Ashes

The seemingly peaceful and lively New Year passed quickly, and when everything returned to its original state, what Dorgon wanted to do was secretly going on.

In the official office, Sony handed over a roster to Dorgon: "This promotion list has been reviewed by the Great Khan, and there is no problem."

Dorgon flipped through a few pages casually, and handed it back to Sony: "They are all those who have contributed to the battle of Dalinghe, and there will be no problem, so you can do it."

Sony took the roster respectfully and carried it in his arms.

Dorgon thought for a while and asked, "You came back from Da Khan just now, how does Da Khan feel?"

After the establishment of the Sixth Ministry, Sony took up the post of Qi Xinlang in the Ministry of Officials. For this diehard Zhenghuangqi, Dorgon always put more thought into it, and gradually achieved some results.

Sony recalled for a while and said: "In the past few days, Mangul Taibele has been sick and stayed at home, sweating profusely. When I was waiting for the audience outside, I saw Dege Leibele suffering a lot when he came out. Zhang face, I guess he was reprimanded by Da Khan."

"Did Khan ask Dege for a question?"

"That's not clear, but nine times out of ten I asked Mangul Taibele about it."

Dorgon sneered in his heart, but he said: "Fifth brother is too much, even if he has an opinion in his heart, he can tell Dahan clearly, why hold it in his heart, why not use it to discuss matters and lose his temper? Dahan will definitely have an opinion." He's angry."

"It is indeed unwise for Mangul Tabel to do so."

"Or, do you think he is really sick?"

Sony showed a troubled expression: "Don't dare to speak out."

Dorgon smiled and didn't go into the details, walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Yes, do your own thing well and don't meddle in other people's business. Sony, you are a generalist. I believe you can advance and retreat wisely." You also know how important the Ministry of Officials is to the Great Khan. You became Qi Xinlang of the Ministry of Officials at a young age, which shows how much the Khan attaches importance to you. I don’t know much about these government affairs, and I depend on you Sorry for the trouble."

Sony hurriedly said: "Baylor, you are both civil and military, and you are the person that Da Khan relies on. I will do my best with all my heart."

"Okay, don't be humble anymore. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. You can take your time."

After leaving the official department, as soon as Dorgon returned home, he met someone in private, and that was Leng Sengji of Zhenglan Banner.

"Lord Baylor." Leng Sengji bowed his head.

Dorgon raised his hand: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"It hasn't been long, and I just came here." Leng Sengji's official position is not high, but he is cunning and cunning.

Dorgon glanced at it, picked up the tea, took a sip, and then said leisurely: "What I told you to do is well done."

Leng Sengji grinned and said: "Thank you for the praise from Lord Baylor, Lord Baylor had a good plan. First, let someone instigate Manggur Taibel to refuse to participate in the discussion, which will cause dissatisfaction among the Khan and everyone. Use this as a cover, and then do it."

"The person you're looking for, since he's Mangurtai's attendant, is he reliable?"

"Reliable! It must be reliable. That person joined the Xianhan with me back then. You also know that Mangul Taibele has a bad temper, so that person always waits by his side and often complains to me."

"That's good. It's been five days. If it drags on, others will lose their patience. Let's do it today."

Leng Sengji still seemed nervous when he heard the words: "Okay... then I... will do it right away..."

Dorgon noticed his uneasiness: "Why, are you afraid?"

Leng Sengji immediately straightened his back: "No, it must be done for Lord Baylor."

"I've already done it once, and I'm still afraid? How timid. Do I have to do it myself?" Dorgon glanced over coldly.

Leng Sengji said loudly: "Please rest assured, Lord Belle, please wait for the good news."

Dorgon nodded and motioned for him to back down.

Mang Gurtai has lost power. This is the result that Huang Taiji wanted, but it was not what Dorgon wanted. He wanted much more than Huang Taiji.

In fact, it may not be so difficult to take his life.

In the early morning of the next day, Dorgon was summoned by Huang Taiji.

Could it be that it was discovered so early and passed on to Huang Taiji?Dorgon secretly thought, and hurried to the Khan Palace.

When they got there, they found that Huang Taiji had not only passed on him, Jierharang and Yue Tuo were also there, and the person kneeling in front of Huang Taiji was Horqin Obateji's envoy.

After bowing to Huang Taiji, Dorgon stood beside Jierhalang, saw the expressions of several people, and roughly guessed what was going on.

"Go ahead." Huang Taiji said.

The emissary said: "That night, the people from the Chahar tribe came to attack again. We happened to have a dozen or so people herding horses and sheep staying outside at night. They killed all of them and took away all the horses and sheep. I This happened for the third time in the past few months before we came here. We respected the Great Khan as king, and were hated by the Chahar tribe. They threatened several times to kill all our people. They have strong troops and a large number of people Shizhong, we are really not their opponents, so Baylor specially sent me to ask for help, and ask the Great Khan to avenge us."

Huang Taiji glanced at Dorgon and the others, and said to the messenger: "I see, you are tired after driving for a few days, go down and have a good rest."

