After the cleansing whip was fired three times, outside the Huangji Gate, the courtiers wearing both Ming and Qing court uniforms kowtowed to Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, who was sitting on a chair next to the empty throne.
Dorgon frowned, as if something was bothering him.
He has a lot more troubles now than Dorgon in history!
A few hundred miles to the west of Beijing, there is Datong Mansion, ruled by the king of the Ming Dynasty. It still has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, an impregnable Datong City, a lot of small towns and forts, and a side wall. If we send troops to attack them hard, we will either suffer heavy casualties or waste time and energy in paying back food.
There is also a sea sand castle at the mouth of the Wei River in the southeast of Beijing. It is built on an island at the mouth of the Wei River. Although it was not far from the land, it was not easy for the Qing army without a navy to get up there. Besides, there is an earthen city above, and the Ming army who is good at using fire guns is guarding it!
If the Hongyi cannon cannot be moved up, it depends on how well they use fire guns in the Battle of Dagukou. Even if thousands of real Manchus die, they may not be able to defeat that fortress.
Real Manchuria is not Chinese cabbage, how can it be consumed like this? Let’s just wait until the Wei River freezes in winter.
So Dorgon often discusses with his men how to defeat Datong, and simply ignores Haisha Island - the Qing Dynasty doesn't care about the small island!
In addition to Datong and Haisha Island, Li Zicheng from Taiyuan is also not stopping. They are unwilling to hand over Shanxi honestly, and they are still concentrating their troops in Taiyuan Prefecture. It seems that they are going to resist the heavenly soldiers!
In the current situation, if Li Zicheng hides in Shaanxi, Dorgon will let him go for the time being. The Ming Dynasty was not completely dead, and there was also a prince who was said to be the reincarnation of Zhu Yuanzhang. We must concentrate our efforts to deal with it, otherwise, after Zhu Cihong develops for a few years, he may fight back.
But the problem is that Shanxi cannot ignore it! Shanxi is known as a place with mountains and rivers both inside and outside. If it is not taken down, the city of Beijing will be under Li Zicheng's military front at all times. It is impossible for the Qing Dynasty to let go and deal with Can Ming!
Otherwise, when the Qing Dynasty went south, Li Zicheng stabbed Beijing and took Beijing back, and the Qing Dynasty would be over.
Therefore, Dorgon's plan in June and July of the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty was to start with Shanxi and then Shandong. Of course, before sending troops, the capital of the Qing Dynasty had to be moved from Shengjing to Beijing. From now on, the children of the Eight Banners will have Beijing hukou. It is much closer to send troops from Beijing than from Shengjing.
After the matter of moving the capital is completed, in September or October, they will join forces with the Ming Dynasty king of Datong to attack Li Zicheng. After taking care of Li Zicheng, go back and attack the acting king Zhu Cijiong. First, surround Datong.
After completing the siege of Datong, we may be free to use troops against Shandong!
According to Dorgon's thoughts, he must have half of the country this time, right? Shandong must be taken, and the east road can only stop at least as far as Xuzhou. Then see if Can Ming is willing to surrender and pay the annual coins? If it was willing, the Qing Dynasty would use its troops to control Henan and Shaanxi, and completely wipe out Li Zicheng. Later, we will consider whether we want to dominate the world?
But Dorgon got the news yesterday that Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi was so crazy that he actually thought that the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs was to dig up his family's ancestral graves - what's so good about Confucius's grave? When Confucius died, Confucianism had no market at all, so Confucius was not very rich. What could he be buried with?
The Qing Dynasty spent so much effort to invade, and so many people died, just to dig an ancient tomb with little profit?
Is the co-author of the Qing Dynasty a backstabber?
outrageous! The Qing Dynasty only looted, not dug graves!
What's even more outrageous is that that boy Zhu Cixi actually believed it, and together with Kong Yinzhi, a fool, published the "Exhortation to the Eastern Lu" to protect the famous religion and defend Confucius. He also appointed Shi Kefa as the governor of seven provinces and stationed troops in Shandong. While protecting Confucius, he also wanted to clean up the Central Plains...
Dorgon was really annoyed now. Because once the Ming Dynasty regarded the Qing Dynasty as the "enemy of Confucius", it would be impossible for the Dai King of Datong to join forces with the Qing Dynasty, and Shi Kefa of Shandong had to guard against it.
In this way, the Qing Dynasty could not concentrate its main force to attack Li Zicheng, and had to divide its forces to defend the Ming army from Datong and Shandong.
