"Master, a secret message from Nanjing." Hou Fangyu handed a wax pill to Dorgon.
"Nanjing?" Dorgon took the wax pill and crushed it gently, took out the secret letter and unfolded it.
After reading the secret letter carefully, Dorgon sighed and said, "It's a pity that Chongzhen was not killed."
Hou Fangyu's expression changed and he asked: "Master, are the Luo brothers attacking Chongzhen again?"
"It's not the Luo family this time." Dorgon waved his hand and said, "It should have been done by those clans, nobles or Jin gentry who were persecuted by Chongzhen before. Unfortunately, in the end, they still fell short."
"Master, this is exactly what I want to tell you." Hou Fangyu said with a serious face.
"Since Chongzhen, the dog emperor, was expelled from the capital, he rarely stayed in Nanjing. Even if he stayed in Nanjing, he would wander the Qinhuai River every now and then. Sooner or later, he would die at the hands of assassins."
"Well, that makes sense." Dorgon said with deep approval.
"As the saying goes, if you always walk by the river, how can you not get your feet wet? Chongzhen loved visiting the Qinhuai River so much, and he loved running outside, but he refused to stay in the palace. It was only a matter of time before he was assassinated."
"So it's best for the master to reduce the number of times he leaves the palace." Hou Fangyu took the opportunity to advise.
Dorgon frowned for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Hou Fangyu, do you suspect that there are spies from Nanming hidden in the capital?"
"Master, this is not a suspicion." Hou Fangyu said, "I am sure that there must be spies from Nan Ming and even hypocrites hidden in the capital. If the master is careless, I may be harmed by them."
Hou Fangyu actually didn't say the last half of the sentence.
What Hou Fangyu really wants to say is that even if there are no hidden Nanming or hypocritical assassins in the capital, there are still many people who want to take your Dorgon's head.
How many people’s interests have been touched by the Eight Banners’ restructuring this time?
Daishan family, Jierhalang family, who doesn’t want to kill you?
Queen Mother Bumubutai and Little Emperor Fulin must also want to kill you.
So, if you don't want to die a sudden death, you, Dorgon, had better be more honest.
Dorgon took a deep look at Hou Fangyu, and he heard what was going on.
After pondering for a moment, Dorgon said: "Forget it, let's cancel this year's autumn hunting."
It must be admitted that Dorgon can still listen to correct opinions. After Hou Fangyu reminded him, Dorgon decisively canceled the hunting trip to Chengde. Now he is in the critical stage of the Eight Banners' restructuring, and there is no room for any mistakes.
"My master is wise." Hou Fangyu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Dorgon had accepted his advice.
It was Hou Fangyu's advice that allowed Dorgon to avoid a carefully planned assassination operation.
Li Ruolian had already instigated rebellion and bribed several former members of the Jinyi Guards, and was planning to take advantage of Dorgon's trip to Chengde to assassinate him. He even prepared blunderbuss for the assassination.
Dorgon continued to sit down and review the memorial.
Basically, they are all about the restructuring of the Eight Banners.
The Eight Banners Manchuria needs to be restructured, and the Eight Banners Han Army needs to be expanded.
After the restructuring, the Eight Banners in Manchuria will no longer have flag masters and minor banner masters. All large and small affairs will be taken care of by Gushan Ezhen and Mele Zhangjing, and Gushan Ezhen and Mele Zhangjing are no longer fixed.
This means that Eight Banners Manchuria will no longer belong to the flag owners and small flag owners, but will become owned by the state.
Regarding this, the princes, county kings, Beile and Beizi who established the slaves were naturally dissatisfied in every possible way and started to make troubles one after another. Among them, the most violent one was Dorgon's brother Duduo.
By the way, the two brothers Dorgon and Duduo have turned against each other.
However, the reason why Duduo and Dorgon turned against each other was not the reform of the Eight Banners, but Dorgon's reneging on his promise not to adopt Duduo's fourth son as his stepson, which was equivalent to deposing Duduo, the crown prince.
Duduo had been waiting for this for three full years, but in the end he was left alone. How could he be willing to do this?
However, Duduo's political skills were not on the same level as Dorgon's. Before Dorgon even exerted his strength, Duduo had already fallen, losing all his titles as county king and only keeping the title of Baylor.
As for the white flag, it has no connection with Duduo.
Dorgon was also ruthless and extensively replaced Gushan Ezhen and Mele Zhangjing of the Eight Banners.
A large number of powerful generals with yellow flags such as Tulai, Aobai, Tan Tai, and Tazhan were transferred to white flags, while generals with white flags such as Heluohui, Wasing'a, and Shitu were replaced by Dorgon.
to the yellow flag.
In the early years, Huang Taiji once swapped the colors of the Bordered White Flag and the Bordered Yellow Flag. As a result, the relationship between the Bordered White Flag and the Bordered Yellow Flag was extremely bad. Generals like Ao Bai and Tu Lai, who were strongmen with the Bordered Yellow Flag, would not even look down at the Bordered White Flag.
And the powerful generals with white flags like He Luohui and Vasinga are also arrogant generals who extremely hate the yellow flags.
But now Dorgon has directly swapped the yellow and white flags.
This time, the opposition between the yellow flag and the white flag was directly broken.
In a word, the original power structure of Eight Banners in Manchuria has been completely disrupted.
The new Eight Banners power structure is based on the absolute dominance of imperial power.
