But for Duoduo and Hauge, the question raised by Dai Shan was to kill them, so they said unequivocally: "Big Belle, we have already said that there are about twenty or thirty thousand people who retreated from Wang Shi across the river to the north, although there are losses along the way, but we finally brought the army back to Xuzhou, and we only hate Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo for not listening to the dispatch, otherwise the situation will never be so bad!" ”

Dai Shan was blown up by Duoduo and Haoge, and this time Duoduo and Haoge fled north to loot all the Jiangbei Qing troops that could be looted, but even so, when they withdrew to Xuzhou, there were at most more than 10,000 people, and almost all of them were defeated by the remnants of the army, and they were not willing to confront the Yue Ming army head-on, and only wanted to retreat to Shandong.

If he really believed that Duoduo and Haoge withdrew 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangnan, Dai Shan felt that his big Baylor was equal to doing it in vain, but he also knew that although he was the nominal Big Baylor, he was even equal to Huang Taiji back then, but this is already a very long history, and now he is only Prince Li, and there is no substantial difference between him and Prince Duoduo of Yu and Prince Haoge of Su.

And he is already old, and he doesn't even care much about the throne after so many setbacks, how can he have such a battle of will with Duoduo and Hauge, so Hauge quickly figured it out: "You said that you would withdraw 20,000 or 30,000 royal divisions, then even if you withdrew 20,000 or 30,000 royal divisions, the biggest question now is whether to defend Xuzhou?" We still have 30,000 horses under our command, and the regent and the Jingshi also let us hold Xuzhou! ”

Xuzhou can be said to be a battleground between the north and the south, Dai Shan was originally ready to hold Xuzhou and felt that he could definitely hold Xuzhou, but seeing the defeat of Duoduo and Dai Shan's remnants made him the first to be disheartened, and Duoduo has said very clearly: "If Big Baylor must stick to Xuzhou, then let the two red flags guard!" ”

Dai Shan naturally couldn't let the two red flag soldiers under his command lose in Xuzhou, and he also felt that since he couldn't even hold Nanjing, what was the point of guarding Xuzhou: "Then let's retreat to Shandong, if we can't take the Huai River as the boundary, we can also consider the Yellow River as the boundary!" ”

Although as long as Dai Shan is determined to hold Xuzhou, with the 30,000 Qing army, he is quite sure to hold Xuzhou, but the problem is that the three princes have such a little capital, and all the capital is lost in Xuzhou, what is the point of holding Xuzhou?

Dai Shan once again felt that he was not a child of destiny, and was always tormented by fate.

Jiangnan government and opposition almost immediately accepted the name of "Emperor Chengtian of the Ming Dynasty" and "Chengtian", although the first year of Chengtian is the first year of Chengtian, but the literati and writers of Jiangnan now do not use the second year of Shunzhi, nor the first year of Hongguang and the first year of Longwu, but instead use the title of the first year of Chengtian in the Ming Dynasty, and the almanac of the first year of Chengtian is desperately rushing to print.

As for the "Empress Yi'an of the Ming Dynasty" and "Empress Shuntian Changping" of the Ming Dynasty, the honorific titles of the government and the opposition are full of praise, although there is no such precedent in both the Ming Dynasty and history, but everyone is very clever to sing praises, thinking that such a system not only solves the orthodox problem but also conforms to the trend of the times, and some people even think that Empress Zhang is too modest, and should add the honorific title of "Queen Mother".

The only objection comes from the honorific title of "Empress Changping of the Ming Dynasty", although this honorific title only has symbolic meaning, and in a sense, the sun and the moon are inherited from the Zhu Ming Dynasty to the Chengtian Emperor, but whether it is a conservative or a radical or neutral faction, the entire Jiangnan Shilin is unanimously dissenting, believing that the title of Empress Changping and the title of Empress of the Empress have all kinds of harm but no benefit, including those conservatives who strongly demand that the Empress and Princess of the Prison State be retained under the system of the Yue Ming Dynasty.

In their eyes, although the honorific title of "Empress Yi'an of the Ming Dynasty Yingtianjian Guobingzheng Yi'an" is a bit nondescript, it is acceptable, but "Empress Changping of the Ming Dynasty" is a flood beast, and there will be endless troubles in the future, and in this kind of dissent, both Liu Yongxi and Empress Changping have decided to withdraw their fate, anyway, they have already understood what the other party means.

At the suggestion of the ministers, Empress Changping's official title has the same word "Bingzheng" as Empress Yi'an Zhang, but the government and the opposition are now concerned not about "fighting for the country" and "fighting for orthodoxy", but about personnel issues under the new official system of the Chengtian Dynasty.

The previous Chengtian Dynasty can be described as a "grass platform team", but the situation is different after the city of Nanjing, not only a lot of new cabinet ministers, scholars, but also a lot of new yamen, for example, Qian Qianyi, who is full of rumors in the city, became the president of the compilation of the "Qing Guozhi".

Although this seems to be an idle job, compiling the history of the country under the Ming system is the fastest path to promotion, so everyone is cursing Qian Qianyi for dedicating his wife to seek glory while trying to find the same good job for himself.

