Chapter 425: The seemingly normal track

After launching that attack rashly, even the Shanhaiguan General Gao Di, who had always been respectful to the Ningyuan regiment training general Wu Sangui, complained.

The slave generals below usually dared to challenge the general, but this time they complained openly and secretly, saying that their generals were confused and were doing whatever they wanted to provoke the Tartars. Wu Sangui was different from ordinary military generals. He was a completely aristocratic family, extremely arrogant and could not bear any grievances.

At this time, he was also timid and did not dare to speak out. Wu Sangui was frightened, afraid that the Tartars would take advantage of the situation to kill them. At this time, the soldiers outside the pass could not expect them to fight any war, especially they could not expect them to go to war with the Tartars, but he thought he could go and pick up the cheap.

If this angered the Qing Tartars and the army came over, it would be that the front lines of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan would all be destroyed. Wu Sangui and Gaodi were different from the pass. They were in Liao Town for a long time, and even the Tartars were powerful. If they really wanted to take action, the pass of Shanhaiguan could not resist the impact of the Tartars.

If the defeated generals without territory are gone, everything will be gone. All the wealth and wealth will be over. The military generals and soldiers below will have a comfortable life and will be unlucky.

So now from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, everyone is complaining about Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui is also frustrated. While carefully setting up defense, he secretly sent a generous gift to the Blue Flag Ginseng in Daxing Fort, saying that it was a completely misunderstanding last time, and I hope he won't get angry.

The awkward and frightened Wu Sangui was waiting for news from Wu Muhuan. He was very suspicious of the authenticity of the Hejian Mansion's victory. The Tartar soldiers were still so powerful, how could they wiped out 40,000 outside the pass at once? This was incredible.

Although the troops in Liao Town were extremely nervous, the Tartars had been in a state of contraction and did not retaliate. According to the previous rules, even if they did not attack on a large scale, they would have captured one or two small fortresses of the Ming army to vent their anger. However, since the first month of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the situation of the Qing army has been extremely restrained, focusing on defense and will never be lightly launched.

This made the Liao Town troops take a breath and did not silence in the situation where people complained about each other and mutiny and disintegrated.

On the sixth day of the second month, Wu Sangui knew the reason why the Qing Tartars were so restrained. Because the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji died, the people were also indifferent to the Qing Dynasty. This introverted state must be lifted after the new emperor was born.

In theory, the Qing Dynasty was unstable and there was a new defeat. This was a good opportunity to send troops to attack, but Wu Sangui no longer dared to send troops rashly and set up defenses honestly, just like a turtle retracted into a shell, what was opposite. He didn't care, just hoping that he could be safe and sound.

Unlike the inheritance of the Central Plains dynasty, which is the inheritance system of the eldest son of the emperor and the prince, the Qing Dynasty had not yet established a stable inheritance system.

When Nurhaci died, Dorgon originally wanted to inherit the Khan throne. However, Huang Taiji, Daishan and several other Beile forced the concubine Abahai to death and ascended the Khan throne with their strength. You must know that the Jurchens and Mongolia both paid great attention to the value of one son as their mother, and whether the mother's family is noble or not has a great influence.

The family Abahai belongs to has noble blood and huge power. After Huang Taiji forced his concubine Abahai to bury Nurhaci for his death, the young Dorgon lost the possibility of ascending the throne.

When Huang Taiji reached the throne of Khan, Amin and Mangourtai died. He used some minor crimes to force Dai Shan to surrender, then ascend to the throne and adopt the Han system. This was how he established his supreme position in the Qing Dynasty, but Nurhaci established the Eight Banners system. This could not be changed.

The Qing Dynasty was originally a force that merged with the Jianzhou Jurchens and other Jurchens. It was divided into the Eight Banners, in addition to the Eight Banners of the Jurchens, there were also the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Three Shun Kings, etc., because the various banners and ethnic groups were very different, and it was difficult to integrate them.

Although Nurhaci arranged his sons and nephews in the positions of the banner owners of each banner, these sons and nephews fought for their own banners in more cases, because they also knew that although these banners were not Jianzhou Jurchens, they were their own forces.

From Huang Taiji ascended the throne to his death, the three major benefactors of that year died and gave in. Among the other little brothers, there were not many people who were loyal and attentive to do things, and they met Huang Taiji's requirements. After all, the Jurchens were just a nation that had not yet escaped from the barbaric state. As a result, Huang Taiji always felt that there were too few people available.

Among the royal family, Dorgon, who had the deepest hatred of Huang Taiji, did the best. Perhaps because Dorgon was deeply sinicized, he was used to using his brain, and was respectful and obedient everywhere. Therefore, Huang Taiji also valued him very much. In order to check and balance the two red flags and inlaid blue flags, these deep-rooted and long-standing old forces, they vigorously promoted Dorgon's status.

