"Okay, don't kneel here, I still have to praise or punish some people."

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed slightly, especially Dorgon, Duoduo and other people who came back from defeat, and their hearts kept beating drums.

Huang Taiji held his big belly and said coldly to Dolgon: "Prince Rui, although you and Yue Tuo have captured more than 200,000 Han people in this entry, and the money and food seized are not counted, but they have lost nearly half of my Qing army and horses, tell me, what should I do with you?" ”

Dolgon gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "My brother knows that this expedition has failed the emperor's high expectations, causing countless injuries to my Qing warriors, and I am willing to be punished by the emperor. ”

"Punishment, do you think that a mere punishment can offset the loss of 40,000 troops?" Huang Taiji roared in the main hall, "Do you know that our Qing Dynasty has a total of less than 200,000 warriors, and you and Yue Tuo have folded 40,000 at once, 40,000, 40,000 warriors, how many years will it take for our Great Qing Dynasty to replenish it back?" ”

Dolgon, who was lying on the ground, didn't even dare to raise his head, but just crawled quietly on the ground, silently bearing the anger of Huang Taiji. It's no wonder that Huang Taiji was angry, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was already sparsely populated, and it took more than ten years to train a qualified warrior, and now it has lost 40,000 at once, which is almost a quarter of the total strength of the Manchu Dynasty, plus the people and horses that have been eliminated by Pang Gang one after another in recent years, it is calculated that seventy or eighty thousand Manchu warriors have disappeared in his hands, and he Dolgon has to be crazy.

Huang Taiji was angry, and then looked at Dolgon lying on the ground, although Dolgon usually hid his ambitions well, but how could he hide the scheming Huang Taiji? To tell the truth, he wanted to drag this half-brother out and cut him down immediately, so as to pave the way for his son Hauge to ascend to the throne. But it still doesn't work, he knows that if he does this, the hearts of the entire Qing Dynasty will be scattered, saying that Dolgon has suffered a defeat, but as the commander-in-chief, Yue Tuo's sin is even greater, if Dolgon will be cut down, what about Yue Tuo? And as Dorgon's own brother, will he immediately lead the two white flags to rebel?

All kinds of scruples sprung up in Huang Taiji's heart, and he looked at the sympathetic looks in the eyes of the many generals who invaded south with Dolgon, and Huang Taiji sighed secretly in his heart, now is not the time to clean up Dolgon.

After cleaning up his mood, Huang Taiji's face softened, "Okay, but Prince Rui, you also have merit in going south to enter the customs this time, and I still see this, so I won't punish you heavily, but you still have to be fined for one year, do you accept it or not?" ”

When Dorgon heard this, he was ...... A year's worth of money is gone, but it seems that his fourth brother still has scruples, and he doesn't dare to really punish himself, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune, so he bowed his head and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, my brother is convinced!" ”

After finalizing the major events, everyone dispersed one by one, Kong Youde began to recruit troops to expand his right army banner, and the Dolgon and Duoduo brothers hid in the corner to lick their wounds, preparing to accumulate strength, in short, the Great Qing Kingdom was temporarily settled, in short, everyone is temporarily quiet now.

This morning, as usual, Chongzhen got up without knowing anything, freshened up under the service of a group of palace maids, put on the crown clothes of the Changchao Dynasty, and then walked out of Yangdezhai to the courtyard in front of the Qianqing Palace to burn incense and worship the sky. After four prostrations, he prayed silently for a while, and returned to the westernmost room of the Qianqing official, because he was in a depressed mood, he also specially exempted Queen Zhou, the crown prince, the concubine, the princess and others from greeting as usual.

Changing into a dark dragon yellow satin robe, Chongzhen sat down in front of the imperial case and began to review the documents. He has been reviewing various documents on military affairs for eleven years, and has personally written countless edicts, but he is always in a bad mood every time he faces this imperial case. The various notes and newspapers piled up on the case every day were like a hill, and there was hardly a single document that would make him happy. Some of these documents report the serious situation of the famine, full of shocking words such as "thousands of miles of red land", "the population is cut off", and "the children are eaten", some report the chaos of "thieves" and "bandits", and the tragic situation of the soldiers burning, and some report on what prefectures and counties the Qing soldiers broke after they went deep into Jifu, how heavy the burning and plundering were, how many Ding Zhuang and ploughing cattle were captured, and some local officials fled in despair, and some local officials were destroyed and martyred. He had to read documents like this every day, but he really didn't want to read them, he didn't dare to read them. Sometimes, Chongzhen can't wait to kick the royal case over.

Just a few days ago, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting finally led an army of 50,000 miles from Shaanxi to rush over King Qin, but by the time Hong Chengchou arrived in the capital, the Qing soldiers had already swaggered out of the customs with more than 200,000 Ming people and countless money, and then the people all over the world began to sneer.

There is a royal history named Wang Kuanliang who impeached Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, saying that Yang Sichang was the secretary of the military department, but he transferred the 50,000 troops of the imperial court to Yanjing City to guard the rats, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and also destroyed Hong Chengchou's hard work in Sun Chuanting for several years.

In Chongzhen's eyes, this letter slapped him in the face, the idea of mobilizing Hong Chengchou into Beijing was Chongzhen's own idea, Yang Sichang was just an executor, in Chongzhen's eyes, isn't the impeachment of Yang Sichang by this imperial historian impeaching himself? As soon as Chongzhen received the chapter, he relegated Wang Kuanliang's imperial history back to his hometown and let him eat himself.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen felt that there was a fire burning in his heart, this nameless fire was burning in his chest, but there was nowhere to vent. Chongzhen dropped the wolf hair in his hand and walked to the window, intending to enjoy the scenery outside the window. At this time, a little eunuch came over with a tray with some beautiful imperial signs, and whispered to him for dinner, Chongzhen sighed softly, but did not move.

Like Ping, Chongzhen's every meal is just a few simple meals, unless he summons the queen or a certain concubine to accompany him in the Qianqing Palace, he always eats alone and lonely, and there are many carefully serving eunuchs and palace maids standing next to him, and old-fashioned drum music is played outside. He didn't feel a little fun in this rigid way of life, but he couldn't help living like this, because if he didn't do so, he would not be the emperor's style, and he would not conform to the palace etiquette that has been passed down from generation to generation.

At this moment, a voice sounded, "Emperor Qiqi, Wen Shoufu, Yang Ge Lao and Liu Ge Lao ask to meet!" ”

(To be continued)