Zunhua City.

The name Zunhua began in the Later Tang Dynasty, meaning "following the teachings of Confucius and Mencius and educating the people."

Here, we are leaning on Yanshan Mountain, leaning on the Luan River, leaning on the Great Wall in the north, looking at the capital in the west, facing the Tianjin and Tang Dynasties in the south, and connecting Liao Dynasties in the east, making it a strategic location.

There are continuous military tents outside the city, and a dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty stands.

In the city, Fan Wencheng and Tong Shengnian were standing on the city gate and talking.

Fan Wencheng was 49 years old. He claimed to be the descendant of Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the Song Dynasty. His ancestral home is Chenyang. His great-grandfather was once the Minister of War of the Chu Dynasty. His grandfather served as the commander-in-chief of the Chenyang Guard of Chu Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that he had "helped the Chu Dynasty for many years."

Fan Wencheng was smart when he was young. At the age of 18, he passed the scholar's entrance exam in Shenyang County. After Nurhaci conquered Fushun, he and his brother went to ask for a meeting and surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty, which was appreciated by Nurhaci.

At that time, Nurhaci told Zhu Beile: "This famous minister is a good minister."

Fan Wencheng did not bear the trust, and was loyal and skilled in the Later Jin Dynasty, and did not avoid hardships.

Since Huang Taiji built the Wenguan, he has gradually become an important official who is highly valued by Huang Taiji, and has made efforts and made decisions for Huang Taiji's ambition to conquer the Central Plains, with confidential management and hard work.

Now he is appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Inner Academy of the Qing Dynasty and is the leader of the Han ministers...

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Tong Shengnian was forty years old. Now he is in Gushan Ezhen, and is appointed as the right-sponsor of the Qing Dynasty's Ministry of War. He is under the Han army's Yinghuang Banner. Like Fan Wencheng, he is regarded as Huang Taiji's direct lineage.

Tong Shengnian's father was named Tong Yangzhen. Tong Yangzhen had a cousin named Tong Yangxing. Tong Yangxing, like Fan Wencheng, led his tribe members to join after Nurhaci took Fushun.

But the difference is that the ancestors of the Tong family were the Jurchens, who were a branch of the "Tong Jia". His ancestors defected to the Chu Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of Chu Kingdom, changed their surname to "Tong", engaged in the trade of the Ma City, and were rich in the country.

The Tong family has been cleared up and down for several lifetimes, and has a clear hand and eyes. It has gradually become a major Liaodong clan, occupying Kaiyuan and Fushun. It is no less than the major Liaodong Cai family, Qin family, Zu family and other Liaodong families.

But even though he made a fortune in the Chu Dynasty, the Tong family still wanted to rebel against Chu and surrender to Jin Dynasty. Tong Yangxing and Nurhaci secretly wrote letters, but they were caught by the Chu Dynasty and sent to prison.

Tong Yangxing had some tricks. Under such circumstances, he still deceived the officials of the Chu Dynasty and said he was willing to spy on the intelligence of the Later Jin Dynasty for the Chu Dynasty. So the governor of Liaodong reported that he had "sent the prisoner Tong Yangxing to be a spy." From then on, the Tong family was like a fish entering the sea, like a bird returning to the forest, soaring into the sky.

Tong Yang's nature was favored by Nurhaci. He married the daughter of Nurhaci's third son Abai and became the son-in-law of the Later Jin E. He also formed the "Wuzhen Hachao" artillery battalion for Huang Taiji, and was the commander of the Han army and in charge of the Han military and civil affairs. The Tong family was even known as the "Tong Banchao" in the Qing Dynasty...

Now that Tong Yangxing is dead, the most outstanding child of the Tong family is Tong Shengnian.

Tong Shengnian was a Jurchen, well-versed in Sinology, and had a huge family power. Normally, his future would not be bad.

But now, it's time for the change of the situation again.

He plans to inquire about some more information from Fan Wencheng...

(Note: Tong Shengnian is Tong Tulai. In order to distinguish the one who died in front of him, he used his real name. His daughter entered the palace to become the concubine of Shunzhi, the biological mother of Kangxi, and became the empress dowager. His two granddaughters married Kangxi again, one empress and the other imperial concubine.)

At this time, looking down from the city gate, there were no people in Zunhua City, only a group of Qing troops patrolling, with blood and burning smells in the air.

