Ashes

"Brother, can I still come to play with you in the future?" Dorgon asked.

"of course can."

"Can you give me another eagle? I really like it."

"Okay, but when you grow up, I'll give you as much as you want."

"Then when I go hunting in the future, there will be many falcons following me, isn't it very majestic?"

"It's not just prestige, others will make way for you, worship you, and sing praises for you."

"How is it possible, starling, you are laughing at me."

"Yes, there will be such a day." Huang Taiji smiled slightly.

After all, it was the body of a five-year-old child. Normally, Dorgon would have already fallen asleep at this time, but now that it was too late, he couldn't hold on anymore. After talking for a while, he fell asleep on Huang Taiji's lap.

Huang Taiji took off his cloak and covered him.

Listening to his even breathing, Huang Taiji smiled wryly: "No matter how wild an eagle is, it can be trained? Maybe, let alone a young eagle?"

As soon as the falcon was sent to Dorgon, the falcon trainer secretly reported Dorgon's abnormal behavior and the situation of the falcon to Huang Taiji.He vaguely guessed the purpose of his move, and was worried that he would really hurt himself, so he sent someone to deliberately leak the message to Duo Duo: Dorgon had hidden treasures in the house.

But why did Dorgon do this?Huang Taiji couldn't figure it out.

This child is only five years old, can this young eagle really be tamed?

"You'll catch a cold if you sleep outside, let's go back." Huang Taiji patted him.

Dorgon was drowsy and opened his eyes in a daze.

Huang Taiji picked him up by the waist and rode on the horse. Dorgon struggled a bit, but couldn't bear the doze, and fell asleep drowsily again.Huang Taiji couldn't help smiling, for fear of waking him up, he slowed down his horse and walked towards Hetuala.

The fact that the falcon hurt someone was like a stone submerged in the water, causing slight ripples, but not many waves, nothing changed.

In the blink of an eye, it has been two years since Nurhachi professed sweat, during which many things happened, large and small.Some tribes made troubles and provocations, and Nurhachi sent troops to conquer them, and some tribes brought property to join them. Nurhachi hosted banquets, especially the Mongolian Horqin tribe, which has become Nurhachi's most loyal ally in Mongolia.

Dorgon is also seven years old. He is tall and has begun to look a little decent. Duo Duo has also grown up and loves Dorgon more and more.He is also the liveliest one, dragging Dorgon into the water all day to fish and climb trees to dig out bird eggs.If it was the real seven-year-old Dorgon, he would definitely play crazy with him, but he would really have a headache after living another life.

Another time, he dreamed that he was wearing thirteen oriental beads on his head, and he was wearing eight balls of dragon court clothes, but he still went to climb trees to dig out bird eggs.

"I'll count to one hundred, you hide it quickly." Duoduo stood facing a tree with his eyes blindfolded.

Dorgon sighed: "Okay."

Hide and seek is a game that Duo Duo can't enjoy playing repeatedly, and he is also very good at it. No matter whether Dorgon is hiding in a tree or in a hole, he can find it out by scraping the ground three times.

"Hide better, don't let me find it as soon as I look for it!"

"Quickly count."

Naturally, Dorgon had no interest at all, and walked aimlessly, thinking of finding a place to hide for a while, until he got over his addiction.

Although it was the first month of the month, everything was still in depression. At a glance, the mountains were covered with withered yellow. He saw a small bush not far away, so he planned to hide in it.

Dorgon sat on the ground, leaning against a honeysuckle tree, tore a branch at random, pulled the gravel on the grass, and waited for Duoduo.Counting the time, Duoduo should start looking. He looked around, looking for Duduo's figure, but he didn't expect to see Huang Taiji.

He was not alone, there was a minister beside him, and the two were chatting while walking.

What did they say?Dorgon was curious, hid behind a tree, and stared straight at them.

"I found you!" Doduo was standing behind him at some point, shouted, and jumped on him.

"You crushed me to death, get up!"

"You hid too badly, most of your buttocks are exposed, I saw it from a long distance!" Duoduo shouted.

Dorgon pressed Duoduo's neck: "Okay, stop screaming, others will hear it."

"What are you looking at?" Dodo followed his line of sight, "Huh, starling?" He subconsciously touched his forehead, which he would do habitually every time he saw Huang Taiji since he was scratched by an eagle. this action.

"Easy, light."

Duduo poked his head around, as if he wanted to see more clearly: "Is that Erdeni with the starling?"

"En." Dorgon responded casually, but saw that Duoduo began to roll up his sleeves, and wondered, "What are you doing?"

"Teach him a lesson, who made him create such a complicated set of characters, I am so tired of learning."

Dorgon didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and punched him on the forehead: "It's outrageous."

Erdeni, Nurhachi bestowed the name "Bakshi", that is, "a great scholar".Although the Jurchens have a Jurchen language, their characters are all in Chinese or Mongolian.In the 27th year of Wanli, under the instruction of Nurhaci, he compiled Manchu together with Gagai, also known as "Manchu without circles" or "Old Manchu".

"What are they talking about?" Dodo asked.

"I don't know, I guess it's going to be a war."

"War? Haven't we been fighting?"

"It's a big fight, you know?"

"What big battle?"

