At the end of February, Duke Yan changed his banner in Jiangning City.
The Emperor Zhu Yihai also issued an imperial edict to the world that shocked the Qing Dynasty. Duke Yan was granted the title Duke Ji. Outside the Jubao Gate of Nanjing City, Zhu Yihai called him to the Emperor's chariot and together they entered the city to inspect the troops.
The 10,000 men and horses in Jiangning City also changed their banners. Zhu Yihai gave them the designations of Xiaoqi Town and Tiance Town, the imperial camp and the pro-army forces. They were retained by the entire army. All officers were promoted to one rank, and soldiers were promoted to one rank.
Duke Yan and the emperor inspected the imperial camp in the same carriage and accepted the cheers of the people.
The disclosure of Yan Jinglue's identity shocked countless people even in Nanjing. Even most of the bachelors in the cabinet did not know the identity of Mr. Yan.
Although some people have long guessed that Yan Wogong must be secretly aware of the situation, but who would have thought that this was actually a spy sent by the emperor before.
The Jingbiao officers and soldiers in Jiangning City were also surprised. They had always been generously rewarded by Yan Wo Gong, and the main generals had long been Yan Wo Gong's people, but after all, few of the soldiers below knew this.
Just to take other people's rewards and serve other people's bowls, you have to be loyal to others.
Originally, we had been worrying about the Ming army's siege of the city and were confused about the future. But now we suddenly know that Yan Wogong is originally from the Ming Dynasty, and everyone is relieved.
It turns out that we are also our own people.
In a sudden change, soldiers from the Ming Dynasty's Jiangnan Management Bureau Biao Camp became the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Camp Tiance, and the pro-soldiers of Xiaoqi and two towns were promoted and rewarded, and then they were replaced by the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Camp.
The military uniform is simply not too beautiful.
Anyway, as soon as Mr. Yan announced his surrender, no one objected.
Originally, some people in the city of Nanjing were hoping that the Ming army would capture the inner city as soon as possible and then file a complaint with the emperor, asking the emperor to have Yan Papi skinned and cramped. This guy had harmed many wealthy officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.
As a result, the identity of Duke Yan was now revealed, and he was immediately granted the title of Duke of Ji State, as well as the title of Young Master and Crown Prince. He was also appointed as Assistant Minister of Military Affairs in Beijing, and he was still on duty at the Prime Minister's Office. Now everyone was dumbfounded.
There were those who reacted slowly and were still full of indignation and wanted to report to the emperor that my father-in-law had done illegal things, but there were smart ones who had already understood.
I quickly burned the paper and never mentioned the matter of suing my father-in-law again.
This Yan Wo Gong was basically the emperor's spy. What he killed, captured, and looted in Nanjing was not under the emperor's orders?
The first day of the first lunar month.
News of the sudden change in Nanjing reached Beijing, and the whole city was in uproar. When the regent Dorgon heard the news, he was extremely shocked, and it can even be said that he was stunned.
I didn't react for a long time, I was in a daze.
"This must be the treacherous plan of the Ming thief."
For a long time, Dorgon, who was unwilling to accept the facts, said to the close academicians who came over, "This must be the case. It must be that Jiangning has been besieging the city for a long time. Reinforcements have not arrived for a long time. The city is short of food and cannot survive. There are generals in the green camp in the city who have been killed."
The Ming Dynasty rebelled and persuaded them to surrender, so they mutinied. They kidnapped Yan Wogong and then opened the city to surrender."
"After Zhu Yihai captured Yan Wogong, he came up with such a vicious trick to alienate him. He claimed that Yan Wogong was a spy he had sent to our Qing Dynasty a long time ago. In fact, it was just to shake people's hearts and muddy the waters, and even
To drive a wedge between me and the Manchu and Han Dynasties."
"That must be it!"
Feng Quan and other academicians looked at each other in confusion. Zhu Yihai publicized this matter vigorously, and even several government-run newspapers of the Ming Dynasty were full of reporters. The details were very detailed and vivid, just like a legendary novel.