After all, the two red flags were the lords of Prince Daishan, and the lord of Prince Zheng Jirgalang, the lord of the blue flag, their status was nominally granted by the emperor, but in fact they were inherited by father and son, brothers, and their own power. They would not have any affection for the emperor at all. Instead, Dorgon was suppressed by himself at the beginning.

He slowly raised it in the later period. I guess Dorgon would be under his control and be obedient and easy to use. In the middle of Huang Taiji's rule, Prince Rui Dorgon was already the leader of all the princes and commanded the two white flags. Dodo and Ajige were both powerful generals who were good at fighting. Dorgon was also resourceful and good at breaking, and the two white flags continued to grow.

Faced with such a situation, Huang Taiji also regretted that his actions made Dorgon and the two white flags expand more and more, and he reached a big situation step by step.

He wanted to deal with the Dorgon brothers of the two white flags several times, but Dorgon was powerful and had a better position, but his style of conduct became more and more respectful and respectful. He did his job well. Moreover, the relatives and nobles of the various flags, even the young nobles of the two yellow flags, were willing to make friends with Dorgon.

Huang Taiji could not find any good reason to deal with the two Baiqi and Dorgon brothers, and just dragged him to the point where he died of his own serious illness.

Seeing that he could not live for too long, Dai Shan and Jirgalang clearly wanted to watch, and his only son, Haoge, who was still able to take action, was useless. Huang Taiji could only lift Abatai, who was still someone looking for, and let him take charge of the Zhenglan Banner and treat him as an ally of the two yellow Banners.

If you want to be a banner leader, you must have enough merits to be responsible. If you want to make great contributions, it is easier to never conquer the Ming Dynasty and make more contributions.

Of course, no one expected that the 37,000 army led by Abatai met Li Meng in Hejian Prefecture, and the entire army was annihilated.

When he was living in Shengjing, some people secretly observed him. Since surrendering, he has not only practiced his body every day, but also studied behind closed doors. When Huang Taiji and the nobles had something to ask, he also responded and analyzed in a regular manner, and everything was particularly in line with the rules.

There was a rumor that the servant who served Hong Chengchou was actually surveillance. The news that Hejian Mansion had annihilated the Qing army reached him. Hong Chengchou was writing. When he heard this, the tip of his pen trembled, and a drop of ink dripped on the paper. In addition, there was no more emotional or abnormal behavior.

Haoge and Obai have always looked down on the Han people and have always taken no attention to Hong Chengchou. When Dorgon invited people to Prince Rui's mansion, he felt something was wrong, but that's all, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Shengjing was so fussy that it finally alarmed several concubines in the inner palace, especially after Concubine Chen's death, Concubine Zhuang, the most beloved Concubine of Huang Taiji.

This Concubine Zhuang is also a strange woman in the Qing Dynasty. Although she is the widow of the emperor and the princess of the Korqin tribe, there are always rumors about her in Shengjing.

Dorgon and Concubine Zhuang were childhood sweethearts. They originally wanted to marry her, but Huang Taiji had no choice but to marry Concubine Zhuang's sister. Huang Taiji and the ministers in the court failed to surrender Hong Chengchou several times. But Concubine Zhuang came forward, and after seeing him, Hong Chengchou was fascinated by Concubine Zhuang's beauty and willingly served the Qing Dynasty, etc.

Of course, there are more rumors in the future, such as marrying Dorgon, and other jokes. They are filled with unofficial legends.

After all, the Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty were the roots of the barbarians. After the death of the brothers of the barbarians, the younger brother married his sister-in-law, and after the death of the father, there was still some shadow on the tradition of sons marrying stepmothers, and they did not pay attention to any shame or etiquette.

But the intimate relationship between Concubine Zhuang and Dorgon was very true. In the month after Huang Taiji's death, Concubine Zhuang entered and left Prince Rui's mansion several times, in order to mourn the emperor's death and to chat with her sister to relieve her mood.

In addition, Concubine Zhuang invited several princes and the female relatives of the True Power to the palace in the name of the narration of the female relatives. In February of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Concubine Zhuang was almost the busiest person in the entire Shengjing city.

Perhaps some agreement was reached behind the scenes, or perhaps some promises were made, all parties finally reached a consensus. On the third day of March, the princes entered the palace to discuss and decide who would inherit the throne.

Unlike the surprises and shocks everywhere inside the pass, the Qing Dynasty outside the pass did not feel any pain at the loss of Abatai's power.

