Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Some more vigilant officials followed the father-in-law who sent the copy, the guards, and the accompanying guards to inquire about Beijing's affairs.

The things I inquired about were scary!

First of all, Beijing must have fallen!Not only did Beijing fall, but even nearby state capitals such as Tianjin, Yongping, and Zunhua also fell.

Secondly, it is certain that Kangxi was captured!Not only the father-in-law, guards, and attendants who sent the surrender form can prove it.There are also many banner people and banner slaves who did not go west with Kong Shenggong for various reasons, but ran away quickly after the fall of Beijing, or Shanxi merchants who made a living in Beijing. They also saw or heard about their emperor being pretended It was transported out of Beijing in a cage... As for Kangxi himself, he thought the cage was pretty good, so he sat in it.Whether it was Wang Fuchen, the admiral of the nine gates, who brought Kangxi out of the Forbidden City and put him in a cage is unknown.

And on March 19th in the second year of Dagong (the [-]th year of Kangxi), the three major bad news of the fall of Beijing, the surrender of the emperor, and the disappearance of the Qing Dynasty were personally sent to Guihua City by Fan Chengxun, the magistrate of Datong, and reported to Guihua City just now. Empress Dowager Bumbutai who settled down in Huacheng.

"The Empress Dowager, people who ran out of Beijing said so, even a few old slaves in the servant's house said that they saw the emperor being put in a cage and transported out of Chaoyang Gate...Wow, wow, how can this be? What should we do? The emperor has descended, what should we do?"

In the Yinfo Temple in Guihua City, which was temporarily converted into a palace, an old man was heard crying so much.Bumbutai sat on the kang, leaning over, not knowing what she was thinking. The old lady's face was full of exhaustion, helplessness, puzzlement and grief—the Qing Dynasty was so good, it would be gone Woolen cloth?And her grandson Xuanye is obviously a wise king, maybe a little worse than her men Huang Taiji and Dorgon, but much better than her son Fulin.

But how did such a Mingjun toss the good Qing Dynasty to this point?

Besides, why did he surrender?It was not agreed before, when Chang Ning and the others went far away, he would break out of Beijing and come to Guihua City to meet up.Then it depends on the situation and decides whether to continue with Xihun...

Kneeling in front of the old lady was Fan Chengxun, the brother of Fan Chengmo who was captured and executed by Zhu Heqi in Ningbo. He was also Fan Wencheng's son and a very reliable servant.That's why he was arranged in Datong Mansion, Shanxi - that's the key to protecting naturalization!

As long as the two prefectures of Datong and Xuanhua are still firmly controlled by the Qing Dynasty, then the Qing Dynasty, no, it should be the Northern Qing Dynasty, can continue to deal with the new Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, such a reliable slave of the Qing Dynasty actually sent such unreliable news to Bumbutai this time.

Aunt Su Ma stood behind Bumbutai with a sad face - she watched Kangxi grow up!

Prince Lu, Shenggong, and King of Political Affairs Kong Yuqi had a chair next to Bumbutai, and they were sitting in a majestic manner with their brows furrowed.Mingzhu, Li Jie, Du Lide, and Feng Pu, the four south study rooms, were separated on two sides, and Prince Zhuang Boguoduo was also sitting beside him, all of them looked worried and frightened.

Fan Chengxun had finished speaking, and there was silence in the hall. After an unknown amount of time, Bumbutai said slowly: "The emperor cannot surrender! He must have died for his country... Holy Duke, what do you say?" Woolen cloth?"

"Yes, yes, the emperor must have died for the country!" Although Kong Shenggong was a holy man who "ruled with his bow", he also understood that the emperor's death for the country and the emperor's surrender were two different things.

If the emperor surrendered, then the Qing Dynasty would be gone!Everyone has nothing to play, and the surname is Zhu in the world.

