Praise Painting Military Affairs Office, Zhao Ji, General Military Affairs of the Presidential Palace, Jin Sheng, Governor of the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Prime Minister's Office, and Ma Guangyuan, Chief Praise Painting Ma Guangyuan, pointed at the map, except for Bai Xianzhi, who was sitting in Dushikou, and Terige, who was on duty at Barbarian Mountain, other military affairs of Zanhua were also there, surrounded and whispered, Li Yu strode in, everyone stopped talking and turned their eyes to him together.

"President, Titang Division reported that Sun Chuanting swore in Xi'an on the first day of the first month of August, and led Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, and Niu Chenghu to send troops to fight the thieves, and the time has been out of Tongguan." Zhang Shi'an reported to Li Yuyu that the old spy was old, and he was promoted to the rank of governor of the capital, and was transferred to the Zanhua Military Affairs Office to take charge of military affairs, and Zhang Guoji took over as the governor of the Titang Division.

"Troops, equipment?" Li Yu opened his mouth and asked.

"There are 100,000 people, and in addition, he also recruited Henan Chen Yongfu and part of the Sichuan army, Sun Chuanting built about 20,000 wooden carts, built-in guns, bows and crossbows, known as 'trains', all of which were given to Bai Guangen, which was the only weapon he could use."

Jin Sheng also nodded and said: "Sun Chuanting sent a letter ordering us to send troops, and the emperor added the title of Shangshu of his military department to change the superintendent, and gave Shang Fang the sword, in addition to Henan and Sichuan, and assigned Huguang, Guizhou, Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Shanxi to him for unified order, Hanmin, are we making some gestures?" ”

"How to send troops without food and salary, ignore him!" Li Yu stood in front of the map and replied with a snort - Sun Chuanting's hometown of Daizhou, the Prime Minister's Office has the intention to improve the relationship between the two sides, takes great care of his family, and also sends people to Xi'an to ask for a meeting, but Sun Chuanting said that good and evil are not mutually beneficial, threw the gifts outside the door and refused to meet, and also set up a heavy tax on Datong's goods, and the Council will regard it as a thief who blocks the road and robs, and it is impossible to agree to send troops.

Jin Sheng sighed, Sun Chuanting is too bad at being a man, and no one is willing to help him in order to serve the court, on the contrary, he wishes that he would be finished soon.

Since Sun Chuanting was re-appointed as the governor of the three sides, he has unscrupulously raised food and wages, recruited troops and horses, and offended the people of Shaanxi - clearing the fields of the guards to make the gentry and big families hold grudges, chasing and evading taxes to make the middle families bankrupt, forcing the displaced people to act as military households to knock on the bones and squeeze the marrow, this person is also ruthless, suppressing the people's grievances with an iron fist, and anyone who is disobedient will be imprisoned and killed. The gentry of Shaanxi could not bear Sun Chuanting anymore, and privately sent representatives to ask Datong to send troops to expel Sun Chuanting, but Datong was afraid of the mess in Shaanxi, for fear of carrying a burden, and could not make up his mind.

With the support of the Chamber of Commerce, Qin Shang and the Shaanxi gentry partnered to commit a black hand against Sun Chuanting. On the one hand, he instructed the gentry of Shaanxi to falsely accuse the court of Sun Chuanting's self-respect and self-reliance. On the other hand, Sun Tingyao went to Luoyang again, and made peace with the rebels in the name of the Prime Minister's Office, both sides wanted to get rid of Sun Chuanting, and unanimously agreed to a truce, and the Shun army took the initiative to retreat to the west of Hanshui, in exchange for Datong's permission to exchange food for weapons, including a batch of war horses and ten Hongyi cannons - the Prime Minister's Office acquiesced to this, but was afraid that Sun Chuanting was too weak and would make the thieves take the opportunity to become bigger, and in mid-April, Bai Guangen's department of Zhili entered Shaanxi through Shanxi, and also intended to reverse Sun Tingyao and Jin Sheng, Sun Tingyao became the assistant government affairs of the presidential office, and there was more room for activities, went all out to engage in conspiracy, but Sun Chuanting slipped into the abyss step by step, and it was still a group of businessmen who calculated him.

