Jingshi, the Forbidden City.

In the past few days, Emperor Shunzhi has been in a very unhappy mood.

First Nanjing fell, and then Wuchang was captured by the Ming army.

In just half a month, two important towns along the Yangtze River were lost one after another, which simply lost the face of the imperial court.

According to the practice of the imperial court, courtiers who lost their land must be arrested and brought to Beijing for questioning.

Whether it is Lang Tingzuo or Hu Quancai, it is no exception.

Mr. Ning suddenly entered the palace to face the saint and pleaded for the two.

Ning Wan is an old minister of the Mandate of Heaven Dynasty, and I followed the left and right after Taizu Nurhachi had just raised troops and established Houjin.

As a Han Chinese, he successively served as a scholar of the Hongwen Academy, a minister of parliament and a prince and prince, and served the emperors of Taizu, Taizong and Shunzhi, and was a true veteran of the three dynasties.

As a strategist, Ning Wan's several key suggestions directly changed the trend of the Later Jin and later the Qing Dynasty.

He perfected the official system, implemented the imperial examination, advocated the strategy of using the Han to control the Han, and kept these minions in the pass obedient, so that they were willing to work for the Qing Dynasty.

In September of the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, Ning Wan, who was close to the age of antiquity, went to the book to beg for rest.

Although Emperor Shunzhi was very reluctant, he had no choice but to grant Ning Wan's request.

Although Ning Wan and I have paid tribute to him, Emperor Shunzhi still values him very much, and will ask Ning Wan my opinion from time to time.

Fan Wencheng, another advisor of the Qing Dynasty, also admired Ning Wan and thought that he was a great contributor to the Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains.

But on the matter of whether to punish Hu Quancai and Lang Tingzuo, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan have completely different opinions.

Fan Wencheng believes that these officials who have lost their land should be severely punished to set an example. And Ning Wan, I insisted that the two of them should be ordered to make meritorious contributions.

Emperor Shunzhi had a headache for a while.

Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I are both very old, and what we say makes sense.

But he could only listen to one person.

In desperation, Emperor Shunzhi had no choice but to go to the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng (Note 1) to inquire.

The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng did not immediately answer Emperor Shunzhi's question, but told him a story.

The story is from an ordinary family in the Central Plains.

The family has been farming for generations, digging in the land for food.

The old man gave birth to a pair of brothers, and the two brothers gradually grew up.

The boss likes to read, and relied on his talent to take the exam before entering the city and county to study.

The second child likes to do farm work, so he follows the old man to farm together.

Later, the boss became an official with the title of the gold list, and the filial piety of the place continued, and he had silver in his hands.

The second child wanted to borrow money from the boss, and the boss lent it to the second child without hesitation.

The second child is very grateful and feels that he is still a reliable brother.

But the money came comfortably, and the second child often stretched out his hand.

The boss had no choice but to say that he would split up with the second child and no longer give him money.

After listening to this story, Emperor Shunzhi understood the meaning of the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, her old man called him Enwei and Shi!

When the emperor can't be too mean, so the courtiers will feel that there is no future for following such an emperor.

But you can't be too good people, otherwise the courtiers will have to make inches, and it will be difficult to manage.

In fact, after the Ming army captured Wuchang and Nanjing, the Qing army still controlled a large area of land south of the Yangtze River, and the sky did not fall immediately.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng felt that Lang Tingzuo and Hu Quancai should be given a chance. This can also demonstrate the generosity and benevolence of the Son of Heaven.

If they can make meritorious contributions, it is naturally the best, if they still do nothing and let the Ming army advance, then these two people will be arrested and punished, and the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty will not be able to say anything.

Instead, the courtiers would praise the Son of Heaven for his grace and authority, and for his proper handling.

Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en.

But when to give power and when to give grace is a science.

Looking at history, all those kings who had the means were able to master this set of skills.

Empress Dowager Zhaosheng hoped that Shunzhi could also master this set of skills.

After Emperor Shunzhi figured out the joints, he still chose to give the two of them a chance, otherwise wouldn't the people of the world say that he was mean and unkind.

He is a person who wants to become the first emperor of the ages, how can he bear these infamy?

Yongli and Zheng Chenggong are just a group of grasshoppers after the autumn, and they can't jump for a few days.

He can wait, wait until the moment when Hu Quancai and Lang Tingzuo are guilty of meritorious service.

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Ningwan's mansion is quite lively today.

Since the beating of him, the officials who came to visit him on weekdays have disappeared, except for the emperor's occasional reward, few people come to the basic mansion.

The one who came today is a popular figure in the Shunzhi Dynasty, the Minister of Parliament and the Crown Prince Fan Wencheng.

Ning Wan is four years older than Fan Wencheng, and he is already sixty-six, and Fan Wencheng is also sixty-two this year.

The two are both veterans of the Three Dynasties, and they are both Han Chinese, so they can be described as sympathetic to each other.

Ning Wan I have lived a lifetime, and I can be described as the human spirit of the human spirit.

Fan Wencheng came this time, and he naturally understood his purpose.

Ning Wan suggested that Emperor Shunzhi let Lang Tingzuo and Hu Quancai go, but Fan Wencheng resolutely opposed it.

In the end, Emperor Shunzhi adopted Ning Wan's suggestion, and Fan Wencheng must have felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Ning Wan, my son suggested that Ning Wan and I simply not see Fan Wencheng, but Ning Wan and I said that he had nothing to hide.

He would rather finish that I have never done anything in my life that is sorry for the Qing Dynasty, and everything is for the benefit of the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that he is different from Fan Wencheng in terms of the means and style of doing things.

Fan Wencheng is more ruthless and does not show any mercy, and his suggestion is to resume the method of continuous sitting, which I strongly oppose.

But in essence, Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng are the same kind of people.

So Ning Wan, I don't think he dares to face Fan Wencheng.

But he said that the people of the Ning Mansion invited Fan Wencheng into the mansion and led him all the way to Ning Wan's bedroom.

Ning Wan, with the support of my son, stepped forward to greet him and said, "Xiandou, Xiandou, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." What's going on today, and what do you have to say? ”

When Fan Wencheng saw that Ning finished my posture, he had no choice but to suppress the anger in his chest first, and said with a smile: "Brother Gongfu, look at what you said." Can't I come to you if there's nothing to do? We haven't seen each other in a long time, haven't we? I miss you! ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after Ning finished, I ordered someone to serve tea to Fan Wencheng.

The two old men over 60 years old said that they didn't have a match, but in fact, they both knew it.

"Ahem, Brother Gongfu, if I'm not mistaken, did you enter the palace some time ago?"

"Well, it's useless to be old. I thought that I could take advantage of the fact that this old bone could still walk around and give the emperor some advice. ”

Fan Wencheng was slightly stunned. He also thought that I would change the subject.

Seeing that I didn't hide it at all, Fan Wencheng simply made it clear.

"Brother Gongfu, you are wise and wise, this time you are really confused! How can you advise the emperor to forgive Hu Quancai and Lang Tingzuo. The two of them have lost the criminals of Wuchang and Nanjing! ”

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Note 1: It is Xiaozhuang, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng is the emblem of the eighth year of Shunzhi, and Xiaozhuang is the name of the name that cannot be used now.