If Kangxi died for the country, then Kangxi's prince Yinreng would be able to ascend the throne as the new emperor.And he, Kong Shenggong, can continue to be the king of politics with Chang Ning, control the government, and do whatever he wants... Don't look at this wave of killings in the Qing Dynasty. It is estimated that the south of the Great Wall in Zhili (excluding Xuanhua) and the south of the Great Wall in Shanxi (Not including Datong), Shandong, Henan, these sites will all have to be lost!

However, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shengjing General's jurisdiction, Monan Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia, Dongdao Mongolia, Datong Prefecture and Xuanhua Prefecture should still be able to hold on.

If luck is a little bit better, the suzerainty of Xueyu, Western Regions, and Moxi Mongolia should also be able to hold.

In fact, Zhou Peigong and the others analyzed it to Kong Shenggong a long time ago. The reason why the Qing Dynasty was so miserable was not because it was too weak, but because its enemy, the Xinming Dynasty, was too strong—in terms of military affairs, finance, population, and spells. In many other aspects, it can crush the Qing Dynasty!

However, the Qing Dynasty's own national population was too small, and it was impossible to mobilize the Han people in the north... This is a fight of hundreds of thousands and tens of millions of people!And they lined up and shot them!

However, even if this Great Qing becomes the Northern Qing, as long as they can hold their ground and hide a little bit from the new Great Ming, there is still a lot to be done!

"What do you think?" Bumbutai asked several ministers and a prince around him.

"Woooo...the emperor died for his country!"

"Wow... the emperor is dead!"

"emperor……"

The "acting skills" of these people are much better than those of Kong Shenggong, and the bitter scene came directly - crying!

"Empress Dowager, since the emperor died for the country, the country cannot live without a king for a day!" Kong Shenggong was not in the mood to pretend to cry, he is now a powerful warlord, of course he has to intervene in the "abolition of the establishment" - this is also What Zhou Peigong and the others taught is to support the establishment first, then abolish it, and then they can coerce the emperor to order the princes, and of course usurp the throne in the end!

Of course, Bumbutai would not have thought that Kong Shenggong, who has always been honest and trustworthy, would have such thoughts. When she heard what Kong Shenggong said, she could only sigh: "Since the first emperor appointed the crown prince, it is natural for him to ascend the throne as emperor. Now the crown prince is reconciling Prince Gong will come here together, and when they arrive, the crown prince will be formally enthroned."

Mingzhu reminded at this time: "Empress Dowager, people everywhere are panicking now, which is extremely bad for us. Why don't you go ahead and announce to the world, announcing the death of the late emperor and the enthronement of the crown prince, so as to calm people's hearts."

Bumbutai nodded, and said, "Mingzhu, you should be more thoughtful, so hurry up and draw up the decree!"

"Whoo!"

Chapter 648 What?I became the first emperor?

Ever since Zhu Qipao became Zhu Heqi, the fate of Emperor Kangxi has become rather ill-fated... Inexplicably, he was "captured" once, "died" twice, and escaped in a donkey cart Once, all kinds of unlucky things happened.

But not all of his misfortunes were related to Zhu and Qi.

For example, the "martyrdom" this time was "made" by himself.If he didn't want to kill his brother and eliminate potential threats, he could take Chang Ning with him.

If he walks quickly after leaving Juyongguan, don't stay in Xuanhua for a few days to deploy defenses.He can also arrive at naturalization before the news of his "being martyred" is sent out, then he will not be able to "die".

Of course, Kangxi also sent a messenger to Guihua City with a letter to report safety... But because of Burni's instigation, the Monan grassland was very peaceful during this period, and there were many warriors who originally belonged to Chahar Mongolia everywhere. Burning, killing, looting, and attacking the Qing army who were alone.

As a result, the Chuanqi sent by Kangxi to report the letter was very unlucky to meet the Mongolian rebels on the grassland and let them kill him.

So Kangxi thought that the Guihua side already knew the news of his escape, but the Guihua side not only knew nothing about it, but they were still preparing a grand funeral for him!

