Dashun Yongchang

However, the reason why the establishment of the Ming Dynasty could not be transformed into a similar establishment of the Spanish Empire prompted the birth of a consciousness of the Han nation, because Zhu Yuanzhang chose to eliminate the national consciousness of the Han people for his own ruling legitimacy, and recognized the Mongolian Yuan as a part of China , thus reaching a reconciliation with the powerful landlords in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.

The self-liberation and awakening of any nation always needs to reach a broad consensus through liquidating the rulers of the old era.And this kind of consensus will inevitably lead to the enlightenment of modern civilization, and the criticism and exposure of the old rulers will further promote the awakening of common people's consciousness, thereby weakening the feudal privileges of emperors and nobles.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang ascended to the throne relying on the power of the common people, he did not want this power to pose a threat to his own country. Even if the Mongols are foreigners, the emperor is the emperor. Questions about the Yuan emperor today will be used tomorrow On the body of Emperor Ming.

Therefore, later generations often say that the Yuan and Qing are part of China. In fact, this is from the perspective of the rulers, because they inherited the power of the rulers of these dynasties, so the Yuan and Qing are naturally a part of China.But for the people, seeing Yuan and Qing as part of China is actually tacitly acquiescing that the oppression of the ruled by the ruler is justified.

When the proletariat of Seris think that the Mongols killed the Serisians, Arabs, and various ethnic groups in Central Asia in order to create a national territory, then no matter which ethnic group the people will refuse to admit that they are part of this reactionary country, and claim to inherit the legacy of the butcher Siris is naturally the enemy of the people.

Under the suppression of the Ming Dynasty, the national consciousness of the Han people was once again weak to the point of ignorance, so the landlords and gentry of the Han people dared to call out the voice of inviting the Manchus to help the Ming Dynasty suppress the bandits, and even got the support of many gentry.Although they knew that the Manchus slaughtered the Han people outside the customs, and that they had caused huge loss of life and property to the north when they entered the customs several times, these gentry still chose the Manchus compared to the rogues who wanted to abolish the privileges of the gentry and scholars.

It is precisely because the Han people lack the strong national consciousness of the Manchus that the internal struggles among the Han people have no bottom line, and even in order to win, they will not hesitate to introduce external forces to damage the interests of all Han people.Huang Taiji undoubtedly saw this, so he thought that the Han people could use it but they had to control it. Although Dorgon did not see it as clearly as Huang Taiji, he was also very impatient with the Han people who only talk about positions without the concept of right and wrong.

For example, Song Quan's evaluation of Li Zicheng is obviously based on some personal interests. As a representative figure who first surrendered to Dashun and later surrendered to Daqing, although Dorgon admitted that Song Quan's ability is good, otherwise he would He will not be appointed as the governor of Zhili.

However, although this person has some talents, he lacks integrity, but he is greedy for fame and profit. In order to cover up his disgraceful history of surrendering first and then surrendering, he first declared to the outside world: "I am a Ming minister, and there is no master in the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who can do it for me The one who avenges and destroys the invaders is my lord!"

Then he pretended to resign, and accepted the appointment of the Qing court only after Dorgon sent people to stay, but Dorgon knew very well that Song Quan would have no home to return to after Li Zicheng went south, if it wasn't for saving his face He was too lazy to play this kind of three-push and three-way trick with Song Quan.

Precisely because of the disgraceful history of surrendering to thieves, Song Quan spared no effort to discredit Li Zicheng and Dashun. He tried to show that it was morally right for him to abandon obedience and surrender, because good birds also choose trees to live in. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that he himself is a treacherous minister with no virtue and no ability.

So no matter what, Song Quan couldn't accept that Li Zicheng had the ability to slash Manren outside the battlefield.This knife refers to

The article published in the newspaper by Luoluohumbele, according to the private statement of the Nine Kings, the impact of this article on the Qing Dynasty is almost comparable to the defeat of the Azig Army, and the defeat of the Azig Army can still be seen from the battlefield. However, the bad influence of Luo Luohun's article on the Manchus cannot be washed away.

After the Tianjin War, Dorgon already regarded Li Zicheng and the Shun army very highly, so he used the main force of the Qing army on the Southern Expedition, and didn't even care about copying Li Zicheng's hometown of Shaanxi first.Judging from the performance of the Shun Army in the Datong defensive battle and the subsequent chaos in Shanxi, Dorgon also believed that if the Azig Army were to send 3 to [-] horses to march westward, they might be able to reach the ground in Shaanxi now. up.

