Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 422 Worry
The absence of Hauge, who had the biggest problem with the succession of the Qing emperor, made things much simpler.

After Dorgon compromised and approved, the six-year-old Fulin soon ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, while Dorgon became the only regent and began to handle government affairs.

The most urgent task at the moment is to deal with the Ming army's offensive.

But on Shengjing's side, before the negotiation came to a conclusion, new news came back. Heshuo Prince Zheng Jierhalang led the remaining troops in Jinzhou and returned to Haizhou safely.

Regarding Jierhalang's decisive decision to abandon Jinzhou, Dorgon believed that this was not a loss of the city or land, but a wise move that preserved the vitality of the Qing Dynasty. Rich rewards.

And Jierhalang, who returned to Haizhou, also made it clear that he obeyed the last emperor's will and had no objections.

So far, among the Heshuo princes of the Qing Dynasty, there are a total of five people, Dorgon, Duoduo, Daishan, Jierhalang, and Haoge.Needless to say, Duduo, the four Heshuo princes all recognized the current Qing authority, and Hauge was the only one who didn't know it.

Dorgon also seemed to have forgotten Hauge, and began to adjust the strength of each banner under the pretext of responding to the Ming Dynasty's offensive.Of course, with Dorgon's ability, he didn't make adjustments explicitly, but made various excuses.

For example, the two yellow flags belonging to the royal family, now that the emperor is young and the regent is in power, they must be under the first command of the regent; just this one item makes Dorgon's strength leap to the top of the Eight Banners.

In addition, Dorgon also talked about Bumbutai, sent people to contact the Horqin tribe, and allocated some troops to the Qing Dynasty to strengthen the cavalry strength of the Qing Dynasty.On the other side of the Mongolian tribes, they gave both kindness and power, and they also asked for tribute horses and troops to serve in order to rebuild the cavalry strength of the Mongolian Eight Banners.

In addition, Dorgon also reused a group of Han people led by Hong Chengchou to form a staff office of the regent king similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, to help Dorgon handle government affairs, give ideas and so on.

In a certain house in Shenyang City, an old man inside was very moved when he heard the changing situation in Shengjing City.

This old man is already 64 years old.He was originally the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty. He surrendered to Jianlu during the Battle of Songjin and was named the commander-in-chief of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army.

This person is none other than Zu Dashou who once dominated the world in the late Ming Dynasty.

He has experienced the prosperity and wealth, the rise and fall of his family.

If nothing else, just talk about the ancestral home.

After he was promoted, his brothers Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, and his nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa, etc., all became members of the top management committee. Soldiers, officers at all levels down to deputy generals, generals, and guerrillas were stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and Jinzhou cities.

Even in recognition of the meritorious service of the ancestral family for generations in the town of Liao, Emperor Chongzhen also specially ordered to build the meritorious archway for the fourth generation of the ancestral family in the town of Liao in Ningyuan City.

The so-called Guan Ning Army at that time was actually the army of the ancestral family, and the officers at all levels were all related to the ancestral family.Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to take this army away as soon as he said it.

After surrendering to Jianlu, the ancestral family also received favorable treatment, including Zhang Cunren in the ancestral family system, who was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zu Zehong was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, Han Daxun was in charge of the Ministry of Households, and Jiang Xin was in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Zu Zerun was in charge of the Ministry of War, Pei Guozhen was in charge of the Ministry of Industry and so on.

In fact, after Huang Taiji won the Battle of Songjin, he killed more than 1 soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty, leaving only those related to the ancestral army. Preferential treatment, and expand the Han Army Banner to the Han Army Eight Banners.

The reason for this is, in the final analysis, because the Ancestral Army was one of the three major armies in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty. (The other two, one is the Li Jiajun when Li Chengliang was, and the other is the island soldier when Mao Wenlong was.)
Huang Taiji treats the Ancestral Army very favorably. Externally, he is competing with the Ming Dynasty for the Ningjin line of defense; because of this line of defense, although the biggest official is a civil servant appointed by the imperial court, it is actually the Ancestral Army who has the final say;

Internally, Huang Taiji used the allegiance of the ancestral army to consolidate his imperial power, so that his military strength was the strongest among Jianlu.

No, after Dorgon became the regent, he visited Zu Dashou for the first time, and asked Zu Dashou's position bluntly.

Of course, Zu Dashou's answer was naturally impossible to go against the trend, otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting leisurely at home thinking about things.

If it was said that the changes in the situation in Shengjing City only made him feel emotional, the changes in the imperial court really surprised him.

Earlier, Abatai led the Qing and Mongolian allied forces into the pass, but they were defeated. At the beginning, Zu Dashou didn't believe it at all.

He knows exactly what the strength of the Imperial Court will be like after the Battle of Songjin.The same is true. When Huang Taiji sent someone to question him, his and Hong Chengchou's answers were actually similar.

