Chapter 262: The Council of Ministers (Part II)

Shunzhi clicked Yue Le's name instead of his own, which made Ji Du a little annoyed, and hung his face there and looked at Yue Le coldly. Sitting on Jidu's right hand, Minjun Wang Le could only smile bitterly and shook his head when he saw it, whether it was Jidu or Yue Le, it was not something that he could provoke, and the discord between the two was also an open secret in Beijing.

Yue Le saw Ji Du's stinky face in his eyes, snorted from his nose and ignored him, got up and played to Shunzhi: "Back to the emperor, the minister thought that he could approve Shang Fan's request for help, and the military department would send soldiers and horses to the south, and the officers and soldiers of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners would be the mainstay, and they would set off for the south on a certain day." ”

"Prince An thinks that the affairs of the Shang clan can be approved, do the kings have different opinions?"

Shunzhi also approved of sending troops to Guangdong in his heart, and what Yue Le said was exactly what he wanted, but he didn't make a decision on this, but asked the other kings about it as a routine. After Yue Le expressed his attitude in the past, the rest of the kings, Baylor and ministers did not disagree, and they never thought that as soon as Shunzhi finished saying this time, someone would jump out to oppose it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he couldn't allow Shang Fan to ask for military affairs."

It was not his old rival Jidu who stood up against Yue Le's opinion, but Dorobelle Shangshan.

Shang Shan is the grandson of Prince Zhuang Shuerhaqi, who was awarded the title of Auxiliary Duke of Shunzhi in the first year of Shunzhi, and later entered Gushan Beizi. In the second year of Shunzhi, he followed the prince of Yu Duoduo to attack Li Zicheng, pacified Henan, and then went south to Jiangnan. In the sixth year of Shunzhi, he was awarded the title of Dorobelle for his military exploits, and was in charge of managing the affairs of the feudal court, and was listed as the minister of parliament.

In terms of military exploits, Yue Le followed Haoge to conquer Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, and Shang Shan also followed Duoduo to attack Li Zicheng; In terms of age, Yue Le is 46 years old and Shang Shan is 38 years old, and there is not much difference between the two; But in terms of identity, Yue Le is the grandson of Taizu, and Shangshan is the grandson of Taizu's brother Shuerhaqi. and Shunzhi on the throne are uncles and brothers, unlike Yue Le, who is Shunzhi's uncle and brother, separated from the emperor's bloodline. At this level, Shang Shan was not allowed to enter the king of the county for several years in Dorobelle, and the prince did not even think about it.

is also a descendant of the Aixin Jueluo family, others are princes, but he is the king of the county, others sit in the first place when they meet, and they can only sit in the lower position to accompany them, which cannot help but make Shang Shanxin complain. It also made Shangshan and Jidu have the same points. Because of this, the relationship between the two is quite close on weekdays, and they don't look down on Yue Le.

"Shang Shan, why don't you agree to Shang Fan's request for soldiers?"

Shunzhi was very surprised, last year Li Dingguo's troops entered Guangdong, Shang Kexi asked the imperial court to transfer Manchurian troops to the south, at that time the Council of Ministers of the King of Parliament was all passed, why Shang Shan opposed the troops to the south this year.

Yue Le didn't expect Shang Shan to jump out against it, and looked at him with some doubts. Jidu was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't think that Shang Shan was enough buddy, so he jumped out to vent for him so quickly. The rest of the kings, Baylor, ministers, and Manchu officials on the field were also surprised by Shang Shan's actions. One by one, they looked at this Dorobelle in bewilderment, wondering why he opposed the troops in Guangdong.

