At the end of the ninth year of Yongli, the southernmost provinces of China had not yet been completely stirred up by Li Dingguo's entry into Guizhou, but Shandong in northern China was the first to break out into chaos. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"China's Confucius is like the Jesus of the West, and China cannot lose Shandong, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem."

Just as Mr. Gu Weijun, a later diplomat, said, Shandong is very important to China. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the military, whether it is to fight the north in the south or to conquer the south in the north, Shandong's start often means the acquisition of match points, which can be said to be very important.

However, at this moment, Shandong is not under the front of the current vigorous Jiangsu-Zhejiang Ming Army, and the three divisions of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Ming Army crossing the Yangtze River have already controlled Huainan, but Huaibei is far from being able to reach, let alone Shandong, which is further north. And in that chaos, it was a local tyrant named Yu Qi in Shandong who raised the banner of the Ming Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to oppose the Qing Dynasty.

At the end of the year, when the news of Chen Wen's two famous kings came, Yu Qi launched an anti-Qing uprising in a place called Sawtooth Mountain in Shandong, and quickly occupied the city of Ninghaizhou, and at the same time spread around. In the following days, the local green camp in Shandong was not effectively suppressed, and as Chen Wen crossed the Yangtze River, the news of Huainan came one after another, and the rebel army grew rapidly and had the momentum to sweep Shandong.

Knowing the importance of Shandong, lest the Shandong Righteous Army and the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies in Huainan open up Huaibei, and then connect together, the Eight Banners Army with an unprecedented mobilization speed in these years drew a total of 20,000 troops from Manchuria, Mongolia and Han Army, with the newly attacked Prince Zheng Jidu as the main commander, and led the Minister of the Guard, Ao Bai, as the deputy marshal, and killed along the canal to Shandong.

The rebel army developed rapidly, but most of them were rabble, and there were very few leaders of the rebel army with military experience, let alone ordinary rebels. The Eight Banners Army attacked in a big way, and the results were obvious, the Shandong Righteous Army, which claimed to have 600,000 troops, suffered a crushing defeat, and soon even Ninghaizhou City, the base camp of Yuqi, was captured by the Eight Banners Army.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out in just half a month, and a large number of rebel leaders, including Yu Qi, were either killed or captured. Although the turmoil in Shandong is far from being completely quelled, the Eight Banners Army once again proved to the unarmed and untrained rebels, to the gentry and landlords at both ends of the local rats, to the officials and green camps and ordinary people in the whole of Shandong and even the entire north that although they could not defeat the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, they still killed other rebels!

As a result, the gentry in the north began to shout "The king of Huiji County is not out, Nai Cangsheng He", but the flame of Shandong anti-Qing Dynasty ignited by Yu Qi is far from being extinguished. In the following months, the Eight Banners Army traveled back and forth throughout Shandong, and even in the areas bordering Henan, Huaibei and Zhili, fighting fires everywhere, slaughtering several cities in a row before the wildfire was barely extinguished.

After several months of fighting, the Eighth Banner Army was exhausted, and after handing over the defense of various places to the green battalions, which had been quite ineffective, it withdrew to Beijing for rest.

When the army returned, it was the end of March, and Shunzhi came out of the Forbidden City to greet him, trying to solemnly announce to the whole of China that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not without good generals and soldiers, and the Eight Banners Army was a strong proof of this!

It's just that compared to the bloody battle of Yaozhou, when Nurhachi went out of the city forty miles to meet Tunburu, killing cattle and sheep to thank the gods for that epic victory, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now an apocalyptic atmosphere, and the more Shunzhi is like this, the more weak and powerless the Manchu Qing itself becomes. However, this powerlessness can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, it is only against Chen Wen's Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, but it still has an almost overwhelming advantage in the face of other forces.

The army returned, and the scenery was infinite. After the banquet was held, Shunzhi sent Liu Cheng, who was now the Yellow Banner Niu Lu Zhangjing of the Han Army, and took out a secret report.

"Jidu is still young, and now the Qing Dynasty still has to count on you minions to be able to compete."

The old man withered, the rookie was still young, and the lack of experienced and capable Manchurian generals was the biggest problem of the Manchu Qing at this point in time. Historically, it was the monk Hong Chengchou who resisted the offensive of the Ming army in the southwest, and in the southeast, there was more of an element of luck. But now, time has changed, the Yangtze River is no longer dangerous, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies are in Huainan and then look north, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been unable to take out a traitor with enough ability, and with the death of Jierharang, this lack of green and yellow has also been completely displayed.

"The slave must do his best to repay the emperor's great kindness."

Liu Chengbai fell to the ground, in recent months, he has knelt more than in the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming combined, and even went out several times more. But kneeling to kneel, the promotion of status is obvious, he is still relatively satisfied with this, if there is something dissatisfied, that is, the speed of promotion of status should be faster according to him.