However, the retreat of the Azige army and the defection of Luo Luohun, the Manchu bannerman, dealt Dorgon a heavy blow, making him realize that he seemed to have underestimated Li Zicheng and Dashun.Just as the Manchus actively coordinated the relationship with the local gentry after entering the customs, trying to win over these local gentry of Daming for their own use, so as to face only one enemy of Dashun, Li Zicheng is also doing the same thing.

In order to face only one enemy of the Manchus, Li Zicheng also actively reconciled the relationship with Daming, even at the expense of letting the former prince of Ming show his face, which has actually shaken Li Zicheng's position as the leader of the new dynasty.For the new dynasty, it is the key to let the people forget the royal family of the previous dynasty as soon as possible and establish a system of loyalty to the new lord. If people have a clear mind, then even if Li Zicheng can become an emperor, can Dashun continue to exist after him? ?

Chapter 479 Dorgon III

The failure of the Azig Army and Luo Luohun’s article revealed the two biggest shortcomings of the Manchus. One is that the Manchus’ population is too small to afford to die. The reason for a big battle like Songjin’s is because it is right at the door of the house. If they lose, everyone has to go back to the forest, so Huang Taiji can suppress everyone's dissatisfaction and fight the Ming army for consumption.

But this approach is not without sequelae. When the Ming army rushed to Huangtaiji's Chinese army camp with a desperate fight, except for a few young clans, almost no one stopped the Ming army's assault. , most people chose to flee instead of living to death, so it is really possible that the outcome of the Battle of Songjin was changed by this blow.

After Huang Taiji's sudden death, except for the two yellow flags, almost no one was willing to side with Huang Taiji's eldest son, Hauge. Maybe it was out of resentment towards Huang Taiji, because Huang Taiji insisted on fighting against Ming, which made the Manchus always underpopulated. For those Manchus who have achieved success and fame, the war with Ming has become their burden.

Because people like Daishan have already understood that the war with Daming is not good for the old people like them, except that the poor banner people at the bottom have a chance to stand out, and Huang Taiji always controls the military and political power of the Eight Banners. It was from them that the power was taken away from them. Huang Taiji was the one who won the battle with Ming and gained prestige. He failed in the battle with Ming, but it was their servants who died. Nearly half of the people are missing, and most of these people are from other banners.

So in the city of Suizhou, Azig could only run away in the face of Li Zicheng's decisive battle posture, because Azige knew that if he threw the Manchus in his hands in Suizhou, even if he defeated Li Zicheng in the end, his end would never be the same. It won't be good.What's more, in such a decisive battle with the Han people in a place far away from Liaodong, as long as they fail, they will be defeated, because their end will be the same as that of the Ming army outside the pass, and they will not be able to escape the sphere of influence of the Han people.

This action of Azig showed the weakness of the Manchus who couldn't afford to die, which naturally made those Han people who had been intimidated by the Manchus' force gradually come to terms with it.Although their force is indeed not as good as that of the Manchus, it is impossible for the Manchus to deal with them one by one, because the Manchus still have a great enemy Li Zicheng to deal with.

That being the case, why did they work so hard for the Manchus to suppress the rebels everywhere?The trick of raising thieves to be self-respecting was originally the strength of the Ming army. Wasn't the Jianzhou Jurchen the vicious dog raised by Li Chengliang back then?As a result, Beijing's government decree that it was unimpeded in the occupied areas is now beginning to be a little unsmooth.

However, Luo Luohun's article exposed the internal discord among the high-level Manchus. As a new force, the Manchus were invincible on the battlefield, making it difficult for outsiders to detect the internal discord among the Manchus. A solid whole naturally It is also feared by outsiders.But when Luo Luohun pointed out that there were also conflicts among the Manchus, the original fear of the Manchus among the surrendered Han officials gradually disappeared. It turns out that everyone is the same, so why do you accuse the Ming emperor and ministers of being incompetent and fond of infighting? Woolen cloth?

The death of Emperor Chongzhen and the fact that officials of the Ming Dynasty turned to thieves one after another made the Manchus stand on the moral high ground after entering the customs. They used the words of Emperor Chongzhen to humiliate these officials of the Ming Dynasty who could not avenge their father but followed the thieves. The king, the ministers are all the ministers of the subjugated country."

It is precisely because the officials of the Ming Dynasty are villains with no integrity, so it is their honor that the Manchus can accept them. If they do not wake up and fight against the Manchus, then the Manchus who enter the customs under the banner of revenge for the Ming Emperor will naturally be punished. Kill these villains who have no king and no father.