And some spies in the south of the Yangtze River sent back information, saying that they had indeed seen Yan Wogong riding in a golden chariot with Tomorrow, inspecting troops and horses together, and that ten thousand Qing troops from Nanjing had followed them to the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Zheng Jiwu, the super brave Duke of Hangzhou, Zhu Gangyou, the Marquis of Haiyan, Li Yuchun, the third-rank governor, and Pan Yinglou, the governor, all surrendered to the rebellion, as well as the rebels in Songjiang, Suzhou, Anqing, and Taiping surrendered.
Especially the annihilation of the 6,088 garrisoned Eight Banners in the south of the Yangtze River, all prove that this is indeed the truth. They were all deceived and suffered a lot from being deceived.
But Dorgon refused to admit this fact, insisting that the soldiers of the Biao camp in Jiangning city mutinied and took Yan Woggong hostage to surrender. Yan Woggong was captured. He was a loyal slave and a capable slave. Unfortunately, the situation was completely
Rotten and helpless.
He even gritted his teeth and scolded Tan Tai, Luck Dehun, Kong Youde, Wu Sangui and others for their ineffective rescue efforts southward and their delay in relieving the siege of Jiangning.
Feng Quan and others lowered their heads and did not dare to refute.
Pan Yinglou, the governor of Zhejiang, was still his in-law. When Mr. Yan recommended Pan Yingshu to be governor, he also said a few good words to Dorgon in Beijing.
There was even a relative named Pan Yinglou who introduced him. He had close contacts with Yan Wo Gong and had a very good relationship. Anyway, Yan Wo Gong gave him a lot of "local specialties" and he even had a marriage agreement with Yan Wo Gong.
The children of the two families were united in marriage and all were engaged.
Now that something like this happened, how could he dare to say another word?
I'm afraid of setting myself on fire.
If Mr. Yan and Pan Yinglou are spies, then he is also suspected.
Qian Qianyi also felt very embarrassed. He didn't expect that the situation would change so quickly just after he came back from Jiangning, which made him somewhat regretful about returning to Beijing.
With the current situation, he is highly suspected of being a spy, and his life may be in danger.
Dorgon was extremely angry and his chest was full of anger.
He couldn't accept the fact that Mr. Yan was a super spy, couldn't admit that he had made a mistake, and couldn't bear the serious consequences. Guys like Jierhalang, Daishan, and Hauge had been staring at him and looking for him.
Trouble, he was already passive enough due to previous military defeats.
In the end, he was forced to agree to the establishment of thirteen garrison generals, and appointed thirteen princes and ministers to serve as garrison generals in thirteen important cities. Only then was he able to deal with the matter reluctantly, but he had already been forced to make many concessions, even so ten times.
The three garrison generals have weakened the authority of many imperial courts and weakened the authority of the emperor. This is contrary to the efforts of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji to strengthen the imperial power.
Now if something like this happens again, Daishan and others are probably going to get into trouble again.
If he admits that Mr. Yan is a super spy and admits that people like Li Yuchun, Zheng Jiwu, Tu Guobao, and Wu Kai all have problems, then he will be finished.
Regardless of whether Yan Wogong was Zhu Yihai's spy or not, he had to insist that this was a divorce plan by the Southern Dynasty.
Although Dorgon wrote an edict on the same day, saying that Duke Yan of Jiangning held on to Jiangning for a long time without reinforcements, and eventually the city was broken and captured, he said that Duke Yan was a loyal minister, and that he had died in the battle to defend the city of Jiangning.
, the Yan Wogong who appears now is a stand-in, and all of this is just Zhu Yihai's scheme to gain traction and alienation.
Even so, the regent uncles Jierhalang and Daishan were not satisfied with this statement. They went to see the queen mother and the emperor that day, and then requested to convene a meeting of kings and ministers to discuss political affairs.
Although Dorgon also urgently visited the Queen Mother that day, and invited Jierhalang and Daishan into the palace, and also called Azig, Duduo, as well as the Bolo, Nikan, and Mandahai clans.
