The final mutiny between Haug and Dorgon took place in the month of Wax.

And because the Qing court had tried its best to block the news, it was more or less delayed. So when all the details reached the Ming court in Nanjing, it was already the first month of the fifth year of Longwu.

The concentration of military power was restored to the north, and at least five or six of the Manchurian Eight Banners chose to pledge allegiance to Hauge, and the rest at least did not oppose Hauge or support Zilharang.

Although tens of thousands of people died in the process, the Qing court regained unity, and those with dissidents were also cleansed, but it did not give the Ming a chance.

After hearing the news, the ministers in Nanjing naturally went to the table to congratulate, so that the New Year of Longwu was once again immersed in a thriving joy.

Many civilian officials who wanted to make some suggestions also began to talk about the military and the military, advocating that the Northern Expedition should be carried out as soon as possible.

Or the strategy of His Majesty's previous Shengming and Prince E, who was able to use last year's immobility and recuperation in exchange for internal instability in the Tartars, and finally plotted to harm themselves.

According to the praises of these literary ministers, if Zhu Shuren is willing to continue the Northern Expedition, then the last four provinces of the Ming Dynasty will not be captured and all recovered?

But someone is responsible for rubbing the heat, and someone is responsible for calming down. Fortunately, the real decision-making executives of Daming will not be coerced by this kind of fanaticism, and they know very well what kind of rhythm they should use to do things.

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On the fifteenth day of the first month, at the banquet of the Qianqing Palace on the Shangyuan Festival, Zhu Changshu, Emperor Longwu, summoned hundreds of officials and relatives.

When the wine was hot, he couldn't help but ask his son-in-law: "Shuren, recently, there have been many courtiers preaching, saying that the Tartars are fighting among themselves, losing tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is the time of weakness. The soldiers of Henan, Lunan and Shaanxi should take advantage of the time to forge ahead and merge with the north, what do you think? ”

Zhu Shuren immediately got up, saluted, and said solemnly: "The minister does not dare to be arrogant and deceive Your Majesty, I really think that now is not a good opportunity to forge ahead."

The Tartar infighting has been decided, and although there are many casualties at the moment, the living are just at the time of unity, so they should slow down and wait for them to relax. ”

Zhu Changshu was originally from advice, and he said it ugly, so he didn't have any opinions. Hearing his son-in-law say this, he didn't insist, but just let the courtiers who advocated a quick war debate with Zhu Shuren on their own.

Zhu Shuren has been in charge of the real power of the Ming Dynasty for several years, and he is the six Shangshu, and he has also been promoted.

Therefore, those who can talk to him in the DPRK and China now are the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, Shi Kefa, plus Zhang Guowei of the Criminal Department and Jiang Yueguang of the Ministry of Industry.

The rest of the military department is in charge of him, and the household department is in the hands of his father Shen Tingyang, and it is impossible for the father and son to contradict each other, and the family has already discussed it. And Wu Meicun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, although he has the status of teacher and student with Zhu Shuren, he was promoted by Zhu Shuren, and he is completely a rubber stamp.

At this moment, among the ministers, Shi Kefa's opinions and Zhu Shuren's opinions secretly coincided, and only Jiang Yueguang and Zhang Guowei were left to say a few words.

I only heard Jiang Yueguang say: "In the past, the Wei and Jin dynasties destroyed Shu and Wu, and dominated the world, all of them were said to be domineering.

Now that my Ming Dynasty has recovered more than ten provinces, including the Tartar and Liaodi, there are only four provinces left, and there are also internal strife and soldiers, why can't we take advantage of the unstable foothold of the defenders in various places and march quickly? ”

Zhu Shuren just shook his head with Zhizhu on the ground: "Jiang Shangshu only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." At the beginning, Wei and Jin destroyed Shu and Wu, and after winning the first battle, they stepped up their pursuit, which was because they were worried that the enemy country would reorganize effective resistance.

Now the Tartars are only hundreds of thousands of people, dominating nearly 10 million people in the north, with a small and large, and if it drags on, it may not be able to win the hearts of the people, maybe it will make the situation worse, why can't I wait for a while?

