Chapter 217 Pro-government

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 Dorgon died, and he died in a cowardly manner. He fell off his horse, put on plaster, and died in a daze.

This man is greedy for power and lustful. All the nobles of the Eight Banners know that a woman who is favored by the emperor's father and the regent has only two choices, either to die or to die.

Since his brother, sister-in-law, and wife died of smallpox one after another, Dorgon felt that he had been cursed. He was worried that he would not live long, so he became depressed and drank hard. Seven months before his death, he married a Korean beauty.

Azig persuaded him to go hunting in Saibei to relax. After all, they are brothers from the same father and mother. After the death of Duduo, the relationship between Dorgon and Azig improved rapidly.

He agreed and took Prince Azig of England, Prince Li of Mandahai (seventh son of Daishan), Prince of Yu Duoni (second son of Duduo), scholar Ganglin and others to go hunting in the north of Saibei.
In the middle of winter, I left Beijing and went out to Gubeikou and came to Karahetun in Chengde. It was a good shooting, and I shot all the birds and animals.

Suddenly, he suffered from vertigo. He fell off his horse and injured his knees. The left and right sides were briefly treated with plasters ("Beiyou Lu": "In the beginning, the regent had a knee injury and applied cold ointment").

I was injured and quickly returned to Beijing to recuperate. This writer continued to hunt. When he met a tiger, he flattered him and said that only a noble person like you was qualified to shoot tigers. So he shot three arrows with force.

.Soon I felt unbearable pain, my limbs were weak, my face was pale, and I could not lie down.

The left and right people hurriedly carried him to the nearby Kara city. After holding on for more than ten days, he knew that his health was failing, so he urgently summoned his brother Azig to explain the funeral arrangements ("Northern Journey": "The king of retreat summoned Ying to explain the funeral arrangements.

No one can hear it from outside the world”).

"Brother Twelve, remember what I told you, remember it!"

"Don't worry, brother, I'll keep it in mind."

After explaining the funeral arrangements, the once arrogant imperial father and regent passed away at the age of thirty-nine.

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No one knows what Dorgon said to Azig. But everyone can see Azig’s ambition.

He wanted to be the regent, so he secretly ordered his third son, Lao Qin, to lead his troops to join him. He also told Lao Qin not to tell the kings about Dorgon's death from illness and the troop deployment. At the same time, he coerced and lured the two White Banner ministers to join him.

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The ministers of the Two White Banners who originally supported Dorgon must take sides, either supporting Azig to establish another regent, or supporting the young emperor Fulin.

Azig has a bad temper and likes to whip people when he is angry. Many officials in the Liangbai Banners have been whipped by him. But the little emperor Fulin is famous for his "good temper". How good is it? Nine

At the age of 18, Fulin went hunting, and his followers, Gong Adai, Xihan, Xinabuku and others, left the emperor alone and allowed the young emperor to walk on a steep and rugged road, "so that the horse he was riding in Baha made a mistake" and had to abandon his horse and walk.

.This was a serious crime, but relying on Dorgon's support, these people not only did not admit guilt, but also ridiculed Fulin: "Young people are not accustomed to riding and shooting, so they walked like this." (Historical records: "The ridicule was wanton,

"No one has the courtesy of a minister"). Some people advised Fulin to punish these people for their crimes, but Fulin said: "These people are all my heroes in Manchuria! How can I punish them so easily?"

Everyone says that the emperor is kind, but who knows that "benevolence" and "forbearance" are homophonic, and the word "forbearance" has a knife in its head.

Aji pulled the officials of the Two White Banners who were accompanying him on the hunt, but they did not express their opinions for a long time. He became anxious and sent troops to force him. So the officials of the Two White Banners found a good excuse for themselves to act according to the prevailing situation. The British prince wanted to kill us.

We have no choice but to "live by the Emperor".

Dorgon's right-hand man, the great scholar Gang Lin, felt that Azig had a reckless temperament and could not achieve anything, so he wanted to seek refuge with the young emperor. Being an old and cunning man, he first touched the bottom of Prince Li Mandahai and Prince Yu Doni who were traveling with him.<

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"Two princes, the emperor's father and the regent have passed away. Should we report the funeral to the emperor?"

