He Du left in despair, taking away Wang Huan's three conditions, Li Dingguo led thousands of cavalry to send him to the border of Beizhili, and saw a group of Qing troops catch him a few miles away, before returning to Datong.

After a few days of delay on the road, when he returned to Datong, he heard a rather interesting news, Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the new wife of the Duke of Liangguo, was entrusted by the Duke of Liangguo to set up the Princess's Mansion, which governed Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, was in charge of civil affairs, and opened the director.

Of course, all the officials in the eldest princess's mansion are all from the Kuizhou department, Princess Changping has a position, but she has no real power, and everything in civil affairs is still Meng Zhiyu's decision after asking Wang Huan.

No one can figure out what Wang Huan's intention is to do this, after all, Shanxi and Shaanxi are now his sphere of influence, there is no need to pretend to make such a show, and let the princess show up, contrary to ethics, I don't know what the Ming court thinks about this matter, or whether I know it or not, I don't agree.

In Taiyuan, Xi'an and other big cities, a few scholars did not understand the situation, and jumped out to blame it, saying that women's participation in politics violated the ancestral system, which was against the world's condemnation. As soon as the remarks of these people were made in public, they disappeared on the same day.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of literati from the Kuizhou department stood up and quoted scriptures, explaining that in the war season and the national crisis, the princess, as a royal family, stepped forward to do what men could not do, and did extraordinary things, which has the meaning of the ancient flower Mulan. A controversy about Princess Changping was suppressed in this way, but in the southern provinces, the opposition was still very fierce, and the literati piled up on the desk of Emperor Yongli in Zhaoqing City, and the court bosses also had a lot of complaints, thinking that Wang Huan was getting more and more nonsense, is this to make the royal family lose face? Emperor Yongli is still there, is there no man who can stand up in the royal family?

But to say, scolding and scolding, no one dares to offend Wang Huan, the god, what can people do? So Yongli sent a few painless inquiries about the will, and Wang Huan said perfunctorily, but in order to let his family manage the more reassuring clichés, this matter is decided.

Li Dingguo somewhat peeked into the deep-seated truth behind this matter, but he didn't ask Wang Huan, just silently went back to pay the order, and then on Wang Huan's order, he prepared for war and trained his troops in a big way.

At the end of the third year of Yongli, several major events occurred. The first thing, the Kuizhou army by Li Tingyu, Li Dingguo as the main general, the soldiers are divided into two routes, out of the Great Wall to crusade against the Mongolian Horqin Department, in the Khalkha Department Bentar Khan tens of thousands of cavalry cooperation, swept the Hetao area, the two sides in the grassland several battles, the Horqin Department poured out the nest, the tribe of adult men over the age of thirteen are on the horse to fight, joint Chahar Department, known as 100,000 people to control the strings. However, the firearms unit of the Kuizhou Army and the cavalry of the Khalkha Department cooperated tacitly, with a clear division of labor, one was attacked by another, and several battles were victorious, and the Horqin Department was defeated in the Qianli Hetao Plain, killing countless people, and the Horqin Department was forced to retreat eastward, giving way to the Hetao, which was rich in water and grass, and retreating to a place closer to the Qing court.

Wang Huan kept the agreement and gave the Hetao to Bentar Khan, and by this time, the northern border gradually stabilized, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the Mongol-Chinese relations inside and outside the Great Wall began to become harmonious, driven by the huge economic interests of the mutual market.

The second thing is that Qin Liangyu is dead. This old man, who was loyal and unswerving to the Ming Court, finally went, and in the winter of the seventy-sixth year of her life, she came to the end of the years. Wang Huan looked at the west in Datong and cried bitterly, dressed in white and plain face, set up a mourning hall to keep the spirit for seven days, and cut off the black silk and sent it back to Sichuan, to be placed next to Qin Liangyu's coffin to accompany him.

This matter is more than anything, for the Ming court, it is an earthquake, Yongli and Qu Shiyun and others are like going to a Dinghai God Needle, because the existence of Qin Liangyu is a sharp weapon for the court to restrain Wang Huan, with and without Qin Liangyu, it is completely two concepts, Qin Liangyu is here, Wang Huan will not get out of the control of the Ming Dynasty no matter how chaotic he is, and he will always be the courtier of the Ming Dynasty; Qin Liangyu is not here, God knows what will happen to this person.

