Forbidden City, Gate of Supreme Harmony.
The eleven-year-old Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty was wearing a bright yellow arrow coat at this time, holding his hand on the hilt of his sword, strolling on the white marble platform in front of the Gate of Taihe.
Taihe Gate is the original Huangji Gate, where the Ming Emperor held political affairs. Four years ago, Zhu Cixiang, the idol of the young emperor Shunzhi and the most filial son in the world, held a sharp sword here and chased the faint emperor Chongzhen. At the time of crisis, he took over the great burden of the Ming Dynasty from his father, Emperor Chongzhen... ....What a hero!
When Emperor Shunzhi thought of Zhu Cixiang's heroic appearance at that time, he couldn't help but sigh! When will he be like Zhu Cixiang, armed with a sharp knife, chasing down Emperor Amadorgun who bullied himself and his mother?
Although Dorgon was a sick man, he was more careful than Emperor Chongzhen. He never went in and out of the Forbidden City alone, and always brought a group of white-flag Baya soldiers with him. These are all Batulu who have been in military formation for a long time. The little emperor is afraid that he cannot defeat them!
If you can't beat it, of course you have to find help! But how many people inside and outside the palace can still be trusted now?
This morning, the little emperor of Shunzhi even roundaboutly mentioned to his mother-in-law that a loyal minister has no second master and a filial son has no second father. As a result, he was scolded and ordered to copy the "Book of Filial Piety" three times. He was so upset that he copied it carelessly, and when he sent it to Bumubutai to read, the little emperor remembered that his mother-in-law didn’t even recognize Chinese characters... She was so stupid!
After handing in his "homework", the little emperor took his sword and called up Batulusoni, the last person in the Qing Dynasty, and they went to practice sword practice outside the Taihe Gate.
Sony has been released now, and Suo Zhongtang is gone. He has been demoted to a first-class guard, a third-grade military officer, and his task is to follow the little emperor as a follower.
For Sony, the little emperor still has great trust! Those were the loyal ministers left behind by his own father and brother!
There used to be Batulu Obai, the number one man in Manchuria, but now he seems to have joined Dorgon... So the only people the little emperor can trust now are Sony and his confidant eunuch Wu Liangfu.
So whenever he had the opportunity, he dismissed the large group of eunuchs and maids around him and spent time alone with these loyal slaves. Today is no exception. Shunzhi and Sony are the only two people here at Huangjimen.
The little emperor glanced at Sony and remembered that he was released by Zhu Cixiang and had met Zhu Cixiang, so he asked: "Sony! Do you think the emperor of the Southern Dynasties is a hero? How does it compare to my emperor Ama?"
"Of course the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is a hero, compared to..." Sony paused at this point, "Your Majesty, which Emperor Amma are you talking about?"
"You..." The little emperor almost lost his temper, but when he thought about it, he blamed himself for not making it clear.
Who gave him Amado?
"Of course it's the late emperor!"
"Oh," Sony said, "I'm not as good as the late Emperor."
Sony was thinking while talking: How did the late emperor recruit An Hong Chengchou? He was much more capable than Hong Chengchou, but Zhu Cixiang had never thought of recruiting him.
This alone is far from enough!
"Where's Bidorgun?" Shunzhi asked.
"Between brothers," Sony said, "Huang Ama is good at using soldiers and can win with strength. The emperor of the Southern Dynasty is good at using strategy and can win with wisdom."
"Then what if..." Shunzhi asked, "If Zhu Cihong was in my position, how would he deal with Dorgon?"
What? Sony was shocked by Shunzhi's words. The little emperor was only eleven years old...how could he have such a great talent?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Sony looked around and found that there was no one waiting, so he lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, if Zhu Cihong is in your seat, he will do two things. One is to be patient. Dorgon is not that easy. He can't deal with it, and his body and bones are not good. He doesn't seem to be a long-lived person...
