Chapter 25 7.Determined to march south
After Hauge was pushed to the end, Dorgon's mind immediately turned to another place, which was the Central Plains where the war was raging. These days, the news from inside the customs is becoming more and more serious day by day, saying that Li Zicheng not only swept eight hundred miles Qinchuan and the Hexi Corridor have already been fought in the three Jin Dynasties, and the river defenses of the Ming army are in vain. Now Pingyang has fallen, and Taiyuan is also in danger. At this speed, it is just around the corner to go to Beijing.
Upon hearing this news, Dorgon couldn't help but think of Fan Wencheng Bu's hexagram at the beginning of the year, thinking that the situation has gradually become clearer. Capture, isn't he "flying dragon in the sky"?Today, you are promoted to the regent king, with a high position and authority, and others are watching you. If you can't make great achievements and have a false name, what's the point?Besides, how can the descendants of the Aixinjueluo clan be willing to live in a corner and be inferior to others?The world of flowers and flowers in the Central Plains, five hundred years ago, also belonged to our Dajin Kingdom territory; that is, the Forbidden City in Beijing. The descendants of the surname Zhu can sit, but why can't the descendants of the Aixinjueluo family sit?
Thinking of these things, the Prince Regent, who was only in his early thirties, was very excited and dreamed endlessly.
On this day, he was reviewing various reports in the Chongzheng Palace, and there was news from the pass that Li Zicheng had gone to Taiyuan to slaughter Ningwu, and now Yanghe and Datong were in jeopardy.Dorgon read the newspaper and immediately looked at the map, and found that Datong Mansion was almost on a parallel line with Beijing, and then looked at the notes carefully, and the distance between them was only two or three days away.
While reading the newspaper, Dorgon couldn't help being secretly surprised, thinking, Yanghe and Datong are both important towns on the nine borders. The second time I entered the customs and went deep into Jinei, although I was invincible, it didn't go so smoothly?
Thinking of this, the Prince Regent couldn't help but feel reserved—it seems that my opponent in the Central Plains right now is either the Ming army or the rogues, and although I know the Ming army well, I still don't know about the rogues.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Azig and Duoduo came to visit, and they also came for this matter. As soon as they met, Duoduo said impatiently:
"Brother Fourteen, I heard that the bandits have captured Taiyuan. It seems that they should not be underestimated."
Dorgon nodded and said: "Yes, I did the math. The Ming Dynasty generals who fought against them, such as Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Zuo Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao, Mengruhu, and Huang Degong, also fought with us. Those who have fought against each other, this group of people can be regarded as the generals of the Ming Dynasty, who are hard to crack, and are almost defeated by them one by one. Not only that, they also successively attacked Luoyang, Xiangyang, Tongguan, The attack on Taiyuan was successful one by one, and it seems that the rogues are not only good at fighting in the field, but also good at attacking fortified areas, which we did not expect."
Azige didn't care about these things, he knew that the fourteenth brother was thinking about the big plan to defeat Ming, so he wanted to ask for a front vanguard to do it, and seeing Dorgon praise the bandits, he said:
"What's the matter, no matter how powerful the rogue bandits are, they can't compare to our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry. Just give me 10,000 cavalrymen and watch me enter the pass. If you don't kill him seven times in and seven times out, you must grab him hard. , perhaps the occupation of Beijing is unknown.”
Dorgon couldn't help but smile a little when he heard the words—in the era of Nurhachi or Huangtaiji, although the country was powerful, it lived in a corner after all, and could not be compared with the dignified China. Therefore, whether it is Nurhachi or Huangtaiji, the north of the Yellow River belongs to me. , To restore the territory of the former Dajin Kingdom is their highest goal, and unifying the whole country is something they dare not think about at the time.Therefore, Nurhachi dared not raise the slogan of destroying the Ming Dynasty even with the seven great hatreds against the Ming Dynasty; while Huang Taiji negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty several times, proclaimed himself emperor several times and canceled the emperor's title. Every time they just plunder and return, they dare not occupy a city or land, and plan to stay long. The influence is very deep, so I just want to take the opportunity to make a profit.Dorgon thought, seeing that Zhu Ming's descendants can't hold on to the country, I stand outside the pass and cultivate my heart and courage. At this time, if I only want to make a profit, isn't it a mistake?The tiger is on the mountain, waiting for an opportunity to seize the world, and at the right time, Brother Twelfth is really short-sighted, he should be guided slowly, but it is inconvenient to go deep right now, so he said:
"Brother Twelfth's courage, my younger brother admires it. However, we might as well look higher and farther away, and don't rush to draw conclusions. Right now, I am going to pay a visit to a capable person. You are here, and you just happen to go together."
