Chapter 224: Turning Point (4)

Maybe it's a historical coincidence, or maybe there's a providence in the dark, just when Zhu Cihong convened a meeting of his henchmen to decide on the future strategy, Prince Rui in Yanjing ...... No, Dolgon, who is now his uncle's regent, is also carrying out a big deployment related to the fate of the Qing Kingdom.

Dolgon's palace will be built in the future to be majestic and gorgeous, not under the Forbidden City.

However, for now, he can only live in the Wuying Palace, which has not been burned down, and use the Wuying Hall as the temporary regent palace. As for the forbidden place of the palace, whether it can be the prince's mansion, all the systems of the Qing Dynasty are still in the process of being created, and Dolgon is now covering the sky with one hand, and he almost killed Hauge before the oath, and later spared the life of King Su under the persuasion of Dai Shan, but he caught and killed the cronies around Hauge, and before the oath to go on the expedition, he once again purged the dissent.

Zilharang went from being an auxiliary governor with him to Dolgon as regent, and then his uncle as regent, and now he is lagging behind step by step, and in terms of power, he cannot be compared with Dolgon.

As far as the pure Eight Banners are concerned, Dolgon's Zhengbai Banner and the inlaid white flags held by Duoduo and Azig are left by Taizu, that is, the two yellow flags during the Mandate of Heaven Khan.

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he changed his two white flags to the current two yellow flags, and the two yellow flags of the three Dolgon brothers were taken away first, and then returned, but from the yellow flag to the white flag, of course, the status is not the same as the period of the Heavenly Mandate Khan.

It's just that after changing the flag, Dolgon served sincerely, gradually regained his strength, several times into the customs and went out to fight, he was first a helper, and then he was ordered to be a general, and he won a lot, and his own field cattle were gradually filled, and in the last years of Chongde, the two white flags became the two flags of the eight banners again.

The identity of the regent, the support of most of the eight banners, and the team of the two white flags, this is the cornerstone of Dorgon's rule.

Now, this young man in his thirties is full of ambition, although with the experience of living in Liaodong all the year round, the weather in Yanjing in July has taught him to be very uncomfortable, and the night wind is cold, and his forehead is still covered with crystal sweat.

The sides of his scalp were freshly shaved, revealing a bluish scalp, from the ears upwards and the back of the head upwards, all around it was smooth, except for the middle part of the top of the head, leaving a small handful of hair, long and thin, hanging down from the back of the head.

On the body, it was a royal robe embroidered with four dragons in cyan bright veil, and a cool hat inlaid with Dadong beads was not worn, although this hat was regulated by the kings in addition to the emperor, but on such a hot day, Dolgon still took it off.

In the huge Wuying Palace, in addition to this uncle regent, there are two civil officials standing in the corner of the hall, one is Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Secretarial Academy, and the other is Hong Chengchou, a descendant of the Ming Dynasty.

This entry, whether it is the analysis of the situation in the customs or the choice of the road to enter the customs, these two henchmen have made a lot of contributions to Dolgon.

But deep down, Dolgon trusts Fan Wencheng very much, knowing that the other party is also wholeheartedly planning for himself, and for Hong Chengchou, there are still doubts in his heart, whether this person really surrenders, does he still miss his old master, and when he is trying his best to serve himself, what does he think in his heart?

Under this mood, Dolgon often secretly instructed Fan Wencheng to tempt, and every time he returned, Hong was trustworthy enough, and after a long time, Dolgon gradually relied on Hong Chengchou as his heart, but after entering Beijing, he became suspicious of Hong Chengchou in several things, at this time, it was not appropriate to kill or dismiss officials, and in a short time, Dolgon had already decided to send Hong Chengchou to Beijing and not leave him by his side to praise the military and political affairs.

On the way to Beijing and Yanjing, he divided some soldiers and horses to Hong Chengchou to lead, after tonight to agree on the big policy, many soldiers and horses will go out, when the time comes, Hong Chengchou can also move with the army, no longer have to stay in Beijing.

This person, he is a little jealous from the bottom of his heart!

Wuying Hall and Wenhua Hall are lined up, and it is also one of the halls of the outer dynasty, Li Zicheng ordered the whole city to be set on fire when he withdrew from Yanjing, the outer city burned limited, and there are not many houses burned by the inner dynasty in the Forbidden City, but several halls of the outer dynasty, especially the Wenhua Hall to the cabinet and the three major halls, the degree of damage varies, but it is definitely not usable at the moment.

Standing on the high place in this palace, the whole imperial city can be seen, now it is not long after dark, you can see that there are bright lights everywhere in the palace gate, a lot of bright lights are moving, one by one, watching in this palace, a lantern, like the stars in the sky.

"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really blessed to live in such a majestic palace......"

For a moment, Dorgon was simply intoxicated.

Compared with here, those palaces in Shengjing are simply a joke.

Although the palace group of Shengjing has also worked hard in the construction, and all of them are newly built palaces, but in comparison, one is the house of the rich man in the countryside, here, only to know what is the majestic palace, what is the vertical arch nine-fold, what is the Son of Heaven, what is the majesty, what is the cultivation of Wanfang!

When his father, Nurhachi, was interested, he also talked to these young sons about the events of the year.