I have to say that Dorgon is quite political.
In terms of fighting alone, Dorgon is definitely not as good as Huang Taiji or Nurhaci.
But in terms of political skills, Dorgon seems to have surpassed Huang Taitai.
The exchange of generals of the Eight Banners was almost the same as the exchange of commanders of the eight military regions by the instructors, and the effect was immediate, greatly strengthening the centralization of power.
It was also from this moment that the Manchu Qing Dynasty shifted from a tribal political system to a centralized system.
When Dorgon was reviewing the memorial, Cao Eryu came in and reported: "Master, Princess Jianning came to say goodbye with her consort."
"Jianning is here, please invite me soon." Dorgon immediately put down his brush and asked Hou Fangyu to get a box of Dongzhu and a ferret fur cloak that was a tribute from Khalkha Mongolia.
After a while, Princess Jianning and his wife walked into Dongnuan Pavilion.
By the way, this Princess Jianning is not that Princess Jianning.
In another world line, Huang Taiji's fourteenth daughter married Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong in the 10th year of Shunzhi, and was named the eldest princess of Jianning in the 16th year of Shunzhi.
But in this world, the person who was named Princess Jianning of Heshuo became Su Mo'er, also known as Su Ma Lagu, and the consort of Princess Jianning also changed from Wu Yingxiong to Li Hao, the second son of King Li Zhu of North Korea.
Not long after Aunt Sumala and Li Hao came in, Fulin followed them.
After paying his respects to Dorgon, Fulin said goodbye to Lagu Sumala and Li Hao.
Holding Aunt Sumala's slender waist, Fulin was reluctant to let go of his hand for a long time. Others thought he was just a ten-year-old boy, but in fact he had already begun to fall in love and secretly fell in love with Aunt Sumala.
Fulin would never forget the feeling of falling on Aunt Sumala when she fell from the well railing in Dagokou. If he could, he would really not want to marry Aunt Sumala to Li Hao.
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It's a pity that he can't make the decision on this matter, so he can only endure it.
Aunt Sumala's feelings for Fulin are also very complicated, including the loyalty of a slave to her master, the love of a sister for her brother, and even first-class maternal love mixed in.
Fulinzhen was brought up by Aunt Sumala.
Fulin hugged Lagu Sumala for a long time and refused to let go. Li Hao didn't feel embarrassed, but secretly felt happy.
The reason is also very simple. Who is Fulin? He is the future emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The future emperor of the Qing Dynasty has such a deep relationship with his wife, which is of course a good thing for North Korea.
Dorgon didn't think anything was wrong. In his eyes, Fulin was still a child.
After giving the Dongzhu and the ferret fur cloak to Li Hao and his wife, Dorgon said again: "Li Hao, Liaodong is not peaceful right now. There are tens of thousands of Ming troops in Gaizhou Guards. So when you return to North Korea, you can only take a detour to Horqin Grassland.
, you need to be escorted by a large army, I am going to let Obai lead three thousand guardsmen with white flags to escort you."
"Well, how can this be done?" Li Hao hurriedly declined.
"You don't have to refuse anymore." Dorgon waved his hand.
"After you go back, you must try your best to maintain the vassal relationship between the Qing Dynasty and North Korea. You must especially beware of the ministers in North Korea who are close to the Nanming Dynasty. You must not let them break the alliance between the two countries."
"Hey." Li Hao said respectfully, "I will remember the regent's edict."
Dorgon gave a few more instructions and asked Cao Eryu to summon Ao Bai.
Soon, Obai strode into the Dongnuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.
"Slave Aobai, I would like to pay my respects to my master Jin An." Aobai flicked his sleeves and greeted Fulin first, then turned around and greeted Dorgon again, "My slave Aobai, I would like to pay my respects to the emperor.
Regent Jin An."
Fulin ignored Obai, but Dorgon raised his hands and said, "Get back on your feet."
After Obei stood up, Dorgon said again: "I am worried that Jianning's son-in-law will be in trouble when he returns to North Korea this time. Not only may there be no peace on the road, but he may also face danger after arriving in Pyongyang, so I ordered you to lead the three thousand guards with white flags.
The army will escort you on the road, and you don’t have to rush back after arriving in Pyongyang. You can’t leave until the king of Korea canonizes the prince as his crown prince.”
At this time, Fulin finally straightened up from Aunt Sumala's arms, wiped his tears and said, "Obai, if the emperor has any good intentions, I will skin you. Do you hear that?"
Ao Bai raised his hands and responded solemnly: "Master and the royal father and the regent, please rest assured that I will definitely send Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Prince Consort to Pyongyang safely, and I will definitely do my best to help the Prince Consort win the title of Crown Prince."
After a short pause, he added: "If the king of Korea does not delegate power, his servants will directly help his consort to inherit the throne."
Obviously, Obai had understood Dorgon's true intention. The escort was false, but helping Li Hao seize power was true.
"Yes." Dorgon nodded happily, and then reminded Li Hao, "Be sure to pay attention to Li? If Li? died at the hands of the Ming army, that would be fine, but if he is not dead yet, but just captured, then Chongzhen
After hearing the news, it is very likely that he will be released back to Pyongyang, and you may even help him seek to seize the throne, so if you see Li? again, you must be careful."
"Hey." Li Hao responded respectfully, "I will remember the imperial father's oracle and the regent's decree."
Oboi also said: "Master, don't worry, I will succeed to the throne smoothly."
