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Chapter 898 Love the country and love the beauty more

Inside the White Temple Fort beside the Daughter River in the west of Jinzhou City, although everything looks normal on the surface, the princes, Baylor, and ministers are already extremely flustered.

Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty was in a trance when he heard the news of the defeat on the Western Front and the death of Duoduo since the afternoon, but he was still supportive. However, an emergency report from Shengjing City became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. .

After removing the wax, Huang Taiji unfolded it, his expression changed immediately, he spat out three mouthfuls of blood, and then fell on the throne, unconscious.

The shaman who hurried over danced all afternoon, and Huang Taiji woke up faintly. But his joy turned into sorrow, and he was hit by two bad news one after another, and his mental state was already on the verge of collapse.

It was not until then that everyone knew the reason!
It turned out that Hai Lanzhu, Huang Taiji's most beloved concubine of Guanju Palace, was ill, and she was seriously ill. This was unacceptable to Huang Taiji who had just learned of the defeat on the Western Front.

You know, Huang Taiji is a guy who "loves the country more than the beauty".

Hai Lanzhu, Horqin Borzigit, was 26 years old when she married Huang Taiji as a concubine. However, she married at an older age, but she was able to spoil Huang Taiji's harem as soon as she entered the palace. of love.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji was changed to Yuan Chongde, and Hai Lanzhu was named "Chen Concubine".

He named the bedroom where his concubine Hai Lanzhu lived as "Guan Sui Palace" based on the meaning of the poem "Guan Guan Suijiu, in the river island, a gentle lady, a gentleman likes a house" in the "Book of Songs", which symbolizes love.

The concubine Hai Lanzhu's status in Huangtaiji's harem is second only to her aunt's empress Zhezhe in the main palace, and ranks second among the five concubines in Huangtaiji's harem.

But this is just an official statement, but in fact, she is the No. 1 concubine Chen Hailanzhu's harem, and since she entered the palace, no one can shake this position in the slightest.

Even Zhe Zhe, who is the empress of the Zhenggong Palace, can't compare with her, and in history, Empress Xiaozhuangwen, a strong female politician who has gone through three dynasties, is only the Concubine Zhuang of Yongfu Palace at this moment, and her ranking is even lower than Hai Lanzhu.

Moreover, Hai Lanzhu not only doted on the harem, but even her stomach was proud of her. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, after only three years of marriage, she gave birth to Huang Taiji's eighth son.

Huang Taiji was naturally ecstatic. He feasted on the ministers and even specially issued the first amnesty decree since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.

He wrote in the amnesty decree: "Since ancient times, when a king celebrates the birth of a child, he must issue an edict of amnesty to the country. This is the rule of the ancient emperor."

Although, if the emperors of the past dynasties were happy to have a prince, there were indeed many cases where they used this to pardon the world.

However, it is mostly for the birth of the eldest son of the emperor, or the birth of a prince by the empress, so that such "amnesty to the world" is done.

But Huang Taiji's "birthday celebration" this time was neither for the eldest son of the emperor nor for the empress, but for the eighth son of a favored concubine.

From this it can be seen that Huang Taiji's love for Hailanzhu has reached the point where it cannot be increased, and that's why he "loves the house and the crow" and amnesties the world for the eighth son of the emperor, but it is actually for Hailanzhu.

But Hai Lanzhu was destined not to be able to enjoy such blessings. The eighth elder brother she gave birth to Huang Taiji died before he was two years old. He was depressed for a while, and finally became ill because of depression.

And Huang Taiji even visited famous doctors all over the country, but none of them could cure Hai Lanzhu's disease. He also invited the shaman high priest to exorcise Hai Lanzhu many times, but to no avail.

As time went by, Hai Lanzhu's condition became more and more serious, and he even coughed up blood frequently. Huang Taiji was worried about this. He tried his best to help Hai Lanzhu cope with the pain of losing his son, but to no avail.

Every time he left Shengjing, he would always miss Hai Lanzhu's physical condition very much. Most of the letters between him and Shengjing were asking about Hai Lanzhu's mood and changes in his condition.

At this moment, after hearing the news of the defeat on the Western Front, and hearing that Hai Lanzhu's condition had worsened, even to the point of dying, Huang Taiji was heartbroken, wishing to fly back to Shengjing immediately, to return to the place he was thinking of. By Hai Lanzhu's side.

For this reason, a suffocating breath churned in his chest, and he couldn't get it out for a long time. Finally, after spitting out three mouthfuls of blood one after another, he felt a lot more comfortable in his chest.

