Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 438
Now Daming has three things going on.

One is the matter of concubine selection, because the war made this matter stagnant for a while, so it has not ended yet.

The second is the reform of the salt tax. This is something that Zhu Youjian asked Gao Hongtu to start planning in the 18th year of Chongzhen.

The third is the war in the Southwest. Because of the underdeveloped transportation and the complex terrain in the Southwest, it was only this year that Daming had the energy to deal with the Southwest War with all its strength, which caused the war to be delayed until now.

Before these three things were carried out, or when Zhu Youjian was playing tricks with the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, Dorgon, the actual power of the Qing court, also began to face his own defeat.

The first time was in February of the 21st year of Chongzhen. When Dorgon learned from the Dibao that the Qing army of Hong Chengchou had encountered strong enemies in Xiangfu and Xuanwuwei, he began to suspect that the main force of the Ming army had not withdrawn from Henan.

Nurhachi is considered to be a man with great military talent among the chiefs of Manchuria, and Dorgon is also regarded as a person who has the essence of him. Naturally, he also saw some clues, so he hurriedly told Hong Chengchou to pay attention.

But in the end, there is still a distance from Beijing to Henan.

Coupled with the severe winter, the traffic is even more inconvenient.

Dorgon has not waited for the news from Hong Chengchou to return to the front line, and now he has to deal with the raids and harassment of the Qing court's ruled area by the guards and navy.

Regarding the harassment of the Ming army's navy, what Dorgon can do is to strengthen the sea ban and further inward migration of coastal residents.

"My lord, although moving inland is a good strategy to resist the Ming army, my Qing Dynasty must also have its own naval warships, otherwise the waters from Liaodong to Hejian will all belong to Zhu Ming."

After the university scholar Ning finished, I put forward my suggestion to Dorgon, and Dorgon also got up and said: "I don't know, but this matter has to be done step by step. The most important thing now is the war in the south. We must not lose once, if we lose again, we will no longer be able to unify the Great Ming Dynasty."

Dorgon sighed as he spoke, with a rare look of worry on his face.

As the actual ruler of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon is naturally not a fool, and he also guessed that his chances of winning the Qing Dynasty are getting smaller and smaller.

At this time, University scholar Gang Lin hurried over: "My lord, the Ministry of War reported that the Ming army occupied Nanpi on December 20th, suddenly surrounded Tan Tai's department, and wiped out Tan Tai's department on December [-]th. I am [-] Wan Dajun is completely wiped out!"

Gang Lin accidentally tripped and fell to the ground after finishing speaking with a plop, and at this time Dorgon and Ning Wan were also stunned.

However, at this time, I saw Song Quan, a scholar of the University, rushing in: "My lord, the Ministry of War reported that the Ming army attacked and occupied my Baoding mansion on December [-]th, and Tu Baoding left the city. Abate is captured!"

"My lord, the Ministry of War reported that the Ming army surrounded my He Luohui headquarters on December [-]th, and my [-] troops were wiped out!"

A series of defeat news was like a thunderbolt, and Dorgon was stunned on the spot. He suddenly roared:
"Where is Hong Chengchou, is there any news about Hong Chengchou!"

Seeing Dorgon's fury, Gang Lin, Song Quan and other Manchu scholars all knelt on the ground and trembled, shaking their heads like rattles: "No, no."

"Hurry up, go quickly, send someone to investigate, as soon as there is news about Hong Chengchou in Henan, report immediately, go!"

"No, we can't just wait for the news now. Hurry up and draw up an order. In an urgent 50 miles, Hong Chengchou is ordered to immediately lead [-] Qing troops back to the capital, and Wakda leads [-] cavalry to rush to the daimyo immediately to support the army's retreat. Hurry up." ,be quick!"

"You don't need to ask Hong Chengchou to bring back as much as you can, and give orders to all Qing troops to withdraw immediately! If Hong Chengchou dares to resist the order and refuses to comply, he will be executed immediately!"

Dorgon was indeed in a hurry, and changed the order twice on the spot.

Gang Lin, Song Quan and others rushed away in a hurry.

And Dorgon also fainted.

"My lord!"

After Ning finished, I yelled, and hurriedly called for someone to help Dorgon down, and went to ask someone to invite the imperial physician.

Soon, Dorgon woke up again. Seeing that many officials were looking at him, and because he was depressed, he pushed the eunuch's medicine bowl out:
"Why are you staying here! Get down!"

After Dorgon finished speaking, he went down again, his eyes widened, and then he glanced at him again. Seeing that Ning Wan and I were still there, he asked: "You said that with Hong Chengchou's talent, will the whole situation not be changed?" It's going to be very bad, will he have gone south from Henan to Nanjing at this time."

After Ning Wan, I knew that my lord was using this to comfort me, but he couldn’t break Dorgon’s fantasy, so I also followed suit: “It’s also possible that both the Tan Tai and He Luo clubs were wiped out. It shows that the main force of the Ming army may really be in Shandong and Huguang, and our judgment may be correct, but Hong Chengchou has an army of 50, if he goes south in one fell swoop, there is hope to occupy Nanjing of Zhu Ming and destroy the Ming court!"

After Ning and I finished speaking, Dorgon smiled wryly: "Do you think Zhu Youjian is so stupid?"

"Even if Zhu Youjian is not so stupid, there are stupid people. Zhang Shenyan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, reported today that he has successfully contacted the governor of Zhejiang Zhang Bingzhen in the south to instigate Lu Wang to rebel. Once Lu Wang rebelled, Zhu You Jian is caught in a dilemma, even if he still has a large number of troops in Nanjing, he will have to deal with Lu Wang and others first."

After Ning finished what I said, Dorgon suddenly sat up as if he had taken a panacea, and he was very energetic: "If there is such a thing, quickly call Zhang Shenyan!"

……

At this time Zhang Shenyan was comfortably sleeping on a rattan chair, basking in the winter sun, while two stunning maids were tapping his legs for him.

For a moment, Zhang Shenyan was in a very happy mood, and couldn't help touching the face of a servant girl: "Little hoof, it looks more and more juicy, the master must taste your taste tonight."

Although the servant girl was disgusted in her heart, she could only smile shyly on the surface.

Seeing this, Zhang Shenyan became even more excited, and couldn't help but touch the braids on the back of his head for a moment. When he thought that he was now an official of the Qing Dynasty, he thought of the harm that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian had done to him, so he couldn't help gnashing his teeth:
"Zhu Youjian, just wait, King Lu's rebellion, plus Tang Shiji, Guo Yong and others, I think your country is still on the safe side!"

As he said that, Zhang Shenyan smiled triumphantly, and ordered: "Go and prepare hot water, my lord, I want to take a shower and change clothes to see the regent."

Zhang Shenyan believes that as long as the Regent Dorgon knows about his instigation of Jiangnan King Lu's rebellion, he will definitely be favored by Dorgon.

But at this moment, Zhang Shenyan's confidant in charge came over: "Master, news just came from the south that King Lu has lost! King Fu has also lost!"

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