How to make a living under Li Chengliang, how to pay tribute to the Beijing Division, how prosperous the Beijing Division of the Ming Dynasty, and how majestic and magnificent the palace was.

At that time, when he listened to his father, he didn't feel much, but at this time, he was here, and he could think of it, as the leader of a remote and barbaric small tribe in Nurhah, to come to Yanjing, under the steps of this palace, I don't know how to grovel, what a country, how humiliating and inferior!

These things that his father didn't mention, now he understands them all!

He suddenly felt a burst of embarrassment, as if the ancestors' slave surnames and forbearance had all fallen on him, a white face was blue and red, he walked around in front of the palace gate, stomped his feet heavily, and said in a low voice: "Are all the princes and ministers here?" ”

"Prince Su came the earliest, and the rest of the princes and ministers also arrived, and among the Manchu and Han ministers, the officials of the main and deputy halls of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the six scholars, and the scholars of the three inner courtyards have all arrived."

The one who answered was the white flag Baya Lazhangjing, and after answering, he half-knelt on the steps of the temple and waited.

"Pass it on!"

"Wow!"

Zhang Jing agreed, turned down, crossed his waist with his left hand, pressed his right hand on the waist knife hanging from the light yellow tassel, and shouted loudly: "The regent has passed on the princes and ministers to see you!" ”

At this time, although it took a long time to enter the city, the ritual was created as in the Shengjing season. It's just that when it was in Shengjing, there were court rooms on both sides of the Dazheng Hall called the princes and hundreds of officials, so how could there be court rooms on both sides of the Wuying Hall at this time? Therefore, the officials and princes were waiting inside and outside the Wuying Gate, and when they heard the shouting, they walked in the door in turn.

Now Shunzhi is still in Shengjing, but he is already preparing to move to Yanjing, and the burned palace is also being repaired. Prince Zheng is very old, I am afraid that he will die soon, and the climate in the pass is very terrifying for the banner people, and there are smallpox worries, so it is understandable that Prince Li is reluctant to enter the customs.

Hearing the shouts of Baya Lazhangjing, the princes and ministers gathered outside the Wuying Gate rushed in, King Su, King Raoyu County, King Yu, King Ying, and King Ying took the lead, and all the other princes and ministers followed, under the illumination of the lantern, all the princes and ministers climbed the stairs, and waited until they reached the main hall, including all the princes, all the princes hurriedly moved forward, snapped down the horseshoe sleeves, and then bent forward with their left leg, squatted down with their right leg, supported their knees with their left hands, lowered their right hands, and moved forward with their heads and bodies, and said in unison: "Say hello to my uncle Regent!" ”

"Get up, please!"

According to the meeting of the officials of the Ming Dynasty Rite Department who surrendered, all the kings and ministers in the future, when they saw their uncle and the regent, they had to kneel down and salute, but the young monarch had not arrived, and the enthronement ceremony had not been carried out, and the rules were still the same as the old system.

"In recent days, Ye Chen has sent an urgent report that Chen Yongfu's troops have been broken and the capture of Taiyuan is just around the corner. Shandong, Dezhou, Linqing, are also in our pocket, and the southern part of Jinan has also returned to Shun. Now we not only occupy Yanjing, but also the original Jiliao, Xuanda, and Shanxi borders of the Ming Kingdom, are also in the bag! ”

In front of these civil and military officials, Dolgon was very calm and confident.

In the main hall, there were all the princes and the full-ranking officials above the third rank, and everyone's eyes also moved with the turn of Dolgon's figure, and everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the decision made by this uncle regent.

At this time, those who are as close as King Yu and King Ying, or Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, and Hong Chengchou, who usually rely on, are all honestly hanging their horseshoe sleeves and dare not speak out.

When Dolgon paced to the palace gate, there was a full group of officials standing outside the hall, under the three grades, there were also new Han officials, all of whom were standing outside the palace, and the Wuying Hall was no better than the Huangji Palace, the place was narrow, and those officials could not stand at all.

When he saw his uncle and the regent come out, all the officials snapped twice, and with their horseshoe sleeves, they still bent their knees down like the kings of Belle, and greeted Dolgon.

Dorgon didn't say anything, just glanced at his ministers with a grim look.

He didn't know much about the full people under the three grades, so he didn't pay attention to it at all, but just glanced at the heads of the large group of Han officials, and then felt a pang of disgust in his chest, so he turned around and didn't look at it anymore.

At the beginning of June, he ordered that all men in the southern and eastern areas of Yanjinggi, regardless of officials, generals or ordinary people, must shave their hair and surrender, which caused an uproar, and many of the generals shaved their heads, but among the demoted officials, except for a Han official surnamed Sun, who shaved his head, the rest were unwilling to shave.

This matter has been in trouble for more than ten days, and it is very uneasy from the officialdom to the people, and there are even rumors that the Qing army is going to slaughter the city, so he has no choice but to listen to the advice of Hong Chengchou and other Han officials on June 24, and at the same time announce that the official capital will be established in Yanjing.

His dissatisfaction with Hong Chengchou and other Han officials has a reason, but the Han officials in front of him who are wide robes and big sleeves, wearing a beam crown, and tied their hair are the bone spurs in their hearts, and the stabbing of his whole body is very uncomfortable!

It's hard to bear!

(To be continued)