The emperor's uncle, the regent Dorgon, worked here. As the emperor's father, the regent Dorgon, who was not the emperor but was better than the emperor, usually paid more attention to the influence. Under normal circumstances, he would not easily cross the Qianqing Gate to the harem.
However, the young emperor often accompanied his mother, the Queen Mother, to visit him in Wuying Palace.
"King Ama."
Emperor Shunzhi Fulin, who was under ten years old, came in excitedly, followed by Queen Mother Bumbuzhe, "King Ama, the great victory in Guanzhong, have you seen it?"
"The great general of Dingxi, Wu Sangui and others, rebelled against the enemy He Zhen, Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangtai, Hu Xiangchen and others led more than 100,000 cavalry and infantry to invade Xi'an. Meng Qiaofang, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, defended Xi'an. Wu Sangui joined forces with Gushan Erzhen and Mergen bodyguard Li Guohan He and Bayan's other troops arrived and attacked from both inside and outside, wiping them all out and capturing many camels and horses."
"It's great to defeat more than 100,000 thieves in one battle."
The young emperor has already begun to study government affairs. Dorgon will also make a copy of the memorial and send it to the emperor for inspection. Recently, all kinds of bad news and bad news have made the young emperor have nightmares at night after reading them. Now it is not easy. I was so happy with this good news that I couldn't sit still.
"Meng Qiaofang is a very powerful slave. Only a thousand standard battalion was able to defend Xi'an for so long. He reported that his three generals, Zhao Liangdong, Chen De and Ren Zhen, were loyal and brave, especially Zhang Liangdong, who made the first charge into the enemy camp and returned the favor. After killing the fake admiral Hu Xiangchen, I plan to summon this slave to Beijing and make him a bodyguard."
There are many kinds of guards in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they are not the ordinary imperial guards. According to the tradition of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the guards are all selected from the descendants of the Manchu Mengxun Qi.
The duty of the bodyguard is to accompany the bodyguard.
In fact, the guards of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were more like a kind of advanced training class for the noble children of the Eight Banners. Those who could be guards had a bright future, and they were well paid and of high grade.
The bodyguards are affiliated to the Bodyguard Department. The establishment is first-class bodyguards, the third grade, sixty people. Second-class guards, the fourth grade, 150 people. Third-class guards, the fifth grade, 270 people. Blue Ling Guards 56. Pin, ninety people, a total of five hundred and seventy people.
The head of the bodyguard department, the minister of bodyguards, is a first-grade military position. It is the highest rank among military generals. There are six people in total. Two people are selected from each of the three banners.
Internal ministers, from the first rank, six people.
From these ranks, we can know that the guards of the Qing court are very unusual.
The governors, admirals, and governors of the Qing Dynasty were only in the first rank, the general military officers were in the second rank, the deputy generals were in the second rank, the assistant generals were in the third rank, the guerrillas were in the third rank, the assistant leaders were in the fourth rank, the guards were in the fourth rank, and the thousand households were in the fifth rank.
The chamberlain who leads the bodyguard has a higher rank than the governor and admiral, and the chamberlain is also at the same level as the governor and admiral.
The first-class guard is also equivalent to the general, the second-class guard is equivalent to the assistant leader, and the third-class guard is equivalent to the garrison.
After all, these guards are senior guards officers.
Before the Battle of Xi'an, Zhao Liangdong was only stationed at Tongguan garrison. He was actually a junior officer of the sixth or seventh rank. Meng Qiaofang taught him the standard guerrilla training for the Chinese Army, but he had not yet passed the Ministry of War.
Another thing is that Zhao Liangdong is a Han, and he is not even a member of the Eight Banners Han Army.
He is not qualified to serve as a bodyguard, but Fulin wants to grant him a second-class bodyguard, the fifth rank. The rank is lower than the Chinese guerrillas, but Zhao Liangdong's guerrillas are temporary, and this second-class bodyguard is the fourth rank, but the gold content is extremely high .
Dorgon was also impressed by the name Zhao Liangdong in Meng Qiaofang's report, and he had some inappropriate appreciation for the young emperor. He just smiled slightly and did not object.
