Road to Shunzhi

Prince Su Haoge uttered wild words, talked about political affairs, even alluded to the emperor, and slandered the former emperor. His crime was unforgivable, and he was deposed as a commoner.Fulin looked at this imperial decree for a long time, and finally stretched out his small hand, picked up the jade seal on the side, and firmly covered it.

Dorgon put away the edict and said: "I know you have some affection for Hauge, but there are some things that cannot be decided by affection."

"Well, I know." Fulin looked a little downcast.Hauge taught him how to ride a horse, and he never forgot to bring him gifts when he came back from the battle. He is a very qualified brother.

There was a sensation in the court, but Dorgon suppressed it with strong means. Haoge was knocked down overnight, and Jierhalang's pressure increased sharply.Fan Wencheng and Dorgon are a gang, and they work together to isolate him, even the little emperor is the same, he treats Dorgon like a spring breeze, but treats him indifferently.

It is also an uncle, so there is no need to favor one another, right?Ji Erhalang found that he was more like an invisible person when he went to court, and his mood became more and more unhappy.But Hauge fell, and many of his subordinates took refuge in Dorgon, and Jierhalang became more and more restrained in doing things.

The wind direction in the court is one-sided towards Dorgon, but his ambition is not only in this small Qing court.

Wu Sangui sent a letter of appeal for peace, which was exciting news for the Qing court.When Li Zicheng established Dashun before, they got the news that Wu Sangui was going to surrender to Dashun, which made Dorgon very annoyed, and urged Zu Dashou to write a surrender letter again, but they didn't have much hope in their hearts, and they went to Fulin again to say A lot of words like "the Han people are cunning".At that time, Fulin was not in a hurry, but instead comforted him, saying that auspicious people have their own aura, and that Wu Sangui must come down and so on.Dorgon thought he was childish, and didn't take it to heart. He didn't expect him to be right.

"The emperor is indeed a blessed man!" Dorgon was very happy, without controlling his emotions at all, he hugged Fulin and circled around, Fulin laughed and shouted, Dorgon also laughed, and for a while The hall was full of laughter.

After going crazy for a while, Dorgon put Fulin on his knee, and asked, "How did you know that Wu Sangui must surrender?"

Fu Lin was silent for a moment, he couldn't say that Wu Sangui's traitor was quite famous in his previous life, could he?Moreover, he didn't think that his butterfly would be so powerful that he could slap Wu Sangui away.

After thinking for a while, he grabbed Dorgon's ear and said, "If I tell uncle, uncle will agree to my request, okay?"

Dorgon tapped Fulin's forehead lightly with his bare forehead, and said: "No matter what you want, uncle will agree."

Fulin rubbed his forehead: "I haven't thought it through yet, let's talk about it later. As for Wu Sangui, he has great ambitions, good birds choose trees to live in, Li Zicheng's Dashun can't catch him, he only has two Road, proclaim yourself king or surrender to us."

Dorgon became interested: "Then the emperor thinks, why doesn't he make himself king?"

Fulin curled his lips: "He's not a fool. At this juncture, neither we nor Li Zicheng can tolerate him. His soldiers and horses are said to be 50, but in fact they are less than 20. How can they be enough?" .”

Dorgon thought for a while, and said: "There is a very evocative saying that Li Zicheng robbed Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan, and he would surrender for this woman." But he was thinking in his heart, what kind of beauty is this Chen Yuanyuan? She is actually able to bear the reputation of "a beauty that hurts water", but no matter how she looks, she is definitely not as far away as Yu'er.

"For a woman? That's strange." Fulin tilted his head, pretending to be innocent.

It was only then that Dorgon realized how inappropriate it was for him to say such things in front of his children. He coughed twice and changed the topic: "Wu Sangui has surrendered, our army can enter Shanhaiguan, and my uncle decided to conscript himself. When the time comes, the rear will be handed over to is you."

Fulin nodded, his expression suddenly became serious.Dorgon smiled: "Uncle is teasing you. Although they handed over food and grass to the Ministry of War and Fan Wencheng for trivial matters, they are very capable."

Fulin thought for a while and said, "Uncle, don't massacre the city. My request is that you don't massacre the city. If you can, don't forcefully shave your hair."

This is the first time that Fulin called himself Zhen when he was alone with Dorgon, Dorgon was also taken aback for a moment, and asked seriously: "Why?"

"It's not necessary. The massacre of the city will only make the Han people in the world look down on us and call us barbarians. My uncle brought me many books. The Han people follow Confucianism. Although many of them are unreasonable, some of them are very reasonable. Governing the world depends on It’s not about fists, it’s about reason. And the Han people believe in ‘body, hair, skin, and parents’, so they are generally unwilling to shave their hair. We are not stable now. If we massacre the city, or force the order to shave our hair, the Han people will revolt against us. Attack it. Now that Li Zicheng is occupying Beijing, if we play the banner of driving out the bandits, we will get the support of the Han people instead. It was the same with the Great Khan back then, so we can get the help of Li Yongfang and others."

The sweat in Fulin's mouth is Nurhachi.Back then, Nurhachi married his granddaughter to Li Yongfang, reused them, and made a promise that they would not be uncomfortable without shaving their hair.

Dorgon said: "Things are not that simple. The soldiers of the Eight Banners followed me to fight hard. If there is no benefit, those banner owners would not be willing."

"That's why I just said don't massacre the city, don't shave your hair." Fulin straightened up and looked him in the eyes, "Although I really want to say don't burn, kill, loot, don't prostitute, but I know it's impossible .At least not so far.”

