Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter Two

However, since Wang Gao and Deng Pants were accepted by Shu En as bodyguards, Concubine Ji favored her very much. Whenever they went hunting, Wang and Deng were always the front body.Wang Gao's nature is simple, and he devoted himself to Concubine Ji and worked hard without hesitation.Therefore, concubine Ji treats Wang Gao differently.Seeing Wang Gao's special rights, those old ministers and servants were jealous and made some nonsense from time to time to slander him.Coincidentally, Concubine Ji was pregnant this year, and when she was born in October, the prince she gave birth had the same appearance as Wang Gao.Therefore, these little people became more and more complacent, talking nonsense all day long, as if they had some real evidence.Fortunately, the crown prince, Huang Taiji, is a born hero, open-minded and magnanimous, and he doesn't care about these little things, otherwise, he would have been a success.The little prince born to Concubine Ji, named Fulin, is extremely intelligent and brave.There is only one strange thing. I like to be close to Wang Gao since I was a child. Whenever I cry helplessly, as long as Wang Gao comes to hug me, I will stop crying in an instant.Except for Wang Gao, with your palace eunuch, inner eunuch, and nanny, you can no longer coax him into wishing that the two of them made an appointment on the Sansheng Stone in previous lives.When Wang Gao was the little prince, he was loyal and kind, and his loyalty and openness were unparalleled in the past and rarely seen in the present.Concubine Ji once said to Hanfang and others: "I just saw that Wang Gao was honest. After seeing a little bit, people outside made a lot of bad things to bury him. I don't think I am the master and he is a slave. It's important, if you want to make a rumor, you have to make it a bit similar. No one will believe such a groundless statement."

After hearing this, Hanfang and others naturally agreed for a while, so there is no need to say more.

One day, when the prince returned to the palace, he was unhappy, and the concubine Ji offered her condolences.The prince sighed: "Our country will always be lost in the hands of Ye He sooner or later. Although you and I are rich and wealthy in front of us, we will inevitably be slaves to other people in the future. Do you think it will be hurt or not?"

Concubine Ji said: "Whoever you say this to, you will never believe it again. We will destroy it for the Ming Dynasty, and let's talk about it, Ye He is much smaller and weaker than us. We will not destroy it." He is enough, how can he destroy us?"

The prince said: "It turns out that you didn't know that the year before last, the son was born and built a hall."

Concubine Ji said, "The hall is for worshiping gods, I know that too."

The prince said: "At that time, the craftsmen were digging a stone tablet, and there was a line of big characters on it: 'Ye He, the one who destroyed the state.'" Concubine Ji said, "It's very strange that there are such words on the stone tablet."

The prince said: "for this matter, the master is at odds with Ye He's country, and he sent troops three or five times in a row. Although they all won the battle, the Naiming Dynasty often helped Ye He and bullied us by relying on the power of the heavenly dynasty, so we sent troops twice. Conquer the Central Plains."

Concubine Ji said: "Is it true that people from the Central Plains are not afraid of being killed? It's time to retreat in the face of difficulties."

The prince said: "Just because they refuse to admit defeat, the Central Plains people like to put on airs, saying that we and Ye He have both received the title of General Dragon and Tiger, so we should obey the orders of the heaven. Now we are attacking each other, and we will fight against the majesty of the upper kingdom." It will be detrimental. Besides, our master, calling himself the emperor, the Central Plains people are not very comfortable."

Concubine Ji said: "Didn't Fourteen Baylor pay homage to the great pioneer of Zhengming? It seems that this year will be a big one. As long as the flag is won and the success will be achieved, don't say that Ye He is the splendid country of the eighteen provinces of China. Where is our territory?"

The prince said: "Isn't that true? It's just that the master had a dream last night, which is not an auspicious sign. The victory or defeat of this time's dispatch of troops is uncertain."

Concubine Ji said: "How to do the things in the dream accurately."

The prince said: "Sure, you'll know when you've dispatched troops. Tomorrow, I'll get up early, and you'll call me every four drums. Don't be disturbed by your master like last time when you lost your mind."

Concubine Ji said: "Ask Hanfang, Yunyu, Buhen, and Xiaochou to take turns to watch for you. There will be no delay."

The prince smiled and said: "There is no need to bother, it was you last time."

