Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 757 Last Words
"Father, what does this mean?"

Hong Rixin, who was studying in the Hongwen Library, asked his father in the study room. At the age of eighteen, he won the life title of a baron of Nan'an County by virtue of his father's shade.

His studies are also good, and he plans to take the next imperial examination, and he is sure that he will be able to win a Jinshi.

After Hong Chengchou returned to Beijing from Xiangshan, his face was full of worry.

The house he now lives in Beijing is in the inner city, which was originally awarded to him by the Qing court. Originally, the Qing court stipulated that only bannermen were allowed to live in the inner city, and only a few Han officials were allowed to live there.

This house is located in Nanluogu Lane, Di'anmen East Street, next to Heizhima Hutong in the north, with a majestic gate and two iron lions outside the gate.

After Zhu Yihai moved back to the old capital, he still awarded this house to Hong Chengchou. This house was originally the residence of the Ming Gongqing. After he was captured by the Shaotian Dynasty, the Qing court confiscated it and rewarded it to a Manchu clan.

"What do you say?"

Hong Chengchou looked at his young and tall son. This is the eldest son born to him and his first wife, Li Shi. Learning martial arts, now he is also good at riding and shooting. He is a young man who can read and write and understand the art of war.

When Hong Chengchou was captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the treatment was good. Huang Taiji named him a third-class captain of light vehicles. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in three years, worked hard for the Qing court for decades, participated in the military campaign and participated in secrets, determined the laws and regulations, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

What's more, Hong Chengchou was also awarded the Xianghuang Banner by special order.

Before Hong Chengchou went south and was captured, the Tartars also fell into the final madness. They used to confer titles without money, and no longer conferred titles with military merits like before entering the customs.Hong Chengchou also successively added the title of Bohou, and finally the title of Duke.

In the Shaotian Dynasty, the court declared that he had never surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and had been contacting the court in secret. In the end, he took the opportunity to turn around and persuaded many of his former colleagues, so he made meritorious service.In the past two years, he held important positions in the court, and he also purges and impeaches officials. He is appreciated by the emperor and won the lifelong title of the Duke of Min.

Although he is a lifelong knight, he is also a duke of the state.

In the eyes of outsiders, Hong Chengchou and Hong Jiuheng are popular on both sides, and they are extremely human ministers wherever they go.But Hong Rixin also knew that his father's status was not as stable and glorious as outsiders saw.

"Would it be difficult to put down the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head. He was in front of Xiangshan, and the emperor told him a lot in front of the prince, basically explaining his mission to Shaanxi and Gansu very clearly.

It's not just Mi Layin and Ding Guodong who rebelled in Lanzhou.

The drunkard doesn't mean wine.

The emperor wants to take this opportunity to comprehensively rectify the Muslims and Islam in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and then take advantage of the trend to recover the Seven Guards of Hexi and Hami, and to destroy the Yarkand, a descendant of the original Mongolian Chagatai Khanate who believed in the Crescent Sect.

The emperor wanted to completely regain control of Guanlong, and also marched into the Western Regions.

The ambition is not small, the goal is big.

This kind of grand strategy, but the emperor wanted him to be in command, Wu Sangui as his deputy, and then he transferred four generals, Xu Yong, Zhao Liangdong, Zhang Guozhu, and Gao Jinzhong, who were indeed capable of fighting, but none of them were direct descendants of the emperor.

Not only that, the emperor also wanted to form an additional left and right army of the Western Expedition from those old troops, surrendered soldiers, and captives.

There are problems everywhere.

If the emperor just let him be the governor, but the provincial camp and the imperial camp went west together, that would be justified.

Doing this now, coupled with the meaning revealed by the emperor, is obvious.

"Son still doesn't understand, please ask father to click."

Hong Chengchou looked at his son, "It's not that you don't understand, but you just don't want to believe it?"

"Although my father has taints, he has been conscientious and loyal to the court and His Majesty in the past few years. He is capable and loyal, but he does not make friends and concentrate on being a lone minister. Why does the emperor treat his father like this?"

Hong Rixin also understood that at this time Hong Chengchou was sent to Shaanxi and Gansu, and Wu Sangui and Xu Yong were transferred to form a new army. Now they have not been able to become the people trusted by the emperor.

Going out of Beijing this time is not reuse, but rejection.

"Why?"

Hong Chengchou also sighed. He used to think that he might have proved his loyalty and worth with his actions, and he had successfully won the trust of the emperor.

But now it seems that they are all false appearances, whether it is Zuo Jianyi doctor or Youdu Yushi, the emperor can't really trust him anymore.

The fact that he once surrendered to captives was a stain he couldn't wash away.

"Is it dangerous for my father to go to Shaanxi and Gansu this time?"

"No." Hong Chengchou seems to have aged a lot, and this feeling of being rejected made him very sad, "Guan Long will make a big move this time, I am just leading the battle, the emperor wants me and Wu Sangui to lead a group of old troops , those who hacked and killed indiscriminately in the past, our task is to hack and kill,

Killing the rebels on behalf of the emperor even wiped out all those who participated and supported Huihui, and even put down the Islam behind the scenes. This vanguard army was formed again.

