There are three things going on in Daming now.

The first is the matter of choosing a concubine, because the war caused this matter to be stagnant for a while, so it has not ended yet.

The second is the salt tax reform, which is something that Zhu Youzhen asked Gao Hongtu to start planning in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.

The third is the war in the southwest, because the transportation is underdeveloped, and the terrain in the southwest is already complicated, and the Ming Dynasty has only since this year to have the energy to deal with the war in the southwest, which has delayed the war until now.

Before these three events were carried out, or when Zhu Youzhen was playing tricks with the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, Dolgon, the actual ruler of the Qing court, also began to face his own defeat.

The first time was in February of the 21st year of Chongzhen, when Dolgon learned from the Di Bao that the Qing army of Hong Chengchou's department had encountered a strong enemy in Xiangfu and Xuanwuwei, he began to suspect that the main force of the Ming army had not withdrawn from Henan.

Nurhachi was a very talented person among the Manchurian chieftains, and Dolgon was also a person who had obtained his essence, so he naturally saw some clues, so he hurriedly instructed Hong Chengchou to make his good life pay attention.

But in the end, there is still a distance from Beijing to Henan.

In addition, it is a harsh winter, and the traffic is even more inconvenient.

Dolgon had not waited for the news of Hong Chengchou's return to the front, and now he had to deal with the raids of the Guards and the navy on the Qing court's territory.

In response to the attacks of the Ming navy, what Dolgon could do was to strengthen the sea ban and further move the coastal inhabitants.

"Lord, although moving inward is a good strategy to resist the Ming army, my Great Qing Kingdom must also have its own sailor warships, otherwise the sea from Liaodong to the river will all belong to Zhu Ming."

After finishing the university, I put forward my advice to Dolgon, and Dolgon also got up and said: "I don't know, but this matter has to be done step by step, now the most important thing is the war in the south, this time we must not be defeated, if we are defeated again, we will no longer be able to dominate the Ming Dynasty." ”

Dorgon sighed as he spoke, and there was a rare look of worry on his face.

As the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Dolgon was naturally not a stupid person, and he also guessed that his chances of victory in the Qing Dynasty were now getting less and less.

At this time, the scholar Ganglin hurriedly ran over: "Lord Wang, the military department reports that the Ming army occupied Nanpi on December 15, suddenly surrounded the Tan Tai department, and completely annihilated the Tan Tai department on December 15, and my 200,000 army was wiped out!" ”

As soon as Lin pounced, he accidentally tripped and fell to the ground, and at this time, Dolgon and Ning Wan were also sluggish.

However, at this time, I saw the scholar Song Quan hurriedly running in: "Lord Wang, the military department reported that the Ming army attacked and occupied my Baoding Mansion on December 15, slaughtered Baoding all over the city, and the king of Duoluo County, Abatai, was arrested!" ”

"Lord Wang, the military department reported that the Ming army surrounded my He Luohui Department on December 15, and my 100,000 army was annihilated!"

A series of news of defeat was like a thunderbolt, and Dorgon was directly stunned on the spot, and he suddenly roared:

"What about Hong Chengchou, is there any news about Hong Chengchou!"

Ganglin, Song Quan and other Manchu scholars saw that Dolgon was so angry at this moment, they only knelt on the ground and trembled, and their heads shook like rattles: "No, no." ”

"Hurry, go quickly, go and send someone to investigate, as soon as there is news of Henan Hong Chengchou, immediately tell me, go quickly!"

"No, now I can't sit back and wait for the news, hurry up and draft the order, hurry up with 800 miles, and order Hong Chengchou to immediately retreat to the capital with 500,000 Qing troops, and then lead 5,000 iron cavalry to the Daimyo immediately to respond to the retreat of the army, hurry, hurry!"

"You don't have to ask Hong Chengchou to bring back as much as he wants, he can come back as much as he wants, and he ordered the Qing army to retreat immediately! If Hong Chengchou dares to resist and disobey the order, he will be executed immediately! ”

Dolgon was indeed in a hurry, and changed the order twice on the spot.

Gang Lin, Song Quan and the others hurriedly responded.

Dolgon, on the other hand, fainted.

"Lord Wang!"

After Ning finished yelling, I hurriedly called someone to help Dolgon down, and went to someone to ask for a doctor.

Soon, Dolgon woke up again, and saw that many officials were looking at him, and he was already in a depressed mood, so he took advantage of the situation to push the eunuch's medicine bowl out:

"What are you doing here! All down! ”

After Dolgon finished speaking, he went back again, his eyes were wide, and suddenly he glanced at me again, and when he saw that Ning Wan was still there, he asked: "You said that with Hong Chengchou's talent, would he not have made the whole situation very bad, and would he have gone south from Henan to take Nanjing at this time?" ”

Ning Wan and I knew that my prince was using this to comfort himself at this time, but he couldn't break Dolgon's illusions, so he also echoed it: "There is also this possibility, Tan Tai and He Luohui's troops are all wiped out, indicating that the main force of the Ming army may really be in Shandong and Huguang, our judgment may be correct, and Hong Chengchou has an army of 500,000, if he goes south in one fell swoop, there is also hope to occupy Zhu Ming Nanjing and destroy the Ming court!" ”

After Ning finished speaking, Dolgon smiled bitterly: "Do you say that Zhu Youzhen is so stupid?" ”

"Even if Zhu Youzhen is not so stupid, but there are stupid people, Zhang Shenyan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, told today that he has successfully contacted Zhang Bingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, and others in the south to instigate King Lu to rebel, and once King Lu gets into trouble, Zhu Youzhen will be in a dilemma, even if he still has heavy troops in Nanjing, he has to deal with King Lu and others first."

As soon as I said this, Dolgon suddenly sat up directly as if he had taken a panacea, and was very energetic: "If this is the case, quickly summon Zhang Shenyan!" ”

……

Zhang Shenyan was proudly sleeping on a rattan chair to soak up the winter sunshine at this time, while two stunning maids were knocking his legs for him.

For a while, Zhang Shenyan was in a very comfortable mood, and couldn't help touching the face of a maid: "Little hooves, you are getting more and more watery, and the master will definitely taste you tonight." ”

Although the maid was disgusted in her heart, she had to smile shyly on the surface.

Zhang Shenyan saw this even more spring, and couldn't help touching the braid on the back of his head for a while, and when he thought that he was now an official of the Qing Dynasty, he thought of the harm done to him by the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen, and couldn't help gritting his teeth:

"Zhu Youzhen, you wait, King Lu is so rebellious, plus Tang Shiji, Guo Yong and others, I think your country is still sitting firmly!"

As he spoke, Zhang Shenyan smiled proudly, and ordered: "Go and prepare hot water, my lord, I want to bathe and change clothes to see the regent." ”

Zhang Shenyan believed that as long as he instigated the rebellion of King Lu of Jiangnan and let the regent Dolgon know, he would definitely be able to favor Dolgon.

But at this moment, Zhang Shenyan's confidant came over: "Master, news has just come from the south that King Lu has been defeated!" King Fu was also defeated! ”

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