Road to Shunzhi

Naturally, Bumbutai also knew about Fulin's fainting in the hall, so he didn't care much, so he hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, stopped the imperial doctors who saluted her, and asked, "How is the emperor?" , is there a serious problem?"

Imperial Physician Shen, the head of the imperial hospital, replied: "Your Majesty is just overworked and mentally weak, just take a rest and take two doses of medicine."

Only then did Bumbutai feel relieved, and went to the inner room, and saw Fulin lying on the bed, looking weak, and his heart ached.Dorgon on the side whispered: "It's all my fault, I didn't take good care of the emperor."

"No, it's not the regent's fault." Bumbutai shook his head, his eyes just looking at the child on the bed for a moment.

The more she is like this, the more ashamed Dorgon is.He knew Fulin's love for Sinology and his partiality for Han people. He personally thought that such a lenient style might win the loyalty of Han Chen, and he agreed with it.But this time the enclosure blatantly slapped the emperor in the face.Since the death of Huang Taiji, Dorgon has completely regarded himself as the protector of the emperor, and he is also the person who actually holds great power. Even so, he alone cannot compete with the Eight Banners.

Fulin was also very anxious.If he didn't pretend to faint, the enclosure order would have been issued by now.The problem is, he can't faint all the time, the enclosure order is still in front of him, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners are counting on him to put a stamp on this order.

What should I do?Fulin was completely helpless.However, Dorgon seemed to be dissatisfied with the Eight Banners, and even complained to him, saying that Jierhalang was stubborn.Maybe there are some things that can be discussed?

Thinking of this, Fulin slowly opened his eyes, saw Bumbutai's anxious face, felt a little ashamed, took her hand, and softly called out: "Er Niang."

"It's good when you wake up, it's good when you wake up." Bumbutai almost wanted to chant the Buddha's name, but he deliberately put on a straight face, "Don't be too tired in the future, do you hear me?"

"Yeah," Fulin nodded obediently, "My son is unfilial, and Emiang is worried."

Bumbutai touched his bare forehead, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about, you are my son, and it is only natural for Er Niang to worry about you. However, the imperial doctor told you that you can only eat well for the next two days Don’t argue about eating meat again.”

"The son wants to eat minced chicken porridge, the stewed one." Fulin immediately made a request, and then glanced at Dorgon. Seeing this, Bumbutai got up and said, "Okay, Er Niang Get someone to do it." With that said, he led all the attendants back down.

When no outsiders were around, Dorgon and Fulin were always very casual. Fulin patted the bedside and said, "Uncle, come and sit down."

But Dorgon hesitated for a moment, bowed deeply to Fulin, and said: "Please also ask the emperor to issue an order."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly fell silent.After a while, I heard Fulin's clear and clear child voice: "Ji'erhalang is disrespectful to me, so he will be exempted from the title of assistant minister, and Prince Yu Duoduo will be named assistant minister. Uncle, how do you think?"

Dorgon was taken aback for a moment, then understood what Fulin meant, and shook his head with a wry smile: "This time, it's not just something that can be solved so easily. Even Azig supports the enclosure, as do the two yellow flags. Actually, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this, if you’re in the land of no man, you’ll be circled.”

"It's different." Fulin looked up at him, "Uncle, tell me, will you not rob your elite soldiers in battle? There is not even a single corrupt official in the civil and military dynasties? If the land enclosure order is issued, What they enclose is not only unclaimed land, but even the farmland of the common people. At that time, the common people have no land to plant and have to pay taxes. What do you ask them to do? Don’t forget how Li Zicheng rebelled. of."

Dorgon disagreed: "That's just a mob, nothing to worry about. We can't keep fighting, enclosing these unclaimed lands, setting up Huangzhuang, and rewarding those who have made meritorious deeds. In this way, the soldiers of the Eight Banners can have land, and naturally they can What's wrong with hiring those common people to farm the land and provide food and grass for the Southern Expedition?"

"Uncle, do those people know how to farm? They probably enclose the land for pasture hunting, right? I will open the treasury of the Ming Dynasty and reward the soldiers of the Eight Banners with wealth?" Fulin said firmly, "As for Enclosure, I do not agree."

"No." Dorgon categorically rejected Fulin's proposal, "This is a joint decision of the Eight Banners. Your Majesty, you or I, there is nothing we can do about it."

After all, Dorgon didn't look at Fulin's disappointed expression, and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please resign, please think twice."

Eight Banners, Eight Banners again!Fulin looked at Dorgon's back and was surprised that this uncle had lost a lot of weight.The struggle between Dorgon and the Eight Banners has been going on for a long time, and each has its winners and losers.It can be said that Dorgon is using the power of the two white flags to fight against the other flags, but the two yellow flags, which are supposed to be neutral, cannot be loyal to the emperor, and have various considerations of their own.Therefore, Dorgon can't beat them, and they can't destroy Dorgon. It's like a tug-of-war between evenly matched two sides. Although sometimes it will lean to the left and sometimes to the right, but overall, it is balanced.

In this case, my situation is even more delicate.He is an emperor with no real power, and he can say a few words and make a few decisions in the court, but it must not harm the fundamental interests of the Eight Banners.In these trivial matters, Baqi and Dorgon were willing to let him go.At the same time, both parties are competing for his support. He is like a weight, no matter which side is pressed, it will be beneficial to that side.

