Chapter Thirty-ninth On Rewards for Deeds of Merit
Dorgon was right when he heard Fan Wencheng's words. In fact, Dorgon was also sick. He kept dragging him. He was afraid that his illness would worsen and that he would not realize his wish to unify the Qing Dynasty. Now he can take advantage of this opportunity to act and do something real and raise his illness. He doesn't have to pretend to be fine. He will be the best.
Da Yuer could also see that Dorgon was sick and pretending to be ill. When she heard Fan Wencheng's proposal, she immediately agreed: "Yes! Mr. Fan said very well! Immediately do what Mr. Fan said!"
Dorgon looked at Da Yu'er. He had suspicion of Jirgalang. Da Yu'er knew that, but he could not say it clearly in front of Fan Wencheng.
Perhaps soon, Dorgon will attack Jirgalang and Daishan! He must take all the power in his own hands to prevent today's situation.
As for how to arrange it, how to guard against Zhang Biwu's continued march, and prevent Li Dingguo from taking the opportunity to counterattack, Dorgon and Fan Wencheng formulated strategies.
Fan Wencheng had to copy one, and he had to hand it over to Emperor Shunzhi! After all, Emperor Shunzhi had just spoken and wanted one.
This matter has been done, and Dorgon even asked someone to call Bato who had been waiting in.
Dorgon pretended to be sad, but Da Yuer was still wiping her tears.
Dorgon said: "If the Jinyiwei implements it again, it is indeed possible! Hey! There is an undercurrent inside us. When the time comes, I will definitely clean it up!"
"Batow!" With a call, Bato immediately came out and waited for the order. Dorgon looked at him and said, "You were in charge of intelligence when you were Taizong. Now I want you to manage intelligence again! Now Zhang Biwu sent someone to sneak into our palace and spread these news. It is conceivable that we have all been forgotten by the enemy! As the administrator of the spy, you must make a sigh for us!"
"Yes!" Bato responded quickly. Dorgon put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Try to try every means to break into Zhang Biwu's interior! Although we have installed a lot of spies in his army, these spies cannot enter the interior at all, and the information they get is irrelevant! It makes us extremely disappointed! There are also all spies in Beijing, you must try your best to get rid of them all! There can't be a recurrence of what happened today!"
Batto knew that it was today that the plan Dorgon had planned hard turned into an eastward flow. Dorgon's anger was natural. If Batto could not complete the task assigned by Dorgon, Batto's head would land at any time. He nodded clearly and said that he would complete this task.
Dorgon sighed, he could finally rest for a while, great.
As Dorgon and others expected, when Hong Chengchou and others heard about Zhezhe's death and rumors spread in Beijing, they were not in the mood to continue attacking. The morale of the entire army was not stable.
The retreat of the Qing army such as Hong Chengchou and others was a good thing for Li Dingguo. He had already lost Kunming and was relieved when Emperor Yongli had no way out. He naturally wanted to restore his two provinces in Yunnan and Guizhou.
Zhang Biwu also relieved the danger in this regard, and the Mongolian cavalry also withdrew. The Qing army was also shrinking. He got the Niangzi Pass and Jingxing, so he could cut off the advancing of Shanxi in the other direction. Even Zhang Biwu, who was originally guarded by Shuosai, sent troops to occupy it.
What Zhang Biwu wanted was to stop the land from Yan to Jin, and to facilitate his preparations for entering Jin in the future.
Zhang Biwu held a big banquet to welcome Yue Zhicheng, Xia Wanchun and Xiong Zongheng's return. Zhang Biwu has really toasted Yue Zhicheng many times to thank him for doing this and having to overcome the difficulties.
Not to mention it. Yue Zhicheng is really a little arrogant. After all, he is only in his thirties. Once he is flattered, he will always be unable to do anything he can't do.
Yue Zhicheng also expressed his embarrassment to Zhang Biwu, and used his 60,000 taels of silver, a lot of money! When the Hongguang regime came to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, he used 100,000 taels of silver. The national tax in the Ming Dynasty was only a few million taels per year.
Now, Zhang Biwu spent 60,000 taels of silver at one time. His Henan and Jin provinces were unable to impose heavy taxes due to the destruction of the war. The 60,000 taels of silver were almost equivalent to a year's tax.
Zhang Biwu shook his head. He didn't care at all. Although he spent too much money, it would be enough to achieve the effect today and save everything. That would be enough!
