In Chongwenmen, Beijing's northern city, Tong Tulai's mansion is here.

Tong Tulai was originally a person with a white flag in the Han army, but after entering the customs, he was appointed as the owner of the blue flag of the Han army because of his outstanding military achievements, which can be regarded as a high-level man in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, the Tong family is not now, but after Tong Tulai's daughter gave birth to a prince, and the prince survived smallpox, and finally became the emperor, this prince is the Kangxi Emperor. At that time, the Tong family officially made a fortune, and the Tong family was also carried to Manchuria by Kangxi to inlay the yellow flag, which can be regarded as becoming the master.

Now although the Tong family is a banner master, the Han Army Banner is far from the Manchurian Eight Banners, and Tong Tulai is also a middle-level general!

As the head of the Tong family, Tong Tulai is very troubled now, and he is worried about his family's future.

At present, the Manchu elite is divided into two factions, one is the royalist faction led by the Empress Dowager Borzigit (that is, the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, but Xiaozhuang is the title after her death, and she was called the Empress Dowager during her lifetime), and the other is the Prince Rui faction who supports the regent Dorgon. The two factions are evenly matched, and neither can do anything to the other.

If this development continues, in a few years the Shunzhi Emperor will grow up, and Dolgon will be old, and the regime will be able to smoothly pass Shunzhi. But now Dolgon suffered a cold on the road because of the expedition to Jiangyang, Shanxi, and received the news of the fiasco of Hong Chengchou in the south, and Dolgon was bedridden after returning to Beijing.

Dolgon's illness immediately caused the originally stable situation in the DPRK and China to make waves. In the past, some of the generals of the Prince Rui faction were quite obedient because of Dolgon's suppression, but now that Dolgon is like this, those generals immediately began to think about their own future. After all, they followed Dolgon's birth and death for many years, and they also suppressed the royalists, if Dolgon couldn't survive and died, it would be their end.

So Prince Rui sent these guys to abolish Dolgon and abolish Emperor Shunzhi to stand on his own, but he was not in his position and did not seek his own government, Dolgon knew his own power, and looked strong on the surface, but with the royalists, no one could help anyone. However, in order to appease the hearts of his own people, Dolgon returned to Beijing and forced the emperor to make himself regent of his father, and killed Hauge, who was the most competitive for the throne.

And the empress dowager in the palace was not completely inactive, after the Manchurian nobles were basically co-opted, the empress dowager set her sights on the Han military banner. The most powerful people in the Han army banner are the people of King Sanshun, followed by the Tong family of Tong Tulai. Therefore, after considering it, the empress dowager personally selected Tong Tulai's daughter Tong Jiashi as the concubine of Emperor Shunzhi.

Tong Tulai, who received the news, was very embarrassed at home, what should he do now that the DPRK and China are like this? Do you agree with the Queen Mother's intention or take refuge in Prince Rui?

Just when Tong Tulai was in a dilemma, a family member outside the door came in to report.

"Master, there is a person outside the door who asks to see you!"

Tong Tulai frowned and said, "Didn't I say it, no one will see you?" ”

"Master, that person said that he was a descendant of the Tong family in Shenyang, called Tong Tuchang!"

Tong Tulai was stunned when he heard it, weren't the Tong family in Shenyang beheaded back then? How can anyone still be alive? However, Tong Tulai is now the head of the Tong family, and it is not good for someone to come in the name of the Tong family.

Tong Tulai thought for a while and said, "Okay, let him in!" ”

After a while, the family led in a man with a short figure, and Tong Tulai didn't recognize it. In fact, Tong Tulai had seen Tong Tuchang, but the two were only in their teens at that time, and more than 20 years later, I still remember there.

Tong Tuchang entered the house under the guidance of the servant and saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting in the middle. Tong Tuchang knew that this was probably his unlucky relative Tong Tulai.

Tong Tuchang knelt down and cried: "Big brother, the younger brother is Tong Tuchang, the younger brother's grandfather is Tong Gong, and the father is Tong Yangliang!" ”

Tong Tuchang knelt on the ground, crying and talking about his uncle and nephew who had told the experience of being in exile in the rivers and lakes in those years, and couldn't cry when he was sad.

Tong Tulai looked at the person in front of him, he could say everything right, there was one Tong clan in Shenyang back then, but wasn't they all taken to Beijing by Chongzhen to beheaded? Tong Tulai was not an impulsive young man, and asked: "This, you said that you are my Tong family, but what evidence do you have?" ”

Tong Tuchang hurriedly took out the letter from Tong Yangjia and handed it to Tong Tulai.

Tong Tulai took a look and realized that this was his relative. Tong Yangjia explained in detail in the letter that he had a relationship with Tong Yangzhen, as well as some details of the relationship between the two families, which was not made up casually, Tong Tulai was seventeen or eighteen years old at the time, and he completely remembered some things in his family.

Only then did Tong Tulai believe that the obscene middle-aged man in front of him was his brother who had not yet come out of the five suits, so he quickly stood up and helped Tong Tuchang up.

"Brother Xian, you have suffered! Why haven't you come to my brother in the past few years? ”

"Big brother, you don't know, my uncle and I really can't survive in Wuchang, we were coerced by that Shenwu Emperor Zhu Hongsan, so we can only serve him! Now my uncle is serving as a cabinet scholar of Zhu Hongsan in Nanjing, and my younger brother and I am the main envoy of this peace talks in the north! ”

According to Tong Tulai's status, he still can't understand some news from the top level, so none of Zhu Hongsan's cabinet premiers have heard of it.

