When Xiaozhuang heard the news from Tong Tulai, he felt a sense of powerlessness climbing up to his heart. Since Huang Taiji died, his orphans and widows in the court for the past five or six years, he had been dealing with various forces like walking a tightrope, which ensured that his son's throne was stable.

Now it's hard to wait until Dorgon is about to get rid of his hair. In addition, the two white flags suffered huge losses in the battle of Jiangxi last year, and Taizu's elite troops were thrown into Jiangxi for many years. Seeing that he was finally going to guard the clouds and see the sun and the moon, he didn't expect that the damn Emperor Shenwu would return the six thousand elite troops of the two white flags to Dorgon.

Six thousand people said that there was not much, but when they returned to Beijing, they would immediately break the balance. Although the two yellow flags and the two red flags were stronger than the two white flags in overall strength, the soldiers of the two white flags were all the elites of Nurhaci's two yellow flags back then. It was hard to say that they could win if they really fought.

In his later years, Nurhaci granted most of the two yellow flags he personally to his mother's three youngest sons, Ajige, Dorgon and Dodo. The rest of them were in charge of their own troops, but he had a clear instruction that Ajige was the leader of the Yellow Banner Banner. Dodo was in charge of the Yellow Banner. In the future, after his death, he would give all the personal troops he commanded to Dodo, but another flag was given to Dorgon. Some historians believed that this was a public declaration of clearly establishing Dorgon as his heir. Because this distribution plan gave the three brothers of the same mother a great advantage in military power, and no other brother could compare with them. But on the contrary, this also allowed Nurhaci's other sons to unite to compete with the three brothers.

Not long before Nurhaci's death, Du Du, the leader of the Inlaid White Banner, was transferred to the Inlaid Red Banner, preparing to give this banner to Dorgon, but he died before he could make arrangements. As soon as he died, several eldest sons united to force the birth mother of the three brothers to sacrifice the concubine's mother, Dafujin. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he took the opportunity to seize the Inlaid White Banner and his eldest son Haoge as the banner leader. However, Dorgon saved the 15 Niulu he was in charge of the underworld of Ajige's Zhenghuang Banner. The Manchus respected yellow, Huang Taiji changed the original Zhenghuang Banner and the Inlaid Yellow Banner to the Inlaid White Banner and the Zhengbai Banner, and the two white Banners he took became the two yellow Banners. In this way, Ajige led the Inlaid White Banner, Duoduo led the Zhengbai Banner, and Nurhaci's personal army left behind became the strongest banner among the Eight Banners, while Huang Taiji's two yellow Banners were the least powerful at this time.

The reason why Huang Taiji did not kill the three brothers at this time was that although they were young, they had the strongest military strength. Because they were young, they were easy to grasp and win over, and used to resist the other three Beile. Among the three, Ajige had high military achievements and the most straightforward and reckless, but difficult to control. So in the second year, Huang Taiji abolished the banner owner of Ajige in the name of his own being a younger brother, and Dorgon took the white flag.

Later, Huang Taiji adopted strategies to abolish Amin of the Inlaid Blue Banner and Mangguertai of the Zhengbai Banner, and replaced Amin with the obedient Jiergalang. After Mangguertai died suddenly, his brother Degele led the Zhenglan Banner, and Degele died suddenly. Huang Taiji launched a rebellion case between the three Mangde siblings, annexed the Zhenglan Banner, divided the Zhenglan Banner and the Zhenghuang Banner into two, forming a new Zhenglan and the Inlaid Yellow Banner, and he was personally in charge. From it, part of the Niulu was divided for Haoge to strengthen his strength. Haoge's Inlaid Yellow Banner became the Zhenglan Banner, and the changes were still the new Inlaid Yellow Banner. In order to consolidate his position, Huang Taiji found a flaw in the second year of Chongde to mix the two white banners of Dorgon and Duoduo, with Dorgon as the lord of the Zhengbai Banner and Duoduo as the lord of the Inlaid White Banner. However, due to the historical origins of the two white banners, the strength of the two white banners has always been relatively united, and their strength is the second and third of the Eight Banners.

When Huang Taiji died, he and Haoge had 117 Niulu, which was the largest force in the Eight Banners. Dorgon's three brothers had 98 Niulu, ranking second. The two red flags of the eldest Daishan (his son Yuetuo died, Daishan was led by Daishan) and Jiergalang's blue flag had 96 Niulu, which were the intermediate forces of the Eight Banners. From here, you can see why Dorgon was unwilling to fight for the throne. Haoge had the superior force and always defended bravely. Although the three brothers of Dorgon had a smaller number, they had strong combat power (Norhaci's direct troops, Huang Taiji did not change too much after exchange).

Huang Taiji only took the Zhengbai Banner during Nurhaci's lifetime, and his strength was relatively weak, with only 18 Niulu. Dai Shanling had two red flags, a total of 51 Niulu, among which the Inlaid Red Flag (26 Niulu) was his eldest son Yue Tuo. The head of the Zhenglan Banner was Mangguertai, and the head of the Inlaid Blue Banner was Amin. Therefore, they were also called the Four Beile, which is the banner leader Beile-Gushan Ezhen. At that time, the two yellow flags were personally governed by Nurhaci, but in official history, it was said that Huang Taiji was led by Huang Taiji. The purpose of this writing was to highlight that Huang Taiji was the heir whom Nurhaci wanted during his lifetime. However, in fact, Nurhaci did not establish a prince before his death. The legendary and in the history of the Korean National History records designated Dorgon as his heir Dai Shan as his heir before his death was not groundless.

