"Ah, this is Ozeranbu from the Mughal Empire! Why did he go to Mulan Paddock to pay tribute to Dorgon?"
Zhu Cixi finally figured it out!
No, I don’t fully understand either. What the hell is going on? What did the Mughal Empire want to do? What do you do if you have too much money and no place to spend it? Why pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty? Is it because the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had a sign of being a Mongol Khan?
"It seems his name is Ao Zelangbu!" Zu Zeqing said with a smile, "This guy really has become Dorgon's little devil... Your Majesty, I have good news to report! "
Why are you so humble? Zhu Cihong thought to himself, are you going to become a third minister? I haven’t approved it yet!
"What's the good news?" Zhu Cixiang asked with a smile.
Zu Zeqing said happily: "The Qing Dynasty, no, it's the Donglu who are going to die!"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Zu Zeqing, a traitor with a unshaven beard and a loyal look on his face, and asked, "Why is it about to end?"
"This Azig and Duduo are about to fight!" Zu Zeqing said with a smile, "This Azig is also a fool. He wanted to succeed Dorgon as Emperor Ama before Dorgon died, but Dorgon But let Duduo be the new Ama for Emperor Shunzhi..."
Zhu Cixi chuckled: "What else is there? Who becomes the new Ama in the end?"
"No one was elected," Zu Zeqing said. "A meeting of kings and ministers was held to select the new Ama. Finally, a two-king regent was decided, with the emperor listening to the government."
Zhu Cixiang was very surprised! The "constitutional government" of the Qing Dynasty has taken much further steps than in history. It even held a parliament to choose a new father for the emperor... Even England can't do this! When will the British Parliament elect a new father for the King and Queen?
Zu Zeqing continued: "The two regents are Azig and Duoduo. However, Azig did not allow Duoduo to come to Beijing immediately. He wanted to defeat Japan and Rakshasa first, and then Duoduo could wait for Duoduo to fight. Gun's imperial tomb is repaired before entering the capital."
Defeat Japan and Russia? Zhu Cihong thought: Is this requirement a little too high? Can Dodo do it?
While thinking about this in his mind, Zhu Cihong asked: "Do these things have something to do with Donglu's wanton end?"
"Of course it does matter!" Zu Zeqing said, "Ajige has made it clear that he wants to deal with Duduo! He is not allowed to enter the capital now because he is trying to win over Duoergon's old troops in the pass and inherit Dorgon's power. . When the power is consolidated, and then Duduo is tricked in the name of Dorgon’s mourning, what else will happen?”
"That's right...will Duduo be fooled?" Zhu Cixiang glanced at Zu Zeqing. You don't seem to be scheming. You have seen through it all. Will Duduo not be able to see through it?
"How could it be possible to be fooled?" Zu Zeqing shook his head and said, "How smart is Duduo? So there will definitely be a fight between Azig and Duduo. No matter who wins, Donglu will be greatly damaged... ....If Master Wang takes advantage of the opportunity to make the Northern Expedition, how can there be any reason why he cannot win?
Your Majesty, I, your father, and your brother are in the Qing camp with clear minds, wholeheartedly looking forward to the King’s Northern Expedition! "
"Okay, okay," Zhu Cixiang nodded repeatedly, "I know the loyalty and bravery of your ancestors, father, son, and brothers. Zukefa has told me... you all pretended to surrender to the Donglu!"
Zhu Cixiang is the best at discovering loyal ministers, because he positions himself as the king of troubled times! A king in troubled times must not be obsessed with cleanliness. He must know that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the people are clear, there will be no disciples. In the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if you hold on to the dead principles of "pure purity" and "perfect inspection", there will really be no one available, and then you can only babble about everything until it is rotten to the core, and there is no way to save it... .
And the loyal ministers of the ancestors believed 100% in Zhu Cixiang's words - Emperor Zhu's brand of keeping his word had already been played out!
He is a good emperor who does what he says, much better than his unreliable father!
And this Emperor Hongxing was particularly good at getting money and food! When his father Chongzhen was on stage, there was a deficit everywhere. The money and food he could get all year round was only tens of millions at most. With hundreds of thousands of troops and so many officials, how were they going to spend it?
