Empress Zhang was originally very dissatisfied with the fact that Empress Gao asked for the title of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" without even saying hello, not to mention that the word "Fengtian" is really a bit taboo.

Although "Fengtian" can be interpreted as Empress Gao wanting to worship Liu Yongxi, the Emperor Chengtian, as her true son, the problem is that in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng once played the banner of "Generalissimo of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness", and Liu Yongxi also had the title of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" before, and now Empress Gao and the remnants of the Dashun Army ask for the title of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" In a sense, they want to summon the soul of Li Zicheng, indicating that they have not forgotten their special identity as the remnants of the Dashun Army.

In fact, the situation is even more complicated, the civil official who originally proposed the "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" did not read much, and felt that since there were three numbers of "Yingtian", "Shuntian" and "Chengtian", it was natural to use the name "Fengtian".

Although the old department of the Dashun army was able to be crowned a marquis and a prince, after all, he was born as a thief and felt that he had to show his strength to the imperial court to ensure that it was foolproof, and when he heard the word "Fengtian", he thought of the old thing of "Generalissimo Fengtian advocating righteousness", which naturally added fuel to the fire, and felt that the name of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" was the best choice, so that the imperial court understood that if they were not appeased, they would definitely provoke a second Li Zicheng.

And although Empress Gao felt that the name "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" was a little inappropriate, everyone agreed that it would be difficult for her to stand up and oppose it, and this was also a test for Emperor Fengtian, if Emperor Fengtian was not satisfied with her name, it would not be too late to change her name.

But now that Liu Yongxi has not expressed his position, Empress Zhang can't stand it, and always feels that the name "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" hides a murderous intention, and Liu Yongxi immediately said: "Then according to Sister Yan's meaning, let Jingzhou think of another name, Sister Yan is completely different from her!" ”

Hearing Liu Yongxi say this, Queen Zhang changed her mind instead: "According to my meaning, then there is no need to change, but Xiao Xi must clean them up when he arrives in Jingzhou, and Xiao Xi can't be too soft-hearted when the time comes!" ”

Liu Yongxi felt that Empress Zhang's attitude was very interesting: "Then do it according to Sister Yan's wishes!" ”

It's just that Empress Zhang immediately changed her mind: "For the Gao family and the Dashun army, it is still according to Xiaoxi's intentions, Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Huguang, and it doesn't count, or Your Majesty will judge according to the actual situation in Huguang!" ”

She felt that although the Gao clan and the remnants of the Dashun army were hateful, they had been included in the political framework of the Chengtian Dynasty after all, and there should not be too drastic changes, and more importantly, even if they took Huguang and even Sichuan, they were still very far away from the world's Dading, and it was not yet time for the birds to hide their bows.

And Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "Sister Yan is really my virtuous helper, I am relieved to have Sister Yan in Nanjing!" ”

It's just that Dolgon's view on this issue is completely different from Liu Yongxi's, and he said very clearly: "The terrible thief in Jinhua is only Liu Yongxi, and if Liu Yongxi, the thief, is not in Nanjing, what can Zhang Yan do as a woman!" ”

Although Dolgon said that it would be easy to take Nanjing, Duoduo had been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the Yue Ming army, and although he tried his best to rebuild the various Niu Lu and battalion heads under his command during this time, compared with last year's southern expedition, it was at most one-tenth of the combat effectiveness, so he was really unwilling to set foot in the real bottomless pit of Jiangnan again.

Therefore, although he was the general of the defeated army, he was the first to stand up against Dolgon: "Regent, although there is only one woman in Nanjing, but now there are Zhou Zhisheng, Wang Puxiang, Zhang Huangyan, and Zhang Boyi on the occasion of Jianghuai, and it is not easy to break through Jianghuai and force Nanjing!" ”

Dai Shan also felt that this matter was not easy, and he said very clearly: "Last year, the soldiers of the expedition lost tens of thousands of people, almost shaking the country's foundation, and this year we have to go south again, I'm afraid it will not be easy!" ”

Dai Shan was the big Belle who was on an equal footing with Huang Taiji, although he had taken back to the second line and didn't even have much interest in the throne in the past two years, but his status was here after all, so Dolgon had to reply: "This year I have to go south, and the Jinhua thieves only occupy one province in Zhejiang, and they have already lost tens of thousands of people to Wang Shi, if they let them take the entire south, what will my Great Qing Kingdom use to deal with them?" ”

All the princes and Baylor present had to admit that Dolgon had a point, but Duoduo took out his bookbag: "I heard the Han people say that only Zhu Ming has done it since ancient times when the south invaded the north, but at that time, it was also the Mengyuan civil strife that the Ming Kingdom had a chance!" ”

The Northern Expeditions of all dynasties and dynasties almost ended hastily, but Dolgon's views were different from those of Duoduo and Daishan: "This southern expedition is different from the second year of Shunzhi!" ”

Hauge finally dared to speak: "What's the difference?" ”

Dolgon immediately said: "In the second year of Shunzhi, I was preparing to fight the world, but this year I am ready to harvest when I see it, and go to the Southern Dynasty to cut wheat and grass grain, not necessarily to conquer Nanjing, nor to fight the Huai River......"

