golden scales

"The Nine Kings heard that China was sitting in emptiness. Within a few days, they hurriedly gathered troops and horses. All men under the age of seventy and over ten years old joined the army. The judgment of success or failure depends on one action."

Cui Junen finished writing, put down the pen, and rubbed his red fingers.He read it through and made sure there were no missing words. Then he folded the letter paper, sealed it, and called his servants: "Send it back to Hanyang (Seoul) quickly without delay." As an envoy sent by North Korea to Shenyang, he When there is something in the Qing Dynasty, it is natural to send it back to the country as soon as possible to let the king know.

As a courtier of Lee's North Korea, Cui Junen, who was born in the second class, was full of contempt for the Manchus.This kind of barbarian with shaved hair and a mouse tail has conquered North Korea, a small Northeast China that has been in Chinese civilization for a long time, by force, and has become the suzerain of North Korea!However, today's Daming is also in turmoil. It is said that Shenjing was breached by thieves. The world is really bleak!

Thinking that although North Korea has changed its suzerain, its own country has not been cut off, which makes Cui Junen unavoidably a little lucky.He knew that the Han people in the north also had to shave their hair, and they looked ugly as if they had forgotten their ancestors.I am afraid that if these Manchurians occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty, they will continue to implement this evil policy.

On the ninth day of April in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Prince Rui Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, commanded two out of three Manchurian and Mongolian soldiers, as well as the Han army respecting the three kings and Xushun Gongbuqu, and set off with cannons.

Hong Chengchou was riding on a horse, wearing a Qing official robe, but his mood was extremely complicated.Although the current situation is completely in line with his conclusion in front of the late Emperor Huang Taiji: Daming can't last long, but it doesn't make him the slightest bit excited.

"Bachelor, my lord invites you." Bai Jia in front of Dorgon came to invite Hong Chengchou himself.

Hong Chengchou rode out from the entourage.He went straight to Dorgon's king's banner with this white armor, and saluted according to the Manchurian custom.

Dorgon is 32 years old, and he is also heroic when riding a horse.He has a big beard, a snub nose and slender eyes.He looks stupid, but he is famous in the Northland for his wisdom.In his early years, he was granted the title of Daiqing of Mergen, which is exactly the meaning of "King of Wisdom", and it is also the origin of "Prince Rui".

"Mr. Hong." Dorgon spoke Chinese with a slightly weird tone, and he was also a top figure among the Manchurian nobles.He called Hong Chengchou to ride with him, and said with utmost courtesy: "Look."

Hong Chengchou took an introductory copy from Dorgon and sat on the horse to read it. It turned out that it was Fan Wencheng's memorial to the regent kings.As a Hanchen, Fan Wencheng is also well-informed.Famous for looking far.However, the text of this student.In the eyes of Ming Jinshi like Hong Chengchou, it was still too vulgar and careless.

"It's the only thing. Those who achieve great success will die forever at this time, and those who miss the opportunity and regret the future are also at this time." The imprint carved by Dorgon with his nails next to this sentence obviously agrees with it.

Dorgon said with a smile: "The so-called heroes see the same thing. Mr. Fan and Mr. Hong are real heroes." He opened his mouth, and a white mist spewed out.

Early spring in the Northland is still the season when a drop of water turns into ice.

"Mr. Fan's vision is beyond the reach of my ministers." Hong Chengchou replied.He and Fan Wencheng were not as close as the Manchurians thought because they were both Han Chinese, and he would not feel grateful because Fan Wencheng recruited him.In fact, he was full of disdain and contempt for Fan Wencheng.

"Mr. Hong," Dorgon said again, "the late emperor once said: Sir is indeed my guide in Manchuria. This time I will raise the soldiers of the whole family, follow your advice, and send troops to the Western Kingdom. foundation?"

Hong Chengchou respectfully said: "My lord. Now the rogues occupy Beijing, their foothold is not stable, and they are exhausted. Our army broke through the side wall from Jizhou and Miyun, and avoided the Dunbing under the strong city of Shanhaiguan. Although they are also guest troops, But it can be regarded as a surprise, attacking the unprepared.

"Furthermore, Zhu Ming's 300-year-old society, how can the people's hearts change once? The people suffer from Zhu's faction, don't they suffer from thieves and plunder? My Qing Dynasty only needs to restrain military discipline, not to massacre people, not to burn huts, not to plunder Property, the military and civilians have never committed any crimes, and using the banner of "destroying thieves for the Ming Dynasty" will naturally win the hearts of the people."

Dorgon sprayed the steam and said: "This king has ordered that anyone who resists must be killed, and no one else will be killed arbitrarily! If anyone in the army violates my order, I will not forgive it! But Mr. Hong, if we attack Can Beijing really hold on?"

"I can't defend it." Hong Chengchou said without hesitation, "So we have to attack."

"attack?"

"Just as Qin lost its deer, Chu and Han pursued it. We claim to help the Ming Dynasty, but in fact we want to compete with the Ming Dynasty for the world. However, although we compete with the Ming Dynasty for the world, we are actually wrestling with the bandits." Hong Chengchou's words were ups and downs , turned two corners, and Manchurian Baylor might not be able to understand it.Thanks to Dorgon's reputation for being smart and wise, he thought about it for a while but he figured out most of it.

"So our army has occupied Beijing, and we must spare no effort to wipe out the bandits. This is the first step." Hong Chengchou pointedly said: "Once the bandits are wiped out, there will be no more soldiers in China who rebel against our dynasty, and our army will welcome Emperor Ming back to the court. It’s the second step. As for the third step, I think that the Emperor Ming will feel ashamed when he sees my Qing Dynasty’s magnificent appearance and powerful army, and will give up the throne to my emperor and raise all the people in the world for his Zhu family.”

