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After Hong Chengchou, who was feeling devastated, was dragged out by the guards, Fan Wencheng was invited into Huang Taiji's palace.

After witnessing Hong Chengchou being dragged away by the guards, Fan Wencheng was far less calm than before. Only then did he realize that Huang Taiji at this time was far more dangerous than before.

If he can't satisfy him this time, even if Huang Taiji misses his old relationship, he will never be as good as him.

After Fan Wencheng saluted Huang Taiji with anxiety, he heard the same question as Hong Chengchou.

"Given today's world situation, it is probably a foregone conclusion that Damei will replace the Ming Dynasty and occupy the Central Plains. How does Mr. Fan think the Qing Dynasty should respond?"

Fan Wencheng thought about Huang Taiji's character and his state of mind at this time, thought for a while, and said: "Although the Wei army is powerful, it may not be able to secure the country - there are still compliant troops in Shanxi and Shaanxi now, and I don't know the situation in the south. Although we don’t know yet, we must think that the forces of the Ming Dynasty will not be wiped out so easily.

Therefore, the slave thought that we, the Qing Dynasty, should try to contact the Shun army and the Ming army to deal with the Yi army together.

In addition, I heard that Liu Sheng was born in his early days, and he had no relatives among the generals under his command, and his children were still young. If something happens to him, even if Dawei does not fall apart, there will definitely be a major civil strife and the strength will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, while allying the Shun Army and the Ming Army, we, the Qing Dynasty, can also try to send assassins to see if they can assassinate Liu Sheng. "

The method of assassinating opponents to change the situation became less popular after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

The reason for this is naturally not because the people behind are so noble and disdain to use this ghost measurement. But all the larger forces pay great attention to the protection of their leaders and generals, and the success rate of assassinations, poisoning and other operations becomes extremely low.

In addition, larger forces have more than one successor. Even if their leader is assassinated, the impact on the force will not be too great.

But the situation in Weijun is indeed special.

According to the information obtained by Qing army spies, Liu Sheng seemed to appear out of thin air. He had no relatives and his eldest son was only over one year old. If he dies, it will indeed have a great impact on Dawei.

After hearing this, Huang Taiji thought that the possibility of successfully assassinating Liu Sheng was too low, but he also felt that it was a way. In addition, it is a good idea to ally the Shun Army and the Ming Army to fight against the Yi Army.

So he showed a smile and said: "Mr. Fan is indeed my humerus, and the two methods mentioned are worth trying.

However, if we are unable to defeat the Yi army in the end, what will happen to us, the Qing Dynasty? "

Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty, if the Qing Dynasty cannot defeat the Yi army, how can it be that it cannot defeat North Korea and Mongolia in the desert? Beishan is the back garden of the Qing Dynasty. The savage Jurchens can be captured by the Qing Dynasty.

As long as we can continue to expand the territory of our Qing Dynasty, even if our Qing Dynasty loses to the Wei army when Liu Sheng is in power, as long as we persist for decades, the Qing Dynasty will definitely get a chance to revive again like Mongolia in the past. "

Fan Wencheng's words were actually quite comforting, but they sounded far more comforting than Hong Chengchou's words.

It's not that Fan Wencheng is really any better than Hong Chengchou, but that he understands Huang Taiji's character better, and what he says is so in line with Huang Taiji's appetite.

Sure enough, Huang Taiji nodded slightly after hearing this and sighed: "That's the only way it can be."

Fan Wencheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could retire after passing this level. Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji changed his words again and asked: "My health is failing. If I die, who does Mr. Fan think can inherit the Aisin Gioro family?" The throne, lead the Qing Dynasty to continue its journey?"

Unexpectedly, he was asked about the appointment of the crown prince. Fan Wencheng knew how cruel and fierce the internal struggle in the Qing Dynasty was, and he couldn't help but feel numb.

But after meeting Huang Taiji's expectant gaze, he knew that if he didn't give an explanation today, he might not be able to get out of the palace.

After thinking for a while, Fan Wencheng tentatively said: "King Su Hauge is your Majesty's direct eldest son. He is extremely brave and has outstanding military exploits. He may be the heir apparent."

Huang Taiji shook his head slightly after hearing this, "Hauge is brave if he is brave, and he does have many military exploits, but he lacks wisdom and has made many mistakes.

If all sides of the Qing Dynasty were stable, he might be able to hold on to the throne. But now the Qing Dynasty has to face an enemy as powerful as Dawei, and may be in danger of collapse at any time, which is probably not something he can handle. "

Fan Wencheng didn't expect Huang Taiji to reject Hauge directly, which made him not sure what to say.