Azige felt a little disappointed, and said: "Which capable person, just call him into the palace, is it worth you, the regent, to pay three visits to the thatched cottage?"
Dorgon felt that this metaphor was misleading, and hurriedly said: "It's a good one to visit the thatched cottage three times. I will be Uncle Liu who condescends to ask for advice. How about the two of you being Guan Gong and Zhang Fei."
When Duoduo heard it, he immediately guessed it, and hurriedly said, "Are you going to see Hong Chengchou?"
Dorgon felt that the fifteenth brother was careful, so he nodded with a smile and said: "It is this person. He used to be the governor of the three sides of the Ming Dynasty. Gao Yingxiang, the king of the rogues, was defeated by him. Isn't he a ready-made book? The late emperor said before that he is still our guide when we enter the customs, so we should be more polite to him, and we can't call him around."
Azige saw that his fourteenth brother valued Hong Chengchou so much, he felt very disapproving, and said: "Hong Chengchou is weak, how can he compare to Zhuge, I don't like him, so I won't go."
Dorgon knew that Azige was not used to dealing with Hanchen, and he couldn't sit still even if he forced him to go, so he said: "Okay, okay, okay, since that's the case, I don't want to force him."
Now Azige returned to the mansion, but Dorgon and Duoduo went to Hong's mansion.
With lightning speed, Dorgon pushed Hauge to the end, and finally eliminated his worries. As an outsider, Hong Chengchou watched coldly, and had to admit that Dorgon was extraordinary. It seems that after Huang Taiji, the successor of the Qing Dynasty someone.The troubles and worries of the people in the Central Plains are just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Manchus who occupy a corner. It seems that they are about to aspire to the Central Plains. Under such circumstances, can they stay out of it?
Every time he thought of this, his heart couldn't help feeling anxious.
Last night, he dreamed of Emperor Chongzhen again, dreaming of his old mother, wife and children at home. Chongzhen was setting up an altar for him who died in the country, and his mother was leading the whole family to cry in front of his funeral. He couldn't help crying and woke up. Turning over and sitting up, his face was completely changed - when the thick and big braid slid from his shoulders to his chest, he froze for a moment.
This is the work of Song Huizong en route to the Five Kingdoms City after being captured by Jin soldiers.Wasn't the Qing Dynasty also once known as the "Golden Kingdom"? They are both Jurchens.Before this, in the historical records of the Han people, the Jurchens were a barbarous people without etiquette. They "when the father dies, the wife will be like the mother; when the brother dies, the wife will be like the sister-in-law; A man has several wives."
But it is this barbaric nation that does not want the five ethics and three parties, but it can invade the south on a large scale by virtue of its powerful force.Attacking the right with the wrong way, wherever the iron hoof goes, jade and stone will be burned.The civilized China has been ravaged by barbarism. The central plains are everywhere, and the smoke is everywhere. The two emperors of Hui and Qin were captured and escorted to remote deserted cities. Among the hundreds of thousands of people captured along with the two emperors, 10% of the men died and 40% of them died. 100% of women are only 30% left, women are forced to be concubines, men are forced to be slaves, regardless of princes, dragons, grandchildren, well-dressed and official families, all are treated equally, each person only pays five buckets of weeds a month, and eats by himself. Only five handfuls of hemp are needed in the first year, and the clothes are woven by oneself. The miserable life of a slave is beyond the imagination of a person who has personally experienced it.
Right now, he, Hong Chengchou, has also become a prisoner of the Houjin people. This is God's will!
Hong Chengchou was born in Nan'an, Fujian Province. He was a humble scholar and a scholar for generations.That time, he took the provincial examination in the provincial capital, and met Shen Baiwu, a wealthy businessman during the trip. During the conversation, Shen Baiwu admired Hong's knowledge and ambition. He had to live with his father in Shen's house, so as not to suffer from cold and starvation. With his support, Hong studied hard under the curtain, and went to Beijing for the exam, and finally passed the first place in one fell swoop.
