"Then you still need to ask?" Emperor Shunzhi said with a smile, "The two tigers fight, of course, one is killed and one is injured, and we will only benefit in the end!" ”

His words are not without a little reason, because he, the emperor, is not completely empty. Most of the people of the two yellow flags are still loyal to him, the emperor, and among the white flags led by Dolgon, there are also some people who are close to Shunzhi because of Bumu Butai's wooing.

Many of the civil officials with the green flag who were promoted by Dolgon were also loyal to the monarch - the root of the green flag was still the Han landlords in the north, and the identity of the green flag was just a ladder to climb up in their eyes, and the little emperor Shunzhi was the object of their allegiance.

Therefore, there are two yellow flags in the basic plate of Emperor Shunzhi, some of the high-level white flags that have been co-opted, and good minions with green flags.

Oh, and the "second eunuch" led by Wu Liangfu. Azig's control over the court is not as good as Dolgon's, and he doesn't have Dolgon's skills to win over the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Therefore, the eunuchs and maids in the palace were all controlled by Shunzhi and Bumu Butai.

In addition, the four flags, the two red flags, the blue flag, and the green flag, are not the heart of Azig and Duoduo, they are all self-contained. It's just that they were subdued by Dolgon, and now that the two brothers Azig and Duoduo are fighting among themselves, the banner owners of the two red flags, the blue flag, and the green flag and the prince of the eighth point will still be afraid of them?

Bu Mu Butai squinted his small eyes and looked at his son, looking a little worried: "Aren't you afraid that Zhu Cihong will go on a northern expedition to the Central Plains and take away the great country of our Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Don't be afraid!" Shunzhi smiled, "Eniang, didn't Dolgon leave us a countermeasure?" As long as we do it, we will not be afraid of the Northern Expedition of the Southern Ming Dynasty! ”

Dolgon's countermeasure was to imitate the Khitan arrangement, and while trying to run Shengjing as the foundation, while operating the three major strongholds of Beijing, Taiyuan, and Datong in the Guannai, this arrangement was somewhat similar to the situation before the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, but it was more favorable.

Because the Northern Song Dynasty used Kaifeng as a large base to support the Northern Expedition to the land of Yan and Jin. At that time, the Central Plains was not broken, and Henan and Hebei were prosperous and rich places, which were enough to provide food and equipment for the Northern Expedition.

And now Zhu Cihong's regime is based on Jinling, about 2,000 miles away from Beijing, Taiyuan, and Shanxi!

Moreover, the Grand Canal, which connects the north and the south, was also abandoned due to the confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties and the construction of the Huanghuai River - the construction capacity in the 17th century was limited, and there was no way to keep the Yellow River estuary and the canal in Huaibei open at the same time, so you had to choose one of the two. Historically, the Ming and Qing dynasties were both protecting and abandoning Huai, so the Huai River flood is an unsolvable problem.

Zhu Cihong is to abandon Cao Baohuai, of course the Huai River is good, and the two Huai become fertile soil again, almost every year of harvest, but the Cao Yun is over.

Of course, even if he continues to use the "Bao Cao" of killing the people of the two Huai people, he will not be able to save the luck. Because the Shandong section of the Grand Canal is now the dividing line of the confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties, both sides of the confrontation are "ruining" - both sides are building fortresses along the canal, and in order to protect the fortresses, many ditches connecting the canals have been dug, and in order to facilitate transportation, these ditches and other rivers have been dug through.

As a result, many small canals were formed that were connected to the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal has a relatively high riverbed (and sediment accumulation), so the water flows into the small canal, and the Grand Canal is completely impassable. The navigability of the small canals was also limited, and ships could only be sailed during the flood period, and the supply for those forts was sufficient, but it was difficult to support the northern expedition of the large army.

At the same time, Dolgon's policy of dividing the Nine Banners of Angbang Zhangjing in Henan, Shandong and other places led to the emergence of many local tyrants in these areas who were dependent on the Yamen of Angbang Zhangjing.