Don't say greedy or not, the people below are all Bao Qingtian and you don't have enough money! And how much salary did the Song Dynasty give Bao Qingtian?
Therefore, serving as a soldier and fighting for Chongzhen will definitely result in a loss when calculating the general ledger! A few officials might be able to make a lot of money, but that was based on expanding the blood loss of the soldiers. They were drinking the blood of the soldiers, not making money from Chongzhen, so it was difficult for Chongzhen to command these people.
But even if none of them are greedy, the general ledger will still be a loss, and the soldiers below will still be a loss. In the words of later generations, the entire industry suffered a loss, and it was still a huge loss!
Moreover, if generals are not corrupt, they cannot maintain a team of servants. Without servants, there is no way to suppress the mutiny of the "loss-making soldiers" below. If the mutiny cannot be suppressed, they officials will have to die!
This is something that extremely tests human nature!
Now that Zhu Cihong has become the emperor, if the money and grain he gets every year is discounted, it would be hundreds of millions (grain prices were relatively high in the late Ming Dynasty), which is 10 times higher than that of Chongzhen. However, the number of armies is almost the same, with hundreds of thousands of people on the books... Therefore, the cost allocated to each soldier will be at least several times higher, and fighting as a soldier for the Ming Dynasty will become a profitable career. Big money business.
The people below have all made money, so Emperor Zhu can of course put forward strict requirements, such as training, military discipline, anti-corruption, elimination of the bottom, and 997 and 996. That is all feasible - all for future generations. Zhu Cixiang also knows how to do business.
Moreover, the benefits here in the Ming Dynasty have improved, and money has been made. Those who originally switched jobs to the Qing Dynasty want to turn around, so there are more loyal three ministers and four loyal ministers in the Qing camp who have Ming's heart at heart.
While Emperor Zhu was talking to Zuze Qingzheng, Wu Sanmei had already arrived with a crying little girl.
The one who cried like a tearful person was, of course, Dongguo Gege. Dongguo Gege has completed the courses at Jinling Girls' School and is now preparing to take the entrance exam for Jinling Girls' High School - the girls' middle school has not yet opened, so she will have to wait for a while. So Zhu Cixiang took her to Wuhan, Xijing, not for anything else but to make up for her classes.
Seeing Dongguo crying like this, Zhu Cixiang stopped talking to Zu Zeqing about the Northern Expedition and hurried forward to comfort the little girl.
Of course, for comfort, it is not enough to let Dongguo Gege go north to attend the funeral. Now the civil war in Beiqing breaks out at any time, and changes may occur in Beijing!
It’s hard to say whether Dorgon can be safely buried in the Shanhaiguan Imperial Tomb!
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"Your Majesty, should we send someone to express condolences to Dorgon?"
"What are you sending? He killed many of our people, and even dug up the Qufu Confucius Forest!"
"Yes, Dorgon's crimes are extremely heinous!"
"What does this have to do with sending people to Beijing to express condolences? We have to figure out the situation in Beijing..."
"Yes, not only do we have to send people to Beijing, we also have to send people to Shengjing to meet with Duduo."
During the two government discussions on the second day, other matters naturally had to give way to Dorgon's death. This is a big deal!
This Dorgon can be regarded as the most powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Now that he is dead, the Qing Dynasty may take a turn for the worse.
Zhu Cixiang didn't show much joy, because Dongguo cried and fainted in his arms yesterday afternoon... I don't know if he will die of excessive sadness? That shouldn't be the case, right?
In addition, he still knows the principle of traveling a hundred miles but only half a mile!
The road from Dorgon's death to the destruction of Beiqing is still long, so don't be too happy too early.
Seeing that the ministers below were all talking about it, Emperor Zhu coughed, and the auditorium suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned their attention to Zhu Cihong.
Emperor Zhu said: "Our five-year agreement with Donglu is about to expire. Dorgon died at this time, and there is a dispute between Azig and Dodo within Donglu, and there may be another fight. Get up... This will definitely be beneficial to our Northern Expedition and restoration of the Central Plains.
However, we cannot take the Northern Expedition too easily. The first two Northern Expeditions failed to achieve full success because of insufficient preparation. This time we must be well prepared to be safe! "
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