The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 226

In Zhu Cihong's view, cutting a strand of hair is like farting after eating and drinking, and it couldn't be more relaxed and normal.

But the ancients paid attention to the body, hair and skin of their parents, especially the emperor. Cutting a strand of hair is like digging a piece of dragon scale.

So when the story of the emperor cutting his hair to pay for the general's crimes spread throughout the army, not only did no one think that His Majesty was doing favoritism, but on the contrary felt that His Majesty was an unprecedented holy king, the morale of the army suddenly exploded. , Swept away the sadness caused by the excessive casualties during the daytime battle.

Although Zhu Cihong had expected it long ago, he did not expect the effect to be so good. He finally understood why those tyrannical emperors in ancient times always liked to engage in these vulgar routines to buy people's hearts.

Because it is not that the ancients were easy to deceive, but the same routine, the emperor used it, and the effect produced was not comparable to that of ordinary people.

For the next two days, the army was resting, and on the third day, Wu Sanfu and Tugel also arrived with the army. The strength of the Ming army completely overwhelmed the Qing army.

In fact, even without Wu Sanfu and Tugel's [-] horse infantry, Dorgun didn't plan to fight anymore. The reason why he didn't retreat was because he wanted to negotiate with the Ming army.

No, after stabilizing the morale of the army, they immediately sent envoys to the camp of the Ming army.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I, the Qing Dynasty, wish to live in harmony with the Ming Dynasty and never invade. I am also willing to claim the title of emperor and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty!"

The envoy sent by Dorgon this time is not a Han Chinese, but a real Jurchen, and Suksaha, one of the most important figures in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in history.

After Sukesaha was brought into the commander's tent, his posture was very low. After paying a big salute, he directly explained the purpose of coming.

The generals in the tent did not expect that in just one battle, they would choose to surrender directly to the formerly invincible Eight Banners Jiannu.

In their excitement, they were quite surprised. After all, in their view, although Jiannu had suffered heavy losses, it was far from the point where the country would be wiped out.

For at least one or two years, Daming might not be able to continue his expedition to the Northeast.

Zhu Cihong was not surprised, Jiannu was not fundamentally different from other nomadic tribes, they were all bullying and fearing hard.

When the Han Dynasty was weak and decadent, they bullied themselves to death, took as much advantage as they could, and never stayed in the grasslands if they could live in the Central Plains.

Similarly, whenever the Han Dynasty was strong, these nomads found that they could not beat them, so they would slap their heads again, choose to surrender temporarily, and hibernate, waiting for the Han Dynasty to weaken.

If it were other emperors, most of them would be complacent, unwilling to toss about any more, and promised the other party to be a minister and pay tribute, and live in harmony and non-aggression from now on.

But for a modern person like Zhu Cihong, it is false to call him a minister or pay tribute to the title of emperor. What he wants is not superficial submission, but absolute submission.

Not to mention Jiannu, who has a bloody feud with Daming, even the Tumote tribe who is now fighting side by side, he does not intend to continue to maintain this kind of obedience on the surface.

So at this moment, looking at Suksaha in the tent, he just said coldly: "Go back and tell Dorgun, in the whole world, is it the land of the king? Gongzhi said that there is only absolute surrender. From now on, I will practice a domineering and kingly way. All barbarians inside and outside, who dare not submit, I will destroy their clan, country and seedlings!

If he really wants to surrender, he will lead all the Jurchens to lay down their weapons and wait for the lords to deal with them. I will spare you all your deaths. Otherwise, wherever our army goes, all men will be killed and women will be slaves forever! "

Although Zhu Cihong's tone was light, it reached Sukesaha's ears like a thunderbolt, causing him to be out of his wits, his face pale, and his body trembling violently.

And the generals in the tent, hearing the emperor's incomparably domineering words, were so excited that their blood was rolling.

Even the British prince, who has always been conservative, is no exception.

Because since the Sui Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has never had such a domineering foreign policy, nor has there been an overbearing emperor.

Even when the Tang Dynasty was at its most powerful, Emperor Taizong of Tang practiced the way of a sage, as long as all ethnic groups inside and outside surrendered and did not invade, they could live in peace.

During the period of Taizu Chengzu, although he continued to conquer the north and expand the land, he only thought about breaking up the remaining forces of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and adopted a moderate policy in the later period.

But today's Zhu Cihong wants the absolute surrender of the barbarians inside and outside.

What is meant by absolute surrender is that the whole family must lay down their weapons first, and leave life and death to the emperor of Ming Dynasty. The life and death of tens of thousands of people are all within the emperor's thought. This is the real overbearing and kingly way.

Suksaha opened his mouth, but in the end he just saluted silently, then took his leave and left.

It is obvious that this little emperor is different from other Han emperors. An emperor who can say such words must be the only one who respects himself, and there is no room for negotiation and compromise.

Therefore, the latter conditions were not raised again, such as how many Korean beauties, wild ginseng, etc. were donated every year, and even the entire Liaodong Peninsula was returned to the Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen that Dole's determination to get out this time is not insignificant.

But after Suksaha went back, after conveying Zhu Cihong's words, all the senior leaders of the Eight Banners were extremely angry, but after the anger was over, they all fell into silence.

Dor Gun was also silent, his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water. The reason why he wanted to negotiate surrender was because he knew that it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to defeat the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Qing Dynasty can resist once, it will be difficult to resist the second and third times.

That's why he wanted to negotiate and surrender, and cut off the little emperor's desire to destroy them. At worst, before the little emperor died, they would honestly pay tribute to them.

As long as the little emperor is boiled to death, who can say what will happen after the Ming Dynasty?Although they will not live to that day, at least they can leave a hope and a way of life for future generations.

But who would have thought that the little emperor's determination to destroy their Qing Dynasty would be so great that he would never give him any chance.

As for unconditional surrender, it is absolutely impossible to hand over life and death to the little emperor. Even if the little emperor pretends to spare their lives in the end, the Qing Dynasty will never recover.

"No one is allowed to spread the matter of the negotiation. Withdrawing the troops tomorrow, with the Liaoxi Corridor as a barrier and North Korea's supply, this king does not believe that the Ming army will not be able to be stopped in the future!"

Finally, Dole gritted his teeth and said.

In order not to shake the morale of the army, Dorgun conducted this negotiation secretly, and neither the Mongols nor the Han people knew about it.

But what Doer Gun didn't know was that all the Mongolian tribes also secretly sent envoys to the Ming army camp, and most of them expressed their willingness to not invade each other with the Ming Dynasty in the future, even the Horqin tribe who had the closest relationship with Jiannu. exception.

The Chahar tribe and some small tribes near the Liaohe even directly expressed their willingness to submit to Ming Dynasty in the future.

Zhu Cihong's attitude towards these Mongolian tribes is the same as that of Jiannu, that is, absolute surrender.

(End of this chapter)