The princes and princes held an urgent discussion and held a closed-door meeting.
No one knows what exactly they discussed behind closed doors.
But after the meeting that day, although a meeting of kings and ministers was held the next day, neither Jierhalang nor Daishan held Dorgon accountable at the meeting, and Man Dahai and others on their side did not mention it either.
thing.
The current crisis was seriously discussed at the meeting.
In the end, they all agreed that the Southern Dynasties should be dealt with with all their strength, and for the first time, they officially called Zhu Yihai the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and called the Ming court in the south of the Yangtze River the Southern Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty. They regarded themselves as the Northern Dynasty and orthodox.
At the meeting, it was also decided to add Prince Li Shantong as regent.
The fifth son of Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, Prince Shuosei of Duoluo Chengze County, became Prince Heshuo Chengze.
The prince Boluo Jin, the son of Abatai, the grandson of Taizu, was granted the title of Prince Heshuo Duanzhong.
The son of Chu Ying, the grandson of Taizu, was granted the title of Prince Heshuo Jingjin by Prince Nikan of Jingjin County.
In addition, Heshuo Prince Hauge, Heshuo Ying Prince Azig, Heshuo Yu Prince Duduo, Heshuo Prince Zheng Jierhalang, Heshuo Li Prince Daishan, and the emperor's father, the regent Prince Duoer
Gon, it was agreed that these nine people would be hereditary and forever replaced by their military merits and titles, and they would be called iron-hatted princes.
The titles of Daishan's two deceased sons who were posthumously granted the title of prince are also hereditary. They are his eldest son Yue Tuo, who was conferred the title of Prince by Huang Taiji during his lifetime and was demoted to the title of prince the following year.
After his death, he was granted the title of Prince of Keqin County. His son Luo Luohun took the title and was changed to Prince of Yanxi County. He still regained the title of Prince of Keqin County and became the hereditary Prince of Iron Hat.
Daishan's third son Sahalian had meritorious service in supporting Huang Taiji. In the first year of Chongde, he planned to be granted the title of Prince of Duoluo County. He died of illness in May of the same year and was posthumously granted the title of Prince Heshuoying. His eldest son, Adali, the Prince of Duoluo County, was conspired to establish Duoer.
Gun was executed and the clan was deposed.
The second son, Leke Dehun, was deposed because of his elder brother Adali. After Dorgon became the regent, he specially conferred the title of Doro Beile, and then he was promoted to Doro Suncheng as the county king due to his merits. Now it is proposed that he will be hereditary and replace the iron-hatted county king.
So there were nine iron-hatted princes and two iron-hatted county princes.
The three brothers Duduo plus their half-brother Daishan, the two brothers Hauge and Shuosei, the two cousins Bolo and Nikan, and then Dorgon, Daishan and their cousin Jierharang,
Plus Daishan’s two grandsons.
They are all members of the Aixinjueluo family, among whom only Jierhalang is not a descendant of the emperor.
Daishan's family had three sons and daughters, but although King Luckdehun of Shuncheng County was his grandson, his eldest brother Luckdehun was killed by Daishan himself when he tried to support Dorgon. Luckdehun also
As a result, he was expelled from the clan and demoted to be a slave of Hauge. Finally, Dorgon restored his status as a clan member and gave him a title after Dorgon became the regent. Therefore, he actually turned against his grandfather Daishan early and was a member of Dorgon.
The eleven **** basically belong to two camps.
Dorgon has three brothers from the same mother, plus his grandnephew Luck Dehun, and his nephews Bolo and Nikan, who are dependent on him, they account for six people here.
The two cousins Jierhalang and Daishan, together with their nephews Hauge and Shuosei, and Daishan's eldest grandson Luo Luohun, were on one side.
Daishan, Jierhalang and Dorgon jointly served as regents.
Duduo, Azige, Boluo, Nikan, Hauge, Shuose, Luoluohun, Luckdehun, all plus the auxiliary ministers.