Even after the incident, Zu Dashou was actually even more distrustful of the strength of the imperial army than Jianlu.

At least for Jianlu, it is dubious that Ming has a strong army.But for Zu Dashou, he thought that there was a high probability that there was some accident in the previous battle of Jizhou, which made Sun Chuanting get lucky and win the battle.

However, this time, he never expected that Azige, Prince Heshuoying, was wiped out, and Jierhalang, Prince Heshuoying, abandoned Jinzhou and fled.

From this point of view, is the imperial army really that powerful?
To be honest, judging from the results, Zu Dashou was able to come to this conclusion; however, judging from his feelings, it was really unbelievable.

It's not like he doesn't know how rotten the pass is!No matter how powerful someone is, it's impossible to turn the situation around in less than a year, right?

In short, no matter what, Zu Dashou couldn't figure out what happened in the pass, so there was such a huge change.

During Dorgon's previous visit, he had already learned that the cavalry who chased and killed Jierhalang was his nephew Wu Sangui.

Thinking about these things, Zu Dashou felt it was very necessary, so he sent a private letter to ask Wu Sangui, what happened in the pass, and how did the imperial court and army become stronger?Or, is there another reason that led to the two disastrous defeats of the Qing army?

With that in mind, he turned and went into the study.

On the other side, there was also a person who dismissed the Jurchen woman and sat in the study by herself in a daze.Gentle and gentle, one can tell that he is a literati.This person is none other than Hong Chengchou, the former Governor of Jiliao of the Ming Dynasty, who is now working in the staff office of the Regent of Jianlu.

Even if he thought he was smarter than Zu Dashou, he still couldn't figure out why there was such a big change in the court!
If the battle of Jizhou was due to some mistakes made by the Qing army, and what advantages Sun Chuanting picked up, which led to the victory of the court officials and troops, he thought it was possible; Jinzhou, which is easy to take down, has given up, which can only show that the imperial army is really strong!

However, relatively speaking, he knows the court better than Zu Dashou, he knows the princes in the court, and he also knows the emperor. Because of this, he is even more puzzled, how could there be such a big change?
No matter how difficult the questions asked by Dorgon, he could easily answer them one by one, which made Dorgon very satisfied; however, Hong Chengchou couldn't understand this question anyway.

And if this point is not understood, Hong Chengchou will start to worry about his future.

From his heart, he must have looked down on these Liaodong barbarians.However, now he is under the control of the barbarians in Liaodong. In order to survive, he can only listen to the orders of the barbarians, and let the barbarians feel that he is a useful person, so that he will not be abandoned!Not to mention killing him, he is afraid of treating him like an ordinary coat!
However, if the imperial court is really strong, with the imperial court's manpower and material resources, as well as the barrenness of Liaodong and the lack of population, Hong Chengchou doesn't think that how long the Jianlu can persist will be pacified by the imperial court sooner or later.

And if the imperial court pacifies Liaodong, where will he go?

He is only 40 years old, in the prime of life.From a poor family, he earned ten times more effort than others to become a Jinshi in the imperial examination. In the officialdom, he was trembling and served all the way up and down, so he was promoted all the way. official.

The same is true, he was unwilling to die for his country at such a young age and chose to surrender to Jianlu.According to the development of this situation, it is estimated that before the age of 50, he will face the choice of life and death again, right?
No, at that time, will the imperial court forgive me?

In this regard, Hong Chengchou had great doubts in his heart.

He thought he knew the Chongzhen Emperor very well.Otherwise, it is impossible to be reused without finding out the emperor's temper and preferences.

The same is true, Hong Chengchou felt that if he surrendered to Jianlu instead of choosing to die for his country, it would definitely embarrass Emperor Chongzhen's face.In other words, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely hate himself.

In this way, not to mention returning to the imperial court as an official, even if you want to survive, it is estimated that it will be difficult!
Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou was really worried!

After half a day, Hong Chengchou came to a conclusion in his mind. If he wanted to survive and live for a long time, he had to help the Qing Dynasty to be strong enough, at least to ensure that the Qing Dynasty would not be wiped out by the court. Is that all right?
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Not to mention how worried Jianlu was here, the battle of Ningyuan was over, and after Jianlu abandoned Jinzhou, the whole war was over, Du Yinxi wrote the victory report, and immediately reported it to the capital.

Ordinary captives were held in Shanhaiguan, and the leader of the slave chieftain, Aixinjueluo Azig, would naturally be escorted to Beijing to offer captives.

For convenience, it is natural for these captives to return to Tianjin by boat, and then take a steam train from Tianjin, which is the most convenient way.

Around mid-November in the 16th year of Daming Chongzhen, the good news of Du Yinxi spread to the capital.

　Ask for a monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)