The final mutiny battle between Hauge and Dorgon took place in the twelfth lunar month.
And because the Qing court had tried its best to block the news, it was more or less delayed for a while. So when all the details reached the Ming court in Nanjing, it was already the first month of the fifth year of Longwu.
The concentration of military power in the north was restored. At least five or six of the Eight Manchu Banners chose to be loyal to Haug. The rest at least did not oppose Haug or supported Jierhalang.
Although tens of thousands of people died in the process, the Qing court regained unity and people with dissident aspirations were purged, which did not give the Ming Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of it.
After hearing the news, all the ministers in Nanjing naturally came to express their congratulations, making Longwu's fifth New Year once again immersed in the joy of prosperity.
Many civil servants who wanted to make some recommendations and suggestions also began to talk loudly about military affairs and advocated that the Northern Expedition should be carried out as soon as possible.
Or maybe they are praising His Majesty's previous wisdom and Prince E's strategy, but they were able to spend the last year of standing still and recuperating, which resulted in the Tatars being internally unstable and finally trying to harm themselves.
According to the praises of these literary ministers, if the Zhushu people were willing to continue the Northern Expedition, wouldn't the last four provinces of the Ming Dynasty that had fallen to the Ming Dynasty be captured and all be recovered?
But some people are responsible for riding the heat, and others are responsible for calming down. Fortunately, the real decision-makers of Ming Dynasty will not be coerced by this kind of fanaticism. They know very well what rhythm they should use to do things.
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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, at a banquet given by the Qianqing Palace during the Shangyuan Festival, Emperor Longwu Zhu Changzi summoned hundreds of officials to honor their relatives.
While the wine was intoxicating, he couldn't help but said to his son-in-law: "Shuren, recently many courtiers have been advocating that the Tatars are in internal strife and have lost tens of thousands of soldiers. This is the time when they are weak. The troops in Henan, Shandong and Shaanxi should be at the right time.
What do you think of taking advantage of the opportunity and advancing to the north to capture Youyou?"
Zhu Shuren immediately stood up, saluted seriously, and said solemnly: "I dare not be arrogant and deceive Your Majesty. I really think that now is not a good opportunity to make progress.
The internal strife among the Tatars has already decided the winner. Although there are many casualties at the moment, the survivors are just at the moment when they are united in their will, so we should wait for a while to wait for them to relax."
Zhu Changzi was a person who always followed the advice and said it harshly and had no opinion. After hearing what his son-in-law said, he stopped insisting and just let the courtiers who advocated a quick war debate with Zhu Shuren on their own.
Zhu Shuren has been in charge of the actual power of the Ming Dynasty for several years, and even the six ministers have been promoted.
Therefore, the only people who can talk to him in the court now are the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Shi Kefa, Zhang Guowei of the Ministry of Punishment, and Jiang Yueguang of the Ministry of Works.
He is responsible for the rest of the Ministry of War, and his father Shen Tingyang is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is impossible for father and son to oppose each other, and the family has already discussed it. As for Wumeicun, the Minister of Rites, although he has the status of teacher and student with Zhu Shuren, he is not the whole
Someone who was promoted by Zhu Shuren is just a rubber stamp.
At this moment, among the officials, Shi Kefa's opinions coincided with those of Zhu Shuren, and only Jiang Yueguang and Zhang Guowei were left to say a few words.
Just listen to Jiang Yueguang say: "In the past, the Wei and Jin Dynasties destroyed Shu and Wu and unified the world. They all said that they used their strength to dominate others. They should be like broken bamboos. If they are less than a few knots, they should be easily defeated.
Now that our Ming Dynasty has liberated more than ten provinces, the Tatars have only four provinces left, including the Liao region, and internal strife has destroyed their troops. Why can't we just go all out and quickly advance troops while the defenders in various places are not yet stable?"
However, Zhu Shuren just shook his head with wisdom: "Jiang Shangshu only knows the first one, but not the second. When the Wei and Jin Dynasties destroyed Shu and Wu and won in one battle, they stepped up their pursuit because they were worried that the enemy country would reorganize effective resistance.
