Chapter 417: Hong Chengchous boring career as a traitor
The entire capital was still immersed in the shock caused by the death of King Pingnan in battle and the fall of Guangdong Province.
Another piece of even more unacceptable news came from Jiangnan!
First, the Zhoushan naval battle was defeated, the Yangtze River Navy was wiped out, and Admiral Shi Lang, Manchu general Duolong and others were killed in the battle.
Then the Ming army marched into the Yangtze River and defeated Chongming, Songjiang, Zhenjiang and other places. The south of the Yangtze River was shaken!
Jiangning General Tulehun, Liangjiang Governor Lang Tingzuo and others led their troops to meet the enemy, and the Ming army fought on the banks of the Yangtze River.
Unable to defeat, they retreated into Qixia Mountain.
The Ming army set fire to the mountain, and Qixia Mountain was engulfed in fire. The Jiangning Eight Banners and Jiangnan Green Camp on the mountain were wiped out.
The Ming army invaded the Longjiang Bao Shipyard and withdrew from the Yangtze River!
After receiving this news, the entire capital had only one thought... The sky is falling!
The sky of the Qing Dynasty in the south has collapsed!
It doesn't matter how many Green Camp soldiers die, and it doesn't matter if the Yangtze River Navy is destroyed.
But the annihilation of seven thousand Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners was a heart-wrenching pain for the Qing court.
It was even far more painful than when Li Dingguo wiped out two thousand Manchurian soldiers in Chan State.
The moment the news came, the entire capital was shaken, and every household was hung with white flags and covered with linen.
It is not an exaggeration to say that every family mourns and every family mourns!
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South study!
Bu Mu Butai sat behind a bead curtain and listened to the government. Oboi and other four ministers Gu Ming, as well as Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and other Han people were also there.
The ministers knelt on the ground neatly, and the expressions on their faces were all pale and lacked color.
Bumu Butai remained silent behind the bead curtain, and they did not dare to speak.
The earth dragon was burning in the south study room, and it was very warm. Gradually everyone began to sweat on their foreheads.
I don't know if it's because I'm hot or nervous.
Finally, Bumbutai, who had been silent for a long time, spoke, breaking the silence in the air.
"Everyone in your family must be aware of the war in Jiangnan and Guangdong!"
"King Pingnan was loyal to his country, but died on the battlefield. Even his entire family was massacred by Ming thieves and martyred his country. He can be said to be a loyal martyr."
"The imperial court should have made a decision as to what posthumous title should be given to King Pingnan."
"If we delay it any longer, I'm afraid people's hearts will be divided!"
Bumubutai was afraid that he could not bear it, so he did not mention the incident in Jiangnan directly, but first mentioned the incident in Guangdong.
Ao Bai kowtowed and then spoke.
"King Pingnan is loyal to state affairs and devoted to the Qing Dynasty. He deserves a good posthumous title."
"Wu Mu, Wuzhong, Wu Jing...etc. are all good!"
Bumubutai nodded behind the bead curtain, as if he had made some decision, and spoke.
"Although King Pingnan did not have the credit of Yue Wumu of the former Song Dynasty to save the world, he also made great contributions to the imperial court in pacifying the south and conquering Guangdong. He even died on the battlefield in the end. The whole family was loyal to the imperial court."
"Let's give him the posthumous title Wu Mu to show the favor of the court!"
Everyone took orders, and a young eunuch trotted to draw up the imperial edict.
Sighing, Bumubutai changed his tone and said.
"Although King Pingnan is dead, the war in Guangdong must continue. We must not allow the Ming thieves to resurrect and seize the land of the Qing Dynasty again."
"How should the war in Guangdong be fought? Sirs and ministers, please make up your mind for the Ai family!"
Oboi continued.
"I ask you to take command and go out to conquer the Ming Dynasty for the sake of the Qing Dynasty!"
Obai was known as the number one Baturu in Manchuria at that time, and he once fought under Nurhaci, Huang Taiji and others.
Courageous and resourceful, he has made many military exploits!
Even when the Qing army conquered Sichuan and Sichuan, the real person in charge of the army was Obai, not Hauge.
To put it bluntly, Obai was left by Shunzhi to his son to suppress the world.
