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Volume Three, The Return of the Ming Dynasty, Chapter Sixty-fifth, Different Minds

.In the face of Jirgalang and the ministers' voices asking for a move, the one inside refused to say a word. Jirgalang looked up at the sky, his face became anxious, and said to Bumubutai: "Empress Dowager, the emperor refuses to move. Now he can only ask for help. I also ask the Empress Dowager to forgive his servants for being rude.

Bumubutai sighed helplessly: "Prince Zhuang, as long as you don't hurt the emperor, you can't blame me for anything you do."

"Don't worry, the emperor is the emperor, how dare the slave hurt the emperor?" Jirgalang responded, walked directly to the door of the imperial study room, and shouted loudly inside: "Master, I have offended him."

After that, with a "bang", Jiergalang pushed hard with both hands. Crack, the door bolt of the Yu Study room had been broken into two pieces. The door opened immediately, and Jiergalang walked straight away.

The Khan ministers outside were all stunned, but admired them in their hearts. It’s a pity that Prince Zhuang is Prince Zhuang...

The regret behind this is that Jiergalang wants to guard the capital. Everyone has the same opinion. It is difficult for Prince Zhuang to survive this time. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Prince Zhuang is so bold.

"You..." The little emperor pointed at Jirgalang and said nothing. He also did not expect that the door of his imperial study would be knocked open.

"Emperor, there is no slave, please let the emperor move." Jirgalang knelt down, but his tone was unquestionable.

Bumubutai also stepped in, his lips moved: "Fulin, stop making trouble, follow your mother."

Seeing Bumubutai, Shunzhi was like a defeated rooster. He was determined to learn from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to defend the capital. Fortunately, he left a name for loyalty and wise in history books. Unexpectedly, in the eyes of his wife, he was still just a fool. He was even more angry with Dorgon. If it weren't for Dorgon's incompetence, why would he have left the capital like a broken dog?

"Okay, Mother, Fulin, with you, go back to the grassland. Prince Zhuang, so that he can guard the capital. Even if he can't defend it, don't set fire to destroy it. This Forbidden City is still the crystallization of the Han people's hard work for hundreds of years. I am the Manchu emperor and the Han emperor. In the future, my descendants will come back and continue to live here."

Jierlang was stunned for a moment. Under Dorgon's order to him, if the capital could not be defended, he could set fire to a large fire. He would rather burn the capital to white land than leave it to the Ming army. However, it would be okay to agree verbally: "I obey the order."

Then he touched his own desk. Shunzhi said reluctantly: "My mother, let's go."

After sending the Empress Dowager and Shunzhi away, Jirhalang breathed a sigh of relief. In the following days, the entire inner city, except for the Qing soldiers left behind, had more than 200,000 young and old.

In front of a huge land house in the outer city, there are all kinds of sedan chairs and officials at the door. From this point alone, you can see that the identity of the landlord in this yard is not simple. The plaque of the gate is engraved with "Feng Mansion."

"Two big

This is the residence of Feng, the Grand Secretary. Feng was from the Prefecture. He was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. He had experienced three dynasties and had repeated ups and downs. Every time he was dismissed from office, he was often impeached for corruption. However, shortly after he was dismissed, he could carry a thick leg and return to the court and resume his post. In the fifth year of Tianqi, he was the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion. In April of the sixth year of Tianqi, he was promoted to the Shaobao and the Prince's Prince, the Minister of Revenue, and the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace. However, because he was too greedy for bribes, he was jealous of Cui Chengxiu, who was also a Wei party, and was dismissed from his official position and returned to his hometown to live on the second day of the sixth month of the same year.

However, Feng was a blessing in disguise. In less than two years, Wei Zhongxian fell. As an important member of the Wei Party, although Feng was implicated, he escaped his life. He only talked about being a disciple and redeeming the people. In the Chongzhen year, Feng sought to be restored to his post many times, but Chongzhen hated the Wei Party deeply and was rejected. However, Feng relied on his former rich wealth in embezzlement and spent a large amount of money, but his reputation became increasingly greater. In the first year of Shunzhi, Dorgon heard Feng's reputation and wrote a letter to recruit Feng and restore his position as a Grand Secretary.

After more than ten years of being an official, Feng was ecstatic and accepted Dorgon's recruitment without hesitation. He also recommended a large number of familiar officials to Dorgon. It should be said that Feng was still talented. He first entered the Qing court's inner court to assist in the machinery service. Soon, because of his outstanding work, he was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Hongwen Academy and the Minister of Rites. Later, he gave several examinations, and added the Young Tutor and the Prince's Grand Tutor. He and Hong Chengchou asked to restore the Ming Dynasty's old system, and organized a discussion on suburban society and ancestral temple music. However, Feng's corruption was not changed. He was repeatedly impeached by censors, but Dorgon did not punish him, which shows his importance to Feng.

