The Manchurian soldiers sent by Marseille were really different, and it took only three days to go directly to Qianjiang County to get a copy of the document sent from Chongqing. When Marsai and Kachuha saw this text, there was no reason not to believe it.

The two of them can't go to Sichuan now, so they went back to Yidu directly, this time they accelerated their march, and it took only six days, that is, after returning to Yidu on the first day of October, they notified Yu Dahai, the general of Xiangyang, to prevent the attack of Kuidong's Ming army.

Then the two sent people north to report to the imperial court, and also reported to Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, and asked him to reorganize his military equipment to defend against the Sichuan Ming army to attack Huguang.

After Zhang Changgeng received the news, he immediately felt that the sky had fallen, and now most of the troops in Huguang were taken to Yungui by Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, and Yuan Kuoyu, the governor of Biyuan. In the whole Huguang, there are only 4,000 people from Yuhai in Yidu, Dong Xueli, the governor stationed in Chenzhou, and Hu Maozhen, the general soldier of Changde, a total of 15,000 people. In addition, only the sailors had 30,000 people, stationed outside Dongting Lake in Yuezhou and Wuchang City. Now let yourself transfer troops, there are still troops in the entire Huguang that can be transferred.

Zhang Changgeng had no choice but to report to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to transfer troops to Huguang to garrison, while asking Dong Xueli and Hu Maozhen to immediately lead troops to Jingzhou to defend.

Zhang Changgeng's information was sent by Marseille and others, of course, not as fast as Marseille's messenger. Marseille's messengers entered Xiangyang Mansion directly from Jingmen Prefecture, and then entered Henan through Xiangyang, so it took only seven days for the general's report to enter the palace.

Shunzhi was not going well these days, originally a month ago, it was reported in Nanjing that Zheng Chenggong was defeated. And the losses are heavy, and it is estimated that there will be no more strength to invade in the next few years.

Shunzhi just gave several of his ministers a blow, and wanted to reward several officials who had performed well in the defense of Nanjing. As a result, the next day, the minister impeached the officials of Nanking for collaborating with the enemy and surrendering. Shunzhi lost his temper with the concerto, and said to Sonny and the others: "Look at it, this is my courtier of the Qing Dynasty, I gave them high-ranking officials, how they repay me." ”

Looking at Shunzhi who was angry, the ministers and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace immediately knelt down, and waited for Shunzhi to finish scolding. Sonny said: "Your Majesty, these are just reports, and the specific situation has not been verified, so I think it's better to suppress it first, and then send someone to visit secretly." ”

Su Keshaha also said: "Lord Suo is reasonable, Your Majesty, now that Jiang Ning has just repelled Zheng Wei's attack, at this time, it is necessary to investigate and deal with the heroes, I am afraid that it will be a lot of turmoil." ”

Originally, Shunzhi was in a bad mood this year, but Concubine Dong gave birth to a son in October last year. But Shunzhi was so happy that he said that this was his first son, and he wanted to be the prince directly, but before he could do this, his son died after only four months.

Concubine Dong E has just finished giving birth, and her body has not yet recovered, and now she has experienced the pain of losing her child, and she suddenly can't afford to get sick. Shunzhi is not only sad himself, but also worries about Concubine Dong E's body day and night, so he will not be happy. Originally, Jiang Ning defeated Zheng Chenggong, and he was finally happy, but before he could calm down, the scandal of Jiang Ning officials colluding with the enemy and surrendering broke out.

Immediately, Shunzhi's good mood was swept away, and when he saw that Sonny and Sukh Shaha were still here to say good things for these officials, he immediately scolded: "What? They have done such ugly things, and they want me to bear with them, and I tell you, I will never endure them again, do they think they are Dorgon? ”

Shunzhi was also angry, and said it casually, but he forgot that Dolgon was not an ordinary person involved. Suddenly, the few people who knelt did not dare to answer. Shunzhi may also react, and said: "These people must be dealt with, and quickly, otherwise other officials will follow suit, and my Daqing Dynasty is not the same as Qianming?" ”

Sonny saw Shunzhi say this, if he persuaded him again, he would become the same as those ministers who surrendered in the former Ming. But if you don't persuade it, if this will continue, and the meritorious ministers will be killed, wouldn't it mean that the Qing Dynasty will not tolerate capable ministers.

