Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 391 The Emperor

Beijing.

Forbidden City, former dynasty.

Hall of Martial Arts.

The emperor's uncle, the Regent Dorgon, works here. As the emperor's father, the Regent Dorgon, who is not the emperor but is better than the emperor, he usually pays more attention to influence, and usually does not easily cross the Qianqing Gate to the harem.

However, the little emperor often accompanied his mother, the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager, to visit him at the Hall of Martial Arts.

"King Ama."

Shunzhi Emperor Fulin, who was not yet ten years old, came in excitedly, followed by the Holy Mother, Empress Dowager Bumubuzhe, "King Ama, the great victory in Guanzhong, have you seen it?"

"Wu Sangui, the great general of Dingxi, etc., the rebels He Zhen, Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangtai, Hu Xiangchen and others led more than [-] horse infantry to attack Xi'an. Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi Province, stood firm in Xi'an. He Bayan and other troops arrived, attacked inside and outside, wiped out all of them, and captured a lot of camels and horses."

"It's great to defeat more than [-] bandits in the first battle."

The young emperor has already started to study government affairs, and Dorgon will also copy a copy of the memorial and send it to the emperor for reading. Recently, all kinds of bad news and bad news have made the little emperor always have nightmares at night.Now that I finally got this good news, I couldn't sit still because of the joy.

"Meng Qiaofang is a formidable slave. Only a thousand standard battalion has been able to hold Xi'an for so long. He reported that his three generals, Zhao Liangdong, Chen De, and Ren Zhen, were loyal and brave, especially Zhang Liangdong, who charged the enemy camp first. After beheading the false admiral Hu Xiangchen, I plan to call this slave to Beijing and make him a bodyguard."

There are many types of bodyguards in the Manchu Dynasty, but they are not the ordinary imperial guards. According to the tradition of the Manchu Dynasty, the bodyguards are all selected from the sons of Man Mengxun's Qi.

The duty of the guards is to accompany the guards.

In fact, the bodyguards of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are more like a kind of advanced training class for the children of the nobles of the Eight Banners. The future of being a bodyguard is boundless, and they are also well paid and of high grade.

The bodyguards belong to the bodyguard department, and the establishment is first-class bodyguards, third-rank, 60 people.The second-class guards, the fourth-rank, 150 people, the third-class guards, the fifth-rank, 270 people, the blue-ling guards, the fifth- and sixth-rank, 90 people, a total of 570 people.

The head of the bodyguard office, the minister of the bodyguard, is a first-rank military post, the highest rank among generals, there are six people in total, and two people are selected from each of the three banners.

Internal ministers, from the first grade, six people.

From these grades, we can know that the guards of the Qing court are very unusual.

The governor, admiral, and admiral of the Qing court are only from the first rank, the commander-in-chief is the second rank, the deputy general is the second rank, the general is the third rank, and the guerrilla is the third rank.Zuoling and Dusi are four, garrison and Qianhu are five.

The internal minister who leads the guards is higher than the governor and admiral, and the internal minister is also on the same level as the governor and admiral.

The first-class guards are also equivalent to participating generals, the second-class guards are equivalent to assistant leaders, and the third-class guards are equivalent to guards.

In the final analysis, these guards are all senior Imperial Guard officers.

Before the Battle of Xi'an, Zhao Liangdong was only on the garrison of Tongguan. In fact, he was a junior officer of the sixth and seventh ranks. Meng Qiaofang awarded him the guerrilla battalion of the Chinese army, which had not yet passed the Ministry of War.

Another one, Zhao Liangdong is a Han Chinese, not even the Eight Banners Han Army.

He is not qualified to be a bodyguard, but Fulin wants to award him a second-class bodyguard, the fifth rank.In terms of rank, it was lower than the guerrillas of the Chinese army, but Zhao Liangdong's guerrillas were temporary, and the second-class guards were of the fourth rank, but their gold content was extremely high.

Dorgon was also impressed by the name Zhao Liangdong in Meng Qiaofang's memorial. He just smiled and did not object to the little emperor's inappropriate appreciation.