With a word of absence, Liu Cheng then got up. Shunzhi glanced at the empty hall and summoned Liu Cheng to the front, and the two of them lowered their voices and talked in detail. It wasn't until a long time later that I heard Liu Cheng say to Shunzhi: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that returning to the division with the army is a good opportunity to start rectification." ”

"I have the same plan."

After the discussion, Shunzhi returned to the harem to meet his imperial mother, and after Liu Cheng retired, he left the Forbidden City and did not return to Cidi, but rushed to Hu Quancai's home.

At this moment, Hu Quancai's family, including Li Benshen, Liu Fangming, Zhu Zhixi, Cai Yurong, Zou Zhuoming, Zhang Daocheng, Hao Zongfu, as well as Yi Sixiao, Yi Sijing, the son of Yi Yonggui, the former governor of Southern Jiangxi, and Ma Degong, the former chief soldier of the right road in Fujian, are all here. Seeing Liu Cheng rushing back from the Forbidden City, Zhu Zhixi and the others all got up and responded, and even Hu Quancai, who was sick, opened his eyes.

"Fortunately, the emperor has already approved it, and the next thing is to depend on the energy of the monarchs."

Hearing this, everyone cheered, and even Hu Quancai's pale face had a little blood. The two looked at each other, then nodded, and Liu Cheng motioned for everyone to sit down, and then made a final confirmation of the detailed rules that had been discussed before.

After a long time, after the confirmation was completed, everyone dispersed, leaving only Liu Cheng and Hu Quancai. In the past few months, the two have cooperated seamlessly, but today, when they are about to be launched, Hu Quancai, who has been promoted to the right attendant of the military department, has fallen ill, in Lang Zhong's words, I am afraid that the number of life is only a few months.

This is a huge blow to Liu Cheng's party, among their party, he is a minister, but now he is also the most trustworthy, in addition to him, Hu Quancai, the right attendant of the military department, and Zhu Zhixi, the left servant of the Imperial Palace, are in charge of the administrative and speech official system, Li Benshen, Liu Fangming, Ma Degong and others are all generals of the Han Army Banner, not to mention, and others are also in the Han Army Banner with different sizes and types of abilities.

Now that Hu Quancai is dying, there is no one within the group who has been able to fill this vacancy, which can be described as huge bad news for their party. Especially now, the major events that have been planned for several months are about to officially begin, and many things are missing Hu Quancai's link, and it will be too difficult to carry out smoothly.

"I'm feeling better today."

Looking at Liu Cheng asked with concern, Hu Quancai had a wry smile on his face, he knew his own family affairs, how long his body could last, he knew better than Lang Zhong. At this time, it is natural to be able to hold on for one more day.

"It's okay, it's better than yesterday."

"That's good, when you have nothing to do, rest and rest more, and you can do things when you have enough energy. Those that don't matter, just let Zhang Daocheng and them keep an eye on them, don't be too profound. ”

Over the years, Liu Cheng has not been without friends, but in the final analysis, only Ni Liangxu's poor friend and the Hu Quancai in front of him can really be called a brother to him. However, Ni Liangxu had already died under his knife, and the smile on his face when he was dying still lingered in his heart, and now, the whole like-minded brother in front of him was about to come to the end of his life, even if he regarded betrayal as nothing for the sake of power, he couldn't help but be moved.

"Don't worry, I can hold on."

Early the next morning, dragging a heavy sick body, Hu Quan came to the Forbidden City. The future of their party, and even the Manchu court, is in today's early dynasty, and time is pressing, even if he is uncomfortable, he has to rely on the analgesic drugs mixed with A Furong to force himself to come to the court.

Before the start of the court meeting, officials gathered in groups to whisper, Liu Cheng and others began to talk about the secret matter as early as half a month ago, but what was passed out was something innocuous and insignificant, the real core content was only known by Shunzhi, Liu Cheng, Hu Quancai, Zhu Zhixi and others, even important ministers like Sony and Ning Wan I could not get a glimpse of the whole picture.

The morning in the north was colder than in the south, and the early dynasty was a physical chore for all the officials who were eligible to participate, but if they were really disqualified, they would be even more uncomfortable than dead. This is the right, as addictive as the hibiscus that Hu Quancai has taken in the last two months, so when Hu Quancai came, everyone's eyes were focused on the right attendant of the military department, who was already a little thin and out of shape.

Hu Quancai was sick, and Shunzhi gave him a license to go to the side hall to rest. When the time came, Hu Quancai returned to the officials, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Zhu Zhixi, Zhang Daocheng of the Ministry of Works, Hao Zongfu, the director of the Ministry of Works, and others.

"Prince Zheng led the army to sweep away the thieves in Shandong, and I added another good general to the Qing Dynasty to congratulate the emperor."

When the time came, Shunzhi entered the main hall, and after sitting down, the first topic of the day was to reward the army, and the specific situation still needed time to weigh, but the general standard still had to be set.

"Although most of the thieves in Shandong are rabble, but now the situation is undiscouraged, and the soldiers need to be rewarded."

"What the emperor said is very true, but the treasury is becoming more and more embarrassed......"

