On July 1st, when the news of Shandong's defeat reached Beijing, Prince Rui, the actual ruler of the Qing Dynasty, was sitting in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City and pondering.

After the Qing army entered Beijing, Duo Gung moved into the palace. At this time, most of the palace was burned down by Li Zicheng when he evacuated. Only the area of ​​Wuying Palace was basically intact. Therefore, Dorgon handled military affairs in Wuying Palace.

Dorgon was only 33 years old this year, and it was a time to be successful. After entering the pass, only three months after the army entered the pass, not only defeated the Dashun Army, which destroyed the Ming Dynasty and occupied the Ming Dynasty's capital Beijing and Jifu area, but also all the Dashun Army was driven into Shanxi. Although Yu Gu of the Ming Dynasty had proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, he had been hiding south of the Jianghuai River and did not intend to make progress. Now the power of the Qing army has expanded to Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Henan. It can be said that the areas north of the Yellow River are basically under the control of the Qing army.

Therefore, Dorgon is also full of confidence now. Such achievements are even Nurhaci, the wise and powerful Emperor Taizong, and Huang Taiji, who is very talented. Although Wu Sangui's achievements were made, Dorgon's decision and command were also indelible. If he could take advantage of the situation and lead the army south, he could sweep the land of Jiangnan in one fell swoop and unify the world, then the name of Dorgon's emperor and Taizong would be compared with that of Taizu Taizong, even more than that. If he could... Thinking of this, Duo Gon couldn't help but gently stroke the handle of his chair, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

After a while, Dorgon calmed down and picked up a document from the table. He looked absent-mindedly. Suddenly, Dorgon's face changed, and he grabbed the document in his hand and read it carefully. This was the document that Shandong's failure.

Dorgon put down the official document and calmed down. Then he felt that he was a little proud just now. The Ming Dynasty occupied by the Qing Dynasty is only 20 or 3, and it is not so easy to unify the world. It took nearly fifty years to sweep away Eurasia and the invincible Mongolian cavalry to pacify the Southern Song Dynasty, and it also took a lot of knelts. Therefore, the future plans must be carefully considered.

After the news of the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty reached Beijing, Dorgon also thought carefully about whether to occupy the entire Ming Dynasty or to base himself on the north of the Yangtze River to achieve the division of the north and south, and also recruited the ministers of Manchu and Han dynasties to discuss it seriously.

In fact, at that time, most generals of the Qing army were somewhat unconfidence in occupying the entire Ming Dynasty, because the Qing army only occupied Beijing and surrounding areas. Li Zicheng still had hundreds of thousands of troops in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Huguang. The Ming army re-proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. There were half of the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the troops were less than 500,000. Moreover, there were many rivers and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River, which was not conducive to the performance of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry who was good at riding and shooting.

Therefore, many Manchu generals believed that the division of the north and south with the Southern Ming Dynasty should be an acceptable result. Some people even suggested that it would be better to loot Beijing and then return it to the outside of the pass. Even Duoduo and Ajige believed that at least in the short term, they could accept division of the north and south, and receive annual tribute from the south every year. Even if they wanted to conquer the south, they should wait until the north settled down before talking.

However, unlike the generals and officials of the Qing Dynasty, almost all Han officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were most enthusiastic about the Southern Expedition. Almost all Han officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the Qing army entered the pass and almost all advocated that they would not coexist with the Southern Ming regime, and use the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty to unify the country by force.

Because as long as the Ming Dynasty continues to exist, these Han officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty could only bear the reputation of traitors. Only by unifying the Qing Dynasty could they gain the rightful position. Therefore, they all tried their best to instigate Dorgon to make a decision on the southern expedition, constantly talking about the fragile customs of the people in Jiangnan and the inability to defeat wars, and it is not difficult to pacify them. The Southern Ming regime is corrupt and incompetent, the ruler is stupid and secretly, the military generals are arrogant, the civil servants and party members are attacking each other, and the internal friction is constantly being corrupt and incompetent. As long as the Qing army arrives, it will inevitably be unstoppable and sweep the land in Jiangnan.

Faced with these two opinions, Dorgon was also in a dilemma. Of course, he wanted to unify the world in one fell swoop, but he really felt unsure. Although Duo Gun also had a weak attitude towards the people in Jiangnan and had some understanding of the corruption and incompetence of the Southern Ming court, Dorgon was also very clear that the Qing Dynasty's own military strength was limited, and the Eight Banners Army was only more than 100,000 troops, and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Banners of Mongolia were less than 200,000. Moreover, the Manchus had a sparse population, so it was not easy to replenish troops. Faced with a behemoth with dozens of times larger than himself and a population of hundreds of millions, it was impossible to say that it was not a problem to say that it was not a matter of worrying.