The attitude of the Manchus looking down on the moral high ground made those officials and gentry who really wanted to use the Manchus to restore Ming Dynasty afraid to speak out easily, because they couldn't explain why they didn't defend Junfu or accompany Jun Father dies.Relying on the power of monopolizing the right to speak, the Manchus gradually stole the power of the gentry that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty and forced them to submit to themselves.

But now Luo Luohun's article exposes that the morality of the Manchus is nothing more than that. A Manchu who would even harm his own brothers, sisters and mother, has any qualifications to be a father?Even if Huang Taiji is gone, the deep conflicts among the Manchus have begun to make the officials and gentry of Ming Dynasty lose their illusions about the Manchus, that is, the barbaric and simple neighbor they thought in their minds does not exist, and the Manchus are not only barbaric They are also morally despicable, expecting them to save Daming is undoubtedly leading the wolf into the house.

In the area controlled by the Manchus, Dashun's newspapers have become contraband, especially this issue of the newspaper containing Luo Luohun's articles, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to collect it, otherwise it will be regarded as a spy of the Shun army.However, in areas where the Manchurians cannot control, or in warring areas that are difficult to control, the Manchurians cannot carry out the action of sealing up newspapers.

In addition, as the war dragged on, the Manchus plundered the local area more and more severely, and even some gentry were included in the scope of food requisition, the local resistance to the Manchus became more and more intense.For example, after the news of the Azig army's retreat reached Beijing, Dorgon had to transfer the troops originally stationed in Tianjin and other places to the Baoding area, and civil unrest immediately broke out in Tianjin, which was originally relatively stable.

In addition, Luo Luohun's article in this newspaper revealed the internal contradictions of the Manchus, which stimulated the local resistance against the Manchus. Even some gentry who had remained neutral now began to support those who resisted the Qing army. up.Previously, when the Qing army’s western and southern expeditions were going well, officials and gentry from all over the country came to vote. Even before the Qing army arrived, the local gentry had already killed or arrested officials appointed by the Shun army, waiting for the Qing army to settle in.

At that time, even the Manchus who had opposed entering the customs began to change their attitudes, thinking that the regent was indeed farsighted, and that the world of Ming Dynasty was already riddled with holes, and it would fall down with just a slight push.They didn't make any effort, and the gentry of Ming Dynasty had already handed over the land and population to themselves. This is indeed more powerful than the previous looting.

The only thing that makes the Manchus regret is that Li Zicheng ran too fast, making it impossible for them to eliminate the strongest military force in the pass, and they had to continue their expedition south and west.With the rapid progress of the armies on the West and South Routes, even Dorgon let go of the anxiety brought about by the Battle of Tianjin for a while. After all, there will be a few more battles in Tianjin. , really no Manchu would want to conquer the whole of China, even Dorgon thought it was the limit to be able to overthrow the Yangtze River, because the south of the Yangtze River is not suitable for cavalry assaults, and there are too many Han people in the south.

However, the smooth progress of the Qing army's war and the hard work of the newly surrendered Han troops have given the Manchus an unrealistic fantasy. Maybe the world will really belong to the Manchus, as long as Li Zicheng, who is still resisting the Manchus, is defeated. .Like those officials and common people in Ming Dynasty, they are completely tamed sheep, and it doesn't take much effort to deal with them, as long as they build a fence around them, they will stay in the fence obediently and will not move.

Even Dorgon felt that Hauge's progress was too fast, and he didn't want Huang Taiji's eldest son to gain too much military merit, and deliberately transferred a batch of grain, grass and horses from Datong and Xuanfu.Of course, Dorgon also did this frankly. In order to supply the army going south, mainly on the route of the Ten Kings, Beijing began to starve to death. surrender.

Therefore, in order to eliminate Li Zicheng's main force as much as possible, the West Route Army naturally had to make some concessions.After all, the purpose of the Manchu war at this time is still quite consistent, which is to give priority to eliminating Li Zicheng, and other secondary goals must give way to this main goal.

However, the failure of the Azige army dealt a heavy blow to the Manchus. When Dorgon heard that Azige led the army and retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River, he knew that this plan to eliminate Li Zicheng might be impossible. Because the national power of the Qing Dynasty is no longer able to support the war, unless Li Zicheng died suddenly like Huang Taiji, the Shun Army is unlikely to collapse in such a situation, and as long as the Shun Army does not collapse, the East Route Army and the Shun Army will fight Into a tug-of-war is the result of a high probability.

And Luo Luohun's article published in the Dashun newspaper deepened Dorgon's judgment.It was only at this time that Dorgon admitted that he did not pay enough attention to Li Zicheng. He should at least treat him as an opponent of the same status as himself, instead of treating Li Zicheng as the bandit that those Han officials said.