Hubu Manshang Shulangqiu, a person from the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, he was the Minister of Parliament in the era of Huang Taiji, and now he is the Taibao and the Prince Taibao, and he is an important minister of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the civil service.

Lang Qiu opened his mouth to be poor, and the officials of the household department, whether it was all dynasties and generations, whether Manchurian or Han, this was a basic skill. What's more, now the Manchu Qing Dynasty has a deficit of several million taels every year, this is not a joke, no matter how thick the family foundation is, it will have to be spent sooner or later, and it may be able to last a few more days if you save a little.

However, thousands of provinces, Qiu Ba's reward cannot be saved. The dispatch is all the Eight Banner Army, so it is even more unsavable. Therefore, as soon as Langqiu's words came out, Shunzhi immediately understood his intentions, and then said to him: "I still have half of the country in the Qing Dynasty now, and the reward is a major event, and the household department should be reluctant to make it difficult." ”

"The slave is guilty, and the slave must do his best to do this errand well."

The two of them asked and answered, but they also had a tacit understanding, only the Han Shangshu Dai Ming of the household department said that he was still there with food and painting, as if there was no such Shangshu in the middle.

This is the norm, and the courtiers have long been surprised. The matter of the reward set the tone, and the relatives and nobles had no reason to object, and there was no need to object, so they naturally let it go. However, after the reward, the next step to discuss is no longer a happy event, but a scar that the relatives and nobles are most unwilling to touch.

"Last year, Prince Heshuo'an and Prince Heshuo Zheng were martyred in Jiangnan, and the investigation of the criminal department's rout and defeated generals has ended, and it should be reported to the emperor today."

As soon as Man Shangshu of the Criminal Department spoke, the faces of the relatives and nobles turned dark. Last year's wounds were too huge, and it would be difficult for the Manchurian ethnic group to recover from it without ten or twenty years. Moreover, two princes died one after another, and several other Gushan Ezhen died, which was a huge blow to the Eight Banners Army.

The content of Shangshu's report is basically the same as what the relatives and nobles present know, the black cauldron where Yue Le died, Liu Liangzuo carried it on his back, and it was actually doomed from Ji'er Harang to escort him to Jingshi. And the death of Zilharang, Kakamu and Guan are loyal to the responsibility, and some people originally planned to extend it to Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu, but in the end, it was Shunzhi who instructed that the families of these two cowards who committed suicide were exempted from punishment.

Today, Titicham was captured, and Guan was loyal to the battle, but Liu Liangzuo was still there, and the relatives and nobles naturally poured out all their anger on this Han army banner general.

Liu Liangzuo and his son Liu Zehan were executed in Lingchi, and all the family members were beheaded to show the public, and his younger brother Liu Liangchen was still early in Guishun, and the whole family was sent to the lord of the banner as a slave. And regardless of allegiance, it doesn't matter whether you die in battle or not, but you can't do it all over the house. Only Titicham, the identity of Manchuria with yellow flags is placed here, and in the end, a whole family was sent to Xinzhiku as a slave.

This disposition, the punishment is not severe, and the magnates of the Eight Banners are also very happy, but this is not the purpose of Shunzhi today.

"The martyrdom of Prince Zheng and Prince An in Jiangnan is an immeasurable loss to me. Punishment is given in the present day, and it should be a precept for the whole world. However, the Zhejiang bandit Chen Wen is now very difficult to control. The martial arts of the Eight Banners are unparalleled in the world, which is a well-known thing in the world. Although it was not good for the cavalry to move in the previous battles, although it was mostly due to the vertical and horizontal water network in the south of the Yangtze River, which was not conducive to cavalry mobility, but I carefully read the confessions of the soldiers who served in the army, and their tactics were indeed meritorious. ”

As soon as Shunzhi said this, the relatives and nobles were furious, and after listening to the legend that the Eight Banners Army was invincible and invincible for a long time, they naturally and selectively forgot the defeats of the Eight Banners Army.

This superstition has been around for a long time, and it has not been broken by Chen Wen until now, but from the bottom of their hearts, they still think that it is the incompetence of the commander, the negligence of the soldiers participating in the war, and the Eight Banners Army itself is no problem, and the battlefield of the decisive battle with the Ming Army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang in the future should be in the north, and the power of the cavalry will always be able to win the battle. However, there are also a lot of relatives and nobles among them, seeing that the new generation of new star Yue Le and the only remaining Jierharang of the old generation died in the hands of Chen Wen,

The two sides have occasionally argued in recent months, and as the war in Shandong has progressed, the former's argument seems to be more correct, but the argument still exists, and as Shunzhi's preference for Liu Cheng and others has intensified. It's just that Shunzhi said this in front of many Hanchen, but it really made the relatives and nobles look gloomy.

"That's why I think that if we can change the tactics of war, supplemented by the bravery of the Eight Banners, the terrain of the northern plains is conducive to cavalry mobility. The next day, the Zhejiang bandits will be captured, and I and the ministers can also enjoy the wealth here. ”