Sony had no choice but to say: "It's okay for the emperor to deal with these people, but he has to change his method." He secretly ordered Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, and the general of Jingnan, Kakhamu, to secretly arrest the officials involved. In this way, other officials will not be too opposed, and Lang Tingzuo and Kakhamujiu are in Jiangnan, and they are also familiar with the facts, so let them deal with it, and there will be no turmoil in the local government and affect the taxes of the imperial court in Jiangnan. ”

At this time, Ao Bai also said: "Yes, your majesty, now that the southwest has been using troops for a long time, the imperial court's food and salary consumption is too great, if there is a problem with the Jiangnan tax, the war in the southwest will drag on for a long time, and it will inevitably affect the stability of the Qing Dynasty." ”

After Shunzhi heard this, he said: "Okay, send someone to Lang Tingzuo and Kakhamu to arrest the officials involved." Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangning, and the commander Guan Xiaozhong were arrested and sent to Beijing for strict interrogation. ”

Sonny was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, why did you name and arrest these two people?" Shunzhi thought that the Minister of the Interior next to him, Bahana, waved his hand, and Bahana handed a few copies of the music in his hand to Sony. At that moment, Sonny, Ao Bai and others were shocked when they saw it, and this was all about the impeachment of Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangning.

In fact, who these people want to impeach, everyone knows that the Han officials in the court, especially those from Jiangnan, have long wanted Lang Tingzuo to leave Jiangnan. Because at the beginning of the year, Lang Tingzuo had to pay off the arrears of all parts of the Jiangnan, that is, to use various means to owe and evade the imperial court taxes to the gentry in the past. Now let them pay all the previous taxes, this is robbing everyone's property.

Of course, these Jiangnan officials don't do anything, and they always find various reasons to transfer Lang Tingzuo. But Lang Tingzuo's military achievements are so great that no one can easily impeach, so he has to take a step back and impeach Jiang Guozhu. Now Shunzhi is just the right thing for people to pull Jiang Guozhu out and Lang Tingzuo to block the limelight.

After reading it, Sony said: "Your Majesty, there is no impeachment of allegiance here." Shunzhi snorted coldly: "Guan is loyal and incompetent, when Zheng Cheng came to attack, he took thousands of elites in Manchuria with me, and the whole army was wiped out, if he is not punished, my Manchurian sons of the Qing Dynasty are still willing to die for the imperial court?" How can I give an explanation to the families of those soldiers who died in battle? ”

After listening to Shunzhi's words, Sony and others did not object, which is indeed an excellent reason, after all, the Qing Dynasty is the Great Qing of the Manchurians. Saying that, Shunzhi gave an order, and all the messengers came out.

But other people in the court thought so, and when they saw that Lang Tingzuo didn't have anything, the officials from Jiangnan began to make trouble again. It was useless to impeach Jiang Guozhu, and these people turned the spearhead and began to impeach Ma Fengzhi, the governor of Su Song Changzhen.

In just three days, Sun Guangci secretly impeached Ma Fengzhi and said: "When the sea enemy invaded Jiangning, he didn't go to help; and the enemy's re-attack on Chongming was defeated by the officers and soldiers, and they asked for surrender on their behalf, and skillfully resorted to delaying the army."

also colluded with local officials Liu Zhiyuan and Su Songxun to report to Ma Tengsheng successively: "Huang Zhengming, the puppet soldier department in Zheng Wei's army, was originally a key criminal who had not been arrested for many years, and after being caught by Ma Fengzhi, he was originally going to be escorted to Beijing to ask for the crime. Huang Zhengming's nephew, Huang An, sent Chen Jin, a fine worker, by sea, to solicit bribes and arrange for him to help Huang Zhengming escape. ”

Li Ke also said to Ma Fengzhi in the incident: "The situation of collaborating with the enemy is very obvious, when Jiangning was besieged, let him go back to the rescue, Ma Fengzhi actually did not listen to the order, but between the two counties of Su and Song, the fish and flesh invaded, and the desperate person was invincible." ”

In this way, Shunzhi was immediately furious, and immediately sent Lang Niman, the servant of the Punishment Department, to Jiangnan to review Ma Fengzhi with Liu Zhiyuan and Lang Tingzuo.

Seeing that a month has passed, the results of the trial have also come out. After Shunzhi saw it, he was immediately furious. Summoned Bahana and the others: "Look at it, this is my loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, at that time, everyone said how hard they used their lives to kill the enemy and how loyal they were to the Qing Dynasty, but now they are not all exposed." ”

At this time, Sonny and the others didn't dare to intercede anymore, and only heard Shunzhi say: "Jiang Guozhu was exempted from death, dismissed, and enslaved by this king." Pledge allegiance to avoid death. The governor of Ge and the hereditary office, the whip is one hundred, and the library of the Xin is a slave, and there is no family property. The co-leader Fei Ya lived in Baturu, Zalbu Baturu, and Kuge, and was hanged. Niu Lu Zhang, Jing Dangdu, Barong, Budash, and all dismissed. Vertical stranding. There is no Niu Lu Zhangjing Kafona, Chadu, Tuohui, Buyan, Xifonne, and all dismissed. Avoid the death whip and a hundred members are not slaves. ”

Sonny and Suke Shaha were shocked when they heard this, and the emperor was going to kill all the officials in Jiangning at this time. As soon as this will is issued, will there still be people in the entire Jiangnan who will work for the Qing Dynasty?

