Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 448
The atmosphere in the palace was gloomy, and the cold stone slabs exuded a horrific chill. After a while, Hauge felt a chill on his knees.

Ji Erhalang was even more unbearable, trembling all over, his old body was pitiful.

Only Luck Dehun was still young, biting the bullet and kneeling.

Kneeling was rare in the period of Huang Taiji, and most of them were civil servants, but when Dorgon was in power, the requirements became more and more stringent, and the Manchus obeyed.

The elder brother knelt down, and Shunzhi couldn't bear it, but seeing Dorgon's terrifying face from the corner of his eyes, he immediately recovered his composure.

"Prince Zheng Jierhalang, as the commander of the south, is incompetent in leading the troops. The defeat in Huai'an severely damaged the vitality of the Eight Banners. He cut ten cattle records from the inlaid blue flag, and added in the inlaid white flag—"

Guarja Ganglin, a scholar of the National Academy of History and Minister of State, read the emperor's decree with a straight face.

Shunzhi's eyelids moved, he was completely unaware of the imperial decree.

"I accept the decree!" Jierharang raised his head and answered tremblingly.

Xianglan Banner only had [-] Niulu, and now there are ten of them, which can be said to be a serious loss of vitality.

"Dorobele Luke Dehun, as a lieutenant general, although he has made some military achievements, but his achievements are hard to beat. He cut off five of his cattle records, and cut off his nobles to become his sons."

"Slave, thank you Lord Ron!!" Luckard gritted his teeth and kowtowed.

The owner of the Zhenghong Banner is Daishan, who has twenty niulu, while Luck Dehun, as the owner of the small banner, only has ten. Now that he has cut half of it, it is not only a heavy loss.

The title is not as important as Niu Lu.

At this time, Hauge couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

Although he is the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, he only has fifteen Niulu. If he cuts it down again, he might even be inferior to the owner of the Small Banner.

He raised his head, glanced at Dorgon who was sitting tall, and then at his younger brother who looked like a wooden man. He could only grit his teeth and wait for the oracle.

Gang Lin coughed, attracting everyone's attention, and seemed to be circumstantially proving the difference this time:
"Prince Su Haoge, as a lieutenant general, led his troops southward to Yangzhou on the way to the south. Potential..."

"Near him as my brother, love him dearly, cut him off as Prince Su, get rid of Zhenglan Banner owner, stay at home, never leave..."

wow-

In an instant, the entire hall erupted in an uproar.

These powerful Eight Banners lords, how could they care about the emperor and the regent, talking one after another.

The punishment this time was really too heavy. Compared with the previous two, it was simply heaven and earth.

"Who dares to make noise in front of Shengjia?"

Gang Lin didn't change his face, and directly scolded.

Only then did everyone realize that the Regent was still there.

And Hauge was even more stunned and astonished.

This is more than partiality, it is a blatant public revenge!

"I don't agree with—"

Hauge raised his head, his face full of stubbornness: "Although I made a mistake, I refused to accept the punishment. It's unfair, absolutely unfair—"

He looked around for a while, looking for some sympathy and agreement, but everyone was so calm, as if they didn't see it.

Daishan, the leader of the neutral Zhenghong Banner, was silent, and Jierhalang, the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner, showed a bit of a sneer.

In desperation, he turned his eyes to his younger brother, Emperor Shunzhi, whom he had never seen directly.

But the little emperor was helpless at this time, beside Dorgon, he was caught by his aura, and he didn't dare to speak at all.

The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

"All right!"

At this moment, Dorgon made a final decision and said loudly: "Since everyone has no objection, let's execute it!"

As he spoke, he showed a sarcasm towards Hauge: "As for you, you should rest at home, and you are not suitable for war anymore."

Now, Hauge wanted to get up so much, and use his burly body to directly knock down Dorgon.

But at this time, for the safety of himself and his family, he could only grit his teeth and struggle to be taken down by the guards.

"I don't accept it, I don't accept it—"

Hauge's roar gradually echoed in the empty hall, but nothing helped.

After this incident, the nobles of the Eight Banners once again saw the power of Dorgon, and all of them kept silent, not saying a word, where there is no power in the army.

Zhengbai Banner, Xiangbai Banner, Bordered Red Banner, and now Zhenglan Banner, Dorgon directly controlled the Four Banners of Manchuria, and the power that had been shaken by the defeat of Huai'an was once again stabilized.

Killing chickens to scare monkeys is old-fashioned, but it works.

Emperor Shunzhi also thought of this level, and saw Dorgon's eyes with fear.

Dole Gun was very satisfied with this scene. He raised his head and said decisively: "Datong must not sit idly by."

As he said that, he said directly: "Send someone to appease him first, so as to prevent him from colluding with Shaanxi and causing a catastrophe."

"Dorobe Lenikan and Dorobe Leboluo lead the army straight into the Yanmen Pass, and they must not be allowed to go south to Taiyuan to disturb the whole Jin Dynasty."

Once the final decision was made, there was no objection among the flag owners.

The aftermath of this meeting continued to ripple throughout Beijing.

Because after Hauge's fall, the leader of the Zhenglan Banner was absent. This was real power, and everyone wanted to covet it.

Emperor Shunzhi was no exception. If the powerful Zhenglan Banner was really in the hands of Dorgon, then he would be really dangerous.

So much so that he had a thick skin, concealed his disgust, and met with the queen mother a few times to discuss how to deal with it.

Generals of the Two Yellow Banners, Obai, Sony, and Tan Tai, gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

However, the Empress Dowager Borzigit stopped everyone's discussion directly, and said in an unquestionable tone: "The Zhenglan Banner is absent, and the regent already has a plan in mind, so it is not suitable to fight for it."

Everyone was silent.

Just the word Regent makes several people breathless.

Oboi, who has been suppressed one after another in the past few years, can only say in a muffled voice: "What the queen mother said is very true, I can only suffer from this."

Shunzhi sat, listening to everyone's words, couldn't help asking: "Can't Prince Su's son hold the blue flag?"

"Emperor, now you can only watch more and learn more, and talk less."

The queen mother said in a deep voice: "You don't need to speak about these important military affairs..."

"Yes!" Shunzhi replied aggrievedly.

Immediately after Nikan and Boluo galloped away from Beijing with Zhenglan and Zhenghuang flags, about thirty Niulu, and nearly ten thousand soldiers, Dorgon immediately announced his arrangement.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the owner of the Zhenglan Banner is the Xiangbai Banner Doni, Prince Yu Doni who is only ten years old.

This surprised everyone.

Next, Dorgon fully explained what it means to be entitled and willful.

He directly let the inlaid white flag supplemented with ten bull records belong to his sect.

In other words, the emperor has two yellow flags, and he has two white flags.

And Doni went to Zhenglan Qi and changed his position, so it wasn't a disadvantage.

After all, the previous Xiangbaiqi suffered a lot in the battle of Luoyang.

Zhengbai and Xiangbai have been mastered by the Dorgon brothers for many years, and they are easy to use, like swaying with arms, the key resistance is small, and they are obedient.

For Dorgon, this is far better than directly controlling Zhenglan Qi.

A storm of questioning made Dorgon's strength increase instead of decrease.

(End of this chapter)