Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 387 Three Kings Regent and Eight Kings Assistants

At the end of February, Yan Wogong changed flags in Jiangning City.

Zhu Yihai, son of the Great Tomorrow, also issued an imperial edict that shook the Qing court to the world. Lord Yan Wo was granted the title of Lord Ji, and Zhu Yihai summoned him to the emperor's chariot outside Jubao Gate in Nanjing City, and went into the city to inspect the troops.

The 1 troops in Jiangning City also changed their banners, and Zhu Yihai gave them the designations of Xiaoqi Town and Tiance Town, which were the imperial camp's pro-army, and they were retained by the whole army.

Yan Wogong and the emperor inspected the imperial camp with the car, and received the cheers of the people.

The public disclosure of Yan Jinglue's identity shocked countless people even in Nanjing, and most of the academicians in the cabinet still didn't know the identity of Yan Wogong.

Although some people have guessed that my father Yan must be transparent in secret, who would have thought that this person is a spy sent by the emperor before.

The Jingbiao officers and soldiers in Jiangning City were also very surprised. Because they have been heavily rewarded and supported by Yan Wogong, the main generals have long been Yan Wogong's people, but after all, few soldiers below know this.

Just take other people's rewards and serve other people's bowls, you have to be loyal to others.

Originally, I had been struggling with the siege of the Ming army, and my future was uncertain, but now I suddenly found out that Mr. Yan was from the Ming Dynasty, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that we are also our own people.

In a sudden change, from the soldiers of the Jiangnan Economic Strategy Standard Battalion in the Qing Dynasty, he became the pro-army of the Daming Imperial Battalion Tiance and Xiaoqi. Military uniforms are simply too beautiful.

Anyway, as soon as Yan Wogong announced his surrender, no one objected.

Originally, some people in Nanjing City hoped that the Ming army would capture the inner city sooner, and then sue the emperor for impeachment, asking the emperor to give Yan Papi a cramp.

As a result, now Yan Wogong's identity has been revealed, and he was immediately conferred the titles of Ji Guogong, Jia Shaofu, and Prince Taifu, as well as assistant minister of Jingying Rongzheng, and he was still on duty at the Prime Minister's Office. Everyone was dumbfounded.

There are those who are slow to react, still full of anger, and want to tell the emperor that my father has done many illegal things, but there are smart ones who have already understood.

Burn the pleadings quickly, and never sue Yan Wogong again.

This Yan Wogong is basically the emperor's secret spy. The ones he killed, captured and robbed in Nanjing were not ordered by the emperor?

The first day of the first month.

The news of the shocking changes in Nanjing spread to Beijing, causing an uproar all over the city. When the regent Dorgon heard the news, he was extremely shocked, and it can even be said that he was stunned.

I didn't react for a long time, and I was in a daze.

"This must be the trick of the Ming thief."

After a long time, Dorgon, who refused to accept the facts, said to the confidant scholars who came over like this, "It must be so. It must be that Jiangning has been besieged for a long time, and reinforcements have not arrived for a long time. The lack of food in the city is unsustainable. Some generals in the green battalion in the city were killed. In the Ming Dynasty, they rebelled and tried to persuade them to surrender, so they mutinied, they hijacked Yan Wogong and surrendered in the city.”

"After Zhu Yihai captured Yan Wogong, he came up with such a vicious trick to alienate others. He claimed that Yan Wogong was a spy he had sent to our Qing Dynasty a long time ago. Divide the situation where I am facing the Manchu and the Han."

"It must be so!"

Feng Quan and other academicians looked at each other. Zhu Yihai publicized this matter so much that even the government-run newspapers of the Ming Dynasty were full of reports. The details were very detailed and vivid, just like a legendary novel.

And some spies in the south of the Yangtze River sent back information, saying that they did see Yan Wogong and Tianzi riding in the golden chariot together, inspecting soldiers and horses together, and that the ten thousand Qing troops in Nanjing all descended to the Ming Dynasty together.

In addition, the Chaoyonggong Zheng Jiwu in Hangzhou, Zhu Dagang, Haiyan Hou, Li Yuchun, the third-class governor, and Pan Yinglou, the governor, all rebelled and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, as well as rebellious surrenders in Songjiang, Suzhou, Anqing, and Taiping.

Especially the annihilation of the Six Thousand and Eight Banners stationed in the south of the Yangtze River, all of which show that this is indeed the truth. They were all deceived, and they were deceived very bitterly.

But Dorgon refused to admit this fact, and insisted that the soldiers of the standard camp in Jiangning City mutinied and kidnapped Yan Wogong to surrender. Yan Wogong was captured. This is a loyal slave and a capable slave. Erosion, powerless.