On the one hand, they captured the young Jurchens in the old forests of Baishan and Black Water to supplement their manpower. On the other hand, the internal strife of each flag has brought everyone's attention. And they figured it out. If the Qing Dynasty wants to attack the Ming Dynasty, they can take a detour to the grassland at any time. Choose any level north of the Ming Dynasty to break into. The Mongolian tribes on the grassland surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and they are beaten away by the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming army did not have enough horses and supplies to march on the grassland, not to mention that the Ming army and Mongolia were also enemies. If they wanted to fight on the grassland, too many local wars would have to be fought, and they could only come in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. As for Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui and Gaodi's Liao soldiers were never a threat in the eyes of the Tartars.

The territory outside the pass is the safest place in the eyes of many Jurchens. In history without Li Meng, the nobles of the Qing Dynasty always couldn't stay in the inner world, so they brought gold, silver and treasures back to the territory of the ancestors of the pass. In such a safe place, they were not worried that the Ming army would take advantage of the victory to kill.

On the third day of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the whole city of Shengjing outside the pass was martial law, and the city gates were closed. The people and low-ranking civil and military officials were accused of Jie and were not allowed to go out without any trouble.

The square in front of the Shengjing Palace is filled with black people. All the qualified figures from the Qing Dynasty flags gathered here. On the one hand, they cheered for their own landlords, and on the other hand, they were waiting to see who would inherit the throne.

The square in front of the palace was originally imitated in the style of the Forbidden City, and the open space in front of the palace gate was used during various ceremonies and ceremony.

But now it looks more like a schoolyard. You can see the soldiers and horses of each flag on the schoolyard, which are clearly distinguished between each other, and the water of the well does not interfere with the river.

Standing in the middle, the most powerful were the two white flag soldiers. Duoduo and Ajige were both fully armed and riding on the horses. The two white flag soldiers behind them were also wearing armor and holding swords, looking full of vigilance.

The team of the two red flags is on the right side of the two white flags. The two red flags are not yet half of the two white flag soldiers, but the level of vigilance is not bad at all, and they are all cavalry. The location of the two red flags is another intersection. Judging from their arrangement, it is completely a stance to withdraw whenever there is any change.

The blue flag on the left is similar in shape. The blue flag in the eight banners is the most popular with Niulu, but several princes are in charge of the two flags. In order to calculate, Jiergalang is the most powerful and independent. Their flag is also very clear and safe, and the distance between them is very wide.

Because Zhenglan Banner followed Abatai to enter the pass, Zhenglan Banner was the least of the Eight Banners, which can be said to be severely damaged. When the news of Abatai's defeat came back, the broken Zhenglan Banner was naturally sent back to Haoge's subordinates, but what could this small Zhenglan Banner do?

The current blue flag is basically just a vassal of the two yellow flags. At this time, the sanitation was around the palace walls and was on guard against the two yellow flags.

If I didn't know that today was going to agree on the recommendation, someone else suddenly saw this scene and thought that the other flags would join together to attack the imperial city. They would be completely influential and internal strife.

The sun had not crossed the city walls of Shengjing, and the soldiers of each banner came here early to arrange the situation. At this time, the gate of the palace was still closed, but it was already such a tense scene.

Fan Wencheng, a major scholar of the Neiwen Academy who arrived later, saw this scene and his face turned pale and was sweating profusely. However, the Han civil servants around him were also very angry and said in a disgust:

"They are full of people. They treat them like this. Why are we in a hurry here? Just watch the fun!"

When Huang Taiji, who valued the death of the Han civil servants, all these civil servants felt that they had no idea and had to put it in the past. If they said such words, with Fan Wencheng's servitude personality, they had to tell them the words, or they would turn against each other in person. But today's scenes do not care about such trivial matters at all.

Fan Wencheng looked at three places clearly distributed, and the two white flags could not be used. Although Jiergalang, the blue flag, is usually a sign of loyalty and honesty, his emotions were more of an unrelated matter. His cold-eyed attitude was probably unreliable. It seemed that Dai Shan, the prince of Li of the two red flags, was respectful and able to comfort him.

The team of flag guards on the two red flags saw Fan Wencheng coming. There was no intention of getting out of the way. Fan Wencheng was a senior minister of the Neiwen Academy. What are the identities of the flag guards who blocked the road? The two sides were different, but these flag guards ignored them at all and lined up with cold faces to stop them. Fan Wencheng did not dare to step forward and scolded them.

Soon, a Baylor came to the team. However, it was Daishan's grandson Luke Dehun. He also looked like he was going to fight on the battlefield, and half of his face was covered by a leather helmet. Looking at Fan Wencheng in front of him coldly, Fan Wencheng was about to answer, but Luke Dehun said with a slight smile:

"Isn't this Mr. Fan? I attended the wedding banquet a few days ago and drank very well. Have you received that thousand taels of silver?"