Moreover, there are many newly established yamen that have never been seen in the history of the Ming Dynasty, or even unheard of, such as the Hanlin Academy of Science, everyone can't figure out what this Hanlin Academy is all about, and after inquiring for a long time, I learned that it is the department in charge of all firearms, artillery and military technology.

In the past, this business belonged to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, and it was the most inconspicuous small yamen of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, but now that the Chengtian Dynasty has set up such a new scientific Hanlin Academy in addition to the Hanlin Academy, everyone feels that the situation is completely different.

It's just that although everyone thinks that this "Scientific Hanlin Academy" is purely freak, and many gentlemen from Hanlin have rave reviews of the Scientific Hanlin Academy, but everyone's attention to the "Scientific Hanlin Academy" has also reached a new height.

Whoever can grab a good position in the Academy of Science and Hanlin will naturally be able to rise to prominence in the future, but now the new Yamen of the Chengtian Dynasty is not only a "Science Hanlin Academy", but also the "Prime Minister's Overseas Affairs Yamen" has been set up in addition to the Lifan Academy that restored the Yuan Dynasty, and the specifications are very high.

Although it was the early creation of the new dynasty, these new yamen may not be able to go smoothly, but there are official vacancies if there is a yamen, and the Yue Ming army has won on the two fronts of Jiangxi and Jiangbei, so everyone is naturally enthusiastic.

And Liu Yongxi also made the last strategic plan of the year on the map: "Inform the Jiangbei army to postpone the pursuit to the north when they enter Xuzhou, that is, who will guard Xuzhou is really a headache, and this place must at least send a dog to watch the door!" ”

Although Liu Yongxi said something funny, Mrs. Xing and Empress Zhang both knew that Liu Yongxi had high hopes for the Xuzhou guard.

However, Xuzhou, as the number one town in the north of the Yue Ming Dynasty for a considerable period of time, does have to choose the most capable general to guard, after all, although there is a suggestion of a northern expedition below, but everyone knows very well that hitting Xuzhou is basically the limit of the Yue Ming army, and there will definitely be big problems further north, and the next period of time must stop and slowly digest the recovered Jiangbei territory.

Now the logistics line of the armies in Jiangbei is getting longer and longer, and the further north it is, the easier it is to give full play to the cavalry and archery skills of the Qing army, not to mention that unlike the newly conquered Jiangnan region, the Qing army controlled most of Shandong in the first year of Shunzhi, and in the second year of Shunzhi, it controlled the whole province of Shandong and established a fairly solid rule, so both Mrs. Xing and Liu Ru suggested that Liu Yongxi stop and digest the fruits of victory after recovering Xuzhou, and Liu Yongxi is naturally good.

And Zhang Huangxin immediately laughed: "This is something that Xiao Xi has to decide, it depends on who is in the emperor's heart now?" ”

Liu Yongxi shook his head and said: "It's not easy to defend Xuzhou, my expectation for him is that even if the Qing army moves south, he can hold Xuzhou for three months!" ”

Although singing all the way in Jiangbei, the attention of the Chengtian Dynasty was still attracted by Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi anyway, since Jin Shenghuan played the banner of the Longwu Dynasty and joined forces with He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang of the Longwu Dynasty, he naturally became the henchman of the Yue Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Liu Yongxi asked to hold Xuzhou for three months was naturally because after the New Year, he would concentrate the main force on a large-scale westward expedition, and the Qing army would definitely seize this opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack, and Liu Yongxi felt that in order to be foolproof, he must have the ability to hold Xuzhou for three months.

Mrs. Xing felt that this matter was indeed a bit difficult to do: "If Jianyu goes south again, I am afraid that he will bring a red-clothed cannon, and it is not easy to hold Xuzhou for three months in this situation." ”

Liu Yongxi nodded and said: "Now that there are Zhou Zhisheng, Wang Puxiang, and Zhang Huangyan in Jiangbei, it is naturally easy to deal with Daishan, Duoduo, Haoge and others, but if Jianyu wants to move the country south, Xuzhou must send a tiger to guard it!" ”

Mrs. Xing and Liu Yongxi have been together for almost a year, and they immediately guessed what Liu Yongxi meant by "the whole country going south": "Xianggong means that Dolgon will personally lead the army to the south?" This is unlikely, Duoduo and Hauge have gone south this time, but the whole army is gone, and Jianyu actually dares to march south! ”

In the eyes of Mrs. Xing and Empress Zhang, the southern expedition of Duoduo in the second year of Shunzhi was simply a disaster, although the first time to conquer the entire Jiangnan, but due to the shaving order and the counterattack of the Yue Ming army on the whole line, not only the Duoduo army was almost wiped out, but even the Haoge department that came to aid Duoduo also ended up in the same fate, which was an unprecedented failure for the Qing Dynasty to shake the country.

But Liu Yongxi spoke highly of Dolgon: "Although Dolgon is the biggest enemy of my Chengtian Dynasty, I have to admit that this is a very remarkable character, if it is not for me and my sisters to work together, the well-dressed Nandu is almost a dream!" ”

Although the shaving order delayed the unification of the whole country by several decades, Liu Yongxi also had to admit that the foundation of the unification of the world by the Qing Dynasty was laid by Dolgon in the first and second years of Shunzhi, especially in the second year of Shunzhi, when the northern part had not yet been fully integrated.