Chapter 924: The Purpose of Huang Taiji
Huang Taiji has to make a decision, and it is not so casual, for example, the Qing Dynasty wants to bow down to the Ming Dynasty, if such a decision is really made, the Manchu nobles are likely to rebel and overthrow him, but this decision must be made, and the real purpose of this needs to be kept secret, so Huang Taiji is still painstaking, and there are definitely not many people who can really know the purpose of the Dao.
Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, Fan Wencheng and others discussed for a long time, and after repeated deliberations, they finally decided to write a letter and send someone directly to Dalinghe City to hand it over to Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.
Chongde Palace, the guards are tightly guarded, and those who are not allowed, no matter who they are, are not allowed to approach, if they violate, the guards can be killed directly, no matter what your identity is.
Dolgon, Dordor, Haug, Zilharang, Azig, Sonny, and others all came to the Chongde Hall.
Dai Shan and Fan Wencheng had already entered the Chongde Palace.
Dolgon and the others looked very bad, they already knew the Tao, Huang Taiji wrote a letter to Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, ready to bow down to the ministers, and was also ready to send a special representative to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to negotiate. Everyone was angry, but they couldn't understand why Huang Taiji would make such a decision, and why such a major matter, without fully discussing with everyone, you must know that the Great Qing Kingdom of Lu Dao is not the Great Qing Kingdom of Huang Taiji alone.
Huang Taiji's expression was very calm, and he was completely prepared.
As soon as the deliberations began, they were filled with the smell of gunpowder.
The first to speak was Azig.
"Your Majesty, the ministers don't understand, why do I have to bow down to the Qing Dynasty, can it be said that my Great Qing Kingdom is powerless to confront the Ming Dynasty, is it ......?"
Azig looked at Dai Shan and suppressed the sentence alive.
"The minister can't understand. Although the Jiangning battalion is brave, but my Manchu Eight Banners, Mengba Banners and Han Eight Banners are not weak, the emperor has strengthened the defense of Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, even if Su Tiancheng personally commands the battle, don't think that you can take these places, let alone Liaodong. The fourteenth brother led the army to garrison in Guangning, just with this Lu Xiangsheng, what can be done, don't think about being able to shake it at all, the minister feels that the emperor's move is wrong, if the emperor knows the Tao, it will be difficult to look at it......"
Dordor tugged at Azig from behind, thinking that Azig had gone too far.
Azig, Dolgon, and Dordor. He is a brother of the same father and mother, and is also considered by many Manchu nobles to be an unbreakable alliance.
Huang Taiji's face had no expression, and he didn't lose his temper.
Seeing this, Dorgon spoke.
"Your Majesty, the words of the twelfth brother are a bit heavy, and they are not good. However, the minister also has this opinion, my Qing Dynasty is still in the period when the army is strong. Far from the point of exhaustion, is it a little wrong to make such a decision, the minister can't understand the emperor's intentions, but the minister thinks that no matter what the intentions are. It is an insult to our Great Qing Dynasty to not be able to adopt such methods and bow down to our subordinates. ”
In fact, Dorgon's words were even more unpleasant than Azig's.
Huang Taiji still didn't speak, and looked at the others.
This time. Hauge spoke.
"Your Majesty, Erchen thinks that he can't bow down to the Ming Dynasty, and if such news is leaked, it will definitely damage the confidence of my warriors in the Qing Dynasty......"
When Haoge spoke, Huang Taiji's brows furrowed slightly.
In his heart, Huang Taiji was very disappointed, Dolgon and Hauge were the Manchurian nobles that Huang Taiji had high hopes for, one was his younger brother, and the other was his son, as for Azig, Huang Taiji was not optimistic, what Azig said, Huang Taiji didn't care, anyway, Azig knew that he was fighting on the battlefield, and the rest of the things were incompetent.
Dolgon and Hauge don't think much about what they are doing, so far, who knows about the matter of the Qing Dynasty bowing down to the Ming Dynasty, such a big thing, Huang Taiji can make a decisive decision for what is going on, is there anything strange in this, and Dai Shan didn't speak, everyone was in a hurry to speak, didn't they know that Lu Dao, he and Dai Shan have been together these days.
Disappointment is disappointment, Huang Taiji must have to explain it, and it must be requested, today the Chongde Hall is so heavily guarded, in the hall, there are no eunuchs, no guards, and the formation is different.
After Hauge had finished speaking, Zilharan spoke.
Huang Taiji decided to bow down to the Ming Dynasty, did not discuss with Zilharang, once he thought about mature matters, Huang Taiji was decisive to make a decision, there is no need for a wide range of discussions, he will not delay time.
There are indeed differences in Jierharang's understanding, which is also because Jierharang has been with Huang Taiji for too long, basically in Shenyang, and he feels that there must be other reasons for this matter.
