"You still need to ask?" Emperor Shunzhi said with a smile, "When two tigers fight, of course one will die and the other will be injured. In the end, we will only win!"
What he said is not unreasonable, because he, the emperor, is not completely empty-headed. Most of the people in the two yellow banners were still loyal to him as the emperor, and among the Zhengbai Banners led by Dorgon himself, there were also some people who were close to Shunzhi because of Bumbutai's win over.
Many of the civil servants who were promoted by Dorgon and were loyal to the emperor - the foundation of the Green Banner was still the Han landlords in the north. To them, the status of the Green Banner was just a ladder to climb up. Shunzhi, the little emperor, That is the object of their allegiance.
Therefore, in the Shunzhi Emperor's base, there are two yellow flags, some high-level officials of the white flag who have been won over, and good minions with green flags.
Oh, and there is also the "Two Eunuchs" led by Wu Liangfu. Azig's ability to control the palace was not as good as Dorgon's, and he did not have Dorgon's ability to win over the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Therefore, the eunuchs and maids in the palace were controlled by Shunzhi and Bumbutai.
In addition, the four flags of the two red flags, the blue flag, and the green flag are not the core of Azig and Duduo. They are all their own system. It was just that they were subdued by Dorgon. Now that the two brothers Azig and Duduo are fighting among themselves, will the owners of the two red flags, the blue flag, and the green flag and the prince of Ruibufen be afraid of them?
Bumbutai looked at his son with squinted eyes, looking a little worried: "Aren't you afraid that Zhu Cihong will march north to the Central Plains and seize the great power of the Qing Dynasty?"
"Don't be afraid!" Shunzhi said with a smile, "Mother, didn't Dorgon leave us some countermeasures? As long as we follow them, we won't be afraid of Nan Ming's northern expedition!"
The countermeasure left by Dorgon was to imitate the Khitan's arrangement, while working hard to manage Shengjing as the foundation, and at the same time operating the three major strongholds of Beijing, Taiyuan, and Datong within the pass - this arrangement is somewhat similar to the situation before the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, but more advantageous.
Because the Northern Song Dynasty used Kaifeng as a stronghold to support the Northern Expedition of Yan and Jin. At that time, the Central Plains was not yet broken, and Henan and Hebei were prosperous and prosperous places, enough to provide food, wages and equipment for the Northern Expedition.
Now Zhu Cixiang's regime is based on Jinling, which is about 2,000 miles away from Beijing, Taiyuan, and Shanxi!
Moreover, the Grand Canal, which connected the north-south transportation, was abandoned due to the confrontation between the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Yellow-Huaiyuan Project. The construction capacity in the 17th century was limited, and there was no way to keep the Yellow River estuary and the canal in Huaibei open at the same time, so we had to choose one of the two. . Historically, both the Ming and Qing dynasties protected the canal and abandoned the Huaihe River, so floods in the Huaihe River were an unsolvable problem.
Zhu Cixiang abandoned the canal to protect the Huaihe River. Of course the Huaihe River was restored, and the two Huaihe Rivers became fertile again, with good harvests almost every year, but the water transport was over.
Of course, even if he continues to use the "protection of water" strategy that has defrauded the people of Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, he will not be able to protect water transportation. Because the Shandong section of the Grand Canal is now the dividing line between the Ming and Qing dynasties, both sides of the confrontation are "destroying canals" - both sides are building bastions along the canal, and in order to protect the bastions, they have dug many ditches connecting the canals. To facilitate transportation, these ditches and other rivers were dug.
The result was a number of small canals connected to the Grand Canal. The river bed of the Grand Canal is relatively high (there is also sedimentation), so the water flows into the small canals, making the Grand Canal completely impassable. The navigation capacity of those small canals is also limited, and ships can only be sailed during periods of high water. The supply used to support those fortresses is sufficient, but it is very difficult to support the Northern Expedition of the army.
At the same time, Dorgon's policy of enfeoffing the nine banners of Angbang Zhangjing in Henan, Shandong and other places led to the emergence of many small local tyrants in these areas who were attached to Angbang Zhangjing's Yamen.