Obviously, yesterday's closed-door meeting between the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor was bound to be a fierce battle of interests, and in the end the two parties reached an exchange of interests.
Judging from the results of this meeting of kings and ministers, Dorgon compromised a lot yesterday.
After entering the customs, he had already passed the southern expedition, let his two brothers lead the army, held the army in the hands of their brothers, and also took over the great success of destroying Shun and Ping Ming Dynasties. Dorgon drove his second brother Daishan back home to retire, so that he could
The regent Jierhalang who ranked before him could only succumb to him.
Not to mention that Dorgon also took the opportunity to take away the power of Prince Beile to manage the ministry, and gradually took all the power of the court into his own hands.
But who knew that the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, which gave Jierhalang and other opponents a chance to make a comeback. Dorgon had to take the initiative to compromise and give in when facing pressure for the palace.
Daishan also became the regent, and eight additional auxiliary ministers were added.
This is equivalent to the fact that in the future, Dorgon will no longer have the final say, but major military and state affairs will have to be jointly presided over by the three regents and jointly decided and discussed by the eight auxiliary ministers.
These eight auxiliary ministers also received the power to take charge of ministry affairs, such as Duduo in charge of the household department, Azige in charge of the military department, Haoge in charge of the personnel department, Boluo in charge of the rites department, etc.
This is equivalent to the Qing court returning to the era when Nurhachi and Baylor discussed state affairs together. In addition, these thirteen people were granted the title of ****, and they even served as garrison generals in important towns in the world, commanding a group of Manchu, Mongolian and Han troops, including their
Family members and slaves also moved there, which was equivalent to the separation of the Eight Banners.
What was weakened was obviously the central power of the imperial court, the power of the emperor. Now Dorgon was originally the regent and exercised imperial power on his behalf, which was tantamount to weakening his power.
Jierhalang and Daishan were very satisfied with the result, and reached an agreement with Dorgon to stop attacking him for the time being, and work together to focus on dealing with Nanming.
For Dorgon, he paid more this time than last time, but he had no choice. Such a big thing happened. If he didn't take the initiative to cut off his arm to survive, he would have to go to war with Daishan and the others. The current situation
He may not be able to get a good deal, and the internal strife in the Qing court will undoubtedly make the current corrupt situation even more corrupt.
For the sake of the overall situation and for himself, he could only do this.
The situation in the south was so bad that Dorgon realized that now was not the time for internal fighting. He used this to persuade Daishan and his two brothers yesterday. In the end, the two agreed.
Internal fighting is internal fighting, but facing Nan Ming's desperate counterattack, they must go all out.
Although Dorgon was still adamant yesterday and refused to admit that he was deceived by Yan Wogong, at today's meeting of kings and ministers, Daishan, the new regent, came forward to reprimand Yan Wogong, Hong Chengchou and other Han officials for fearing the enemy and avoiding the enemy.
He was passive and incompetent during the war, and at the same time he denounced Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and other Han generals.
Strictly punishing my father for seizing his office.
Hong Chengchou was also criticized for being afraid of the enemy and avoiding the war and working in vain. He was dismissed from his posts in the six provincial economic and strategic offices and recalled to Beijing.
Haoge took control of Xi'an, Wu Sangui attacked Hanzhong, Azige took control of Datong, and Duduo took control of Jinan.
Luck Dehun remained in charge of Huguang, while Bolo succeeded Tan Tai in Xuzhou.
Wu Sangui is in the west, and Hauge is his backup.
Luck Dehun is in the middle and Azig is behind.
Bolo is in the east, and Duduo is in charge.
These three groups of troops were redeployed, but none of them were in a hurry to cross the river. Instead, they were more cautious and planned to restore Hubei in the middle, while Bolo restored Xuhuai in the east.
Don't cross the river first.
We can only use the west route as a breakthrough, first pacify Guanzhong, then capture Hanzhong, and then push into Sichuan. We must first occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
After learning the lesson, Dorgon Daishan and others now plan to proceed steadily.