But his body was also hollowed out by it, and he, who was already frail and frail, looked disastrous at this moment, it seemed that he was struggling even to speak, and he suffered from epistaxis again, bleeding profusely.

It is precisely because of Huang Taiji's physical condition that it has aroused the concerns of the top officials of the Qing Dynasty.

Now, the whole country is fighting with tens of thousands of Ming troops on the front line of Jinzhou. This is a battle that concerns the survival of the country. When Huang Taiji rushed to the front line, the army was still full of confidence.

With the defeat on the western front, the original strategic vision of cutting off the Ming army's retreat and supply roads was doomed to fail, and if Huang Taiji had any troubles at this moment, then this battle might not be fought any more.

Of course, everyone must first think about the future of the Qing Dynasty, but everyone has their own little jokes. While thinking about the Qing Dynasty, they must also consider the future status and interests of their own faction.

In the Baimiaobao at this moment, apart from Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, naturally, the prince of rites is the respected one.

Surrounded by the crowd, Daishan finally came to Huang Taiji's imperial palace. Although this is already the largest house in Baimiaobao, it still looks very crowded and the space is very cramped. Wait outside.

But Fan Wencheng, Xi Fu, Gang Lin and others from the Inner Academy had already arrived at the imperial palace first, and when they saw Dai Shan coming in, they got up and saluted one after another.

Daishan, one of the former four Baylors, and the elder brother of the other three Baylors, can be said to be the head of the Four Baylors and the elder brother with the most authority.

At the beginning, when Huang Taiji first took over the throne, Daishan and other three Baylors presided over the government together with Huang Taiji. This period is also known as the period of the Four Baylors.

"Discussing state affairs together, each setting up officials" was the political environment of Hou Jin at that time.

Although later, Huang Taiji tried his best to punish Erbeile Amin and Sanbeile Manggurtai successively, but for this big Beile, he only suppressed him with all his strength, and did not punish him to death.

Although Daishan has gradually retreated to the background, he is the banner owner of the two banners of Zhenghong and Xianghong. He is also a veteran who has led the army for decades and has many followers in the army. .

Among the banner princes and Baylor of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, he is the oldest and has the highest status, and there are also a group of princes and dukes such as Shuo Tuo, Wakda, Adali, Luo Luohun, and Man Dahai. sons and grandchildren.

In fact, among the various factions in the Qing Dynasty, the Daishan faction is the most powerful one. It's just that he is old and has long lost his original competitiveness and patience.

Now, Huang Taiji is seriously ill, Dorgon is on the front line of Shimen Mountain, Hauge is on the east bank of Xiaoling River, and Duoduo has died in battle. Daishan is undoubtedly the only one who can call the shots at Baimiaobao.

He walked slowly to the front of Huangtai Jitao, seeing his weak appearance, felt really sad, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, in the future of the Qing Dynasty, you should cherish the body of the dragon. You shouldn't be so sad."

Huang Taiji raised his eyelids and looked at Daishan. He took a deep breath, pulled himself together, and said to him, "Brother Wang, don't worry, I'm fine, just take a short rest."

Looking at the hall full of officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji had mixed feelings in his heart. He was also very clear about the current situation, but Hai Lanzhu was critically ill, so how could Huang Taiji not be by her side?
But although he is a king who "loves the country more than the beauties", he also knows that at this moment, he is destined not to leave.

Huang Taiji breathed out again, and asked Dai Shan: "Brother Wang, who do you think can be the owner of the Xiangbai Banner?"

Prince Li Daishan was startled when he heard the words, and said in his heart: "Ah, this is to take away the position of the banner owner of the Duoduo line, which is inlaid with white flags."

On the surface, he said calmly: "Duoduo's eldest son, Zhulan, was originally a concubine, but he is still in his prime, less than ten years old, so he cannot inherit the position of the banner owner of this white flag.

However, the second son, Doni, was born and raised by Fujin Dazhe, so why don't we let Doni inherit Prince Yu's title. "

Dai Shanguo is old and cunning, he didn't answer Huang Taiji's questions directly, he only said that Duoduo's eldest son, Zhulan, was not a direct descendant and could not inherit the position of Banner Lord, and that his second son, Doni, was a direct descendant and could inherit the title of Prince Yu. Knighthood.

He kept a secret about who was suitable to inherit the position of banner owner of the bordered white flag, but he didn't know what Huang Taiji was thinking, so he didn't dare to propose a candidate without authorization, so as not to arouse Huang Taiji's suspicion.

Furthermore, now that the future is unpredictable, Daishan is unwilling to make more powerful enemies for himself.

