In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Prince Yue Le of An, Prince Jian Jidu, King Doni of Xinjun, King Ledu of Minjun, Beile Shangshan, Hubu Shangshu Cheke, Mongolian Gushan Ezhen Ming Andali, Ministers of the Interior Aobai, Suke Saha, Kubilong, Sony, Dasu, Yitu of the Ministry of War, Shangshu Durma of the Ministry of Officials and other princes and ministers in Beijing knelt on the ground. Ning Wan, the college scholar at home, and Fan Wencheng and I were also urgently called into the palace by someone sent by the palace.

Wu Liuqi of Chaozhou reported that all the Manchurian soldiers below Hahamu and Kalai Daoga were martyred, and Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, committed suicide after the city of Guangzhou was broken. It was also found that Geng Jimao and the generals and colonels of the domain, Song Rui, the general of the British and German generals, Sun Yi, the deputy general of the southern general, and Hu Qili, the general of the Guangdong Governor, surrendered to the Taiping Army ten years ago."

"It is reported that the governor Li Shutai was captured, and now his life and death are unknown, and the Southern Jiangxi commander-in-chief Kong Guozhi was killed in battle, and the Zhaoqing commander-in-chief Xu Erxian was killed by the rebels, and the city of Zhaoqing has been occupied by the Ming army, and the counties under the jurisdiction of the government have also been occupied by the Ming army. The same is true of Huizhou, Hu Qili claimed to be the general army of Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty, and recently led his troops to attack Chaoshan, but fortunately was repelled by Wu Liuqi's troops According to the people of Guangzhou, the city has been called "

The military department Shangshu Itu didn't dare to say any more, he looked up at Shunzhi and found that the latter's face was already iron-blue.

"What is the name of the city?" Although Shunzhi's voice is not loud, it is scary to listen to.

Itu hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "The Taiping army has been in the city for three days!" ”

"Horn!"

A blue and white porcelain bowl was smashed to the bottom of the steps by an enraged Shunji, and a shattered magnetic piece jumped on the right side of Bel Dueryou's face, cutting a hole. Immediately blood flowed out. Du Eryou didn't dare to wipe it with his hand, and knelt there without moving.

"A prince died, and a prince descended. folded a Manchurian general, and was arrested by a governor, and the city was also slaughtered! Ridiculous, ridiculous! How the battle in Guangdong was fought! You tell me how they fought the battle in Guangdong! ”

Shunzhi laughed angrily, and the hoarse laughter echoed in the pavilion and echoed in the ears of the princes and ministers. It made them all frightened.

None of the princes and ministers expected that such a great change would occur in Guangdong, and the heavy losses of the Qing Dynasty were even more serious than those of Li Dingguo's two famous kings. It's okay to fold the prince of the Han people, but the worst thing is that none of the Manchurian soldiers stationed in Guangdong survived. Tens of thousands of women and children of the Eight Banners in the city also called the Taiping Army to slaughter! This frightened the Manchurian princes and ministers, who had never slaughtered Han cities, and could not accept this sudden bad news, which was even more terrible than when they heard that Prince Nikan had died in battle.

"The emperor is angry!"

Prince An Yue Le led all the princes and ministers to kowtow together.

"Anger? How do you call me to quench my anger? Back then, Li Dingguo just beheaded a prince and forced me to die a vassal king. But my Manchurian sons didn't ask him to be wiped out! Now it's good. More than 2,000 Manchurian sons are gone! How do you make me angry! ”

The young Son of Heaven really made this bad news extremely angry and angry, and he could not forget the disappointment on Marfa's face when he heard the news.

Hahamu should be damned, Shang Kexi should be damned, Geng Jimao should be damned, Li Shutai should be damned!

They all deserve to die, they have made me lose face! They have let my Marfa down!