Nowadays, the Tatars control nearly 10 million people in the North with only hundreds of thousands of people. If they are small and powerful, they may not be able to win the hearts of the people if they delay it. It may make the situation worse. Why can't Ming wait a moment?
It should be noted that when Dorgon was there, he won over the Green Camp, divided the northern Han people, and divided them into two parts. Some of them carried flags and became wrappers, or used other methods to make them assistants to the Manchu rulers and enslave other Han people.
This part of the Han people was loyal to Dorgon when Dorgon was there. Now that Hauge is killing Dorgon, he must focus on Manchuria and Mongolia with limited money and food. Those Han people in the Green Camp who have been elevated to a position for only a few years may
Their interests will be harmed and they will gradually become alienated from morality.
Perhaps Haug did not mean to do this, but the Tatars are increasingly in financial embarrassment, and most of their tax-rich areas have been lost. As long as there is a lack of money, even if he does not want to treat his soldiers badly, he has to choose to treat some of his soldiers badly. In this situation, when the late emperor was here, we
Daming also encountered this!
In this case, if we wait for a while in the Ming Dynasty, it is possible that some of the green camps in the Tatars will finally be able to bear the oppression and abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side again. At that time, there will be a real opportunity, and this is one of them."
Zhu Shuren said this with high spirits, paused for a moment, took a sip of water, then stretched out two fingers,
"And according to the latest information, in my opinion, Hauge's rebellion this time was not thorough enough. Although he killed Dorgon, Jierharang is still there——
There was nothing wrong with Ji'erharang himself, and Hauge could tolerate him. But the key was to reassure Ji'erharang that not only the pseudo-emperor Shunzhi was still there, but even the traitorous queen Bumubutai still had a distinguished status.
After all, Jierhalang was the one who reached a compromise with Dorgon and supported the pseudo-emperor of Shunzhi. He could support the overthrow of Dorgon, but he could not support the overthrow of the emperor. Later.
But in Hauge's view, when the two yellow flags insisted on establishing a son of Huang Taiji and Dorgon was riding a tiger, it was the traitor Bumbutai who took the initiative to show her kindness and gave Dorgon a choice and established Fulin. Later, Dorgon
Gun Yehao colluded with Bu Mu Butai and acted like the emperor's father.
Now that Dorgon is dead, can Hauge tolerate it all the time and not worry about avenging his adulterer? Therefore, the Tatar civil strife is not over at all, it is just about dividing the spoils on the surface.
In the follow-up, at least one of Jierharang, the Young Puppet Emperor, and the Traitor Queen Bumbutai will die alongside Hauge Huo, and if the control is not good, several more may die."
Zhu Shuren can speak so categorically because he knows history and knows that Dorgon was called "Emperor Father and Regent" in history. However, in this life, due to the butterfly effect, Dorgon did not have so much credit.
So my status has been unable to rise.
But Zhu Shuren opened his eyes, and he concluded that the adultery or collusion between Dorgon and Xiaozhuang had already happened. Even if they haven't made it clear yet, Hauge will worry about this time bomb sooner or later in the future.
What is Daming so anxious about?
Finally, Zhu Shuren also added a very important point: "Since ancient times, only when teachers have a reputation can they be united. The original intention of the Tatars' internal strife is that after the internal strife, they can make a clear peace with me."
If we, the Ming Dynasty, immediately become aggressive, they will feel deceived, as if we, the Ming Dynasty, are trying to invade their old territory, and thus develop a desire to defend their country and share the same hatred with the enemy, instead of feeling that they are protecting the stolen goods. At that time,
Hundreds of thousands of Manchus fought to the death, and our Ming soldiers would suffer many casualties.
Wouldn't it be nice if we, the Ming Dynasty, postponed the plan and negotiated secretly with Vigilantes to undermine the enemy's fighting spirit? When we slowly find a new excuse for war, we will stay with the Tatars, and then we can use another force to make a name for ourselves.
Even if I, the Ming Dynasty, have full confidence in defeating the enemy, we must try our best to cherish the lives of our soldiers, do not anger the enemy if we can, and do not let the enemy share the same hatred if we can prevent them from sharing the same hatred."
