Chapter Seventy-Three: Expediency
Just the mention of the 200,000 reinforcements mentioned by Dodor and Haug made Dorgon feel a toothache.
What a loser thing this is!
When he entered the customs last year, Dolgon drew all the soldiers and horses that could be drawn, and in the end he only pieced together an army of 150,000, but it was these 150,000 that swept the world, invincible and invincible, and directly took the entire north.
But Haoge and Duoduo and Hong Chengchou did things too beautifully, Duoduo led 80,000 troops to the south, and Haoge also led 28,000 people to the south, but the hundreds of thousands of troops actually had nothing to do with the Jinhua thieves, and now Azig was forced to lead an army of 150,000 to the east to aid Jiangnan.
Dolgon originally thought that with Azig's 150,000 troops galloping to aid Jiangnan, Duoduo, Haoge and Hong Chengchou should not have any major problems, but no one expected that Azig's 150,000 army would not be able to solve the Jiangnan problem after the eastward expedition, and now Li Shutai and tens of thousands of kings are trapped in Suzhou Mansion, Duoduo, Haoge and Hong Chengchou said in unison that they had to transfer 200,000 troops to the south to pacify the Jinhua thieves.
This news not only made Dolgon angry, but also made the Manchurian nobles in Beijing jump, and even scared Prince Daishan, who had been closed for the past two years!
Although the current Daishan does not want to offend people, let alone the regent Dolgon, he feels that Dolgon's statement of "making a big fuss" makes no sense at all: "Even if it is a big fuss between King Yu and King Su, the battle of Jiangnan has reached an unimaginable point, and the Qing Kingdom really can't change the army of 200,000." ”
Now in addition to the armies of Duoduo, Hauge, and Azig who are fighting abroad, the Great Qing State does still have two or three hundred thousand troops in the north, but the problem is that after Hauge goes south, the mobile forces of the Great Qing State have been almost transferred, and if it continues to be transferred, there will definitely be big problems in the north.
Therefore, Dolgon admitted this very simply: "I invite everyone to discuss this matter today, if the British king's eastward advance is also frustrated, I think we have to consider the issue of dividing the river and ruling the country, I have specially asked the Han officials before, in history, the north and the south are confrontations between the north and the south, and only the Great Yuan Dynasty of the Mongols dominates the world!" ”
For Dolgon, this outcome is difficult to accept, but he also has to consider the problem of timely stop loss, after all, the Great Qing State has invested enough in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan has always been a bottomless pit of dissatisfaction, no matter how many troops and resources the Great Qing State invests, it will be a wasted ending.
Now Azig and his 150,000-strong army were the last hope of the Qing Dynasty, and if these 150,000 troops could not save the defeat, Dolgon felt that he had to consider retreating from Jiangnan.
Although the losses in the retreat now are huge, at least most of the main forces of Duoduo and Azig can be withdrawn to Jiangbei, and the situation will definitely be unimaginable if it drags on, if the soldiers and horses of Azig, Duoduo, and Hauge are all lost in Jiangnan, then the Great Qing State may not even be able to maintain the situation of confrontation between the north and the south.
Azig, Duoduo, and Hauge took away almost half of the field armies of the Qing army during their southern expedition, and if these field armies were all lost in the south, the rule of the Qing state in the north would definitely have big problems.
And Dai Shan also agreed with Dolgon's opinion: "It is to consider the issue of dividing the river and governing, I have also asked those Han officials, they all said that the previous dynasties have been confrontation between the north and the south, and the name is to divide the river and rule, but in fact, the two countries are bounded by the Qinling and Huai rivers, since they can't fight, they must consider the issue of peace, of course, the key is still on the British king!"
Dai Shan immediately asked another sensitive question: "The question now is when to stop the shaving order, I heard that the reason why the Jinhua thieves made such a big fuss was because of the shaving order!" ”
When it comes to shaving orders, Dolgon feels that the whole person is going to explode, after all, although he decided to issue the shaving order, the princes and Baylors present all agreed, and now Daishan and the princes Baylor mean that the responsibility for the defeat of Jiangnan is to be put on the shaving order and himself.
Moreover, the hair shaving order has been tied to Dolgon and the Qing Kingdom, and it has become an unshakable basic national policy of the Great Qing State in another time and space, but the Qing army was defeated too badly in Jiangnan, so Dolgon still decided to cut through the chaos quickly: "What Big Baylor said is very true, although the country has entered the Central Plains, and the national clothes should be all over the world, but this matter is really too anxious, and the shaving of hair can be slowed down a little!"
Although Dolgon admitted that he had made a fatal mistake, the three words "Big Belle" still made all the princes and Belles blow up together, and even Dai Shan was startled: "Regent, I can't afford this honorific title, no one has called it that for many years, and I don't want to be this Big Belle, I am now Prince Li!"
Dai Shan is now Prince Li, not the big Baylor who is on an equal footing with Huang Taiji, but how could Dolgon let Dai Shan go so easily, he laughed loudly: "Don't be too modest, the autumn of the country's survival needs Da Baylor to stand up, otherwise this dynasty will not even be able to retreat outside the customs!"
