Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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The basis of the Confucianism's tax system for virtuous people is actually the clan. However, this system cannot protect the weak and small clans and suppress mergers. Instead, it can help the powerful clans to speed up the pace of mergers, and then the imperial court can rely on these powerful clans to obtain money, grain and military strength. .Although this routine is not conducive to the centralization of power, it is still very practical for Beiqing, which is now precarious and may have to move westward... because there is a group of powerful clans following, it is easy to take root wherever it goes!

And the method used by the Qing government, whose prestige has been greatly damaged, to control the disciples of these powerful sects is to form an alliance with the Confucian sect—this method is actually the same as the historically weak dynasties relying on this religion or that religion, or relying on which gentry.

So from this perspective, Confucianism has now become a partner of Beiqing!

Kangxi has to rely on Confucianism now, so of course he can't point at Kong Shenggong's nose and call you damn.

"It's Chang Ning and Mingzhu who deserve to die!" Kangxi gritted his teeth, "I will never let them go lightly... I will pass on my order to put Yongshou, Manduhu, Haishan, and Nalan Kuishu in prison! die!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"Supreme Emperor, no!"

"Your Majesty..."

As soon as Kangxi said he was going to kill someone, the ministers who were lying on the ground silently began to persuade him.

Yongshou, Manduhu, and Haishan are the sons of Chang Ning, and Nalan Kuixu is the son of Nalan Mingzhu.

That Nalan Kuixu died as long as he died, but the other three were all Aixinjueluo, close relatives of the emperor, cousins ​​of Emperor Tongzhi, how could they be killed so easily?

"Don't persuade me anymore," Kangxi roared, "I must kill them!"

He only said half of what he said, and the other half was "If you don't kill them, you can't prove that you are the real Kangxi!"

Chang Ning, who killed a thousand swords, has probably surrendered to Daming in the name of Emperor Kangxi, and he also said that the real Kangxi of Xingqing Mansion is Chang Ning... This is really outrageous!

Kangxi now has to prove that he is himself... and killing Chang Ning's son is the best proof!

Tiger poison does not eat its children!If he was really Chang Ning, would he be willing to kill his own son?

"Brother Taishang, I can't agree to this matter!" Kong Shenggong said firmly at this time, "The reason why Prince Gong voluntarily stayed in Beijing was all because of brotherhood. He stayed in Beijing for you...he is now Falling into the hands of the rebel with the knife resting on his neck, doesn’t that mean he needs to be convenient and round? Even Prince Gong may have been killed, but the rebel found someone to play him, no, it’s a play You! How could you kill his three sons for this?

Now there is no news that the fake Kangxi in Beijing is Prince Gong pretending to be! "

"You, you..." Kangxi was a little dumbfounded by Kong Shenggong's words.

Keeping Chang Ning in Beijing is already very dishonest, and now he wants to kill Chang Ning's three sons... And there is indeed no evidence that the fake Kangxi in Beijing is Chang Ning!

Let alone evidence, there are no rumors!

It is also possible that Chang Ning had already died for the country instead of Kangxi, and Zhu Heyi just found a pockmark to impersonate Kangxi, and Kangxi killed all three of Chang Ning's sons... This is too chilling.

"Then, then temporarily put them in prison..." Kangxi suddenly felt that something was wrong when he said this, and after thinking about it, he finally remembered. He looked at Kong Shenggong and said, "Shenggong, what did you just say? Agree? Why do you disagree?"

"I am the regent!" Kong Shenggong replied, "Brother Taishang, have you forgotten? Now you, I, and the empress dowager are the regents to assist the emperor."

Chapter 662 Tuhai is real, Pearl is real, and of course Kangxi is real too!

Kangxi has been the emperor since he was a child, and he has been used to it for almost 20 years.So even though he has resigned to the second line and became the emperor, in his subconscious mind, he is still the emperor of the ninety-five years of the Qing Dynasty and the lord of the world.When Kong Shenggong reminded me just now, I realized that I am no longer the emperor, but the Supreme Emperor!

Perhaps the fact that he suddenly found out that he had been laid off had dealt too much blow to Kangxi's heart.Kangxi, who was originally standing, sat back on his throne, and muttered to himself: "I am no longer the emperor, I am no longer the emperor..."