In history, if Kangxi had not killed Obai, Wu Sangui might not have dared to raise the flag to rebel.
Seeing Ao Bai asking for a fight, Bumbutai shook his head and said.
"It's not time for you to go into battle, Obai!"
Shunzhi left Aobai as an orphan and widower to them, so that he could stay in charge of the capital and ensure its safety.
Unless the rebels attack the capital, Oboi cannot move lightly!
Suk Saha's request for a battle with Obai was rejected, so he proposed.
"Why don't you let Academician Hong Da take the lead and go on an expedition? Let's go to Guangdong!"
"The King of Pingxi, the King of Jingnan, and the generals of the Southern Kingdom, most of them served under the scholars of Hongda."
"If Grand Scholar Hong takes charge of the southern expedition, he will be able to calmly dispatch the troops of the southern country, gather troops and horses, and wipe out the Ming thieves in one fell swoop!"
The Hong University scholar mentioned by Suksaha refers to Hong Chengchou.
The reason why he recommended Hong Chengchou was because he valued Hong Chengchou's influence among the Han officials in the world.
How big is this influence?
It is estimated that as soon as Hong Chengchou arrived in the south, Wu Sangui would not dare to have small thoughts, and even Geng Jingzhong would restrain his ambitions and obediently go to Hong Chengchou's tent to obey orders.
In Suksaha's view, to defeat the Han people, we still have to let the Han people fight!
He Manchuria has a limited population, so he cannot go to the battlefield and exchange lives with the Han people.
Although Hong Chengchou had resigned and returned to seclusion, due to his personal abilities and his partnership with Wu Sangui, he contributed to the Qing government in most of the Southern Kingdom.
Whenever there was a major event in the Qing court, his participation was indispensable.
However, Hong Chengchou pacified most of the southern country for the Qing Dynasty and once served as governor-general in Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.
The great traitor who made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, but his final end was not very good.
After working hard for most of his life and carrying the reputation of being a traitor, in the end he only got a third-class Hanihaban job, which he inherited for four generations and then disappeared.
Moreover, what is even more disturbing is that Hong Chengchou, the old traitor, was included in the biography of Erchen by Kang Mazi's great grandson Qianlong, and he was the first one.
It can be said that it will be infamy for thousands of years!
He deserves to be a traitor, but he is also boring!
What a pure injustice!
But now that the war situation in the Southern Kingdom is tense, the first person the Qing court thinks of is Hong Chengchou.
A trace of shock flashed through Hong Chengchou's cloudy old eyes, but he still spoke to evade it.
"The Empress Dowager, my veteran minister is old and frail and seriously ill. If the imperial court asks my veteran minister to lead the expedition, I will naturally not dare to shirk it, but I am afraid that my veteran minister's health will not live up to expectations and ruin the important affairs of the court!"
According to historical records, Hong Chengchou died of illness in the fourth year of Kangxi's reign, almost next year!
Today, Hong Chengchou is old and frail, and since he was born in Fujian and cannot adapt to the northern environment, his health is not very good.
If he can recuperate with peace of mind, he may be able to endure it until his life span in history!
If he were to lead an expedition and travel tens of thousands of miles from the capital to Guangdong, he would probably die halfway there!
Hong Chengchou knew his physical condition well, so he would not take the order to go south at this time to find excitement for himself.
If you win, that will be a great achievement!
If he fails, he will be punished. This third-class Hanihafan, no matter how small, may not be able to survive.
If that's the case, then why is he bothering?
Doesn’t he feel good about recuperating with peace of mind?!
Suk Saha was unhappy when he saw Hong Chengchou evading the offer.
When did the master need his slave to work for his life, and the slave dared to shirk it?
But his face remained calm, just waiting quietly for Bumbutai's reaction.
Bumbutai sat behind the bead curtain. After being silent for a while, she continued to speak.
"The situation in the imperial court is difficult now. The southeast is cooking a pot of porridge, and the local government is not very respectful. There is a lack of ministers in the imperial court who can carry the world. Ai Jia and Xuan Ye, orphans and widowed mothers, are suffering!"
"Emperors in the past dynasties all spoke highly of the Hong Qing family, and praised the Qing family's loyalty and character in front of the Ai family."
"Now that the imperial court is employing people, the Hong Qing family must not give up their picks!"