Hauge, who had the biggest problem with the succession of the Qing Emperor, is gone, so things will be much simpler.
After Dorgon compromised and approved, six-year-old Fulin quickly ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, while Dorgon became the sole regent and began to handle government affairs.
The top priority is to deal with the Ming army's offensive.
However, before the results of the negotiations were reached in Shengjing, new news came back. Heshuo Zheng Prince Jierhalang led the remaining troops in Jinzhou and returned to Haizhou safely.
As for Jierhalang's decisive decision to abandon Jinzhou, Dorgon believed that this was not a loss of city and land, but a wise move that preserved the vitality of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he issued an edict to commend Jierhalang and gave him a considerable amount of money.
Generous rewards.
Jierhalang, who returned to Haizhou, also made it clear that he would abide by the late emperor's will and had no objections.
So far, among the princes of Heshuo in the Qing Dynasty, there are five people: Dorgon, Duduo, Daishan, Jierhalang and Hauge. Needless to say, Duduo, the four princes of Heshuo have all recognized the current
Only Hauge still doesn't know about the power structure of the Qing Dynasty.
Dorgon seemed to have forgotten about Hauge, and began to adjust the strength of each banner under the pretext of responding to the Ming Dynasty's offensive. Of course, with Dorgon's ability, he did not make explicit adjustments, but made various excuses.
For example, the two yellow flags belonging to the royal family, now that the emperor is young and the regent is in power, will be under the control of the regent first. This alone made Dorgon's strength suddenly rise to the top of the Eight Banners.
In addition, Dorgon also persuaded Bumbutai and sent people to contact the Horqin tribe to allocate some troops to the Qing Dynasty to enhance the Qing Dynasty's cavalry strength. Other Mongolian tribes used both kindness and power, and also requested tribute of war horses and deployment
He served as a soldier to rebuild the cavalry strength of the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
In addition, Dorgon also reused a group of Han people led by Hong Chengchou to form a regent's staff similar to the Ming Dynasty cabinet to help Dorgon handle government affairs, provide advice, etc.
In a house somewhere in Shenyang City, an old man inside listened to the changes in Shengjing City and felt very emotional in his heart.
This old man was over sixty-four years old. He was originally the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty. He surrendered to the rebels during the Battle of Songjin and was named the commander-in-chief of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army. However, he always claimed to be ill at home.
This person is none other than Zu Dashou, who was once all-powerful in the late Ming Dynasty.
He has experienced glory, wealth, and the rise and fall of his family.
Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the ancestral family.
After he was promoted, his brothers Zu Dalue, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa, etc. all became the superiors.
Soldiers, down to deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrilla officers at all levels, were stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and various cities in Jinzhou.
Even in recognition of the ancestor's meritorious service in suppressing Liao for generations, Emperor Chongzhen even ordered the construction of a merit memorial arch for the fourth ancestor's suppressing Liao in Ningyuan City.
The so-called Guan Ning Army at that time was actually the army of the ancestral family. Officers at all levels were all related to the ancestral family. Otherwise, he would not have been able to take this army away just as he said.
After surrendering to the imperial army, the ancestral family also received favorable treatment, including Zhang Cunren in the ancestral clan system, who was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zu Zehong who was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, Han Daxun who was in charge of the Ministry of Husbandry, and Jiang Xin who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites.
Zu Zerun was in charge of the Ministry of War, Pei Guozhen was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, etc.
In fact, after Huang Taiji won the Battle of Songjin, he killed more than 10,000 Ming Dynasty soldiers and generals, leaving only those related to the ancestral army. Not only did he not kill them, but he gave them
preferential treatment, and expanded the Han army flags to the Eight Han Army Banners.
The reason for this is, ultimately, because the Zujia Army was one of the three major armies in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty. (The other two were the Li Jiajun during Li Chengliang's time, and the other was the island soldier during Mao Wenlong's time.)
Huang Taiji treated the ancestral army favorably. Externally, he competed with the Ming Dynasty for the Ningjin Defense Line; because for this defense line, even though the largest official was a civil servant appointed by the court, it was actually the ancestral army that had the final say;
Internally, Huang Taiji used the loyalty of his ancestral army to consolidate his imperial power, thereby making his military strength the strongest among the Jianlu.
No, after Dorgon became the regent, he immediately visited Zu Dashou and asked him bluntly about Zu Dashou's position.
Of course, Zu Dashou's reply could not go against the trend, otherwise, he would not be sitting leisurely at home thinking about things.
If the changes in the city of Shengjing only made him sigh with emotion, the changes in the imperial court really shocked him.
Previously, Abatai led the Qing-Mongolian coalition forces into the pass, but ended up being defeated. At first, Zu Dashou didn't believe it at all.
He knew what the strength of the imperial court was like after the Battle of Songjin. Likewise, when Huang Taiji sent someone to ask questions, his and Hong Chengchou's answers were actually similar.
