Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 402

In the city of Beijing in the twelfth lunar month, an unexpected heavy snow covered the earth with a layer of snow. The palace and the ground were covered with a layer of snow. Zhan Ba ​​came out of the palace and stepped on the snow to the gate of the palace. Wait here.

The coldness in the north covered the beards and eyebrows of the officials with a layer of frost, making them look like half-centenarians.

"Bachelor Zhan, have you considered what Chen said yesterday?" Chen Mingxia leaned over and said with a sigh of relief.

Zhan Ba ​​stomped his feet and creaked the snow, "I've thought about it. Mr. Chen's strategy is indeed conducive to the rapid unification of the Qing Dynasty. Zhan is willing to write a letter!"

Chen Mingxia was overjoyed, "With the support of Bachelor Zhan, Mr. Chen's confidence has increased a bit. Since this is the case, Mr. Chen is going to contact other adults and write a joint letter before the New Year!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Mingxia cupped his hands slightly, then turned around and walked towards the sedan chair, but Zhan Ba ​​grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Master Chen still thinks it's the previous dynasty? Didn't the joint letter make the regent feel that Master Chen is forming a party?" ?”

What a joke to write a joint letter. With the Qing government's meanness and lack of kindness, this group of people who wrote the letter will be killed in all likelihood. How could Zhan Ba ​​sign it.

Chen Mingxia trembled when he heard the words. The status of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty was not as high as that in the Song Dynasty, but the ministers of the court still had freedom of speech. The emperor was so angry that he could only let it go, but if he was in the Qing Dynasty where "the master is wise and the slave deserves to die", he would definitely be killed immediately.

The Qing court had a lot of surveillance on Han Chen, Chen Mingxia couldn't help but asked with a worried look: "Then what should I do?"

"Naturally, they should be written separately and played separately. This is better than playing jointly."

Chen Mingxia nodded, "Okay, I'll send someone to notify the other ministers, starting the day after tomorrow, each of them will write their own books."

At the beginning of the Qing government's entry into the customs, a small-scale hair-shaving order was implemented, which caused a fierce rebound in the Gyeonggi area. Promulgated the decree of mandatory hair shaving, but when it gained a firm foothold, it immediately changed its mind. Generally speaking, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a regime with no credibility at all.

A few days later, on Dorgon's table, more than 30 memorials came one after another. Dorgon took a look at it, and then threw it aside with a gloomy expression.

This day, Zhan Ba ​​happened to be helping Dorgon with government affairs. Dorgon took a look at him and said, "Recently, ministers have written letters one after another, requesting the abolition of literary prisons. To pacify the world, what does Zhan Qing think of these people's wild words?"

Hearing the words, Zhan Ba ​​immediately got up from the desk in his office, walked quickly to the center, saluted and knelt down, "Prince Regent, this slave thinks that these people have two ambitions, so they should be killed!"

Dorgon narrowed his eyes, and then suddenly said in a deep voice: "Zhan Qing's words are exactly what this king means. The world is too peaceful, so what does it have to do with whether or not to shave your head? If the Ming Dynasty didn't shave its head, wouldn't it also perish? In the world, the only way to rule the world is to make the people fear the law, and then use strong troops to frighten the small ones. These people discuss the government affairs arbitrarily, utter wild words, and intend to disrupt the court situation, which is an unforgivable crime."

Zhan Ba ​​immediately echoed and said: "The regent is wise, those people who are up to the mark, are really audacious to talk about the court's decrees indiscriminately."

"Huh, since I entered the Qing Dynasty, I have shown kindness to the courtiers many times, and there are still people in the court who are still thinking about the previous court. It is really wolf-hearted, and I am extremely disappointed. That Chen Mingxia is a waste of my trust in him, and he wants to change. Qing is Ming, and it is really unreasonable to weaken our Qing Dynasty with tricks!"

Zhan Ba ​​rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "Regent, I have something to do with you, I don't know if I should say it."

"What's the matter, just say it directly." Dorgon was in a bad mood now, and said with a cold face.

"Prince Regent, my servant has seen that since I entered the Qing Dynasty, I have successively recruited a large number of former officials. Many of these people surrendered to the Qing Dynasty because of the situation, and they always have feelings for the Ming Dynasty in their hearts. In this way If those people hide in the Qing Dynasty, steal information for the Ming Dynasty, or defect, it will be a huge hidden danger for the Qing Dynasty." Zhan Ba ​​said without blushing.

This kind of thing happened in the Ming Dynasty, and it also happened in the Qing Dynasty. In this battle of Wang Yan's return to Jiangxi, from Jiujiang to southern Jiangxi, almost no battles were fought, and almost all the officials of the Qing court along the way surrendered.

Dorgon couldn't help sitting up straight, and said seriously: "Qing Zhan is right. These officials with two ambitions are really too harmful to the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so I want to control my thoughts and search for banned books, but most of them It's too deep to be discovered. Since Chen Mingxia, who is so important, wants to restore the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, it really makes my queen feel bad."

Man Qing was a young man, but he was extremely inferior in his heart, and he was especially afraid of betrayal by his subordinates, and Dorgon was no exception.

Zhan Ba ​​continued to kneel and said: "Prince Regent, this servant thought about it just now, and suddenly came up with a strategy, maybe it can relieve the regent's worries, and separate out those who have two ambitions."

Dorgon became interested when he heard the words, "What's the plan, let's talk about it!"

"Reporting to the Regent, isn't there a minister who has written a letter against the literary inquisition? The slave thinks that the Regent can make a decree to ask the courtiers to comment on the strategies implemented by the Qing Dynasty in the past three years, the effectiveness of local management, and the national policy of the court. , to give advice to the imperial court. Those who have different intentions will definitely take the opportunity to criticize the government and attack the national policy of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, the regent only needs to write them down one by one, and then they can be caught!"

Dorgon's eyes lit up after listening, and he praised Zhan Ba ​​greatly.

The next day, the Qing court issued an edict, "The emperor's father and regent of the Qing Dynasty issued an edict. The imperial court now implements literary prison, and the government and the public have repercussions. Many officials think it is impossible. Literary prison, and the three years of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, the gains and losses of various policies can be freely spoken so that the court can change them."

As soon as the decree was issued, a thousand waves of waves were immediately aroused. Zhan Ba ​​carried 10 taels of silver and operated in Beijing for nearly two years. participate.

On the other hand, Chen Mingxia was very happy when he saw the decree, and secretly praised Dorgon Shengming. He thought that his advice had worked, so he became more motivated.

The next day, Dorgon received dozens of brochures, the content of which was relatively mild, and most of them were comments. But after a few days, the situation began to change. Some people really began to criticize the court's strategy. Dorgon saw At this point, a sneer burst into my heart, and I continued to sneer.

At this time, the ministers wrote more and more unrestrainedly, and the more they cursed, the more fierce they seemed to have returned to the Ming Dynasty. From the initial mild suggestions, to criticizing the government, and finally criticizing the Qing government's national policies to the point of being useless.

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