After the defeat of King Sanshun in Dengzhou and Yaoshan, about half of his troops were wiped out by bandits in Denglai, and his strength was greatly reduced. Of course, his political status in the Qing Dynasty also immediately changed dramatically.
At the same time as the battle of Dengzhou and Yaoshan, Dorgon won a major victory on the West Road and captured almost the entire Shaanxi area. Prince Rui therefore returned to the capital one step ahead of schedule. Hauge was worried that Dorgon would return to Beijing to cause trouble, so
He also hurried back.
All the kings of the Qing Dynasty, Beile, seemed to feel that this meant another major change in the power structure of the Eight Banners, so almost everyone tried their best to find excuses for themselves, and all ran back to Beijing to actively stand in line.
Choose a faction to support.
The Sanshun kings all followed Hauge back to Beijing, so although Hauge believed that he was defeated by Guo Junzhen in Yaoshan entirely because he was dragged down by the Sanshun kings, he still believed that these people should belong to the Suwang faction.
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After drinking three bowls of milk tea, his boiling mood calmed down a little, and he ordered the guards to bring Huaishun King Geng Zhongming to Shepu to meet him.
The Shooting Garden is on the east side of the palace, with a length and width of more than a hundred feet. There is a circle of locust trees under the tall wall, and it is surrounded by a flat and open field where people can run horses, shoot arrows, and practice martial arts.
There are several rows of small bungalows under the tree. On the other side of the bungalows are vegetable gardens and flower gardens. The slaves who manage vegetables, flowers and weapons live in those bungalows. Close to the main building of the palace, there is an observation tower with carved beams and paintings.
, a gorgeous building with a green glazed tile roof and seven horn-crushing beasts squatting on the cornices, which is completely in line with the system of the prince's palace. The shooting tower is specially used for the prince and his disciples to observe shooting and rest when they practice martial arts.
Tea, wine and dishes have been laid out in the main hall downstairs, and felt seats have been laid out on the floor. King Geng Zhongming of Huaishun is the adopted grandson of Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty. He is tall and dark-complexioned. It is said that he was not only brave and good at fighting in the Ming army, but also
He is also known for his cunning and wisdom.
But Hauge looked down upon King Sanshun's talent and strength because of the defeat in Dengzhou. He looked at Geng Zhongming with a bit of contempt and said casually:
"King Huaishun, what, what happened at my palace? Are you here to settle old matters about the defeat of Shandong?"
Geng Zhongming was the weakest among the three kings, so he was also the most afraid of the Manchu kings, Beile. Hearing Hauge's unkind tone, he said with some fear:
"I don't dare, the little king doesn't dare. The Eight Banners soldiers are so powerful that the Shandong army was defeated purely because of Kong Youde... King Su, the little king is here to report something important about Kong Youde."
Hauge was quite surprised when he heard this, but he felt that this situation was reasonable. King Sanshun followed Hauge back to the capital. Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming both sent people to Prince Su's Mansion from time to time to inquire about news. Only Kong Youde never did.
According to the news, Hauge himself had already guessed in his mind whether Kong Youde had defected to the Rui Party?
Now that Geng Zhongming's words helped Hauge confirm his conjecture, Prince Su thought that his judgment was indeed good. The invincible Qing army suffered such an unprepared defeat in Shandong, and most of the reasons were attributed to Kong Youde.
It was because he failed to manage the Dengzhou Navy well, and it was also because Kong Youde showed off his power to the Ming Dynasty officials and gentry generals that Su Guansheng and others seized the ships and ran away, so that many grain ships coming from Tianjin Weifuhai were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.
The Qing army and the Shun army jointly destroyed it. In order to protect this important batch of grain, the Qing army hurriedly transferred the troops from Jinan and Yanzhou to Denglai. As a result, they were ambushed on the Yao Mountain halfway.
All these reasons were originally due to Kong Youde's oversight.
Hauge snorted coldly and cursed: "This barbarian, how many Eight Banners warriors he has killed who are good at fighting? Manchu Batulu will not fall down even if he dies. Unexpectedly, Kong Youde has not yet punished him, this guy
Are you in a hurry to change your family?"
Geng Zhongming said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Kong Youde did not return to the capital alone. As far as I know, on his way back to the capital, he summoned a group of old soldiers in Dezhou, totaling five to six hundred people. They are all living in the capital now.