Emperor Yongli personally carried the condolences and a large amount of mourning for the first time on the road, together with the past, as well as Feng Wang Huan for the Shangzhu Kingdom, the prince and the princess of the edict, in addition to the official title, the Ming court bigwigs can't think of anything else that can leave Wang Huan's heart.

The third thing is that with the defeat of the Horqin Department, the new regent of the Qing court, Jierharang, asked the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and the Shunzhi Emperor to formally agree to Wang Huan's conditions, and before the end of the year, he began to withdraw troops outside the Guan, and it took more than ten days to almost empty the North Zhili and retreat to Shengjing.

Each of these three events was a major event that shook the world, almost completely changed the political situation of the whole country, and had an extremely important and far-reaching impact on the rolling of the wheel of history.

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Outside the Shanhaiguan Pass, an endless stream of people marches on the official road, when it is winter, there are snowflakes floating in the sky, some of the higher mountains, it has been white, the people on the road are wrapped in thick winter clothes, dragging their families and mouths, helping the old and the young, and it is difficult to trek on the road that is soaked in rain and snow and becomes muddy.

Dressed in luxurious fur and wrapped in a fox fur, Jilharang, accompanied by the servants, climbed the Shanhai Guangcheng Tower and looked back.

On a piece of stony land, the traces of the battle between Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng have long been erased by time, and in the empty and lonely mountains, the black crowd is like a huge river in the heavy snow, and the mountain wind is howling, cold and biting.

"Emperor Taizong led us into the pass from here, how many years have it been?" Zilharang's gray hair fluttered in the wind like a puff of yellow grass.

Man Dahai followed him and stepped forward and replied, "It's been six years. ”

"Six years...... Six years. Zierharang's voice was full of vicissitudes, he tightened his body tightly, staring at the direction of Beijing City, although it was so far away, he couldn't see the tall and majestic city wall anyway: "I didn't expect that we actually went back from here again, what about the car of the emperor and the queen mother?" ”

"It's already far away, it's almost time to Jinzhou now." Man Dahai replied, with an indescribable bitterness in his voice, and he looked at Zilharang: "Imperial Father...... Can we ever come back? ”

"Of course I want to come back!" Zilharang's tone was resolute and determined, and he turned his head to glare at his nephew, raising his voice: "Have you forgotten? In the court, the strategy we set was to go back to recuperate and recuperate, and wait for the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty in order to plan for the future! ”

"Don't dare to forget!" Man Dahai bowed his head and said: "But Wang Huan is so strong, we gave up Beizhili, and if we want to come back, when will we have to wait?" ”

"Then we'll have to wait!" Zilharang patted the cold wall tiles: "Don't worry, in a few years, we still have tens of thousands of male soldiers, and the foundation of the Eight Banners is not injured, as long as you are patient, there will definitely be a day when you come back!" ”

He turned his head and saw Hedu standing behind him, looking at the road with a blank face, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and he asked Hedu, "Your sister, how are you preparing?" ”

He Du bowed his head expressionlessly and replied: "Back to the regent, Hai Lanzhu was already on the road yesterday, escorted by the clansmen, and rushed to Datong, and it will arrive in a few days." ”

Jierharang nodded, looked away, and praised while looking at the flow of people retreating north: "You have not done a bad job in this matter, although Wang Huan has seen through our intentions, but it is also a great achievement to let him stop the army." ”

He Du bowed and thanked him, and Man Dahai, who was standing beside him, moved his body with disdain, as if he was ashamed to stand close to him.

Zilharang said: "It is rare for you to draw a line with your father Azig and be loyal to the court, and you don't have to mind too much, the Qing Dynasty will never treat loyal servants badly, as long as you are not as rebellious as your father, you will never be claustrophobic like him." ”

He Du Ruoruo continued to speak, his head lowered deeply, and his attitude made Zilharang very satisfied, and he temporarily let go of his murderous intentions for this obedient nephew.

No one noticed that in the depths of that lowered face, the eyes that were trying to control the murderous aura, there was a monstrous hatred boiling.

(End of chapter)