That's why Dorgon summoned Hong Chengchou, Song Quan, Bai Guangen and others to conduct a new investigation and research on Li Zicheng and his counselors around him. Naturally, Dorgon could not tolerate Song Quan's continuing to bring emotions into such an important matter. In the discussion, it affects your own judgment.

As for Hong Chengchou, who was sitting on the other side, just watched Song Quan's performance without saying a word. In fact, he looked down on Song Quan from the bottom of his heart, because Song Quan was a thief.Although both of them have surrendered to the Manchus now, Hong Chengchou feels that his character is more noble than those officials like Song Quan who surrendered to the Manchus after surrendering to the thieves.

Hong Chengchou's mentality is not wrong according to the Confucian tradition. Although he was a minister captured by the Manchus, it is a stain that he did not commit suicide to serve the country at the first time, but he did not serve the Manchus before the death of Chongzhen. To make suggestions, so it cannot be regarded as a betrayal of Emperor Chongzhen.After the death of Emperor Chongzhen, he formally participated in the decision-making of the Manchu Qing as the minister of the subjugated Ming Dynasty, so he avoided two black spots, throwing the thief and throwing the Ming minister to the Qing.

According to the interpretation of Confucian morality, he neither surrendered to Li Zicheng who killed his father, nor was he loyal to Huang Taiji during Chongzhen's lifetime, so after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, it was justified to serve the Manchus as the master and avenge his father. That sentence is more worthy of Song Quan, "I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has no master. Anyone who can avenge my Ming Dynasty and destroy the bandits is my master!"

On the contrary, Song Quan, who has the experience of throwing thieves, said this sentence a bit too forcefully.Therefore, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou, officials like Song Quan who have the experience of being a thief are traitors of Ming Dynasty and Dashun, and they are out-and-out villains. And the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty.

This kind of self-awareness of Hong Chengchou made him very crowded out by the officials of Song Quan who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, because not everyone had the luck of Hong Chengchou, who was able to be captured by the Manchus on the eve of the subjugation of the country, and then wait until the death of Chongzhen before becoming an official in the Qing Dynasty. .For those unnamed officials who refused to surrender immediately, they had already been hacked by the Manchurians.

Chapter 480 Dorgon IV

Dorgon soon discovered that he was looking for the wrong person to discuss with Song Quan to deal with Li Zicheng.A scholar like Song Quan is very good at dealing with his own people, because he can use the power of the system to the fullest. As long as you can't destroy the system, it is difficult to bypass the system and attack him.

However, when encountering external enemies like Li Zicheng or the Manchus, Song Quan's performance was quite bad. After losing the protection of the system, he was no different from ordinary scholars with no power to restrain chickens, except for talking big Otherwise, you can only kneel down and be obedient citizens.

Therefore, Dorgon quickly lost interest in discussing with Song Quan. He turned to Song Quan and asked: "As soon as our army moved from Tianjin to Baoding and other places, the two thieves, Li Lianfang and Zhang Chengxuan, launched a rebellion among the villagers. Are you straight?" Governor Li, do you think we should send a Manchurian army to quell these two bandits in Tianjin?"

Song Quan immediately said: "These local thieves in Tianjin just gathered some rural rascals to make trouble. Why bother to send out the Manchurian soldiers. The prince only needs to send an official to urge the local guards and gentry to exterminate them.

Compared with the imperial court, the local gentry should be more afraid of those local thieves inciting the local villagers to rebel, so that their property will be threatened first.Therefore, as long as the prince lets go and give them the power to suppress the local area, then they will naturally make efforts to exterminate the local thieves for the sake of local peace.

Moreover, the Manchurian soldiers are the foundation of the country and cannot be easily mobilized. If the Manchurian soldiers are required to come forward in everything, then the local governments will not be willing to contribute in the future and will only ask the court for help. "

Song Quan's suggestion was approved by Dorgon. On such an issue, Song Quan's judgment is still above the standard.Dorgon then ended the talks with Song Quan, but only kept Hong Chengchou.

Dorgon's attitude towards Hong Chengchou was different from his attitude towards Song Quan and others. After Song Quan left, Dorgon also said to Hong Chengchou straightforwardly: "Scholar Hong, I know that you are the same as these newcomers. Officials are different, Xian Khan said many times when he was alive, if Emperor Chongzhen hadn't restrained you, the Songjin War might not have been won by our dynasty."

"Don't dare, dare not. With the meager abilities of the subordinate officials, if we continue to stand in a stalemate with the late emperor, we will undoubtedly lose. This is where the destiny lies, and it cannot be redeemed by manpower." Hong Chengchou very cautiously pushed aside Dorgon's praise, of course In his heart, he very much agrees with Emperor Chongzhen holding him back. This is also an important reason why he refused to die after the defeat, because he really didn't want to take the blame for Chongzhen's defeat in the Songjin War.