Li Yu tapped lightly on the map, turned his face and asked Li Guoying: "Qin soldiers have been able to fight since ancient times, Sun Chuanting is also known as a knowing soldier, Li Zanhua, guess who won and who lost in the Henan War?" ”

"The so-called Qin soldiers are not as good as in the past, most of the harvest of the military households has been taken away, and people have to shed blood to fight, the military heart is bound to be unstable, and the battle will be good, once the setback is full of losses, and the thieves are as determined as iron, only to fight to the death can survive, and the thieves have been on the battlefield for a long time, and the dangerous battles and vicious battles are like commonplace, and their use of soldiers is cunning, and the fighters are by no means comparable to a certain literati of Sun, and the final general thinks that the combat strength of the official army is superior, but the thieves will win." Li Guoying despised Sun Chuanting's style of looting people's wealth and drying up the water, thinking that it would only lose the hearts of the people, and the thieves would be more and more, and it would be difficult to escape defeat in the end, it was better for Zuo Liangyu to do bad things to the end, learn to coerce the people by thieves, and consume the population so that you can't get it, and everyone will be finished in the end, but this kind of thing can't be said, he secretly glanced at Li Yu and said: "The problem is also here, if the thieves defeat Sun Chuanting and take Tongguan and enter Shaanxi in one go, how to clean up the situation in the future?" ”

"So we discussed the transfer of Zhang Chuanjie's department from Busan Town to Pingyang, Zhou Yuji's department from Busi Town to Lu'an, Yuan Lie's department from Buwu Town to Zezhou, and Chaolu Department from Qisi Town and Ding Qiming from Gun Town to Taiyuan, ready to deal with contingencies at any time." Xue Xianguang suggested.

"There are only 3,500 people in one town, and the troops are not enough, so the Hou Shijie Department of Buyi Town and the Qinhu Department of Buqi Town will be transferred to Datong, and the Zhang Ding Department of the Third Town will be transferred to Dongshengwei." Li Yu waved his hand and ordered.

"I'll go to Taiyuan to sit in the town, so many troops are stationed in Shanxi, don't make a big deal." Ma Guangyuan interjected with a smile, there are a lot of people in the military affairs department of Zanhua, each has its own thing to do, Ge Kuli is staring at Liaodong, Aishan is staring at Tibet and the Western Regions, Zhang Shi'an is in charge of military affairs, he and Bai Xianzhi and Terig are over half a hundred years old, no matter who is the chief Zanhua is a transitional figure, it is better to go down and do something practical, and the Zanhua Military Affairs Office will be handed over to the young Xue Xianguang and Li Guoying.

"The situation in Huguang is not very good, the old man seems to have fallen out with Zhang Mengcun and Hui Deng, occupying Wuchang and Hanyang respectively, and not communicating with each other, Zhou Yi sent a letter saying that he couldn't hold back his position, and asked the presidential palace to send someone else, Hanmin, you have to think about it, if we go to war with the thieves again, Huguang must not be in trouble." Zhao Ji reminded with some apprehension.

The old handsome generals were born and were destined to be high-ranking officials, but Zhang Mengcun and Hui Dengxiang were born as thieves, and they had enough hardships to get to the point where they are today, and it was strange that they could urinate in a pot. Li Yu knew in his heart that as long as he left, the two sides would definitely fall out, so he left Zhou Su, who was exquisite, but Zhou Su was obviously too young to control the scene.

"The whip chief is out of reach, I propose that the Council award the old marshal the third-class Baturu Shixun, and the third-class Bakhshi Shixun to Zhou Xuan, let's appease it first," Li Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, Datong can suppress the old marshal and Zhang Mengcun and Hui Dengxiang at the same time, and they are all under heavy responsibility, where can they send people, pause for a while, and then point to the map and say: "Pay close attention to the war situation in Henan, don't interfere for the time being, I have a hunch that the Qing Dynasty in the east is in trouble." ”

Li Yu's premonition was innate, and he had really been right a few times, but he would never have imagined that what happened this time was far beyond imagination - in early August, the ninth Qing emperor finished handling a day's official business, and suddenly died in Qingning Palace at the age of fifty-three, without any signs before his death.

This thunderbolt of bad news made the Qing Dynasty kings and ministers panic, and the hearts of the people in the court fluctuated, and the undercurrents surged. Prince Dai Shan, Prince Zheng Jierharang, Prince Rui Dolgon, Prince Yu Duoduo, and Prince Su Haoge entered the palace overnight, led the important ministers to cry for a while, and immediately hid in the side hall to discuss secretly - Emperor Daxing did not appoint a prince, nor did he leave an edict, and it was urgent to solve the problem of imperial unity.

"The first emperor went strangely, this matter can't be counted, I'll call the people from the criminal department to enter the palace to investigate." Zilharang was in charge of the Punishment Department, and seeing that everyone looked like thieves, he was the first to stand up and make a statement, and at the same time glanced at Hauge.

"Father, you died so unjustly, your sons will definitely break the corpses of the people who killed you." Haug immediately grinned, but his eyes were fixed on Dorgon.