Hearing this, Dorgon's blood boiled, and he spit out white mist again and again, and said excitedly: "Mr. is indeed my leader in Manchuria! When discussing meritorious service in the future, sir must be the first minister!"

Hong Chengchou was the governor of the seven provinces in the Ming Dynasty, Songshan was defeated, and the "death news" spread to Beijing.Emperor Chongzhen stopped the court for three days for him, offered sacrifices to sixteen altars in accordance with princely regulations, offered sacrifices in person, and also made the "Mourning Hong Jingluewen" to make it known to the world.Whether it is the trust in front of him or the mourning after death, the Ming Dynasty will never be responsible for Hong Chengchou.

After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou was the first Hanchen University scholar, ranking first among all Hanchen officials, and even Manchen officials may not be able to match him.Whether it is Huang Taiji or Dorgon, they also treat Hong Chengchou with the utmost courtesy, treating him like an emperor's teacher.For Hong Chengchou, who is already an extremely human minister, the most important thing is his posthumous reputation.

The Master said: The gentleman died of illness, but his name is not well-known.

Hong Chengchou was already well-known in the world, and no one in the world knew, no one did not know, and even no one did not scold him.If you don't want to be cast into an iron statue and be stigmatized for thousands of years, there is only one way: help the Qing Dynasty win this world!

Since ancient times, as long as the Manchus have won the orthodoxy of the world, they will be the ministers of Longxing, obey the heavens, and the founder of the Manchu family. To call him an insult to the country and a traitor!He will only be praised, and will never be nailed to the pillar of shame.

"It's all thanks to the cultivation of the prince." Hong Chengchou responded calmly.

Dorgon's eyes were slits, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he had seen the great country of the Ming Dynasty beckoning to him.He browsed through the books and found that he had long been in admiration for the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. He wished he had wings and flew all the way there.

……

In April of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Laizhou, Shandong.

The original mansion has been changed into the emperor's palace. Although it has not been announced to the world, the Jin Yiwei guarding the gate seems to have explained something.Due to the haste of the incident and the need to frugally restore the country, a large amount of supplies were sent to the Dengzhou and Lexia defense lines. The government office was not expanded at all, but the surrounding houses were bought, the walls were broken and the doors were opened, and the concubines and concubines in the palace were settled.

"Back then my family was poor, and Suzhou was a place where osmanthus and jade were cooked. Your grandfather took me north to the capital to join relatives. He didn't vote for a while, so he went to the street to sell hexagrams. After selling the money, he bought cooking cakes and came back to eat with me. If they can't sell it, only the father and daughter are hungry..." Queen Zhou sobbed unspeakably, tears streaming down her cheeks.

The eldest daughter, Auntie Zhu, was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a piece of woolen brocade in her hand, wiping her mother's tears. Her nose and eyes were red, obviously crying hard.Zhu Cihong was rushed back to Laizhou by his mother, thinking something serious happened, but it turned out that his mother had received news from the capital that Li Zicheng had killed Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, Zhu Cihong's grandfather.

As soon as she entered the Tian family, there was a distinction between monarch and minister. As the mother of the country, Queen Zhou couldn't even cry bitterly for her father.People are not grass and trees can be ruthless, Zhou Hou finally felt pain in his heart, and was seriously ill on the bed.Although Empress Zhang and Concubine Yuan often came to see her, only her own children could really stay by her side to relieve her.

Cijiong and Cizhang stayed with him for most of the day, but were called to class by the eunuch.Aimu was fine, so she stayed by her side and listened to her mother talking about the embarrassment of her natal family back then.

Before Zhu Cihong came in, he already knew that Li Zicheng raised [-] troops and drove to Shanhaiguan.I also knew that the [-] troops belonged to all the troops near Beijing, but I didn't expect that because of the emptiness in Beijing, Li Zicheng was afraid that his old Ming nobles would cause chaos behind him, and killed many people-Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was one of them.

Zhu Cihong thought that Li Zicheng had changed his habit of killing innocent people indiscriminately, but he didn't expect that he would revert to his old ways.Thinking of Li Zicheng's defeat in the original historical script, now it seems that this is indeed a sign of his failure to become a rogue after he can't rise to power.

"This time the intruder recovered 53 taels of silver from Jiading Bo." Zhu Cihong said flatly.

Zhou Hou's crying voice suddenly choked, and he looked at his son: "Who is talking nonsense!"

"It's my son's eyeliner in the capital, so it can't be fake." Zhu Cihong said slowly, "My son also heard that the emperor father urged his relatives to donate, and the queen mother secretly gave 5000 taels of her own money to Uncle Jiading... "

"Your grandfather came to the palace several times to cry with me. I thought the Taoist family really had no money left, so I asked him to use this silver to donate it...Where did I expect, unexpectedly..." Empress Zhou was surprised, and there was no words for a while. Describe that "50 taels"!

"Uncle Jiading took the 5000 taels from his mother, and only donated 3000 taels." Zhu Cihong's voice was calm, as if talking about something unrelated to him: "There are still 2000 taels of silver, and now it is among the 53 taels .”

Empress Zhou couldn't say a word. Although the sadness in her heart was diluted a lot in an instant, her chest became more stuffy, and her whole body seemed to be emptied.Just now I was thinking about my father's kindness in nurturing when my family was poor, but now it has become a resentment for my father's inability to be loyal to the country.

"Mother, if there is nothing else to do, I will take my leave first." Zhu Cihong released the mother, and was quite satisfied with her achievements. She stood up and saluted, and then said to Zhu Wei: "Kun Xing, let the mother rest quietly for a while, you can do whatever you want." I come."

Auntie Zhu looked at her mother, saw her nodding slightly, left the brocade beside the bed, got up and bowed to leave.

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