The crisis of the Manchu court lies in the internal strife, in the imbalance of the imperial court's strength.

Two years earlier, the Manchu Emperor Huang Taiji had died abruptly, but he had not designated an heir to the throne during his lifetime, thus triggering a competition for the throne within the Manchu Dynasty. At that time, there were two people who had the most competitive advantage over the throne.

First, Huang Taiji's eldest son, Prince Su Haoge, held the blue flag in his hand, and won the support of most of the two yellow flags directly under Huang Taiji.

Then there is Huang Taiji's younger brother Prince Rui Dolgon, Dolgon has fought for many years, made countless military achievements, won the hearts of the Eight Banners, and has two sibling brothers Dordo Azig as backup, holding two white flags is extremely powerful, and there are many clan generals in other flags to support Dolgon.

In addition, there are also Prince Li Daishan in the court, who is the elder brother of Huang Taiji, the head of the four major Baylors of the year, although he has no ambition to inherit the throne, but because of his old qualifications, plus holding two red flags, he plays a pivotal role in determining the ownership of the throne.

There is also Prince Zheng Zilharang, the owner of the blue flag, is the nephew of Nurhachi, although he is not qualified to inherit the throne, but he is not weak in holding the blue flag.

Although Daishan and Zilharang were both inclined to the accession of Huang Taiji's son Haoge, they also knew that if Haoge ascended the throne, Dorgon would inevitably be dissatisfied, and the Manchus would probably fall into civil strife, which no one wanted to see.

Dorgon also knew that the opposition to him was very strong, and it was very difficult for him to become emperor.

The final result of the struggle for the throne was a compromise, as neither Hauge nor Dolgon became emperor, and Prince Zheng Zilharang proposed that the throne be inherited by Emperor Taiji's six-year-old son, Fulin, which was supported by the vast majority of the Manchu elite, and Dolgon readily agreed.

As a result, the six-year-old Fulin ascended the throne as emperor, with Dolgon and Zilharang as his assistants.

Dolgon was resourceful and tough, but Zilharang was a good man and could not compete with Dolgon at all, and soon the co-adjuvant government became the independent regent of Dolgon, and the power of the Manchu Qing was in the hands of Dolgon. The Dorgon brothers, in power, began to ostracize dissidents.

In the attack on the Ming Dynasty, Dolgon sent his two siblings, Duoduo and Azig, to lead the two Ming armies, and the elite army of the Manchu Qing was in the hands of his brothers. He only gave Prince Su Haoge 5,000 Eight Banners Army as a partial division, and ordered him to conquer all parts of Shaanxi.

But who would have thought that the two armies of the Ming Dynasty would be wiped out, and only Aobai Wu Sangui Boluo and other troops would flee back, and more than 80,000 Eight Banners could escape back to more than 20,000, and Dolgon's two siblings were wiped out under the flood, and the elite of the Eight Banners were lost.

Fortunately, Ao Bai Wu Sangui and Hao Ge fought hard and defeated the 200,000 Ming troops of the Northern Expedition, which slightly restored the decline of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, the loss of 60,000 Eight Banners was still a huge pain for the Manchus.

The entire Manchu Eight Banners were three or four hundred thousand, and the adult men were more than 100,000.

Of the 60,000 people lost this time, 40,000 were full of the Eight Banners, and the loss of standing troops had reached two-thirds. Although it is possible to continue to recruit from the bannermen to replenish and restore troops, the combat effectiveness is completely different from the past.

The defeat of the army naturally needs to be held responsible, and the biggest responsibility for this battle is naturally borne by the regent Dorgon, who appointed his two younger brothers to lead the army out of selfishness, which led to the defeat of the army! Calls for Dolgon's faults abounded in the court.

Of course, Dolgon was already in charge of the government at this time, and his cronies were all over the government and the opposition, so he was naturally unwilling to lose his power.

As a result, the internal dark tide of the Manchu court was turbulent, and the situation was very tense.

At the beginning of October, Hauge, who had defeated the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Southern Ming Dynasty, led the army to return to Beijing with a large army, ignoring the strict orders of the regent Dorgon, and the need to correct it as a pretext made the battle even more imminent.

In the Regent's Palace, two black and white bodies were lingering in death, the sound of violent wheezing was like a cow's roar, and the smell of scarlet gas permeated the entire inner room.

After a long time, the wheezing gradually stopped, and then whispering sounded.

"Da Yu'er, I really love you to death, I really want to die on your belly like this," Dolgon said softly with his bare chest, holding his still delicate and snow-white body in his arms.

In Dolgon's arms is the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of the Qing Dynasty, Borzigit Bumubutai, nicknamed Da Yuer, the biological mother of the current Shunzhi Emperor. Although Da Yuer is already the queen mother, she is only in her thirties, and she is still beautiful and beautiful.

Listening to Dolgon's love words, Da Yu'er glanced at Dolgon, but did not answer, but drew a circle on Dolgon's chest with her slender fingers.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang didn't answer her words, a trace of gloom flashed on Dolgon's face, but he could only continue, "It's a pity that the king's time is running out, and I can't continue to stay with you Da Yu'er." ”

"Regent, why did you say this," Hearing this, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang couldn't help but speak, "You are still in the prime of life, and Fulin is still young, and you still need to continue to support it." ”

Dolgon shook his head, "Da Yu'er, what is the situation now, you know better than anyone else, Haoge did not listen to the dispatch and returned to Beijing, the people of the two yellow flags have close contact with Haoge and intend to plot against him, Daishan The old fox put on a look of nothing to do with himself, and no one can figure out the real intentions." And Zilharang, who has long been dissatisfied with me and squeezing him out of the situation alone.

Duoduo and Azig were too uncompetitive, and the two armies could destroy the Southern Ming either way, but they were all annihilated by the Ming army, which made the people who originally supported me unclear when they saw that I was weak.

Although I am still sitting in the position of regent, I am already in danger, and I don't know when I will fall into a catastrophe.

Da Yu'er, you also know that Hauge has a bad heart, if he gains the power and brings me down, I'm afraid the next thing to deal with is you and Fulin. In his opinion, the throne should have been his, how could he let a six-year-old child continue to weigh on his head.

If I die, you and Fu Lin will not live, and we are now grasshoppers on a rope. ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang sighed: "That's why I came to see you in disguise." ”

Although she was a daughter, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang judged the situation better than anyone else, and she knew that Dolgon was in crisis at this time, and so were she and her son. While Haug confronts Dorgon, he also aims at the throne.

"At this time, I need you and me to be united, so that I can get through the crisis and keep the throne of Fulin and your status as the queen mother." Dolgon held Empress Xiaozhuang's chin with his hand, his eyes fixed on her eyes.

"Good man, who am I not with you at this time?" The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang muttered.