He even gritted his teeth and scolded Tan Tai, Luck Dehun, Kong Youde, Wu Sangui and others, and scolded them for their ineffectiveness in going south to relieve the siege of Jiangning.

Feng Quan and others all lowered their heads and dared not refute.

Zhejiang governor Pan Yinglou is still his in-law. When Yan Wogong recommended Pan Yingshu as governor, he also said a few good words to Dorgon in Beijing.

There was even a relative named Pan Yinglou who introduced him. He has a close relationship with Mr. Yan and has a very good relationship. Anyway, Mr. Yan gave him a lot of "souvenirs", and he even talked about a marriage with Mr. Yan. The two sons and daughters are married, and the marriage is engaged.

Now that something like this happened, how could he dare to say a word more.

I'm afraid of getting burned.

Yan Wogong and Pan Yinglou are spies, so he is also suspected.

Qian Qianyi also felt very embarrassed. He didn't expect that the situation would change so quickly just after he came back from Jiangning, which made him regret going back to Beijing.

As it is now, he is also suspected of being a spy, and his life may be in danger.

Dorgon was very angry, and his chest was full of anger.

He couldn't accept the fact that Yan Wogong was a super spy, he couldn't admit that he had made a mistake, and he couldn't bear the serious consequences. Guys like Jierhalang, Daishan, and Haoge had been staring at him, constantly looking for his Trouble, he was passive enough in the previous military defeat.

In the end, he was forced to agree to the establishment of thirteen garrison generals, and appointed thirteen princes and ministers to serve as garrison generals in thirteen important cities. Only then did he barely deal with the matter, but he was already forced to make a lot of concessions, even so ten The three garrison generals have already weakened the authority of many imperial courts and the emperor, which runs counter to Nurhachi and Huang Taiji's painstaking efforts to strengthen the imperial power.

Now that something like this happens again, Daishan and the others are probably going to make trouble again.

If he admits that Yan Wogong is a super spy, and admits that Li Yuchun, Zheng Jiwu, Tu Guobao, and Wu Kai all have problems, then he will be finished.

Regardless of whether or not Yan Wogong is Zhu Yihai's spy, he has to insist that this is a divorce scheme by the Southern Dynasty.

Although Dorgon wrote a decree on the same day, he said that Jiangning Yan Wogong had stood alone in Jiangning for a long time, but the reinforcements did not arrive. In the end, the city was broken and captured. Well, the Yan Wogong who appeared now is a substitute, and all of this is just Zhu Yihai's scheming and alienation.

Having said that, the regent uncles Jierhalang and Daishan were not satisfied with this statement, so they went to see the queen mother and the emperor that day, and then asked to convene a meeting of the king and ministers.

Although Dorgon also went to pay an urgent visit to the Queen Mother that day, and invited Jierhalang and Daishan into the palace, he also called Azig, Duoduo, and the clans of Boluo, Nikan, and Mandahai The princes and princes discussed urgently and held a closed-door meeting.

No one knew exactly what they were talking about behind closed doors.

But after the meeting that day, although a meeting was held the next day to discuss politics, Jierhalang and Daishan did not hold Dorgon accountable, nor did Man Dahai and others on their side mention this matter. thing.

At the meeting, the current crisis was seriously discussed.

In the end, they agreed that they should deal with the Southern Dynasty with all their strength, and for the first time officially called Zhu Yihai the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and called the Ming court in the south of the Yangtze River the Southern Dynasty and Nanming.

At the meeting, it was also decided to add Prince Li Daishan as regent.

Also, the fifth son of Emperor Taizong of Jin Dynasty, King Shuosai of Duoluo Chengze County, was Prince Heshuo Chengze.

Prince Boluo, the son of Abatai, grandson of Taizu, was proclaimed Prince Heshuo Duanzhong.

Nikan, the son of Taizu's grandson Chu Ying, Jingjin County King, was promoted to Prince Heshuo Jingjin.

Heshuosu Prince Haug, Heshuoying Prince Azig, Heshuoyu Prince Doduo, Heshuo Zheng Prince Jierhalang, Heshuoli Prince Daishan, and the uncle's father Regent Prince Rui Dole Dagon, it was agreed that these nine people would be replaced forever by hereditary titles of military merit and titles, and they would be the iron hat princes.

And Daishan's two sons who have passed away and were posthumously named princes are also hereditary. They are the eldest son Yuetuo, who was conferred the title of Prince Cheng by Huang Taiji before his death, and was demoted the following year After his death, he was crowned King of Keqin County, and his son Luo Luohun was changed to King of Yanxi County after his death, and he was still the King of Keqin County, and he was hereditary king of Iron Hat.