"Since Your Majesty appreciates this slave, he should be elevated to the banner of the Han Army. He is specially summoned to the capital as a second-class bodyguard."
Being a bodyguard is a kind of reward and a shortcut to an official career. Normally, the qualifications are very strict. Not only are the twelve people in charge of bodyguards, the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Internal Affairs, they can only choose two from each of the three banners. Even the fourth-class bodyguards can basically only choose two.
Choose from the top three flags.
Then there were the children of the Mongolian tribal leaders and the noble sons of the clan.
The Han bodyguards are the smallest, basically including Li Yongfang, Tong Yangxing, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Shi Tingzhu, Shen Zhixiang, Zhang Dayou, Bao Chengxian, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Ma Degong, and Zhang Cunren
, Jin Li, Meng Qiaofang, Hong Chengchou and other disciples can be chosen.
Dorgon also said before that the Han army had thirty-three meritorious deeds.
Basically, they were all famous traitors who were surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Their children were naturally qualified to be selected as bodyguards, but the rest of the Han people, even the children of the Han Army Banner, did not have such qualifications.
Zhao Liangdong was obviously not qualified, but Dorgon didn't mind Fulin calling a Han general as his bodyguard. After all, Fulin called him King Ama.
Although Dorgon is young, only in his thirties, younger than his eldest nephew Hauge, Dorgon only has one daughter and no sons. Moreover, although he made a lot of achievements in the previous battles, he was also injured and left with hidden diseases.
, he was unable to have children again, and old wounds were lingering around him, making him weak and sickly.
Hauge has scolded Dorgon as a sick man more than once.
Perhaps it is for this reason that Dorgon was very kind to his nephew Fulin, and the Queen Mother took this opportunity to take the initiative to ask her son to first respect Dorgon as the emperor's uncle and regent, and now she also respects him as the emperor's father and regent.
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This is why Fulin directly called him King Ama, which means "Father King".
A woman's mind is always very complicated. She hopes that Dorgon can regard Fulin as his own son to assist him. Although Dorgon failed to succeed him before, he has not given up in the past two years, but has continued to seize power.
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This time Dorgon was hit hard, and the regent's position was somewhat unstable. The regent's uncle, Prince Zheng Jierhalang, recommended Daishan as regent.
This matter obviously has the support of the Queen Mother.
But this woman was also smart. Here she appointed Daishan Gong as regent, and there she asked Fulin to honor Dorgon as the emperor's father, regent Prince Rui, and Daishan also honored him as regent Shuli, prince.
She mastered this skill of taking advantage of the fire and playing with balance carefully.
Dorgon had actually seen through this sister-in-law a long time ago, and also understood Fulin's sudden desire to appreciate Zhao Liangdong. It was obvious that this was the woman's instruction, and the intention was not difficult to guess. By promoting Zhao Liangdong as a bodyguard, he not only attracted a capable fighter
The fierce general also took this opportunity to show his gratitude to the old slave Meng Qiaofang.
After all, Zhao Liangdong recognized Meng Qiaofang as his adoptive father.
Dorgon sees through it but doesn't tell it.
This time he failed, his prestige was greatly damaged, and he became more cautious and low-key in his actions.
He turned a blind eye to the little actions of the Queen Mother and Daishan.
Anyway, so what if the Queen Mother summoned Zhao Liangdong into the palace as a bodyguard, so what if she used this to win over Meng Qiaofang?
Wu Sangui and Li Guohan were both his men. They had heavy troops and were good at fighting.
Li Guohan was a member of the Han Army Banner Gushan Ezhen, and was also a bodyguard. He followed his father Li Jixue to the Qing Dynasty in his early years. After his father became an official in old age, he became a third-class baron, served as Emperor Tai Chi, was awarded the title of bodyguard, and was given the title of Morgan.
Mergen has the meaning of wisdom. For example, Dorgon was given the title of Mergen Dai Qing in praise. The Manchu transliteration of this title means wise commander in Chinese. Later, Dorgon was awarded the title of Prince He Shuorui.
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Of course, Gushan Ezhen Bayan, who is now in Guanzhong, is the son of Li Yongfang and the younger brother of Li Shutai, who died in Suzhou before.