The 10,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners sent to the south of the Yangtze River last time were all dead, and even 600 Mongolian Eight Banners were sent to the Ming Dynasty. This deeply shocked the Qing court in Beijing, and even the Eight Banner Manchus in Beijing during this period
, there are many families holding funerals every day.
Weeping and wailing every day, which was a huge blow to the Eight Banners.
Jiangning has been lost, and the Jiangnan Ten Thousand and Eight Banners have been wiped out, so there is no need to take risks to save it.
Daishan even proposed to send envoys to negotiate peace at the meeting.
This time we are really negotiating for peace. Last time we just planned to use the peace negotiation as a guise to delay time and send Hongguang and others to cause destruction.
It was a complete failure last time.
This time we still have to negotiate for peace to buy time, but if Nanming is willing to negotiate for peace, then the Qing government is also willing to have real talks. Even if they divide the river to rule, they are now willing to agree.
The Qing Dynasty suffered too much this time and needed to comprehensively adjust its deployment, so it could temporarily agree to divide the river to rule. It could even take this opportunity to recruit Zhang Xianzhong to surrender, instigate Zheng Zhilong, Jin Shenghuan, etc. to rebel.
After this battle, no one, including Dorgon, Jierhalang, Daishan, or the younger generation such as Boluo and Nikan, dared to look down upon the Ming Dynasty or talk about wiping out the South in one battle.
These words will completely destroy the Ming Dynasty.
They had to face up to the Ming Dynasty, and even realized that they might have to fight a protracted war, or even have to accept the situation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties coexisting.
More than a year ago, they could not believe that they could successfully enter the customs and even sweep across the Central Plains with overwhelming force. But now, they no longer have the illusion that they can destroy the Ming Dynasty in one battle.
People teach people, but they can’t teach. Things teach people, just once.
The Ming Dynasty paid half the price to understand the ferocity of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And now the Qing court has also spent the lives of more than 10,000 Eight Banners disciples to understand the power of the Ming Emperor!
An opponent who can hurt oneself is always worthy of attention and even awe.
Dorgon, who was only in his early thirties, could not help but be afraid in front of Zhu Yihai, a commander who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, while the elderly Jierhalang and Daishan, two veterans of the three dynasties, were even more cautious.
"The Han people cannot be trusted."
After the meeting of the Council of Ministers, the three regents sat together again.
"Who knows how many Han people are still enlightened in the imperial court now!"
Dorgon felt aggrieved, but could not refute, so he could only remain silent.
Since entering the Pass, the Manchu and Qing courts and localities recruited and surrendered too many Ming Dynasty officials and generals, accepted too many local troops, and even held imperial examinations to admit scholars.
Even before entering the customs, they had already accepted too many Han people.
To put it bluntly, in the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's campaigns over the years, although the Eight Banners were the main force, in terms of generals, and even in the field of civil affairs and logistics, the Han people's generals were no less or even worse than the Manchus.
Before entering the Pass, there were two major factions of Han generals in the Qing army, the Guanning faction and the Dongjiang faction. The Guanning faction was dominated by Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others, and the Dongjiang faction was dominated by Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and Shen Zhixiang. Others included the Tong family.
, Li Yongfang family, etc.
Another example is Han generals such as Meng Qiaofang and Zhang Cunren, who made great contributions to the Qing campaign.
Now it is impossible to separate even if the Han people cannot be trusted.
Jirhalang added, "These people who surrendered after entering the customs are not trustworthy, especially those from Jiangnan."
Dorgon also nodded in agreement. Thinking of the names Yan Wo Gong, Li Yuchun, Zheng Jiwu, Pan Yinglou, Zhang Tianlu and Tu National Treasure, makes his liver ache with anger.
"It is better to attack Han with Han. We should grant kings and dukes to Wu Sangui, Confucius, Geng Zhongming, Zheng Zhilong and others, split the soil and seal the territory, and let them cross the river to attack Nanming. We, the Eight Banners soldiers, will first guard the north of the river." Dai Shan sighed.
Dorgon was greatly frustrated and nodded silently.