After saying this, the two red flag soldiers lined up with cold faces immediately laughed out loud. On the horse, Fan Wencheng was originally worried about the country and the people, but when he heard Lukede teasing the other side, his face immediately turned red and he didn't know how to react.

It was not said that Fan Wencheng took a concubine before Huang Taiji died. The concubine was the daughter of a military general under Xu Shun Gong, and she had a reputation for being beautiful in Shengjing.

Although Fan Wencheng was valued by Huang Taiji and a Grand Secretary from the Qing Dynasty, he was a scholar who even wrote official documents in vernacular. His moral articles were not worth mentioning, and he was naturally greedy for money and lust. He found someone to propose marriage and married this girl who was twenty years younger than him.

After marrying, before he could enjoy a few days of happiness, Huang Taiji died and his master died. Naturally, the slaves below could not enjoy themselves. He had to take care of the funeral and be busy.

There are also playboys in Shengjing. The reputation of Grand Secretary Fan’s beautiful concubine has long been spread in Shengjing. Ten days after Huang Taiji died, Duoduo, who could not help but leads troops to rob Fan Wencheng’s concubine to his mansion.

Fan Wencheng was almost the leader of civil servants in the Qing Dynasty. The female family in the family was robbed by someone. This is a great deal. Several princes all expressed their intention to punish him severely. This punishment was naturally handed over to Prince Rui, who was doing justice. Dorgon was also ruthless - he severely punished his younger brother Duoduo for one thousand taels of silver...

Duoduo, who has always been lawless, held a banquet at his mansion and celebrated his concubine. His status and status naturally spread all over the place, and Grand Secretary Fan Wencheng also received this wedding invitation.

What no one expected was that Grand Secretary Fan came to congratulate him and drank without changing his color at the banquet. The bride was still his concubine a few days ago.

The so-called shamelessness is too light for this model. Even Kong Youde and others from the Sanshun King were privately ridiculed...

Being exposed in person is the most shameful thing for people. Fan Wencheng just wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill down there and keep his mind calm. He said in a stern voice:

"Belle, please ask His Highness Prince Li to come out and adjust. Today is the day to agree on the throne. In front of the palace, there is tension and unlucky..."

Lukedehn was extremely disgusted with Fan Wencheng, and when he heard him say this, he replied coldly:

"Since the older generation, we all have to hold a knife and a bow. What's the big deal? Only Chinese scholars like you have so many problems!!"

Fan Wencheng felt extremely tight and his eyes were black. When he was about to fall from his horse, he heard the creaking sound behind him, and the gate of the imperial city opened. The army of several flags in front of the imperial city gate was shaking, and heard someone shouting in Manchu:

"The concubine's decree, and the princes of each banner brought two guards into the house to discuss matters!!!~~~~"

Lukehn glanced at Fan Wencheng coldly and said:

"Isn't it just open? I really don't know what you think about?"

Fan Wencheng bent over suddenly. He covered his mouth with a handkerchief and vomited blood on it. As soon as Huang Taiji died, he was treated worse than even a slave. In the day, the nobles of the Eight Banners had many strange things about why the emperor believed in a Han man. Now that Huang Taiji died, everyone didn't care.

The city gate was wide open, and you could see that the palace corridors inside were lined with armored soldiers. Behind the shouting flag divine, Oboi was also standing there wearing armor and swords, staring at the two white flag soldiers in front of him.

Seeing the gate of the palace open, and then seeing the formation inside. Duoduo raised his arm without saying a word, and the drum sounded loudly. The two white flag soldiers lined up behind him began to move forward. Abatai on the side also picked up the big knife. The loud shouting order could be heard vaguely on the inside of the gate of the palace.

At the entrance of the city tower above the palace gate, a large number of soldiers with bows, arrows, muskets appeared to guard against the attack of the two white flags below. They were about to take action.

The blue flag on the side was also issued an order there. The blue flag soldiers surrounded Jirhalang and slowly retreated towards the periphery. Luke Dehun of the two red flags ignored Fan Wencheng in front and was also ready to let the two red flags avoid it and not get involved in this muddy water.

Dorgon, who had been behind Duoduo, was quiet for a while, took a few steps forward, grabbed Duoduo's arm, and said coldly:

"Don't move, I'll bring people into the palace!!"

Dorgon ordered the two white flag troops to stop their actions. Dodo reacted, pulled off the pointed helmet and yelled angrily:

"You are crazy. The two yellow flags have already put their condoms on them. You just crawled in so stupidly!?"

Dorgon glanced at the soldiers in the palace gate and said with a sneer:
To be continued...