On the ninth day of June, Wang Aoyong, a servant of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry of the puppet Qing Dynasty, and Fang Dayou, the deputy envoy of the supervising army, returned to Beijing.

On this trip, they were ordered by the regent Dolgon to go to appease Shandong. The two wanted to take the opportunity to perform well, use their incorruptible tongue to appease the prefectures and counties of Qilu, and earn a good impression in front of the new master, but who knew that things were quite twists and turns.

Wang Aoyong originally thought that Chongzhen had been hanged from the coal mountain, Li Zicheng's army was defeated, and the Qing court entered the customs with a thunderous force to control Jifu, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the situation clearly. And as long as he lobbied all the way, he could effortlessly get the prefectures and counties in Shandong to plant the banner of the Qing court. But when they arrived outside the city of Texas, they found that the city gate was closed, and it seemed that the people in the city had already prepared.

Wang Aoyong then ordered people to tie the letter of persuasion to surrender to the arrow and shoot it into the city, hoping that the people who actually controlled the city could understand the current affairs and sacrifice Texas to submit to the Qing court.

But who knew that the other party ignored it at all, and had no intention of discussing at all.

This made Wang Aoyong furious.

In any case, he was also a squire appointed by the regent of the Qing court to serve in the Ministry of Household and Works, a dignified high-ranking official, and a special envoy in charge of Shandong's pacification affairs. If the other party does not give him face, he will not give face to the Qing court, and to oppose him is to oppose the Qing court.

At that time, Wang Aoyong wanted to immediately send someone to inform the regent Dolgon, asking the Qing court to send troops from Beijing to attack, and use force to capture Dezhou and slaughter the city as a demonstration.

But as soon as this idea was born, it was dissuaded by Fang Dayou, the deputy envoy of the prison army.

Fang Dayou's reason is very simple, the two of them are subordinate ministers, and if they want to gain the trust of the Qing court, they must work hard.

If you immediately move troops after the slightest setback, you will appear to be extremely mediocre in ability.

Fang Dayou woke up the people in his sleep, and Wang Aoyong hurriedly said that not only could they not move troops immediately, but also went to a few more cities to give the Qing court the impression of fulfilling their duties.

After they left Dezhou, they went to Wucheng, Linqing, and Guantao, all of which closed their gates and refused to make any contact with the Qing court's officials.

At this time, Wang Aoyong firmly believes that this is no coincidence.

After some inquiry, he learned that the original Dezhou gentry were named the king of Ji by Zhu Shuaiqin of the clan, and called on the gentry from all over Shandong to oppose Shun, and for a time the officials of the Shun Dynasty in all the prefectures and counties of Qilu were taken down, and the land of Shandong nominally returned to the rule of the Ming court.

Of course, only nominal.

Wang Aoyong knew that it was only some gentry who had started trouble in various parts of Shandong, and there was no military support. And the reason why the officials appointed by the Shun Dynasty were able to be easily taken down was also because there were no soldiers in their hands.

In this way, the land of Shandong is actually in a state of absolute emptiness, which is nothing more than the gentry temporarily leaning towards the Ming court.

If there was no army garrison, the enthusiasm of the Shandong gentry would naturally not last.

As the so-called city head changes the king's flag, these gentry are the least likely to joke about their family's fate.

At this time, as long as the regent sends a partial division, he can easily take over Shandong. Wherever the Manchurian soldiers went, the city gates must have been opened to welcome the Eight Banners.

After this investigation, when he returned to Beijing, the Qing court would not consider the two of them perfunctory, but would reward them for their active intelligence spying.

From the moment they descended, Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou knew that they had no way out.

After the generals surrender to the Qing Dynasty, there may be a chance to do it anyway, because they have soldiers in their hands, and it will be beneficial to the Ming court to eliminate the other's strengths anyway.

Civilian officials cannot.