On March 23, Kangxi, who had been delayed for several days in Xuanhua City, finally took his [-] elite soldiers (he left some to guard Xuanhua) and appeared mightily in Tumo, east of Guihua City. On the Techuan Grassland.

At this time, large and small tents were scattered all over the grassland near Guihua City.

Most of the more than 20 people that Kong Shenggong brought out from Beijing now live in these tents.

According to the order of Emperor Kangxi, these more than 20 people still maintain the Eight Banners organization.Even those who were not in the banners before are now included in the Eight Banners.

Therefore, there should be eight kinds of flags, but what Kangxi sees now is a vast expanse of whiteness!

"Duolong, Xiao Guizi, take a quick look." Kangxi rubbed his eyes and asked the two confidantes beside him, "Why are there Zhengbai flags in front?"

"Your Majesty, let the servants take a closer look." After Duolong said, he took out the binoculars and looked on the horseback, "No, it's not Zhengbaiqi..."

"Your Majesty, it seems that someone is going to a big funeral!" Eunuch Xiao Guizi also took out the binoculars to look, and soon realized something was wrong.

"Yes, it's a big funeral..." Duolong muttered, "I don't know who died?"

"A big funeral?" Kangxi was taken aback, "Could it be the emperor's grandmother?"

Of course he never thought that he himself died!He thought it was his imperial grandmother, Bumbutai, who was going down to see Dorgon... Thinking of this, he no longer had the mood to hurry on his way, so he quickly picked up the whip and whipped the big ocean horse under his crotch—— The horse was a tribute from the Spanish envoy. It was tall and strong, with a black body.Because it was a gelding, Kangxi called it "Black Eunuch".

The "black eunuch" was hurt by the beating, and he spread his hooves and galloped.Duolong and Xiaoguizi rode good horses too. Although they were not as fierce as the "black eunuch", they galloped and followed closely.

The three masters and slaves ran wildly on the grassland outside Guihua City, and in a short while they rushed to the side of the white camp.

The camp was enormous and fortified, surrounded by a fence and trenches dug.The three masters and slaves galloped along the ditch for a while, and found a camp gate.

The gate of the camp was open, and a group of heavily armed white-clothed warriors stood outside the gate.The leader was an old bannerman, Zhang Zhongqi.

The old man's luck is quite good, the last time the Battle of Urin was fought so badly, he ran out unscathed.Later, the supervisors at the top saw that he was too old, so they sent him back to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, not long after he returned to Beijing, something big happened.The courtyards inside the second ring road are gone, the Zhuangzi outside the city are gone, and even the Beijing household registration is gone.In the end, I had to take the whole family to escape to naturalization... I really lost everything!

Although the old man had suffered a lot when he was young, he has been living a good life since he entered the customs with the Qing Dynasty.I thought I would be able to enjoy the blessings until my death, but I didn't expect that fate would play a huge joke on him, and now he has become a "suffering old man"!

"Who is coming? Password!" Although they are all "old and bitter".But Zhang Zhongqi was still working hard on his errands, and when he saw Kangxi and his party were about to enter the camp, he hurriedly stopped them—Kangxi and the others were only wearing ordinary yellow flag cloth masks, so Zhang Zhongqi didn't know who they were.

Of course Kangxi didn't know the password, he just asked loudly: "Who is it, who is gone?"

Although his words were a bit rambling, Zhang Zhongqi still understood what he wanted to ask, so he sighed and replied: "We are wearing filial piety to Emperor Daxing."

"Emperor Daxing?" Kangxi was taken aback.

Daxing emperor usually refers to an emperor who is dead but has not yet received a temple title or posthumous title.

If you want to become the Emperor of Daxing, you must first become the Emperor, and then die.And the emperor of the Qing Dynasty seems to be only Kangxi...

"I don't know what the reign name of the Daxing Emperor is?" Kangxi hurriedly asked.

"What else? Of course it's Kangxi, it's Kangxi..."