Shang Shanxian was very confident in the reason for opposing the dispatch of troops to Guangdong, and he said: "Last year, Li Dingguo's troops entered Guangdong, and the imperial court allowed Shang Fan's invitation. Zhu Mala, the general of Jingnan, led the Manchu and Han officers and soldiers to Guangdong to participate in the war, but although Li Dingguo was forced to retreat in this battle, the losses of Zhu Mala's troops were also large, and the gains outweighed the losses. He paused. He took a breath and said, "As far as the minister knows, the loss of the Zhumala tribe is not due to the battle array, but because of the hot weather in Guangdong. Our Manchurian officers and soldiers were suffering from the scorching heat and suffered from heat stroke repeatedly. If it weren't for Jumala's three-fold request to lead his troops back to escape the summer, I am afraid that the losses of the soldiers going south would be even greater. Therefore, the minister thought that this time it was not appropriate to allow Shang Fan's invitation, but should ask Shang Fan to solve the problem of insufficient soldiers with Geng Fan and Guangdong Province on their own, so as to prevent any more unnecessary casualties among our Eight Banner disciples. ”

Hearing Shang Shan's opinion, the secretary of the military department and the Mongolian Gushan Ezhen Ming Andali shook his head, got up and saluted Shunzhi, and then said to Shang Shan: "It seems a little inappropriate for Baylor to only consider that the Manchurian officers and soldiers are not tolerant of the scorching heat and do not allow Shang Fan to ask for military affairs. ”

Shang Shan asked rhetorically: "Last year, the imperial court Zhun Shang Fan invited because Li Dingguo's army forced into Guangzhou, but this year Li Dingguo was not in Guangdong, but went to Kunming with Zhu Youlang. Without the threat of Li Dingguo's army, there are Shang Fan and Geng Fan in Guangdong, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion under its banner, so why should the imperial court send troops? Really, what is the truth of this? ”

"This"

Ming Andali hesitated for a moment, and said to Shunzhi: "Your Majesty, Shang Fan Dao Nan Ming Sun, Li Er Thief infighting, he wants to use the soldiers and horses under the domain to join the Manchurian soldiers and horses of the imperial court to march westward, and Guangxi's line Guoan joint army to invade Guizhou, so that the imperial court can take the two wide land, and can control Yunnan and Guizhou, so plus my Hunan battlefield officers and troops, Sichuan battlefield officers and troops, is the formation of a tripartite pressure on the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty, within a few years, the Southern Ming Dynasty will die." The minister saw that what Shang Fan said was quite reasonable, so the opinion of the military department was to agree to invite the soldiers. ”

Seeing that Ming Andali ignored himself and directly expressed his attitude to the emperor, Shang Shan was angry in his heart, and couldn't help but ask him: "Let me ask you, how long will it take for my Eight Banners to set off from the capital to Guangzhou?" ”

"It will take two months at the earliest." It was not Ming An Dali who answered, but his deputy Zhang Hongqing.

Shang Shan laughed, and said to Zhang Hongqing with a little anger: "It will take two months at the earliest, and I'm afraid it will take three months at the latest!" When my Eight Banners arrived in Guangdong, the weather over there happened to be hot, and under the scorching heat, how could I be asked to fight in the Eight Banners. ”

Zhang Hongqing is just a Han and a squire, where can he afford the big hat that Shang Shan pressed over inexplicably, and said in a panic: "Lord Belle is angry, this is not what the lower officials meant." ”

"What does that mean? I think you are! ”

Shang Shan's unforgiving attitude disgusted the Han officials present.

"Your Majesty, the minions agree with what Dorobelle said that the imperial court should not send troops south."

Hubu Shangshu Cheke is a person with two yellow flags in the three flags, so he calls himself a "slave" in front of Shunzhi. Out of consideration for the appropriation of expenses, he, the head of the household, stood on Shang Shan's side with a clear banner, and did not agree to transfer Manchurian soldiers to the south. (Author's note: Shangsanqi is a coated slave directly under the Aixin Jueluo family)

As soon as Che Ke expressed his position, two more Baylors and several ministers also stood up to oppose sending troops south. These people are all Manchurians, and they all consider the interests of Manchurians. The imperial court really wants to allow Shang Fan to send flag soldiers to the south, then it must be from his own family, which family in the Eight Banners and which family is not related to the family, and if you really want to go to the ghost place in Guangdong to suffer, who is willing? The last time Jumala came back, there were no fewer dead people in the banner, and now there are people who hate the ministers who advocated sending troops south.