Bayan is from Jierhalang. His father Li Yongfang was the first Ming general to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Later, he married the eldest daughter of Abatai, King of Raoyu County, as his stepmother, so he was called Fuxi Efu.
Bayan is the grandson of Abatai, and he himself married the daughter of Dudu, the eldest son of Chu Ying.
Before that, he often traveled abroad with Jierhalang.
But for Dorgon, this is normal. He only needs to win the support of the main Eight Banners leaders, Gushan Ezhen.
Bayan commanded the left wing banner and Li Guohan commanded the right wing, but above them there was He Luohui, plus General Jingxi. He Luohui was with the white flag, Dorgon's confidant and old subordinate. After the previous succession struggle
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Under Dorgon's instruction, Heluohui stood up to attack Prince Hauge of Su and the ministers of the two yellow banners Yangshan, Omoktu, Yichengge, Luo Shuo, etc. for plotting to cause rebellion. Finally, Dorgon took the opportunity to kill Prince Hauge.
, beheaded Yang Shan and others and abandoned the market.
Afterwards, He Luohui also rewarded Dorgon generously, and rewarded him with all the properties of Omoketu and Yichengge, as well as his slaves and maids. He also awarded him the second-class rank of Jia Lazhangjing, and then promoted him to the rank of internal minister.
He was also promoted to the title of Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen in Manzhou.
Hit him with two yellow flags.
It was precisely because Wu Sangui, He Luohui, and Li Guohan were in Guanzhong that Wu Sangui finally agreed to let Hauge join General Jingyuan and General Xi'an to garrison Xi'an.
"King Ama, the Southern Dynasty has suffered such a great defeat, so we, the Qing Dynasty, have nothing to worry about."
Dorgun took Fulin's hand and led him to look at the map in Wuying Palace, telling him where Xi'an was, where Hanzhong was, where Wu Sangui was, where Haoge was, where Zhang Xianzhong was, and where Zhu Yihai was.
After playing with the little emperor for a long time, I sent him away.
Looking at the back of the beautiful woman leading the little emperor away, Dorgon shook his head and returned to the case.
Although Meng Qiaofang, Wu Sangui and others all reported a great victory, they boasted about a victory outside the city of Xi'an and a victory in martial arts at the Haosi Bridge, which wiped out a hundred thousand thieves.
But although Dorgon is only in his thirties, he is also a strong man who has been in battle many times. Would he not know the specific situation inside?
These two battles did indeed relieve the siege of Xi'an, and even rescued the previous corrupt situation in Shaanxi and Gansu. However, this Ming army was just a ragtag group and not a direct force of Zhu Yihai, who was deeply worried.
The Qing Dynasty defeated too many of these so-called 100,000-strong armies. Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, Hongguang's Jiangbei Four Towns, Zuo Liangyu, etc. were all defeated in one blow.
No matter how many defeats you have, there is no reason to be happy.
This battle did not harm Zhu Yihai even a hair. At most, it stopped the situation in Guanzhong from deteriorating.
For Zhu Yihai, the imperial camp was the foundation, while for the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners was the foundation.
As long as the fundamentals are not damaged, it doesn't matter how much you lose to other miscellaneous fish.
Of course, this victory is still very needed for the current Eight Banners and for him, Dorgon, and it alleviates the uneasiness of him and even the entire Qing Dynasty.
This victory also heralded the Qing Dynasty's successful U-turn and the new strategy was taking effect.
Now let Hao Ge sweep away the scattered Ming troops in Shaanxi and Gansu, and Wu Sangui will take the newly surrendered Luo Dai, Guo Dengxian, Dang Meng'an, and Han general Dong Xueli to attack Hanzhong and even conquer Yunnan and Guizhou in Sichuan.
In the next battle, it is still unknown whether Wu Sangui will encounter Zhang Xianzhong or Zhu Yihai Yuying first, but the next battle will definitely be more difficult than the battle in Xi'an.
Winning the battle in Hanzhong was the real turning point.
"Zhao Liangdong, Meng Qiaofang, Bayan," Dorgon muttered these three names, then took out a folding book from his body, picked up the ink pen and wrote these three names on it.