"It must not be investigated," Dolgon was annoyed for a while, Zilharang had a close relationship with Hauge, and let the hand of the criminal department reach into the palace, there was no good fruit for him to eat, and after speaking, he found that everyone else looked at him with strange eyes, and immediately explained, "I mean that the investigation is far away, it is better to slow down first, the most important thing now is to determine the imperial system early, this is a big thing, and if it is late, there will be changes, and there is a prince of Jin in the west, his hand is stretched in, and the Qing Kingdom must be chaotic." ”

Speaking of the so-called Prince of Jin, Dolgon couldn't wait to slap himself a few times, it was he who encouraged the emperor to accept Li Yu as his adopted son, he was the one who came up with the bad idea of making Li Yu the king of Jin, and he was also the one who supported the crowning of Li Yu as the Prince of Jin, and it was also known to everyone. It's weird, he put the label of Li Yu's face full of foreign countries, that guy is more and more alive, and he has an excuse to meddle in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon is embarrassed to admit his mistake, so he can only scold the Ming court.

"Yes, we can't chase the wind and catch the shadows and check indiscriminately, the Qing Kingdom can't stand the toss, it's important to establish the emperor first, second brother, you say yes." Duoduo said quickly.

"Zierharang and Haoge are right, but the fourteenth and fifteenth are also important, we can't mess with ourselves, the big guy will think about it first when he goes back, and he will do the affairs of the emperor in the next few days, so as not to cause trouble to the minions below." Lao Daishan had to express his position, and after speaking, he ran to the mourning hall to cry, and the others had to follow behind.

Dai Shan is right, the Qing Kingdom has been done now, and the minions also have their own circles, each with their own selfish interests, and they have to jump out for the sake of their own future, and such a thing happened in the Sanguan Temple - the minions of the two yellow flags were connected together, swearing to be one and protect the succession of Emperor Daxing's son and son, and the main members were Sony, Tulai, Gong Adai, Xihan, Tan Tai and a group of emperor's cronies, fortunately Turg died, and Aobai and Kupilon stayed in naturalization, otherwise the three would also be involved. These people went out of the Sanguan Temple, ran to Prince Su's mansion together, expressed their support to Haoge, and then went to the official department to express their public opinion to Dolgon as if they were demonstrative—everyone in the Eight Banners knew that it was Dolgon who could compete with Haoge for the throne.

Dolgon's brother and his wife were not idle, Azig went to contact the accomplices of the flags, Duoduo connected with the Manchurian Liberal Party, and he definitely didn't dare to ask people to live an organizational life during the state funeral, but the signboard of the Manchurian branch of the Liberal Party was still useful, and someone responded when he said hello, and the second-in-command of the Liberal Party, Shuotuo, and the king of Yingjun, Adali, expressed their support for Dolgon - Shuotuo This guy is also a mistake, and everyone else tries to stay away from right and wrong, but he dragged his nephew to take the initiative to come up, it seems that he still remembers the two accounts of Yue Tuo and Sakhalian, and he wants to take revenge on the emperor when the time comes.

Seven days after the emperor's death, the Qing Dynasty convened a national meeting, at dawn the ministers of the two flags of Zhenghuang and inlaid yellow swore an oath outside the Daqing Gate, resolutely supporting Haoge to inherit the unification, and then the two yellow banners Bayala Protector Army poured out of the nest, fully armed to guard the Daqing Gate, and the cordon extended to the Chongzheng Palace. Azig did not show weakness, waved his hand to summon the two flags of Bayala and the two flags of white, the two white flags are the two yellow flags of the old Khan, fierce and brave, the people's hearts are neat, there is an opportunity to turn over and never want to miss, wielding a knife and spear to confront the two yellow flags Bayala. Both sides were violent, intimidating and scolding each other, all putting on a desperate posture, the princes and ministers did not dare to care, one by one pale faces passed through the sword and spear bushes, the timid almost collapsed in fright, after a long time, the Chongzheng Palace gathered people, many people's backs were soaked, and the old Daishan who presided over the meeting also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and announced the start of the meeting.

Most of the sons born to Emperor Daxing died young, except for Haoge, the eldest ninth elder brother Fulin was only a six-year-old child. Hauge's achievements and good looks naturally deserve to be the successor, but Dorgon took the initiative to jump out of the competition, and considering the strength of their brothers, they had to be included in the candidates.

"The first emperor of the ancient sage, with the creation of Manchuria, we can not live up to the grace of the saint, the Qing Dynasty is not his descendants, Prince Su is old and has high merits, and he should inherit the unification." Zilharang was the first to speak, and at the same time glanced at Hauge very dissatisfied-the two yellow flags are waving and shouting for you, but your blue flag is shrinking at home and silent, planning to wait for pie to fall from the sky!

"I also think it's the reason, the first emperor went, but no one can go to the tea and cool, don't the Hanchens always say that they will be long, and Prince Su is quite suitable." Lao Daishan also nodded in agreement.

Zilharang was secretly happy in his heart, and kept glancing at Hauge, at this time, he had to strike while the iron was hot, hurry up and give everyone benefits, and by the way, blow a few words about the country's governance, even if it was nonsense, but Hauge disappointed him, this guy is really waiting for pie to fall from the sky.