Zhu Shuren knew very well that at any time, the morale bonus in the Patriotic War was higher than that in the Invasive War. If you can prevent the enemy from stacking BUFFs, you must prevent it.
It’s not like you don’t have this condition, so why make it difficult for yourself.
Moreover, Zhu Shuren's words only made sense on the surface. In fact, he had one more thought in his heart:
That is, relying on the foresight of a time traveler, he knew that Jiang Yu, the commander-in-chief of Datong who was in Shanxi in history, later betrayed the Qing Dynasty and raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that history has been changed beyond recognition, Jiang Yu has not yet taken action. But Zhu Shuren feels that given the contrast between the current situation in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the deterioration of the Qing court's situation, Jiang Yu will not be indifferent.
The reason why they haven't taken action yet may be because until last year, Shaanxi had never been pacified, so Hauge had to personally take charge of Shanxi and fight with Wu Sangui of Shaanxi?
Since Hauge personally led a large number of troops right in front of Jiang Yu's eyes, Jiang Yu certainly had no chance to rebel at that time, otherwise wouldn't he be killed on the spot by Hauge?
But now the situation is different. At the end of last year, Hauge returned to Beijing to fight for power with Dorgon. Now that he has obtained power, he absolutely dare not leave Beijing.
After the Manchu troops in Shanxi became empty, maybe Jiang Yu would have a different intention?
Therefore, it is better to wait. As long as the Ming Dynasty inquires about the news in time, and immediately supports Jiang Yu as soon as he hears about it, and the two wings are mobilized at the same time, the Tatars will not be dead by then!
Otherwise, given Shanxi's geographical constriction, if they could attack directly without waiting for internal changes, the Ming army would have to fight hard in the Taihang Mountains. The terrain of Shanxi is also very unfavorable for the attacker's logistical supplies.
Zhu Shuren felt that this opportunity was within his reach and he was willing to devote his time.
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After confirming that they really wanted to make a fool of themselves with the Tatars, and waiting for further deterioration within the Tatars, the Ming court stopped clamoring for the expansion of the Northern Expedition.
On the one hand, he continued to farm and train his troops.
Anyway, the Tatars only have four provinces left, and they are all the bitterly cold places in the north. There is no way they can farm as much as the Ming Dynasty, and the gap will only get bigger as time goes by.
On the other hand, farming in the rear is farming, and the diplomatic work in the front must also paralyze the Tatars, so that they really mistakenly believe that the Ming Dynasty will be willing to have lasting peace, so that the Tatars can further relax.
Of course, both sides also have concerns.
The Ming Dynasty was worried that formal peace talks with the Tatars would lead to the humiliation of betrayal. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of restoring its old capital. Therefore, the formal armistice contract must not be left.
The Qing side also had concerns. Hauge knew that he could take power and could not show weakness as soon as he came up. Otherwise, Chi Guoguo would let the Manchu nobles know that "I killed Dorgon just to negotiate a peace", which would be detrimental to Hauge's prestige.
When both sides were scared of both sides, they unanimously chose secret diplomacy. The two sides only talked and reached a gentleman's agreement in private. They made some substantive actions to ensure implementation, but never left a paper treaty.
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This kind of contact with mutual distrust is of course very difficult. If you make empty promises to someone, the other person won't believe it.
So the whole process dragged on for several months.
The Ming Dynasty naturally needed to send people from the Ministry of Rites to negotiate. After all, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the tribute work of the vassals, which was equivalent to ancient diplomacy. Wumeicun was only a famous scholar and did not understand diplomacy and deception. Several times, the progress was fruitless.
In the end, Zhu Shuren could only be disappointed with him, his nominal mentor at the Imperial Academy, and replaced a few treacherous villains who were good at being the sixth to secretly negotiate with the Tatars. The position of minister of Wumei Village did not need to be touched, but power required
Decentralization frees up part of the equation.
After being replaced by a despicable villain who knows the time and adapts to the situation, the work quickly made progress, and both sides also obtained the guarantee actions needed to maintain peace:
The gentlemen of both parties agreed that as long as the other party did not take any hostile actions, they would not take the lead in rekindling the war.
