Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 262

Yunxiang fell, and then Hangzhou fell again. When the news spread to Beijing, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked and urgently held a meeting of kings and ministers to discuss politics.

Uncle Regent, Prince Zheng Jierhalang, Prince Li Daishan, Prince Su Haoge, Prince Yu Duoduo, Azige who had just been relegated to the county king, and other princes Baylor, as well as Gushan Ezhen of the Banners. And the three ministers from each banner also came.

The prince, the county king, Baylor, Gushan Ezhen of the eight clans, the minister of state affairs, the six Manchu and Han ministers, Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Han army banner, and Ning Wan and I were also called to discuss politics.

Inner Court, Political Affairs Office.

Prince Baylor and other ministers gathered together.

Except for Baylor, the prince and minister who was leading the army, the rest of the people who were qualified to participate in the meeting came.

The meeting of kings and ministers, also known as the national meeting, originated from Jurchen's Zhubeile deliberation system. After Nurhaci established the Eight Banners, he also set up five ministers for deliberations and ten council ministers. They met with Zhubeile every five days to discuss state affairs.

During the period of Huang Taiji, he intentionally expanded the scale of the meeting of kings and ministers to discuss politics. Although the members of the meeting were composed of upper-class nobles and ministers of the Eight Banners, not all upper-class nobles and ministers could attend. "Delegating politics" is a formal title, which represents a certain power and status, and must be appointed by Huang Taiji.Similarly, when necessary, Huang Taiji can also revoke the qualifications of a certain nobleman and minister to "discuss politics".

When Huang Taiji collapsed before entering the customs, the number of the meeting of kings and ministers continued to increase. Many lower-level beizi and even state officials, as well as many ministers, participated in the discussion of politics. In fact, the power and status of the meeting of kings and ministers was constantly reduced. The Eight Banners pro-government agreement state affairs, turned to such a central assembly process of imperial power monopoly.

In the past, the major Baylors had the final say, representing the distribution of power in the era of tribal slavery, but now it has become a kind of imperial court discussion system like the Central Plains Dynasty.

It is the emperor who actually presides over meetings and decision-making, but now the emperor is young, so the emperor's uncle, the regent, acts on his behalf.

Prince Su Hauge directly attacked Dorgon from the very beginning, thinking that his previous decision-making made a major mistake, which led to the corruption of the current situation in the south, and incidentally attacked Azig and Duoduo, who were in command last time.

The intention is to clean up the three brothers together.

"The last time Azig came back, he was full of hype. He said that he had conquered more than [-] big cities and surrendered more than [-] troops. But in reality? Yunyang has not been captured, and Changsha and Yueyang to the south of Jingjiang have also Didn’t take it, but Xiangyang, Wuchang, Jingzhou, Hanzhong, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Anqing and other important cities were entrusted to the newly surrendered thieves and Ming generals to continue to command and guard them? Isn’t this making people laugh?”

"The territory that my Eight Banners warriors have worked so hard to win is handed over to them. The imperial court also confers officials on them and pays them. Dare I ask, what is going on?"

"Prince Yu Duoduo is the same in Jiangnan. He stayed in Hangzhou for two months and took 10,000+ people there to escape the summer heat. He wasted food and money. He sat and watched King Minglu ascend the throne in Shaoxing opposite Hangzhou to supervise the country. He watched him pack up his troops and rectify the situation. Remnant Ming, the class teacher who turned a blind eye like this has finally returned to court."

"Prince Ke Rui actually gave them a big reward, named him Prince Deyu, and rewarded them with tens of thousands of taels of silver. Everyone has meritorious service and generous rewards for recruiting generals. It's extremely ridiculous!"

Hauge pointed directly at his uncle Dorgon, "Shouldn't the emperor be responsible for this?"

The regent's uncle, Prince Zheng Jierhalang, stood up to smooth things over, and after saying a few words, he changed the subject, referring to the current situation in the southeast, "Hangzhou fell, and Su Song was in turmoil. At this time, we need a mature and prudent minister like Hong Chengchou to sit in charge. It is ill-advised for Prince Rui to hastily transfer them to Huguang for the guardians of Baylor, a clan like Luck Dehun."

"If Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun's Jiangning Eight Banners were not transferred away, I'm afraid Hangzhou might not be lost, and Su Song would not be so turbulent. It is the absence of this ballast stone that makes Jiangsu and Zhejiang so corrupt. Now this It was Huguang who failed to save it, but instead brought Jiangsu and Zhejiang together."

"Yan Wogong is only a Juren, from Juren to Grand Scholars in three months to manage five provinces, the promotion is too much."

"Although he is strategic, he can directly kill hundreds of officials such as the governor and governor of Zhejiang, which is completely nonsense. Is there a royal law system in his eyes? Zhang Cunren is also a first-rank minister of the court and the governor of a province. He can kill if he wants to? Then Not to be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court decides to deal with it?"

"Also, he appointed a fourth-rank Yan Dao as a second-rank governor? He directly appointed a Songjiang general soldier as an admiral, which is also seriously overstepped!"

"I think this Yan Wogong is not suitable for such an important position as the manager of the five provinces. He can't take on such a heavy responsibility. He should be replaced."

Hauge and Jierharang, the young and the old, finally found their chance today, and they bombarded Dorgon with all their strength as soon as they came up. Hauge came up to accuse Aji and Duoduo, who were on the southern expedition last time, for lying about their military exploits, and they pointed too many swords. Dorgon, while Jierhalang attacked Dorgon by accusing Yan Wogong.