In the past, Zhang Biwu rescued Li Guo and other Dashun army. When he was advancing and retreating, Li Guo gave Zhang Biwu 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 taels of gold. Good, this is a big deal! How could he say that Li Zicheng attacked Beijing and urged for salary. He had money. Although it seemed that it was too much, he still felt that it was less!
After Zhang Biwu has spent so many times, his money is used. Now he is not considered rich. He also wants to buy cannons, raise troops, and also build bird guns and cannons. Which one does not require money?
Giving 100,000 taels of silver and saying that it is not enough, it is considered to be of great value to Zhang Biwu. Of course, Zhang Biwu has a good mentality, so he is equivalent to not extorting Li Jiantai.
Zhang Biwu looked at the 40,000 taels of silver he had returned, and he felt relieved. He thought he would continue to give it, but now he doesn't need it anymore. There is still a good thing to have the rest.
Zhang Biwu was still generous and said, "Zhicheng, you helped me with such a big thing! I made such a big contribution! The remaining 40,000 taels of silver will all belong to you! I also want to give you the position of general! I hope you can make more achievements in the cause of anti-Qing!"
Yue Zhicheng was excited! I really didn't expect that Zhang Biwu would be so generous and gave him all the money! It was really rare!
Xiong Jianhao said: "The lord really has the heroic spirit of Emperor Gaozu of Han who gave Jin Chen Ping to counter-espionage to harm Fan Zeng! He trusted Chen Ping!"
"Great Emperor of Han?" Yue Zhicheng couldn't help but look at Zhang Biwu, and he felt more admiration in his heart. He really agreed with Xiong Jianhao's statement on the Han Emperor of Han.
But Zhang Biwu pretended to be sad again and said, "We performed this drama. Although we solved our respective disasters, there is one thing that Zhang Xianzhong's intelligence organization in Beijing will definitely be under strict surveillance. There is no large-scale damage now, which is not discovered by the Qing Dynasty. Now it has attracted the attention of the Qing Dynasty! Dorgon is not Chongzhen, and since the time of Huang Taiji, the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to intelligence work. They will definitely try every means to get rid of it! That would be dangerous!"
Yue Zhicheng said: "I have been transferred, and Zhang Nengdi and Zhang Hualong are also experts! How could they be easily detected? It won't be a problem! The late emperor is so capable, he must think about how to prevent it in advance, and there will be no problem!"
Zhang Biwu smiled, shook his head vigorously, and said, "The principle that the Qing Dynasty had come to pass was to use both Han people and guard against Han people. After this matter, would they still be more guard against Han people? It is not as easy for Han people to do things as before! We are just knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger!"
Yue Zhicheng was really a little scared, but he laughed and said, "It doesn't matter! The late emperor has already made a big foreshadowing! When Li Zicheng was able to break Beijing, this foreshadowing could still make contributions! Haha!"
"A big foreshadowing? Li Zicheng can break Beijing and he is also making contributions? In this way, this is the name of the sky. He will not use it unless he has to! What a great Zhang Xianzhong, I think he is even more cunning than Cao Cao and Luo Rucheng!" Zhang Biwu muttered in his heart.
Yes! This will be helpful to Zhang Biwu, so he remained silent.
Yue Zhicheng was drunk that night. Zhang Biwu asked someone to prepare a room at the mansion and let him live here. Of course, he wanted to treat him well, one was to make contributions, and the other was to also want to get Zhang Xianzhong's treasure.
Yue Zhicheng has expressed his loyalty to Zhang Biwu, but he has been a little cautious. He will not hand over the treasure map of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure. He still wants to wait and see!
After this incident, Yue Zhicheng was convinced by Zhang Biwu, but he wanted to see more whether he could hand over the treasure to Zhang Biwu.
At this moment, Yunnan was in a hurry! When Guizhou was lost, Emperor Yongli would of course be anxious. In addition to Li Dingguo, only Zhang Biwu could rely on!
Of course, he had to send an envoy to Zhang Biwu's place to ask Zhang Biwu to send troops! Of course, he was afraid that he would not be able to ask for it, and he had to use methods and methods!
Zhang Biwu was still a mighty marquis, not as good as the King of Jin of Li Ding Kingdom and the King of Qin of Sun Kewang. It is said that Zhang Biwu is a veteran of meritorious deeds. Moreover, the territory under his jurisdiction is larger than that of Sun Kewang and Li Ding Kingdom, but he cannot get a higher title than them.
The reason is that Zhang Biwu didn't listen to Chongzhen's orders very much when he was in Chongzhen, which left the impression that he was disobedient. Yongli naturally could not believe Zhang Biwu.