It is important to know that when Dolgon was there, he encircled the green camp and divided the northern Han people into two, some of which carried banners to become cloths, or made them assistants to the Manchu rulers in other ways to enslave other Han Chinese.

This part of the Han people was loyal to Dolgon when he was there. Now that Hauge has killed Dorgon, he will inevitably refocus on Manchu and Mongolia with limited money and food. Those Han green camps who have been elevated to status for a few years may be hurt by their interests and gradually deviate from morality.

Maybe Haoge didn't mean to do this, but the Tartar finances are becoming more and more embarrassed, and most of the tax places are lost, as long as he is short of money, even if he doesn't want to treat the soldiers badly, he has to choose to treat some of the soldiers badly - this situation, when the emperor was there, our Ming Dynasty also encountered it!

In this case, if I hold on to each other for a while, it is possible to wait until some of the green battalions in the Tartars are finally overwhelmed and abandon the darkness and turn to the light again. ”

Zhu Shuren said here in high spirits, paused for the time being, drank saliva, and stretched out two fingers,

"And according to the latest information, this Haug rebellion, in my opinion, is not thorough after all, although he killed Dolgon, but Zilharang is still there-

There was nothing wrong with Zilharang himself, and Hauge could accommodate him. But the key is to make Ji'er Harang feel at ease, not only is the Shunzhi puppet emperor still there, but even the traitorous Bumu Butai is still in a noble position.

After all, Zilharang was the one who reached a compromise with Dolgon and supported the Shunzhi puppet emperor, he could support the fall of Dolgon, but he could not support the fall of the emperor and the queen.

But in Hauge's view, when the two yellow flags insisted on setting up a son of Huang Taiji, and Dolgon was difficult to ride a tiger, it was the traitor Bumu Butai who took the initiative to show goodwill, gave Dolgon a choice, and set up Fulin, and then Dolgon also colluded with Bumu Butai to act as the emperor's father.

Now that Dorgon is dead, can Hauge always endure and not worry about avenging the adulterer? Therefore, the civil strife of the Tartars is not over at all, but it is only superficially divided.

In the follow-up, Ji'er Harang, the young puppet emperor, and the traitor Bumu Butai will at least die with Haogehuo, and if the control is not good, there may be a few more deaths. ”

Zhu Shuren can say so iron-clad, naturally because he knows history and knows that Dolgon in history was called "the regent of the imperial father". It's just that in this life, because of the butterfly effect, Dolgon didn't have that much credit, so he couldn't rise in status.

But Zhu Shuren opened his eyes to heaven, and he concluded that whether it was adultery or collusion between Dolgon and Xiaozhuang, it had already existed. Even if the road is not clear, sooner or later Hauge will worry about this time bomb in the future.

What's so urgent about Daming?

Finally, Zhu Shuren also added a very important point: "Since ancient times, teachers have been famous, so they can work together." The original intention of the Tartars to be in this infighting was that they could make peace with me after the infighting.

If I were to be aggressive at once, they would feel deceived as if we were going to encroach on their old territory, and they would feel that they were defending their country and hating the same enemy, rather than that they were protecting the thieves. When the time comes, more than 100,000 Manchurians will fight to the death, and there will be many casualties among my Ming soldiers.

If I put it off for the time being, I will negotiate secretly with the snake and break the enemy's fighting spirit. Wouldn't it be beautiful to wait until you slowly find a new excuse for going to war and bend in Tartar, and then another division will become famous?

Even if I have full confidence in defeating the enemy, then I must try to cherish the lives of my soldiers, and if I can not provoke the enemy, I will not anger the enemy, and if I can not let the enemy hate the enemy, I will not let the enemy hate the enemy. ”

Zhu Shuren knows very well that the morale bonus of the Great Patriotic War at any time is higher than that of the War of Aggression, and if you can prevent the enemy from stacking buffs, you must prevent it.

It's not that you don't have this condition, so why make it difficult for yourself.