As a result, Shunzhi didn't finish speaking, and said ruthlessly: "Ma Fengzhi is guilty of copying the family, and the whole family will be punished." Sonny knelt down directly and said: "Your Majesty, you can't do this now, I know that the emperor hates these courtiers and is not angry, but now that Zheng Wei has just returned to the sea, the court is so wantonly killing, I'm afraid that the place will make waves again." ”

Suke Shaha also said: "Yes, the emperor, the emperor wants to kill Ma Fengzhi, we have no opinion, but the other generals are all fighting bloodily for the Qing Dynasty, and now that the war has just passed, this is also harmful to the righteousness of the imperial court." ”

Shunzhi glanced at Bahana, and Bahana also knelt down and said, "What Sonny and Sukhshaha said is reasonable, and such a punishment is indeed a bit excessive. Shunzhi saw that everyone did not support him, and suddenly hesitated.

At this time, Wu Liangfu shouted outside: "Your Majesty, there is a rush of Marsai and Kachuha. Shunzhi heard that it was a hurry and said, "Send it in." Sonny and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief, if Shunzhi was determined to kill Jiangning's officials, I am afraid they would not be able to stop it. Now that there is such a military report to disturb it, maybe Shunzhi will agree.

But what Sony and the others didn't expect was that after Shunzhi read the military report, his face became even more ugly. said: "Li Guoying is a rice bucket, Cheng Tingjun should be killed, and Liang Jiaqi should be killed." ”

When Sonny and the others heard this, they suddenly said in their hearts: "Oh no, this is bad news again." Sure enough, Shunzhi said: "Marsai and others said from Huguang that Li Guoying died in Sichuan, and now Chongqing is also lost." ”

Sony and the others were shocked, and said: "Didn't you say two months ago that it was just a chaotic people, why did Li Guoying also lose the battle?" Did Li Guoying deliberately exaggerate when he saw Wu Sangui and others leading the troops away, and he was afraid of himself. Sonny said: "Don't talk nonsense, this is Marseille's recital, Li Guoying knows it." ”

Shunzhi said: "Li Guoying died in battle, Liang Jiaqi in Chongqing also died in battle, and Cheng Tingjun and Li Guoying died together." Sonny suddenly couldn't believe it: "How is this possible, even if Wu Sangui took away most of the army, but there is obviously no large Ming army in Sichuan, how could he be killed." ”、

Ao Bai said: "Your Majesty, when we discuss what is going on now, we must immediately send troops to encircle and suppress this group of Ming troops, otherwise the whole of Sichuan will be eroded at that time." ”

Sukh Shaha said: "Aobai is right, they must not be allowed to develop, they must be eliminated as soon as possible. Shunzhi looked at the report in his hand and asked, "Where are we going to transfer troops now?" A large number of the Eight Banners of the Jingshi had already gone to Yungui, Huguang's army had also followed, and Hanzhong had also been taken to the southwest by Wu Sangui. Now the armies of Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangnan have to beware of Zheng Wei. ”

Ao Bai said: "In this way, we will directly transfer the northern army to quell the rebellion." Wang Yizheng, the chief soldier of Xi'an, had 5,000 people under his command, and there were 3,000 standard battalions under the governor of Shanxi. Shaanxi Governor Zhang Zide also has soldiers in his hands. Sonny said: "These are far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and the rebels in Sichuan can't enter Sichuan at all if they hold the road from Hanzhong to Sichuan." ”

Ao Bai was stunned for a moment and said: "Then there is only one way to send troops from Huguang, or only to let the army that entered Yungui return, but now that the attack on Yongli has reached the last moment, we can't withdraw our troops." ”

Shunzhi said suddenly: "How long has it been since we received Yungui's report?" Shunzhi suddenly came out of this sentence, and immediately stopped a few people, and no one asked this question. Now when I was asked by Shunzhi, I found that it seemed that I hadn't received a report from the southwest for some time.

Suddenly, several people were shocked, and a thought couldn't help but pop up in their hearts at the same time: "Nothing will happen to the southwest." "Ao Bai and Sukh Shaha are better, Bahana and Soni are indeed in a cold sweat, they know how much silver the Qing Dynasty has used in order to pacify the southwest, and there is no silver in the current treasury, so the imperial court will acquiesce in the plundering of the Qing army in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

Originally, I heard that Zheng Chenggong was defeated, and I thought that Jiangnan's taxes could finally be stabilized. Coupled with the repayment of the arrears reported by Lang Tingzuo, this makes everyone see hope, but if there is a problem in the southwest now. Can the Qing Dynasty come up with a lot of money and food to rebuild the army? What's more, there are so many soldiers of the Eight Banners, if something happens to these people, how will they explain to the Manchurians of the Eight Banners.