"Since His Majesty appreciates this servant, let him be enlisted in the banner, and enlisted in the Zhengbai Banner Han Army Banner. He is specially called to Beijing as a second-class guard."

Guards are a kind of reward, a shortcut to official career, and the normal qualifications are very strict. Not only the 12 people who lead the guards and the inner ministers, they can only choose two from each of the three banners. Even the fourth-class guards basically only follow the The three flags are selected.

Then there are the children of the leader of the Mongolian tribe, and they are selected among the children of the noble clan.

Han guards are the least, basically they are Li Yongfang, Tong Yangxing, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Shi Tingzhu, Shen Zhixiang, Zhang Dayou, Bao Chengxian, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Ma Degong, Zhang Cunren , Jin Li, Meng Qiaofang, Hong Chengchou and other children can be selected.

Dorgon also said before that there are 33 Han army meritorious service.

Basically, these famous traitors who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, their children are naturally eligible to be selected as bodyguards, but the rest of the Han people, even the children of the Han Army Banner, are not eligible for such treatment.

Zhao Liangdong is obviously not qualified, but Dorgon doesn't mind Fulin calling a Han general to be his bodyguard, after all, Fulin calls him King Ama.

Although Dorgon is young, only in his 30s, younger than his eldest nephew Hauge, Dorgon has only one daughter and no son, and although he has made a lot of contributions in the previous battle, he was also injured and left behind a disease. He can no longer bear children, and old wounds linger on him, leaving him weak and sickly.

Hauge has scolded Dorgon sick man more than once.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Dorgon was very kind to his nephew Fulin, and the Queen Mother also took the initiative to let her son honor Dorgon as the emperor's uncle and regent, and now respect him as the emperor's father as regent king.

This is also the reason why Fulin directly called him King Ama, meaning Han means father king.

A woman's mind is always very complicated. She hopes that Dorgon can treat Fulin as his own son to assist him. Although Dorgon failed in succession before, he has not given up in the past two years, but is constantly grabbing power. .

This time Dorgon was hit in the head, and the status of the regent was also a little unstable. The regent's uncle, Prince Zheng Jierhalang, pushed Daishan to be the regent.

This matter obviously has the intention of the Queen Mother to support it.

But this woman is also smart. On one side, Dai Shangong was introduced as the regent, and on the other side, Fulin and Dorgon were made to be the emperor's father and regent, Prince Rui, and Dai Shan was then added to the regent, Prince Shuli.

This kind of ingenuity of picking out a chestnut from the fire and carefully playing with the balance, she handles it very well.

In fact, Dorgon had seen through this sister-in-law a long time ago, and also understood that Fulin suddenly wanted to appreciate Zhao Liangdong's deep meaning. It was obvious that this was the woman's instruction, and the intention was not difficult to guess. By promoting Zhao Liangdong as a bodyguard, he not only attracted a man who was capable of fighting The fierce general also took this opportunity to show his gratitude to Meng Qiaofang's old slave.

After all, Zhao Liangdong recognized Meng Qiaofang as his adoptive father.

Duo ErGun saw through but did not tell.

This time he missed, his prestige was greatly damaged, and he acted more cautiously and low-key.

He turned a blind eye to the small actions of the Queen Mother and Dai Shan.

Anyway, so what if the queen mother called Zhao Liangdong into the palace as a bodyguard, so what if she used this to win over Meng Qiaofang?
Wu Sangui and Li Guohan are both his men. These two men hold heavy soldiers and are good at fighting.

Li Guohan was a Gushan Ezhen of the Han Army Banner, and also a bodyguard. He followed his father Li Jixue to the Qing Dynasty in his early years. After his father became an official in old age, he became a third-class baron.

Mergen has the meaning of wisdom. For example, Dorgon was given the title of Mergen Daiqing to praise him. This title is full of transliteration, and the Chinese meaning is a wise commander. .