Jidu was so breathless that he was only there to watch the excitement, and he didn't come out to express his position.

Lao Chen Zhongning I have been in poor health recently, and I am a little drowsy sitting in a chair, where can I care about the quarrel between the two sides.

Prince Xianxiang Fushou and King Doni of Dorosin County had little experience, and they couldn't tell whose words were more reasonable, so they also sat there and remained neutral, and no one's opinion was supported.

The two brothers, Dorobelle Duran and Dueryou, supported Yue Le, but they didn't say anything.

Aobai, Suke Saha, and others, who were important ministers of the two yellow flags, remained silent and did not get involved in it until the master did not express his attitude.

Shang Shan and a group of Baylor and ministers who opposed the dispatch of troops made Shunzhi hesitate, the children of the banner people are the root of Manchuria, and the northerners can't adapt to the weather in the south, it stands to reason that since the Guangdong side is not pressed by Li Dingguo's army like last year, there is no need for the imperial court to send Manchurian children to help in the war. But this time, it is rare for Shang Kexi to take the initiative to ask for troops to go west, and Hong Chengchou also proposed that Hunan should not move for the time being, and let the two feudal clans of Guangdong first explore the reality of Nanming, so Shunzhi still wanted to send troops to Guangdong to let Shang Kexi explore the reality of Nanming. If we can really achieve the situation of taking the two broads as much as Shang Kexi said and controlling Yunnan and Guizhou, it will be very beneficial to the Qing Dynasty.

But now the kings are arguing fiercely, and Shunzhi can't insist on sending troops despite their opposition, and he is embarrassed, and Shang Shan over there shouted again: "Your Majesty, Shang Fan said that the Ming army in Guangdong was arrogant and arrogant, and the important town of Xinhui also called the Ming army to take away, so the minister is strange, where is there any Ming army that can fight in Guangdong now?" Last year, how could the new meeting that Li Dingguo couldn't take away so that the Ming army took it? Shang Kexi couldn't say it clearly, and the minister thought that he should send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, and it would not be too late to discuss sending troops when the matter was clarified. ”

Shang Shan's proposal was to directly suppress the matter of sending troops, to be precise, it was delayed. As soon as the matter drags on, will it be difficult for the next Council of Ministers to discuss it again?

Che Ke applauded: "This proposal is good, and it's not Li Dingguo who is fighting Guangzhou, what is he still afraid of?" There are old banner soldiers of the Han army under his domain, as well as Geng Jimao's soldiers and horses, so why can't the two families help those Southern Ming miscellaneous troops? This soldier can't be sent! ”

Dorobelle said all over the mountain: "Regardless of whether the good news is true or not, and whether the Ming army in Guangdong really captured Xinhui, anyway, we can't send the Eight Banners!" This is not a few hundred miles, but tens of thousands of miles, and when our Eight Banners arrived in Guangdong, the weather was also hot, and they had to come back after a few days, so they ran around like this, damaging the Eight Banners in vain, so it was better not to send them, but to send those green battalion soldiers. ”

As soon as the words fell, the angry voice of Prince An Yue Le came from his ears, "The majesty of the Eight Banners is made by the children of the Eight Banners, not by enjoying happiness at home!" The north is our Qing Dynasty, but the south is not! It's only been a few years since you entered the customs, and you can't bear the hardships anymore! In the early years, it was icy and snowy outside the gate, and we didn't have to go through the Eight Banners! Don't forget, the world is not all my Qing Dynasty, Nanming Zhu Youlang is still there! Guangdong Shang Fan wants soldiers from the imperial court, and the imperial court can really not give it! Since you all said that it was troublesome to toss back and forth, then simply don't come back! ”

After venting his anger at these unmotivated clans, Yue Le turned to Shunzhi and asked: "Your Majesty, please set up a full city in Guangzhou, and select 5,000 Dingkou to enter Guangdong in the Eight Banners, and Yongzhen Guangdong for the imperial court!" (To be continued.) )