Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 51
Just when Chongzhen integrated half of the south of the Yangtze River at the fastest speed and concentrated all his efforts on building the Huanghuai defense line, Dorgon, who had just entered Beijing, was not idle, and brazenly issued an order to shave his hair two days ago.

It is to force the Han people to shave their money rat tails like human beings.

Jiannu's obsession with hairstyle and clothing stems from a serious lack of security.

Because the Jiannu population is too small, they are very concerned about whether the Han people conquered by them really surrendered.

Back then, because the Han people refused to surrender sincerely, the old slaves carried out massacres in Liaodong, killing more than two million Han people, leaving only about [-] coats of clothing.

Jiannu's criteria for judging whether the Han people were sincerely surrendered was also simple and crude.

If you are willing to shave your hair and change your mind, you are truly surrendering, and if you are not willing, you are not sincerely surrendering.

Since the old slave raised his troops, Jian Nu has been resolutely implementing the hair-shaving order.

However, after entering Beijing, Dorgon listened to the advice of Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and other Han officials, and in order to win the approval of the northern officials and gentry and the border town Ming army, the execution of the hair-shaving order was suspended.

The effect of doing so is also extremely significant, depending on the entire Beijing Direct Transmission.

But within a few days, Dorgon relapsed and felt that he still had to shave his hair.

As a result, as soon as the hair shaving order was issued, many state capitals that had already "surrendered" rebelled one after another.

Dorgon had one response to the rebellion of the northern officials and the common people—resolutely send troops to suppress it!
So the infantry, vest, red and even white yala soldiers of the Eight Banners Manchuria were dispatched one after another to brutally suppress the rebellious Han officials and people, and took the opportunity to loot.

This is actually Dorgon's real intention, to grab food!

Jiannu's grain reserves were barely enough for himself, but now that there were so many surrendered soldiers from Dashun and Daming, the pressure suddenly doubled, so he had to find a way to get some food.

When Dorgon thought about it, blood flowed in Jingji.

……

Let's talk about Yangzhou.

The court push has ended, and the four prime ministers of the cabinet have been freshly released, and they have begun to govern the country, but Fu Wang Zhu Yousong and Nanjing nobles headed by Wei Guogong Xu Hongji who have arrived one after another are still waiting outside Xingyuan.

Among them, Zhu Yousong and Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao were the most disturbed.

Liu Kongzhao really regretted it. If he knew that Chongzhen was not dead, even if he was killed, he would not dare to make such a move, forcing the Donglin party members to support Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong, Liu Kongzhao and other Nanjing dignitaries waited until evening, and finally saw Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and other Nanjing officials coming out of Xingyuan surrounded by Shi Kefa and the right servant of the Beijing Ministry of Criminal Justice.

I can vaguely hear some officials saying that this time, everyone is in full swing, and there is hope for my great Ming ZTE.

Liu Kongzhao didn't care about etiquette at this meeting, and directly rushed in front of Zhu Yousong to block Shi Kefa's way.

But he didn't dare to be as domineering as before, instead he was a little servile and humble: "Da Sima, this is the end of the court push? You must have got your wish, right? The chief minister of the cabinet?"

Shi Kefa frowned and said, "Uncle Cheng, are you okay?"

Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, etc. behind Shi Kefa also expressed contempt.

The state machinery was restored, and the status of nobles was declining rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Liu Kongzhao's smile became even more humble: "How is the dragon body? Are you not tired?"

Shi Kefa smiled, and said: "This is when the Holy Majesty summons, and Master Chengyi greets you face to face."

After finishing speaking, Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu surrounded Meng Zhaoxiang and walked away, not only not giving Liu Kongzhao face, but also Xu Hongji and Zhu Yousong's face.

Zhu Yousong tasted the coldness of the world again.

Just one night later, he was reduced to the point where no one cares about him again.

The vassal king of the Ming Dynasty is really not a human being. Is it okay if I don’t become a vassal king?

But Zhu Yousong only dared to think about these words, and he absolutely dare not say them.

All the civil servants left, leaving only Zhu Yousong and a group of nobles outside Xingyuan. They waited and waited until it was completely dark, and the troops inside Xingyuan were all deployed one after another, but the emperor had not yet summoned them.

Finally, Zhu Yousong and the nobles finally saw an acquaintance, Bo Jingnan Huang Degong.

At that time, Huang Degong was leading a team of servants, escorting a dozen officers out of the gate.

Then with an order, more than a dozen officers fell to the ground, and Zhu Yousong and others fell silent.

"King Fu? Duke Wei?" Huang Degong finally saw Zhu Yousong and the others, stepped forward and asked, "Why are you still here? Haven't you returned to Nanjing yet?"

Zhu Yousong smiled bitterly and said, "The Holy Majesty has not summoned me yet, so I dare not return."

"Your Majesty?" Huang Degong was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty has already left Yangzhou by water, so I'm afraid he has already passed Shaobo Town."

"Ah?" Zhu Yousong was stunned.

Liu Kongzhao, Xu Hongji and others also looked at each other in blank dismay.

The Holy Majesty left without even seeing us?
The Holy Majesty just doesn't want to see me and other nobles from the clan?

Liu Kongzhao didn't give up, and asked again: "Did your Majesty leave a message?"