In order to gain the trust of the other party, the Qing Dynasty had to stop the military pressure on North Korea since the spring of the fifth year of Longwu, stop the harassment of the Ming Dynasty in the newly rebuilt Dongjiang Town in North Korea, and acquiesce in North Korea's surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
This was tantamount to allowing the Qing to acquiesce in diplomacy to those vassal states that were originally forced to the side of the Qing court, abandon the secrets and defect to the Ming Dynasty and return to the Ming flag. It was also a disguised recognition that the Ming Dynasty had suzerainty over other small surrounding countries except the two sides.
The sincerity that the Ming Dynasty wanted to show was Zhu Shuren's promise that he would advise Zhu Changzi, Emperor Longwu, and personally go to Fengyang, the capital of China that was recovered more than a year ago, to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral mausoleum and ancestral temple in Fengyang. The memorial text should show "
The two main culprits of the Jiashen Incident, Li Zicheng and Dorgon, have been executed."
And he also wanted to declare that Zhu Changzi had avenged Chongzhen, and hoped that Chongzhen's spirit would rest in peace in heaven.
Ordinarily, worshiping Chongzhen should not go to Fengyang. He was neither born nor died in Fengyang. But this is just to make the noise louder and make the ceremony more formal, so it is done incidentally.
Once the Ming Emperor's official edict to pay homage to the late emperor was circulated throughout the world, it would be a disguised hint that "the matter of revenge for the late emperor has been completed." Although there are still lands that have not been fully recovered, that is another matter.
, it does not belong to revenge for the late emperor, one code belongs to the other.
The Ming Dynasty's posture of "revenge is complete" can also create an expectation in the world that "there will be no more continuous wars for the time being." Even if the Ming Dynasty goes back on its words later, its internal thinking will be easily confused and it will be difficult to mobilize quickly.
This is equivalent to debuffing one's own rapid mobilization efficiency to win the trust of the imaginary enemy.
Hauge originally did not trust this kind of guarantee, but Zhu Shuren singled out those fraudulent negotiators and carried out his words well. The Qing Dynasty did not have the strength to ask for more, so the matter was let go for the time being.
In contrast, the Qing Dynasty had to stop military pressure on North Korea, which was equivalent to being directly slapped in the face in front of other vassal states. However, the Ming Dynasty only needed Hanlin to write an edict to the emperor to sacrifice the late emperor, which was equivalent to paying no real cost.
, of course Daming made even more money.
After the negotiation was reached, nothing happened for more than half a year, and Hauge and Jilharang's nervous hearts gradually relaxed again.
And Hauge, who had stabilized the situation, became more and more displeased with the traitor Bu Mu Butai, so he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of peace with the Ming Dynasty to take further action.
This traitorous concubine is not his mother's queen! She came to the throne entirely because of her collusion with the traitor Dorgon! When the late emperor Huang Taiji died, Bumu Butai was only titled "Zhuang Concubine", and it was all because of his mother's power after his son ascended the throne.
Zigui becomes the Queen Mother!
If we go by the former emperor Huang Taiji's theory, before the death of the late emperor, his first wife was Bumbutai's aunt Zhezhe. If the first emperor's first wife is the queen mother, we should also respect Zhezhe as the queen mother! Which turn will get the biological mother of the heir?
This theory is absolutely tenable if we strictly follow the Chinese legal system.
Just like in later generations, Xianfeng was beaten out of Beijing by the British and French forces, fled to Rehe, and died there. When he died, he only had one son, Tongzhi, and could only pass the throne to him. But even if Tongzhi must be established, he must first respect the kindness of Xianfeng's wife
An became the Queen Mother, and then it was Tongzhi's biological mother Cixi's turn.
It was only when the Qing Dynasty first took over the Central Plains, everything was in chaos, and the Sinicization was not deep, that Bumbutai teamed up with Dorgon to create an established fact - Huang Taiji's wife Zhezhe is actually still alive today (the sixth year of Shunzhi), but she has been
There is no emblem, and they are simply called "Guozhu Fujin" or "Middle Palace Queen Mother", but there is no official prefix emblem in front.