Moreover, Zhu Shuren's words only got the big truth on the surface, in fact, he still had one more thought in his heart:

That is, he relied on the foresight of the traverser, and knew that Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong who was sitting in Shanxi in history, later betrayed the Qing State once, and pulled the flag to play the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that history has been changed beyond recognition, Jiang Hao has not yet launched. But Zhu Shuren felt that with the comparison of the current situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the deterioration of the situation in the Qing court, Jiang Hao would not be indifferent.

The reason why he hasn't started it yet, maybe it's because until last year, Shaanxi has not been pacified, so Hao Ge has to personally sit in Shanxi and pull his hair with Wu Sangui in Shaanxi?

Since Haoge personally led the heavy troops in front of Jiang Hao's eyes, of course Jiang Huang at that time had no chance to rebel, otherwise wouldn't he have been killed by Haoge on the spot?

But things are different now, and Hauge had already returned to Beijing late last year to fight for power with Dorgon. Now that he has been given power, he categorically does not dare to leave Beijing.

After Shanxi's Manchurian forces became empty, maybe Jiang Jiu had a different heart?

Therefore, it is better to wait for a hand, as long as Da Ming's side inquires about the news in time, as soon as he hears that Jiang Hao is moving, he will immediately support, and the two wings should be launched together, so as not to worry that the Tartar will not die at that time!

Otherwise, with the geographical isolation of Shanxi, if you fight directly, but you can't wait for internal changes, the Ming army will have to fight hard in the Taihang Mountains. The terrain in Shanxi was also very unfavorable for the logistical supply of the attacking side.

Zhu Shuren felt that this opportunity could be waited for, and he was willing to give his time.

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After determining that it was really necessary to deal with the Tartars and wait for the further deterioration of the Tartars, the Ming Dynasty would not clamor for the direct expansion of the Northern Expedition.

On the one hand, he continued to obediently farm and train his troops.

Anyway, there are only four provinces left in the Tartars, and they are all bitter cold places in the north, and they can't be planted in the Ming Dynasty, and the gap will only get bigger and bigger with time.

On the other hand, the rear farming belongs to farming, and the diplomatic work in the front must also paralyze the Tartars, so that they really mistakenly think that the Ming Society is willing to make lasting peace, so that the Tartars can be further relaxed.

Of course, both sides have concerns.

Daming was worried that formal peace talks with the Tatars would lead to the humiliation of betraying the country, and it seemed that Daming had no intention of restoring the old capital. Therefore, a formal armistice must not be left behind.

The Qing country also had concerns, and Hauge knew that he could be in power, and he couldn't show weakness as soon as he came up. Otherwise, Chiguoguo let the Manchu nobles know that "I killed Dorgon just to negotiate peace", which would be detrimental to Hauge's prestige.

When both sides were afraid of the wolf, they coincidentally chose secret diplomacy, and the two sides only negotiated and reached a gentleman's agreement in private, and made some substantive actions to each other to ensure implementation, but never left a paper treaty.

This kind of distrustful contact is, of course, very difficult. You make promises to others in empty words, and the other party does not dare to believe them.

So the whole process dragged on for months.

The Ming Dynasty naturally needs the Ministry of Rites to send someone to negotiate, after all, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the work of the vassal tribute, which is equivalent to ancient diplomacy, and Wu Meicun is only a famous scholar and a Confucian, and he does not understand diplomatic fraud, and the progress has been fruitless several times.

In the end, Zhu Shuren could only be disappointed in him, the nominal mentor of the country, and replaced a few treacherous villains who were good at being the sixth child to negotiate secretly with the Tartars. Wu Meicun's position as Shangshu does not need to be moved, but the power needs to be divided and a part of it is emptied.

After the negotiation was replaced by a savvy villain who knew the time and knew how to be flexible, the work quickly progressed, and each side was given the guaranteed actions needed to maintain peace:

The gentlemen of both sides agreed that as long as the other side did not make hostile moves, they would not take the lead in rekindling the flames of war.

