On the battlefield in the north of Beijing, the official battle between the two sides has not yet begun, but the Qing army is already in chaos! As the former enemy general, Shang Kexi had no intention of actually fighting. He arranged today's battle under the city just to facilitate the capture of Fulin - Emperor Zhu on the opposite side paid a large price for Fulin's, "Fulin Sales Contract" With Shang Kexi by his side, as long as he catches Fulin, he can immediately jump back to the Ming Dynasty and become a third minister.
In order to prevent those traitors who could not return to the Ming Dynasty from jumping over the wall, Shang Kexi also used his power to control the five forts in the north of Beijing in the hands of his own army. Moreover, Deshengmen Wengcheng, Andingmen Wengcheng and three newly opened city gates were all taken into the hands of Shang Jiajun and Kong Jiajun. He also placed his Chinese army behind the fortress outside Andingmen!
This is a foolproof arrangement. Once Fulin is captured alive or "dead", we can also capture the unrepentant traitors such as Geng Zhongming, Shen Yongxing, Gang Atai, Fan Chengyin, Chen Jin, Ma Degong and Sun Youguang. It's been solved...
But people's calculations are not as good as "heaven's calculations". Shang Kexi never expected that Fulin would be so strong-willed. He would rather die than be taken as a prisoner, and burned himself in Qianfo Temple!
"What? What? Well, what about the body? Has the body been found?"
The Chinese army behind the Andingmen Fortress heard the news of Fulin's self-immolation reported by his son. Shang Ke was so happy that he almost sat down on the ground. Fortunately, his two soldiers were quick-sighted and supported his fat body.
The one who came to report was Shang Zhixiao. He shook his head and said: "I didn't find it. There are a lot of firewood piled up in Qianfo Temple. The grass helps the fire. I can't control it at all. I'm afraid..."
"Wait a minute, why is there firewood in Qianfo Temple?" Shang Ke was surprised.
"It is said that the fodder from the vanguard camp and the firewood used in the palace for the winter were somehow found in the Thousand Buddhas Temple..."
Shang Kexi's face turned terrifyingly gloomy. He gritted his teeth and said, "It must have been arranged by the traitor Sony..."
Shang Zhixiao was stunned: "Father, you mean that Suo Zhongtang already knew that we were going to..."
"What does he know?" Shang Kexi stamped his feet, "He has already been arranging for the golden cicada to escape from its shell!"
Shang Zhixiao's expression changed greatly, "Father, you said..."
Shang Ke snorted happily: "What can we say now? Let's leave quickly!"
"Go? Where?"
"Where else can we go? Enter the city..." Shang Ke said happily, "After leaving Shunzhi, we can't lose the city of Beijing and Xuan Ye, otherwise our father and son will really end up dead!"
"The soldiers and horses outside the city..."
Shang Kexi snorted coldly: "Do you still care about them?"
After saying this, Shang Kexi pushed away the soldier who was supporting him, and roared: "Horse! Bring the horse... and then pass on the king's order: There is a change in the city, Sony is rebelling! The Shang family The army and the Kong family army will follow my king into the city to quell the chaos, and the rest of the army will stand firm on the spot!"
After giving the order, he took his own soldiers to Yongdingmen Wengcheng. At about the same time, Kong Tingxun, who was stationed under the Deshengmen Fortress, also received news of Shunzhi's self-immolation.
Shunzhi is gone, and the contract is useless!
How could Kong Tingxun still have the energy to supervise the battle? What kind of battle are you supervising? Hurry back to the city and look for it. Maybe you can find the key part of Shunzhi?
As soon as the armies of Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun moved, and the fire and smoke from the Thousand Buddha Temple in the city had been seen by many Qing officers and soldiers outside the city, the armies deployed in the north of Beijing suddenly fell into chaos. On the opposite side, the Ming army who was gearing up to launch an attack saw them in chaos and asked Yan Yingyuan to stand.
Although Yan Yingyuan knew about the "Fulin Procurement Contract", facing the chance of victory that fell from the sky, he still did not hesitate at all and immediately issued an order for a full-line attack. Although Zhu Cixiang was also on the battlefield, he would not directly Issue orders to the troops, because today's former enemy general is Yan Yingyuan, Emperor Zhu must go through him to give orders, and Yan Yingyuan has the power to make decisions on the fly. When a fighter suddenly arrives, he can launch an offensive without the need for Emperor Zhu to issue an order!
Just when the Ming army outside Beijing took advantage of Emperor Shunzhi's "sudden self-immolation" to launch an attack, inside Beijing, it was already the year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty...
