golden scales

The Holy Mother and Empress Dowager were sitting on the soft couch of the Compassionate Ning Palace, tightly clutching a silk handkerchief in her hand, and her mouth was tightly pursed. Under his seat, the six-year-old Shunzhi stared blankly at his mother's face, unable to understand the reason for this sudden depression.

"Su Moer," the empress dowager finally said, "what do you think Dorgon means?"

At this time, Su Mo'er, who has not yet changed her full name to Sumala and is not honored as "Gu", is just the daughter of a Mongolian herdsman.It wasn't until she entered Zijin City that she believed that there really was such a majestic palace in this world.However, the blood naturally contains the wolf surname, which makes her loyal to her own wolf, and full of aggressive hostility to outsiders.

"Master, it doesn't matter what Dorgon means, what matters is what the master thinks." Su Mo'er stepped forward and said softly: "Master, behind you is the huge Horqin Mongolia."

The Queen Mother's tightly pursed lips dilated slightly, and her breathing became much faster.Yes, behind her is a group of Mongolian Taiji, who are the most solid allies of Manchuria. No matter Dorgon or the two yellow flags, no one can ignore this force.I have to admit that the 28-year-old Queen Mother has the capital to be admired in terms of power and beauty.

"You are the only one who can talk." The empress dowager was quite happy, she just liked this maid who was always encouraging her.She thought for a while and then hesitated: "Now that the emperor is still young, if Dorgon can be his uncle and regent in peace, that's all. If he becomes restless, he will have to rely on Hauge and the two yellow flags to suppress him. If you really marry him, I'm afraid it won't be beautiful."

"Master," Su Mo'er said, "if the master marries Dorgon, then naturally he will no longer be able to seize the position of the Holy Master, that is, to put a tablet in the Taimiao. Besides, Dorgon himself has no sons." , How big a storm can it cause?"

The empress dowager nodded, thinking it made sense to say so.Only Lao Tzu passed on his family property to his son, how could Lao Tzu take away his son's family property?Manchuria is not Ming. If the father gave the property to the son, then the property can only be transferred between the son and the son's brothers and descendants, and it is absolutely impossible to take it back.

All his life, Huang Taiji wanted to break this tribal alliance-style open cooking system, and wanted to take the Niulu that Nurhachi had distributed to Dorgon and Duoduo into his own hands.But even with an unworldly hero like him who seems to have opened a cheat, he failed in the end, at most it can only be regarded as loosening the foundation.

"Master," Su Mo'er continued, "There is another advantage to marrying Dorgon."

"What's the benefit?" The Empress Dowager looked at Su Mo'er.

"With the help of Dorgon, get rid of Hauge." Su Mo'er's eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty light: "Jierhalang wants to strengthen each other with Hauge, as long as Hauge is removed, Jierhalang can only do it." Obediently shrink your neck and live. Those civil and military ministers in the two yellow banners can only serve the Holy One wholeheartedly."

Dorgon hated Hauge for competing with him for the throne, so why didn't the concubines in the harem fear the eldest son?As Huang Taiji's eldest son, Hauge's influence in the Two Yellow Banners is also very large.The empress dowager will never forget that when the ministers of the two yellow flags came up to the court with swords, they said, "if the prince of the late emperor is not established, blood will be spilled on the spot." The focus was on the son of the "first emperor", not his own son Fulin.

Fulin's ability to sit on the throne is more like a lion and a tiger fighting for a piece of fat, but the fox steals it.

"Dorgon hasn't won any battles since he entered the customs, let Jierharang and Haoge come out on top again." Su Mo'er said: "As long as the master lends this great power to Dorgon, he will definitely win. "

The empress dowager nodded slightly, and a smile appeared in the corner of her eyes.

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As a later generation who was bombarded by all kinds of information and could not resist, Zhu Cihong had naturally been washed away by braid scenes all over the screen.Among the works written and directed by the Manchus, Kangxi is the sage ancestor Mingjun who is one emperor through the ages, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang is also a female hero, a female politician with a long history.

Zhu Cihong was not sensitive to this kind of ideological propaganda in his previous life. As a professional manager, he had no time to pay attention to these social scraps.As a realist, he will not waste energy on the so-called national sentiment.However, when he came to this world, because of his birth, he was in the top ranks of the Ming Empire, so he had to pay attention to the Qing court forces that could influence the future.

At the beginning of November in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Shunzhi had not yet held the ascension ceremony in Yanjing.The original intention was definitely that he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Li Zicheng, who was driven back out of the pass just after he ascended the throne.

