Chapter Seventy-Four: The Oath
"The ministers knock on the prince!"
King Rui's guard of honor is still far away, and the people who knelt on the ground in front of the Sanguan Temple were hula, and everyone didn't dare to raise their heads, and honestly kowtowed on the ground, never daring to be a little negligent and slow.
King Rui is narrow-minded, partial and meticulous, and any slightest carelessness in etiquette and sub-sections will cause extremely serious consequences. This point is more than 108,000 miles worse than the deceased Emperor Taizong...... No matter what everyone thinks, Dorgon is here.
He did not sit in a sedan chair, recently Sheng Jingzhong also began to sit in a sedan chair, especially Jierharang and others still like to sit in a comfortable warm sedan chair, the brazier burns, the winter is also warm as spring, up and down, and there are more and more Manchurian nobles who sit in a sedan chair.
In normal times, Dolgon will occasionally travel in a sedan chair, but in today's day, he still rides his own horse that was paid tribute by Prince Horqin, carefully selected, and one of the ten thousand chrysanthemum green horses, wearing a four-group dragon stone green dragon robe, the warm hat on the head is inlaid with a row of huge and crystal clear East Pearls, the dense wax pearls shine in the sun, the whole person is dressed very neatly, beautiful, in his thirties, the body shape is also moderate, and the face shape is different from the long face of Emperor Taizu and Taizong, so he is handsome, his eyes are also bright, showing a very shrewd appearance...... In short, this is a young and very shrewd man, with determination and skill to realize his political ambitions, and in the eyes of such a politician, one can only see the blazing fire and indomitable determination, as well as the willpower that ordinary people can hardly reach!
A big man who can seize the opportunity, decisively decide to go on an expedition, ignore the dark tide of opposition from the whole clan, and implement the will of Huang Taiji to dominate the world with almost his own will, how can it be seen that he is also a very capable and excellent person at a certain level, such a person cannot be completely belittled and scandalized because of a shaving order...... In any case, the founder of the Qing Dynasty is undoubtedly Huang Taiji, and the executor of the world is this now majestic and young Nine Princes!
On Dolgon's side is the same auxiliary king of Zilharang, although the clothes are almost identical, but this prince is very poor in spirit, and he looks very good, obviously the same status, but he is obviously a horse behind Dolgon...... No matter how you look, this auxiliary king is a complete wreck!
Only the occasional glimmer of light when his eyes are opened and closed can be seen, and this Prince Zheng is not as simple as he appears on the surface...... The two auxiliary queens, that is, the rest of the kings, Baylor, casually proposed one who was a famous man in later generations, or heroic, or meticulous and wise, that is, the wine and lustful King Azig, who was also able to lead the army, and drove Li Zicheng thousands of miles all the way like a rabbit!
Behind the kings Baylor, there are the scholars of the inner courtyard and the Manchurian nobles who served the Rui prince with five flags such as two white flags, among which the most eye-catching, of course, is the Ming Dynasty's official Hong Chengchou, on the side of Hong Chengchou, who was embarrassed, is the most trusted Han official Fan Wencheng of the Emperor Taiji, and the official Hong is different, Fan Wencheng is an out-and-out scholar in Liaodong, and he has also been admitted to show talent...... Under Nurhachi's infamous orders, all poor Han Chinese in the Later Jin ruling area, or talented people, were beheaded. Fan Wencheng was found on the way to be killed, because this Han Xiucai was still tall and strong, so he was left by the Houjin nobles with a surname, and was contained as a coat, and then slowly revealed the dew, and finally became a bachelor of the inner courtyard in the era of Huang Taiji, and was actually the emperor's brainchild.
Even now, he is a figure that Prince Rui values very much, and today's major event is that he has an extremely close relationship with him.
"Minister, knock to see the emperor!"
Arrived at the foot of the Sanguan Temple, Fulin had already greeted him under the embrace of the masters, and for a while Dolgon took the lead, and the horse's hooves in the courtyard sounded in the mountains, and the ministers bowed together, only one of the ignorant little emperors stood on the steps, looking confused.
By the time Fu Lin remembered to "call up", Dolgon, who was kneeling at the front, had already stood up by himself, and while rolling up his sleeves, he asked the two pairs of Manchu masters behind him: "Has the emperor eaten the words?" ”
"Written!" A Han master stepped forward and replied respectfully: "I wrote: Lord Shang, Kong has already ......" He was about to continue to speak, but Dolgon was very impatient and shouted: "Show it to me!" ”
For a while, several masters were panicked, and hurriedly rushed to the house, took the calligraphy that the emperor had just written to King Rui, and waited for Dolgon to read it slowly a few times before nodding and saying, "The writing is not bad...... However, my emperor of the Qing Dynasty is much more important than reading Han books, and he has learned to bring bows and arrows to the emperor! ”
The emperor used a small bow, the arrows were also shortened, and the target was less than thirty paces, in the face of so many ministers, the emperor who usually had good archery skills was very nervous, although the first few arrows hit the target, but they were all shot on the side, seeing this situation, Dolgon was very angry, his face was pale, seeing him like this, all the kings and ministers were very sweaty for the emperor...... Fortunately, the emperor fought for his own strength, and the first few arrows were shot near the bull's-eye, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"It didn't look good at the beginning, but it was still done later." After reading it, Dolgon said with a straight face and an instructive tone: "The emperor must remember, it is not easy for the ancestors to create this foundation, riding and archery is the foundation of my Manchurian Eight Banners, and the emperor is the example of the whole country, this layer, but you must remember!" ”
The Emperor remembered that when his father was alive, he had vaguely said such things, so although Dorgon's attitude made him very uncomfortable, the little emperor still held his bow and arrows and nodded very seriously.