Speaking of this, he shrank his mouth, attached Ji Fei's jade ear, and said a few words softly.Concubine Ji glared at the prince, and then said: "I don't care about you, what are you doing to me?"

After finishing speaking, he spat lightly again.Nothing to say that night.

The next day, when the sky was twilight, the prince dressed and got up, Hanfang brought the ginseng soup, and the prince took it and drank it.Yunyu took out the comb, and combed the prince's hair into a greasy braid.

Dispel sorrows and make up for hatred, hold it up early.At this time, it was almost the fifth watch weather, and the sound of horns blew in the distance, and along with the Xiaofeng, they came in bursts.The prince said: "That's great, the master's royal driver is coming soon."

Three mouthfuls and two swallows. After eating breakfast, I was busy getting my robes and coats on, and ready the horses as I called.Gong'e's inner prison, one after another, shouted to go.Instantly said: "The horse is ready, please mount the horse."

The prince brought ten guards, stepped on his horse, and left the palace gate. Hearing the sound of the horn, he hurried forward.The willow trees on both sides of the royal road are covered with dew, so they are not very clear.When I walked there, I saw the guards of the imperial army, standing upright with axes and knives, neat or not.When all the Baylors saw the prince coming, they all came to the horse to pay their respects.The crown prince asked, "Has the royal driver set off yet?"

The crowd replied: "It's almost here."

As he said that, the outside reported: "Driving here."

Just listening to the kicks and kicks, ten or so pairs of horses came slowly, and immediately they were all third-rank bodyguards with blue tops and flower feathers. Each of them controlled a crossbow with their hands, and a sharp knife hung from their waist.All the Baylors and all the generals hurriedly stood in accordance with their directions.When all the guards arrived at the gate, they all jumped off their horses and stood on both sides like wild goose wings.After waiting for a long time, I could faintly hear the sound of drums and music. A pair of dragon banners and phoenix flags, with a luan in between, passed slowly. Only then did I see a crank-handled nine-dragon golden umbrella, and two horsemen pulled a curly-haired horse whistling yellow. Mark Chollima, immediately sitting on this Manchurian contemporary saint, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, with a good deputy imperial appearance, dragon face and tiger eyes, eagle nose and lion mouth, looks like a god.The crown prince led all the Baylors, stepped forward, knelt in a line, and said in his mouth: "The sons are waiting to kowtow to the father and the emperor."

Qing Taizu was on the horse, just nodded his head a little.When kneeling, all the Baylors, all the honored relatives, civil and military officials, and horse and horse generals knelt on the ground together with the guard and eunuch Hei Ya, like thousands of dark clouds.After Taizu nodded, thousands of people stood in awe, like a crowd of stars.I saw Taizu ordered: "play music!"

According to the national music, the music officer played it, which was so grand and solemn that it was exciting to hear.Everyone followed Taizu to the main hall.I saw that all the officials in charge of rites had been serving according to their prescriptions.After lighting the joss sticks and kowtowing to the gods, a reading official wearing a water red crown read out the oath written by the emperor Taizu to the gods.At this time, although there were many officials accompanying the sacrificial ceremony, they were so quiet that they didn't even cough.Just listen to Zhu Guan's recitation aloud: In the second year of Destiny, in the fourth month of summer Renyin, Nurhachi, the emperor of Manchuria, would like to tell the emperor, the queen of the land, the spirit of the earth: my grandfather did not damage an inch of grass on the edge of the Ming Dynasty. Provoking the frontier, harming my grandfather, hating Yi Ye.Although the Ming Dynasty provoked, I will still repair it. I set up a monument and swear that all Manchu and Han people will not cross the border.Those who dare to go beyond will be punished upon seeing it.If you see it and do it, you will harm the vertical, and the spy will revert to the oath, and the soldiers will cross the border, defending and helping Ye He, and hate both.In the south of the Qinghe River and north of the river's bank, the Ming people stole across the battlefield every year and robbed them wantonly.I obey the oath and carry out the execution. I am clearly responsible for the previous alliance. I am accused of killing without permission. I am detained in Guangning, envoy Gangguli Fangjina, and threatened to take ten people. I hate three people at the border of killing.Ming crossed the border to help Ye He with soldiers, so that the daughter I had hired could be adapted to Mongolia, and I hated four things.The three roads of Chaihe, Sancha, and Fu'an have been guarded by me for many generations, and the people in the territory are plowing fields and art valleys.It is not allowed to harvest, send troops to expel, and hate Wu Ye.Ye He, outside the border, was guilty of the crime of heaven, but Ming Nai believed his words, and the special envoy wrote a suicide note to criticize him, bully him wantonly, and hate Liu Ye.The former Hada helped Yehe invade the second time, and I reported it to myself. Heaven has given me the people of Hada, and the Ming party has threatened me to return to his country. The number of Hada's people has been invaded by Yehe. Phase conquest also.Those who obey the will of heaven survive in victory, and those who go against the will of heaven lose and perish. How can those who die in the army be revived and those who win their people will be more peaceful?The king of a great country built in heaven is the co-lord of the world, so why should he blame our country alone.In the early days, Hu Lun and other countries joined forces to invade me, and the heavens were tired of Hu Lun's provocations, but I was my dependent.Ye He, who is helping God today, resists God's will, reverses right and wrong, makes judgments arbitrarily, and hates seven things.The bullying is really serious, and the feelings are embarrassing, so the seven major hatreds are used to levy it.But the queen of heaven and earth, examine my heart.Kindly advise.