"Of course we must tell the Emperor as soon as possible," the two princes replied in unison.

At this time, Gang Lin immediately tested the political stance of the two kings. They were on the emperor's side.

There is nothing to say. Political speculation should be done as early as possible, as it will be worthless if it is too late. So Ganglin ignored Arog's secret order not to announce the funeral, and rode alone on his horse. He galloped 700 miles day and night to the capital and paid his blessings to the young emperor.

Later, Prince Zheng Jierharang reported to Azig that he was taking advantage of the funeral to plot chaos and seize power.

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"Emperor Eni and Ganglin came to report that Dorgon is dead and Azig is planning to cause trouble. What should my son do?"

Although the little emperor Fulin has reached the rebellious stage and often has minor conflicts with the Queen Mother, he is his own mother after all. When encountering major events, he is the first to seek his mother's opinion.

The Queen Mother of the Holy Mother was very calm, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent matter. You must take charge immediately to rectify people's hearts."

"Emperor Eni, look at these folding papers," the little emperor angrily held out a thick stack of folding papers.

The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother took a look and saw that they were all important ministers.

Headed by the five ministers of the Zhengbai Banner: Luo Shi, the Imperial Minister, Bo Hui, the Council Minister, E Keqin, the Council Minister, Wu Bai, the Interior Minister, Su Bai, the commander of the army, Gang Lin, Qi Chongge, He Luohui, Hu Xi,

Leng Sengji, Gong Adai, Xihan, Xinebuku?? The content in the booklet all says that Dorgon has made great contributions and please bury him with the honor of the emperor.

"Emperor Eni, these slaves have gone too far. They actually want me to bury Dorgon with the emperor's etiquette!"

The Queen Mother of the Holy Mother smiled: "This is a good thing, Your Majesty. These people are all Dorgon's confidants. Dorgon is dead. These people feel uneasy and want to test your attitude. If you agree to be buried with imperial rites,

Dorgon, these people will support you against Azig; if you disagree, they will support Azig against you. The emperor must agree to them. As long as Azigh is pacified, the two white flags will not be a problem."
"Well, I know what to do, Huang Eni".

On December 12, the seventh year of Shunzhi (1650), the 13-year-old little emperor Fulin announced his pro-government. Although he was only 14 years old, he "sat in the palace and commanded the ministers as if there was no one else around."

Fulin did three things immediately after taking office:

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First, Dorgon is revered as "the emperor who cultivated virtues, cultivated Taoism, established achievements, established meritorious services, settled the people, established political integrity, and respected righteousness", and his temple name was "Chengzong";

Secondly, he gave his biological mother, Borzijit Bumubutai, the title "Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou";

Third, use the kings and the two yellow flags to serve as loyal old ministers to you.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang, Sony, and Aobai, who had been obediently drinking millet porridge at home, no longer drank porridge. They all wore armor and summoned their old troops. They closed the nine gates and passed through Azig on his way back to Beijing.

Heavy troops were deployed outside Lusheng Gate, waiting for Azig and Dorgon's hearse to return to Beijing.

On the way back to Beijing, Azig's son Lao Qin said to Azig with some worry: "Ama, my son only recruited a few hundred soldiers in Liangbai Banner. It may be dangerous for such a small number of troops to return to Beijing."

"Don't be afraid," Azig laughed arrogantly. "When we return to Beijing, the generals from the two white flags will definitely flock to join me. Then we will have troops."

At this time, Azige did not know that the important ministers of the Two White Flags had betrayed him and defected to Fulin. Having experienced many battles, he looked down upon his nephew who grew up in a deep palace. He did not believe that the little guy dared to return to the capital in the coffin.

He was very confident in his three hundred personal guards. Regardless of the small number of people, these people were all warriors who followed him out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

Azig asked his men to display their banners, bluff, pretend to be a large army, and march slowly toward Beijing.