Moreover, Dorgon also received news that after Zhu Cixiang left Dagokou, he stayed in Dengzhou for nearly two months. During this period, he vigorously reorganized the Denglai Seven Guards and held large-scale team training in Denglai prefectures and counties. Finally, the Tang vassal was sealed in Jiaozhou (belonging to Laizhou Prefecture), and the Lu vassal was moved to Qingzhou. And gave the two vassals the power to control the army and the people.
Of course, these measures are not what Dorgon is most worried about. What Dorgon is most worried about is that Zhu Cixiang left a quite powerful navy in Dengzhou!
The coastlines of Liaodong, West Liaoning, and North Korea are now under threat from the Dengzhou Navy!
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"I'm calling you here today just to talk to you about the "Appeal to the Qing Dynasty"... Do you all know it? It was planned by that bastard Kong Yinzhi. He wanted to smear the Qing Dynasty and poach the saint Kong. Grave, there is no such thing. Our Qing Dynasty also respects Confucius. In the future, we will also open schools to obtain scholars, so that scholars can take exams and become officials. How can we dig up Confucius' grave? But that boy Zhu Cizhong is ignorant, how can he believe it? , Yixin is in trouble with the Qing Dynasty. Both the Manchus and Han people here are good ministers of the Qing Dynasty. You have already said that, how should we clarify this matter? "
Dorgon spoke Chinese very fluently, and his tone was not solemn. He was just a little bit dumbfounded, as if he was scolding a junior who made mistakes, without much malice.
Of course, this attitude was also deliberately disguised to show the Han officials. Zhu Cihong killed so many of his two white flag warriors, and he wanted to capture Zhu Cihong and skin him and cramp him.
But if you can’t catch the problem, you can’t kill it!
Zhu Cixiang is a difficult opponent!
"Prince Regent, I think that in order to clarify this matter, I have to send Confucian ministers as envoys to the Southern Dynasties, so that the scholar-bureaucrats in the Southern Dynasties can see how the Qing Dynasty respects Confucian ministers, Confucius and Mencius."
It was Fan Wencheng who made the suggestion. Now that Hong Chengchou is dead, his death has also made most of the traitors who defected to the Qing Dynasty become cautious, not seeking merit, but seeking no faults. So Fan Wencheng can only work harder.
But there are always exceptions!
"Prince Regent, my servant Sun Zhixian is willing to inform Jiangnan!" This time it was an official in his fifties who had shaved his braided head and wore the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty.
He is the famous Sun Zhixie!
When Zhu Cixiang came to Nanxing in the name of Emperor Chongzhen, he had been living in his hometown Zichuan County, Jinan Prefecture for many years, and he had long been a idle cloud and wild crane. However, he refused to give up and wanted to join the new master. At that time, Li Zicheng had been defeated and the Qing Dynasty was in full swing. So he and his servants shaved their braids and put on Manchu clothes, hoping to welcome the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, the Qing Dynasty did not welcome him, but saw Zhu Cihong "acting wildly" in Denglai, and the more he worked, the more prosperous he became. He did not dare to stay in Zichuan, so he took his family to Beijing to join the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon made him a minister of the Ministry of Rites, but did not let him join the banner. He still made him a Han minister.
At this time, Dorgon did not promote shaving and changing clothes in Beijing, so Sun Zhixian, who shaved his hair by himself, was a bit different.
"Are you willing to go to Jiangnan as an envoy?" Dorgon didn't know that Sun Zhixian was a notorious eunuch (if Hong Chengchou was still there, he would definitely not let Sun Zhixian go), and he didn't find anyone else asking for help, so he asked Nodding, "Then you go...but in what name?"
"The slave is an angel of the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, he goes to Jiangnan in the name of an imperial envoy to declare the imperial edict." Sun Zhixian said.
"That's it..." Dorgon missed Hong Chengchou a little at this time. No one told him the inside story of the Ming Dynasty. Although Fan Wencheng was also a high-level traitor, he was not from the power circle of the Ming Dynasty. Understand the situation of Ming Dynasty. As for other important traitors, they dare not speak now.
But people cannot be resurrected after death! Dorgon could only look at a bunch of lifeless traitorous ministers and asked: "You Han ministers, tell me, is it okay for Sun Zhixian to go like this?"
As the leader of the Han officials, Luo Yangxing came out and said: "Your Majesty, if Shilang Sun goes to Jiangnan in the name of Xuan Yu, he will probably be killed by Prince Zhu Ming. He probably won't even be able to reach Yanzhou."
"I don't think so either... Zhu Cixiang is so cruel!" Dorgon nodded, "Then in what name should we go?"
"This..." Luo Yangxing thought for a moment, "I heard that Prince Zhu Ming once proposed marriage to Prince Gege, so why not let Sun Shilang go to the south of the Yangtze River in the name of the marriage envoy."