As one of the few high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty who is familiar with grassroots affairs, Hong Chengchou refused to wage a decisive battle with the Manchus from the very beginning. The Manchus who have just become mature, so why can they decisively defeat the Manchus who have already occupied Liaodong and the grasslands when they are precarious about internal and external troubles?

However, Hong Chengchou is not Yuan Chonghuan or Sun Chuanting after all. Although he will not gamble with the fate of the country for his personal power, he will not offend the self-willed Emperor Chongzhen, so the Songjin Battle, which determines the fate of Ming Dynasty, was started by Chongzhen's desperate bet. up.But Hong Chengchou felt that he did his best in this war. Even under the oppression of Chongzhen and the fear of war by the generals below, he basically kept the last living force of Ming Dynasty.

Out of distrust of Zu Dashou and Liaodong Town, Hong Chengchou had no intention of saving Zu Dashou's tribe who were besieged in Jinzhou City at all.Because in Hong Chengchou's view, the burden that the situation in Liaodong has deteriorated to the present is inseparable from the Liaodong town generals like Zu Dashou. It made it unable to cross the grassland to attack the pass, but asked the court for money and food all day long, which dragged Daming down.

Therefore, when Hong Chengchou first heard that the Manchus surrounded Zu Dashou in Jinzhou, he thought that whether Zu Dashou surrendered or died in battle, it would be a good thing for Ming Dynasty, at least the court would not have to bear the burden of this army, which was neither able to fight nor expensive. The army with a lot of money and food.But Zu Dashou refused to surrender for a long time, which put Hong Chengchou in an awkward position.And Emperor Chongzhen used this to force him to rescue Zu Dashou, fearing that he would not be able to ruin the last bit of strength in Daming's hands.

It was under the accusations of Chongzhen's several documents that Hong Chengchou had to move the army from the safe middle rear to Songshan, giving the Manchus a chance for a decisive battle in the wild.After leaving the safe fortress area of ​​Zhonghousuo, the low morale of the Ming army was exposed. Even though Hong Chengchou tried hard to persuade the generals below, Wu Sangui took the lead in escaping, which finally led to the collapse of the Ming army.

And everything was just as Hong Chengchou expected. After learning that the reinforcements to rescue Jinzhou were defeated by the Manchus, Zu Dashou, who had been refusing to surrender, finally surrendered. He also cheated Emperor Chongzhen who wanted to rescue him.Zu Dashou's actions made the Ming army's rescue operation of Jinzhou in the Battle of Songjin a complete joke.

Naturally, Dorgon would not speculate on what Hong Chengchou was thinking at this time. After Chongzhen committed suicide, he felt more at ease with Hong Chengchou. Under the influence of Huang Taiji, he gradually understood the moral concepts of these Han scholars.

According to Huang Taiji, "The scholars of Ming Dynasty are the emperor's coated servants, because only coated servants need to get rewards by serving their masters, they are completely different from tenants, tenants obtain wealth through their own labor, but need to pay Part of the fruits of labor are given to the landlord to seek shelter, but the packers are not productive, and they can only rely on the master for survival.

When the old master dies, the coats will immediately leave the old master behind and pledge allegiance to the new master, so as to obtain the reward from the new master so that they can continue to live a stable life as a slave.The emperor of the Ming Dynasty used the privilege of giving the gentry preferential treatment to obtain the loyalty of these gentry. How is this different from the way the patriarch treats his servants? "

When Chongzhen died, the gentry of Ming Dynasty lost their master, and then they needed to find a new master to serve, and they didn't even mind serving Li Zicheng, who had driven the old master to death.That being the case, why couldn't these Ming gentry serve the Manchus?At least in the later Jin Dynasty, the Han people's obedience to the Manchu masters cannot be faked.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou, who has lost his old master and has no experience as a thief, is naturally a harmless Han Chinese.As a high-ranking Han official in the south, Hong Chengchou is also important to Dorgon, that is, the other party has no connection with the old Han army, so he will not be drawn in by the old Han army to make things difficult for him.

Although the old Han army headed by Fan Wencheng supported Dorgon in the matter of entering the customs, they were still close to the two yellow flags.This is also the reason why Dorgon gave a certain amount of security in the palace, because he knew that he could not suppress the two yellow flags that were united with the old Han army.The reason why the old Han army supported the two yellow flags was because of Huang Taiji's protection of the Han people during his lifetime. Compared with Nurhachi who killed the Wugu Han, Huang Taiji was really too kind in the eyes of the Liaodong Han people.

