In the main hall, there is a peculiar antler throne in the center. This is made of an extra-large, complete antler, which means chasing the Central Plains. The deer is a symbol of political power, and the antlers are a symbol of force

On the east and west sides in front of the main hall, there are ten pavilions arranged in turn, called the Ten Kings Pavilion, including the left wing Wang Pavilion, the Yellow Flag Pavilion, the White Flag Pavilion, the White Flag Pavilion, the Blue Flag Pavilion and the Right Wing King Pavilion, the Yellow Flag Pavilion, the Red Flag Pavilion, the Red Flag Pavilion, and the Blue Flag Pavilion. The ten pavilions all fly with eaves and corners, shining with red light, forming a group of courtyards with a wide field of vision, and its tent-style architectural shape and its layout are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty developed by the Manchus from the hunting organization - the Eight Banners system in the palace architecture vividly and concretely.

At this moment, in the square in the middle of the Ten Kings Pavilion, twenty snow-white tents were temporarily erected. A group of soldiers with yellow flags, wearing waist knives, stood guard in front of the music pavilion. They looked at everyone who was busy going back and forth in front of them with a hundred thousand wary eyes. Tomorrow evening, a grand banquet will be held here, and Huang Taiji will personally preside over it to praise his half-brother, Prince He Shuorui. His military exploits were: 2,000 miles deep into the Southern Dynasties, capturing one prefecture, three prefectures, fifty-five counties, and two passes; Kill more than 100 generals above the garrison governor of the Ming Dynasty; captured more than 460,000 people, more than 4,000 taels of gold, and more than 970,000 taels of silver; killed the old enemy of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Chengzong's entire family, and so on

On the square of the Ten Kings Pavilion, the generals of each flag stood in their positions in an orderly manner, and even the owners of each flag were dressed in full clothes and sat neatly on their chairs and waited. The two winged pavilions of the Ten Kings Pavilion made special arrangements, and the right wing pavilion was full of Mongolian tribal vassal kings and their children watching the ceremony; Inside the left-wing pavilion, sat the prince of Joseon and the envoy of Joseon. In the first few rows under the marble steps of the Dazheng Palace, are the Manchu princes, Beile, Beizi and civil and military ministers, and behind them are the high-ranking officials of the Han nationality and a large group of Ming generals who have shaved their hair and changed their clothes; In the back are the military attachés above the Niu Lu of each banner.

In front of the main hall, the moon rises tomorrow and the lights are bright. On the steps coiled by nine pearl dragons, a long red carpet was laid out, leading to the antler throne under the Dan rhino. The bell rang at noon, and the celebration began.

Huang Taiji wore a golden dragon robe, and appeared on a vermilion open-top carved dragon inlaid with gold, and the chariot was escorted by Daishan, Haoge, Azig, Dolgon, Duoduo, and Zilharang. The imperial chariot started from the front of the Phoenix Tower, passed through the Flying Dragon Pavilion and the Chongzheng Palace, turned east out of the Daqing Gate, and entered the Ten Kings Pavilion Square. At the moment when Huang Taiji appeared, the musicians who had already prepared vigorously blew the long horn, and at the same moment, firecrackers rang out in unison and cheers thundered.

"Long live the emperor, long live long live!" The cries are like the waves of the sea, rising wave after wave. Huang Taiji was also briefly shocked by this scene, but he was indescribably comfortable in his heart.

Huang Taiji's imperial chariot stopped under the Dan rhino in the Dazheng Palace, Huang Taiji first picked up the wine glass, and his expression was solemn: "I propose, this first cup of wine is to commemorate the untimely death of the King of Keqin County and the Duke of the Auxiliary Kingdom Ma Zhan, they are good men with horse leather shrouds, may they rest in peace in the spirit of heaven." Huang Taiji slowly poured a glass of wine on the ground.

"This second cup of wine, I want to salute the prince, the prince is my first hero of the Qing Dynasty, he understands the general situation, takes into account the overall situation, and is full of loyalty. I'm not a good drinker, but I must drink it all. My good imperial brother, my good second brother, I and the subjects of the Great Qing Kingdom toast you together. ”

Dai Shan hurriedly stood up: "The emperor toasts, how can this be made?" How to make it? ”

Huang Taiji burst into tears at this time: "Second brother, I did it first as a respect." "Words, drink a full glass of wine.

"For this third cup of wine, I want to pay tribute to Prince Rui, Anping Belle, and Rao Yu Belle. Hauge, the son of me, but also a minister, has also made a contribution this time, and I must also respect him. He came to Dolgon and others: "You wait for this time to enter the customs, chase the Central Plains, raise the prestige of the Qing Dynasty in China, kill Sun Chengzong, punish Lu Xiangsheng, and push the prestige of the Qing Dynasty to the hinterland of the Central Plains. Saying that, he raised a glass with the four of them at the same time, and he drank it all.

The venue of today's celebration banquet was personally arranged by Prince Yu Duoduo. Everyone was informed in writing of the division of the number of attendees, from the time of running and lighting to the cheering gestures of the crowd, and even what they shouted, from the order of worship of the kings of Belle, the ministers of civil and military affairs, the Mongol vassal kings, and the princes of Joseon, and the appearance of Rao Belle Abatai on the stage, and even when the singers would enter the singing ceremony

After the symbolic commemoration of the martyrs, the worship ceremony begins: to the sound of drums, the first team formed by the Manchu kings, Beile, and Beizi to bow three times and bow nine times to the emperor. Huang Taiji stood up and replied.

