On March 20 of the third year of Yongli, the palace of Prince Jingshi and Shuorui.

"What? Ganzhou fell? Dorgon shouted in shock.

"Yes, Lord Regent!" The glue merchant kneeling under the hall said in a trembling voice.

After escaping, Tan Tai first sent a rubber merchant to rush to Beijing to see Dolgon and report the fall of Ganzhou.

"How so? Tan Tai has an army of 170,000, how could he fail so easily? Dolgon's face turned blue and he asked sharply.

Chen Mingxia hurriedly persuaded him: "Regent, please calm your anger!" Since this matter has become a fact, it is useless to be angry, so let's first ask the process and reason for the fall of Ganzhou! ”

Hearing that the glue merchant told everything he knew, and hearing that the 170,000 army had only fled back with only a few thousand Eight Banner cavalry, everyone in the palace was shocked.

Dolgon's face turned grim and hateful and scolded: "I have never lost this in the army. Shu Mulu mistook me for a big deal! ”

Chen Mingxia also sighed: "I can't imagine that we all despise Zheng Chenggong's pirate, in order to sneak attack our army, Zheng Pirate can be described as painstaking, deliberately pretending to be a greedy person, and then pretending to go north to attack Fuzhou, and wait until General Tan Tai relaxed, and the Qing Dynasty soldiers and horses invaded Xinfeng, before launching an attack, and General Tan Tai was caught off guard." Such a series of tricks is indeed impossible to guard against! ”

Dolgon took a deep breath and tried to calm the anger in his heart, "Now that Ganzhou has fallen, and Jiangxi is in danger of being contributed again, will our army send troops to retake Ganzhou, and be ashamed of it?" ”

Chen Mingxia shook his head and said, "Regent, compared to Jiangxi's affairs. It's the court that is the trickiest. ”

Dolgon reacted quickly when he heard this, nodded and said, "That's what Baishi said. Those with bad intentions are afraid that they will take this opportunity to try to bring me down! ”

When the Manchu Emperor Taiji died suddenly, he did not have an heir during his lifetime. At that time, there were Hauges and Dolgon who had the strength to fight for the throne.

Hauge was the eldest son of Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji's two yellow flags and the positive blue flag all supported Hauge to succeed him.

Dolgon was backed by two white flags and two brave and warlike brothers, and some of the clans secretly supported him in the red, blue, and yellow flags. Qualifies him to compete with Hauge.

Although Dorgon's power was larger, the gap was not large. The two sides are fighting each other, and the commission will not be decided.

In the end, in order to compromise, it was agreed that the ninth son of Huang Taiji, only six years old, would be the emperor.

Later, Dolgon designed to eradicate Hauge and control the Manchu military and political power, but even so, there were many people who disobeyed Dolgon in the two yellow, two red, and two blue six banners.

This time, Tan Tai attacked Guangdong and was defeated by Zheng Chenggong, and tens of thousands of casualties were lost among the children of the Eight Banners, most of whom were the children of the yellow and white flags and the white flags that supported Dolgon.

Seeing that Dorgon's strength was greatly damaged. Those who secretly opposed Dolgon were afraid that they would immediately jump out and try to remove him from power.

Dolgon thought of those banner lords, Prince Baylor, and he had a headache and asked, "Is there any way for Baishi to deal with this crisis?" ”

Chen Mingxia thought for a while and said: "Regent, someone always needs to bear the responsibility for this big defeat, and Tan Tai is to blame." Demote him first to his position to quench the resentment of the people! The strength of the two white flags and the positive yellow flag has been greatly damaged, and the regent needs to obtain external support to suppress the voices of those opposing forces. ”

Dorgon heard it and said, "Outside power? Who? ”

Chen Mingxia said: "Try to protect Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong. At the same time, Wu Sangui was wooed, and among the eight banners of the Han army, three people were the strongest, and they were supported by the three of them. I believe that it will be able to suppress those who oppose it. ”

Dolgon pondered for a moment and said, "Do as you say." Baishi still wants to trouble you to win over Wu Sangui and let him work for me! ”

Chen Mingxia arched his hand and said, "Yes! ”

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The news of Xinfeng's defeat soon spread throughout the Jingshi, and there was a storm for a while.

March 22. In the Jinluan Hall of the Forbidden City of Beijing, Emperor Shunzhi sat on the dragon chair expressionlessly. Looking at Tan Tai and the other Qing generals, they knelt on the ground with guilt.