Daishan's third son, Sahalian, made great contributions to supporting Huang Taiji. In the first year of Chongde, he planned to be crowned King of Duoluo. Dagon was executed and deposed from the clan.

The second son, Luck Dehun, was deposed because his elder brother Adali was deposed. After Dorgon became the regency, he specially enshrined Dorobeile.

So there are nine iron hat princes and two iron hat county kings.

The three Duduo brothers plus the half-brother Daishan, the two brothers Haoge and Shuosai, the two cousins ​​Boluo and Nikan, and then Dorgon, Daishan and their cousin Jierhalang,

Plus Daishan's two grandsons.

They are all Aixinjueluo's family, and only Jierhalang is not a descendant of the emperor.

Daishan's family has three prostitutes, but although Luke Dehun, the king of Shuncheng County, is his grandson, when his elder brother Luke Dehun tried to support Dorgon, he was killed by Daishan himself. Therefore, he was expelled from his clan and demoted to be a Hauge slave. In the end, Dorgon restored his clan status and gave him a title of knighthood after he took office. Therefore, he actually turned against his grandfather Dai Shanzao and was a member of Dorgon.

The eleven **** are basically from two camps.

Dorgon's mother and three brothers, plus the grandnephew Luck Dehun, and his nephews Boluo and Nikan brothers, they accounted for six people.

The two cousins, Jierharang and Daishan, along with their nephews Hauge, Shuosai, and Daishan's eldest grandson Luo Luohun, were on one side.

Daishan was co-regent with Jierhalang and Dorgon.

Duduo, Azig, Boluo, Nikan, Hauge, Shuosai, Luo Luohun, Luck Dehun, all of them added auxiliary ministers.

Obviously, yesterday's closed-door meeting between the queen mother and the little emperor was bound to be a fierce battle of interests, and in the end the two sides reached an exchange of interests.

Judging from the results of this meeting of ministers discussing politics, Dorgon compromised a lot yesterday.

Originally, after entering the customs, he had passed the Southern Expedition, let his two brothers lead the army, held the army in the hands of their brothers, and also monopolized the great achievements of Mieshun and Pingming. The regent Jierharan who ranked before him can only be inferior to him.

Not to mention that Dorgon also took the opportunity to take over the power of Prince Baylor to manage the affairs of the Ministry, and gradually took all the power of the court into his own hands.

But who knew that the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, which gave Jierharang and other opponents a chance to stand up, and Dorgon had to take the initiative to compromise in the face of the forced palace.

Daishan also became the regent, and eight new assistant ministers were added.

This means that in the future, Dorgon will no longer have the final say, but important military and state affairs, which must be co-chaired by the three regents, and the eight auxiliary ministers will jointly make decisions and discuss.

These eight auxiliary ministers also obtained the power to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry, such as Duoduo in charge of the Ministry of Households, Azig in charge of the Ministry of War, Hauge in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and Boluo in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

This is tantamount to the return of the Qing court to the era when Baylor of Nurhachi discussed the state affairs together. In addition, these 13 people were granted the title of emperor, and they even served as the garrison generals of the important towns in the world. , The slaves also moved there, which is equivalent to the separation of the Eight Banners.

What was weakened was obviously the power of the central government, the power of the emperor, and now Dorgon was originally regent and acted on behalf of the imperial power, which was tantamount to weakening his power.

Jierhalang and Daishan were very satisfied with this result, and reached an agreement with Dorgon not to continue to attack him for the time being, and to work together to focus on dealing with Nanming.

For Dorgon, this time he paid more than last time, but there is no way, if such a big incident happened, if he didn't take the initiative to cut off his arm to survive, he would have to fight Daishan and the others. The current situation Under the circumstances, he may not be able to please him, and the internal strife in the Qing court will undoubtedly make the current corrupt situation even worse.

For the sake of the overall situation and for himself, he can only do this.

The bad situation in the south also made Dorgon realize that now is not the time for internal fighting. He also used this to persuade the two old brothers Daishan yesterday, and finally, the two also agreed.

Internal fighting is internal fighting, but facing Nanming's Jedi counterattack, they must go all out.

Although Dorgon still stubbornly refused to admit that he was deceived by Yan Wogong yesterday, at today's meeting of the king and ministers, Daishan, the new regent, came forward to reprimand Yan Wogong and Hong Chengchou for fearing the enemy and avoiding the enemy. Fighting, passive and incompetent, and at the same time denounced Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and other Han generals.

Strictly punish my public deprivation of office.

And Hong Chengchou was also reprimanded for fearing the enemy and avoiding wars for his ineffectiveness. He was dismissed from his post in the six provinces and other offices, and recalled to Beijing.

