The Ming court in the south was rectifying its interior and actively preparing for war, and the Manchu court in the north was also not slacking off.

Not to mention, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not monolithic, especially now that Dolgon has usurped power, Huang Taiji's diehard loyalists are not of the same mind as him. It's just that at present, Dolgon's great prestige for the success of entering the customs has greatly strengthened the strength of the two white flags under his command, and the people of the two yellow flags dare not speak out.

It's not just Huang Taiji's die-hard loyalty, but the Shunzhi Emperor Fulin faction, that is, Azig and Duoduo, the two princes who are in the ascendant, are only superficially obedient to Dolgon.

At the slightest opportunity, perhaps their faces will change faster than anyone else's.

But both of them have now suffered defeats, Azig was used by Li Guo and Gao Yigong in northern Shaanxi to take advantage of the terrain, and he maneuvered for several months, with considerable losses, but in the process of pursuing the remnants of Li Zicheng, he won many battles and saved face.

Duoduo, on the other hand, defeated Li Zicheng in the "Battle of Tongguan", won a great victory, and forced him to abandon Shaanxi and flee south to Huguang. But the problem is that in the battle on the Huai River, the 50,000 southern expeditionary army lost nearly 20,000, of which the losses of the Eight Banners were greater than those of Azig in northern Shaanxi.

The two were also offset by Dolgon's merits, and they failed to cover up Dorgon's command of the Battle of Shanhaiguan and beat Li Zicheng out of the prestige of the capital.

However, although there were contradictions within the Qing army, after so many years of system construction by Huang Taiji, it was already a mature political system.

In the original history, even if Dolgon died unexpectedly and Azig returned to Beijing to seize power, it was only a final defeat and the death of a group of personal guards.

In other words, compared with the various large arms and internal friction in the original history of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Qing army can be called "perfect" in this regard.

The struggle for power and profit at the top does not affect the life and death of the lower class, so as to ensure that there will be no excessive internal friction during the period of power transfer. This is especially important when it comes to competing for the world.

In this regard, the so-called civil officials and doctors, who have thousands of years of political wisdom to learn, are even far inferior to the so-called "barbarians" of the Manchu Qing who specialize in fighting.

Of course, the current Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have the heart to fight, and Dorgon could not really solve the problem of supply and provision of the army if he failed to capture Jiangnan.

Although in the process of defeating the Great Shun army, the Qing army also obtained part of the wealth that Li Zicheng had tortured in the capital, and at the same time, it also took back the mansion and land of the Ming court vassal king, which had been sold by the Shun army.

But this is not enough, or it is not a long-term solution. The Qing army has incorporated hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, and there are still eight banners to support, relying only on these provinces in the north that have been plagued by disasters and famines, these two years may be able to support it, but for a longer time, it will have to rely on tax increases.

"Nikan in the south, we must continue to fight."

In the palace of the Prince Regent, Dolgon was straightforward: "However, you have to use some ingenuity to catch him off guard." ”

"Caught off guard?"

Duoduo turned his head to look at Azig, who was also confused, and then asked, "How did you catch you off guard?" ”

"That Ming country's concubine, the means are not small, not so easy to deal with, ordinary tricks, but you can't deal with him." Duoduo sneered and reminded.

"Duoduo, you shouldn't be frightened by the Ming State horse, in front of my Qing Dynasty's iron horse, what Nikan is difficult to deal with?" Azig sneered.

Since he defeated the Shun army several times in the process of pursuit, he has become quite untouchable, and his behavior on weekdays has become more and more arrogant.

However, Duoduo did not bother with him, as the youngest of the brothers, Duoduo was very cunning, and was not as domineering and lawless as Azig.

Seeing this, Dolgon did not reconcile, but followed Azig's words, and the battle between the two was something he was happy to see: "Azig is right, in front of my Qing Dynasty Iron Horseman, these Nikans are nothing. But...... I have eight banners in the Qing Dynasty, after all, the armor is only 100,000, if the loss is too heavy, it will inevitably shake the country's foundation, and you still have to be careful in everything. ”

After Dolgon finished speaking, seeing that the two brothers were silent for a while, he continued: "Since the Ming court still has the ability to fight, then we can't wait for them to be ready and then march south." ”

"Heh, could it be that those Nikans are stupid enough to relax and stop preparing for war?" Azig gave a playful expression.

"Originally, it might be, but with that Ming country horse, maybe it won't. But what if we take the initiative to negotiate peace and tell them that we won't fight again? Dorgon asked suddenly.

When Azig and Duoduo heard this, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, which they didn't expect - fake peace!

"But will those Nikans believe it? Especially with that Ming country horse. Duoduo thought about it, not that he didn't think it was feasible, but that he was thinking about how to make it more like it, so as to deceive the emperor and officials of the Ming court.