If Dorgon wants to divide and suppress the old Han army, he needs the new Han army to obey him, and there is no one better than Hong Chengchou to represent him in controlling the power of the new Han army.Because Hong Chengchou did not establish the relationship between the monarch and his ministers before Huang Taiji's death, Chongzhen was forced to death by the peasant army when the Qing army entered the customs. slave.

So Dorgon said bluntly to Hong Chengchou: "If Li Zicheng is such a cunning and wise man, then I think it is unlikely that the tenth brother will make any progress. Since we can't defeat Li Zicheng before the spring plowing, Then we should think about how to ensure spring plowing and prepare for the battle after the autumn harvest. I wonder if the bachelor can teach me anything on this matter?"

If Huang Taiji was still there, Hong Chengchou would definitely reject Dorgon's solicitation, because he felt that Huang Taiji was much stronger than Dorgon in terms of ambition and talent, and he was a figure who could be called emperor.But who made Huang Taiji die suddenly?The current Emperor Shunzhi is just a naughty boy, and he can't bear the responsibility of conquering the world at all, so Dorgon became the only choice.

Unlike Fan Wencheng and other Han people in Liaodong, although Hong Chengchou thinks Huang Taiji is good, he has not received Huang Taiji's grace, because his family is in the south and not in Liaodong. not difficult.

After entering the customs, Hong Chengchou's appointment as a bachelor of the inner court, prince Taibao, minister of the Ministry of war and right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came from Dorgon's appointment.From this point of view, what he accepted was Dorgon's grace instead of Huang Taiji's.

Therefore, when he was alone in front of Dorgon, Hong Chengchou let go of his arms a little bit, and said to him: "What the regent said, the officials thought it was true. After Li Zicheng got the money and food from Jiangnan, he was actually invincible. If we cannot cut off the connection between Jiangnan and Dashun, then it is impossible for the dilapidated north to maintain a stalemate with Li Zicheng for a long time.

Now not only the warehouses in Liaodong and Gyeonggi are empty, but even the gentry who have surrendered to us have complained a lot, because their food has also been requisitioned. Before the autumn harvest this year, this battle really cannot be fought. .

What's more, the enclosure of the Gyeonggi area has just been completed, and it may take a year or two to benefit from these lands. Now the banner people who have moved to the vicinity of the capital are tantamount to living on their laurels. If they are not allowed to settle down, there may be The bannermen sneaked back outside the pass.This is not good for your grand plan, my lord. "

Dorgon also nodded and said thoughtfully: "What you said is not bad. It seems that there should be a reliable person in Shanhaiguan. If there are too many bannermen who escaped back outside the customs, I am afraid it will cause trouble." turbulent."

But Dorgon quickly came back to his senses, turned his attention to Hong Chengchou, looked at him and asked seriously: "You said that if we want to defeat Li Zicheng, we must first break the connection between Jiangnan and Dashun? Is it really possible? With Li Zicheng's military power, how dare Jiangnan take such a big risk to offend him?"

Chapter 481 Dorgon Five

Ever since he got the news of Emperor Chongzhen's death, Hong Chengchou felt that he was bound by his shackles. He felt that he was in Yelu Chucai's situation now. Famous officials.

For Confucianism, Confucianism never serves the nation and the country, but Confucianism serves the rulers. As long as it can help the rulers to create a prosperous age, then Confucianism will receive the highest respect.Therefore, the emperor of Zhou was still alive, but Confucius was running around looking for princes who could assist him, so he never made a pilgrimage to the nominal lord of the world.

Although the Manchus are cruel, as long as they are willing to treat scholars well and defend the famous religion, then the Manchus are the masters that Confucians can serve.After the death of the old lord, Hong Chengchou had officially accepted his identity as a member of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he did not feel gloated at the news of the failure of the Azig Army, but kept thinking about how to solve this problem.

Therefore, after hearing Dorgon's inquiry, Hong Chengchou pondered for a while and then said: "The reason why Li Zicheng is able to use Jiangnan's money and food now is not that he has won the loyalty of Jiangnan scholars and people, but he just borrowed the crown prince as the throne." The identity of the orthodox heir forced officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River to accept the orders of the Marshal's Mansion.

The Ming Dynasty lasted for more than [-] years, and the south of the Yangtze River was peaceful for more than [-] years. Therefore, the nostalgia for Ming Dynasty among the people in the south is still higher than that in the north.Therefore, after Emperor Lie's grand tour in the north, the southern officials and gentry supported King Fu as the successor, and immediately won the support of the southern scholars and people, not because they liked King Fu, but because King Fu had the blood of the Zhu family flowing through him.

