Chapter Twenty-Six: Slow Things Are Round

When Shunzhi returned to his palace, he lost his temper. The things in the palace were thrown indiscriminately, and these precious official kiln porcelain were smashed on the ground one by one and shattered into pieces.

"Smack." With a bang, countless fragments splashed in front of the Queen Mother's flowerpot bottom shoes.

Seeing this, the queen mother waved her hand, and all the eunuchs and palace maids withdrew. Only the mother and son remained.

Shunzhi also saw the queen mother, but he was not angry, but he still saluted respectfully and said: "Erchen has seen Eniang." ”

The Empress Dowager stepped on the porcelain fragments on the ground, and sat down on the chair on the side with the support of Shunzhi, neither mother nor son spoke, and for a while the Empress Dowager said: "I know, you want to kill Dolgon with your own hands, but now Dolgon is dead." Are you still so unable to let go? ”

Shunji did not speak.

Sometimes not speaking is also an expression.

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "Emperor, you are also older, and it won't be long before you will be in power." There are some things that can't be taken lightly. ”

"And today's danger is like a tired egg, the Southern Dynasty is pressing step by step, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty wants to go on a northern expedition wholeheartedly, and has fought with North Korea, Sichuan and the imperial court, the imperial court has lost again and again, one can't get it, it is a thousand miles of collapse, Dolgon can't sit still, so he went to Liaodong in person, and wanted to get rid of Zheng Chenggong, cut off the Southern Dynasty one step, but unfortunately the success was lost, and the day is not a holiday."

"Hmph." Shunzhi said secretly in his heart: "It was also the rumor that made this old thief angry." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at Shunzhi deeply, and Shunzhi suddenly felt a little nervous, and suddenly avoided the Queen Mother's gaze. was also a little apprehensive for a while, but he didn't know if what he did at that time had been hidden from the queen mother's ears and eyes.

The Empress Dowager didn't delve into these anymore, and said, "I know, you don't like Dolgon, and you don't like Azig, you have to think more about the big picture." It's just that the overall situation is stable, and the inheritance passed down from the ancestors can be preserved, but the rest of the things are not at your disposal? ”

Shunzhi didn't listen to other words, but he listened to this sentence, he raised his head and said, "Eniang, this is what you said." ”

The Queen Mother said: "Naturally. ”

Shunzhi said, "Okay. I waited. ”

The older the child, the more assertive he becomes. The queen mother is also a little helpless.

Shunzhi nodded here, and all resistance was gone, so it didn't take long for Beijing to announce Dolgon's funeral and posthumously crown Dolgon as Emperor Chengzongyi. He was buried in the emperor's specifications, and appointed Azig as regent, and at the same time named Prince Zheng Zilharang as regent.

Prince Zheng was originally the title of regent, but at that time, in order to avoid conflict with Dorgon, he retreated.

Either way, Azig wasn't Dolgon after all. What Dorgon could do, Azig took over

Nor can the forces of Dorgon be able to do the Word.

In this way, the Qing court entered a situation that influenced the regent Bingzheng.

It was a moment of uneventful, as if Dorgon's death had been like a small stone thrown into calm water, causing a ripple and then vanishing.

The news in Beijing reached Nanjing, and the Nanjing court lost its voice for a while.

In the Qianqing Palace in Nanjing, Zhang Xuan sat on the main seat, and the left and right cabinets and privy councillors sat down.

Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. Forcefully press out a variety of colorful color blocks in the dark horizon. I was very disappointed.

He was disappointed because he had made a mistake.

The focus of the debate between the Wenchen in the cabinet headed by Zhang Zhen and the military generals in the Privy Council headed by Yuan Shizhong was whether to launch a large-scale northern expedition and whether the money and grain of the imperial court were enough to support it. But they had a consensus that Dorgon's death would certainly bring chaos to the Qing court.

The only difference is the size of the mess.

This was an opportunity for the Northern Expedition.

But I never thought that the death of Dolgon, such a big event, passed silently. As if nothing had happened, the power structure in Beijing had not changed much, and the only change was probably the replacement of Azig with Dorgon.

In other words, all the strategies that Zhang Xuan had thought of before had failed.

How could Zhang Xuan not be disappointed.

