Nanming Yiming

Chapter 170 Dorgon's Compromise
Facing the attack from Jierhalang and others, Dorgon had a very headache.Originally Prince Yu Duoduo was the best candidate for the Southern Expedition. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Duoduo has made great achievements in the south of the Yangtze River and the Northern Expedition to Mongolia. It is a pity that Duoduo has been in poor health since this year and was unable to lead troops to the expedition.

If it weren't for the importance of this court meeting, Duoduo would not have attended it at all.

According to Duduo's fiery temper, if he was physically fit for the expedition, he might have already volunteered by this time.

At this time, he turned his eyes to his elder brother Azig, who was a compatriot with one mother. As the saying goes, "brothers who fight tigers", although Duoduo can't go to war, Azig is still there.

The three Dorgon brothers were very good at fighting, and Huang Taiji was very afraid, and adopted a policy of suppressing and wooing them, intending to divide the three brothers.

Specifically, suppress Azig and win over Dorgon.Originally, the owners of the two white flags were Duoduo and Azige. Huang Taiji directly gave the owner of Azige's inlaid white flag and gave it to Dorgon; The white flags are reversed.

It has to be said that Huang Taiji is a master at playing with politics and people's hearts.Although Dorgon relied on Huang Taiji's support to overwhelm the other two brothers, a rift soon appeared among the three.Both Duo Duo and Azig had resentment towards Dorgon, especially Azig, who suppressed the most.

Of course, after Dorgon became the regent, Azig also rose all the way, and he was already the prince of England. He must be a staunch supporter of Dorgon now.

But once a crack has appeared, no matter how much it is repaired, it will always leave some traces in his heart. The relationship between Dorgon and Azig is far less close than that of Duduo.

After his gaze stayed on Azig for a while, he turned to Boluo, the king of Duoluo Duanzhong.Although Azig is also a battle-tested veteran, but he can charge forward, but he is still a little short of time to be the commander in chief of such a battle that is related to the country's destiny.Otherwise, he would have directly asked Azig to take charge of the southern expedition, and he would not have chosen Tan Tai.

Originally, Jierhalang and others said that he was nepotism, but choosing Azig at this time was to be true.

After thinking about it for a while, Dorgon said: "Boluo, the king of Duoluo Duanzhong County, has been fighting for a long time, and he is the best of the new generation of generals in the Qing Dynasty. Before that, General Ren Zhengnan pacified Fujian and Guangdong in one fell swoop. Wang proposes that Boluo lead the army to go south and take over Tan Tai's unified command of the Jiangnan battlefield!"

After Dorgun proposed to let Boluo lead the army to go south, he immediately got the support of Doduo.He said: "This king should personally lead the troops to the south to destroy the Ming invaders, but he has been sick and unable to go south; Boluo is both civil and military, and he has the experience of calming the south of the Yangtze River, so he is indeed the most suitable candidate!"

Ji Erhalang said: "After I entered the Qing Dynasty, the most successful military exploits were naturally Prince Yu Duoduo and Prince Su Hauge. Now Prince Yu is ill and unable to go out, but Prince Su Hauge is still there. Although Boluo was young It can be regarded as a rising star in a generation, but this battle is related to the life and death of my Qing Dynasty, and I still need veterans to lead the battle, this king suggests using Prince Su Hauge!"

Dorgon finally understood that Jierhalang danced so fiercely today, so it was his idea.They wanted to take this opportunity to fish out Hauge, and it seemed that Daishan was also with them.

He yelled loudly: "No, Hauge has a body of guilt, so why should he command the army to go south to convince the people?"

Ji Erhalang said tit-for-tat: "As the coach, Haoge is indeed guilty of lax control; but at this time of turmoil, our Qing Dynasty needs a coach who can turn the tide, and the regent cannot temporarily put aside personal grievances. Do you care about the big picture?"

Dorgon said: "Although Haoge killed Zhang Xianzhong, it took nearly two years to attack Sichuan and cost us countless money and food; moreover, his subordinates were not strict, and many of his subordinates killed good men and pretended to be meritorious. Now the people in Jiangnan are dissatisfied with my Qing Dynasty, and many of the money and food in Jiangnan have fallen into the hands of the Ming army. If Hauge is sent to pacify Jiangnan, I am afraid that my Qing treasury will not be able to support it, and Jiangnan will only become more peaceful More chaos!"

After Dorgon and Jierhalang spoke out, the Manchu dignitaries in the two camps also confronted each other, refusing to give in to each other, and the entire court was in chaos for a while.

It made all the Han officials look at each other in blank dismay. This scene was so familiar, as if they had returned to the Chongzhen Dynasty.At this time, the gods were fighting in the court hall, and it was not for Hanchen to intervene, and they could only watch helplessly.