Take Hauge in Xi'an, Wu Sangui in Hanzhong, Azige in Datong, and Duoduo in Jinan.

Luck Dehun is still in Huguang, and Boluo is taking over from Tan Tai in Xuzhou.

Wu Sangui is in the west, and Hauge is his backup.

Luck Dehun is in the middle, and Azig is behind.

Boluo is in the east, and Duoduo takes over.

The three groups of troops were redeployed, but they were not in a hurry to cross the river, but were more cautious. They planned to restore Hubei first in the middle road, while Boluo restored Xuhuai in the east.

Don't cross the river first.

Only take the West Road as a breakthrough, first pacify Guanzhong, then take Hanzhong, and then enter Sichuan, first occupying the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

After learning the lesson, now Dorgon Daishan and others plan to play steadily.

The [-] Manchus and Eight Banners sent to the south of the Yangtze River last time have all died out, and even [-] Mongolian Eight Banners descended to the Ming Dynasty, which shocked the Beijing Qing court deeply. Even the Eight Banners Manchus in Beijing during this period Every day, many people are doing funerals.

Crying and wailing every day, this dealt a great blow to the Eight Banners.

Jiang Ning has been lost, and the Jiangnan [-] and Eight Banners have also been wiped out, so there is no need to take any chances to save them.

Even at the meeting, Daishan proposed to send another envoy to negotiate peace.

This time it was a real negotiation, but last time I was just planning to use the negotiation as a cover to delay time and send Hongguang and the others to sabotage.

It was a total failure last time.

This time, we still need to use negotiations to buy time, but if Nanming is willing to negotiate a peace, then the Qing court is also willing to talk about it. Even if they rule the river, they are now willing to agree.

The Qing Dynasty lost too much this time and needed to re-adjust its deployment in an all-round way, so it is acceptable to temporarily agree to draw the river to rule, and even take this opportunity to recruit Zhang Xianzhong, instigate Zheng Zhilong, Jin Shenghuan, etc.

After this battle, neither Dorgon, Jierhalang, Daishan, nor Boluo, Nikan, etc. of the younger generation dared to despise the Ming Dynasty any more, dared not say anything about a war to wipe out the south, These words completely destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

They had to face up to the Ming Dynasty, and even realized that they might have to fight a protracted war, and even had to accept the situation where the Northern and Southern Dynasties coexisted side by side.

More than a year ago, they couldn't believe that they could enter the customs smoothly, and even swept the Central Plains with such force.And now, they no longer dream of destroying the Ming Dynasty in one battle.

People teach others, if you can't teach, you can teach others, just once.

Daming paid half the price to understand the ferocity of the Manchu Qing.And now the Qing court has also used the lives of more than 1 Eight Banners children to know how powerful the Ming Emperor is!
An opponent who can hurt himself is always worthy of attention and even awe.

In front of Zhu Yihai, the commander-in-chief who seemed to have come out of nowhere, Dorgon, who was only in his early thirties, couldn't help being afraid, and the old Jierhalang and Daishan, the two veterans of the three dynasties, were even more cautious.

"Han people can't be trusted."

After the meeting of the kings and ministers, the three regents sat together again.

"Now who knows how many Han people are still enlightened in the imperial court!"

Dorgon was aggrieved, but he couldn't refute, so he could only remain silent.

Since entering the customs, the Manchu Qing court and localities have recruited too many officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty, accepted too many local troops, and even held imperial examinations to recruit scholars.

Even before entering the customs, they have accepted too many Han Chinese.

To put it bluntly, the Manchus fought in these years, although the Eight Banners dominated, but in terms of generals, and even the rear management of civil affairs and logistics, the Han generals were no less or worse than the Manchus.

Before entering the customs, there were two lines of Han generals in the Qing army, the Guan Ning line and the Dongjiang line. The Guan Ning line was dominated by people like Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, and the Dongjiang line was dominated by Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Shen Zhixiang. , Li Yongfang's family, etc.

Another example is Han generals like Meng Qiaofang and Zhang Cunren, who made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty.

Now it is impossible to say that the Han people are not credible and separated.

Ji Erhalang added, "These people who surrendered after entering the customs are not trustworthy, especially those who surrendered in Jiangnan."

Dorgon also nodded in agreement. Yan, my father, Li Yuchun, Zheng Jiwu, Pan Yinglou, Zhang Tianlu, Tu Guobao, these names make my liver hurt when I think of them.

"Let's use the Han to attack the Han. Give Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Zheng Zhilong, etc. kings and dukes, crack the soil and seal the border, and let them cross the river to attack the Southern Ming Dynasty. My Eight Banners soldiers will first defend the Jiangbei." Dai Shan sighed.

Dorgon was greatly frustrated and nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)