In order to make the other party trust, the Qing side must stop the military pressure on North Korea since the spring of the fifth year of Longwu, stop the harassment of the newly rebuilt Dongjiang Town in North Korea by the Ming Dynasty, and acquiesce in the annexation of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty.

This is tantamount to making the Qing diplomatically acquiesce to those vassal states that were originally forced to the side of the Qing court, abandon the darkness and return to the Ming banner, which can be regarded as a disguised recognition that the Ming Dynasty has suzerainty over other small surrounding countries except for the two sides.

The sincerity that the Ming side wants to show is that Zhu Shuren guarantees that he will advise Emperor Longwu Zhu Changshu to personally go to Fengyang, the central capital that was restored more than a year ago, to pay tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral temple in Fengyang, and the sacrificial text should show that "the two main culprits of the Jiashen Change, Li Zicheng and Dolgon, have been ambushed".

And he also has to declare that he Zhu Changshu has avenged Chongzhen, and hopes that Chongzhen's spirit in the sky will also rest in peace.

It is said that Chongzhen should not go to Fengyang, and he was not born in Fengyang, nor did he die in Fengyang. But this is just to make the movement a little louder and the sense of ceremony a little more formal, so by the way.

And once the official edict of the Ming Emperor to the first emperor circulated all over the world, it was tantamount to a disguised implication that "the matter of avenging the first emperor has been completed". Although there is still a country that has not been fully recovered, but that is another matter, it does not belong to avenging the first emperor, one yard to one yard.

And Da Ming's posture of "revenge completed" can also make the world have an expectation that "there will be no more continuous wars for the time being". Even if the Ming Dynasty wants to go back on its word, it is easy to be confused internally, and it is difficult to mobilize quickly.

This is equivalent to giving a debuff to one's rapid mobilization efficiency to win the trust of imaginary enemies.

Hauge didn't trust this kind of guarantee originally, but Zhu Shuren singled out those fraudulent negotiators and implemented his argument well, and Qing Guo didn't have the strength to ask for more, so this matter was left like this for the time being.

In contrast, the Qing State had to stop military pressure on North Korea, which was equivalent to being slapped in the face directly in front of other subject countries, but the Ming side only needed Hanlin to write an edict to the emperor to worship the emperor, which was equivalent to no real cost, of course, the Ming Dynasty made more money.

After the negotiation was reached, there was really no accident for more than half a year, and the nervous hearts of Hauge and Zilharang gradually relaxed again.

And Haoge, who stabilized the situation, also looked at Bumu Butai more and more unpleasantly, so he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make peace with Daming and make further moves.

This adulterous concubine is not his mother! It was entirely by virtue of collusion with the traitor Dolgon that he came to power! When the first emperor Huang Taiji died, Bumu Butai was just the title of "Concubine Zhuang", and it all depended on his son to become the queen mother after his son ascended the throne!

According to the first emperor Huang Taiji, before the death of the first emperor, his wife was Bumu Butai's aunt Zhezhe. If the wife of the first emperor is the queen mother, you should also respect Zhezhe as the queen mother! Which round to get the heir's biological mother?

This truth,If you strictly follow the legal system after sinicization,It's absolutely tenable.。

It's like Xianfeng was beaten out of Beijing by the British and French forces in later generations, fled to Rehe, and died there, and only Tongzhi had one son when he died, and he could only pass on the throne to him. But even if it is necessary to establish Tongzhi, then you must first respect Xianfeng's wife Ci'an as the queen mother, and then it will be the turn of Tongzhi's biological mother Cixi.

It's just that when the Qing Kingdom just entered the Central Plains, everything was chaotic, and the sinicization was not deep, so it was created by Bumu Butai and Dolgon to create an established fact - Huang Taiji's wife Zhezhe is actually still alive (Shunzhi six years), but has not been on the emblem, but is simply called "Lord Fujin" or "Queen Mother of the Middle Palace", but there is no official prefix emblem in front.