You must know that there are only eight banners soldiers and horses in Manchuria. Whoever becomes one of the banner owners will not only own the warriors in the banner, but also have tens of thousands of soldiers in the banner.

Moreover, the owner of this banner has been passed down from generation to generation, so Duoduo's son should be the owner of the white banner. At this moment, Huang Taiji asked Daishan, in fact, he wanted to use Daishan's mouth to replace the banner owner.

The treacherous and cunning Daishan couldn't see Huang Taiji's little thought.

After hearing Dai Shan's words, Huang Taiji's heart sank, and after a long time, he opened his mouth again: "Brother Wang, my Qing Dynasty was founded, and everything is waiting to be done. The leader of this banner is even more important. Doni is only six years old. I'm afraid It's not up to the task."

At this moment, he was struggling to even speak, but after saying this, he had to stop and rest for a while, and his epistaxis was bothering him, and from time to time he had to stick his head out of the bed, causing the nosebleed to flow into the golden pot beside the bed.

Just when Dai Shan secretly speculated that Huang Taiji would hand over the inlaid white flag to whom, he heard him say: "Brother Wang, I think that Azige can be temporarily replaced as the banner owner of the inlaid white flag. After becoming an adult, it will be handed back to Doni."

Having said this, Huang Taiji raised his eyelids to look at Daishan with his last breath of strength, and asked him, "What do you think, Brother Wang?"

Daishan also had to admire Huang Taiji at this moment, and said in his heart: "Old Ba, it really is not easy!"

He interjected: "Your Majesty is only thinking about my Qing Dynasty, so it's the best. Azig is Doni's uncle. It's just the best for him to take care of the inlaid white flag."

Although Daishan said so on his lips, he understood it very well in his heart.

In order to avoid Dorgon's lineage, Huang Taiji resorted to countermeasures against his own brother again and again, which made his elder brother Azige resent Dorgon.

He used Azige's mistake as an excuse to take away his Zhengbai flag, but then gave it to Dorgon. From this, Azige began to resent his brother Dorgon, and took away his own Zhengbai flag owner. position.

After that, Azig began to move closer to Hauge, getting closer and closer, and fell into Huang Taiji's trap without knowing it.

Now Huang Taiji used the excuse of Duoduo's sons being young to take down Duduo's inlaid white flag, but this time he did not take it as his own, but proposed to let Azige be the owner of the inlaid white flag.

In this way, even if Dorgon had an opinion, he couldn't bring it up again, because isn't that how the Zhengbai Banner he is now commanding came about?

Therefore, now Huang Taiji used Doni's young age as an excuse to replace him with Azig as the banner owner of the inlaid white flag. Neither Dorgon nor Duoduo's family members could say anything.

After all, the uncle took care of the inlaid white flag on behalf of the nephew, and then returned it when the nephew Doni grew up.

Of course, this is just a rhetoric. The reason for saying this is to silence some people, just like Dorgon. After he took over the Zhengbai Banner, did he ever intend to return it to Azig?

Moreover, Azig has completely joined Hauge's faction at this moment, and if the white flag is handed over to him, it is the same as being handed over to Hauge.

From this point of view, now on the side of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji almost directly controls the entire Qing Dynasty, the power of the four banners of Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, Zhenglan, and Xiangbai.

After hearing Prince Li Daishan's words, Huang Taiji also showed a little smile on his face. He lay back on the imperial couch and said calmly: "Brother Wang, I am tired and want to rest alone for a while."

Hearing the words, Daishan persuaded Huang Taiji to take a good rest and recuperate, so he got up wisely and left.

After Daishan left, Huang Taiji called Man Duli and Mu Chengge, two Manchurian officials from Shengjing, and asked them carefully about the situation in Shengjing.

Especially about Hai Lanzhu's illness, he asked very seriously.

But Man Duli and Mu Chengge are both foreign officials, and they don't know much about the affairs in the palace, which makes Huang Taiji feel extremely anxious.

This is often the case with people, the more there is no definite news, the easier it is to think of the bad first, and Huang Taiji is no exception.

He missed and cared about Hai Lanzhu's condition in his heart, so he immediately summoned his personal guards, Ba Yala soldiers, and asked Fan Wencheng to write a letter for him, and then sent it to Shengjing.

The content of the book is also very simple, except for asking about Shengjing's situation at the beginning, almost half of the page is about asking about the recent situation of Guan Suigong's concubine Hai Lanzhu.

For a generation of heroic and brave emperors to be like this, it is really a kind of love!

(End of this chapter)