In the past few days, the atmosphere in the capital was too strange. Since the emperor's father, the regent, brought the army back to the capital, he only showed his face in the court and led the army out of the city again. Then the young emperor announced the cessation of the court. The entire inner city was blocked, and all officials could not see the emperor and did not know the situation in the inner city. Naturally, people were in panic and came out to inquire about the news. The Grand Secretary Feng's Mansion became the choice.

However, although Feng is a Grand Secretary of Hongwen Academy and Minister of Rites, there is less than that of others.

Any flag soldier in the inner city can block Feng Di's road. If he were afraid that he, the clerk's little destiny, would not take it seriously.

At this moment, dozens of officials sat on Feng's mansion and looked at each other with sad eyes, and lamented from time to time. Although Feng was like them, there was no news for the time being, so many officials here were undoubtedly the fastest way to pass the news. Everyone was unwilling to go home and wait, so they simply regarded Feng's mansion as a temporary stronghold.

At this critical moment, with so many officials treating themselves as their backers, Feng naturally was happy. Not only did he give up the hall, but he also had good wine and food to entertain. Although it was for nothing, all officials could not swallow their food. When the Qing Dynasty swept the world, who would have thought that the land would be turned upside down in just over five years? If we had known this, why would everyone have committed themselves and left a stigma in history books for nothing? It was just that some people might not care about their reputation, but they had to care about their own situation.

A servant hurriedly walked out of the door and said as he walked, "Master, there is news, there is news."

As most of the people left, Jirgalang was short of manpower and could no longer block the streets of the people leaving the city. Many people saw the crowds of people leaving the city with their own eyes at home, so the news naturally could not be concealed.

"What, there is news." The listless officials were excited, stretched their necks, stared at the notes in the hand of the servant, hoping to grab them immediately and have a sneak peek.

The servant came straight to Feng and handed the note to Feng. Feng spread the note, his face turned white and red, but finally he let out a long sigh of relief, as if he was still relieved.

"Mr. Feng, what news is?"

"Yes, sir, please report any news. We are the only one who can tell us."

"Only the great horses are watching."

...

Everyone rushed over and said, Feng coughed for a moment, and waited for everyone to calm down, "Everyone, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor have left the inner city and moved to the Mongolian grassland.



"Run away." Everyone immediately reacted, and everyone was dissatisfied. Some were secretly happy, some were sad, and some were even more expressionless.

It is easy to understand that although they surrendered to the Qing court, they did not mean that they were willing to go to Manchuria to suffer. Now this is the best and save each other from embarrassment. Those who want to cry thought they were loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Unexpectedly, when the emperor and the queen mother left the capital, they didn't even tell them, and they thought they were wronged; those who were sad were between the two.

After everyone sighed for a long time, they immediately remembered a question. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty ran away. What should we do in the capital?

According to the ideas of most of the people here, they directly contacted the Ming Dynasty and surrendered together. Maybe for the sake of giving out the capital, the Ming Emperor would ask them to continue to be officials. However, there are too many people and no one dares to say it first. There are nine admirals in the capital and left-behind Manchu ministers. If someone sues him, it will be better to lose his life in vain. After going back, it is more reliable to find a familiar colleague to discuss with him.

After thinking through, the officials quickly bowed their farewell. However, before many people arrived at their homes, the bell in the palace had already ringed. The officials did not dare to neglect them and hurriedly walked to the imperial city. When they entered the inner city, they realized that it was not just the empress dowager and the emperor who left. In addition to some soldiers and the Han people were not taken away, the entire inner city had almost become a dead city.

"how so?"

Many Han officials muttered to themselves that they did not expect Manren to leave so cleanly. They looked at the murderous soldiers on both sides and became uneasy. What did Manren do? He would not come to massacre the city before leaving. After thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible. The capital was so big that there would be at least tens of thousands of people to massacre the city. Now he saw that Manren only had a few thousand people. If this number of people really wanted to massacre the city and cause resistance in the city, he might even drown the manren.

After the bell stopped, there were still hundreds of officials in the entire hall. However, the number of people from Manchu and Han people when they went to court was almost the same. Now there are only more than a dozen figures in the row, and the rest are all Han officials. Standing in the Golden Palace, looking at the empty dragon throne, many Han officials always felt that the dragon throne today seemed a little different from before.

Jirgalang walked in through the side door and saw Jirgalang's figure. The ministers who were considering how to contact the Ming army were shocked. Prince Zhuang was not an easy person.

"See King"
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