The second is to accumulate strength! Dorgon is alive, your majesty has nothing to worry about and can't do anything... He is going to die, and that's when your majesty uses thunderous means! So Your Majesty must be prepared! "
After all, Sony is a rare cultural figure among the founding heroes of the Qing Dynasty. He knows the past and can draw lessons from the present... The current situation in the Qing Dynasty is a bit like the Western Wei Dynasty in history. Of course, it's not exactly the same, because Shunzhi is not without some strength. Shunzhi possesses the two yellow flags passed down from Huang Taiji. He is a weak leader, and he is still a young leader.
But Dorgon was not a puppet that could be "eliminated" casually, and he was still an important force in maintaining the balance of power within the Qing Dynasty.
Similarly, Dorgon was also an important force in maintaining the balance of power within the Qing Dynasty, equivalent to Yuwentai of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Dorgon and Shunzhi both existed, so the Qing Dynasty could maintain a delicate balance of strong ministers and weak rulers.
If one of Dorgon and Shunzhi disappears, then... a bloody storm is coming!
If Shunzhi doesn't want to have another emperor, he will seize the opportunity to seize power.
If Duduo or Azig want to replace Dorgon and become Shunzhi's new Arma, they have to do it quickly!
"How can I accumulate strength?" Shunzhi didn't think so thoroughly, but he also knew that he had to have something he could rely on.
"Just think about it," Sony thought for a while, "The Emperor can do this. You can select a group of weak young men from the two yellow flags who are good at reading and calligraphy to come to the palace to study with you..."
...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please take a rest..."
At the same time, in the back garden of Tangquan Palace outside Nanjing, the eunuch Pang Tianshou didn't know when he arrived in the back garden where Emperor Chongzhen was practicing martial arts.
Chongzhen was physically strong and practiced both civil and martial arts since he was a child. When he was young, he could shoot a hard bow and ride a fierce horse, and he was extraordinary in martial arts.
But later, because he was too busy with government affairs, he neglected his martial arts. In the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, he was too stressed and did not want to eat or drink, and his body became very weak. This allowed the traitor to succeed.
So after arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, Emperor Chongzhen, who had lost all his power, began to pick up martial arts again. Apart from debauchery every day, he was just exercising his strength. After three or four years, his body had returned to its subversive state.
If there was a contest between men with Emperor Amma of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon would definitely be beaten to pieces.
But now that he has all his martial arts skills, he has no place to display them.
Because Emperor Chongzhen was powerful, while Emperor Hongxing was rich!
And very rich...
Emperor Chongzhen also got a copy of Chen Rui's "Annual Report" to Zhu Cihong, and he burst into tears when he read it!
The surplus of 6.55 million taels is still the amount after "what is the calculation", otherwise it is 15 to 6 million taels!
What's even more exaggerated is that there are still 20 million stone rice grains in the Army Tun Division's account that have not been sold...
What’s even more exaggerated is that Zhu Cixiang’s internal funds are also extremely large! Not to mention the assets that cannot be touched, there are at least several million taels of cash that can be used at any time.
On the first day of the first lunar month of this year alone, Queen Wu Sanmei donated 300,000 taels of silver to Emperor Chongzhen!
Isn’t this too searchable?
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't understand why Zhu Cixi was raking in money like this, yet there was no official pressure for the people to rebel, nor was it too difficult for the people to make a living... Of course, the poor would not get better, and some would starve to death and freeze to death. But today's imperial court really has the financial resources to issue large sums of relief. The amount of relief rice released each year (mainly to northern refugees) is tens of millions of dan, which was unimaginable in the past.
If the imperial court could open warehouses to stockpile grain like this, the rebellion of bandits would have been put down long ago...
So Emperor Chongzhen, who only has martial arts skills, doesn’t know what else to do now?
Is it really just possible to have more sons to anger the rebellious son?
Just when Chongzhen was so angry that he almost broke a badou bow, Pang Tianshou mysteriously walked to Chongzhen's side and drove away a group of messengers.
"Pang Tianshou, what are you doing?" Chongzhen was a little surprised.
"Your Majesty," Pang Tianshou trembled and took out an envelope, handed it to Emperor Chongzhen, and said in an inaudible voice, "The fifth prince escaped from the bandits and is contacting heroes from all sides to prepare to support your restoration! "
"What? What? Pang Tianshou, what are you talking about?"
