Chapter 162: Joy and Sorrow (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for Support)
Yongli died of a violent illness!
Li Ziyuan killed the monarch and usurped the throne!
Zhu Mingzhong pretended to be "Dingwang"!
Zheng Jing died......
For Da Ming, these news are not good news without exception. Anyone who cares about the future of the daimyo will be worried when they hear this news. They are worried about the future of Daming. Those who are even more afraid of it, will the Manchus take advantage of this troubled era to occupy the Central Plains again, and let them become slaves of foreign races again.
Bad news for one side is undoubtedly good news for the other. At least for the Manchus, the news couldn't have been better.
The news from the east of Tongguan one after another only made the government and the opposition of the Qing Dynasty, who were originally at the end of the road, very excited, and even did not know that the banner people who had been mourning all day long were even more excited, and they even said there that the auxiliary ministers had agreed that they would lead the army to the west in the spring of the next year.
Re-enter the Central Plains!
For the bannermen of Xi'an City, although before this, they at most thought that they could survive, and they didn't dare to think about entering the Central Plains at all. But. Recently, the news that the Central Plains has fallen into civil strife has come one after another, and for people who have not heard any good news for a long time, they are naturally happy to hear about it, and even continue to add fuel and vinegar to all this.
For them now, there may be only hope for this, and they are hoping that this news will change their current situation and allow them to live a good life again.
For them who are now in trouble, they almost miss the days when they were in Beijing all the time. They miss everything there, not just their hardcore dealers, they miss the houses, the life there, and everything, and of course, their minions. Remembering the slaves they had in the banner village outside the city. I miss how I enslaved those people like cattle and horses.
But now all this is gone, not only is there a good life in the past, but even now it has become a problem for them to even eat, and many people have not eaten meat for many days, and now for them, even being able to eat enough every day has become a luxury.
That's why they're looking forward to all of this because of the news. Since more than ten days ago, in the city of Xi'an, whether it is the palaces of the king, the prince, and the minister, or in the streets and alleys, there is a lot of talk about the fact that the auxiliary minister is about to lead the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies out of Tongguan, defeat the thieves, and recapture the Beijing Division.
The people living in Xi'an, whether they were civil and military officials or Manchu and Han banners, were all in a cheerful mood for the imminent march to the Central Plains again. After all, for them who were driven to Xi'an, this period of hard life made them think about living the old good life again, and how the hearts of the people in this city were looking forward to entering the customs again.
Kill all the Han thieves, plunder the women of the Han family, and then, like in the past, live a good life in the capital. No more starvation like you do now.
Of course, not everyone thinks so, many calm-minded people are not blinded by the good news of "Tianzuo Daqing", they know that the Qing Dynasty cannot always be "blessed by God", last time it was to take advantage of the internal strife of the Han people to enter the customs, this time ...... Until the final pass, no one knows the outcome.
But nevertheless, on the afternoon of the 10th day of the 10th month of November, the four auxiliary ministers decreed that the kings, the bailes, the bezis, and all the civil and military ministers would gather in the palace at the morning of the morrow, and there should be no mistake in that. As soon as this oracle came out, it immediately spread throughout the entire city of Xi'an, and almost all the banner people knew the news, and suddenly became excited.
Although it is said that when the soldiers are sent to fight, there will inevitably be casualties, but everyone knows what they will get if they win the war - he plundered a lot of people and property, and for these banner people whose wives and children were sold by the Mengren people in the market, they naturally hoped to rob the Han women as slaves and maids, and give birth to children for them. Everyone knows that this expedition may be the last chance for the Qing Kingdom to enter the Central Plains.
Of course, in the midst of this uproar, in Xi'an City, there is an upper-level official who is extremely uneasy, he is Ning Wanme, who is trusted by the emperors of Huang Taiji and Fulin, and is now trusted by the emperor. Although he was a Hanchen and was already seventy years old, as a veteran of the three dynasties of the Great Qing Dynasty, he had a high prestige among the Manchu and Han scholars. As the Minister of State for the Non-commissioned Officers of the University, he has a great deal of responsibility for state affairs, and of course he is very interested in tomorrow's meeting. And he has experienced many changes in the imperial court, all kinds of complex struggles, although he has always been in the flag, he has never participated in all the things in the flag, but after a long time, he still feels that the Qing Kingdom is not "if God blesses", but feels the crisis.