"Mr. Zhang Jing's trip has persuaded him to surrender five cities, and there are also generals of Chu. The guerrillas are ineffective, and the results are really great." Tong Shengnian said, "No wonder Your Majesty praised Lord Fan Gong's strategy, which can rival millions of soldiers."

"I've come back today, I haven't seen Your Majesty." Fan Wencheng stroked his long beard, his eyes were filled with worry, "I'm blocked by Prince Rui."

When talking about Dorgon, Tong Shengnian narrowed his eyes.

He knew that Dorgon and Fan Wencheng had not had a good relationship.

A few years ago, Huang Taiji suppressed Dorgon and Haoge together, and Fan Wencheng was the one who convicted them of crimes. When Dorgon went to the government office to explain, Huang Taiji ordered Fan Wencheng to drive him out.

Later, Duoduo occupied Fan Wencheng's wife for a full three months.

Duoduo did this, one was to vent his anger for his brother Dorgon; the other was that because Huang Taiji asked their biological mother Abahai to be buried with him, he wanted to disgust Huang Taiji from time to time.

In addition, Duoduo's approach also complies with the rules of the Qing Dynasty.

Duoduo is the head of the Zhengbai Banner, and even Fan Wencheng is a first-rank official, he is still a member of the Zhengbai Banner. In the Qing Dynasty, it was reasonable for the head of the bannerman to seize the wife of the bannerman.

Even afterwards, Huang Taiji was furious and fined Duoduo 10,000 taels of silver and took him fifteen Niulu. But after all, things happened...

Thinking of this, Tong Shengnian turned his head and glanced at Fan Wencheng quietly. He thought that this great scholar was so humiliated that he could still devote himself to the Qing Dynasty. He was really "loyal".

But he said, "Prince Rui's three brothers are too domineering."

If Dorgon succeeds to the throne, it will be difficult for you. How do you plan to bet on the next step?

Fan Wencheng was still stroking his long beard, with some thought in his eyes.

"I heard on the way... His Majesty slaughtered Yongping Mansion?"

"It's not just Yongping Prefecture." Tong Shengnian said: "After the news of Shengjing was sent back, he issued an order to slaughter five county towns."

Fan Wencheng's face changed and he murmured: "Your Majesty must be kind to the people if you want to enter the Central Plains. Now that people's hearts are not yet settled, it has aroused hatred by the people in the Central Plains. What should I do?"

Tong Shengnian smiled.

"Mr. Zhang Jing said it every day, and he also told me about these things. The people's hearts are all about the same kindness and power. The Chu army dug up our Taizu Mausoleum and burned the Shengjing palace. If we do not use thunder and tricks, the people in the world will still think that our Qing Dynasty is easy to bully. As for hatred? Are they not hating enough? So what can we do? Those who have been raped and bow their heads to their ears?"

Seeing Fan Wencheng's face showing discomfort, Tong Shengnian pointed to the direction of Chujing to the west and said, "When the Mongol Yuan attacked Zhongdu of the Jin Kingdom, he slaughtered for more than a whole month, destroying the entire city; when the attack on Xixia and slaughtered Suzhou, only one hundred people in the city survived; when the attack on Xingqing and slaughtered the entire Dangxiang tribe; when the attack on Sichuan, he slaughtered the population of Shu, but one hundred people were not in the hundred, but one hundred people were not in the hundred, and only one hundred were in Chengdu. There was no one outside the city'; after the destruction of Song Dynasty, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Pingjiang... How many cities were razed to the ground, and the heaven and earth were discolored; how much did the Han people with the five surnames of Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao be destroyed? How much did the Han people with the five surnames of Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao be killed?"

"Did these affect the world of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty? My Qing Dynasty has only slaughtered a few small cities now. Lord Zhang Jing really thinks it's a big deal? Does the Chu Dynasty have the strength to resist me?"

Fan Wencheng shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "But your Majesty's reputation for life will be ruined."

Tong Shengnian said: "If Your Majesty has not responded to such a great humiliation, then his reputation will be ruined. If we don't slaughter, those Chu people who think they are strong will still refuse to surrender. If we slaughter, those who are willing to survive will still be willing to surrender. They even have better excuses, 'I surrendered to save the people', how great it is."

Fan Wencheng smiled bitterly again.

In fact, it was not these things he cared about. Instead, the Qing Dynasty had begun to deviate from its own plan with Huang Taiji's disease...

This is a sign of loss of power.
Chapter completed!