Tong Tulai was suspicious when he heard Tong Tuchang say this, this guy and his uncle were in a high position in Nanjing, why did they come to him? Is there any intention?

Just when Tong Tulai was suspicious, a family member outside the door came in to report that Tong Tulai's nephew Tong Guonai was here.

Tong Guonai fled back to Beijing after losing Fujian, and if he had been replaced by an ordinary person, his head would have been cut off a long time ago, but the Tong family had a lot of power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Tong Guonai just lost his official position.

Although Tong Guonai is also surnamed Tong, he has already come out of five suits with Tong Yangxing and Tong Yangzhen, Tong Guonai's father is called Tong Yongnian, and he is a family with Tong Yangxing for five generations. However, after Tong Guonai lost his official position, he had to report to Tong Tulai's mansion every day, wanting to rely on Tong Tulai's relationship to get another official and a half-job. If Tong Tulai is now Tong Banchao, it would be nothing to get an official position for himself, but Tong Tulai is now just the banner owner of the Han Army Banner, although he looks very high, but he is just a dog of the Manchurians. So Tong Tuchang hates this nephew who fights the autumn wind very much.

Tong Guonai didn't wait for Tong Tulai to summon him, he walked into the mansion alone, and shouted when he was far away: "Uncle! If you don't find a position for your little nephew, your nephew's whole family will drink the northwest wind! ”

Tong Tuchang turned his back to the door, and when he heard Tong Guonai's voice, he was so frightened that a cold sweat came out, it was really a narrow road, how could this guy still be alive?

Tong Guonai walked into the house, saw that there were people in the house, and said, "Uncle, do you have a guest?" The little nephew will come back later! ”

Tong Guonai was just about to go out after speaking, and suddenly found that the person in the house was so familiar, and walked over to see that it was his big enemy, Tong Tuchang.

Tong Guonai's eyes were red when he saw the enemy, and he scolded: "I didn't expect it to be you, a bastard, if it weren't for you, would grandpa have lost Fujian?" You still dare to come to Beijing today to see if grandpa doesn't kill you! ”

After Tong Guonai finished speaking, he was about to beat Tong Tuchang, but Tong Tuchang had already prepared and slipped behind Tong Tulai.

Tong Tulai didn't know what was going on, and said angrily: "Tong Guonai, what are you doing?" This is your uncle Tong Tuchang! ”

"Uncle, you don't know, this guy was clever in Fujian back then, deceiving his nephew's trust, but I didn't expect this guy to be a spy of Emperor Shenwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and somehow provoked Li Chengdong to rebel and drove the little nephew out of Fujian, so he lost his official position! Today, this guy is coming to lie to my uncle again, see if I don't kill him! ”

Tong Guonai was afraid of being embarrassed, and he was a dignified governor who was calculated, so when he returned to Beijing, he did not explain the matter of Fujian to Tong Tulai in detail, but only said that Li Chengdong rebelled, and he could not defeat the Fujian that he had lost.

When Tong Tulai heard that there was such a thing, he asked Tong Tuchang behind him: "Brother Xian, what he said is the truth?" ”

Tong Tuchang knows that now is a critical moment, if there is no convincing reason, don't talk about peace himself, even Tong Guonai can kill himself.

Tong Tuchang was in a hurry and shouted: "Big brother, listen to me!" In Fujian, the younger brother wanted to take refuge in Guo Naixian's nephew at first, but the younger brother heard Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan anyway, no! Rebellion, the younger brother found that Fujian was already impossible, plus Li Chengdong found the younger brother to prepare to rebel, the younger brother thought about himself for his own sake, only. Only the traitor of the country's virtuous nephew! ”

Tong Tuchang knows that lying must not tell all lies, and only one of the ten sentences can be convincing if there is a lie and nine truths. Therefore, Tong Tuchang changed his rebellion against Li Chengdong to Li Chengdong to find him, and completely detained the main responsibility on Li Chengdong's head, anyway, Li Chengdong was in Nanjing, and he couldn't distinguish anything for himself!

Tong Tulai also made sense when he heard what Tong Tuchang said, people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves, not to mention that Tong Guonai is just a partial relative.

Tong Tulai turned his head and asked Tong Guonai: "Guonai, what he said is right?" ”

When Tong Guonai was in Fujian, he didn't know that Tong Tuchang was Emperor Shenwu's person, and finally saw Tong Tuchang next to Li Chengdong, and only then did he know that he had attained the Tao, but Tong Guonai didn't know what the specific situation was.

"Uncle, the other nephews don't know, but the nephew told him about Jiangxi!"

Tong Tuchang heard Tong Guonai say this, and let out a sigh of relief, it seems that there is no need to eat this loss in front of him. Thinking of this, Tong Tuchang secretly swore that he would never take risks in the future, this kind of life-and-death task will come to whoever loves his mother, anyway, Lao Tzu will never do it again.

Tong Tulai heard Tong Guonai say this and knew that there was a misunderstanding, after all, each is its own master!

"Guo Nai, don't make a mistake, this Tong Tuchang is not only your uncle, but also the envoy of the peace talks sent by Emperor Shenwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty!"

Tong Guonai's eyes widened when he heard this, and he scolded: "This bastard is here to deceive his uncle again? Uncle, listen to me, hurry up and beat this guy out, this guy is full of bad water, don't be deceived by him! ”