"No." Huang Degong shook his head, and said again, "Everyone, this town's military affairs are one step ahead."

After a while, Huang Degong set off with the last group of Ming troops, and the tents, gates, and watchtowers were also dismantled and loaded into donkey carts or horse-drawn carts to be taken away.

There is only a mess left in the original place.

There are also Zhu Yousong and the nobles who are dumbfounded.

Even though it was the beginning of May and they were wearing warm brocade fur, Zhu Yousong and the nobles in Nanjing still felt chills.

……

Chongzhen did not intend to snub or beat Zhu Yousong and the others.

He really didn't have time to pay attention to these rice worms, and had to rush to Huai'an Mansion.

As a time traveler, Chongzhen clearly knew the next historical trend.

It is now the sixth day of May, and in the following month, the officials and gentry of Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan provinces, as well as the Ming army who originally surrendered to Dashun, launched rebellions one after another. The newly established Dashun local government will soon collapse.

In history, Nanming had no time to look north because it had just been established and was in the midst of fierce party struggles.

As a result, Jiannu was allowed to take a huge advantage, but only sent two partial divisions with less than [-] people, and the two provinces of Shanxi and Shandong decided to spread the call.

Then a partial division of Jiannu would advance along the canal to the north bank of the Yellow River.

At the beginning of October this year, Fulinhui was brought to Beijing by Dorgon to ascend the throne.

In the same month, Jiannu divided his troops into two groups, one led by Azig, passing through Datong via Tumed Mongolia, and then attacking northern Shaanxi from the direction of Yulin, intending to wipe out the Dashun army.

The other route, led by Duoduo, went south along the canal with the intention of attacking Nanming.

In other words, it will only take five months to fight and count, and he still has five months to build the Huanghuai line of defense.

Of course, it is not Chongzhen's style to just be beaten and not fight back. If there is time, he will send capable ministers and even a small number of elite soldiers into Shandong. Sure, at least it will cause some troubles for Jian Nu.

Forget about Shanxi, leave it to Li Zicheng.

Therefore, it is also possible that in less than five months, Jiannu will go south ahead of schedule.

Because the Ming army's large-scale construction and construction of fortresses along the Huanghuai line will definitely attract the attention of Jiannu, and the actions of Daming in Shandong and even Shanxi will inevitably attract Jiannu's countermeasures.

To sum up, the slave-building army is likely to go south ahead of schedule.

Therefore, we must seize the time to build the Huanghuai line of defense, otherwise there will be changes.

Some people will say, is it feasible not to stimulate slavery?Jiannu will fight the Dashun army first.

In fact, Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu very much hoped that Chongzhen would lie flat, stay in Nanjing and be the emperor leisurely, hand over government affairs to the cabinet, and hand over military affairs to Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing. Now that I have no honor, I can inspect the Imperial College and take a stroll along the Qinhuai River.

Or simply choose a wave of beautiful women in Nanzhili, and regenerate a prince as soon as possible.

In fact, Chongzhen didn't need to work so hard at all, so according to the original trajectory, there is a high probability that Duoduo's army will still be attracted by the thieves and turn to attack Tongguan.

In this way, Daming can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

But the question is, what happened after the Dashun Army was defeated by Jiannu?

Is there only half of Jiangnan left to face Jiannu soldiers alone?

No, it's not enough to face Jian Nu alone, you have to face the attack of Dashun Army.

Because after the Dashun Army withdrew from Shaanxi, it would go down the Yangtze River to attack Wuchang.

At that time, Daming will face Jiannu and Dashun army with one enemy and two at the same time. It is really certain death.

Therefore, Chongzhen had no other choice but to seize the time to build the Huanghuai line of defense as soon as possible and seek Shandong.

Of course, there are still two things to do before that, that is to eradicate Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing. If these two cancers are not eradicated, there will be great hidden dangers left behind.

Among them, Liu Liangzuo handed over to Huang Degong to solve it.

After Huang Degong annexed Gao Jie's [-] relatives, his strength increased greatly. As long as there were no major accidents, there would be no suspense in suppressing Liu Liangzuo.

Because Liu Liangzuo does not have Huang Degong's ability to play, and his strength is far inferior to Huang Degong's.

But Liu Zeqing was resolved by Chongzhen himself, and he still only brought a thousand barbarians.

The good news is that with the news of Chongzhen's southern tour of Yangzhou and the rebuilding of the cabinet, the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River is rapidly recovering, and the officialdom is rapidly restoring order.

Once the order in the officialdom is restored, warlords like Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo will lose room for development, and their followers may even be alienated from morality. Not everyone is willing to be a traitor.

The bad news is that there is no way to conduct a surprise attack on Liu Zeqing like Gao Jie did.

There is no need to doubt that Liu Zeqing must be paying close attention to the movements of the other three towns. Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong must be his key monitoring targets, so it is difficult to hide what happened in Yangzhou from his eyes.

Not surprisingly, Liu Zeqing will soon know everything that happened in Yangzhou.

However, Chongzhen had already made up his mind about this, and Liu Zeqing couldn't make any waves.

Facing the real imperial power, Liu Zeqing would never have the slightest chance to resist.

PS: Although it has not been put on the shelves yet, I still have the cheek to ask for the next monthly pass, ask for the monthly pass!

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