Seeing their little Holy Master's miserable appearance, the ministers below all sobbed.They really couldn't figure it out, Kangxi was obviously a wise emperor, and he had already held great power, firmly in his hands.How did the two rebels Zhu Heqi and Wu Sangui become popular?But even so, after Kangxi lost half of the southern country, he still determined to reform, organized the new Eight Banners Army, and took the lead again and again to inspire the loyalty and blood of the soldiers. How did he fail like this?In the eyes of these ministers who know the soldiers, the new army of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is really strong!Otherwise, it would not have been possible to defeat the coalition forces of Wu Yingqi and Burni so easily in the Battle of Chilbo.

Even those foreign generals sent by the Dutch East India Company to help the Qing army train after seeing the Battle of Chilbo, they all gave their thumbs up and said that today's Qing soldiers are top-notch even on the Europa battlefield. It is enough to compete with the elite soldiers of King Louis of France, but the army of King Peter of the Raksha Kingdom is far inferior to the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty!

The Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were so strong, how could they be easily defeated by the Ming Army?Moreover, he lost again and again, until he was unable to recover from the defeat!Great Qing, what should we do next?

"The Supreme Emperor, the 36th strategy is the best! Now that the fake Kangxi has emerged in Beijing, it will probably be used to split our Qing Dynasty... Shengjing seems to be unstoppable!"

"Your Majesty, the hearts of the people in Guanzhong are extremely fluctuating now. The banner people who moved to Guanzhong before are afraid of the rebels coming... It's better to move them all to Xingqing Mansion, Xining Mansion and Lanzhou Mansion."

Now that there is no way to recover, and there are two more Kangxis, these capable ministers of the Qing Dynasty naturally thought of preserving their strength... Anyway, the Qing Tianbing has already sneaked all the way from Guangdong to the northeast and northwest, why don't they retreat again? Woolen cloth?

Several Nanshufang ministers agreed one after another, but all of them looked very unsightly.Because Zhu Heqi obviously had a conspiracy to come up with a fake Kangxi.And what he is planning, everyone can figure it out with his heels, it must be in the corner of the northeast.

In fact, I took out a map and looked at it, and I knew that the stalls in Beiqing were still too big.One is in the northeast, the other is in the northwest, and there is a Mongolia in the middle.Moreover, there is also a Genghis God Bless Khanburni who is an enemy of the Northern Qing Dynasty in Mongolia!

And to maintain this plate, there are only [-] to [-] Banner new troops, [-] to [-] Lu Yong, and [-] Mongolian new troops.

22 troops seem to be a lot, but the financial resources of the Northern Qing court are now exhausted, and there is no financial resources to maintain that many troops.Moreover, the territory of the Northern Qing Dynasty was too large. The distance between the two core areas, Shaanxi-Gansu, Shengjing, and Ningguta, was more than 3000 miles.

Once these two core sites were attacked by the Ming army, the Qing army guarding there could only fight on their own.

And when the financial resources of the Northern Qing Dynasty were exhausted, and two Kangxis emerged, one east and one west, how much thought would the army below have to fight to the death?

The Northwest where Zhen Kangxi personally watched is better, and the main force of the Northern Qing Dynasty is also here, and it is also backed by Junggar and Heshuote, two Mongolian Khanates that supported Kangxi Khan, so it can still persist.The big deal is to abandon the Guanzhong Plain and shrink westward...

Shengjing and Ningguta, without the real Kangxi in charge, are very dangerous.If the Ming army supports the puppet Kangxi Changning attack, maybe there will be a half-push and half-open door to surrender!

As soon as Kangxi thought that Chang Ning was pretending to be himself and marched into Shengjing with the help of Ming Zhu and Wang Fuchen, two traitors, he regretted wanting to slap himself... If he had known that Chang Ning could do this, he should have been poisoned to death. !

Still soft-hearted!

Thinking of this, Kangxi took a leisurely look at Kong Shenggong. Kong Shenggong thought that Kang Mazi was asking him for advice, so he replied: "My lord, if there are green hills left, I am not afraid that there will be no firewood...as long as we have 20 yuan in our hands. Elite soldiers, where can't we go?"