Since he was relied on by Huang Taiji, Ning Wanduo has never intervened in the power dispute of the Aixin Jueluo family, but it does not mean that he does not know the inside story, and naturally he also knows that after the defeat of the Jingshi, Qizhong has many complaints about the emperor? is also quite distrustful of the emperor, after all, he is too young, and there are only a few people in the lovely Xinjue Luo family.
If this crusade can be successful......
Thinking that Daming would soon fall into civil strife, if the Eastern Expedition could be successful, Ning Wan suddenly felt a tightness in his heart, his face changed, and he said in surprise in his throat.
"Isn't it, is it...... If this is the case, then the emperor is in danger! ”
Suddenly standing up from the Taishi's chair, Ning Wan and I paced around the room for a while, making all kinds of guesses about what would happen tomorrow, and I couldn't be quiet in my heart. The major event that will happen tomorrow is not an ordinary government, it is related to the future of the Great Qing Dynasty, and it is also related to the plan to march into the Central Plains, as the Minister of Parliament of the Great Qing State, he cannot but care about this matter, but he also realizes that this matter is probably not as simple as he thought.
After thinking about it, in the end, I decided to take Goshha with me and go to Auxiliary Minister Sonny on foot, so that I could find out what was going to happen tomorrow with an important request.
Ning Wan and I have always been very familiar with the Sony family, and the Suo family has great respect for him. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Suo house, a slave of the Suo family greeted him and whispered:
"The two auxiliary ministers are secretly discussing important matters, is Lord Fan here by order?"
The words of the Suo family slave made Ning Wan's head jump violently, but he smiled quietly.
"I have something to ask for advice from Sopho. Since the two Auxiliary Ministers are discussing important matters in secret, I will not disturb them tonight. ”
Glancing to the left and right, he asked in a low voice.
"Has Su Xiang been here for a long time?"
The Su Xiang in his mouth is Sukh Saha, and among the four auxiliary ministers, Sukh Saha and Sony are still "allies".
"Su Xiangxiang came just after the first shift, and now it's past the second shift."
After that, I stopped talking, and left with Goshha and the house slave, and he thought in his heart as he went.
"Tomorrow is going to be something amazing!"
I don't know what amazing big things will happen tomorrow, but one thing he can be sure of is that something big will happen tomorrow, otherwise, Sonny wouldn't have discussed it with Sukh Saha for so long.
But what are they discussing?
Although I feel that I am excluded, I also know that with the Auxiliary Minister, the Parliamentary Minister is just a decoration, after all, the current Council of Ministers of Parliament is completely controlled by the Auxiliary Minister. However, at this time, it is better to be the ear of a deaf person than to be a knife in the hands of others, and there are some things that are better than those who do not know and do not participate.
Ignorance is bliss.
Although I was thinking about it in my heart, I was still curious in my heart. This night, I couldn't sleep after Ning, and the Emperor Ying Cheng in the palace - although the year name needs to wait for the year to be promulgated, but Xuan Ye's year name has been set "Ying Cheng", which is taken from the meaning of "Ying Cheng Mandate", perhaps, just as his great-grandfather Nurhachi took "Mandate of Heaven" as the year name, maybe because of his weak heart, so he took down this era name.
However, at this time, Xuan Ye, who promised to "inherit the mandate of heaven", seemed so nervous that he couldn't sleep at all, for Xuan Ye, who was only ten years old, whether he should inherit the mandate of heaven, he didn't know, but as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he knew that he was in an unprecedented crisis.