Shang Zhixin, who did not find Fulin's body in Qianfo Temple, reacted quickly and immediately took the Shang family's soldiers into the Imperial City of Beijing and went all the way to Meishan Fortress.
Because Shalhuda arrived one step ahead of Shang Zhixin, and also brought the news of Fulin's death (Fulin didn't let him do this, but he felt that he should perform the trick well), so there was already a ball of tears in Meishan Fortress. .
When Shang Zhixin led his soldiers into the main hall on the third floor of Meishan Fortress, Shunzhi's concubine Tong Jia was crying while holding the infant Xuan Ye, and there were a group of ministers who were crying with her.
Tong Jia is only 16 years old this year. Faced with the sky-falling situation in front of her, she has long lost her opinion and can only cry. Now she sees Shang Zhixin, who is wearing a helmet and wearing armor, rushing in with a few warriors. He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, hugged his son and started crying.
Shang Zhixin was originally a person close to Fulin. He knew Tong Jia's family and knew that the child she was holding was Xuan Ye. Xuanye is the prince of the Qing Dynasty...Now that Fulin is gone, can Xuanye be used to offset the debt?
He looked at Xuan Ye and was appraising it in his mind. Sun Zhixian arrived in front of him at some unknown time and said loudly: "General Shang, Emperor Daxing has a posthumous edict here!"
"The edict?" Shang Zhixin was stunned and thought to himself: Did Fulin write the edict and then set himself on fire?
"Bring it to me!" Shang Zhixin stretched out his hand, and a yellow scroll was quickly delivered to his hand. He quickly unfolded it and saw that it was indeed a testament...a very formal testament! Written in both Manchu and Chinese, it is Fulin's notes and stamped with a jade seal.
The content of the imperial edict is very simple, which is to pass the throne to Prince Xuan Ye and change the reign of Emperor Kangxi immediately after Xuan Ye ascends the throne.
"General Shang," Sun Zhixian said, "are you still a minister of the Qing Dynasty?"
Yes or no? He had just rebelled, perhaps even killed the king, could he still be considered a minister of the Qing Dynasty?
Shang Zhixin didn't know how to answer for a while, but Sun Zhixian asked: "Has General Shang ever received an official position as a reward from the Emperor of Heaven?"
"Not yet..." Shang Zhixin almost shed tears when he thought of this - the contract for the official appointment is all in his father's pocket, and the only thing missing is Fulin (his head is fine too). Now is Fulin burning? Yes, how to fulfill the contract?
Sun Zhixian said: "Since the general has not yet become a second minister, he is a minister of the Qing Dynasty. He should abide by the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing and support the prince on the throne!"
"The Qing Dynasty is almost gone, and the Ming army is about to enter the city..." Shang Zhixin shook his head, "Why do you still want to take the throne?"
"The general's words are wrong!" Sun Zhixian looked like a loyal and good man of the Qing Dynasty. "A country cannot live without a king for a day. Now that the Ming army has not yet marched to Meishan, the Qing Dynasty still has an inch of land. So the prince should After ascending the throne in accordance with the imperial edict, even if we are the emperor for an hour, we can be considered as having done our best for Emperor Daxing!"
"Emperor of an hour?"
"Yes! The emperor of an hour is also the emperor!" Sun Zhixian said, "The emperor and the prince are different after all!"
Shang Zhixin thought about it and felt it made sense.
An emperor who has been an emperor for an hour is also an emperor! And the emperor must be worth more than the prince, right? Now that Fulin can't hand it over, he can only hand over Xuan Ye... And before handing over Xuan Ye, it's best to increase Xuan Ye's value!
Thinking of this, Shang Zhixin nodded heavily: "Okay! Then let Xuan Ye be the emperor... even for an hour!"
Sun Zhixian immediately ran to Tong Jia, who was still crying, and knelt down: "Empress, I invite Your Highness to assume the throne of the emperor!"
When the other ministers in the main hall saw Sun Zhixian urging them to come in, they all followed him in confusion, knelt down and yelled, "I'm waiting for you. Your Highness, the Prince, has already ascended the throne and become the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!"
Tong Jia didn't have any idea. Seeing that everyone was trying to persuade him to join, he nodded and said, "Then let Xuan Ye be the emperor and change the reign to Kangxi from now on. This year will be the first year of Kangxi!"
This is the year of Kangxi!
No, the Kangxi year is not appropriate because Emperor Kangxi's reign was too short. According to later statistics, there were twelve hours before and after, so it was called the "Twelve Hours of Kangxi" in history.