Because there is no imperial examination system, industry and commerce are not developed, if you want to rise, you can only carry it into the Han army of various banners, and then seal a castle owner, a village owner or something, and become a small feudal lord. And on the territory of the positive green flag, the trend of feudalism is even more obvious! The three prefectures of Jibei, Dongchang, and Guide were occupied by Geng Zhongming, Kong Tingxun, and Shang Kexi, and then they were divided layer by layer.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty-controlled areas in Henan and Shandong have now become fragmented, and there are fortresses of feudalism everywhere, which makes people headaches when they look at it.

Although these fortresses can't stop Zhu Cihong's army, and there may be a lot of "three ministers" and "four ministers" or something, there are also a lot of troubles in this - there are also many people on the Ming side who want to get land in Henan, Shandong and other places!

Therefore, Shunzhi is not very worried about Emperor Zhu's large-scale northern expedition now, he is now sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, waiting to get rid of Duoduo and capture Azig.

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When the Northern Expedition was tense and an internal strife was about to begin, Emperor Zhu in the south really had no intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob.

It's not that he's stupid, but that people who can mix up to now on the table won't be too stupid. If he was ready to take advantage of the fire, then Azig and Duoduo might not fight.

And as long as the two brothers are infighting, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty will be somewhat damaged - people will always die in war! There are so few old Manchurias, and there is one less one who dies......

Therefore, Emperor Zhu is busy with two things now, one is to make up classes; The second is the exam.

It's a military lesson!

He himself also participated in the military cram school of the Prince of Confucius, and together with Li Yan, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui, Wu Sanfu, Shi Kefa, Zuo Maodi and a large number of other people, he listened to the Prince of Confucius's explanation of the war examples-Prince Confucius's cram school was not only one, but there were two classes, one class was run in the Western Building of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and the other class was run in the Nanjing Lecture Hall. The people who participated in the tutoring in the Western Mansion were all high-ranking generals and the emperor himself, and those who participated in the tutorial school in the lecture hall were the elite among the middle and low-ranking officers.

These two groups of people arrived in Nanjing, so the Ming army really couldn't fight, and could only watch Shunzhi, Azig, and Duoduo play.

In addition to the two cram schools, Prince Condé was involved in the organization and training of the Ming army's version of dragoons, known as "musketeers" and nicknamed "mule soldiers". Because they are all configured with one horse and one mule, the horse is the Hequ horse or Yili horse that Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong poured to Emperor Zhu. The mule is a horse mule, that is, the crystallization of the love between the male donkey and the mare, which can be rough-fed, hard-working, disease-resistant and adaptable, strong and durable, and has a long lifespan, which is a hard life of doing chores and tiring work...... With these hard-working mules, the "mule soldiers" can even carry a seven or eight foot long carbine to operate, and occasionally launch a group charge, and their combat effectiveness can be greatly enhanced!

The first group of mule soldiers numbered 4,000, and the basic equipment was a flintlock pistol bought from the Netherlands (a total of 5,000 were purchased, of which 200 were issued to the musket workshop below as samples, and 800 were spare), a sabre, an eight-foot carbine, a pair of light cuirass, and an iron helmet.

In addition to being busy making up classes, Zhu Cihong is also presiding over the first college entrance examination in the history of the Ming Dynasty!

Very high college entrance examination!

Not only do you want to recruit students, but you also have to recruit bachelors and doctors (teachers) of Taixue - that's interesting, right? The future teacher and the student sit in the same exam room, doing the same papers. Those who don't do well in the exam are, of course, unsuccessful! When you do well in the exam, you will do particularly well in the exam...... Then take the next stage of the exam, take the "Advanced Arithmetic" exam or participate in the thesis defense of the "Sub-Treatise on Gewu"!

The former is to do the problem, which is a problem that Emperor Zhu personally came up with. The latter is to select a few as research topics in the "Zi On Gewu", carry out in-depth analysis after unfolding, and then learn the thesis, which will be defended by Emperor Zhu himself - this "Zi On Gewu" is actually the door of "methodology", not one door, but many doors, and what is inside the door must be explored and discovered. Zhu Cihong will not take out everything inside the door, it is too easy to goof, and it is not conducive to discovering geniuses.

If you can pass one of the two exams, that is a doctor of Taixue!

If you can pass all of them, or if you do particularly well in one of them, you will be a university scholar!

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