Before Dorgon could answer, he raised his head again, and he could no longer see the figures of Huang Taiji and Erdeni. He was wondering how they walked so fast, when he remembered Huang Taiji's voice behind him.

"What are you hiding here?"

The two were startled, and turned to see Huang Taiji standing behind them.

"We're playing hide-and-seek." Duo Duo hurriedly said.

"Oh, so who won?" Huang Taiji asked with a smile.

"Of course it's me." Dodo patted his chest and said, "Brother, is there going to be a war? A big war?"

"Who told you that?"

"What Brother Fourteen said, is it true?"

Huang Taiji turned to Dorgon: "Why did you say there is going to be a war?"

Dorgon hated Duo Duo for not covering his mouth, so he had no choice but to quibble: "I just guessed."

Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon meaningfully: "Dorgon, do you want to play with me?"

Before Dorgon could speak, Duo Duo was already very dissatisfied, and squeezed his whole body between the two of them: "Myna, why are you so biased, you always take Fourteenth Brother with you, today Fourteenth Brother wants to play with me, don't play with me?" you go!"

"Then Duoduo should join us." Huang Taiji said with a smile.

Duo Duo fell silent, his round eyes glanced at Dorgon, then at Huang Taiji, and said angrily: "Hmph, I don't want to be with you, it's too much, I'm going back!"

It was too late to stop him, and he ran away angrily. Dorgon yelled, but he didn't even look back.

"Bring him some delicious food later, and he won't be angry." Huang Taiji stretched out his hand to Dorgon, "Let's go."

Dorgon held his hand naturally: "Where are we going?"

"Just walk around."

Huang Taiji took Dorgon along and walked unhurriedly, the fallen leaves all over the mountain were rolled up by the wind and danced in the air.

"Brother, what were you talking to Erdeni just now?" Dorgon asked.

"It's nothing. He and his father paid tribute to the Ming court several times, so I asked him about the situation of the Ming court."

I thought he would hide it, but I didn't expect him to tell himself so easily. Dorgon was a little surprised.

"Why do you feel that there is going to be a war?" This time it was Huang Taiji's turn to ask.

Dorgon knew that even if it was a guess, he would not believe it: "Actually, I accidentally heard what Father Khan and the ministers said."

Huang Taiji lowered his head and looked sideways, still showing disbelief, but he didn't ask any more questions.

Today's Huang Taiji was very silent, and Dorgon didn't dare to say anything, but just followed him silently, only his hands were warm in this cold wind.

Huang Taiji suddenly stopped and sighed softly: "Dorgon, are you really only seven years old?"

Although he was asking Dorgon, but more like he was talking to himself, Dorgon was terrified and froze there, not knowing how to speak, before he said, "Mynah, what are you talking about?"

"I just came back from inspection, and the situation outside is very bad." Huang Taiji brought up another topic, "This flood, which is rare in a century, unexpectedly happened to us. Countless houses were washed away, large tracts of farmland were submerged, and many The water in the area has not receded so far, farmers have no harvest, and our food is not enough to eat, this time it is even more difficult."

Dorgon was stunned, he didn't expect him to say this to himself.

"Many people starved to death." Huang Taiji said calmly, "More people will starve to death in the future, and our food reserves can only barely support the winter, and we will almost have nothing to eat next year. The Ming court asked for help, but they were all rejected. We also asked them to convert the ginseng payment in arrears into grain, and pay back part of it first, but there was no reply. If we continue, the situation will get worse."

It is inevitable to start a war against the Ming Dynasty. Dorgon has known for a long time that this year is the third year of the Mandate of Heaven, and they will take the first step in conquering the Ming Dynasty.

"I shouldn't have said this to you, but I think you can understand." Huang Taiji patted Dorgon on the shoulder.

Dorgon raised his head slightly and looked at his slightly tired face: "Brother, are you tired?"

"No, there are still a lot of things to do." He led Dorgon forward, with a chill in his eyes, "You are right, there is going to be a war, and this battle has to be fought, it must be fought." Gotta fight."

"Where are we going now?"

"I don't know, why don't you accompany me back to deal with official business." Huang Taiji smiled at him.

Accompanying Huang Taiji to read letters for a while, he fell asleep at some point, and when he woke up, it was already dark, and he was already lying on the bed in the back room.

The child's body is really not tossed, and he gets sleepy when he is busy.

Faintly hearing Huang Taiji talking to someone outside, Dorgon got up on tiptoe and walked to the door, listening attentively.

"You are becoming more and more lazy now. This time I went out to inspect with me, but I refused to put in more effort. I asked you to do something, but I always found a reason to shirk it. How can I entrust important things to you in the future?" Huang Taiji It seems to be admonishing someone.

"Sibeiler, you are wronging someone. I can't do my best in what you arranged. This clearly despises me."

"Then you mean it's still my fault?"

"If Sibeile thinks I'm not good at doing things, I might as well go back to Da Khan."

"If you really want to go back, tell Father Khan that I won't keep you either!" Huang Taiji's words were obviously filled with anger.

Dorgon heard it, and it was Minister Iraq who spoke to him. He used to be Nurhachi's courtier and was later transferred to Huang Taiji's side.

Iraqi left, grumbling and complaining as he left.

Just as Dorgon was about to go out, he heard some strange noises outside.