But since the crown prince is still there, and the fierce emperor died for the country, it is not a correct thing for the southern officials and gentry to support King Fu as his successor.Because the old King Fu lost his right to inherit the throne because of the struggle of the Donglin party members, and the Donglin party members boasted of their merits, so that almost everyone in Jiangnan knew how old Fu Wang was not suitable to be an emperor.

It would be fine if other clans were to join the Datong. Anyway, the people in the south of the Yangtze River didn't know much about Zhu's clan. It didn't matter whoever would be the emperor, as long as his surname was Zhu.But the only one who succeeded King Fu, the people in the south of the Yangtze River had doubts, because under the propaganda of Donglin Party members, the old King Fu was a reckless prince who was driven out of the capital and occupied tens of thousands of hectares of land in Henan to be satisfied. .

Even if King Fu ascended the throne due to the situation, the people in the south of the Yangtze River had to have doubts about King Fu's character.In order to preserve the correctness of their opposition to the old King Fu's succession to the throne, the Donglin party members could not say anything good for the little King Fu, otherwise they would lose the trust of the people.

It is precisely because the Hongguang Dynasty was established in such a haste that the relationship between the parties was not well coordinated, so from the moment the Hongguang Dynasty was established, there were internal contradictions between Conglong Gongchen and Nanjing officials.Since these Conglong heroes helped King Fu ascend the throne, they naturally demanded rewards, but the six officials in Nanjing prevented them from ascending to the throne, so the conflict between the two parties could not be reconciled.

After that, Ma Shiying and the four towns of Jiangbei forced Shi Kefa and other Nanjing six ministers to back down, which aroused the party struggle between the Donglin party members and the remnants of the eunuch party, which is not surprising.

Therefore, Li Zicheng went south under the banner of the prince, and the four towns surrendered. The four towns did not dare to regard Jiangnan as their rear, because they knew that Nanjing would never send troops to support them.

Since the Four Towns couldn't beat Li Zicheng, and the prince came forward to recruit him, they naturally dropped their weapons.However, Jiangnan lost the screen protection of the four towns, and Emperor Hongguang was not justified enough to face the prince. Naturally, Jiangnan could not resist Li Zicheng's army unanimously.

The only thing that the lower officials didn't expect was that Li Zicheng knew enough was enough and didn't let the army cross the river.Although if he does that, it is indeed possible for him to take control of Nanjing, but it will also completely wipe out Nanjing's status as a representative of the orthodoxy of Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the existence of Nanjing that the southern provinces can still unite under the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Once Li Zicheng enters Nanjing by force, it means that the orthodox dynasty of the Ming Dynasty has ended. In the name of restoring Ming Dynasty, one side was separated.This is also the story of the rise of the princes of the world after Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor.

This is also the most unfavorable choice for this dynasty, because Li Zicheng reached a compromise with Nanjing instead of crossing the river, so he can integrate the money, food and manpower in the south to concentrate on dealing with this dynasty.This is also the reason why our army went south very smoothly at the beginning, but after Li Zicheng returned from the south, our army encountered defeats one after another.Because Li Zicheng did not distract himself, but gathered all the resources in his hands to fight against the dynasty.

Although the dynasty was strong and strong, it was still able to defeat the sieges of the Mongolian ministries, the Ming Dynasty and North Korea one by one, thus laying the foundation for the founding of the dynasty.However, the population of this dynasty cannot be compared with the population of China after all. In addition, this dynasty was established in Liaodong and is far away from the Central Plains. It would be a great loss to transport grain and fodder from Liaodong to the customs. If our army cannot defeat Li Zicheng in a short time, then there will inevitably be a national The situation where the cost is scarce.

In the past, North Korea could import materials through Jin merchants and Liaodong merchants, but most of the materials shipped by those merchants that day came from the south. That is to say, even though this dynasty won Beizhi, Xuanfu, and Datong, the source of materials Instead, it was cut off, because these merchants could no longer communicate with the north-south transportation.

On the contrary, Li Zicheng is now continuously obtaining money and food from Jiangnan. If this continues, no matter how sharp the Manchurian soldiers are, it is impossible to fight Li Zicheng hungry.What's more, now the dynasty has to support not only the Manchurians, but also those Ming officials who surrendered to the dynasty. If they can't feed them, the situation will get worse. "

Dorgon frowned, he knew that Hong Chengchou said that there were so many and nothing, but he was actually telling himself one thing, that he could no longer fight Li Zicheng, otherwise even the places he occupied now would be lost.