Even after the incident, Zu Dashou was actually more distrustful of the strength of the imperial officers and soldiers than Jianlu.
At least for Jianlu, it was doubtful that the Ming Dynasty had a strong army. But for Zu Dashou, he believed that there was a high probability of an accident in the previous battle of Jizhou, which caused Sun Chuanting to have bad luck.
, won a battle.
However, this time, he never expected that Prince Azig of Heshuoying would also be wiped out, and Prince Jierhalang of Heshuo Zheng abandoned Jinzhou and fled.
From this point of view, are the imperial officers and soldiers really that powerful?
To be honest, judging from the results, Zu Dashou was able to come to this conclusion; however, judging from his emotions, it was really hard to believe.
It’s not like he doesn’t know how bad things are in Guan Nei! No matter how powerful someone is, it’s impossible to turn the situation around in less than a year, right?
In short, Zu Dashou couldn't figure out what happened in the pass to cause such a huge change.
During Dorgon's previous visit, he had already learned that the cavalry chasing Jierhalang was his nephew Wu Sangui.
Thinking about this, Zu Dashou felt it was very necessary to write a private letter to Wu Sangui and ask Wu Sangui what happened in the pass and how did the imperial officers and soldiers become stronger? Or was there another reason that caused the Qing army's two
A disastrous defeat?
With this thought in mind, he turned around and went into the study.
On the other side, there was also a man who pushed away the Jurchen woman and sat in a daze in his study. He was a man of letters, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a scholar. This man was none other than the former Governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty and now the regent of Jianlu
Hong Chengchou works in the staff department.
Even if he thought he was smarter than Zu Dashou, he still couldn't understand why the imperial court had such a big change!
If we say that in the Battle of Jizhou, the Qing army made some mistakes and Sun Chuanting took some advantage, which led to the victory of the imperial army, he thinks it is possible; however, after another great victory of the imperial army, the Qing army could not even survive.
Jinzhou, which was easy to capture, was given up, which only shows that the imperial army is really powerful!
However, relatively speaking, he needed to understand the court, the princes, and the emperor better than Zu Dashou. Therefore, he couldn't figure out how it could have changed so much.
No matter how difficult the questions Dorgon consulted, he could easily answer them one by one, which made Dorgon very satisfied. However, Hong Chengchou could not understand this question anyway.
If he didn't understand this, Hong Chengchou would start to worry about his future.
If he is honest, he must look down on these Liaodong barbarians. However, now he is under the control of Liaodong barbarians. In order to survive, he can only listen to the barbarians' orders and make the barbarians think that he is a useful person.
This way he won't be abandoned! Not to mention killing him, he will be afraid of treating him like an ordinary coat!
However, if the imperial court really becomes powerful, given the imperial court's manpower and material resources, as well as the poverty of Liaodong and the lack of population, Hong Chengchou does not think that the Jianlu can hold on for long, and they will be pacified by the imperial court sooner or later.
And if the imperial court pacifies Liaodong, where will he go?
He is only forty years old and in the prime of life. He grew up poor, but he worked ten times harder than others to pass the imperial examination. He worked diligently in the officialdom and served his superiors well, so he was promoted along the way. He also took risks to lead troops and relied on
Only by suppressing bandits did he finally rise to the rank of feudal official.
This is also the case, so he was unwilling to die for his country at such a young age and chose to surrender to the Jianlu. According to the development of this situation, it is estimated that he will have to face a life and death decision before he is fifty, right?
No, at that time, will the court forgive me?
Regarding this, Hong Chengchou was very suspicious.
He thought that he knew Emperor Chongzhen very well. Otherwise, he would not be reused unless he understood the emperor's temper and preferences.
Likewise, Hong Chengchou felt that if he surrendered to the rebels instead of choosing to die for his country, he would definitely embarrass Emperor Chongzhen. In other words, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely hate him to the core.
In this case, not to mention returning to the court as an official, it is probably difficult to survive even if you want to!
Thinking of these, Hong Chengchou felt sad!
After half a day, Hong Chengchou came to a conclusion in his mind. If he wanted to survive and live for a long time, he had to make the Qing Dynasty strong enough to at least ensure that the Qing Dynasty would not be destroyed by the imperial court. Is this okay?
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Not to mention how worried Jianlu was, after the battle of Ningyuan ended and Jianlu abandoned Jinzhou, the whole war was considered over. Du Yinxi immediately flew to the capital to report the victory written by Du Yinxi.
Ordinary prisoners were detained here at Shanhaiguan. The leader of the slave chief, Aixinjueluo Azige, naturally had to be escorted to Beijing to be presented as prisoners.
For convenience, it was natural for these prisoners to take a boat back to Tianjin, and then take a steam train from Tianjin.
Around mid-November of the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the good news about Du Yinxi reached the capital.