Of course, Gushan Ezhen Bayan, who is now in Guanzhong, is the son of Li Yongfang and the younger brother of Li Shutai who died in Suzhou.

Bayan belonged to Jierhalang. His father, Li Yongfang, was the first Ming general to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Later, he married the eldest daughter of Abatai, king of Raoyu County, as his successor, so he was called Fuxi Efu.Bayan is Abatai's grandson, and he himself married the daughter of Chu Ying's eldest son Du Du.

Before that, he often went out with Jierhalang.

But for Dorgon, this is normal. He only needs to win the support of the main Eight Banners and Gu Shan Ezhen.

Bayan controls the left wing banner, Li Guohan controls the right wing, but above them there is He Luohui, General Jiajingxi.He Luohui is with the white flag, Dorgon's confidant and old subordinate, after the previous succession struggle,
At the behest of Dorgon, He Luohui stood up to attack Prince Su Hauge and the Ministers of the Two Yellow Banners Yangshan, Omoketu, Yichengge, Luo Shuo and others for plotting to cause chaos. , Beheaded Yang Shan and others and abandoned the market.

Afterwards, He Luohui also rewarded Dorgon heavily, rewarding him with Omoktu, Yichengge's family property, slaves, etc., and also awarded La Zhangjing, the second-class world post, and was later promoted to Minister of the Interior. He was also awarded Zhenghuang Banner Manzhou Gushan Ezhen.

Put him into two yellow flags.

It was because of Wu Sangui, He Luohui, and Li Guohan's three confidantes in Guanzhong that Wu Sangui finally agreed to let Hauge add General Jingyuan, who is also General Xi'an, to garrison Xi'an.

"King Ama, the Southern Dynasty has suffered such a big defeat, and I have nothing to worry about in Qing Dynasty."

Dorgun took Fulin's hand, took him to look at the map in the Hall of Martial Arts, and told him where Xi'an was, where Hanzhong was, where Wu Sangui was, where Hauge was, where Zhang Xianzhong was, and where Zhu Yihai was.

Played with the little emperor for a long time before sending him away.

Looking at the back of the beautiful woman who led the little emperor away, Dorgon shook his head and returned to the case.

Although Meng Qiaofang, Wu Sangui and others reported their great victories, saying that they won a victory outside the city of Xi'an, and then played a martial arts victory at the Haosi Bridge, the [-] thieves who beat them were wiped out, all kinds of boasting.

But although Dorgon is only in his 30s, he is also a hero who has been in command many times in battle. Would he not know the specific situation inside?

These two battles did break the siege of Xi'an, and even saved the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu from being corrupted before.

This so-called [-] army was defeated by the Qing Dynasty too much. Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, Hongguang's Jiangbei Four Towns, Zuo Liangyu, etc. were all defeated in one blow.

There is no joy in defeating more.

This battle didn't harm Zhu Yihai, at most it stopped the situation in Guanzhong from deteriorating.

For Zhu Yihai, the Imperial Battalion is the foundation, while for the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners are the foundation.

As long as it doesn't hurt the root, it doesn't matter how much other miscellaneous fish lose.

Of course, this victory is still very much needed for the current Eight Banners, and for him, Dorgon, which eased his anxiety and even the entire Qing Dynasty.

This victory also indicates that the Qing Dynasty has successfully turned around, and the new strategy is taking effect.

Now let Hauge sweep up those scattered Ming troops in Shaanxi and Gansu, and Wu Sangui will take the newly surrendered Luo Dai, Guo Dengxian, Dang Mengan, and the Han general Dong Xueli to attack Hanzhong, and even conquer Yunnan and Guizhou in Sichuan.

In the next battle, whether Wu Sangui will meet Zhang Xianzhong or Zhu Yihai's imperial camp first is still unknown, but the next battle will definitely be more difficult than the one in Xi'an.

Winning the battle in Hanzhong is the real turning point.

"Zhao Liangdong, Meng Qiaofang, Bayan," Dorgon murmured the three names, then took out a booklet from his body, picked up the ink pen and wrote the three names on it.

(End of this chapter)