The news that the Empress Dowager Mother was going to marry her uncle and regent Dorgon was also deliberately released to test the reactions of the nobles in the banner and the ministers of the court.

As a result, Zhu Cihong received a secret report.

However, this news was not taken seriously by Song Hongye, and he even thought that Jin Lin would deliberately smear it secretly.

For contemporary Ming people, it is simply inconceivable that the mother of a country should marry.Any family that can live on will not allow their daughter-in-law to remarry.What's more, to remarry my brother-in-law again, this is not only immoral, it is simply rebellious [***].

As everyone knows, the eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother?The widow should be supported like a mother!

In the small courtyard to the east of King De's Mansion, the vegetation has begun to wither, but it is not a disappointment.Zhu Cihong, Wu Tong, and Sun Chuanting sat around the stone platform in the courtyard, admiring the autumn scenery of the small courtyard, seemingly indifferent, but in fact they still couldn't do without the theme of world events.

Under the impetus of Zhu Cihong, the customs and rules of the Qing Dynasty gradually became popular among the courtiers. Therefore, when Wu Tong and others heard that the Empress Dowager was going to marry the Regent, they only nodded lightly: "It's true for barbarians and beasts. Nothing to be surprised about.

"From now on, Dorgon's power will probably surpass other Eastern captives." Wu Yan rubbed the jade pendant on his belt, and said, "As long as he lets go again, let the two yellow flags hit two One defeat, in the future it will be a real promise."

Sun Chuanting also said: "Nowadays the imperial court is troubled internally and externally, it is not easy not to win the battle. The minister sent people to collect the old documents from the Wanli period, and after careful study, they found out that if the old chieftain Nurhachi did not die, the rebellion of building slaves would have been long ago. It subsided. It was Huang Taiji who succeeded to the throne in time, changed his course, and implemented the Han system, so that Jiannu had the momentum it has today."

On this point, Zhu Cihong also felt the same way.Nurhachi is completely a barbarian, the only thing he is good at is killing people.Millions of Han people in Liaodong were finally killed by him, leaving only 30, but he never thought that if all the Han people were dead, who would still farm the land?Didn't Jiannu have to retreat from the city to the mountains and forests to spend his days fishing and hunting?

But thanks to Nurhachi, he gave the most powerful cow under his command to the Dorgon brothers, and expressed that he would let Dorgon inherit the Khan throne.Even before he died, he set a threshold for Huang Taiji, and also planted the seeds for today's infighting in the Qing court.

"Dorgon has always been known for his cunning..."

"It's cleverness," Zhu Cihong corrected Sun Chuanting with a smile, "Mergen Daiqing is the 'king of wisdom'."

It is normal to slander the enemy, but only by facing the enemy squarely can the enemy be defeated.

Sun Chuanting smiled helplessly, without being serious with Zhu Cihong, and continued: "If he is allowed to unify the Eastern Captives, I'm afraid he will be another Huang Taiji."

"He is not as good at fighting as Huang Taiji, so he is destined not to have a high reputation." Wu Sheng said: "But he knows his weakness, promotes Sinicization, and uses the 'orthodoxy' that Han people care about to protect himself. I have to admit that it is a good move. It's just that , he took the wrong path, I am afraid that no Han Chinese can accept such a shocking thing as marrying a mother and then obtaining an orthodox position."

"Let's not talk about us Han people, if they stay in the Han area for more than ten years, they won't admit to such a thing." Zhu Cihong smiled, and said: "After listening to the two gentlemen, I have an idea. "

Wu Zhen and Sun Chuanting looked at the crown prince with a smile, expecting the crown prince to come up with another "unconstrained style" idea.

"Spread the news that Hauge and Dorgon are vying to marry Huang Taiji's concubine Zhuang." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "It is impossible for Hauge to sit back and watch Dorgon succeed for his own reputation."

Wu Zhen and Sun Chuanting looked at each other and smiled, it really was a good plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

According to the customs of the Manchurians and Mongolians, as long as they are not their biological mothers, they can marry, so there is no custom to prohibit Hauge from marrying Concubine Zhuang.If Hauge still allows Dorgon to marry Concubine Zhuang, then he is undoubtedly showing weakness to Dorgon.

If it was Dorgon who had trampled over half of China on the iron cavalry in the original history, it was only natural for Hauge to swallow his anger.But now everyone knows that Dorgon is weak and embarrassed, and he is getting more and more disadvantaged in the political struggle. If Hauge shows weakness to him again, Huang Taiji will probably jump out of his grave in anger.