Finally Daishan couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Shut up, everyone!"

Everyone looked around and found that Daishan had already stood up from his seat!

Daishan adjusted his breath and said: "This king has not been in court for a long time, I didn't expect that my Qing court is already in such a state."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked ashamed. When did they, the nobles of the Eight Banners, become like those Han people, only knowing to intrigue in court?

Then Dai Shanyu said to Dorgon earnestly: "Prince Regent, there is a saying that Prince Zheng is not wrong. Now even those southern barbarians have been united under the banner of Yongli and no longer fight among themselves; Are you going to follow the old path of the previous Ming?”

"Although Hauge is guilty, he also made great military exploits and made great contributions to our Qing Dynasty. Since Prince Yu is ill and unable to lead troops to go out, we might as well give him a chance to take his crimes and make meritorious deeds. Boluo is also a rising star of my Qing Dynasty. Outstanding military exploits. Now that the situation in many battlefields in the south of the Yangtze River is urgent, why not let them lead the troops to quell the chaos?"

Although Daishan has no rights now, his qualifications are here after all.Now that he said this, no one really dared to jump out and refute.

Dorgon thought to himself, Jiang is still very old, and the old man Daishan seems to be trying to persuade them to make peace, telling them to make a concession.This is obviously pulling the fence, if he takes the initiative to let go at this time, he will be a big loser.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will get a signal that Jierharang, Daishan, Haoge and others will unite against him, and he, the emperor's father and regent, will have to bow his head to them.

In this way, his situation of monopolizing power will be broken, and Jierhalang may soon resume his status as the assistant king, which is absolutely unacceptable to him.

But what Dai Shan said was right, this South Expedition was no small matter, it was related to the fate of the country, if there was a slight mistake, the Qing Dynasty would be lost forever.At this time, Dorgon had an idea in his mind: let Hao Ge beat that Qian Mo.

The Ming army under Qian Mo's command was powerful, and Hauge would suffer heavy casualties no matter whether he won or lost against Qian Mo. In this way, the goal of weakening Hauge was achieved.

Let Hauge gnaw at Qian Mo's tough bone, and let Boluo pinch the soft persimmons of other Ming soldiers, so that he doesn't have to worry about Hauge taking advantage of his military achievements to overwhelm himself.

Although he already had this idea in his heart, he still couldn't let go at this time, he needed a step up.

Shun Zhi'an sat on the dragon chair and watched the two gangs perform to their heart's content.Although he has his own ideas on many things, he is not in charge after all, so it is difficult to express his opinion.

He has long been disgusted with Dorgon's domineering and domineering, but his mother told him that he must learn to forbear, and he must not anger Dorgon at this time.

In particular, Dorgon often stayed alone with his mother and queen in the harem. He himself heard those servants gossip behind his back several times, for which he even directly killed several eunuchs and maids.

His mother has always followed Dorgon, not to mention those slaves, sometimes even he himself thinks that the mother lost her body to Dorgon in order to keep her throne.

Last month, Dorgon even forced himself to make him the "Emperor's Father and Regent". Shunzhi felt that he had suffered a great humiliation.Thinking of this, he clenched his fists unconsciously, and swore to himself: one day he will deal with that bastard Dorgon, and double the humiliation he imposed on himself and his mother.

The opportunity finally came. Today, Jierhalang and Daishan challenged Dorgon. Although Shunzhi appeared calm on the surface, he was actually very happy inside.

However, the queen mother has already told herself not to publicly express her support for Daishan and Jierhalang first, so as not to push Dorgon into a hurry, and he will not let go.

At this time, he knew that Dorgon could not save face, so he said: "What the emperor's father and the regent said is very true. Hauge is really not suitable to be the general who conquers the South because of his guilt."

"How about this, let Boluo be appointed as the Great General to Conquer South and let him replace Tan Tai; Haoge will be named as General Pingnan, let him take the crime and make meritorious deeds and conquer Jiangnan together. As for how many troops to send and how to arrange them specifically, I would like to invite you, Uncle Wang, to discuss Bar."

Shunzhi's words broke the deadlock, which is a situation acceptable to both parties.

So Dorgon and others said one after another: "The emperor is wise, and the ministers will obey the order!"

Looking at the fearful expressions of the ministers below, Shunzhi felt that he was an emperor for the first time, and was no longer a marionette in the hands of others.

Only at this moment did he understand what the queen mother said: the emperor should not express his position easily, and the ministers should be unpredictable; the emperor does not need to argue with the ministers, but let the ministers argue with each other, and the emperor should be the one who makes the final decision.

This is the so-called emperor's mind, Shunzhi finally tasted the unique happiness of the emperor.