"The minister's opinion is different, the minister thinks that since the emperor ascended the throne, everything is for the Qing Dynasty, and this time he decided to bow down to the Ming Dynasty, there must be a reason, as for what the reason is, the minister thinks that the emperor summoned me to wait until the Chongde Palace, just for this matter, don't get excited, you still have to calm down."
Azig was a little unconvinced, and when Zilharang spoke, he immediately resumed his speech.
"Prince Zheng, can you do it, in order to achieve any purpose, the Great Qing Kingdom can bow down to the Ming Dynasty, what does this mean, the last negotiation with the Ming Dynasty was a little embarrassing."
Dai Shan, who had never spoken, heard this sentence and slowly spoke.
"Twelfth brother, I dragged down the Qing Kingdom, I know this matter very well, but you don't have to complain, just say it directly to me, Xuanzhou was defeated, I have a great responsibility, this matter, the emperor did not pursue it, I am already very guilty, as for saying that my Great Qing Kingdom withdrew from Montenegro and lost a lot of land, this is my responsibility, since you said it today, you might as well say it clearly, what kind of punishment I should receive."
The atmosphere seemed a little tense, Azig's words were indeed not said well, Dai Shan was already uncomfortable in his heart because the red flag was annihilated, and it was very taboo for others to speak, but Azig said it clearly.
Dolgon's face changed, ready to speak, to help explain, Dolgon knew very well that Dai Shan's strength was still not weak, although the red flag was annihilated, but Dai Shan came back, he could be reorganized, and the words that Azig said today offended Dai Shan to the greatest extent, if Dai Shan remembered, he would also suffer.
Unfortunately, Dorgon didn't have time to speak.
Huang Taiji's face changed, and he slapped on the top of the imperial case.
"Azig, in the first year of Chongde, you led an army of 100,000 to conquer the customs and lost 30,000 soldiers, how should I punish you, for so many years, you keep saying that you want to exterminate the Ming army, and you keep saying how brave you are, where is it, have you heard your good suggestions, I led the army to exterminate the Ming border army, you took the soldiers to surround the fleeing Ming army, what kind of feats did you make, the second brother suffered a failure, very self-blame, I am very distressed, can I say that the second brother was executed by the Ming court, It's in line with your heart, I really haven't seen it clearly, you turned out to be such a person. ”
Azig's face changed, as did Dolgon's and Duoduo's expressions.
Dorgon hurriedly spoke.
"Your Majesty, the twelfth brother is a change of words, the emperor doesn't mind, the second brother, the younger brother is here, bring the twelfth brother to apologize to you."
Azig lowered his head and said no more.
However, at this time, Huang Taiji's mind changed.
"Azig, you go, you don't have to participate in today's discussion."
Watching Azig leave the Chongde Palace, Dolgon and Duoduo both understood that from this moment on, Azig was completely rejected by Huang Taiji, and I am afraid that there will be no big things in the future, and Azig will not have his share.
After Azig left the Chongde Palace, Huang Taiji didn't want to waste time.
"I made the decision to bow down to the courtiers, it was carefully considered, this is an extension of my letter, Fan Wencheng, you read it again, let everyone listen to it."
Fan Wencheng quickly read the content of the letter, and at this time, everyone realized that the so-called subservience, that is, a sentence, did not attach any conditions to it, and did not make any promises.
"You all heard clearly, if I really want to bow down and be a minister, I am not worthy of being the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, my father also suffered a great humiliation back then, and he did not break out immediately for anything, but slowly gathered strength, and raised the banner against the Ming Dynasty at the right time, do you want me to remind you of these things."
"What is the actual situation of my Great Qing Kingdom now, I have not been able to enter the customs for many years, there is a lack of food, even if there is a lot of gold and silver, I can't buy so much food, the failure of the Xuanzhou and Fuzhou battles, a lot of grain and grass have been consumed, and it needs to be replenished urgently, and the Red Flag has to be reorganized, the defense of Liaodong and Gaizhou, Yaozhou, and Haizhou needs to be stable, and the artillery of the Jiangning battalion is sharp, and my Great Qing Kingdom must be equipped with enough artillery to counter the Jiangning battalion, so many things, is it possible to do a good job in a short period of time, Have you ever calculated how much time it will take? ”
"The second brother put forward a proposal to me to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, I thought about it seriously, and then carefully discussed with the second brother, how to prevent the outbreak of the war in a short period of time, how to buy time, let the Qing Kingdom recuperate, how to consolidate and stabilize the situation in Mongolia, how to find more allies, together to deal with the Ming Dynasty, these matters, you have not thought about these matters at all, unwarranted suspicion here, I am really disappointed in you."
"I sent a representative to the Ming Jingshi to negotiate, how much time can I buy, do you know the Tao, as for the result of the negotiation, is there any binding force on my Great Qing Kingdom, I will approve it, and if I don't recognize it, I won't approve it."
"Okay, I don't want to say more, but my words today must not be leaked, if they are leaked, I will investigate to the end, no matter who leaks them, I will take your head." (To be continued......)