Beijing City, Qianqing Palace

A woman wearing a phoenix crown and a graceful woman sitting in the center of the hall is the most noble woman in the Qing Dynasty, the mother of the little emperor Shunzhi, the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, although Xiaozhuang is now more than thirty years old, but it is still bright and moving. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and at the bottom of the main hall stood several officials wearing long-distance running coats and red tops, none other than Sonny, Prince Zheng, Gil Harang and others who were loyal to the royal family.

"Prince Zheng, is the regent really powerless to return to heaven?" The phoenix crown and the graceful and luxurious Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang asked with a solemn look on her face.

Hearing Xiaozhuang's question, the following Gil Harang hurriedly stood up and replied, "Returning to the Empress Dowager, according to the news passed back by the next person, the regent is already terminally ill, and I heard that the time he can be awake every day is less than a quarter of an hour, and most of the time he is in a coma. ”

got Gil Harang's answer, but Xiaozhuang was not as happy as everyone imagined, but showed a little sad look on his face, of course, his sad look was not because of Dolgon's life and death, for him to come, Dolgon's life and death were not important, even, once upon a time, he also hoped that Dolgon could die early, but now, he didn't want Dolgon to have problems.

The reason is very simple, that is, the current Qing Dynasty needs Dolgon, if Dolgon is dead now, what kind of turmoil will it bring to the Qing Dynasty court with internal and external troubles, no one can guess, not to mention that the current Qing Dynasty court, is no longer like a few years ago, the soldiers will be wide, with the rise of the Ming court in Shaanxi, the strength of the Manchu court, the weakening is very powerful, just like the news from the south not long ago, Azig led hundreds of thousands of elite troops, but it will be cut off by the Ming army, so as to surround it, Although this incident weakened the strength of the Dorgon brothers in disguise, it was a catastrophic blow to the entire Manchu court.

On the other hand, Duoduo also led tens of thousands of elite troops to attack Xi'an City, if at this time, Dolgon returned to the west, then the court will definitely be because there is no suppression of powerful figures, and there will be a chaotic war, in this case there is an infighting, Xiaozhuang does not have to think about it, waiting for the Manchu court will be what will happen.

"Sony, is there any movement on the two yellow flags?" Xiaozhuang is not an ordinary person after all, although he is very sad in his heart, he still quickly adjusts, and at the same time wants to plan for the future.

Hearing Xiaozhuang's question, Sonny also stood up and replied, "Although the Queen Mother can rest assured, the old minister has talked with the generals of the Two Yellow Banners many times these days, and they are all loyal to His Majesty and the Queen Mother. ”

"Okay, great, in this way, this palace will rest assured, now is the time when my Qing Dynasty is turbulent, tell them that as long as they are loyal to the court and Your Majesty, this palace will definitely not forget them in the future." After hearing Sony's answer, Xiaozhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, many years of palace survival and the changes in the court and politics made Xiaozhuang understand that at any time, without his own strength, it is never enough, and now, with the existence of two yellow flags and two elite soldiers in his hands, he can finally have some strength to make some resistance to future changes.

"The Queen Mother, please forgive the old minister for being blunt, now we are in the Qing Dynasty and the external troubles are not clean, and internally, if the regent has anything in case, there will definitely be huge changes, all, the old minister also asked the old minister to be ready for all contingencies." After Sonny finished talking about Hyozhuang, he continued.

"Oh, Sony, what do you mean by this, is there anything else going on, if there is, you can say that although the mourning family is a female streamer, they have followed the emperor for many years, and they have seen all kinds of ups and downs, and there is nothing that can make the palace unacceptable." Xiaozhuang said with a straight face.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, according to the news that the old minister's house slave passed back from the south, there is something not good about Prince Ying, I heard that Prince Ying has been besieged in Yueyang City by the Ming army, and the city is broken, I'm afraid it's a matter of time." Sony said.

Xiaozhuang, who was originally quite calm, stood up violently after hearing the news, and then felt that his eyes were dark, and then he did it heavily, and after half a day, he slowly said, "What, what is going on, why did this happen, Prince Ying's subordinates have hundreds of thousands of elite troops, not to mention anything else, just say that the tens of thousands of Eight Banner Iron Horsemen are not at all something that the Ming Army can deal with, when tens of thousands of Eight Banner Iron Horsemen, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops fled in embarrassment, how can this happen now, You can't go wrong. ”

It is no wonder that Xiaozhuang will feel so excited and surprised, you know, although Xiaozhuang is just a harem concubine, but because of her intelligence and ability, she has participated in many decision-making of court affairs in the era of Huang Taiji, such as recruiting Hong Chengchou is his most significant contribution, and then, after the death of Huang Taiji, Dolgon was in power, he was able to hold his own life and Shunzhi's life in the hands of Dolgon, but also let Shunzhi ascend the throne smoothly, and sat on the emperor for so many years, it can be seen how strong his means are, and for military affairs, Although he is not as delicate as Sonny and others, she is still very clear about the elite Eight Banners Army, and for so many years, as long as the Eight Banners Army is dispatched, the Manchu court has not failed.

And after entering the customs, although the Manchu Qing failed so many times and suffered huge losses, Xiaozhuang only thought that it was careless, if the two armies really faced each other, all the enemies would not be the opponents of the Manchu Eight Banners Army, but now, Sony's words in this made all the illusions in her heart completely annihilated.