After saying this, Shunzhi stood up magnificently, and handed over the rest to Dorgon and Jierhalang.He couldn't wait to go back to the palace and tell his mother what happened today.

This time the Ming army was coming aggressively. After discussing with several people, they decided to concentrate all the main forces to go south.

Now the Khalkha Mongolia in the north is about to move, and the Mongolian Eight Banners can no longer send troops to the south. It is decided to let Zhengbai Banner and Zhenghuang Banner stay in the capital to prevent possible changes on the Mongolian grassland.

Prince Su Hauge led 2 people from the Manchuria Xianglan Banner, 1 people from the Manchuria Bordered Red Banner, 5 people from the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, and 1 people from Shanxi and Henan Green Camps. A total of 5 people went to Nanjing to mainly conquer Zhejiang Ming Army.

Wang Boluo of Duoluo Duanzhong County led 2 people from Manchuria Zhenglan Banner, 1 people from Manchuria Xiangbai Banner, 2 people from Manchuria Xianghuang Banner, 1 people from Han Army Xiangbai Banner, and 5 people from Han Army Zhenghong Banner. A total of 1 of the 5 green battalion went to Nanchang to conquer the Ming army in Jiangxi and Huguang.

All the Eight Banners of Manchuria add up to 20 people. This time, there are 8 people in the Southern Expedition Army, plus the 5 people who followed Tan Tai to the south before, and the Eight Banners who stayed in Jiangnan before, more than 3% of the Manchurians The Eight Banners have been used in the Jiangnan battlefield.

It can be said that the Qing army is going to risk its life this time. The scale and quality of the 21 troops sent this time are much stronger than Tan Tai's southern conquest army last time.

Of course, there seems to be little difference in the strength of the two groups of troops. Haoge has 10 troops and Boluo has 11 troops, but the quality of the two is very different. Half of Haoge's army is green battalion.

Jierhalang and Daishan also knew what Dorgon was thinking. He wanted Haoge to fight Qian Mo, so that Boluo could take the opportunity to make meritorious service.But now that Dorgon is so powerful, it is already very good that they can get Hauge out of the prison and lead troops to the expedition.

These lords were also high-spirited, and they believed that the Qing army's heavy blow this time would definitely beat the Ming army to the ground.

However, Bahana, Minister of the Household Department of Manchuria, said embarrassingly: "Now the tax supply in the south of the Yangtze River is not enough, and Tan Tai's army spent a lot of money on the southern expedition. Now the Ministry of Households can barely make up the salary, but the food and grass have been exhausted. There is a shortage, and it is difficult to support this southern expedition?"

At this time Dorgon's face was very ugly, this is a proper slap in the face!
Everyone was also surprised, my Qing Dynasty actually ran out of food and grass?Moreover, according to the Ministry of Households, there are not many silver taels in the treasury.

Relying on the money obtained from Li Zicheng, the Manchu Qing carried out a crazy expansion model, and recruited a large number of Ming troops in a short period of time. Although they quickly occupied a large number of territories, the cost of raising troops was also very high.

Now that the water transportation is interrupted, the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be sent to the capital, isn't it just sitting and eating?

You must know that the economy in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty had been messed up by Li Zicheng and the Qing army long before the Manchu Qing entered the customs, and now they are reaping the consequences of themselves.

At this time, Hong Chengchou said: "The army is about to start, even if it is too late to raise taxes. For the current plan, the only way to do it is to borrow money and food from Shanxi merchants headed by the 'Eight Great Imperial Merchants'."

"They are closely related to the national destiny of my Qing Dynasty. They will be prosperous and all will be prosperous, and all will be damaged. I think they will definitely help each other."

Dorgon said: "Bahana, you understand. If you don't have enough money and food, ask them to borrow. The food and payment must be raised within half a month. If you delay the army's expedition, I want your head!"

Then Hong Chengchou took out another Lumi blunderbuss imitated by the Qing army, and said: "This is the Lumi blunderbuss of the Zhejiang Ming army. Repeatedly hit our army hard."

"The servant worked hard and finally got the manufacturing method from the Ming army, but the workmanship is complicated and the output is very low. I also hope that the imperial court can allocate money and recruit craftsmen from all over the country to produce it in large quantities, so that we can equip our army with such sharp weapons as soon as possible."

In fact, the Qing Dynasty did not reject firearms. It was by relying on firearms that they defeated the Ming Dynasty. Even the Eight Banners of Manchuria knew how to use firearms.

However, such a powerful firearm must be equipped with the Eight Banners of Manchuria first. If a large number of Han army flags are mastered, it will not be a second.

So Dorgon said: "Ask those Shanxi merchants to borrow an additional 200 million taels of silver, recruit craftsmen from all over the country to the capital to produce this Lumi gun, and give priority to equipment for the Eight Banners of Manchuria!"

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