the emperor hate him to such an extent? Does it really have anything to do with the old prince? ”

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Jiangnan, after seeing Shunzhi's second holy decree, that is, the official letter that approved the recommendation of Liangjiang, granted Zhou Peigong the political envoy of the two provinces, and gave him full responsibility for intercepting Deng Ming, Jiang Guozhu suddenly woke up, and immediately left the idea of abandoning the official and absconding behind him - the more carefully he checked the armaments and stocks in the past few days, the more the governor of Jiangning found that the idea of abandoning the official and Deng Ming was unrealistic, so the idea of abandoning the official and absconding became more and more intense, and in the last two days almost occupied the entire brain of the governor of Jiangning. I pondered the pseudonym and the arrangement for the rest of my life all night-after seeing the second holy decree today, Jiang Guozhu was overjoyed, and looked up to the sky and laughed wildly: "It turns out that the emperor is not going to chase Deng Ming all the way to Sichuan, I said too, is it worth such a thing?" It's just to ensure the safety of Jiangnan, this is easy to do, and you can't just send Admiral Deng away immediately. ”

Zhou Peigong, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, also smiled when he saw this holy decree, although the emperor's holy decree implied that if Zhou Peigong lived up to the expectations of the imperial court, then these two political envoys would not want to keep it, but these two political envoys were originally easy to come, and if they lost them, they would have lost them. Zhou Peigong is only thirty now, a prefect is dazzling enough, he thinks he is not an insatiable person, and besides, losing the position of the political envoy and destroying the family is more important, Zhou Juren still has a clear distinction.

"The lower official will go to see Admiral Deng, and he must persuade him to leave immediately." After Zhou Peigong read the holy decree, he immediately asked Jiang Guozhu for his life.

"Okay, let's go." Jiang Guozhu told Zhou Peigong that he should not worry about the conditions, as long as Deng Mingken left quickly, everything was good to discuss, in order to show his sincerity, Jiang Guozhu quickly ordered the confiscation of all the shipyards in Jiangnan, the reason was to build a sailor to intercept Deng Thief, and then tie up the shipbuilders and send them to Deng Ming. Jiang Guozhu will take this matter as a top priority, and it will not be delayed for a few days, it is estimated that Zhou Peigong will enter Deng Ming's military camp with his front foot, and Jiang Guozhu will send Jiangning's shipbuilding masters to Zhenjiang with his back foot, and hand over the craftsmen one day earlier, Deng Ming can also leave one day earlier, right?

In addition to craftsmen, Jiang Guozhu also said that if Deng Ming, who was greedy for money, asked for money, Zhou Peigong could also satisfy him, and how could the governor of Jiangning not understand the rule that the army wanted to pay for promotion? Jiang Guozhu had already made up his mind, immediately stopped assembling troops, and then stopped the operation of the entire Jiangnan Green Battalion, and there was no need to prepare equipment, so he saved the silver and sent it to the plague god.

"This official will also repair a book to go to Yangzhou, the governor of Caoyun should have made a lot of money, the emperor personally recruited him to be the first unlucky, and he also had to do a part in this thing to send God, and Nanchang, Zhang Chao don't want to run, this official also has to go to a letter. However, this official can manage the two rivers. Jiang Guozhu paused when he said this, staring at Zhou Peigong - this Tong Deng or the Governor of Huguang can get up, everyone has contributed, does Zhang Changgeng still want to stay out of the way?

"Xia Guan understands." Zhou Peigong is also a wonderful person, and he can understand it at one point: "Xiaguan will write a letter to Wuchang, and ask the Governor of Huguang to prepare grain, so that Admiral Deng can return to the division at full speed, and he will never be delayed on the road for the matter of grain and grass, and after entering Huguang, he will never make Admiral Deng unhappy because of the silver and place." ”