Chapter Six: Meeting of the King and Ministers on Political Affairs
After all, Datong is just a border town, while Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi. With different statuses, their military achievements will naturally be different.
But now, Jiang Yu not only started the rebellion in advance, but also became aggressive and had the momentum to sweep the entire Shanxi Province, which made You Shiwei unhappy.
"Wan Yishi, I wonder where the Datong Army is now?"
You Shide had a great impression of Wan Lian, a military family, especially those who were loyal ministers.
So, the attitude is quite kind.
This made Wan Lian a little flattered, and he raised his hands and said: "General Soldier, Baodou is far away in the northwest of Shanxi and is a remote place. But I heard yesterday that his army has arrived in Daizhou."
"Daizhou?"
You Shide was stunned, why is it so fast?
There is only Xinzhou between Daizhou and Taiyuan, which is only three to four hundred miles apart. It takes a few days to get there quickly.
And if they go south from Baoding, although the distance is not far, the road will be more rugged and the time will be longer.
"Doesn't that mean that Taiyuan will also be captured by Jiang Yu?"
Liu Tingjie was shocked and blurted out.
"This is bad."
You Shiwei was also a little irritable.
Wan Lian on the side also looked solemn at this time: "In other words, the plan between the imperial court and Jiang Yu does not include his going south to Taiyuan?"
At this time, You Shiwei no longer needed to hide anything: "Yes, according to the previous plan, our army will not start the uprising until it arrives at Datong Mansion. There is still three or four days left before the uprising."
"Jiang Yu did it on purpose."
Wan Lian is a scholar after all. He may have some shortcomings in military matters, but he is an expert in studying people's hearts:
"He wanted to regain the achievements of the entire Jin Dynasty, but by then the army had arrived and had to cooperate with him to defend the city."
"That's right!"
You Shiwei frowned and said: "Although it is a good thing to regain Jin Province, it is not good for the court to let Jiang Gu become powerful like this."
"Jiang Quan is half-hearted, but he can't be like this."
Wan Lian was full of approval, and he immediately held up his hands and said: "If the two generals do not dislike it, I am willing to be the leader and lead the army to Taiyuan."
"Oh? I couldn't ask for it!" You Shiwei smiled, his voice loud and clear.
Of course he understands that Wan Lian wants to earn more credit just like him.
For scholars, these military exploits are just the beginning of his career. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty is about to be revived, who can bear not to get on the ship?
For You Shiwei and Liu Tingjie, they just need such a guide, and Wanjia's reputation is also useful.
In this way, they hit it off immediately, and the two armies merged and began to move towards Taiyuan.
Thirty thousand soldiers and horses were gathered.
Along the way, under the combined action of foot and horse, the prefectures and counties watched the wind and descended.
At this time, Li Gang, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, was shocked when he heard the news and couldn't wait to report to Beijing.
In an instant, the huge Forbidden City was shaken.
This was the anger that made Dorgon the most angry since the defeat in Huai'an, the anger of renunciation.
Even the Queen Mother suffered a terrible disaster and had several scars on her body. She could only use the excuse of worshiping Buddha to avoid going out.
Under such circumstances, Dorgon could only convene another meeting of kings and ministers to discuss political affairs.
That is to say, the sentence is broken down into: discussing affairs - king, ministers - meeting.
Because in addition to the leaders of the Eight Banners, a large number of Beizi and Tutong can also participate in the meeting and share the power of the King of Baogong.
Because in addition to princes and county kings, the royal family members who participated in the discussion of government affairs also included Baylor and others, it was also called the "Conference of Princes, Baylor, and Ministers".
However, the title of king is not equal to the king of political affairs, but the prince with the title of minister of political affairs.
In addition, Beizi, Beile, County King, and Prince all belong to the princes, and Beizi is only the lowest prince.
Gusi
According to the rules, the eight banner leaders, plus three ministers from each banner, a total of thirty-two people attended the meeting of kings and ministers to discuss government affairs.
Therefore, the meeting of kings and ministers on political affairs was held for the first time after entering the customs.
In addition, only the Manchu Eight Banners can participate. The Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners are not eligible.
It was Emperor Shunzhi who did his part.
Although he is only nine years old, he is happy and fearless.
Because he was also the leader of the Yellow Banner and the leader of the Yellow Flag, the six ministers under his command were watching him with eager eyes.
Sitting almost side by side with Shunzhi was Dorgon, the leader and regent of Zhengbai Banner.
The owner of the white flag is Prince Doni of Yu.
The owner of the Zhenghong Banner: Prince Li Daishan (the owner of the small flag: Dorobele Leke Dehun)
The owner of the flag with a red flag: Prince Pingjun Luo Keduo (small flag owner; Prince Chengze, Shuosai).
The flag owner of the Zhenglan Banner: Prince Su Hauge (the minor flag owners: Prince Azig of England and Prince Duanzhong Abatai).
The owner of the blue flag is: Prince Zheng Jierhalang.
The leader of the banner, Luo Keduo, was only eight years old. He was promoted to the position by Dorgon's son, who inherited his father's legacy. He was also from Dorgon's faction.
Coupled with the white flags, Dorgon actually controlled the three flags of Manchuria.
On the side of Emperor Shunzhi, in addition to the two yellow flags, Hauge's Zhenglan flag was also added to the three flags.
It looks like they are evenly matched, but in fact they are not.
Daishan of the Zhenghong Banner has Luck Dehun as his detachment, Haug's Zhenglan Banner has his brothers Azig and Abatai as his detachment, and only Jirhalang controls one flag, but in a neutral position.
In fact, Dorgon controlled five-eighths of the Eight Banners' military strength.
Moreover, Shunzhi was young, so the two flags basically just fell with the wind.
Therefore, in the Shunzhi Dynasty, Dorgon could basically do whatever he wanted except proclaiming himself emperor.
There were many participants in this meeting, and everyone was uneasy. Even Shunzhi saw the situation clearly, glanced at Dorgon, and acted like a clay Bodhisattva.
"The reason why we convened a meeting of kings and ministers today to discuss government affairs is because we got the news from Datong that this thief Jiang Gan has rebelled."
Dorgon looked at everyone and opened his mouth with news that shocked the entire audience.
Everyone understands the importance of Datong. Even those who don't understand it will understand everything if they think about Li Zicheng's route to Beijing.
However, the noise only lasted for a while. Under Dorgon's fierce gaze, no one dared to speak anymore.
"However, although Datong is important, there is another thing to say and other accounts to settle."
Dorgon's words were like sharp thorns that were pointed downwards, causing Haug to change his color on the spot. Even Jilharang and Luckd broke into cold sweat all over their bodies.
"The Xianglan Banner, Zhenghong Banner, Zhenglan Banner, the main force of the three banners, plus the Han Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners, a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, actually brought me this result——"
Dorgon's short body looked like a giant at this time, and his sharp eyes pierced the hearts of the three of them, making them tremble uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty, the Regent please atone for his sins——"
The three of them could only go out and kneel down to apologize.
Other flag owners and ministers were also dissatisfied.
In the second year of Shunzhi, more than half of the main force of Duduo's White Banner was lost. Now these three banners have also lost 30 to 40% of their troops.
In addition, some Niulu troops from the Two Yellow Banners also participated in the battle and were lost.
A conservative estimate is that nearly forty Niulu were lost.
If we calculate that there are 300 people per cow, that is 12,000 people.
Shunzhi listened from above and was also shocked.
The entire Manchu Eight Banners only has 309 Niulu.