They have no soldiers in their hands, and even if they do it anyway, they will not benefit the Ming court in any way. Therefore, once the civil officials are cleared, there is only one way to go to the dark.

Fortunately, now the Qing court occupies Jifu and Henan, and there is a tendency to take Shanxi and enter Guanzhong.

As long as the Qing court takes Guanzhong, there will be no worries, and you can let go of your hands and feet to deal with the small court of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou firmly believed that the weak and remnant Ming court was by no means an opponent of the Qing court.

At the beginning, the Ming court was rich all over the world, and the strength of the whole country was not enough to defeat the Qing court, which was only a corner of Liaodong, and now only half of the country is left.

The two believed that it was only a matter of time before the Qing court destroyed the small court of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and ruled the world.

And the two of them were to help the Qing court tame Kyushu in a shorter period of time.

Taking Shandong is the first step.

As literati, they knew very well that the history books were written by the victors.

What is the surrender to liquidate? As long as the Qing court wins the world in the end, they will be meritorious officials.

Although the credit is not as good as the old man who surrendered during the Liaodong period, at least he has an official position, which is better than crying for the old Zhu family, isn't it?

Those who know the times are handsome, and the Qing court will not treat them badly.

As for the fact that they changed from scholars to slaves after the Qing Dynasty, they didn't care.

Only by being a slave can you exchange for high-ranking officials, glory and wealth, and fools don't do it!

The reason why the world now thinks they are lowly is because the remnants of the south are still there. When the Qing court destroyed the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, everyone in the world became slaves.

The big guys are all slaves to their masters, so they won't be dazzling.

In order to turn the whole world into servants of the Qing court as soon as possible, Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou returned to Beijing and did not care about resting, and immediately entered the palace to ask to see the regent.

When Dolgon heard that Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou had returned to Beijing, he was anxious to understand the situation in Shandong, so he summoned them to the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou entered the hall, they pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar to make a big salute, and shouted in their mouths: "The slave Wang Aoyong (Fang Dayou) asks the regent for peace." ”

Seeing the two of them respectfully prostrate on the ground, Dorgon raised his hand very proudly: "Get up and talk back." ”

Wang and Fang were overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for your grace." ”

"Let's talk about it, how is the situation in Shandong this time?"

Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou glanced at each other, cleared their throats and said, "Qiyu Regent, the servants went to Shandong this time, and all the prefectures and counties they went to were closed to the city gates, so they were not allowed to enter. ”

Seeing Dolgon's frowns, Wang Aoyong hurriedly said: "The slave inquired, recently, the Dezhou gentry have supported Zhu Shuaiqin of the puppet Ming clan, pretending to be the king of Ji, and calling on the Shandong gentry to execute the puppet officials and implement autonomy. The minions thought that the reason why they didn't open the city gate was because they wanted to wait for the remnant Ming court to send troops to take over. ”

"Oh?" Dolgon's face turned slightly pale: "You mean that there is no Ming army stationed in Shandong now?" ”

"What the prince said is extremely true!" Wang Aoyong said happily: "The slave is sure that Shandong is very empty now, otherwise it is impossible for the puppet Ming clan to watch the slave swagger by." As long as he had some soldiers and horses in his hands, he would have ordered someone to rush out and take down the minions to ask for merit from the Remnant Ming Court! ”

Dorgon pondered for a moment and felt that the minion had a point.

Wang Aoyong and his entourage were only more than 200 people, and Zhu Shuaiqin did not dare to send people out of the city to arrest them.

If you are afraid, you must have no soldiers in your hands.

However, this person is a Ming Dynasty clan, and he still has a certain appeal. Judging from his performance, it doesn't seem like he wants to sacrifice the city to the Qing Dynasty, or it is better to eradicate it as soon as possible. It would not be good if it was allowed to form the climate, or if the Ming army reinforced from the south took over Shandong.

"Someone, pass on the king's oracle, and order Gushan Ezhenjue Luo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu to lead the troops to collect Shandong!"

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