After Nurhaci was defeated in Ningyuan, he divided the two yellow flags of the two yellow flags into four parts in the name of the fact that his family could share his father's property. Ajige, Dorgon and Duoduo each led the fifteen Niulu, and Nurhaci himself only took twenty Niulu, and raised his three young sons to the banner owner Beile at the same time, and ranked alongside the four major Beile identities. Therefore, although the two white flags of the three Dorgon brothers were small in number, their combat effectiveness was definitely the highest among the Eight Banners.

With the defeat of Duoduo, Jiangxi Province, in order to consolidate his strength, Dorgon found a reason to deprive the owner of Jiergalang Banner of the Inlaid Blue Banner and dismembered his Inlaid Blue Banner to supplement his two white banners. If Dorgon reached a peace agreement with Emperor Shenwu at this time, then 6,000 elite soldiers of the two white banners would return, Dorgon's strength would exceed that of Xiaozhuang. How could he not worry Xiaozhuang?

After Tong Tulai said that, he knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak. His position was too low, and he did not dare to interfere in such high-level struggles in the court.

After a long time, Xiaozhuang realized it and said with a smile: "Okay, Lord Tong, you made a great contribution today. I will not treat you badly!" After Xiaozhuang finished speaking, he immediately asked someone to find his absolute confidant Sony.

Tong Tulai next to him was very excited to see Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang treat him like this. In this way, he could be considered an absolute person in the Empress Dowager's circle.

Sony, Hesheli, a native of the Zhenghuang Banner of Manchuria. One of the founding heroes of the Qing Dynasty, the first-class duke, and the head of the four auxiliary ministers appointed by Emperor Shunzhi to assist Kangxi. Moreover, Sony's granddaughter was Kangxi's first queen, and the son of the son was Yinreng, who had been the miserable crown prince for more than 40 years.

As the Manchurian Yellow Banner, Sony is naturally much higher than Tong Tulai, who was born in the Han military banner. At the same time, because Sony is not a royal family, he naturally has no bonds, so he tried his best to make suggestions for Xiaozhuang.

After Sony entered the palace, he was stunned when he saw Tong Tulai. Sony muttered in his heart, this guy has come!

Although Tong Tulai is the leader of the Han army's Zhenglan Banner, he is still incomparable to Sony of the Shangsanqi.

Tong Tulai waited for Sony to salute and stood up, and quickly knelt down to salute, saying, "Tong Tulai pays homage to his master!"

Sony smiled and said, "How dare you! Lord Tong is the banner owner, I am just a bannerman, I should pay my respects to my master!"

"Master, don't scare the slave, you're ridiculous!"

Sony didn't plan to pay his respects to a Han man. After laughing a few times, he asked, "Empress Dowager, I wonder what I'm calling my servants to do this year?"

Xiaozhuang sighed and said, "There is an important thing today that Lord Tong told me! Lord Tong, please tell me the story again to Lord Suo!"

Tong Tulai nodded quickly and said what he had just said.

Sony was also very surprised after hearing this and asked, "Mrs. Queen Mother, if this matter is true, the Regent's strength will be expanded again!"

Xiaozhuang nodded: "I can trust the 14th brother. He will never betray the late emperor and bully the orphans and widows. But if he doesn't want it, it doesn't mean that his subordinates don't want it!"

Sony also clicked and said, "Yes! Suksaha, Zhan Dai, Mujilun, He Luohui, and Hu Xi, the men under the Regent, are gathering every day, and I don't know what to discuss!"

"Sony, you are the talented man of our Zhenghuang Banner. What should you do?"

Sony made a conclusion and asked Tong Tulai: "Sir Tong, since your cousin was a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, why did he surrender to my Qing Dynasty?"

"Return to the Empress Dowager, Lord Suo! My cousin said that Emperor Shenwu has a bad temper and cruel means, and treats his subordinates either as he beats or scolds him. Chen Zizhuang, the chief assistant of the Shenwu Dynasty, was almost killed by his whole family because he refuted Emperor Shenwu. So my cousin and his family felt that the safety of Emperor Shenwu was not guaranteed. In addition, he learned that the slave was pretty good here, so he had the idea of ​​surrendering!"

"Mr. Tong, can you guarantee that your cousin's news is accurate?"

Tong Tulai was stunned. How can this be guaranteed? Tong Tuchang just said that, and there was no imperial decree from Emperor Shenwu as a certificate.

"This! This slave cannot guarantee it!"

Sony nodded and said, "Empress Dowager, if the news is accurate, it is not very good. I think the Regent must not be able to get reinforcements from 6,000 elite soldiers! I think we should make some moves on the front line and have another dispute with Emperor Shenwu, so that the peace talks will be left unresolved!"

Xiaozhuang thought about it and it was an idea. She also knew that the Qing Dynasty had no extra troops now, but in order to protect her son and her power, she could not take care of so many.

Sony continued: "But the slave still recommends that the queen mother meet Tong Tuchang first and ask what the situation in the south is so as to make an accurate judgment!"

"Okay, just do what Lord Suo said. Lord Tong, you are contacting your cousin and find an opportunity to take him into the palace. I need to ask in detail! Be careful not to let others discover it!"
Chapter completed!