"What? Kangxi is dead?" This was probably the last news Emperor Kangxi wanted to hear, "But why didn't I know?"

"You? Who are you? I have to tell you whether Lord Kangxi collapsed or not?" Zhang Zhongqi had never seen Emperor Kangxi at close range, so he didn't recognize him.

Kangxi thought to himself: "If this Emperor Kangxi is dead, I must...not know!"

"What's going on? Tell me quickly! Tell me quickly..." Emperor Kangxi was already a little anxious.

He needs to know how he died!

After all, Kangxi was an emperor (before he was alive), so he spoke with great momentum.

Zhang Zhongqi immediately had the feeling that he had met the "big master", how dare he hide it?Quickly replied: "Reporting to my master, as far as I know, Emperor Daxing was hanged on the crooked neck tree in Jingshan..."

"Shut up, you're talking nonsense!" Kangxi yelled and interrupted Zhang Zhongqi, "My men have cut down all the crooked neck trees on Jingshan Mountain!"

"I? You are..."

"I am Emperor Kangxi!" Kangxi roared, "I am not dead! Who is cursing me..."

Emperor Kangxi was about to get angry when there was a rush of horseshoes in his ears.He hurriedly looked back, and saw a large group of white knights galloping towards them.He picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and found that the leader was Kong Shenggong.

Kong Shenggong was ordered to meet Prince Yinreng—the sentry on the head of Guihua City saw Emperor Kangxi's brigade from a distance, but they didn't know that it was Kangxi who came.Kangxi is "dead", how come?So everyone thought it was Chang Ning who came to protect Prince Yinreng.

So Bumbutai asked Kong Shenggong to take people out of the city to meet him... As a result, Kong Shenggong was riding a horse and walking, and he heard the voice of Emperor Kangxi.

"Brother Shenggong, brother Shenggong..."

Kong Shenggong was taken aback for a moment, suspecting that something was wrong with his ears, he quickly followed the sound, and then saw Emperor Kangxi galloping towards him with a troop of cavalry.

After Emperor Kangxi walked in, Kong Shenggong found out that the pockmarked face of the former emperor of the Qing Dynasty was full of anger, and he looked very scary!

"First... Your Majesty, you are not..." Kong Shenggong saw Kangxi clasping his fists on the horse's back and saluting, while saying something incoherent.

Kangxi was still furious, and asked loudly: "What's going on? Zhen, how did I become the emperor of Daxing?"

"This, this is not because of..."

"Because of what? Tell me!" Kangxi roared angrily.

"Because you surrendered after being captured by the Ming army..." Kong Shenggong hesitated, "Your Majesty, did you escape?"

"Escape?" Kangxi was taken aback for another moment, then remembered something, "Could it be Chang Ning?"

"Prince Gong..." Kong Shenggong asked when Kangxi mentioned "Chang Ning", "Why don't you see Prince Gong?"

Kangxi said in a deep voice: "He should be captured!"

Chapter 649 How about you become the emperor's uncle and regent?

Finally the truth came out!

Kong Shenggong understood all these things. It turned out that Kangxi wanted to cheat his younger brother and let Chang Ning pretend to stay in Beijing to carry the thunder of the Ming Dynasty, while he came out of his shell as a golden cicada and became Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty.But I didn't expect that Chang Ning was also a coward, who refused to stick to the end in Beijing, and even came to surrender, and surrendered in the name of Kangxi!

On the other hand, Daming probably made a mistake, let Chang Ning continue to be Kangxi, and let him send eunuchs and "yellow jackets" in the palace in the name of Kangxi, and distributed copies of the lowered forms all over the world, making Zhili of the Qing Dynasty , Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other provinces panicked, and the officials under them either ran away, or simply became "two, three, four, five, six" ministers...

But what's more troublesome is that the Empress Dowager Bumbutai in Guihua City also thought that Emperor Kangxi had been captured. In order to cheer up people's hearts, she announced that Kangxi had died for the country, and the throne of the Qing Dynasty would be inherited by Prince Yinreng!And it has already issued a benevolent order and announced it to the world.