On the fourteenth day after Fulin announced his pro-government, Azig brought Dorgon's hearse to Deshengmen. Fulin personally led the kings and ministers to welcome the hearse outside Deshengmen. Azig was very crazy.

, wanting to give Fulin a show of strength, he carried a sword and sat at the head.

Ji'erharang is also a prince who has been fighting for a long time. He can tell at a glance that although Azig is arrogant, he does not have many troops.

So he came to see Fulin: "Your Majesty, Azige is carrying a sword and his actions are unpredictable. I see that he has few soldiers and horses, so I should capture him immediately."

"Well, uncle, please be careful and pay attention to the attitude of the two white flags."

After Ji'erhalang retreated, he directly summoned the important ministers of the Two White Banners and said that Azig was so rebellious that he dared to show his sword in front of the emperor. I imprisoned him under His Majesty's order. What is your attitude? None of these important ministers dared to say no.

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Jirharang felt confident and led his army to attack Azig.

"Kill!"

Thousands of elite soldiers attacked Azig's 300 personal guards.

These personal guards were very brave and resisted desperately, but there were too few of them and they were quickly killed. Azig and his son were also captured alive.

On December 26, Fulin asked the king's ministers to discuss Azige's crime and imprisoned him. His son Laoqin was deprived of his title and demoted to Beizi.

After being imprisoned for eight months, the little emperor was worried about Azig and fabricated some accusations, such as hiding a sword secretly and digging tunnels secretly, and made him commit suicide.

Fulin was very smart. He knew that even though Dorgon was dead, he still had many party members and it was not yet time to liquidate him. So he went to Dongzhimen in person to greet Dorgon's coffin, held a memorial ceremony, and buried him according to emperor's etiquette.

Then he ordered to "reuse all the kings" in the ministry. He reused Prince Zheng Jierhalang, Prince Duanzhong Bolo, Duoluoqian County Prince Wakda, etc. He also gave Mandahai a great grace, and changed

Mandahai was the Prince of Xun, and Mandahai's son Chang Adai attacked Prince Li. Both father and son were granted the title of king, and the two red flags were very grateful. They also relieved Tan Tai from military power and replaced him with Nikan, Prince of Jingjin County, and let Mandahai be the Prince of Xun.

Tan Tai was appointed as the Manchu Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

After finishing these tasks, the little emperor felt that he was on the right foot, took off the mask of "benevolent monarch", and began to liquidate Dorgon and his followers.

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In February of the eighth year of Shunzhi, only two months after Dorgon was buried with emperor's ceremonial ceremony, Jierhalang and Prince Xun Mandahai jointly presented a memorial to Prince Boluo and Prince Nikan, asking for further comment.

Ergon's crime.

Fulin was overjoyed and decreed "to deprive him of his title, remove him from the clan, confiscate his property", seize all titles, destroy tombs and exhume corpses.

Destroying tombs and exhuming corpses, what a shame!

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Zhaosheng wrote four words to you." The little emperor liquidated Dorgon and was happy when he received four words from his mother: "Punishment, Wrath, and Execution."

It turned out that Empress Dowager Zhaosheng heard that her son had dug up the graves of his fourteenth uncle, and felt that her son had gone too far. No matter how serious Dorgon's crime was, he still had merit for the Qing Dynasty. Everyone died, so why do it?

So cruel? How can the king of a country do things so casually? So I wrote these four words to persuade him. Of course, as a wily politician, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng only wrote a small note to persuade, and never

Will fall out with the emperor over a dead man.

These four words, "Zhi Zi Mo Ruo Mu", speak of the root of Emperor Shunzhi's illness. Throughout his life, Emperor Shunzhi could not change his impetuous, irritable, willful and indulgent character flaws. He was a temperamental person and liked to do things according to his own temperament.