Kangxi said in his heart: "Among the 20 troops, you have 1 to [-] Lu Yong, Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao and more than [-] Gansan Green Battalion soldiers led by them... You are more dangerous than Chang Ning!"

Thinking of this, Kangxi's expression didn't move, he just said lightly: "Understood... Immediately issue an order to the princes and county kings of the Bahai and Horqin tribes to move westward to Xingqing Mansion immediately. Kang Wang and Yue Le in Guanzhong ordered them to collect more money, food and cloth, and then retreat to Lanzhou Mansion."

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"General, Liaoyang City is just ahead, and within two hours at most, our brigade can enter the city to rest!"

Chang Ning, or pseudo-Kangxi, Dongkangxi or something, is just such a person, now he is wearing a yellow flag cotton armor, wearing a gun helmet, riding a tall horse, standing on a small hill.Below the mound, battalions of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and baggage convoys rolled past.These soldiers will all be dressed as flag soldiers, wearing five-color cotton armors of yellow, white, red, blue, and red, marching silently.The flags of the Eight Banners soldiers fluttered and danced among the ranks.This area is already the Liaohe Plain, and it is not far from the Shengjing city of Shenyang in the Northern Qing Dynasty.The surrounding population is fairly dense, and around the official road, there are sporadic bannermen and banner slaves staring blankly at this familiar yet unfamiliar Eight Banners soldiers.

Reporting to Chang Ning is Tu Hai, the former chief academician of the Qing Dynasty!

Chang Ning's lineup is far more luxurious than Kangxi imagined!There are not only "middle halls" like Tuhai and Mingzhu, but also princes like Le Erjin and Dong E, and generals like Mang Yitu.

As far as this team is concerned, the fake Kangxi of Chang Ning is no longer fake...Tuhai is real, Mingzhu is real, Le Erjin, Dong E, and Mang Yitu are all real!How could the Kangxi who led them be a fake?

So after Chang Ning's army came out of Shanhaiguan, it was "like a broken bamboo" all the way. It didn't need to fight against the forts stationed by the Qing army. Just let Tuhai, Mingzhu, Le Erjin, Dong E, and Mang Yitu show their faces. In all likelihood, the Qing army guarding the fort came out of Kaesong and surrendered.

Along the way, Chang Ning has doubts about his identity—am I Chang Ning or Kangxi?Why did every fortress guard who saw me cry and call me "Emperor"...one or two people would admit their mistakes, and everyone would admit their mistakes?

Am I really Emperor Kangxi?

The summer wind passed by, carrying the cool air from the sea, which woke up Chang Ning's hot head quite a bit.

"It doesn't matter who I am..."

Chang Ning muttered.

The Qing Dynasty is now in a state of desperation... let alone the Northwest, the corner of the Northeast is in a state of desperation!

This time, the army that left the customs was not limited to the [-] banner soldiers led by Chang Ning, but the [-] troops led by Burni and Wang Fuchen (in fact, they were also the original banner soldiers and Mongolian soldiers) followed behind!

If Chang Ning...Chang Kangxi dares to have any other intentions, there is no need for Zhu and Qi to send troops from Beijing, and there is no need for the troops stationed in Shanhaiguan and Gaizhou in Liaodong, just Burni and Wang Fuchen can kill him!They don't even need to make a move, Tuhai, Mingzhu, Le Erjin, Dong E, and Mang Yitu are now the lackeys of the Ming Emperor.

Daqing...it's over! "

Thinking of this, Chang Ning gave a wry smile, rushed down the mound as soon as he hit the horse, merged into the torrent of Daming Eight Banners soldiers, and shouted: "Da Ming Eight Banners, entered Liaoyang!"

Chapter 663 Don't fire, I am Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty is over!

Shengjing, the tenth day of August in the second year of the Great Duke of Ming Dynasty.

Under the sunshine of mid-autumn, this famous city and capital located outside the pass showed a gray atmosphere.The eight gates of Shengjing were closed tightly, and the streets in the city were deserted. Even the busiest market outside Shengjing Imperial City used to be the busiest market, and the doors of all the shops were locked.On the top of the city, only the white square flag of General Shengjing's Zhengbai Banner and the new army's right road to Tongbahai and several white dragon flags of Zhengbai Banner fluttered feebly.