In contrast, when Bumubutai became emperor in Shunzhi, she already had the emblem of "Empress Dowager Zhaosheng" ("Zhaosheng" is the emblem, and "Xiaozhuang" is the posthumous title. The emblem was given when she was alive, and the posthumous title was
The number is about to die)
Hauge himself did not understand so many red tapes, but after he seized power, he naturally had Han ministers who relied on him to help him with advice.
Therefore, when Dorgon was in power, Hong Chengchou, who did not even get the title of Captain of Light Vehicles, finally got a count this time because he complied with Hauge's seizure of power.
Then Hong Chengchou helped Hauge with advice and asked him to speak out on this point, and secretly taught Hauge a lot of rhetoric.
After hearing this, Hauge was overjoyed and immediately asked Hong Chengchou to write a memorial for him, and then submitted it to the public.
The general idea is that the country should not ignore the fundamental integrity of the country and should add an additional emblem to the late emperor's successor Jin Zhezhe, and the officials who were responsible for giving the emblem to the harem when Shunzhi first succeeded to the throne should be held accountable.
Because the officials at that time omitted the late emperor's wife and only gave the emblem to the biological mother of the heir. This was a heinous crime of disrespect and treason!
With such a serious crime in hand, Hauge didn't want to kill the Queen Mother directly. He just killed the licking Queen Mother's accomplices who had been given the Queen Mother's badge first. Wasn't it easy to catch them?
As a result, a bunch of licking dogs in the Qing court who had been licking the Queen Mother for many years in order to get promoted and make a fortune were directly executed by Hauge on charges of treason. The three clans were implicated. Whoever pleases the Queen Mother more harshly will die.
The worse!
Faced with this situation, Bumbutai could only tremble and pray that Hauge wouldn't touch her. How could she dare to protect those lackeys?
Jirharang originally thought that this would break the balance of power and tried to stop Hauge, but in the end he had to give in because he was unreasonable, which in vain damaged his authority in the court, causing Hauge's power to grow stronger.
There was no way around it. Back then, Jierhalang colluded with Dorgon and Bumbutai to exchange interests. Strictly speaking, he was also responsible for "inadequate supervision" in the process of receiving the title of Empress Dowager.
You are the auxiliary king. Why didn't you correct me when you saw this mess? You still have the nerve to say it now?
As long as Hauge said these words openly and openly in the court, Jierhalang would have no choice but to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
The Manchu emperor was close to senior officials, and many of them were wiped out again because of this incident. Huang Taiji's successor Jin Zhezhe, with the support of Hauge, became a queen mother with a more noble status than Bumubutai and a formal emblem.
.Similar to Ci'an's suppression of Cixi during his lifetime.
But in fact, Zhezhe himself was old and sick. He was a puppet and could not do anything. And historically, Zhezhe died of illness in May of the sixth year of Shunzhi at the age of fifty-one.
In this life, the lifespan of a person like Zhezhe, who lives in seclusion in the harem, is naturally not affected much by the butterfly effect of the outside world.
So just two months after Hauge completed a new round of centralized power purges and elevated her to suppress Bumubutai, Zhezhe actually died of an illness caused by historical inertia.
There is no doubt that there is no suspicion of foul play in Zhezhe's death. He just died of old age.
But Hauge was nervous. He finally suppressed the fake queen mother completely and absolutely, but the real queen mother who had just stepped on him died. How could he abandon this useful chess piece?
Therefore, even if Zhezhe died of old age, he still had to conduct a thorough investigation to see if anyone was poisoning the Queen Mother at this juncture, and whether there were "someone who had lost their interests after Zhezhe was given the official title of Queen Mother and harbored resentment and evil intentions."
And who else could be this person besides Bumu Butai who is "resentful when his interests are damaged"?
Hauge sharpened his sword again and prepared to complete his victory in one battle.
And their internal palace struggle has been raging for several months, and it is impossible for the outside world to hear nothing. After all, so many close servants, relatives and officials have been killed, and many local powerful people who were promoted by Dorgon have also begun to
On tenterhooks, ready to make a move.
Especially when the news reached Shanxi, Datong's commander-in-chief Jiang Quan, who had always been rebellious, felt more and more that the Qing Dynasty was about to end, and it seemed that now was a God-given opportunity to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.