"My merit is not enough, it can be compared with the first emperor, and we will discuss it again." Hauge modestly stated.

"Prince Su said that his merit is not enough, we Manchus don't talk about the Han people, and when the emperor is the emperor, he can convince people with merit, so he should discuss it well." Dordor immediately seized on Hauge's words and made waves.

"Haoge killed his wife with his own hands, his virtue must not be good, and he is not a son-in-law, his mother was divorced, and the first emperor didn't like him when he was alive." Azig shouted.

Azig was very vicious, poking at the key point, Hauge's face was pale, and he was speechless for a while, the ministers of the two yellow flags quit, and they all stood up for Hauge, and the ministers of the two white flags came prepared, and immediately scolded each other, and then the ministers of the flags were also involved, and the hall was noisy. Shuotuo and Adali took the opportunity to wave their flags for Dolgon and shouted, "Prince Rui can also be the emperor, and he was mentioned in Taizu's edict" - the old accounts from many years ago were turned over, and the hall was even more chaotic, and the people were rude and ignorant of etiquette, and they said that they would move their hands and feet when they were in a hurry, and they scared Hanchen so much that he prostrated on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

"The Great Qing Kingdom was founded by the first emperor, and it is better for the first emperor to inherit the unification with his own son." Dorgon said deliberately.

"Old Fourteen, if you are not the emperor, then I will be the emperor, and my name is also on the edict of Taizu." Duoduo responded with a hippie smile, he had no interest in the throne, he was purely here to stir up the situation, and the more chaotic the situation, the better.

"Taizu's edict also has the name of Prince Li, Prince Li is highly respected and meritorious, and his old man can also inherit the unification." Dorgon also had to be humble, but he was smarter than Hauge, and he lit a fire and burned it on the old Daishan.

"Don't pay the price, I'm sixty, but I can't do big things." Lao Daishan was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again.

Hauge's heart was cold, Dolgon's two white flags only had ninety-eight ox records, and the two yellow flags and his positive blue flag had one hundred and seventeen cattle records, plus the blue flag support of Zilharang, he had an absolute advantage over Dolgon, I thought that the throne could be easily obtained, but I didn't expect this brother to be so tough, not only dared to confront him by force, but also poked his sore spot hard - Eniang was divorced, not favored by his father, and killed his wife to avoid trouble, and the three things have been pressing on his heart, and the condemnation of everyone almost made him collapse.

"Virtue is shallow, and the blessing is thin, and it is not worth the big responsibility." Haug stood up and whispered, then bowed his head and walked out of the hall.

Dai Shan glanced at Zilharang, and both of them sighed helplessly, Haoge's temperament was still too soft. In the next few days, there was a meeting in the Chongde Hall every day to discuss the important affairs of the emperor's unification, and Dolgon's brother was messing around, resolutely refusing to let go. The two sides were deadlocked, the people in Shengjing City were panicked, and the people of the two yellow flags couldn't wait, and went to the palace with swords led by Sonny and Turai to demonstrate and put pressure on the princes and important ministers.

"The first emperor's kindness to us is great, if we don't establish the first emperor's son, we would rather follow the first emperor underground with death." The ministers of the two yellow flags generously made a statement, which was obviously a step back, and no longer mentioned Hauge's succession to the throne - it is said that Duoduo sent people to warn them that Hauge's succession would definitely raise the blue flag to the positive yellow flag, and maybe the blue flag of Zilharang would also be raised with the yellow flag, so you just wait for the flag to be lowered, and Concubine Zhuang Niangniang of Yongfu Palace also sent someone to warn them that they must keep the two yellow flags no matter what, otherwise the first emperor will die.

The two yellow flags are willing to make a compromise, and other things will be easy to do, Dolgon is not strong enough, and he does not dare to really do it, and proposes to choose the Nine Emperors Fu Lin to inherit the unification, but Fu Lin is too young, and he and Zilharang will jointly assist the government, and the princes and important ministers immediately agree - this is a happy result, all parties have gained, only Hauge is out, and it is not a good thing to wait for him.

On August 26, the six-year-old Fulin ascended the throne in the Dugong Palace, but the aftermath did not stop, Shuotuo and Adali were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and the next day they instigated Dolgon to fight for the throne, and were politely sent away, they were not reconciled, and immediately went to lobby Lao Daishan, Lao Daishan turned his face and did not recognize people, and sent his son and grandson to the lobby of the Criminal Department. When the matter became a big problem, Zilharang quickly informed the princes to discuss, and Dolgon naturally deduced that he did not know about it, and the old daishan also said that he would kill his relatives in righteousness, and Shuotuo and Adali were very unlucky, and they were beheaded in the criminal department that night.