It's just that Dolgon's expression suddenly became serious: "But no matter what, Xuzhou must be taken down, whose decision is it to give up Xuzhou?" ”

Don't look at Dolgon, who has always been cautious in the Emperor's Taiji Dynasty, since he became the regent, he has a kind of royal demeanor, and he asked angrily, whether it was Daishan, Duoduo, or Hauge, he didn't dare to answer.

After all, with the situation at that time, the Qing army did have a chance to hold Xuzhou, and from the military situation of the confrontation between the north and the south, the north must also hold Xuzhou, and Dolgon specially asked the scholar Fan Wencheng to bring the map and said: "After Xuzhou fell into the Jinhua thieves, both Shandong and Henan can only fortify and defend passively everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will retreat to the Yellow River, so we must take Xuzhou back!" ”

Although the individual princes and Baylor present felt that it was also an acceptable plan to retreat to the north of the Yellow River and confront the Chengtian Dynasty across the border, they also knew that proposing such a plan politically was tantamount to self-death, after all, the Yue Ming Dynasty, which only occupied the southeast, was already so terrible, and if they really wanted to occupy the south of the Yellow River, I am afraid that the Great Qing Kingdom would have no place in the Guannei.

Therefore, Dai Shan only raised one question that he was most concerned about: "Are you really going to accept it when you see it this year?" The elite soldiers and strong generals of the Jinhua thieves are all by Liu Yongxi's side! ”

Although Liu Yongxi's personal expedition to Huguang represented the temporary departure of the most elite field groups of the Chengtian Dynasty from Jiangnan, only these field groups existed, and even if the Qing State took Nanjing, it did not mean that the Chengtian Dynasty was completely solved.

And Dolgon said very clearly: "This national expedition to the south, although it is prepared to be accepted when it is good, but it is also for the peace of a generation, only by completely beating the Jinhua thieves and forcing them to agree to the Qinling Huai River as the boundary, we can persist in the north for a long time, if we don't hurt the Jinhua thieves, I am afraid that we will chase after us outside the border!" ”

When Dolgon said this, all the princes and Baylor had already understood that if the Yue Ming army won many battles on the battlefield and won every battle against the Great Qing Kingdom, then even if the Great Qing Kingdom wanted to negotiate peace, the Chengtian Dynasty would never agree to it and was constantly planning the Northern Expedition.

The rule of the Great Qing State in the north and outside the Guanxi is completely based on force, but the foundation of this kind of military rule is extremely weak, and the real use of the Great Qing State is only a few hundred Niu Lu.

The reason why the failure of the southern expedition last year almost shook the country's capital was because of the loss of too many Eight Banners Niulu, and now all the princes and Baylors present don't know how many Eight Banner armor soldiers have been lost under Duoduo and Haoge, and even Geng Zhongming was annihilated by the Ming army, and only Kong Youde contained nearly a thousand remnants.

In this situation, as long as the Yue Ming army has a few more battles of annihilation or even a war of attrition in which both sides lose, the Great Qing State may not shake the country's foundation, but completely destroy the country!

After all, the manpower and material resources of the Yue Ming Dynasty after the unification of the south were far superior to those of the Qing Dynasty, and now there is clear information from the south, that is, Zheng Zhilong of Fujian has presented the land to the Jinhua thieves, and the territory ruled by the Chengtian Dynasty and the people and material resources that can be mobilized have made great progress.

Therefore, the princes and Baylor obviously felt that it was extremely risky to continue the southern expedition this year, but in order to keep the fruits of victory that had already been obtained, they should still carry out a southern expedition that would be harvested at the sight of the good, at least to get the Xuzhou Mansion back, but Dolgon did not consult them but asked Haoge: "King Su, do you want to recover Xuzhou?" Many people quit Xuzhou is your decision! ”

Hauge already had a sore foot in Dolgon's hands, and this battle of Jiangnan as the culprit had already become a frightened bird, so as soon as Dolgon asked him, he immediately said: "Of course, we want to recover Xuzhou, if we don't take Xuzhou, what will we take to negotiate terms with the Jinhua thieves, only by taking Xuzhou can we have the capital to negotiate peace!" ”

Dolgon's fierce eyes turned to Duoduo again: "What does King Yu think about this?" ”

What can Dodor see!

He has been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the Yue Ming army, and now these remnants of the defeated army in his hands have no way to deal with the Yue Ming army, so he said very clearly: "It is a good thing to recover Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Nanjing, but what is the chance of winning this matter?" Where did the southern conscription horses come from? ”

As the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, this southern expedition must still be he, Haoge, and Dai Shan as the main force, but Dai Shan used all his strength and exhausted his family funds to restore the direct soldiers and horses under his command to 6,000 people, so he naturally did not want to lose it clean again in this southern expedition.

And the question asked by Duoduo is also the question that all the princes and Baylor present are most concerned about, everyone is not opposed to taking the opportunity of the main force of the Yue Ming Army to march westward and collect it when it is good, but the key is how many soldiers and horses can the Great Qing State mobilize? You can't smash all your money on the Southern Expedition!

But Dolgon said confidently: "For this southern expedition, I specially invited strong reinforcements all the way!" ”