It should be noted that although Huang Taiji had eleven sons, only nine are still alive today. Except for Hauge, who is already an adult (34 years old), among the remaining eight princes, the eldest fourth prince, Ye Bushu, is only fifteen or sixteen years old.

Although there were many Eight Banners nobles in the Manchu Qing Dynasty who joined the army at the age of eleven or twelve, fifteen or sixteen was not considered young.

However, Ye Bushu was born to a concubine and his status was not valuable; secondly, so far, he has not shown any excellence in martial arts or culture.

Then there was the emperor's fifth son, Shuosei, who was two years younger than Ye Bushu, only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Although his mother-in-law is a concubine and comes from the Yehenala family, she has not shown much excellence so far, at least her martial arts skills are far inferior to those of Hauge when she was young.

Moreover, the Yehe tribe, where Yehenara was born, originally had a lot of hatred against the Jianzhou tribe. Yehenala even had four marriages and remarried three times - her previous husband before Huang Taiji was executed by Nurhachi.

Nurhachi asked Huang Taiji to marry Yehenala as a side Fujin, purely to win the hearts of the Yehe tribe.

Huang Taiji himself didn't actually like the Yehenala family, so he didn't like Shuosei very much either.

Of course, because the mother-in-law came from the Yehenala family, Shuosei was relatively competitive among the remaining princes.

As for the other princes, most of them are only a few years old. According to the previous Jurchen rules, it is impossible for them to succeed to the throne.

Huang Taiji stopped talking when he saw Fan Wencheng mentioning Hauge. He also knew that among his remaining sons, no one was more suitable to be the crown prince than Hauge.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Is there any of my brothers who is suitable to be the heir apparent?"

Fan Wencheng was a little surprised when Huang Taiji took the initiative to propose the idea of ​​brotherly brotherhood.

Although the Jurchens have this rule, the Qing Dynasty was established after the Han dynasty, and the succession of younger brothers meant that Huang Taiji's descendants were likely to encounter disaster.

In addition, among the remaining brothers of Huang Taiji, there are actually only a handful who are suitable to inherit the Qing throne.

Daishan is too old. Among the remaining people, in terms of prestige, military merit, and honor, the three Azige brothers are undoubtedly the most powerful.

The problem is that Huang Taiji actually had some problems with these three brothers - it is said that Nurhachi was originally planning to pass the throne to Duduo, but then somehow, the throne passed to Huang Taiji.

Even the Niulu that Nurhachi left to Dorgon and Duduo brothers was partly taken away by Huang Taiji.

In addition, the biological mother of the three brothers, Abahai, was forced to die in Nurhachi by Huang Taiji and others. Dorgon and Duduo were only teenagers at that time, so it was impossible not to bear this grudge.

Now that Azig is dead in battle, the prince no longer needs to consider him.

But if it were to choose between the two brothers Dorgon and Duoduo, Fan Wencheng also felt that it was impossible - in his opinion, the feud between Huang Taiji and these two brothers was not so easy to resolve.

In addition, Duduo was quite hostile to the Han people, and he insulted him many times, and even teased his wife.

Therefore, Fan Wencheng himself did not want Duduo to inherit the throne. As for Dorgon, he had a good relationship with Duduo. Although he had a better attitude towards the Han people, he was not the successor to the Qing emperor that Fan Wencheng hoped for.

Fan Wencheng had already thought about these things, but now he pretended to think about them seriously before shaking his head and saying, "I'm afraid not."

Huang Taiji was silent for a while.

Putting aside personal interests and grudges, he is actually more optimistic about Dorgon. It is believed that although Dorgon is slightly inferior in military skills, in terms of wisdom and political skills, he is second only to him among many brothers.

Compared with this, Hauge is far inferior.

But as Fan Wencheng thought, the feud between him and Dorgon was too deep. If Dorgon succeeded to the throne, he was very worried that his children and concubines would not end well.

In addition, this time Dorgon led the army into the pass as the commander-in-chief, and lost troops and generals, and even more so the two brothers Azig and Abatai. He had an unshirkable responsibility, and his prestige in the army and at home was also greatly damaged.

Even if he ignores personal grievances and interests and pushes Dorgon to the throne, it will not be easy to convince the public.

"It's difficult~"

In the end, Huang Taiji couldn't help frowning and sighing.

Fan Wencheng thought of Duduo's various actions towards him, and was really worried that Huang Taiji would let Dorgon succeed to the throne. He was originally not sure what Huang Taiji thought about this, but now that he saw Huang Taiji sighing, he felt a little sure.

Then he thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have a compromise plan that I might try."

"A compromise?" Huang Taiji suddenly became more energetic and asked curiously: "Is there a compromise in this kind of thing?"