"Okay, the emperor will remember even more in the future, today is the great day!"
Turning his head, Dolgon faced everyone and said sharply: "There has been news that the thieves of the Ming Dynasty have fought all the way from Shanxi to Gyeonggi, and it is not yet known whether Yanjing has been broken. Let me ask you, do any of you remember what the emperor said? ”
Suddenly mentioning the emperor's holy edict, everyone present looked at each other, and they didn't know what they were talking about for a while.
If you want to talk about Huang Taiji's words, or the timely events instructed, it may not be clear for three days and three nights. To be honest, Huang Taiji is really a treasure given by God to this small barbarian nation, and a slightly weaker monarch, even if it is Dolgon in his prime or Kangxi in the years when Huang Taiji was in power, this small nation of tens of thousands of Ding will never get the world.
Connecting the past and the next, this is a British lord who has been ranked number one in China for thousands of years, and this person's mind and temperament and knowledge of martial arts can be ranked first.
Since Huang Taiji's words were mentioned, everyone was pondering for a while, only Fan Wencheng understood, took a step forward, and said loudly: "Before the first emperor died, he once said: If you use it to die, there is a sign of death!" Why? There was internal strife, and the thieves swarmed, or millions, or three or four hundred thousand, attacking the city and plundering the land, and there was no way to stop it. The only ones who were relied on by the Ming were the soldiers of the ancestors, the soldiers of Jinzhou and Songshan, and the reinforcements of the provinces led by Hong Chengchou. Now that the defeat is over, even if there are recruits, they can only be filled, and An can refuse to fight? The generals of the Ming Dynasty, not only can they not be the enemy of us, but they plunder, harm the people, bribe the courtiers, and deceive them for their own merits; The courtiers are dedicated to destroying slander, covering the eyes and ears of the lord, bribing each other privately, punishing and innocent, rewarding and futility, from this point of view, the death of Ming is obvious! ”
This passage is extremely common, but it is also due to Fan Wencheng's extremely familiar back, long speech, almost rolling down, without the slightest hesitation to tie the knot, it can be said that Huang Taiji's words, as an outsider, but also as a great monarch, after crossing all the elites of the Ming Dynasty after the Battle of Songshan, at a very high height, summed up all the drawbacks of the Ming Dynasty's inevitable demise...... In addition to the later generations in the system and some deep-level summaries Huang Taiji could not see, and it was impossible to see, in all the institutional and military reasons that people could analyze at that time, Huang Taiji also saw very clearly and understood.
Later generations often say that there is a fluke in the Qing Dynasty, because the Qing rulers may not have thought of seizing the world themselves. But only from this passage of Huang Taiji, as well as Dolgon's decisive reaction after hearing Li Zicheng's attack on Yanjing, a clear conclusion can be drawn: the entry of the Qing Dynasty is a historical necessity, even if there is no surrender of Wu Sangui, the Qing army will definitely enter the customs, and it will seize the posture of the world, the first battle will be determined, history, there will be no change in the surname because of a person or a small event, it will be a collection of small events, with small to push big, to change the quantity to change the quality.
………… All the kings and ministers present were immediately awe-struck after hearing Fan Wencheng's recitation of Huang Taiji's words, and hundreds of people looked at Dolgon together...... The people present must be at least a meler zhangjing from a family, in this land, they are all big people on the powerful side, in front of the emperor, there are hundreds of kings and ministers of the king of Belle, what Dolgon wants to declare, it is already self-evident!
"If you lose your deer, the world will chase it!" Dolgon said loudly: "Master Fan said that he went to the charter before, and said that it is: At this time, those who steal only the great cause to retire for eternity will lose the opportunity and regret the future...... I thought it was very reasonable, so I decided to swear to go south today! Men under 70 and over 10 years old are all in the army, and the judgment of success or failure is in one fell swoop! Today, Qin Tianjian chose a good one in early April, and this king will lead the Manchurian, Mongol soldiers, Sauron and other strong men and the Han army, Gongshun and other three kings, Xushun Gong and other soldiers, and then the whole clan will go south to compete for the world with the Ming Liukou! This time, unlike the previous attack on the grass valley, those who resist will be killed, and they will not slaughter the people, burn houses, or plunder property...... The line of entering the army, from Jizhen and Miyun to break through the side wall, go straight to Yanjing! ”
Many of these words were also circulated, and those present knew in advance, but on this occasion, seeing Dolgon swearing to the Southern Expedition with a decisive attitude, not only the Manchurian tribe, but also all the Mongolian and Han soldiers and horses were also brought along, and the troops were raised before, and so many troops had never been mobilized, so many troops were never mobilized, it is conceivable that this is a decisive battle that will determine the fate of the Eight Banners and Manchuria!
Thinking about it so far, what kind of views, the similarities and differences between the kings and the merchants, at this time, they are all left behind, everyone is breathing heavily, their faces are nervous, and they all feel that their blood is swelling, and they can't wait to roar.
Seeing this, Dolgon also laughed, and only said: "Since Emperor Taizu of this dynasty raised troops with thirteen pairs of armor, he still said today? This dynasty also has a day to seize the Ming Dynasty? Do you say that Shengjing is better or Yanjing is better, do you want more clothed minions, do you want to win the whole world, and no longer worry about the Ming Dynasty coming to attack? Success or not, it is this time, I am clear, and I must cover the world! ”
(To be continued)