Dorgon's messenger entered and found that there were so many people in the Zhongjun tent, and they were all the most powerful princes in the Qing Dynasty. They couldn't help but secretly groan in their hearts.
If this happens, no matter what, he has to face it.
So, he had no choice but to kneel down to salute, then put the letter box with both hands and said: "Your Majesty, please read the memorial of General Fengtian!"
Seeing the mailbox being forwarded to Huang Taiji, everyone's eyes were fixed on the messenger. Damn it, according to etiquette, don't you have to briefly explain the situation? What, mute?
Seeing this situation, many people's hearts froze. Could it be that something happened to Dorgon? Otherwise, the messenger will say a great victory or something, right?
Dodo suddenly became worried, especially when he saw Azig's sideways glance, his heart tightened even more, so he asked directly: "What was the result of the battle?"
Dorgon's messenger naturally recognized Dodo and knew that they were very close brothers.
When asked at this time, he had to answer, so he said out of breath: "This time I killed Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, wiped out Sun Chengzong and his entire family, and captured alive the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youshu, the virtuous king of Jinan Prefecture, and Zhu Ciying, the county prince. , Fengguo General Zhu Cishang, and the military eunuch Feng Xuancheng plundered more than 200,000 people and animals, more than 700,000 taels of silver, and other supplies..."
Listening to the messenger's words, the worry on Dodo's face disappeared instantly. Think about it, when did the Qing Dynasty kill the governor of the Ming Dynasty? There is also Sun Chengzong, who can be said to be an old rival of the Qing Dynasty. Now that his family has been wiped out, it is really happy. Moreover, even the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were captured alive, which was something that had never happened in the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon's victory this time can be said to be a great victory, a complete victory over Azig.
With this in mind, he turned to Azig, tilted his head, and vented his breath at him with a look of contempt on his face.
Other Jianlu leaders were also quite satisfied with Dorgon's results. After all, it created several firsts in the history of Jianlu.
Azig was the only one who looked a bit ugly. Although it could be said that the number of people and animals he had plundered was not much different from his, the other results were brilliant! Taken together, Dorgon's results are indeed more brilliant.
In this way, the atmosphere in the Chinese military tent was quite good. A few of them even forgot where Huang Taiji was sitting, and even started to comment.
"This time they actually captured the vassal king alive. This Ming army is really incompetent. Let's go back and capture the Ming emperor again!"
"Yes, just like our ancestors, they robbed two emperors of the Song Dynasty and countless concubines, tsk tsk!"
"..."
Jianlu had always regarded themselves as Hou Jin, but they did not know that future generations would peel off their skin and prove that they were not Hou Jin at all.
Huang Taiji sat on it. When he first read Dorgon's memorial, his face was still smiling. However, slowly, the smile on his face disappeared. In the end, he even looked gloomy, as if he was in a violent storm. The weather is the same as before.
Suddenly, a "pop" sound was heard, which immediately startled the people in the Chinese military tent. The Jianlu leaders who were talking immediately shut up, with a trace of confusion and fear, turned their heads to look at the commander's seat. The Manchu emperor.
The memorial was photographed on the desk, while Huang Taiji had a cold, fat face, as if he was trying to suppress his anger.
When Azig saw it, he felt happy, his eyes moved, and he immediately said: "I wonder what makes your majesty so angry?"
Huang Taiji heard the sound and stared at him, which made Azig feel fear in his heart.
He knew that this emperor was ruthless. If you hated him, he might smile with you on the surface, but he would stab you with a knife in his hand at any time.
But what made him relieved was that Huang Taiji no longer stared at him. Instead, he glanced at the people in the Chinese military tent and shouted coldly: "Dorgon failed to live up to my wishes. A hundred thousand troops entered the pass, but nearly 30,000 were lost." People and horses. When has the Qing Dynasty ever suffered such huge losses!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately shocked. Even Azig and Duduo no longer wanted to joke with each other and looked at Huang Taiji.
These Jianlu leaders all fought in battles since they were young, and none of them are idiots who have never been on the battlefield. Therefore, each of them knew that nearly 30,000 horses were lost, which was a terrifying number. Under normal circumstances, when the loss is close to 30%, the morale of the army will collapse.
Huang Taiji was obviously more savvy than them. He was proficient in not only military matters, but also politics, people's livelihood and other matters. Therefore, he understood even more that this time Dorgon brought 100,000 Qing troops into the customs and lost nearly 30,000 troops. What a negative impact this would have on the Qing Dynasty!