He opened his eyes, sighed, and said: "So far, the Qing court's handling is impeccable, the time for the Northern Expedition is not enough, you are tired these days, so you can go back and rest for a few days, and if you don't go to court for these three days, it should be regarded as my respect for Dorgon." ”

"Your Majesty." Wen Anzhi got up abruptly and said, "The matter of Beijing is not over, but only a beginning. ”

Zhang Xuan was a little strange, because on the side of Wenchen, almost everyone wanted to persuade Zhang Xuan to suspend the Northern Expedition, and now the situation in the north is in their favor, Zhang Xuan can see it clearly, when the news from Beijing comes, Zhang Zhen and Yao Qisheng can breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that Wen Anzhi is going to say something?

Zhang Xuan said: "Mr. Wen, I think there are still variables in Beijing. ”

Wen Anzhi said: "Your Majesty, how is Azig this person than Dorgon? ”

Zhang Xuan said: "It's not as good." ”

Wen Anzhi said: "When Dolgon was regent, the Qing Emperor was only a nine-year-old child, and now the Qing Emperor is already a teenager. There are also the queen mother of the Qing court, King Zheng, King Li, and other royal palace support, and there are northern generals as in-laws, and the general trend is better than the beginning, I don't know how much, and Azig is not as good as Dolgon, it is far inferior. He is rude and illiterate. Such a Manchu Han Chen will definitely return to the Qing Emperor from it. In just a few years, Azig will inevitably lose ground. ”

"And Azig is the kind of person who is tied down."

"The Qing court will be in chaos."

Zhang Xuan listened, was a little disappointed, and said, "I know this." It's just that our army can't wait for the Northern Expedition all the time. ”

Wen Anzhi said: "The minister's intention is not to make the Northern Expedition, but to make the Qing court internal strife, no matter what, the civil strife is the joy of my dynasty." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "What does Mr. Wen mean? ”

Wen Anzhi said: "In the opinion of the ministers, the reason why the Qing court is so stable is because I am on the side of the army, so they dare not have chaos. Now if our army is not there. They dare to think otherwise. ”

Yuan Shizhong sneered and said, "How can I not be in the army?" Is it difficult to let the whole army retreat? Give it up? ”

"Nope." Wen Anzhi said: "Negotiate peace with the Qing army." ”

As soon as the word Yihe came out, everyone was stunned.

Since the last time Zhang Xuan resisted the discussion with a strong attitude, the word negotiation and peace has become a taboo word in the Great Xia court, and he never expected Wen Anzhi to dare to say it.

Zhang Xuan's brows arched, and his lips pursed slightly. But he has already shown impatience.

Wen Anzhi said: "As long as I negotiate peace with the Qing court and cultivate Qin and Jin relations with the Qing court, can the Qing court let down its guard, and the conflict between Azig and the little emperor can break out." ”

"If I negotiate peace, will I believe it?" Zhang Xuan said.

He couldn't tell for a while whether Wen Anzhi proposed peace in order to confuse the Qing court and cause internal strife, or whether he wanted to negotiate peace before he found an excuse.

"They don't need to believe in the sincerity of our dynasty." Wen Anzhi said: "Just let them know that in the past few years of war, our financial resources have dried up, people are sleepy, and we want to repair for a while." It is clearly a peace negotiation, but it is actually an armistice. There will be a comeback in the future. ”

"Will they believe it?" Yuan Shizhong said: "Dongyu knows that they will fight again, and they will have civil strife. ”

"Nature." Wen Anzhi said: "Just give Dongyu a breather, while we solve our own problems, the Qing army will also solve their problems." ”

"And what is the biggest problem of the Qing court? It is Azig, only when the political affairs of the DPRK and China are stable, it is possible to defeat the outside world, and if the Qing court is so disordered, it is absolutely impossible to defeat our dynasty. ”

"Even if they are worried that we are cheating, they have to do it, because this matter must be solved, and even if the little emperor does not want to solve it, Azig may not want to solve it."

"Both of them are in a cage. There will be death, and both sides know that. ”

Zhang Xuan listened, there was some contradiction in his heart, he originally intended not to mention the matter of peace, but now, it seems that he can create an opportunity through peace, an opportunity for the Northern Expedition.

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