Then there was the second team, which was the Manchu minister of civil and military affairs, who also bowed three times and bowed nine times to Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji still stood up to answer the salute.

The third team was the Mongol vassal kings and their children, who still performed the ritual of three bows and nine bows, and Huang Taiji replied while symbolically saying some words of comfort

The fourth team came, they were the Korean princes Li Jun, Li Hao and the envoy Pak Jin-sun, or they performed three bows and nine bows. Huang Taiji helped the prince up and said a few words to the envoy, which was nothing more than a greeting to the king of Joseon.

They were followed by the fifth team, who were Han officials who had been demoted earlier

Then there is the sixth team, they are the Ming Dynasty generals who have only recently descended to the Qing Dynasty, including Shang Kexi, Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong and others, Huang Taiji also quickly got up and said some reassuring words

Finally, there was the seventh team, and the military attachés above Niu Lu of each banner stepped forward to bow

This worship ceremony seems to be very majestic, but no one knows that at this moment, Huang Taiji is already sweating and his legs are weak. Although the epistaxis stopped bleeding that day, Huang Taiji still felt chest tightness and headache at this moment, and his head was swollen and buzzing.

"No, I can't fall here again!" Huang Taiji supported himself with a tenacious will, he stood up straight, and said: "Everyone, enjoy your drink~~" After that, he sat in the Qingning Palace of the Imperial Palace

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Dorgon and Dorgon shouted the loudest, and there was an imperceptible smirk between their mouths.

"Brother~ It seems that he is really old!" Dodor said in a voice that only he and Dorgon could hear

"Hmph~~" Dolgon sneered twice

On the tenth day of the first month of February, Song Youliang and Ge Zhu of the Jimo battalion each led their troops back to the garrison. Before leaving, the people of Jinan were empty and saw off the heroes together. The people kept stuffing steamed buns, baked cakes, and Xinna's shoes into the arms of the soldiers of the Haiyang Guards and the Jimo Battalion, and when the army left the city, almost every soldier was holding a bunch of things in his arms, even the embroidered shoes stuffed by the eldest girl.

Soon after, Emperor Chongzhen began to investigate the responsibility of the Qing army's entry into the fortress, and most of the ministers of the DPRK and China believed that Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, attached too much importance to the suppression of bandits, and transferred the army to the interior to suppress bandits, so that such a military disaster would occur, and Yang Sichang should be held accountable for the primary responsibility.

However, in the end, the person who chose to preside over the matter turned out to be the person most responsible, Yang Sichang, who caused an uproar in the imperial court. Yang Sichang divides this responsibility into five categories:

In the case of the entrance to the wall ridge, the guilty people are the governor Wu Aheng, the chief soldier Wu Guojun, and the director Deng Xizhao.

Qingshankou was further involved in the case, and the guilty included governor Chen Zubao, chief soldier Chen Guowei, and sub-prison Sun Maolin.

In the case of the destruction of the city, the guilty include the governor of the world, the soldiers and horses of the world, Lu Xiangsheng, the director Gao Qiqian, the chief soldiers Wang Pu, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, Liu Guangzuo, the governor Zhang Qiping, and Yang Tinglin.

In the case of the defeat and loss of soldiers, the guilty Governor Lu Xiangsheng and the chief soldier Ni Chong.

In the case of export, the guilty inspector Liu Yuliang, the governor Sun Chuanting, Chen Xinjia, the director Gao Qiqian, and the chief soldier Liu Guangzuo.

In the end, Chongzhen agreed with Yang Sichang's opinion, and set a total of four charges for losing the opportunity to defend the border, destroying the city, losing the commander, and arranging for the enemy to go out of the fortress, and issued a list of severe punishments: among them, there were director Deng Xizhao, sub-supervisor Sun Maolin, Shuntian governor Chen Zubao, Baoding governor Zhang Qiping, and the general soldiers Chen Guowei, Wu Guojun, Ni Chong, etc., plus some provincial officials, more than 30 people, who were executed in Beijing on the same day. This was Chongzhen's heaviest punishment of an official who had lost his plane, not only killing the most people, but also strictly ordering that the corpses should not be collected, causing more than 30 officials to violently corpse the vegetable market for several days. The corpses and the white snow stained red with blood are shocking to see, and the officials in Beijing are all in danger, and I am afraid that it will be their turn next.

Most of the officials who were executed in the past wept when they looked at it, but the officials who were executed this time were unusual, and most of them looked at it and cursed. It can be seen that Chongzhen's eagerness for quick success and his overly harsh treatment of ministers have begun to change the mentality of the ministers.

The matter did not end here, because Yang Sichang was not held responsible, a group of ministers led by the Donglin Party once again collectively impeached Yang Sichang, forced by the pressure of public opinion, Chongzhen had to demote Yang Sichang to three levels and go to Huguang to supervise the division, in order to deal with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, who rebelled again. As for Song Xuezhu, the governor of Shandong, he really did what he said, and in his notebook, he not only greatly praised Song Youliang's bravery in resisting the enemy, but also severely criticized Song Youliang's practice of using captured people to introduce smallpox into the Qing army.

Song Xuezhu's recital made Chongzhen hesitate, he remembered that Yang Sichang had not left Beijing at this time, so Emperor Chongzhen summoned Yang Sichang to the platform for questioning, wanting to hear his opinion.