Shunzhi was full of anger in his heart, and he just wanted to roar to vent the anger in his heart. But he knew that he couldn't do this, he was no longer the little emperor who was so frightened that he wanted to negotiate peace with Nanming when he heard that Prince Nikan had called Li Dingguo to kill. He's grown up. He is also mature, roaring and venting is useless, and timidity and fear of war are not the performance that his son of heaven should be. Now what he has to do is how to deal with the situation of Guangdong's loss.

"You say, what should I do?"

Shunzhi's eyes that wanted to eat people scanned the jade steps fiercely.

Ji Du's face was extremely distorted, and he suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister has long said that the Han people are not trustworthy, and they can't be entrusted with great responsibilities for the Han people, they are all grass on the wall, and they can't be trusted!" But the emperor didn't listen, he had to reuse the Han people, now it's okay, Guangdong suddenly surrendered so much that the Han army and Han officials surrendered, and even Geng Jimao, the Han vassal king, also surrendered! Therefore, the minister thought that the top priority was to immediately investigate the Han army, and let our Manchu and Mongolian officials take over the Han army, so as not to happen again! ”

Beile Shangshan has always opposed the reuse of Han officials, and when he heard Ji Du's words, he said angrily: "Prince Jian is right, the Han people are unreliable, we have to send our sons to take over the Han army, otherwise if we drop another batch, this situation will be out of control!" ”

"It's time to check the Han army and the green battalion, if someone hadn't betrayed it, how would the Taiping army know that my Manchurian soldiers and horses were marching, and how would they set up an ambush!"

"It must have been Geng Jimao who had already colluded with the Taiping Army, which made the situation in Guangdong collapse!"

"Geng Jimao is not a good bird, and those people in the green camp are not good birds!"

“”

Youji monk is good at coming out, and the Manchurian princes and ministers who have been shouting to collect the power of the Han officials suddenly beat like chicken blood, you say a word to me, you actually want to take advantage of this matter to collect the power of the Han officials, and there are even those who want to say that the green camp will be withdrawn, so that Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng, the two Han officials and important ministers who first served the Qing Dynasty, were shocked to hear it.

Shunzhi was also stunned, but he didn't expect Jidu, a bastard, to pull the matter on the Han officials, did he want to kill all the Han officials in the world before he was willing!

Yue Le listened to these people talking more and more unspeakable, and then saw that Shunzhi was so angry that he couldn't speak, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Now it's not to investigate whether Geng Jimao betrayed our Manchurian soldiers, nor to discuss whether the Han army is credible, but how to deal with the situation of the loss of Guangdong!" ”

Itu reacted and hurriedly said: "Prince An, Guangdong has not yet been lost, and Chaozhou and Shaozhou are still in our hands. ”

The Mongolian Ezhen Ming Andali, who has not spoken, is also a hall official of the Ministry of Soldiers, and he said: "Zhaoqing's deputy general Tang Sanshui sent 800 li to Song Shu urgently, he led his troops to retreat to Shaozhou and blocked the Taiping army in time, and now he is rushing to repair the Shaozhou city wall to prevent the Taiping army from going north from Shaozhou." ”

Yue Le didn't think about it after hearing this, so he said: "Give Tang Sanshui a promotion, ask him to be the chief soldier, give him all the money and food in Shaozhou, let him recruit troops, no matter what, the Taiping army must be blocked, and they must not be allowed to leave Shaozhou and enter Hunan!" ”

Doni, the king of Xinjun, is not very old, but he is not as confused as Jidu. He also said: "Give Wu Liuqi a promotion, ask him to be the governor of Guangdong, and control Tang Sanshui." In a word, Guangdong is all given to him, if he can recover Guangzhou, the court will give him the title of king, and Geng Jimao's King of Jingnan will tell him to do it! ”

"You are asking the Han people to pour ecstasy soup into it, so many Han officials in Guangdong have surrendered to the Taiping Army, and you still have to reuse the Han people!"

Ji Du is angry and doesn't come out. Yue Le and Doni are determined to go against him!