We are going to do the dirty work, counterinsurgency and murder, and maybe even massacre the city, etc. Anyway, we have done all the work that should be done, and then the imperial camp will come in to clean up the battlefield and take over the territory. "

Hong Rixin understood the danger in these words.

This is no ordinary dirty work.

"Is it safe afterwards?" he asked.

Doing too much dirty work, how will the emperor treat them then, is it righteous to say that they killed and looted indiscriminately, and then deal with them according to law, or what?
Hong Chengchou sighed.

"I have been in the court for a few years. To be honest, I can't see through today. This person's behavior is unpredictable and unpredictable. You can never guess what he will do next. Companion to the king is like a tiger. You can only Be careful at all times, and dare not betray the slightest bit, otherwise the end will be miserable.

There were eighteen emperors from the Ming Dynasty to him, but which emperor is as good as him?
Turning hands into clouds, covering hands into rain, Taizu is not as good as him in some aspects. "

On the way back, Hong Chengchou also thought about it all the way. He thought of calling illness as an excuse to refuse to go to Shaanxi and Gansu.But in the end he still didn't dare, he knew Emperor Shaotian, if he dared to refuse the emperor with death, the emperor would never spare him, even if he died, there would still be brothers, sons and family behind him.

All he can do is follow orders.

The emperor asked him to do dirty work, kill people, and what he wanted him to do. He could only do it, and he had to do it according to the emperor's wishes.As for how to deal with it afterwards, that can only be left to fate.

He can only pray that the emperor will remember some of his merits, and at least he can save his family descendants in the end, which can be regarded as a complete atonement.

In addition, it is absolutely impossible to have other plans after going to Shaanxi and Gansu. Based on his experience in the past few years, he knows very well that since the emperor dared to let him and Wu Sangui go to supervise Shaanxi and Gansu to quell the chaos, he dared to Give them a soldier and horse, and they will definitely have a backup.

After this, there must be the imperial camps stationed around Shaanxi and Gansu in their hands. Once they dare to mess around, or even have some ideas, they will probably be killed just like Zhang An of the Jiangxi Longwu New Army before.

They don't even need the imperial camp to quell the chaos, they will have generals and soldiers under them to chop off their heads.

Hong Chengchou was not afraid of killing people, nor was he afraid of doing dirty work. He just felt disheartened. After doing so much dirty work for the emperor, he still failed to become the emperor's trust.

Don't be afraid of doing dirty work, if you are afraid of doing dirty work for a lifetime, you will never get ahead.

"Rixin, you don't have to worry about my affairs, I will take care of them. You don't need to spend too much time on studying and preparing for exams. You don't need to spend too much time on cavalry and archery. Concentrate on the imperial examinations. From now on, you can concentrate on being a serious civil servant with two rankings. After winning the list, strive to be selected as a good scholar, study in the Imperial Academy for three years, then strive to be a director in the six ministries, and then go to a local county to be a magistrate of a big county, down-to-earth,

Marry a daughter of everyone who is well-matched, and in the future give birth to sons and teach them to take the imperial examination to become officials. "

These words had the taste of explaining the funeral, and Hong Shiming's tears fell down when he heard it.

"There is no need to do this, maybe this time is just a test, maybe I will complete the test for my father, get out of the body, or even go a step further."

"Going to the northwest now, I will kill him another 10 people as a father, and make the name of this crazy butcher even worse. It is unknown whether he will withdraw the knife and return, or retire after success."

Hong Chengchou knew very well that he was capable and famous, but because he had surrendered to the captives, especially because he had been trusted by the captives, even if he surrendered to the imperial court, Emperor Shaotian would never really trust him.

The more capable you are, the more you can be trusted by the emperor.

However, he is so capable and willing to obey, but he can be used by the emperor very well, so as long as he is sure of his position, he will still have a place after all. The key is to understand the emperor's intentions and do good things for the emperor.

Of course, what worries him most this time is that the things to be done are too big and too dirty, and he will have to bear all the infamy and stigma. If the government or the public opinion in the world can't tolerate him, will the emperor protect him?

If the emperor directly pushes him to take the blame, he can only be a scapegoat.

I have to say that Hong Chengchou is very smart, he almost guessed the emperor's mind.

But for Zhu Yihai, he used Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, although he intentionally used them to do dirty work, but first of all because they were indeed more capable.

Without this ability, the emperor would not use them.

As Hong said to his son, this time the emperor will focus on cleaning up Guanlong, and also point his sword at the Western Regions. This time, the emperor will fight for a century of stability in the Northwest and reopen the Western Regions.

This time it was a big move, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and the others were just going to open the way. They killed first, and the imperial camp would enter the arena after they were almost cleaned up, and then there would be subsequent appeasement, relocation, etc.

In the current situation in the Northwest, it will not be useful to directly implement the Huairou appeasement policy without making drastic cuts first.

Entering the arena directly with the imperial battalion will also tie hands and feet, so the emperor deliberately used those old troops to form a vanguard army, just to facilitate clearing the arena without any taboos.

The combination of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, and Xu Yong, Zhao Liangdong, Gao Jinzhong, and Zhang Guozhu was chosen because these people can fight, especially Hong Chengchou can understand the emperor's heart very well, otherwise if you choose other people, cherish the feathers and be scruples Fame, even fear of taking responsibility, and restraint everywhere, how can it be done.

(End of this chapter)