The Qing Dynasty has been winning battles against the Ming Dynasty for a long time. In terms of morale alone, it has maintained a huge advantage. The soldiers of the Qing army will be brave when they see the Ming army, while the soldiers of the Ming army will be timid when they see the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. This back and forth will play a huge role in the outcome of the war. Functional.
But now, the Qing army that entered the pass was first wiped out 5,000 infantry, and then was ambushed by the Ming army. Not only did they lose half of the loot, they also lost nearly 20,000 men and horses, and there were even more soldiers like Turge. The senior officials of the Qing Dynasty died in the battle. These things were definitely a blow to the Qing army entering the customs. And for the Ming army that defeated the Qing army, it was a huge encouragement. If they meet again in the future, that Ming army will be difficult to deal with.
Dorgon did not dare to hide the story of the war from Huang Taiji. So he knew it clearly. Because of this, he felt even more uneasy.
In that case, he was self-aware. Even if he led the army himself, he would probably be emboldened by the Ming army. Who could have known that when the Ming army faced the Qing army, they would be so brave and adept at fighting and fearless of death? Who would have known that the elite Ming army was clearly following behind, so how could they suddenly ambush in front?
From these things, Huang Taiji smelled something very different, something that worried him. He made a decision in his mind. When he turned back, he must contact Shanxi merchants to find out the key reasons for the sudden change in the Ming army. I wonder what new situations will arise in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty?
Thinking like this, after a while, Huang Taiji also calmed down. He scanned the bottom, and suddenly the clouds cleared on his face, and he smiled and said: "However, most of the lost troops were slaves, and the main force of our Qing Dynasty did not suffer much loss. This time, General Fengtian led the troops He was galloping around the Daming Pass, and even the feudal king was captured by me, haha, not bad, good!"
Seeing this change in him, the people in the Zhongjun tent were unable to react for a while.
Is Dorgon's entry into the customs good or bad?
Naturally, they didn't know that Huang Taiji was very, very dissatisfied with this entry into the customs, and had a very strong opinion of Dorgon. However, he couldn't show it like this, otherwise it would have a huge impact on the morale of the Qing army. Therefore, he made a decision to try to downplay the negative things about this entry and talk more about the good things that this entry brought.
This is a dumb loss. If you eat it, you can only eat it and you can't say anything about it.
As for the secret, Huang Taiji must be held accountable. In addition, the reason why the Ming army suddenly became brave must also be investigated. When you turn around and face the Ming army again, you must fight back hard.
Dorgon has returned, so there is no need to stay here any longer. Continuing to besiege Jinzhou City has lost its meaning.
So, he sent an envoy overnight to explain to Dorgon the details. He believed that the people over there would definitely not be willing to announce the defeat of the battle. Fortunately, the supplies and people they looted back were quite large, so at least they still had something to talk about, and most of the losses were indeed Baoji and Mongolians, which could be easily replenished. Otherwise, it would be difficult to cover it up.
The next day, Huang Taiji sent an order back to Shengjing. At the same time, he spread the news throughout the army that Dorgon had captured the Ming vassal king alive and brought back nearly 200,000 livestock. However, he did not mention the nearly 30,000 horses. Loss.
However, Huang Taiji didn't know that it was impossible for the Shanxi merchants, whom he had high hopes for, to find out what changes had happened in the Ming court through the Shanxi merchants. Because Shanxi merchants can't protect themselves now!
The flapping of butterfly wings changed Dorgon's entry into the customs a lot.
For Jianlu, this is a good thing. At least in the original history, Yue Tuohui was infected with smallpox when he entered the customs and died in the customs. However, in this dimension, he returned to Liaodong alive.
After daybreak, the Jianlu army set off, leaving a mess behind and returned to Shengjing. In the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the civil and military officials who had been worried all night finally slowly understood the reason why the factory guards made such a big fuss last night when they went to court.
"What? Censor Liu Meicai is suspected of treason? How is this possible?"
"Is there any possibility? He and the grain merchants who were arrested for treason are all in the same group."
"But those grain merchants can't be treasonous, right?"
"Then what if the Yangge Department is also involved?"
"No way, Yang Gebu? You said Yang Gebu was also arrested for treason?"
"Not only the Yangge Department, but also many censors were arrested by the factory guards. Oh, I don't know if the factory guards will arrest them again?"
"This...isn't the emperor afraid of causing big trouble by arresting people like this?"
"..."
Discussions like this started in a small area, and then slowly expanded to the entire Yamen. Many people were very worried, wondering why the emperor had gone so crazy that he ransacked his house and arrested so many people, most of whom were censors.