"Wu Liuqi didn't fall, and Tang Sanshui didn't fall either!" Yue Le stared at Ji Du hatefully and shouted, "If the Han people are not credible. Chaozhou and Shaozhou have already returned to the Ming Dynasty! ”

Doni couldn't get angry with the nonsense of Jidu's gang, he snorted and said: "Prince Jian has dismissed all the Han officials, who will do things for us, and who will work for us!" If nothing else, let's talk about Guangdong. Just put Wu Liuqi and Tang Sanshui away. What about Chaozhou and Shaozhou? Are you going to force these two loyal Han officials against the Qing Dynasty again? Even if the two of them don't rebel, you just put people away, who will block the Taiping Army for us, will Prince Jian go by himself! ”

"You!"

Jidu gritted his teeth, Doni, this kid really ate the gall of a leopard, and dared to be so unreasonable to him!

Belle Dueryou, who has always been the first to look forward to Jidu, did not support Jidu, but interjected: "With Wu Liuqi and Tang Sanshui, I'm afraid they can't hold Chaozhou and Shaozhou, so they have to transfer troops!" ”

"From where?" Shang Shan was a little dissatisfied that Du Eryou didn't help. On the contrary, it is a matter of troop transfer.

Du Eryou said without thinking: "I want Hong Chengchou to transfer troops from Hunan to Guangdong!" "When I spoke, the blood on my face was still bleeding.

"No! The soldiers of Hunan had to deal with the Ming army in Yungui. How can I transfer to Guangdong! "The one who spoke was the Minister of the Interior, Ji Bilong, who was the most noble of the ministers of parliament, and his father was also the first of the five ministers set up by Emperor Taizu when the Mandate of Heaven was established. He was the sixteenth son of Eyidu, and his mother was Princess Heshuo, the daughter of Nurhachi. His family was the most trusted by the royal family, and he had five sisters-in-law who were princesses, and one sister who became the concubine of Emperor Taizong.

He is not very old, but because of his in-law relationship with the royal family, his seniority is not low. He doesn't like to talk on weekdays, and he rarely has an opinion when he encounters problems. He was silent for a long time since the discussion, but when he heard that Du Eryou wanted Hong Chengchou to transfer troops to fight Guangdong, he was busy speaking out against it.

"The Guangdong Ming army is just a small trouble, as long as Chaozhou and Shaozhou are in our hands, the Guangdong Ming army will not be able to go north, and Guangxi is also in the hands of the online national security, they can't get in touch with the Yongli court in Kunming, no matter how fierce the trouble is, it is just a circle in one place. But now, if the Hunan troops are transferred to Guangdong, it will be for the sake of sesame seeds to lose the watermelon! ”

The Minister of the Interior, Sukh Saha, also did not agree to transfer troops from Hunan into Guangdong, he said: "Hong Chengchou has been negligent, he got the information that Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo are fighting in Qujing, Yunnan, the victory or defeat can be seen in the future, Hong Chengchou has also been making arrangements for entering Yunnan, Wu Sangui and Li Guoying have entered Sichuan, just wait for Sun Li to decide the victory and then go straight to Guizhou to kill Yunnan, if you suddenly transfer troops from Hunan to Guangdong now, then the original three-way strategy to enter Yunnan can only be implemented by Sichuan all the way, how to fight? ”

"If you don't take advantage of Sun Li's internal strife to defeat Nan Ming in one fell swoop, will it be impossible for Zhu Youlang to catch his breath and fight him again?" Sony muffled.

Shang Shan sneered: "Hong Chengchou's three-way strategy for entering Yunnan is now gone!" ”

"The road in Guangdong is not the main force, the soldiers in Sichuan and Hunan are the main force, and there is nothing tight about the road in Guangdong. As long as Guangxi is in our hands, it doesn't matter if Guangdong is all lost, not to mention that Chaozhou and Shaozhou are still in our hands! If it really doesn't work, let the line Guoan go to Guangdong! The already irritable Ao Bai said.

