Time flies by in the hustle and bustle, and in a blink of an eye, the day has come for the army to go out and return home.

In the fourth year of Yongli, on the eighth day of the first month of November, in the morning.

At the beginning of the morning, the rising sun exposed the clouds like a shy girl, looming, the sun passed through the sea surface with a mist like green smoke, shining on the sparkling sea in the east, a golden light, like a layer of glittering broken gold on the water surface, fluttering on the crumpled green satin.

A few white sails, like a few snow-white feathers, drifted and drifted lightly on the golden sea of the water and sky, and it was a fleet of transport ships that were sailing briskly with sails, carrying thousands of his children out of the harbor.

Turning his head to the north, looking at the micro mountain in the distance, only the blue mountain shadow was faintly distinguished, which was the wonderful figure of the peak of Cat Ba Island in front of him.

The blue of the sea makes people feel that the color of the jadeite is too light, and the sapphire is too deep, even if it is painted by a famous teacher, it may be difficult to describe.

Lin Xiao, who stood on the stern of the "unicorn" with his hands in his hands, did not move at all with his golden light, letting the sea breeze blow on his face, when a gust of autumn wind hit, like his mother's hand caressing his face, he liked that feeling, with a hint of coolness, which made people feel refreshed.

Looking back at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the noisy wharf was long gone, and there were only two giant freighters behind him, slowly following from afar, as if the second general was carefully protecting him.

The "unicorn" began to accelerate, Lin Xiao tried to calm down his mind that had been excited for a long time, and stared ahead for a long time, on the main mast, a handsome flag embroidered with the words "Daming Righteous Army Forest" fluttered in the wind, hunting.

The homeland of the motherland with many disasters and difficulties, your descendant Lin Xiao four hundred years later, has returned ahead of schedule!

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On the same day, in the imperial city of Beijing, at the beginning of the 11th lunar month, it was already a cold winter, the gray sky was very low in the thick clouds, and the cold west wind from the Mongolian Plateau swept the land.

In the palace of Prince Heshuorui, the "Imperial Father Regent" Dolgon sat upright in the Xinuan Pavilion, talking to several Han ministers led by Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and a small eunuch tiptoed to add high-quality charcoal to the stove, and bowed silently to withdraw from the warm pavilion.

Since the defeat of Haoge in the turmoil of the struggle for the throne six years ago, and the enthronement of Fulin, the ninth son of Huang Taiji, as the Shunzhi Emperor, Dolgon has had a smooth journey, not only taking advantage of the competition between Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng to wave his army into the pass, taking advantage of the situation to subdue Wu Sangui, defeating Li Zicheng, all the way south to seize most of the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty, and set the capital of Beijing, announcing that "the Qing Dynasty is hereby determined to be Yanjing, in order to sui China", marking the beginning of the transformation of the Qing Dynasty from the local power to the central dynasty that ruled the whole of China.

Even in the struggle for power among the Manchus, Dolgon, who was less than 40 years old, gradually resolved the opposition forces of the Eight Banners such as Hauge and Zilharang with the help of his two brave and warlike siblings, Dordo and Azig, thus monopolizing the government.

Not only did his title from "Prince Heshuorui" all the way to the title of "Uncle Regent", "Imperial Uncle Regent" until "Imperial Father Regent", all the great gifts such as hunting, when leaving the teacher, the specifications of the ceremonial guards, music, and guards were the same as those of Emperor Shunzhi.

The complacent Dolgon completely erected the puppet little emperor Shunzhi, ranking below one person and above ten thousand, and his power and majesty reached its peak.

Although Dolgon's two half-brothers, Prince Yu Duoduo, died of illness last year, and Prince Azig of England was deposed for power, Dolgon had firmly controlled the government, and there was no one who posed a threat to the Manchu and Han civil and military forces.

Since the adoption of Hong Chengchou's strategy of using the Han to control the Han, Dolgon restrained the soldiers of the Eight Banners with corrupt military discipline to the north of the Yangtze River, and the war in the south of the Yangtze River relied on the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the former Ming generals, and used a large number of Ming officials and generals who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty to appease and induce the Southern Ming monarchs and ministers, which had an immediate effect.

