A purge of the Han ministers in the Qing court began abruptly without warning, and the soldiers on the streets were running around the city of Beijing, the four gates were closed, and the entry and exit checks were not leaky, just to arrest the people whose names were written on the desk of Emperor Shunzhi.

Emperor Shunzhi, who was thirteen years old, sat on the dragon chair and looked at the table full of twists and turns in confusion, these folds were written by the banner owners, Ezhen, princes, county kings and other dignitaries of the various flags in the court, and their content was nothing more than the impeachment of a certain Hanchen for misconduct, a certain Hanchen had anti-intentions and other things.

He looked at it for a long time, looked at it very carefully, and then raised his head and asked the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was sitting on the side and accompanied him with concern, strangely: "Queen Mother, why do these people want to kill Hong Xiang and General Zu?" Didn't they be faithful to us before? Why did you suddenly become a bad guy? ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang put down a fold in her hand, heard her son's question, frowned slightly, waved her hand, and retreated.

She is seven years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, the spring and autumn season is in full bloom, the afterglow is still there, born in Mongolia Horqin Beile's daughter, married Huang Taiji at the age of twelve, accompanied the Jurchen Chinese Taowuluo's best emperor for 18 years, often served left and right, has a lot of insights into the emperor's art court, plus far-reaching and thoughtful, strong and calm personality, in the shortest time after the death of Huang Taiji, accepted the status of Dolgon regent, and made a great contribution to the stability of the Qing Dynasty.

Now that Dolgon died violently, the Qing Dynasty once again fell into the whirlpool, and a more violent power struggle than the death of Huang Taiji swept the entire Qing Dynasty officialdom and the royal family.

"Your Majesty, there is no difference between good and bad people, for the emperor's family, there is only the difference between loyalty and treachery." The Empress Dowager approached her son and taught earnestly: "A person may have been loyal to the royal family before, but slowly, he may also become treacherous, people's hearts are made of flesh, they will change, and even be loyal and treacherous, this is where the emperor is considered." ”

Emperor Shunzhi's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "I understand!" Mother is talking about the way of knowing people, the way of distinguishing people, everyone in the world is used by me, how to use it, lies in how to recognize it. If you don't know it thoroughly, even if you have a high talent, you can't use it. ”

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Ying Ying smiled: "The emperor is wise, that's exactly the case." ”

Emperor Shunzhi smiled, felt comfortable for a while, lowered his head and saw the folds on the table, and then became worried again, and said with a pout: "But Hong Xiang and them...... In the past, Huang Ama believed in him very much, and I still remember when I was a child, Huang Ama hugged me, pointed at him with a smile, and said: This is my Daqing humerus, but you must treat him well and don't let him leave. Huang Ama has never said this to other Han people, I am very impressed, when the emperor is still there, he is also very respectful, how can such a person betray us? ”

Looking at her son's sad face and thinking, but he couldn't understand the mystery in this, the frowning look, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang walked over with some heartache, hugged her son's head into her arms, touched his hair and sniffed gently, and said gently: "Your Majesty, don't think too much about these things, no matter how good the Han people are, they can't compare to our own people, since Prince Ying and Prince Zheng both think that the Han people are not good, we will listen to them, kill them when they should be killed, don't chill their own hearts for these Han people." ”

Emperor Shunzhi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and he was even more confused, because the twists and turns of Azig and Zierharang were diametrically opposed, and Azig tried his best to defend Hong Chengchou, pointing out that Zu Dashou and other Han people were traitors; However, Jierharang was convinced that Hong Chengchou and others were traitors, and was willing to vouch for Zu Dashou and others. The two transcendent princes expressed two opposing opinions, and the courtiers below were also divided into two factions, which was very contradictory for Emperor Shunzhi.

"But, Queen Mother, who should I listen to?" Shunzhi was stunned and said, "What they said is exactly the opposite." ”

"Then no one will have to listen, and these people will be cut down." The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said lightly, although the expression on her face was still smiling, but there was a cold chill: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor, you should have your own opinions, since they are playing chess, then give them the chessboard, no one can play, so that those who win will not get the opportunity to challenge the emperor." ”

She sighed, touched her own son's face lovingly, and said softly with some reluctance: "The emperor's family, that's it, you can't tolerate soft-heartedness." Hong Xiang had a great merit, but he was just used as a pawn, so he had to be abandoned. In the future, it will be better for his family. ”

Emperor Shunzhi listened ignorantly and nodded, he didn't understand why people who had made great contributions would be killed instead.

The chickens and dogs in the city of Beijing jumped, did not disturb the joy in the city of Zhaoqing, which is thousands of miles away, the streets and alleys, the wine shops and teahouses, people ran to tell each other, smiling, everywhere there was the news that the Ming Liang Guogong recovered Shanxi, the sword pointed to the north of Zhili, the story of the white clothes and white armor of the Kuizhou army was rumored by countless people to become the plot of the heavenly soldiers and the heavenly generals to clean up the demons, Li Tingyu and other generals deified into the heroes of the king of Tota, they stretched out their hands and flicked it was a thunderbolt and lightning, plucking the hair and scattering beans into soldiers, Soaring through the clouds and fog, there is no one who can match it.

The audience was fascinated and applauded loudly, and the well-spoken storyteller was smashed all over the head by the bounty, and continued to brag as if he was smiling from ear to ear as he took the money into his arms. There is no way, the people have been suppressed for too long, just this bite, the Tartar soldiers who can spit fire are killed by the Duke of Liangguo like chopping melons and vegetables, and they also beheaded the chief Dolgon, how exciting, the people are happy!

The joy in the market is set off by the fact that the court is a little dull.

A group of bigwigs standing in the main hall, civil and military, two emotions. On Wenchen's side, most of them were elated, as excited as Emperor Yongli who was sitting on the Jinluan Palace, after all, everyone had escaped from the north, and now they had the hope of recovering the rivers and mountains and returning to the capital, how could they not be happy.

On the military general's side, it is not very happy, and it is more obvious that there are several governors and national prince-level figures.

He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, was standing in the center of the hall at the moment, reporting the matter to Emperor Yongli quite unhappily.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached the Duke of Liangguo, Wang Huan has a heart of disobedience!" He Tengjiao had a fluttering white beard, a thin figure, and looked like he could be blown down by the wind, but he was angry and full of anger, and said a tirade without panting: "His Kuizhou army went to Shanxi, occupied more than ten provinces in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, and did not respect the orders of the imperial court, and did what he wanted, which is particularly hateful!" What's more, his general Xu Tiezhu led his troops to occupy Huguang and Changsha, and collected all the people, money and grain from Huguang, and the momentum was monstrous, so he should maintain the roads, provide grain, grass and weapons, and let the troops of the imperial court's northern expedition go north in a big way to recover the rivers and mountains. But he was the king of the land, refused to borrow grain, and refused to resist the soldiers and horses of the court, killing our generals, lawless! ”

"What's more!" Huiguo Gong Li Chengdong stood up, he was tall and dignified, standing beside He Tengjiao, as if an iron tower was pressed on a mound of earth: "The general Zu Tianci and Ma Quan under the Duke of Liangguo occupy Nanzhili and possess the capital, and it has been more than a month since he was on the table to welcome the emperor to the north, his behavior is suspicious, and his mind is worrying!" The ministers wanted to wave their troops north and sweep away the Hulu, but they stood in the middle, threatening that no one would be allowed to pass without the order of the Duke of Liangguo, how different is this kind of behavior from self-reliance? ! ”

The two of them spat and were indignant.

Emperor Yongli smiled and listened quietly.

(End of chapter)