Yushi Zhang Xuan opened his mouth and said: "Qi Shengshang, Tan Tai has lost the city. The loss of soldiers is an unforgivable crime. I implore the Holy Majesty to revoke his title and hand it over to the three divisions for trial, so as to correct the military law! ”

Zhang Xuan's voice was not loud, but at this moment, the civil officials and officials in the Jinluan Palace were in their hearts.

Who doesn't know that Tan Tai is the confidant general of the regent Dolgon, and Zhang Xuan is an ambitious leopard who dares to impeach him.

Could it be that Aobai and Sony's family are ready to make a move on Dolgon.

Dolgon's henchman Gang Lin hurriedly stood up and said, "Qi Sheng, although the first-class prince Tan Tai is responsible for being careless. But please remember his past merits, open the net, and allow him to wear the guilt and make meritorious service. ”

Zhang Xuan objected: "Who of the generals in the DPRK and China has no military achievements, if they all take it as a reason, how can they control the generals after the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Nearly 30 civil and military officials, including Prince Nikan, Prince Xun Mandahai, King Le Ke Dehun, King of Shuncheng County, Mel Zhangjing Aobai, and Minister of Parliament Son, knelt down and shouted: "Please order the Holy Majesty to behead Tan Tai to correct military law!" ”

There were three banner lords, two princes, and one minister of parliament, and Dolgon was shocked to see so many people demanding that Tan Tai's sins be cured.

There are so many against themselves!

Dorgon was sweating profusely, and he realized that the forces that had unwittingly opposed him were so great.

Fortunately, I was prepared this time, otherwise I wouldn't even know when I would die.

Prince Azig of Heshuoying, Adali, King of the Counties, Bei Zishuo, Minister of Parliament Sukh Saha, and Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Inner Academy, also knelt down and drank: "Please be gracious!" ”

For a time, the court was full of gunpowder, and civil officials attacked each other, looking for rules and sentences to rebuke.

The generals held their swords against each other, and they looked like they would fight if they didn't agree with each other.

Seeing that there was endless debate in the meeting, and that his own department could not suppress those opponents, Dolgon's face was a little ugly, and he turned to Wu Sangui, who had been standing silently, and nodded.

Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, saw that he was busy kneeling down and drank: "The slave begs the Holy Lord to be gracious!" ”

Seeing Wu Sangui kneeling, Shang Kexi and other Han generals also knelt down and drank: "Please be gracious!" ”

Seeing that most of the people in the Eight Banners of the Han Army were speaking for Tan Tai, Sony, Ao Bai and others were taken aback.

Wu Sangui How could they speak for Tan Tai and others, Wu Sangui and other Han generals have always dared not meddle in the internal affairs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they didn't expect them to dare to come forward today.

Prince Zheng of Heshuo Ji'er Harang saw that Wu Sangui and they were all trying to protect Tan Tai, and sighed secretly.

With the support of the Han people, he can't kill Dolgon now, so he can only secretly accumulate strength.

At the beginning, I warned Sony and Ao Bai to continue to be patient, but they are still too young to hold their breath!

Today's events, I'm afraid that Dolgon will be vigilant, and it will be difficult to bring him down in the future.

In order to protect the power of the emperor, Prince Zheng of Heshuo Zheng Jierharang knelt down and said: "Qi Sheng, although the first-class prince Tan Tai is responsible for being careless with soldiers, but on his past merits, he can be removed from his title and demoted to a commoner!" ”

Hearing the proposal of Prince Heshuo Zheng Zilharang, both sides of the fierce battle between the DPRK and China fell silent for a while and looked at Dolgon.

Dolgon pondered for a while, Tan Tai was his confidant, but this fiasco and the losses of the Qing Dynasty were really serious. If you don't punish it, you will not be able to appease the anger of the Manchurians.

Dolgon raised his head and said, "Tan Tai lost his soldiers, cut off his title, and demoted him to Niu Lu Zhangjing. ”

Sonny and Ao Bai saw that Han Baqi was standing on Dolgon's side, and knew that it would be impossible to get what they wanted today, and saw that Dolgon had already stripped Tan Tai's title, so they went down the steps.

They hurriedly shouted: "The regent is wise! ”

Emperor Shunzhi, who was still a humanoid seal, issued an order to demote Tan Tai to Niu Lu Zhangjing. (To be continued.) )