In other words, Kangxi has either surrendered or died... His beloved throne has also belonged to his son Yinfeng.

After listening to Kong Shenggong finished talking about the current situation, Emperor Kangxi was stunned for a moment, just like a wood carving clay sculpture, fixed there, motionless.

Kong Shenggong is also a little anxious for Kangxi and the Qing Dynasty, although he is now a powerful warlord.But his little strength couldn't resist the Ming Dynasty's attack, so he couldn't rebel against the Qing Dynasty yet, so he approached Kangxi and began to advise him with good intentions.

Kong Shenggong said in a low voice: "Brother Emperor, look at this matter...how about you become the emperor's uncle and regent of the Qing Dynasty!"

"What? I'm the emperor's uncle and regent? You want me to take Chang Ning's place?" Kangxi almost vomited blood at Kong Shenggong... This man with ulterior motives wants Kangxi to take Chang Ning's place instead!If he really became Chang Ning, wouldn't he become the uncle of his children?

Kong Shenggong is now a powerful warlord, and he doesn't look at people's faces when he speaks. Even if Kangxi's numb face is as red as a pig's liver and is about to explode, he still speaks out, and continues to anger Kangxi.He pondered for a while, and then said: "Actually, as long as the power is in hand, being an emperor is not much different from being a regent. Besides, the crown prince is still your own son. How can he not listen to you? You are actually the regent. What a majesty!"

"Being the emperor is not much different from being the regent?" Kangxi said in his heart, "It seems that there is not much difference between being the emperor's uncle and the emperor's uncle and regent!"

Kong Shenggong didn't know that he was already suspected by Kangxi, but even if he knew he was not afraid - he had strength and was not afraid of Kangxi's suspicion, so he had to continue to say what should be said.

Shenggong said: "Besides, the situation is so bad, the emperor, you should also give an explanation to the people of the world..."

What's the meaning?Kangxi said in his heart: "The Qing Dynasty has reached this point, is it all my fault?"

Kong Shenggong went on to say: "Long live Lord, in fact, everyone in the court knows that you are a rare emperor and sage in the past dynasties. In recent years, you have made great efforts to govern and improve, and the strength of the Qing soldiers has also been enhanced because of your reforms." How much... But why did the Qing Dynasty lose again and again? Isn’t this God’s will? God’s will is so, shouldn’t you retreat to advance?”

His words can be regarded as Kangxi's reminder that Kangxi's current situation is really "death"!It is not something that can be saved by manpower at all-several 10 people and tens of millions of people lined up and shot, how could this win?Besides, sugar has become a big killer now!

And Daming now owns 300% of the world's sugar production capacity—isn't this God's will?White sugar appeared in Zhejiang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and I didn’t know it was from Fujian. However, from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, no one thought that white sugar could be used to make gunpowder for nearly [-] years!Otherwise, Mongolia would have been flattened in the Ming Dynasty, and the Jurchens between the white mountains and the black waters would have been blown into obedience... But this secret was discovered by Zhu Heqi and the others!

This is not God's will, what is God's will?

And now even people like Kong Yuqi believe in "God's will", let alone those people below?

Now Kangxi is facing a multiple-choice question that he can't choose!

The Qing Dynasty has fallen to this point, either because of God's will, or because of Kangxi's lack of leadership.

If it is God's will, then Kangxi must step down and replace Yinfeng with a try.If Kangxi's leadership is incompetent...then Kangxi still has to step down!

In short, he must step down!

Thinking of this, Kangxi had no choice but to sigh deeply: "Brother Shenggong, what you said makes sense... let's go, let's go to the city first, and I have to go to the empress dowager to plead guilty!"

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With a sound of "snap", a tea bowl was smashed in front of Kangxi, and the tea and tiles splashed on his robe, but Kangxi didn't move, and just knelt there obediently—— He is pleading guilty!