Outside the gray city walls of Shengjing, a total of about 2 new troops of the Eight Banners, including Zhenghuang, Zhengbai, Zhenghong, Zhenglan, and Xianghong, have formed sixteen large infantry horizontal formations, blocking the Shengjing area. Outside the eight gates of Beijing, there are two large horizontal lines outside each gate, one in front of one and one in the back, which is tightly blocked.Moreover, the Eight Banners New Army who blocked the gate also set up cannons, and the black muzzles of the cannons were facing the city wall of Shengjing.Among the infantry and artillery blocking the gate, there were groups of scattered Mongolian cavalry. Together with the Eight Banners New Army, they surrounded the city of Shengjing.

General Bahai of Shengjing and his deputy are all in charge of Anzhu Lake, and the other two subordinates are Dutong, Deputy Dutong, and Canling. At this time, they are already standing on the tower of the Deshengmen gate , These people were all standing on the top of the city with livid faces, each with a binoculars, looking at the big yellow flag with "Kangxi is here" tattooed on the back of the Zhenghuang Banner New Army outside the city.

There are several knights riding horses under the banner of "Kangxi Laiye". There is no Kangxi, but there are Tuhai, Mingzhu, Leerjin, Dong E, Mang Yitu... There is also a Confucian master and Shandong governor Huang Zhisheng !

Bahai, Anzhuhu and others are very familiar with the above-mentioned people, and they can recognize the faces turned into ashes.Now that these people haven't turned gray and are still in human form, of course the two of them won't admit their mistakes—these are definitely the real people, true to false!

Of course, Bahai and Anzhuhu had already received the "True Kangxi" court letter and Mingfa edict. Among them, the court letter was written by Kangxi himself, and there were three court letters and two Mingfa edicts.The first court post was Kangxi telling them that he had arrived for naturalization... safe and sound!

In the second court post, Kangxi told them that although he had abdicated, he still held the power, and asked them to be obedient!

The third court post told them that there was a fake Kangxi in Beijing, who was actually Prince Gong Changning, who had surrendered to the traitors, and asked them to be careful not to be deceived.

Both Mingfa Shangyu were issued in the name of Emperor Tongzhi. The first one was to tell Bahai and Anzhuhu that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty had changed. Regency together.

The second one arrived just a few days ago, and the content was to ask Bahai and Anzhuhu to immediately abandon the jurisdiction of General Shengjing and General Ningguta, and lead their soldiers and their families to move westward to Xingqing Mansion, the new capital of the Qing Dynasty... ...This edict made Bahai and Anzhuhu very anxious.

The Northeast Qing Army has three Gushan Mountains, one of which is located in Ningguta, and the other two are located in Shengjing. However, the soldiers under the jurisdiction of these three Gushan Mountains own farms near Shengjing City.

Although most of the soldiers of the New Eight Banners do not have many family members, there are more than 10 soldiers from Gushan plus their family members who have to relocate!This is not counting the tenants who moved from the pass for their farming.

The soldiers and families of the new Eight Banners are not nomads. They were either old Manchurians, Chen Hanjun, coated slaves, or green battalion soldiers, and some were simply Han farmers. Only a small part were originally nomadic Mongols.

Kangxi asked Bahai and Anzhuhu to take these people on a long-distance journey of more than 3000 miles, and moved to Ningxia through the grasslands and Gobi outside the customs, and there was not enough preparation time, and they had to set off immediately... This is simply a death migration ah!

And just when Bahai, Anzhuhu, and the Dutong, Deputy Dutong, and generals of Gushan, the two new armies stationed in Shengjing, were at a loss...Kangxi himself led his troops to fight over!

But this Kangxi is not that Kangxi.

The Kangxi who led the troops to fight over was the Prince Gong Changning who Kangxi claimed to have defected to the country and defected to Bahai and Anzhuhu.

However, the Kangxi who called him did not admit that he was Chang Ning. After his army left Shanhaiguan, he kept releasing news, saying that Chang Ning was the one who fled to Ningxia, and he was the real Kangxi Kangxi. pock.