Although a little impatient with the way these Han people go around talking, the Manchus still retain many ethos of the tribal democratic era at this time. Speeches at the meeting were not blamed. For example, Mangurtai and Huang Taiji pulled out their sabers while arguing at the meeting. This seemed to be a very serious incident, but it was not a big deal before that.

In the era of tribal alliances, everyone sat down to discuss things, and it was common for people to use fists and knives at heated discussions, because tribal alliances were not just alliances between friendly tribes. In order to deal with the common enemy, some hostile tribes also had to Let go of hatred and sit together, so it is not a problem to use force during the meeting, but it is taboo to retaliate after the meeting.

Huang Taiji used this incident to deal with Mang Gurtai, but he was actually unconvincing. This is why he had to create the so-called Mang Gurtai and Dege class, and Mang Guji Gege once vowed to endanger himself. It was only after the death of Mang Gurtai that the power of Zhenglan Banner was annexed.This incident is also a conspiracy that Luo Luohun focused on exposing in the article.

The reason why the relatives of the Eight Banners acquiesced in attacking the two yellow flags against the two white flags was because they were dissatisfied with Huang Taiji's destruction of many traditions during his lifetime, which endangered their power and lives.Therefore, although Dorgon obtained the power of regent, he had to promote his decision through the meeting of the king's ministers, because this is the basis for the banners to tolerate him as regent. Without this basis, everyone can only rely on The knife has spoken.

Because of this, after Huang Taiji's sudden death, the Manchu politics, which had been developing in the direction of centralization, returned to the stage of the king's meeting of ministers to discuss state affairs.At such a meeting, even he, the regent, had to be criticized face to face, and even Dorgon lost his temper after the meeting and said: "Huang Taiji is the son of Xian Khan, so am I not the son of Xian Khan?" Son? You are respectful in front of Huang Taiji, but dare to insult me ​​loudly, what's the reason?"

After getting used to the way of speaking with the Manchus, Dorgon was actually quite impatient with the way of speaking of Han officials who were respectful on the surface but could not see clearly their hearts.However, he also had to admit the fact that the Han people speak more methodically than the Manchus. Although many Manchus knew what to do, they just couldn’t make sense, so the debate turned into fistfights, because If you can't persuade others with your mouth, you can only rely on your fists.

But no matter what the Han people do, they can tell a lot of truth, so that you can accept their opinions. Dorgon also admires this very much.So although he despised the Han people, he was not opposed to using the Han people.

After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Dorgon could only nod his head and said: "This king knows what the scholars are worried about, and this king will not give up the opportunity to fight for the world. Since Chongzhen is no longer here, then Daming is also dead. The gentry in the south did not dare to avenge the emperor's father, but only wanted to support the new emperor as a servant of the dragon. From this, it can be seen that there is no one in the south.

So in today's world, Li Zicheng is the only one who can hinder our Manchus from seizing the world.Therefore, it is impossible to shake hands and make peace between us and Li Zicheng.But my Qing Dynasty spent decades of fighting and stopping to cut down the big tree of Ming Dynasty. How dare this king think about destroying Li Zicheng overnight?

Therefore, the war with Li Zicheng will not end, but if a temporary truce is necessary, it can still be considered.However, what this king wants to know is, how can a scholar make Jiangnan gentry and Li Zicheng turn against each other? "

Hong Chengchou also has to admit that there is a reason why the Manchus grew up from a small border tribe. Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Dorgon can all be regarded as outstanding figures of a generation. The trade-offs are quite decisive.If Emperor Chongzhen were to face this situation, he might not even consider negotiating a peace with Li Zicheng, but would have to gamble with Li Zicheng with all his belongings.

In that case, even if the Manchus can defeat Li Zicheng, it is impossible to stay in the pass.Because judging from the failure of the Azig army, the combat effectiveness of the Shun army was much stronger than that of the Ming army. Even if the Manchus won, it would be a miserable victory. In the end, it was just a bargain for the southerners.

Chapter 482 Dorgon Six

Of course, Hong Chengchou has no objection to the death of the Manchus and Li Zicheng, so he can at least return to Daming as a hero of the United Qing Suppression Sect.After all, on the Manchu side, the military general who invited the Manchus to enter the customs on behalf of Ming Dynasty was Wu Sangui, but he was the only one who could represent the civil servants.

However, Dorgon kept a clear head and was not so confused as to make wedding clothes for others, so Hong Chengchou would naturally not guide him in this direction, because there would be too many variables.If the Manchus and Li Zicheng died together, and the Ming Dynasty was not rebuilt afterwards, then it would be difficult for him to explain his behavior of supporting the Manchus to enter the customs.