After reading the Zhu Wen, the Taizu personally offered three glasses of wine.The ceremonial officer burned the courtyard.According to the ceremony, the red sun has already risen and the sky is bright.Taizu sent a decree to review the military horses.

Immediately, the Son of Heaven, unlike the Prince of Taiping, his actions are really unpredictable, so he said: "Review the military horses!"

Pointing at the whip, kicking the shell, the yellow-labeled imperial horse ran towards the school field early, the horse was so frightened that all the horses pissed off, and hurried back to the camp to prepare.All of a sudden, the horns sounded, and the soldiers of all battalions gathered in strict outfits, lined up, and the cavalry and infantry began to perform one by one.

It is:

The sun is warm and the horses are tested in Liuying in spring, and the flags of Liu Fujing are still exposed.

After the review, it was almost late. When Taizu saw that all the soldiers in his army were alive and well, he was overjoyed. He passed the decree to rest for three days, sacrificed the flag and set off to march south with him; Huang Taiji stayed in his country and ordered him to return to the palace.

After three days, Taizu led [-] horsemen, left the country, and headed straight for the Central Plains.The prince led the officials who stayed behind and sent them back thirty li away from the capital.The teacher traveled for several days, passing through plains and wilderness.The frost sword hangs in the cold moon, the banner rolls in the dawn clouds, there are no facts to remember.This day, Tan Ma Bao said: "It is only thirty miles away from Fushun City in Mingbian."

Taizu ordered the camp to be set up, and asked all the Baylors, "Which one is going to attack the city?"

At the fifteenth day, Baylor Duduo said: "The child is not talented, and I would rather lead my troops to attack the city of Fushun in order to gain my father's charm."

Before Taizu could answer, Fourteenth Baylor Dorgon waved his hand and said, "No! No!"

Taizu asked him what he meant.Dorgon said: "I have a word first, I want to ask my father, would my father always be the master in Manchuria, or would you like to be the emperor in the Central Plains?"

Taizu smiled and said: "Isn't this child stupid? The emperor of the Central Plains is the co-lord of all nations, the holy emperor of the heavenly dynasty, what a glory! What an honor! How can there be no reason why you don't want to do it? I'm afraid we are weak and can't do it. We are in Manchuria. Although we are generally called emperors, we are deceiving ourselves in the end. We have followed a Chinese saying that there are no tigers in the mountains, but dogs are kings. It is not very interesting to think about it. If you have a way to say it, I can’t. Do not comply."

Dorgon said: "Father, think about it. Although our country is powerful, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, we still regard us as barbarians and Tartars. If the Central Plains people have this opinion, how can they be masters in his place. "

Taizu stomped his feet and said, "The Southern barbarians are really hateful. I will kill them until not a single blade of grass is left behind."

Dorgon said: "Father is at ease, I am afraid it will be a bit difficult to be the emperor of the Central Plains."

Taizu said: "What is the reason?"