Because there was no imperial examination system, and industry and commerce were not developed, if you wanted to rise, you could only join the Han army of each banner, and then be granted the title of fortress lord, village lord, etc., and you would become a small feudal lord. And on the territory of Zhenglvqi, the trend of feudalization is even more obvious! The three mansions of Jibei, Dongchang, and Guide were occupied by the three princes Geng Zhongming, Kong Tingxun, and Shang Kexi, and then they were enfeoffed layer by layer.
Therefore, the Qing-controlled areas in Henan and Shandong have now become fragmented, with fortresses of feudalism everywhere, which is a headache to look at.
Although these fortresses cannot stop Zhu Cixiang's army, and there may be a lot of "three ministers" and "four ministers", there are still a lot of troubles here - there are also many people in the Ming Dynasty who want to get Henan, What about the land in Shandong and other places!
Therefore, Shunzhi is not too worried about Emperor Zhu's large-scale Northern Expedition. He is now sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, waiting to eliminate Duduo and capture Azig.
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When the Northern Expedition was imminent and an internal strife was about to begin, Emperor Zhu Da in the south really had no intention of taking advantage of the situation.
It's not that he is stupid, it's that people who can survive on the stage until now are not too stupid. If he was ready to take advantage of the situation, Azig and Dodo might not fight.
And as long as the two brothers have internal strife, the Qing Dynasty's national power will be damaged to some extent - people will always die in wars! There are so few people in Old Manchuria, and if one dies, one will be missing...
So Emperor Zhu is busy with two things now, one is making up classes; the other is taking exams.
It’s a military lesson to make up for!
He himself also participated in Prince Kong Dai's military cram school, and together with Li Yan, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui, Wu Sanfu, Shi Kefa, Zuo Maodi and many others, he listened to Prince Kong Dai's explanation of battle cases - Prince Kong Dai's There is not just one cram school, but two classes, one is held in the Western Building in the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and the other is held in the Nanjing Martial Arts Hall. Those who participated in the Xiyanglou cram school were senior generals and the emperor himself, while those who participated in the Jiangwu Tang cram school were the elite among middle and low-level officers.
These two groups of people have arrived in Nanjing, so the Ming army really can't fight and can only watch Shunzhi, Azig, and Duduo play.
In addition to the two cram schools, Prince Kong Dai also participated in the organization and training of the Ming army's version of dragoons - the Ming army's dragoons were called "musketeers" and were also nicknamed "mule soldiers". Because they are all equipped with a horse and a mule, the horses are Hequ horses or Yili horses given to Emperor Zhu by Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong. Mules are horse mules, which are the love child of a male donkey and a female horse. They are suitable for rough feeding, can withstand hard work, have strong disease resistance and adaptability, are strong and durable, and have a long life span. They are just a hard worker. Hard work... With these hard-working mules, the "mule soldiers" can even carry a seven-eight-foot-long carbine in action, and occasionally launch group charges, which greatly enhances their combat effectiveness!
The number of the first batch of mule soldiers was 4,000. Their basic equipment was a flintlock gun bought from the Netherlands (a total of 5,000 guns were bought back, of which 200 were sent to the following musket workshops as samples, and 800 were used as spares), and a saber. An eight-foot carbine, a light breastplate (plate armor), and an iron helmet.
In addition to busy making up classes, Zhu Cixiang is also presiding over the first college entrance examination in the history of Ming Dynasty!
Very good college entrance examination!
Not only are we recruiting Taixue students, but we are also recruiting bachelors and doctors of Taixue (teachers) - very interesting, right? Future teachers and students sit in the same examination room, doing the same paper. Those who do not do well will of course fail! If you are a student who does well in the exam, if you do particularly well in the exam... Then take the next stage of the exam, take the "Advanced Arithmetic" exam or participate in the thesis defense of "Zi Lun Ge Wu Chapter"!
The former is to do questions, all of which are difficult questions asked by Emperor Zhu himself. The latter selects a few topics as research topics in "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian", conducts in-depth analysis after unfolding them, and then writes a thesis, and the emperor Zhu personally presides over the defense - this "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" is actually The door of "methodology" is not one door, but many doors. What is inside the doors must be explored and discovered. Zhu Cixiang would not take out everything inside the door, as that would be too easy to get through, and would not be conducive to discovering geniuses.
If you can pass one of the two exams, you will be a doctor of Taixue!
If you pass them all, or if you do particularly well in one of them, you will be a bachelor!
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