Since last year's headache in the Southern Ming Dynasty was captured and killed, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, Li Chengdong and other rebellious former Ming generals were also defeated and killed one after another, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other "Sanshun Wang" led by the Southern Expedition Han Eight Banners army finally resumed the offensive, all the way like a bamboo, Kong Youde captured Guilin last month, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao occupied Guangzhou again, and formed a flanking attack on the Nanming regime in Guangxi.

"The strategy of using Han to control Han is quite effective, and Lord Hong has made great contributions." Dolgon looked at the stove, his beard curled slightly, and said lazily.

"Thanks to the Holy Grace of Our Emperor, and ...... The regent of the royal father, Wang Tianwei...... The position of a micro-minister is humble and light, and he only seeks to serve the king loyally, how dare he talk about merit. ”

The secretary pavilion scholar, the secretary of the military department and the right deputy of the Imperial Inspectorate, Hong Chengchou, who was standing on the side, did not dare to come out, and replied with a humble expression, lest he say the wrong thing.

"Hmm!" Dolgon bowed slightly, and Hong Chengchou, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, was very satisfied with Dolgon, since he was a minion, he should act like a minion.

"You go back and make a will, and order the king of Sanshun not to delay, it is advisable to take Guangxi and Guizhou in one go, and completely eliminate the remnants of the Qing court. …… Tell them not to plunder excessively for pleasure, for they have all been killed, and what is the use of the land? Dolgon played with the jade paperweight on the desk and said lightly.

"Yes, Wechen will do it."

"This king is about to go out of the winter hunt in the near future, the emperor is young, this year's winter hunt does not need to alarm the holy driver, you and other ministers who stay in the inner court to assist the government, you must use things well, serve the king diligently, and do not intrigue. You must understand that it was the party struggle that ruined the Ming Dynasty, and this dynasty will never condone such filthy deeds. ”

Dolgon's eyes flashed, staring at Hong Chengchou and the others, who were sincerely afraid, and said slowly.

"Yes, yes, Weichen understands! Wechen remember the honorable message! Hong Chengchou wiped the sweat on his forehead and replied, on a November day, this big traitor was sweating profusely.

"Weichen and the others obey the edict of the imperial father and the regent!"

Feng Quan, a scholar of Hongwen Academy, Chen Mingxia, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Chen Zhixuan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who were standing behind Hong Chengchou, bowed down one after another to echo after Hong Chengchou answered.

Feng Quan, who was also a scholar, was originally a member of the eunuch party, and after defecting to the Qing court, he was appreciated by Dolgon for being good at flattery, but in front of Hong Chengchou, he still had to be cautious in his words and deeds, because he knew that Hong Chengchou was the red man in front of Dolgon, and he did not dare to offend.

Since the reuse of Hong Chengchou, even the veteran traitor Fan Wencheng has stepped aside, and Qian Qianyi has almost been imprisoned and driven back to his hometown.

Chen Mingxia and Chen Zhixuan, two little traitors, are even more submissive and just serve as foils.

……

"It's good to understand." Dolgon held up his teacup and motioned for a send-off.

"Weichen and the others are retiring, I wish the imperial father and the regent Wanfu Jin'an!" Seeing this, Hong Chengchou and the others immediately retired, bowed down and exited Xinuan Pavilion one by one.

After Dolgon sat down at the desk, he squinted and watched everyone retreat, and then summoned his personal eunuch and ordered the rest of the Manchu ministers waiting outside the hall to meet and discuss the winter hunt.

According to the custom, the kings in Beijing, Beile, Beizi, Gong and other people who were waiting in the palace every day were sent back to the palace to wait for the decree.

The annual autumn or winter hunt is not a frolic, but an important political event to show the royal prestige, and it is also a grand military exercise to train the soldiers of the Eight Banners.

He wanted to take this opportunity to beat the unruly Eight Banner princes under him, and at the same time deter a new group of former Ming ministers.