However, the main reason that prompted Dorgon to make up his mind to fight south was the economy. Hong Chengchou, who led his army into the pass, knew this best, but he pointed out bluntly: "The grain food in the northwest is given to the southeast. After the chaos, the grain in the south did not reach the capital, and the rice price in the north increased day by day. Therefore, if the Jiangnan region was not obtained, the grain transportation would be blocked. How could it become the world?"

It should be said that Hong Chengchou was indeed arguing that the essence of the matter was, because with the development of Chinese society, the economic status of the south continued to rise, and the tax revenue of the court from the court, the salary expenditure of the military, civilians, and the supply of daily necessities of the military, civilians and the people, and the reliance on the transport of the south was increasing. The dependence of the north on the economy has penetrated into all levels of society. The basis for the relative balance of economic balance between the north and the south that appeared before the Song Dynasty no longer existed at this time. It cannot be solved by hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, silk and other annual monies.

Moreover, after more than ten years of peasant army turmoil in the north, social order and agricultural production were greatly damaged and could not be restored in a short period of time. If the supply from the south is lost, it will be difficult for the north to support it. Therefore, the land of Jiangnan is not only for unifying the world, but also a necessary measure for the Qing Dynasty to gain a foothold in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Dorgon made up his mind to collect Jiangnan. At the same time, in order to test the reaction of the Southern Ming court, he wrote a letter to Shi Kefa, who was in charge of Jiangbei. The content was of course full of coercion and intimidation. He saw how the Southern Ming court responded. But as soon as the letter was sent away, he immediately received the emergency from the Shandong rebellion. Dorgon naturally felt a little uncomfortable.

However, because Fang Dayou did not fully understand who his opponent was, he wrote it in the memorial in detail, and he could only say that it was a general nature of the Ming Dynasty officials and people launched a rebellion.

Because of this, Dorgon didn't care much. In his opinion, this Shandong rebellion was not a big deal. It was just a resistance struggle organized by a group of local officials of the Ming Dynasty and some civilians. This kind of thing happened frequently in the past when the Qing army entered the pass and raided, but I was afraid that after the news spread, it would trigger a chain reaction in the occupied areas of the Qing army, which would be a little trouble. In addition, if the Southern Ming court used this, such as sending troops to cooperate, or sending officials to govern the area, it would be very unfavorable to the rule of the Qing army. Just to put out the fire in these places, it would also drag the Qing army to run away. Therefore, this Shandong rebellion cannot be handled rashly.

However, compared with the Shandong rebellion, another document made Dorgon even more upset. This was an edict sent to Dorgon in the name of the current Qing emperor Fulin. The content was to commend Dorgon's achievements after leading his army into the pass, and compared his merits to Jiang Shang and Zhang Liang in the past, which was full of praise.

At first glance, there was nothing special about this edict, but it was just a condolence to Dogun for his hard work and great contributions, and Dorgon was also worthy of condolences. But after so many years of political struggle, Dorgon understood at first glance that there was something in the words, and he was greeting himself in the open, but in fact he was worried about himself. Therefore, he compared himself to Jiang Shang and Zhang Liang. Although Manchus were not well educated, most people were very familiar with the story of [Romance of the Three Kingdoms]. Everyone knew that in [Romance of the Three Kingdoms], Sima Hui, the Shuijing, compared Zhuge Liang to Jiang Shang and Zhang Liang. Therefore, the actual meaning of the edict was to let Dorgon learn from Zhuge Liang and be a loyal minister who would be a entrusted with his orphans.

Now Dorgon and Lang Hajir are ranked as the regent, and the commander who entered the pass this time is the commander of Dorgon. Dogun himself has a lot of talent, and two brothers Dodo and Ajige have helped him. Now that he has been invading Beijing for more than two months, the surrounding areas of Beijing have also been settled. In this case, it is time to give the emperor a clear answer. If he intends to occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is only the land in the north, the emperor should be brought to Beijing. If he intends to loot and then retreat to the outside of the pass, then there should be a reply. If he still ignores the Qing court in Shengjing like this and ignores it, it may make people wonder whether Dorgon intends to become king in Beijing.

It was impossible to say that Dorgon had no ambitions for the throne at that time, but he knew in his heart that it was not the time to establish himself in Beijing. Although all the elite troops of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners were in their own control, their families and young people were outside the pass. Once they pulled the flag and stood up, they might not be loyal to themselves. Therefore, it is better to take Fulin from Shengjing to Beijing. First, they expressed that they had no selfishness, and second, they could also control the emperor in their own hands. Anyway, they were in power now, so what were they afraid of? [Romance of the Three Kingdoms] Cao Cao and Sima Yi were all good examples of their own learning.

So on the next day, Dorgon recruited ministers to discuss and finally decided that the Shandong rebellion must be dispatched to mobilize elite troops and generals to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. At the same time, the rebel Ming army or the people were killed at the same time, and used severe means to warn other regions. In addition, the Duke of the Supplementary State Tun Qika and Tuo, and Gushan Ezhen He Hao would return to Shengjing as an envoy to welcome the emperor and ministers to come to Beijing.
Chapter completed!