And this statement has also been confirmed by the various Mongolian Zasak banners on the grassland. Some of these Zasak banners have followed Burni. As a result, they witnessed the scene of Kangxi surrendering to the Emperor of Heaven in Beijing... The Great Halal is really over!

But why are Bahai and Anzhuhu willing?Such a big Qing Dynasty, how can it be gone without it?And isn't there another Kangxi in Ningxia?Most of the land in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces is still under the control of Kangxi in Ningxia. The western part of the Monan grassland and the Hetao grassland, as well as Datong in Shanxi, Xuanhua in Zhili, and a part of the Mobei grassland are also under the control of the Ningxia court. .

In addition, in addition to the three new Gushan armies managed by the Shengjing General's Mansion and Ningguta General Mansion, there is also a large and powerful Zhelimu League in the northeast - this league has a total of ten Zasak banners, The six Zasak Banners are still from Horqin. They are deeply bound to the Aixinjueluo family, and no one can do without the other.

So this Qing Dynasty still has strength, why is it gone?

But just when Bahai and Anzhuhu felt that the Qing Dynasty could survive for a while, they were surrounded by Kangxi in Shengjing City!

Alas, this battle is really impossible to fight. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty surrendered to the enemy and went to participate in the anti-Qing and Fuming. He even led troops to surround Shengjing City where the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty were stationed...

Just when Bahai, Anzhuhu and others were at a loss, a shield car that looked very strong was pushed out from the formation of the Eight Banners soldiers besieging the city!

There is another person on this shield car, wearing a yellow-flag cloth armor, huddled behind the thick big shield.

What does it mean?To attack the city?But what is the use of this shield car?

When Bahai, Anzhuhu and others were feeling confused, the shield chariot had already reached a place more than 100 steps away from Deshengmen. It was impossible for muskets to hit at this distance, but it was no problem to fight with mother-in-law cannons.

Just when Ba Hai was considering whether to open fire, the people behind the shield car suddenly raised a banner with words on it.

"I am Kangxi, don't open fire..." Ba Hai read each word, and his face turned pale with shock when he finished.

Kangxi is really here?

Before Ba Hai could react, the people below were already shouting.

"The general...the emperor is here!"

"General, the emperor is just outside the city!"

"General, you can't let someone hit the emperor with a cannonball..."

"General, don't hurt the emperor!"

"Yes, we are all promoted by the emperor, we must not be ungrateful!"

After hearing the words of the people below, Ba Hai was also a little speechless.Did Kangxi not know yet?Why are you people so preconceived?

"Pass down the order, and all muskets and cannons are not allowed to fire." Although he was not sure if it was Kangxi, Bahai still dared not make a mistake—if it was the real Kangxi, if someone killed him, it would be a regicide up!

Bahai didn't want to seek to usurp the throne, so what kind of prince did he kill?

And after killing the king, he can't run away!Surrounded by so many soldiers outside, there are still many Mongolian cavalry, and there may be real soldiers of tomorrow nearby!

At this moment, the shield vehicle got closer again, and then the people in the city heard a loud shout coming from behind the shield.

"Don't fire, I'm Kangxi... The Qing Dynasty is over! It's over!"

Immediately afterwards, a man wearing a cotton armor with a yellow flag and a gun helmet on his head, with a sad face, showed half of his body from behind the shield of the shield car.

Bahai quickly pointed the binoculars at the man, took a closer look, and recognized that it was Prince Gong Changning.

Just when Ba Hai wanted to expose the fake Kangxi, Chang Ning shouted loudly again: "The people in the city listened, one hundred thousand soldiers from tomorrow have already left Shanhaiguan..."

Chapter 664 We love Daming, we want to be eagle dogs!

What?One hundred thousand tomorrow soldiers are coming?

Bahai trembled when he heard the news. He had only less than 2 new Eight Banners troops under his command (there were less than 1 people in Ningguta), and his morale was low. fighting spirit.

If it's just the Eight Banners of Ming Dynasty outside the city, they can still support it.But if the real big tomorrow's soldiers come, and they return [-], then Shengjing City won't be able to defend for a few days!

Thinking of this, Ba Hai decided to take a closer look...he had to see clearly!

Is the person here Kangxi?