After Dorgon's tomb was dug, Dorgon's party members immediately divided. Tan Tai, Xihan, and Suk Saha turned to Emperor Shunzhi. Seeing their internal divisions, the little emperor became more courageous and dealt with them one by one.
First, he falsely accused Dorgon of altering the "Records of Taizu" to hide his crimes and increase his achievements. Gang Lin and Qi Chongge were killed. Poor scholar Gang Lin, when Dorgon died, he was the first to switch sides and went to Xiao Xiao.

The emperor reported the news, but he still couldn't escape death. There was no way, who made him Dorgon's right-hand man, the little emperor had tolerated him for a long time.

Then, the five ministers of Zhengbai Banner were liquidated. Luo Shi and Bo Hui were killed. E Keqin, Wu Bai, and Subai were deprived of their titles, their offices were taken away, and their status was lost. These three people did not die, mainly because they had good surnames, E Ke

The relative was a member of the clan, and for the sake of his surname, Aisin Gioro, he did not kill him and deposed the clan; the two brothers Wu Bai and Subai, whose surnames were Gualjia, were related to Gualjia Aobai, and Aobai was loyal to the little emperor.

I keep remembering that for Ao Bai’s sake, I didn’t kill him.

After Tan Tai, Xihan, and Suksaha switched camps and defected to the little emperor, in order to redeem themselves, they began to attack He Luohui for treason, falsely accused Haoge, and insulted Haoge's son.

Everyone knows that the little emperor hated He Luohui the most. Not only because He Luohui falsely accused his brother Hauge, but also because He Luohui, Baiyin Tu, Tan Tai and Leng Sengji were all two yellow flags in the past and swore to "support Taizong."

The "eight ministers" who were the "sons" turned out to defect to Dorgon.

The young emperor felt that He Luohui could not die too quickly, so he ordered He Luohui and his brother Hu Xiteng to be executed, with a total of 3357 cuts.

Then, the little emperor suddenly remembered that the last time he hunted, Gong Adai, Xihan, and Xinabuku, relying on Dorgon's power, did not follow him well, but instead laughed at him for not being good at riding and shooting. He spoke.

"I can't forgive you for not changing your past mistakes, disrespecting me, and disrupting the state affairs." I ordered Gong Adai, Xihan, and Xinabuku to be put to death. Poor Xihan, he just helped the little emperor to death.

Luo Hui himself was rectified.

The little emperor still didn't understand his hatred, so he killed Leng Sengji again, demoted Baiyin Tu, imprisoned him, reduced his clan status, and finally killed Tan Tai.

Among Dorgon's henchmen, only a few people such as Suksaha survived. Suksaha was originally a close servant of Dorgon and was supposed to die. But he was usually careful and cautious in doing things and did not offend the little emperor. He also saw opportunities very quickly and often

Ergon had just died, and he was the first to attack Dorgon's private equipment of "eight-toned yellow robe, Dadongzhu, Suzhu, and black fox jacket", "conspiracy to tamper", and saved his life.

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After killing a large number of people and securing his position, the young emperor turned his attention to Zhu Hengjia's regime in Nanming.

He decided to adopt the policy of ruling the Han Dynasty with Han Dynasty and recruiting surrender to eliminate chaos. He re-appointed Hong Chengchou to manage the five provinces of Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Huguang and Jiangxi. He also appointed his sister, the 14th daughter of Huang Taiji, He Shuo Kechun.

The eldest princess married Wu Yingxiong, the son of Wu Sangui, King of Pingxi, and ordered Wu Sangui and Li Guohan to lead an army into Sichuan.

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"Okay! This is God's help for my great enlightenment!"

Zhu Hengjia was overjoyed when he heard that Dorgon was dead and that Emperor Shunzhi was engaged in political struggle again and killed a large number of outstanding generals such as Azig, Tan Tai, Leng Sengji, He Luohui, Xihan, and Gong Adai.

The people within the Tatars are in panic. If they don’t attack the Qing Dynasty now, then when will they wait? Order Yan Tianfeng’s troops to attack Fujian immediately.

It was just that King Jing, who was in charge of the country, did not expect that before he took action, someone took action first. Zhu Chenggong, who was separatist in Xiamen, took the lead in the Northern Expedition.


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