This is exactly the problem that all the princes and Baylor are most concerned about, since the Seven Hatreds raised the army, the Qing Dynasty suffered a serious defeat for the first time, the list of the Eight Banners soldiers killed in the battle is page after page, which scared everyone a lot, and now the Eight Banners soldiers who died in a month are more than the past year or even two or three years combined, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the entire Qing Dynasty will be killed by the Jinhua thieves.
And for all the princes and Baylor here, this is not only a huge disaster, but also a rare opportunity, Dolgon even shouted the title of "Big Baylor", naturally to win them over these princes and Baylor, this is the opportunity that everyone wants most.
And Dai Shan also stood up and said loudly: "I'm old and don't want to move, but for the sake of the two red flags and the country laid down by Amma, I am willing to go to the battlefield again!"
Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief.
Today is finally a fool, and then we have to quickly find a way to deal with the Jinhua thief, and if it continues like this, I'm afraid he, the regent, will have to fall.
And Hangzhou City also set off a new wave of political tide, everyone did not expect that the Ming Dynasty could reach cooperation with the remnants of the Dashun Army, and Li Zicheng's pseudo-queen Gao Shi actually directly became the side concubine of His Royal Highness King Yue.
Now it is not only those righteous men and gentlemen who have eaten the past to stand up against this matter, but many incumbent officials also feel that this matter hurts the national body.
But the opposition obviously has no effect, Liu Yongxi said very clearly, this matter does not need everyone's consent, he and Empress Zhang, Princess Kunxing have reached a consensus and issued an edict, "the national policy is established", everyone should not talk nonsense, and the current governor of Huguang He Tengjiao has already presented the land to the Longwu court, and if the remnants of the Dashun army are not united, I am afraid that Huguang will be owned by the Tang King.
Moreover, the two ministers in charge of the DPRK and China, Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei, are not opposed to this matter, Zhu Dadian was originally a discredited figure who was discredited for doing practical things, and when he encountered this rare opportunity, he naturally applauded and fully agreed with His Royal Highness King Yue.
Another cabinet minister, Zhang Guowei, served as the secretary of the military department for a while, so he first considered the problem from a military point of view, and knew very well that if he could incorporate hundreds of thousands of remnants of Dashun, he would at least be in an invincible position in Zhejiang and Fujian.
Although the mortal enemy of the Yue Ming court is the Qing Dynasty, the small court of the Tang Dynasty in Fujian is the real enemy, especially after He Tengjiao announced his obedience to the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Guowei felt that it was imperative to unite the remnants of the Dashun army.
Lu Zhenfei, another cabinet minister who had just joined the cabinet, had some objections, but he had just arrived in Nanjing and had not made any achievements, so in order to ensure the unity of the cabinet and maintain the most basic respect for the three highnesses, he could only maintain a neutral attitude in this matter.
Since several ministers support His Royal Highness King Yue, this is naturally what His Royal Highness King Yue said, "the national policy is established", and everyone should not criticize the national policy.
The righteous men and gentlemen know very well that if there is too much criticism in this matter, most of the court will impose a name of "Fujian Neiying", and this name is not wronged, who called most of these righteous men and gentlemen have always thought that Tang Wang is orthodox.
In this matter, the Yue Ming court did arrest a lot of people, although most of them were unknowns, but there were also rising stars and incumbent officials who wanted to take this opportunity to fight, and everyone did not know the nobility of the Yue King until now.
Although Liu Yongxi, the king of Yue, was the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, he had been on the front line, and everyone did not have the opportunity to taste his thunderous methods, but now Liu Yongxi did not hesitate to make a ruthless move.
Although most of the people killed were internal spies sent by Nanjing and Fuzhou, these dozens of heads still let everyone understand that they should not do anything against His Majesty King Yue, after all, now the small court of the country is called "Yue Ming", and Liu Yongxi is "King Yue", so everyone can't smash the pot of His Royal Highness King Yue with His Royal Highness King Yue's rice bowl.
What's more, His Royal Highness the King of Yue wants to incorporate the remnants of the Dashun army, and accept Li Zicheng's puppet emperor Cheng Gao as a side concubine is also a very happy thing from a certain point of view, if this matter is done, then the Yue Ming court will occupy an absolute advantage in the south, and the situation of Zhejiang and Fujian will soon decide the winner.
Therefore, this political tide came to an end soon, and everyone was more concerned about the fact that the imperial court was still a grass platform team, and there was a lot of shortage of civil and military officials, when would it be their turn to ascend to the sky.
And Liu Yongxi also talked about this problem: "The three Xiangguo have worked hard, and this time the matter of the concubine was caused by my willfulness to make the three Xiangguo complain a lot, but the reason why I accepted the Gao family as a side concubine is for the country, not based on personal status!"
Among the three ministers, Zhu Dadian has always been the most active: "Your Highness has worked hard, we all understand that the real fearsome thief now is Zhang Xianzhong, not the Gao family and these remnants of the defeated generals, and this is also an expedient measure!"