Looking at the appearance of Xiaozhuang, although Sony was unwilling, he still nodded and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, the old minister's words are not wrong, Prince Ying has indeed been surrounded by the Ming army, and this is also the reason why the old minister asked the Queen Mother to prepare, Prince Ying, I'm afraid it is difficult to change, if there is any accident at Prince Yu's place, I'm afraid we can only withdraw from the pass." ”

After listening to Sony's words, Gil Harang on the side continued, "Yes, Queen Mother, this pass was not originally where we should have come in, the first emperor once said that the Ming Dynasty is like a lion, we want to deal with him, we can only weaken him little by little, so as to strengthen ourselves, until we are strong enough to compete with him head-on, in one fell swoop to annihilate him is right, but Dolgon and others, listen to the words of those Han people, just like this into the pass, you look at the present, We originally had more than 100,000 elite Eight Banners Army, over the years, most of the losses, you know, these soldiers are the elite of my Manchurians, without them, we Manchurians are afraid that they will really be wiped out, it is better to take advantage of the fact that we still have a certain strength, loot in the pass, and then return to the outside of the pass, the white mountain and black water is our root, our territory, this pass, has belongs to the Han people. ”

In the Manchu aristocracy, there has always been a group of people who are dissatisfied with Dolgon and others, Gil Harang is one of them, but originally, after the Manchu court entered the customs, it went smoothly, and it was easy to take a huge territory, so that the reputation and power of Dolgon and others reached the highest peak, and Gil Harang these opponents could only hide, but later, with the slowdown of the Manchu court's offensive, and even after being defeated by the Ming army, Gil Harang and others became active again.

After listening to the words of Sony and Jill Harang, although Xiaozhuang's heart was still a little panicked, but she had also re-stabilized at this time, but she felt that Sony's words should be, after all, the Manchurian customs is just a few years, they have not yet completely accustomed to the flower world in the customs, at this time, because of the war did not go well, they returned to the outside of the customs, they are also acceptable, unlike later generations, the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to die, when it came to returning to the outside of the customs, Those Manchu nobles and gentlemen were as unwilling as their dead parents one by one.

"Okay, this palace knows about this matter, it's a big matter, it's better not to spread this matter everywhere, you just prepare in secret, maybe after Prince Yu succeeds, the Ming court will also quickly collapse, and when the time comes, this world will still be the world of our Qing Dynasty." Xiaozhuang said.

Just when Xiaozhuang just finished saying these words, he suddenly heard a bell ringing outside, and when he heard this bell, everyone in the hall changed their faces instantly, some were excited, a little sighing, and some of their emotions were smashed together, and Xiaozhuang, who was originally solemn, showed a few complicated expressions on his face at this time, whether he was happy or worried, I am afraid that even he himself could not judge.

The reason for this is that the ringing of this bell represents the death of Dolgon, who also followed his father and brother after the Qing court lost a generation of male lords, Taiji, four years ago.

It's a pity that Dolgon at this time did not leave the Qing Dynasty with a prosperous and boundless dynasty like in his previous life, but a court with internal and external troubles and was in turmoil.

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After Dolgon's death, although the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was not willing to launch an internal struggle when the Qing Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, there were still many people who secretly dealt with the people who originally belonged to Dolgon, and in just a few days, a large number of officials who were originally loyal to Dolgon were transferred from important positions, and people like He Luohui, because their status was too high, and under the attention of Xiaozhuang and others, they were able to keep their official positions, but even so, He Luohui and others were still very interested in complaining at home. no longer participated in any general trend of the imperial court, and for a time, the entire imperial court became the world of royalists.

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When the news of Dolgon's death was transmitted to Shi Lei's hands, Shi Lei was on his way back to Xi'an City, when he received the news, he was immediately excited, although for Shi Lei, in this case, he no longer needs to be afraid of the Manchu court and Dolgon, but from the original history, Dolgon was able to easily seize power after the death of Huang Taiji, and led more than 100,000 Manchu troops to be able to conquer the whole world, which shows that Dolgon is terrible.

But now, Shi Lei no longer needs to care about Dorgon, he is actually dead, and at the same time, Shi Lei also learned from the nightingale members lurking in Beijing that after Dolgon's death, a large-scale purge campaign was launched in Beijing, and many veterans who could have been good at fighting were dismissed from their posts because they had a relationship with Dolgon, and in this way, invisibly, it made the combat effectiveness of the Qing soldiers even lower, so that it would have a very great effect on Shi Lei's Northern Expedition in the future. It also reduces a lot of trouble.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that a generation of Tianjiao, the regent of the Manchu court, Dolgon, actually died like this, it's a pity to think about it, this official originally thought that he could be captured alive in the future when he waved the Northern Expedition, to see what he looked like, now it seems that it's a pity." Shi Lei said with a smile in his heart.

"Hahaha, adults are really joking, once this person dies, for our future Northern Expedition, I don't know how much trouble will be reduced, more importantly, after his death, the Manchu court has no one who can suppress the forces of all parties, in this way, the forces of all parties will definitely compete for power for their own interests, even if we don't attack him, it won't take long for them to fall apart because of infighting, at that time, we will be able to regain the lost territory without blood." Li Yan on the side also said with a rare smile.

"General Li's idea is good, but unfortunately, everything will not be so good, although Dolgon is dead, but if we don't make a move, there will definitely be a strong person within the Manchu court, leading the Manchu court, now it seems that the Manchu Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager is probably such a person, although she is just a woman, but she is also a woman with amazing means, so we still follow the original plan, after a slight adjustment, immediately wave the Northern Expedition, and strive to take advantage of the civil strife in the Manchu court, to completely annihilate them as soon as possible, the province's long night dreams are many, and the steep increase changes. Shi Lei shook his head and said.

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