"Your Majesty, please take a look at these toys..."
The Fourth Minister, Dashou, was wearing a long robe and a mandarin jacket, bowing and following Dorgon, walking step by step beside the newly dug pond in the back garden of the Regent's Palace. But his eyes couldn't help but look at a pretty and cute little girl riding a rocking horse.
This little girl is only seven or eight years old. Her skin is as white as jade, there is a small dimple on the left side of her cheek when she smiles, a pair of long and thin phoenix eyes, her small nose is slightly tilted upward, and her cherry-like mouth can't help but giggle.
This girl's name is Aixinjueluo Dongguo, and she is the only flesh and blood of Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty. Her mother was the princess of the Lee Dynasty of Joseon, and she was naturally an Eastern beauty with outstanding beauty, so the girl she gave birth to was naturally not much different.
Although Dorgon has great power, he only has such a precious child, so he naturally dotes on her very much. When he sees his daughter playing, his usually stern face is rarely filled with smiles.
Zu Dashou was originally here to pay his respects and give gifts to Dongguo Gege. Isn't his adopted son Zu Kefa now the envoy to discuss marriage? Stationed on Haisha Island at Weihaikou, Tianjin, and maintained contact with Southern Korea through sea routes. In early March, the Ming Dynasty Beiyang Governor's Yamen's sand fleet arrived at Haisha Island. In addition to transporting many silks, cottons, porcelain, tea, and miscellaneous daily necessities produced in the south of the Yangtze River, they also brought them to Emperor Dongguo Gege and Shunzhi. Here comes the New Year's gift.
They are all things for food, clothing and play, and their value is nothing. The price of buying them in Nanjing is only two to three thousand taels of silver. But all of these things are exquisite, all of them are full of thought, and all of them are pleasing to the little girl.
And here in Beijing, there is no place to buy things that children like!
Last time, the little girl liked the plaything Zukefa brought to Dongguo Gege, and because of it, she became the object of envy and jealousy among the Eight Banners masters of the same age. Even the Shunzhi Emperor in the Forbidden City was extremely jealous. After seeing the toys that Dongguo Princess brought into the palace, she also wanted them, and she even got angry in front of the two queen mothers, and was scolded in the end...
However, it was rare for Dorgon to be a good uncle. He paid special attention to Zu Dashou and asked him to talk to Zu Kefa and get some fun things for Emperor Shunzhi... How could an emperor not be happy? What about childhood? You have to have fun. Don’t you feel relieved that your uncle is here to handle important national affairs?
Therefore, some of the children's playthings that Zu Dashou brought to the Regent's Palace were for Emperor Shunzhi - first select Dongguo, and then select the rest for the emperor to play with!
I don’t know if Shunzhi’s young mind will be hurt by always playing with the rest of Dongguo Princess?
But Dorgon didn't have time to think about this at this time, because Wu Sangui had just done something big that impressed Dorgon!
This guy actually led a 40,000-strong army on a rogue-style march through Guanzhong, and made the king of the rogues, Li Zicheng, look like a monkey.
After passing through Guanzhong, Wu Sangui used the banner of the chief military officer of Ningxia Town of the Ming Dynasty to deceive the grassroots in Ningxia Town and Pingliang Mansion. This Wu Sangui was really insidious. He did not say that he was a Qing soldier or a traitor. , but claimed that they were the Ming army that invaded Guanzhong, and also said that Li Zicheng had been killed and Xi'an Mansion had also recovered...
And many people really believe his lies - the Ming army will definitely attack Xi'an after entering Guanzhong! Now that tens of thousands of troops have marched into Pingliang Mansion and Ningxia, Li Zicheng must be in trouble.
Now that Li Zicheng is in trouble, why don't everyone surrender quickly and go back to pay their dues?
Therefore, Wu Sangui's army captured half of Pingliang Prefecture and the Five Guards of Ningxia without a single blow. When he submitted the memorial to the Qing court, his deputy general Guo Yunlong and Liu Sheng, who had just been promoted to general, were fighting with Chen Zhilong, who had defected to Wu Sangui. , Niu Chenghu, two generals, led an army of 20,000 (half of which were Ningxia troops) to march towards Gansu Town.
What? Wu Sangui, who captured Ningxia, also submitted a memorial to the Qing court? Of course! Because Ningxia and Gansu are actually bordering the Qing Dynasty!
The Qing Dynasty settled the Mongolian tribes during the Chongde period when Huang Taiji was in charge. In the first year of Chongde, forty-nine lords of the sixteen Mongolian tribes in Monan, headed by Prince Ezhe of Chahar, the son of Lin Dan Khan, A meeting was held in Shengjing to honor Huang Taiji as the Mongol Khan and to give him the title of "Bogda Chechen Khan".
Therefore, the territory next to the two towns of Ningxia and Gansu that originally belonged to the Tumut Khanate is now owned by the Qing Dynasty!
If Wu Sangui broke up with the Qing Dynasty, his rule in Ningxia and Gansu would not be stable.
In addition, most of Shaanxi's territory is still in Li Zicheng's hands. If Duduo's army hadn't appeared at Fenglingdu, it attracted Li Zicheng's attention. Wu Sangui also had trouble staying in Ningxia and Gansu.
Therefore, after occupying the town of Ningxia, Wu Sangui made the plan to have one foot in two boats, and sent envoys through the Hetao Grassland and Monan Grassland to submit a memorial to the Qing court, proving that he was still a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.
On the other hand, he sent a secret envoy to Nanjing, saying that he was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and asked for the title of chief military officer of Ningxia and Gansu towns...
This Wu Sangui is now loyal to the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. He is really loyal beyond words!
"Zu Fuyu," Dorgon looked back at Zu Dashou and smiled slightly, "I have just received Wu Sangui's memorial."
Dorgon said "Wu Sangui" but not "King Pingxi"... What does this mean?
Zu Dashou's face suddenly turned pale, and his heart was pounding. He is now living with his head hanging on his belt... If what Wu Sangui said in the memorial does not sound good, the heads of his family will have to move!
Dorgon looked at Zu Dashou and said in a gentle tone: "Wu Sangui is still my loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty!"
Fortunately... Zu Dashou breathed a sigh of relief.
Dorgon then added: "I wonder if Wu Sangui will give Nanjing the same discount?"
Zu Dashou's face, which had just calmed down, suddenly turned white again... It's not easy to be a traitor these days!
"No, it won't be..." As soon as Zu Dashou said it, he suddenly felt something was inappropriate and quickly changed his words, "Maybe, maybe? He, I don't know what he wants to do!"
"Don't know?" Dorgon smiled, "Then go and find out... Do some hard work and help me escort a group of family members of Guan Ning Army to Ningxia."
"What? Your Majesty, are you...?"
Dorgon smiled: "I know Wu Sangui's loyalty! I also believe that Wu Sangui will not betray me, the Qing Dynasty, so I want Wu Sangui to stay in Ningxia and Gansu forever for generations to come! Of course the family members of Guan Ningjun should go to Ningxia We’ve been resettled...but there are so many people who need to go to Ningxia that they can’t all go in one trip, so you’ll have to work hard several times!”
Zu Dashou knelt down in front of Dorgon and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness. For Wu Sangui and forty thousand Guan Ning soldiers, I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