Internally and externally...what does Kong Youde want to do with his troops back to Beijing? I'm afraid there will be something unusual!"
Hauge disagreed: "Five or six hundred people? There are tens of thousands of defenders in the capital. Daishan alone has thousands of Eight Banner soldiers. Kong Youde brought five or six hundred Han army flags that were unbearable to fight.
What's the use? It's unlikely that the Rui Party plans to use these hundreds of people to rebel!"
Geng Zhongming hinted: "Five or six hundred people cannot control Beijing, but these people are all new faces in the capital, and they are not Manchurians. If King Rui plans to take the opportunity to launch an attack, wouldn't these people be the most suitable for a sneak attack on Prince Su's palace?"
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"How can this be!"
Hauge laughed. The Qing Dynasty had a political system, and all the kings and belles could ensure their own interests in the political meetings. How much better was this than the Ming Dynasty's system? Because of this, the power struggle in the Qing Dynasty could always be maintained.
In a situation of fighting but not breaking.
The struggle between Huang Taiji and Amin was like this in the past, and the struggle between Huang Taiji and Dorgon was also the same later. Today, of course, Hauge also believes that his fight with Dorgon will also be unbreakable. He will directly send some students.
A sneak attack on Prince Su's Mansion by a Han with a handsome face? This is not something the Manchus would do.
The political meeting represents the aristocratic power handed down from ancient times by the kings and belles. This is the Manchu ancestral system and the ancestral law. How could Dorgon dare to trample on the Manchu aristocratic tradition, directly break his face, and destroy the ancestral rules of the Qing Dynasty for many years?
However, Geng Zhongming gave a lot of evidence one after another. He said that many soldiers and horses brought by Kong Youde had taken many guns and cannons from the capital's arsenal. Isn't this a sign of a big war in Beijing?
After Geng Zhongming's repeated persuasion, Hauge was somewhat moved. However, he was still not convinced that Dorgon would be so bold, so he decided to contact Bo Hetuo and others who also belonged to Zhenglan Banner. Unexpectedly, he sent Bo
He Tuo and other dignitaries from the Zhenglan Banner called to Prince Su's Mansion, and soldiers from the Xianghuang Banner who were friends with Hauge came to report the situation, saying that someone had discovered the theft of gunpowder from the arsenal.
Hauge was finally shocked. He stood up suddenly, as if he felt it was too incredible, and murmured to himself:
"How is this possible? How is this possible? Unless he is crazy, Dorgon cannot be so bold! Don't they care about Daishan and Ji'erharang? Yes, I should go to Daishan and Ji
Erharang, they will not allow the Rui Party to act like this!"
Geng Zhongming urged: "Your Majesty, if Ruidang dares to take this dangerous strategy, it must have the support of other kings Beile. Otherwise, how could Dorgon dare to be so bold? He is not crazy, he is confident."
Bo Hetuo said calmly: "I think there are a lot of strange things about this matter. If the Rui Party got so much support, wouldn't it be better to launch an attack directly at the political meeting? Ask Kong Youde to organize a group of desperadoes to cause trouble? This
This is something that has never happened in the Qing Dynasty."
Geng Zhongming said: "No matter how arrogant Dorgon is, Prince Su is after all a royal relative and the auxiliary prince of the imperial court. If Ruidang takes action personally, he will definitely encounter a lot of criticism, so Dorgon has to start from
A group of Han soldiers were brought in from other places to do this big thing, right?"
Hauge was a little panicked. Although he was known as a warrior among the Manchus, his bravery was only on the battlefield, not in political struggles. Faced with the bottomless conspiracy and tactics of the Rui Party, Hauge
Ge finally felt what fear was.
He was very confused and didn't know what to do. Bo and Tuo repeatedly persuaded him to either go to Jierhalang and Daishan for protection, or to hide directly in the palace, which would definitely avoid disaster.
However, Geng Zhongming strongly objected. Geng Zhongming looked horrified, fell to the floor and cried:
"Your Majesty, if the Rui Party dares to take such a risk, it must be because they are confident. All the soldiers and horses in the capital have probably turned to the Rui Party. If the Prince goes to the palace or goes to Daishan, wouldn't he just fall into a trap?
For the current plan, we can only leave the capital as soon as possible and rush back to Jinan. Only under the protection of the two yellow flags and the Zhenglan Banner army, the prince will be safest."