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Chapter 887: Silver Retreats from the Enemy (Part [-])

The size of the official position of Shangshu in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is roughly equivalent to that of a prime minister.But he lost his head because of a few words. This is the new Minister of the Ministry of Households in the Qing Dynasty Bai Yintu and the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials Leng Sengji.Along with these two, there were also several Beijing officials from the Qing Dynasty, at least third- and fourth-rank officials.

What is even more shocking is that the two Shangshu adults who were killed were neither Mongols nor Han Chinese, but authentic Manchurians, and they were once Dorgon's confidants, and later belonged to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. It was clicked because of these few words.

All civil and military officials have now appreciated the courage and courage of the queen mother, and no one dares to talk about surrendering.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said solemnly: "Confused the army's morale, I hope that I will be punished in the Qing Dynasty. But the Ai family thinks that they have made some contributions to the Qing Dynasty, so let's spare their whole family and nine clans."

This woman in her 30s spoke calmly, and she didn't even blink her eyes in front of several bloody heads.The key is that the owner of these bloody heads was still kneeling here just now, offering advice to her.

The civil and military officials present immediately realized that the Queen Mother is a ruthless character who is not inferior to Nurhachi and Huang Taiji at all. Compared with Dorgon, it is even worse than Dorgon.

At that time, the awe of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty was full of awe, even surpassing the era of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang spoke again, "Go, take out all the savings in Aijia Palace."

"Hey." Xiao Dezi, the inner palace eunuch of the Palace of Compassionate Ning, lowered his head in agreement, and hurried away. The scene just now scared him into diapers, and he sighed in his heart that this mistress is too cruel, so he must be careful in serving her. , be more careful than serving the emperor, otherwise one day I will die without knowing how to die.

Soon, Xiao Dezi led a group of young eunuchs and a group of court ladies, carrying and hugging, and brought some boxes.

Open it and see that it is full of brilliance and brilliance.

Pearls, emeralds, diamonds, gold, silver, are simply dazzling.

But the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty didn't dare to take a second look, wondering what the empress dowager was going to do?
"This is all the savings of the Ai family, and all the ministers and workers have a share."

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt down when they saw it.

"The Empress Dowager can't make her do, she won't be rewarded for no merit, and the ministers dare not presume."

"This makes you all ministers of the humerus of the Qing Dynasty. When the country is in crisis, the Ai family still counts on you to make suggestions and charge forward. How can you say that you will not be rewarded for nothing? Since the founding of our country, the Qing Dynasty has gone through three generations. Now the wind and rain are precarious. , life and death depend entirely on you, Aijia, please everyone, come and send it on.”

The eunuchs and maids of honor sealed up all the large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry according to the order of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. All the civil and military officials present, regardless of their official positions, everyone had a share.

These people took the unique reward from the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and they kowtowed on the ground in gratitude.Taking out all your savings to reward your subordinates seems simple and requires courage.Nurhachi had never done these things, Huang Taiji hadn't done them, Shunzhi and Dorgon hadn't done them, if pushed further, which dynasty and generation of emperors could do it?

Therefore, these civil and military officials can't wait to die for the queen mother now.Kowtow and shout together:
"Thanks to the empress dowager's love, even if the ministers are so heartbroken, they will die."

"Well, since all the ministers said so, the Ai family would like to hear how you are so utterly insane that you can die without hesitation?"

Somewhat unexpectedly, these civil and military ministers of the Qing Dynasty, holding the Queen Mother's reward, looked at each other and began to show their loyalty.

Some were willing to lead troops out of the city to fight the Ming army to the death, and some were willing to go to the city to defend the city, vowing to live and die with the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

These are of course military generals, and those civil servants have all expressed their willingness to contribute money and efforts to protect the Qing Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang nodded in satisfaction, "If you speak from your heart, I will be saved."

"Never dare to lie to the Queen Mother. If you don't mean what you say, you will not end well." These civil and military officials made a poisonous oath.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang saw it, and it was true that there must be a brave man under a serious injury.

"As a minister, loyalty is commendable. However, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the Ming army is planning to trap us to death. Waiting for the king's division, there is nothing to look forward to. If we break through the siege and abandon the city, I am afraid that the city will be destroyed. The most effective way now is that all the ministers and workers are like Aijia, giving all they have to help the war, I wonder if everyone is willing?"

These civil and military officials were stunned when they heard Xiaozhuang's words, and secretly said: "The queen mother rewarded us with all her savings, and now this should allow us to reward all of her savings to the soldiers guarding the city. Let's be happy first, if this is the case, why not give all the savings to the soldiers directly?"

But thinking this way in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything, and they all said in unison: "The queen mother can be willing, how can the ministers be reluctant? Not to mention my own savings, even the heads of Chen and others will be willing!"

Someone took the lead in expressing emotion, and the others followed suit.

"Well, that's very good, then you go down and take action, and use up all your wealth, including all your savings, and what the Ai family rewarded you today, wrap it all into small bags, and reward them to the Ming army soldiers outside in 3 days. !"

Unexpectedly, all the civil and military ministers were stunned.With all my wealth, if I reward the soldiers who fought and defended the city, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and they will definitely defend the city with their lives. However, the Queen Mother made a mistake to award these things to the Ming army?

Therefore, they all looked at the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in bewilderment, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Queen Dowager, please forgive me for being stupid, please try it." Minister Gong Gong Adai boldly said.

"Don't you understand the meaning of Aijia? Give all your savings to the soldiers who defend the city. At most we can only defend the city and save our lives. But if we disperse all our savings and wealth, give them to the Ming army and the Han people." Everyone loves money, so they must loot and be grateful, so that money can be enough to retreat, understand?"

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized, and quickly kowtowed: "The empress dowager has a great opinion, and she will be able to strategize and win a decisive victory in a thousand miles. I will obey the order."

"Remember, if all the money is gone, it will come back. Don't be reluctant. Only if you give up can you gain."

The civil and military officials are very admired. Killing people with an invisible sword is the most powerful. The ancients knew that soldiers are not warlike. Attacking the city is the bottom and attacking the heart is the top. The Queen Mother's move is too high. This move will definitely break the morale of the Ming army. Well, after the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army fluctuated, we led our troops to take the initiative to attack and drove away the Ming army. The silver and jewels are still ours.

Thinking of this, all civil and military officials made up their minds, and bowed upwards: "I will obey the Queen Mother's order."

　I was on the night shift last night and only slept for four hours. Today, I was not allowed to rest. I went to the countryside to help the poor and held a meeting. Now I am dizzy. I can’t write for everyone today, only the second watch.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)