Although Dorgon had just dealt with Azig and those who followed him to the south, this incident was more regarded as Dorgon took the opportunity to suppress dissidents, such as Aobai and Tan of the Two Yellow Banners. Tai and other generals, when discussing the establishment of a new emperor after the collapse of Huang Taiji, they once threatened Dorgon with a knife, saying that if they did not establish the son of Huang Taiji, they would wash the hall with blood.

Obai followed Azige in the conquest, and has always been the vanguard in chasing and annihilating Li Zicheng. .

But in the end, not only was he not allowed to recite meritorious service, but he was also fined 100 taels of silver, and even the qualifications of the minister of state affairs were almost deprived.

Gu Shan Ezhen Tan Tai is even worse.

As the coach, Azige was demoted to the county king because of lying about his military achievements, etc., and then he was traced for despising the emperor and calling the emperor a child, and punished him with silver and deprived him of the cattle record. Finally, it came to Dorgon's banner.

Isn't this the left pocket and the right pocket?
As for the so-called prince's demotion to the county king, what kind of punishment is this? Manchu princes and princes Baylor, who are not often demoted to the county king, it is not a problem, just like Hauge, who has been demoted to the county king three times, but It will be promoted back soon, and as for fines and silver, it's not a problem.

The only thing they care about is the Niu Lu under their command. If the Niu Lu is stripped away, it will be called really gone.

Tan Tai was originally Gushan Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner, the military and political chief of one banner. This is already the highest status of the banners under the banner of the Eight Banners, but he was convicted and dismissed by Dorgon. .

Dorgon beat and beat Tan Tai again and again, and in the end he insisted on winning over the once confidant of Huang Taiji to his side. After subduing Tan Tai, Dorgon immediately restored Tan Tai to the first-class duke, and restored him to the Huang family. He consolidated Shan Ezhen's post, restored his title of Minister of State, and ordered him to attack his former allies Sony and Obai, and convicted Sony and removed him from office, and Obai was also punished.

It was Jierhalang who saved it hard, and the queen mother stepped forward to save it.

Sitting there, Dorgon just smiled secretly as he watched them scrambling to attack first.

Jierharang is an old fox who wholeheartedly supports Hauge, and the two have a lot to do with each other, but this old fox is somewhat indecisive, timid, and lacks courage at critical moments.Just like when supporting the new emperor back then, this old guy wanted to support Hauge, but he was also afraid that he would fight to the death. After Weige stupidly withdrew first, he couldn't fight to the end in the end, so he could only compromise and support Fulin.

He has seen through this point, so when dealing with this old guy, he can always gain the upper hand, relying on being decisive and never hesitating.

The old guy originally co-regented with him, and his rank was still higher than him, but now that the power has been left behind, he is unwilling to let Hauge, a stunned young man, play the forward role, which is ridiculous.

At this time, Daishan, a good old man among the clan kings, came out to speak.

"The situation in the south is corrupt, and the power of the remnant is unexpected. I think it must be treated with caution. It is definitely not enough to rely on the two Han civil servants, Hong Chengchou and Yan Wogong. At the critical moment, we have to come out from Manchuria. I suggest that the clan prince should be sent. Take command and lead the army, select the elite of the Eight Banners to go south, wipe out the remnants in one fell swoop, and unify the Central Plains."

Daishan is the second elder brother of Dorgon, the second son of Nurhachi, the head of the four major Baylors, and is named Prince Heshuoli.Daishan and his son lead the two red flags, and they are also powerful factions.

He was also awarded the ancient Ying Batulu for his bravery in battle. Now Batulu Oboi, the number one warrior in Manchuria, can only be regarded as his descendant.

Although brave, Huang Taiji was suppressed all the time because he was the head of the Four Baylors, but his prestige in the clan has always been very high, not to mention the foreign aid of his natal family, the Tong family. Tuo, Wakda, Adali, Luo Luohun, Man Dahai, Luck Dehun and other descendants who have the title of prince and duke.

It's just that after Huang Taiji died suddenly, Daishan also played the wrong chess.

At that time, the two yellow flags supported Hauge, and Hauge himself was the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, and the two white flags had to support Dorgon. One of the four princes, Jierhalang, the owner of the Xianglan Banner, also supported Hauge. Ge has many supporters and has an advantage, so he also supports Yonghaoge's succession.

But at this time, his second son Shuotuo colluded with his nephews Adali and Luck Dehun to support Dorgon and colluded in the two red flags.After Daishan found out, he took the initiative to stand up and expose the conspiracy of his son and grandson, so both Shuo Tuo and Adali were executed, and Bo Luo was demoted to Hauge as a commoner.

This incident dealt a great blow to Dorgon at that time. Originally, if there was the support of the two red flags, even if it was supported by some princes of the two red clans, Dorgon would have a great chance of suppressing the two yellows and two blues and successfully Be on the throne.

But the righteousness of killing relatives on behalf of kindness made the two red flags fail to support him.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Hauge was stupid and Jierhalang was indecisive, which made them who had the upper hand, but they had no countermeasures in the face of Dorgon's toughness.

In the end, there was a stalemate, and Azig said that Hauge's concession was inappropriate, so he stood up to Duduo, the white flag master, and Duduo said that the long-standing should be replaced by goodness.

Daishan naturally knew that he was not qualified or able to fight for the throne, so he proposed a compromise to support Fulin, the youngest son of Huang Taiji.

(End of this chapter)