In contrast, when Bumu Butai was emperor in Shunzhi, he already had the emblem of "Zhaosheng Empress Dowager" ("Zhaosheng" is the emblem, and "Xiaozhuang" is the nickname. The emblem is given when you are alive, and the nickname is given after death)

Hauge himself didn't understand so much red tape, but after he seized power, he naturally had Han ministers who took refuge in him to help him come up with ideas.

So, when Dolgon was in power, Hong Chengchou, who didn't even get the title of lieutenant of the light car, finally got an earl this time because he complied with Hauge's seizure of power.

Then Hong Chengchou helped Haoge come up with an idea, let him talk about this, and secretly taught Haoge a lot of rhetoric.

Hauge was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked Hong Chengchou to help him write a concerto, and then put it on the table,

The gist is that the country should not be neglected at all, and the first emperor should be added to succeed the Fujin Zhezhe emblem, and the officials who were responsible for putting the emblem on the harem when Shunzhi first succeeded to the throne should be held responsible.

Because the officials of that year omitted the wife of the first emperor and only gave the emblem to the biological mother of the heir, this is a great disrespect for the unforgivable! Great reversal!

With such a serious charge in hand, Haoge didn't want to kill the Queen Mother directly, he just killed the Queen Mother's henchmen who licked the Queen Mother's emblem first, and didn't he catch it?

As a result, a bunch of licking dogs in the Qing court who have been licking the Queen Mother for many years in an attempt to get promoted to an official and make a fortune were directly beheaded by Haoge on the charge of great rebellion.

And Bumu Butai faced this situation, who let her not take advantage of it, and could only tremble, praying that Haoge would not move her, where would she dare to protect those lackeys.

Zilharang also thought that this would upset the balance of power and tried to stop Hauge, but in the end, he had to back down because he was unreasonable, and he also damaged his authority in the court in vain, causing Hauge's power to grow stronger and stronger.

There is no way, Zilharang also colluded with Dolgon and Bumu Butai to exchange interests, strictly speaking, he also bore the responsibility of "poor supervision" in the process of taking the emblem of the Queen Mother.

You are the auxiliary king, why don't you correct you when you see you messing around like this back then? And now there is a face to say?

As long as Hauge is in the court, and he throws this out in a dignified manner, Zilharang can only find a crack in the ground to get into.

The Manchurian emperor's relatives and high-ranking officials were washed away again because of this incident. And Huang Taiji succeeded Fu Jin Zhezhe, and with the support of Haoge, he became the queen mother with a more noble status than Bumu Butai and an official emblem. It is similar to Ci'an's suppression of Cixi during his lifetime.

But in fact, Zhezhe himself is old and sick, a puppet, and he can't do anything. And in history, Zhezhe died of illness in May of the sixth year of Shunzhi at the age of 51.

In this life, the life span of a reclusive person like Zhezhe in the harem is naturally not affected much by the butterfly effect in the outside world.

Therefore, not two months after Hauge completed a new round of centralized power purges and put her on the throne to suppress Bumu Butai, Zhezhe actually died of historical inertia.

There is no doubt that Zhezhe's death did not have any murder suspicions, it was an old death.

But Haoge was nervous, he finally completely and absolutely suppressed the pseudo-queen mother, but the puppet queen mother who had just arched up died, how could he discard this useful chess piece?

So even if Zhezhe is completely old and dead, he must investigate thoroughly to see if anyone poisoned the Queen Mother at this juncture, and whether there are "people who have lost their interests after Zhezhe was officially named the Empress Dowager".

And this person who is "disgruntled for the damage of interests", who else can there be besides Bumu Butai?

Hauge sharpened his knives again, ready to finish the battle.

And their internal palace struggle has been raging for many months, and it is impossible for the outside world not to hear any rumors. After all, so many close relatives and noble officials have been killed, and many local real power factions who were promoted by Dorgon at the beginning have also begun to be worried and ready to move.

Especially when the news reached Shanxi, Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong, who was already anti-minded, felt more and more that the Qing Dynasty was completely over, and it seemed that now was a God-given opportunity to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.