2. Zhang Biwu had a difficult relationship with Li Zicheng during his time in Chongzhen, and had an indecisive relationship with him, and had a thought of disloyalty. Even if Dashun surrendered to Yongli, Yongli still could not feel at ease with Dashun Army and was wary of Zhang Biwu and Dashun Army.
Third, Ma Jixiang and others kept saying bad things about Zhang Biwu in front of Yongli, and Ma Jixiang and others were all bribed by the Qing Dynasty. Under this premise, Yongli would not have trust in Zhang Biwu. On the contrary, they would think that Zhang Biwu was just using the banner of Restoration and was not loyal to the Ming Dynasty!
4. The Yongli regime cannot do anything to Zhang Biwu's power. Not to mention the long journey, but to say that the troops are in line, they cannot keep up with Zhang Biwu.
This is why Zhang Biwu's title is lower than that of newly reduced Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others.
Since he is so distrustful, why did Emperor Yongli send Qu Shishi to confer Zhang Biwu as king now?
After all, the Yongli regime has experienced a critical moment of life and death, so it is impossible not to summon Zhang Biwu to rescue him! He named Zhang Biwu as the King of Qi, governor of Henan, Shanxi and Shandong provinces, and governor of the three provinces! Let’s wait! Shandong is not within Zhang Biwu’s sphere of influence! Moreover, he named Zhang Biwu as the King of Qi, because he wanted Zhang Biwu to occupy Qi territory?
Yes! That's right! Since you, Zhang Biwu is appointed as King of Qi and you are asked to restrain Shandong, you naturally hope that Zhang Biwu will send troops to attack Shandong.
Now Zhang Biwu has occupied Henan and Shanxi, directly threatening Beijing, and has become a major concern for the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty wished he could eliminate Zhang Biwu quickly.
If you, Zhang Biwu, want to take Shandong again, it will cut off the connection between the Qing Dynasty and Jiangnan, forming a siege against Beijing. How can you allow others to sleep soundly on your side?
Zhang Biwu's march towards Shandong and Beijing would inevitably attract the attention of the Qing army. The Qing army could only fight fiercely with Zhang Biwu first and then pay attention to the Yunnan-Guizhou provinces. This is equivalent to resolving the siege for Emperor Yongli. It can be said that Emperor Yongli was named King of Qi, which is very meaningful!
Zhang Biwu naturally understood that he was promoted from a soldier to the current position of King Qi, and he had experienced a lot of hardships! He only obtained it after a hundred battles.
Although being named king is a great event, Zhang Biwu doesn't want to hold a big banquet now. If he wants to obey his orders, he has to implement it immediately.
So, Zhang Biwu ordered Zhou Yuji, Cao transformed into Jiao, and Huang Qi to raise troops and split into three groups to attack Beijing.
Zhang Biwu knew that these three teams could not cause much damage to the enemy, and it was not easy to develop! It was just that Qu Shixi was here and there was a sage to be named king. How could Zhang Biwu not send troops?
Qu Shisi was very satisfied with this, especially when he heard that Zhang Biwu used a strategy to cause the death of Empress Dowager Zhezhe of the Qing Dynasty, so as to resolve the dangers of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Even if it was done, he knew that Emperor Yongli was willing to send Qu Shisi to solve the problem before the difficulties in Yunnan and Guizhou were solved. Zhang Biwu still sent troops, and his loyalty was worthy of appreciation.
While Qu Shixi wanted to send people to find out about the news from Yunnan and Guizhou, whether the Qing army had retreated, and then he could decide whether to go back. It was difficult to resolve, and it would not be of much significance to stay with Zhang Biwu again.
Zhang Biwu knew that these small fights were of little significance. What could really solve the big problem was to remove the fire from the bottom of the pot, which made Dorgon and Shunzhi disagree, and caused a stir, and let the Qing Dynasty break up internally is the best strategy today.
Zhang Biwu was looking at the map. He was now thinking about how to make a good work when Dorgon was seriously ill and unable to take charge.
Zhang Biwu also heard about the disagreement between Emperor Shunzhi and Dorgon. He thought this could be exploited. If Dorgon and Shunzhi really make a big fuss, it would be better!
Another point is, how to collect evidence that Dorgon killed Huang Taiji? This requires Yue Zhicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's intelligence organization to go to detectives and collect intelligence.
If you meet Jirgalang or the nobles of the Qing Dynasty during the collection, then you will give them all, so it is best to let them get information.
Chapter completed!