After that, the official life was ups and downs, and Shitu squatted, and he became a big official in the frontier step by step.At this time, the fate of the country was in decline, and bandits were infested. As a scholar, he always gathered the Northwest Soldier Talisman, dealt with the bandits, and was famous in the court and the public for his knowledge of soldiers.Just after Gao Yingxiang, the Chuang Wang who captured the bandits, defeated Li Zicheng at Tongguan, because the Qing soldiers entered the pass, he was called to the east to conquer Liaodong, and the battle of Songshan. At the same time as the governor, he also sent Zhang Ruoqi, a doctor in the Ministry of War, as the supervisor of the army, forcing him to fight quickly, so that the whole army was annihilated and he was captured alive.
He is familiar with history books, determined to die.I thought: Instead of living that kind of life as a captive, it is better to report to the emperor with one death. Besides, as a border minister, the entire army of 200,000 horses was wiped out, and one death is not enough to cover his guilt.
However, in the end he did not die.It’s not that he has no chance of dying—no one can stop a person who really wants to die, even if he doesn’t have a knife, poison, or rope, he can still hit a wall, and if he fails, he can go on a hunger strike.However, when he was on a hunger strike, he became dizzy and lost his size.
At that time, he also seemed to have made up his mind to die. He sat quietly on the pit, and was persuaded by Fan Wencheng, Kong Youde and others.
I was hungry for three days in a row.The body is like five drums holding a mountain moon, and the breath is like a three-watch oil ember lamp--the soul is about to leave his body. Suddenly, there is a whispering voice in his ear. He squints his eyes, and suddenly realizes that there is an There is a goddess, whose face is like a peach blossom, and whose body is like a weak willow;
He thought he had encountered a ghost, but he opened his eyes and looked carefully, the woman's brows moved, and the brilliance shone brightly.This is clearly human.
Seeing Hong Chengchou opened his eyes, the woman immediately helped him up with a smile on her face, held a tin pot in her hand, and stretched the spout towards his lips. The sweet dew trickled down his throat continuously.
That is the fountain of life!
Afterwards, Hong Chengchou found out that the woman was Huang Taiji's favorite concubine Borjigit, and she was ordered by Huang Taiji to give ginseng soup, because his five aggregates were not empty, his six roots were not clean, and he controlled him with a single thought. Not sure, so the disciples of Confucius fell drunk at the feet of the barbarian concubine.
The Chinese book that Manchurians like to read most is "Three Kingdoms". Huang Taiji is naturally familiar with the story of Cao Cao's courteous treatment of Guan Gong, and Hong Chengchou's methods are far more concealed than Cao A's - bestow manors, mansions, beauties, and servants , not to mention horse gold and horse silver, a small banquet in three days, and a big banquet in five days.
A stone can become hot even if you hold it in your arms for a long time, not to mention Hong Chengchou's bones are not as hard as a stone?He could only cry with emotion, he could only be terrified, and he also felt in his heart that what he was facing was a wise lord who was far superior to Chongzhen, and he was worthy of allegiance and death for him.But for more than ten years of hard work under the window, what have you learned?Where is the loyalty, filial piety and righteousness that are spoken in ordinary times used?What's more, the old mother, wife and children in the family were all in the Southern Dynasty. Where did Hong Chengchou in reality sing "The Order of Sitting in the Palace"?
Hong Chengchou is really contradictory.But once he made a mistake, he would hate him through the ages. At this point, he would not be able to learn from Xu Shu, who was in Cao Ying and his heart was in the Han Dynasty.Not long after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, news came from the south: his younger brother and eldest son went to Que to sue him for his grievances, saying that the defeat of Songshan was completely forced out by Zhang Ruoqi's greed for quick success, and his colleagues in the capital also defended him. He also believed that he must have sacrificed his life for the country. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen in Beijing specially decreed to offer sacrifices to sixteen altars, and personally went to the altar to call for his soul.
Hearing this news, he really wished there was no crack in the ground, otherwise he would definitely get in.After that, in the dead of night, listening to the wailing of the lonely geese in the sky, he thought of his mother, his wife and children, but how could he meet the whole family?Whenever I heard conch shells and snails blowing in the palace, I couldn't help but think of Dalu and Huang Zhong in the Central Plains. But with his hair shaved and braided, what face did he have to meet the Emperor Chongzhen and face the Southern Kingdom who talked about loyalty and filial piety?
Right now, there is another news that the rogues went north to the capital, the emperor did not protect them, the country was ashamed, and Hong Chengchou couldn't help but fell into deep self-blame—if he hadn't missed the opportunity of the garrison, how could the rogues have become so powerful?Right now, there is no redemption for a hundred bodies, and no defense for a hundred mouths.