"How many soldiers can the line Guoan have, it would be good to be able to keep Guangxi, where does he have soldiers to fight Guangdong, he went to Guangdong, Guangxi doesn't want it?" Shang Shan ignored Ao Bai and said straight to Shunzhi: "Your Majesty, now only Hunan has soldiers, and if Hong Chengchou is not allowed to send troops, will it be impossible for the Taiping Army to sit in Guangdong?" What if Shaozhou can't stop the Taiping army and they enter Hunan? At that time, it is not necessary for Hong Chengchou to transfer troops to fight! ”

Shang Shan's question is very realistic, if Tang Sanshui in Shaozhou can't stop the Taiping army and calls the Ming army in Guangdong to come out of Shaozhou, it will inevitably threaten the Qing army in the Hunan battlefield, and then Hong Chengchou will not be able to transfer troops to fight the Ming army that emerged from the left flank. If the Ming army that came out of Guangdong was not resolved, the Qing army in the Hunan battlefield would not be able to move south into Yunnan with peace of mind.

The ministers were stumped by Shang Shan's question, and they all stopped squeaking, because no one dared to guarantee that Shaozhou would not be taken by the Taiping army, just as no one would have thought that the Taiping army could occupy Guangzhou.

"According to the old minister, Hong Chengchou's soldiers can't be adjusted, and the trouble of my henchmen in the Qing Dynasty is Yungui's Yongli Xiao. The imperial court, as long as Zhu Youlang is solved, the remaining soldiers and horses of the Southern Ming Dynasty are not worried. Fan Wencheng finally spoke, but he did not support the transfer of troops from Hunan to Guangdong.

Fan Wencheng opened his mouth, and I didn't wait and see anymore, coughing and said: "The old minister thinks that the matter of whether to transfer Hunan troops into Guangdong should listen to the opinions of Hong Chengchou, the five provinces, after all, he has more information in Hunan than us, and his opinion should be listened to on the matter of transferring troops." ”

This is Lao Cheng's opinion, the Qing army in the Hunan battlefield is under the command of Hong Chengchou, and the green battalion is the mainstay, Hong Chengchou has been deployed in Hunan for many years against Yungui, if you don't ask Hong Chengchou's opinion to make a decision, it is a little hasty. It is certainly not wrong to listen to the opinions of the commanders at the front at this juncture.

The two Han officials and important ministers opened their mouths, and the hall was cold.

After a long time, Shunzhi suddenly spoke: "Jidu, you go to Fujian to lead troops into Chaozhou, and the affairs of Guangdong are under your control." ”

As soon as these words came out, the princes and ministers were all shocked, and Jidu was even more caught off guard, and hurriedly said: "The minister has received an order to go to Fujian to pacify Haikou, how can he go to Guangdong?" ”

"The previous decree is invalid, I have redrafted the decree, you are still the general of Dingyuan, but you will not go to Pinghaikou in Fujian, and go to Pingping Taiping Army in Guangdong!" Shunzhi said what he said, and he didn't agree to it at all.

"If you go to Guangdong, what should you do with Fujian?" Jidu didn't expect Shunzhi to be so childish, anxious and angry.

Shunzhi glanced at him coldly and drank: "Dasu! ”

"The minions are here!"

The commander of the Protector Army and the Minister of the Interior, Dasu, hurriedly responded.

"I will appoint you as the general of Annan and go to Pinghaikou, Fujian!"

"Slaves obey!"

Da Su received the decree without saying a word, which made Shunzhi feel relieved, after all, he was his own minion, and he used it to succeed.

It stands to reason that the ministers should now rush to the top of the court and be sure to persuade Shunzhi to retract his fate. But the ministers looked at Shunzhi with a calm face, but no one dared to speak.

"Obey the order!"

Shunzhi's eyes were no longer as terrible as before, but he could see that Jidu was sweating on his forehead, and after hesitating, he finally accepted the will unwillingly.

(To be continued.) )