Dorgon is ambitious, he has always thought of conquering Yanjing and then moving the capital.Fulin understands this very well, and also knows that it is impossible for Dorgon to massacre everyone in the capital.To keep these bloodthirsty people from slaughtering the city, we can only start with Yanjing, which is less difficult.

Dorgon pondered for a long time, and finally nodded heavily: "It's a good idea to use the Han people's method to silence their mouths. Okay, uncle promises you, don't massacre the city, don't burn or kill, and don't shave your hair. However, This kind of thing requires an imperial decree, and when I go to court tomorrow, the minister will ask the emperor for the decree."

The next day, Fan Wencheng wrote a letter, suggesting that Dorgon, Prince Rui, go to the Central Plains. Dorgon also asked for an order, vowing to be a righteous teacher who kills thieves, destroys bandits, does not massacre cities, does not kill indiscriminately, and does not force his hair to be shaved.

Although this was a blatant rhythm of doing xx and erecting an archway, it was unexpectedly supported by everyone.Soon, Fulin sacrificed to Taimiao, and Dorgon led the army to travel.

At this time, Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng had already fought in Shihe. Dorgon ordered the Qing army to rush day and night. It took only one day and night to arrive outside Shanhaiguan, and then stopped, forcing Wu Sangui to surrender completely before he was willing to send troops.

Only then did Fulin realize how much Dorgon had done for him.

Haoge was demoted, and for a while Dorgon was in full swing in the court, even if he sent troops, no one dared to do anything behind him, fearing that he would suffer retaliation when he came back.With Dorgon's prestige, no one dared to disrespect Fulin.In terms of food and grass, the Ministry of War has rich experience.It has to be said that before the Manchus entered the customs, they were a fighting nation. All the people did their best for Dorgon's expedition, and even the battles in the court were much less.

No wonder the original Shunzhi hated Dorgon so much.After Fulin stamped the imperial decree again, he finally understood.Dorgon is really radiant. As an emperor, all his efforts and achievements are covered up by others, so he will naturally feel unhappy.Moreover, Dorgon is really capable, without him, it seems that the affairs of the court have increased several times at once.

On the other hand, Dorgon stabilized his position and had a negotiation with Wu Sangui, finally allowing Wu Sangui to formally surrender.In order to show the importance of the Qing court, Dorgon promised Wu Sangui's army that he would not have to shave his hair, and he also promised that the Ming Dynasty would retreat to the south of the Yangtze River and build its capital in Nanjing.As a result, the allied forces of the Qing and Wu fought against Li Zicheng, and after winning the battle of Shanhaiguan, they drove straight into Beijing.

At the end of April, Li Zicheng evacuated in a hurry, not forgetting to kill more than 30 members of Wu Sangui's family on the way.At the beginning of May, Dorgon entered Beijing, and the civil and military officials of the Ming and Shujiao welcomed the Qing army into the city.Dorgon entered the imperial city, looked at the majestic Forbidden City, stroked the golden dragon chair, with mixed feelings in his heart.

This thing that many people have dreamed of is now in front of him. As long as he wants, he can sit on it and enjoy the worship of all peoples.

Dorgon seemed to be haunted, ignoring the mess around him, and stepped forward step by step, with desire shining in his eyes.A clever subordinate quickly fell to his knees and shouted: "Long live the emperor!"

Dorgon suddenly woke up from his imagination, frowned, walked down a few steps, kicked the man's heart fiercely, and shouted: "Disaster the army's heart, pull it out and behead it!"

Duoduo has been watching his brother's actions, seeing this situation, stepped forward to persuade: "Second brother, this person is telling the truth. You have made such great achievements, you can be the emperor if you do your part!"

Dorgon shook his head: "This kind of talk can't be said anymore. Pass down the order, and we will go to the Hall of Martial Arts to discuss matters."

Emperor, this title is indeed full of temptation.However, if he had rebelled at this time, neither the Two Yellow Banners nor Horqin would stand idly by. In case of war, it would be the soldiers of the Eight Banners who would suffer.They finally won the victory, and they can't waste their previous efforts because of his selfishness.Moreover, he is the backbone of Yu'er and that lovely child. If he only cares about himself, what will happen to the poor mother and child?

Wu Sangui was granted the title of King Pingxi and had an army of his own.The conditions given by Dorgon are extremely generous, and I hope he can lead his troops to defeat Li Zicheng.

In addition, Dorgon also ordered the army and civilians to send a funeral to Emperor Chongzhen, and ordered the cabinet, ministers and officials of the Ming Dynasty to work together with Manchurian officials.He was also busy attending funerals for the martyred concubines.In Nanjing, Fu Wang Zhu Yousong came to the throne and changed Yuan Hongguang.

In this war, the casualties were heavy.On the bright side, it was the Qing court that won, but in fact the biggest winner was Wu Sangui.

The Qing court made him King Pingxi, and the Nanming made him Duke of Ji.For a time, he had both ways, and became a pure minister who served the country and avenged him.However, because of the banner of "killing thieves", the Qing court did not slaughter or order hair shaving, and it was also praised by many scholar-officials who died in the Ming Dynasty.Fulin read the letter Dorgon wrote to him, and suddenly understood a truth.

In this world, to get everyone's support smoothly, you must do two things: first, your fist must be hard; second, you must stand on the moral high ground.Conspiracies and tricks can be used, but Yangmou is the real way of the emperor.