However, he couldn't press it, so he could only choose to stand in the middle.He is the emperor. If he chooses the Eight Banners, then after Dorgon fails, he will be the next one to fail. The Eight Banners are likely to go their own way and fight among themselves; Covering the sky with one hand, becoming the emperor's father and regent, the two white flags will expand unprecedentedly.

In the early morning of the next day, Fulin made a request to set up the Guozijian and force the offspring of officials to join the Guozijian to study Guoshu and Hanshu.Everyone in the court looked at each other in blank dismay, Hanchen naturally had nothing to say, but the Manchens were full of opinions.

Azig was the first to attack: "What's so easy to learn about those crooked characters? I get a headache when I see them. Do I want my sons and grandchildren to learn them?"

Jierhalang was also unwilling, so he took a step forward and said, "My Majesty, according to what I see, Mr. Manchu should be set up in the Guozijian, so that future generations must not forget their roots."

Fulin said: "I have plans to set up teaching assistants in Manchuria, so that my descendants can learn both Manchu and Chinese."

Azig shouted: "Han people's things are all rubbish, what's the use of learning, can they fight wars?"

Abatai sneered at him twice: "Han women are good. As far as I know, the Prince of England has many Han concubines, and he loves them very much."

Azige said angrily: "What does my concubine have to do with you, it's not like you didn't accept it!"

Seeing the chaos in the scene, Dorgon yelled loudly: "Prince Ying, King Raoyu County, now is in court, not the time to discuss such things!"

The two shut up at the same time, and Dorgon asked Fan Wencheng who had been pretending to be a background: "Does Xueshi Fan think it is feasible for the emperor's proposal?"

Fan Wencheng raised his eyelids, saluted Fulin and said, "This discussion will benefit all generations, my lord."

Dorgon said: "What Fan Xueshi said is very agreeable to me. All the descendants of officials who want to learn Guoshu and Hanshu, all go to the Imperial College to study."

The emperor, the regent, and one of the auxiliary ministers all said so, and the proposal was passed as a matter of course.Immediately, Dorgon raised the matter of enclosing land again, and Fulin lowered his eyes, saying: "You can only enclose unclaimed land. If someone seizes the land of the people, he will be severely punished." Everyone obeyed.

Finally, the enclosure order was issued.Fulin looked at the memorial in front of him, heartbroken, and stamped the jade seal on it.He exchanged the displacement of thousands of people for the establishment of the Imperial College and the stability of his own status. What is the point of emphasizing the land without owner in the imperial decree?Throughout the ages, officials have been deceiving their superiors and inferiors in their work, turning owned land into unowned, not to mention how convenient it is.

It is necessary to find a way to contain the power of the Eight Banners.Fulin understands that he lost the battle of encroaching on land, and there will be more severe shaving, changing clothes, fleeing people and so on.He can't be beaten passively all the time, he must take the initiative.

Fulin was about to find Dorgon and said: "After the death of the first emperor, Emperor Chongzhen said that we were killing each other and there was civil strife, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to use countermeasures. Now that I think about it, it is really dangerous."

Dorgon also sighed: "The civil strife in the country is the worst thing. If the emperor hadn't obeyed God's will to ascend the throne at that time, the chaos would have continued."

"Since they don't want to, why can they still manage their own affairs?" Fulin asked, "I am the emperor, and my uncle is the regent. They don't care about them."

Dorgon frowned.He is also very dissatisfied with other banner owners who do whatever they want, but the two white flags are his personal power, if the strength of other banner owners is weakened, the two white flags will inevitably be affected as well.

Fulin continued: "It would be great if there was a distinction between primary and secondary. For example, the two yellow flags and uncle's two white flags only listen to my uncle and me, and are higher than the others. They won't be so presumptuous. "

Dorgon's eyes lit up: "Why don't we set it as the upper four banners and the lower four banners?"

"The four lower banners also have to be differentiated. For example, the red flag is higher, and the blue flag is lower." The owner of the red flag is Prince Brother Li Daishan, and the owner of the blue flag is Prince Zheng Jierhalang.

Dorgon said: "This plan is very clever, the emperor is really talented and intelligent."

Fulin smiled shyly: "It's not due to my uncle. If it wasn't for my uncle's teaching day and night, I might still be an ignorant child. I will always remember my uncle's kindness."

Dorgon felt very comforted: "If the emperor is not very talented, no matter how much uncle teaches, it will be useless."

Fulin winked at him mischievously: "Let's stop complimenting each other here, shall we? Uncle will accompany me back to Chuxiu Palace in a while? My body is already fully recovered, but Er Niang still wants me to drink a lot of supplements." Erniang listened to her uncle the most, and my uncle told her not to stew tonics anymore, but I was too scared to drink."

The phrase "Emiang listens to my uncle the most" made Dorgon happy, and he smiled and took Fulin's hand: "Okay, our emperor has recovered, uncle will be a bad person, help you talk, let you Mother-in-law scolding uncle, okay?"

"Well, let's just say that!" Fulin looked envious, seeing Dorgon's heart softened, and rubbed his little face: "Okay, whatever the emperor says."