Dorgon said: "The people of the Central Plains refused to obey us, because we like to kill people, and they are afraid of killing them. To be the emperor of the Central Plains, you must first let the people of the Central Plains not be afraid of us, but to get close to us. If they are not afraid, they should be close to us." , You must first implement the idea of ​​false benevolence and righteousness, the art of war is the first to attack the heart, and the second to attack the city, this is the truth."

Taizu clapped his hands and said: "Come on, come on, your idea is very good, very good, I will do it according to your idea. But hypocrisy and hypocrisy, where do you start?

Dorgon said: "In the current situation, it is natural that people from Fushun should be taken care of."Li Yongfang, the guard of Fushun, was a guerrilla in the Ming Dynasty. Now let's send him a letter asking him to surrender; "

Taizu agreed, so he asked the civil servants in the camp to write a letter, which said: The emperor of Manchukuo ordered Fushun Guerrilla to know: Er Ming Dynasty sent troops outside the border to defend Ye He, and I came here as a teacher.If Ru Fushun strikes your ears, you will be invincible in a vertical battle.If you are ordered to surrender today, our soldiers will go deep in the same day, and if you don't surrender, you will miss the time for me to go deep.

Rusu has many talents and is a person who knows current affairs.Our country recruits talents widely, that is, those who can be driven a little bit, will still use them and accept them as marriages.What's more, is there anyone like you who is more favored and ranked alongside my first-class ministers?If you surrender without a fight, I will serve you as before.If you fight, how can I know your loss?All will lose their intersection and die.Since there is no power to win, what good is death!And if you go out of the city and surrender, my soldiers will not enter the city, and your soldiers and people will be safe; if I enter the city, men, women, old and weak will be frightened and collapsed, and it will be very bad for you.Don't say that I'm threatening and don't believe it, Rusi is just a city, I can't go down?What's the use of promoting teachers!If you lose this Futu, there is no time for regret.Wouldn't it be good for the officials, soldiers and people in the city to sacrifice the city to those who came to surrender, to protect their parents, wives, and relatives from separation?Surrender or not, you are familiar with the plan, don't bear the momentary anger, disobey my words, and cause things to fail.In the second year of Destiny, April's edict.

Taizu saw it well, added an envelope, and sent someone to send it to the city.Li Yongfang is a man without guts. When he saw the letter, he was so frightened that he lost his mind.Gathered all the civil and military forces in the whole city, discussed it all night, and came up with an emergency plan, but it was the four words "follow the order of Taiwan".Taizu won Fushun and rested for three days.Enjoying the support of fat pigs and big sheep every day, almost sucked up the essence of the poor city, and just set off.Looking at Guangning and Jinzhou, drive forward.

It is also the fate of the Manchurian nation, and wherever it goes, it will be like a broken bamboo.Taizu made up his mind and didn't send troops to defend it. He captured a land, captured a city, plundered a lot, then lost it, and went elsewhere.Following the warning letter of the fall of the frontier, the Ming court hastily dispatched generals and troops. When the rescue arrived, the Manchurians were gone.The Taizu of the Qing Dynasty was safe and sound, and he had many children and treasures. Every time he left the teacher, he always returned with a full load.Dorgon often remonstrated, Taizu smiled and said: "What do you know about your son? We have few soldiers and the Central Plains is large. If we want to defend everywhere, the army is weak, and we will not be able to bear it. Let's harass him now." After a few years, he was exhausted by disturbing him, and civil strife will definitely break out in their country, wouldn't it be good to see the opportunity and think of a plan at that time?"

Dorgon also admired himself.This year, the army started in April, and it was not until Meng Dong in October that he returned home.

Don't talk too much.Since Taizu of the Qing Dynasty got the taste this time, every year he was either ordered to be a general or personally conquered. Some returned to Pakistan with great victories, and some returned to Pakistan with great victories. Too little time.And in the next day, he has disturbed the people and made them exhausted.In the autumn of this year, the horses are fat and the horses are fat. The Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty inspected the horses and the troops, and he will make a big effort again.Unexpectedly, the heavens will not obey people, Taizu suddenly got a disease, and the medicine didn't work, so he stretched his legs and went away.The crown prince, Huang Taiji, took the throne as Emperor Taizongwen.So a mourning edict was issued, ordering the three armies, big and small, to perform filial piety.If you want to know what the new emperor will do after ascending to the throne, let's listen to the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)