"When the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Dolgon led the troops into the customs, and the meritorious deeds were enough to stand on his own, if it weren't for the Empress Dowager's efforts, such an immortal achievement, could Dolgon not be called the emperor? With the blessing of God, Dolgon suddenly fell from his horse and died, if he did not die, I am afraid that the throne of the first emperor will also be difficult to protect! ”
"Today, the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty is imminent, and all the people in the flag are praying to wave the division into the customs, and then master the Central Plains, when entering the customs, who is leading the troops? Who is in command? Who appointed the officials? ”
"Such a world-class achievement? And how to reward it? ”
"You can only be at peace with the world!"
Sentence by word, like a warning, echoed in Xuan Ye's mind, when he first heard these words, he was shocked and reprimanded, but every time he went back to the palace to savor it, he naturally knew the truth. also knows all kinds of possibilities, and because of this, since he came back with Wang Huaxing that day, this sentence has always appeared in his heart from time to time.
These words may seem a bit perverse, but they also tell him a fact.
He, the emperor, could become deaf at any moment.
Holding the teacup in his hand, Xuan Ye, who was uncertain, sat there, his expression was extremely solemn, countless thoughts were tumbling in his mind, and by chance, his fingers even trembled involuntarily, and sometimes he sighed there.
As a deaf ear, he could not control the affairs of the court at all, and even when they treated him like a child, he could only watch from the sidelines.
I am the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom. They are all minions, how can they treat their masters?
Of course, he just thought about these thoughts in his heart. He couldn't say these words, and he didn't dare to say them, and he knew very well what would happen if he said them.
"Bring me that rifled gun!"
Suddenly, Xuan Ye stood up and shouted loudly outside the door, and a moment later, a beautifully made firearm was brought to him by the eunuch, and this firearm was paid tribute by the cloth merchant Li Dashang. Ever since he got this firearm, he has loved it.
"Mingzhu, look at this line, taking people's heads from a hundred zhang away is like probing and taking things......"
Holding the rifled gun in his hand, Xuan Ye said to himself while aiming.
He had used this firearm to hit targets before, and its accuracy was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary firearms.
"If it ......"
After a slight pause, Xuan Ye looked at the fire gun in his hand, and then said with a sigh.
"If the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty all use thread guns, how can I still be afraid of the Ming army's firearms?"
Again, he couldn't help but sigh at the gap between He Mingjun of the Great Qing Kingdom. The biggest gap is the firearms in his hands, compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army not only has more fire, but also more advanced.
"Your Majesty, the servant heard Brother Li say that every one of these guns can make three ordinary firecrackers, so even in the Ming army, it is an extremely rare thing, but only a very small number of people use this kind of firecracker. In the mainland, that is, some people use it for hunting, ordinary soldiers can afford this, and even the lead it uses has to be glued with a layer of skin, and ordinary soldiers naturally can't afford it. ”
When Mingzhu bowed and answered, Xuan Ye put down the fire gun in his hand and said.
"Don't I know that this wire gun is not always a desirable thing, not to mention anything else, that is, when loading bullets, you have to use a small mallet to chisel an iron rod, which is so cumbersome that it is definitely not available in the army."
Even so. It still did not stop her from loving this musket. Even in Xuanye's opinion, if the Great Qing Kingdom could have enough firecrackers and Hongyi cannons, perhaps the Great Qing Kingdom would not have been able to fall to this stage today.
Many times, people are always willing to give themselves some reason to explain their failures and are willing to believe that reason.
Even until now, for his studies, he never thought that the reason why the Great Qing Kingdom fell to this point today was because it was enslaved by the Han people, in his opinion, the reason why the Great Qing Kingdom fell to this day is entirely because the firearms of the Han people are more advanced, and even, in the eyes of some people. The reason why Daming salted fish turned over. It's because they killed too few people back then.
"You say. Why was that man able to shine such a firearm? ”
Again, Xuan Ye asked a little puzzled. The person in his mouth was naturally the King of Huai.
"Could it be that the Han Chinese are really smarter than us Manchurians?"
Xuanye's brows tightened, and his tone seemed a little unconfident. So much so that in the end, he even said with some trepidation,
"Or do they read more books than we do. But there's never any of that in the book? How did they make it? ”