As the saying goes, if the scholar fails to rebel for three years, the censor is actually just a mouth. If someone in the court rebels, it cannot be the censor no matter what, right?
Just thinking about it, many people were worried that the emperor had gone crazy and acted randomly. So the question they are most concerned about is whether the emperor will continue to arrest people, and will he be arrested next?
For this reason, they went to the chief officials of their respective yamen one after another to get a clear explanation.
The chief officials of the Yamen were also worried, so they boldly went up one level at a time, and soon new news came back. It is said that the censors Liu Meicai, Liao Guolin, Yang Zhiqi and the cabinet minister Yang Sichang were suspected of treason, while the other censors were only found to be corrupt and perverting the law.
Logically speaking, those whose houses were seized and confiscated were not all guilty of treason, which shows that the emperor has a distinction and should not be crazy. They should be able to feel more at ease. But in fact, it was just the opposite. They did not expect that the emperor would be caught because those censors were corrupt and violated the law, so they were even more worried.
In this world, who hasn’t done something wrong? Then will the emperor catch himself again when he looks back? After all, everything seemed to be fine before last night, and then suddenly it caught up!
For a time, all the government offices in the imperial court basically had no intention of doing their work. They were worried and sighed among themselves.
At noon, while taking advantage of the meal break, the gathered officials began to discuss.
"It's not an option to continue like this. The Emperor can't just say who is who and arrest whoever he wants, right?"
"Then what's the solution? It's not to let the Punishment Department Yamen arrest people. Otherwise, the Punishment Department Yamen can still find reasons to resist the order, or the Sixth Section can overturn the order. Now this time, it is the factory guards who are arresting people. It is said that, They didn’t even give a driving notice, they just arrested people.”
"The emperor is not following the rules. This... the world is governed by the emperor and us scholar-bureaucrats. Could it be... is the emperor going to become a tyrant regardless of this?"
"No, we can't let the emperor mess around like this. As ministers, we must advise the emperor and do our duty as ministers!"
"Yes, we must do something, but we must not let the emperor be infamy for thousands of years!"
"..."
In this way, they slowly reached a consensus. Although it was impossible to openly oppose the emperor, they naturally had their own methods.
Some ministers began to write letters, asking about the movements of the factory guards and demanding the release of evidence. Otherwise, such large-scale arrests would definitely cause panic in the capital.
Some ministers began to ask for leave for various reasons, such as headaches, brain fever, or back pain. Anyway, they just found an excuse to ask for sick leave, and they all dispersed and went home. You, the emperor, act arbitrarily, so you can do everything yourself.
If just one or two officials do this, it will be like waves in the sea and cannot make any waves at all. However, if there are more officials on strike, the matter will become serious. Especially now, after the war, when everything is waiting to be done and refugees are crying out for food, once the court falls into a strike crisis, it will inevitably trigger a series of adverse reactions.
Generally speaking, doing this kind of thing will definitely leave a bad impression on the emperor. However, now these officials are all in danger, worried that they will be arrested by the factory guards because they have done corrupt things and violated the law. Compared to such consequences, what does pretending to be sick and go home mean? Besides, everyone is like this. The law does not punish everyone. If you are the emperor, is it possible that you can arrest everyone?
Even those who are waiting for promotion or becoming an official in the capital often engage in bribery. If only a few people were arrested for other reasons, then these people probably would not have any scruples. Instead, they would applaud and free up their official positions.
But now that the emperor has arrested so many people at once and ransacked their homes, these people would not dare to get together at this time. Otherwise, believe it or not, someone will immediately expose the bribery matter. Will your emperor catch such people?
If they are arrested, there will still be no one on duty, and the yamen will still be paralyzed. If we don't catch them, why can they do this but others can't? Your emperor has lost the reason to arrest people, so there is a problem!
By the next day, more and more Ming officials in the capital went on strike, which had begun to affect the operation of the yamen.
Of course, in terms of public opinion, these officials will not be so stupid. They will show their corruption and perversion of the law and say, Your Majesty, you cannot deal with this; The case raised various questions.
Grain traders rebel? Is this possible?
The censor rebels? Is this a joke?
An important minister like Yang Gebu rebelled? No one even believes that he can be a powerful minister, right?
They were justified in questioning this, because they felt that if the emperor arrested these grain merchants and officials for treason, how could they convince the world? As long as we grasp this point, people all over the world will be doubtful. Even the emperor will definitely not be able to withstand such great pressure!
Emperor, if you want to be willful, then just wait and see! In this world, the emperor can no longer do whatever he wants!
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen had learned of these things at the first time. He had actually expected this.
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