After all, Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig and others couldn't have imagined that Zhou Shixian and his emperor's father-in-law, Chongzhen, were now close to the last layer of window paper.

Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and the so-called Zuo Liangyu and Chongzhen, they can all be known through the Ming court officials and generals who surrendered. But Zhou Shixian, no matter who he is, is a stranger, incalculable, and unpredictable person.

"In the past few days, I have asked Hong Chengchou, Tang Tong, these old officials and generals of the Ming court, and now there is Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, and there are remnants of the Shun army in Huguang, Zuo Liangyu does not listen to Nanjing's moderation, and the Ming court in Nanjing needs to take a breath and rectify the interior."

Dolgon paused, then turned around, and continued: "This time the peace negotiation, if the Ming Court agrees, it will be good, but even if they don't agree, as long as we release the news, then there will definitely be a dragon and tiger battle in the south." ”

When Duoduo and Azig heard this, they both nodded at the same time, which they both agreed.

They also have a basic understanding of the situation in the Guannai. They understood the meaning of Dorgon's words. If the Qing Dynasty was aggressive, these Han Chinese might temporarily put aside their old enmity in order to resist the Qing Dynasty's attack.

But if the Qing Dynasty does not go further, regardless of whether it continues to negotiate peace with the Ming Court, the so-called Western Army and the Shun Army will probably turn against the Ming Court.

It is even said that even if these Han people do not turn their faces, their vigilance will be much weaker, and the battles above the court are indispensable, and they can always make the Ming court consume itself.

"This is reasonable, with the style of those Nikan ministers, maybe there will be a battle in the Ming court." Dodor laughed dumbly.

Although it has only been more than a year since he entered the customs, the battles between those Han ministers in the court of the capital have broken out many times, and each time it is those gratuitous trivial things that are not worth mentioning, and Dolgon will not be able to rectify them.

However, Dolgon is not Chongzhen, and he will not be accustomed to these ministers, let alone give them the ability to actually influence the court situation, and he has already dealt with several of them just by demoting officials and removing.

When encountering a young emperor like Chongzhen, who has been fooled all his life and has no decision, those civil officials are naturally proud, but in the face of the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, it is not time for them to prove their name with death.

After all, Dorgon really would have let them die, and it would have harmed the family. The Ming court's set had no effect here in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Dolgon, Dordor, and Azig then discussed it again, and finalized some details and key points of the hypothetical peace, as well as the dismantling of the Green Battalion under this name.

After all, whether it is a "fake peace" or a "real war", in the end, it will need a large amount of military salaries to support, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses that the border army of the Ming court can really fight, but only a few hundred thousand, the Qing court will definitely not suffer this dumb loss.

Rectifying the Green Camp Army, using it as the main force of the Second Southern Expedition, using these Han people to deal with the Han Chinese, and then the Manchurian troops suppressing the formation, is the result that the Qing court wants to see.

Of course, the Qing court still had to raise those soldiers who were dismissed, otherwise they would dig their own graves. It's just that their role is not to use the frontal battlefield, but to suppress the people.

Dorgon knew himself well, and he knew very well that if he was exploited, the whole north would continue to fight. Therefore, these garrisons everywhere are extremely important.

In the final analysis, fighting a war is ultimately a matter of money, and whether money is snatched from others or from one's own people, the Qing court has no good way to solve its financial dilemma, that is, to collect taxes in a different way.

Of course, the Qing court has the Eight Banners as its backing, and it will not be like Emperor Chongzhen, who knows that there are layers of exploitation, but he is still helpless, so he can only keep arrears of the army's salaries and watch the generals support their own dignity.

Corruption is okay, and it can't be solved with empty pay, but the problem is that things are done. Dorgon doesn't care if your people live or die, that's why he has to raise so many troops.

And this is a problem that Chongzhen has never been able to solve. Even if Chongzhen doesn't care about the life or death of the people.

At the same time, with Zhou Shixian's victory in the "Huaihe War", Dolgon's cruel policies in history have not been fully implemented, and even braids have been cut, but now they are turning a blind eye.

After all, if he forced the whole north to reverse, then he would be killing himself.

However, while there are some things that can be slowed down, there are things that must be done no matter what the situation is - "horse racing".

The basis of Manchu rule was the Eight Banners, and after the Eight Banners entered the customs, the land outside the customs was basically abandoned, hundreds of thousands of people in the Eight Banners, and more Han people, all of which required a large amount of land to settle.

However, the unscrupulous staking in history, the burning, killing and looting of the Manchurian aristocracy did not occur on a large scale, and the oppression and exploitation faced by the Han people in the north were alleviated because of the victory in the south.