After the envoys left, Huang Taiji said to them: "You all understand."

"It's not the first time that Obateji came to us for help whenever something happened. Since Horqin is our ally, it's only natural to help them fight back," Yuetuo said.

Jierhalang continued: "The people of the Chahar tribe are used to being arrogant. Lin Dan Khan always bullies other tribes wantonly because he is the Mongolian Khan. They complain a lot. I heard that Lin Dan Khan always flaunts I am the blood of the gold family, trying to restore my ancestors' foundation. It is normal that Horqin's people can't beat them."

Huang Taiji nodded, but did not directly respond to them, and asked Dorgon after a while: "Dorgon, tell me what you think."

"I think we should send troops, not just to teach them a lesson, but to wipe them out completely." Dorgon stepped forward and said, "The Chahar tribe is at the end of its strength, and it may be possible to run amok with the Mongols, but in the Our Eight Banners Army is completely vulnerable to a single blow. When they were still strong, the Ming Dynasty always supported us Jurchens to suppress the Mongols. Now that we are strong, they want to win over Lin Danhan to suppress us. We can take advantage of Daling He was victorious, his morale was high, and he broke through in one fell swoop. On the one hand, it will solve our future troubles, and on the other hand, it will completely eliminate the idea of ​​the Ming Dynasty looking for an alliance."

Although the three of them are all advocating crusade, Dorgon's words are the most pleasing to the ear. Things must be done one by one, and the enemies must be eliminated one by one. The Ming Dynasty was just defeated at the end of last year. This year, it is indeed possible to fight with another enemy. .

"Since you all said so, then it's settled, this time we..."

In the middle of speaking, someone suddenly knocked on the door, although the sound was very soft, but the frequency was very high, obviously the people outside the door were extremely anxious. "Khan, I have something important to report." Dundari called softly outside the door.

Dundari has always done things properly and will not disturb him for no reason, let alone when he knows that the people in the room are discussing important matters, even he is in such a hurry, it must be a big deal.

"come in."

Dundari entered the room and knelt down in front of him: "Khan, there is a message from Mangul Tabel House that Lord Baylor is gone."

Huang Taiji was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly got up: "What did you say?"

Except for Dorgon, the other two were surprised. Of course, on the surface, Dorgon was also very surprised.

"When did it happen?" Huang Taiji walked around from behind the desk in front of Dundari.

"Say it happened last night."

"Could it be that Fifth Uncle was really sick a few days ago?" Yue Tuo whispered to Jierhalang, who looked serious.

Huang Taiji strode out, "I'll go and have a look."

Dorgon and others followed.

But when Huang Taiji just stepped over the threshold with one foot, he stopped suddenly, his movements stiffened for a moment, as if he wanted to look back, but he held back.

Only Dorgon noticed his subtle movements, but he turned a blind eye.

A group of people rushed to Manggurtai's house, and everyone in his house was already crying.

Huang Taiji didn't care about others prostrating, and went straight to his room. Several Fujins from Mang Gurtai knelt on the ground to kowtow to Huang Taiji, crying out of breath.

"You all get up." Huang Taiji waved.

Several Fujins helped each other up, but Da Fujin's legs gave way and he fell to the ground unconscious.

"Come here! Da Fujin has passed out!" The room was in chaos, the screams of the woman mixed with the shouts of the servants.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji couldn't help frowning.

"Big Khan is here, what a shame to shout!" Jierhalang shouted, pointing to two maids casually, "Help Da Fujin back to the room, and then ask the doctor to take a look, the rest of the people are fine Get out too!"

A group of people hurriedly carried Da Fujin out, and the room became a little quieter.

Huang Taiji looked at Mang Gurtai who was lying on the bed, and saw that his eyes were tightly closed, his face was peaceful, as if he was asleep, and there was nothing unusual about him.

Standing behind Huang Taiji, Dorgon also looked at Mang Gurtai coldly.Life is so fragile, and he died without pain, it is too cheap for him.

There was another commotion outside the house, and when they looked outside, it was Daishan who had arrived.

"Ama, why are you here? Aren't you sick?" Yue Tuo stepped forward to help him into the house.

Daishan coughed a few times: "Can I not come for such a big event?"

Huang Taiji also stepped forward to help him, and wanted him to sit on the chair, but Dai Shan insisted on going to the bedside to watch.

"Why so suddenly?" Daishan murmured.

Before he had time to say a few words, another person rushed in like the wind, ignoring Huang Taiji and Dai Shan who were present, and directly threw himself on Mang Gurtai.

"Brother!" Dege couldn't believe his eyes at all, "Brother, wake up! How is this possible! Brother!"

Yue Tuo had the best friendship with De Gelei, and he couldn't bear to see him sad, so he tried to pull him away: "Sorrow and change."

Dege threw him away with a swing of his arm, his eyes were red, and he roared at the top of his lungs: "Impossible! My brother was fine yesterday! How could he die suddenly! Who is killing my brother! Yes! who!"