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Chapter 685 I am not a coward

After the secret meeting with Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou sent a 800-mile memorial to Beijing. Since it was sent from Yunnan and Hong Chengchou, the Qing court established a new cabinet on duty, Jin Zhijun, the Grand Secretary on duty, and Feng Quan did not dare to delay and immediately sent it to the palace. The Grand Secretary was black in his forehead. Shunzhi, who was discussing the matters of personal expedition, heard that it was Hong Chengchou's memorial, so he quickly ordered him to take it to see it.

"I was appointed as the governor of the five provinces, and witnessed the desolate scenes of Yunnan and Guizhou and the situation of the chieftains' taboos and soldiers watching the situation. It is not forced to force me. Zhou Ni and others have been in the new position of the pseudo-Tang king in Guangdong and Guangxi. The land of Guangdong and Guangxi has fallen into the pseudo-Ming Ming, and Huguang has become a devastating, resulting in the lack of food and grass in the army and the morale of the army. Now I have heard that Li Dingguo and other chieftains have come from Jingdong and Liujiang have entered Guangxi to join forces with Zhou Ni. The chieftains have privately awarded gifts and seals, and blood has been used as alliances, and they have to face up to a slight challenge. Therefore, large soldiers must be left in the central Yunnan. If the army moves lightly, they will inevitably make secret moves, and they will try their plans to avoid the real and make the weak. The soldiers who are far away from each other can not be taken care of. The soldiers who stay in the provincial capital will be difficult to resist. I judge the situation and the magnitude of power. I think that we should stay in Pingxi to control Yunnan and Guizhou, and we should not be adjusted lightly."

After reading it, Shunzhi did not comment and asked the Ministry of Justice to discuss it tomorrow.

When Ese Hei and Sony retreated, Shunzhi suddenly asked them: "Hong Chengchou's son became the Minister of Rites of the Pseudo-Tang King regime. Do you think Hong Chengchou is still loyal to me?"

Hei and Sony looked at each other in a slight manner, not daring to speak. Seeing this, Shunzhi shook his head and said to himself: "Don't doubt people, don't worry, I don't have any other skills, and I still can't use Emperor Taizong in terms of employment."

When the Ministry was discussing the next day, a censor Hao Yu submitted a letter to impeach Wu Sangui and supported himself. Hao Yu was from Dingzhou, Zhili Prefecture. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Shunzhi. He was initially appointed as the head of the Ministry of Justice. Later, he was renamed the Censor of Huguang Road and inspected Sichuan. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, Liu Wenxiu's troops in the Ming army attacked Sichuan in large numbers. Wu Sangui and Li Guoying were both defeated and intended to give up Sichuan and retreat to Hanzhong, Shaanxi. As a result, Hao Yu strongly dissuaded, saying that this move would not die from the thief, but would die from the law. So Li Guoying changed his mind and could defend himself and preserve the territory in the middle of Sichuan.

Later, when Hao Yu was stationed in Baoning, he was surrounded by Ming generals such as Liu Wenxiu, Wang Fuchen and others. Hao Yu, as the censor, repeatedly asked Wu Sangui for help, but Wu Sangui ignored him. Hao Yu held a grudge and told him in front of Shunzhi that Wu Sangui was waiting and watching, and did not help him. Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui caught his words "hitting an arrow and stone in person" in his article and exiled him.

Two months ago, Hao Yu had just been pardoned and returned to Beijing. He was obeyed as a censor, but he had always held a grudge against Wu Sangui and was always ready to seek revenge. However, when he saw Wu Sangui's contribution to pacifying the southwest, he was promoted to Prince Pingxi. He was powerful and almost desperate. He thought that he had no hope of revenge in this life, but he did not expect that the opportunity would come to his door.

Hao Yu impeached Wu Sangui and held his own troops. If the court granted him the position of staying in Yunnan and Guizhou, he would be extremely unlucky in the future, which would become a major concern for the Qing Dynasty.

Hao Yu's impeachment was supported by Li Jinping, who were also censors, and they also submitted a letter to impeach Wu Sangui. Some even directly pointed the finger at Hong Chengchou, saying that he and Wu Sangui were in love, one inside and one outside; one for literature and the other for martial arts, and each other for support. The biggest evidence brought out by the censors is that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui were both Ming ministers, and the two were teacher-student relationships, so Hong Chengchou must be uneasy to ask Wu Sangui for his vassal of Yunnan and Guizhou.

The impeachment of the censors touched the hearts of the Manchus in the capital. In their opinion, although Wu Sangui was the prince of Pingxi and had an extremely noble status, he was a Han man after all. In the eyes of the Han officials, the relatives of Manchus had originally hated the Han people, and the opponents of the Eight Banners were all suspicious, let alone the Han prince who held heavy troops.

Even the old minister Ning Wan, who had no knowledge of political affairs, submitted a memorial with a sick body. However, he did not directly address Hong Chengchou's request for Wu Sangui to vassal Yunnan, but expressed his opinions on the appointment of local officials in Yunnan a few days ago without the consent of the court.

"I read the report from the residence and saw that the King of Pingxi asked for promotion and supplementary work. He appointed the deputy envoy Hu Yun and all planned to be promoted to Yunnan Province. He also reported that the ministers were also in the provinces. I was shocked. The government was not afraid of the power of the country. Only the court won the master. From ancient times to the present, there has been no change. It is said that the new classics of Guizhou were opened and the food was not handled. The talents and qualities of the ministers were known to the vassal; it was also advisable to report the first, and the order of Yu Yun, and the Ministry of Personnel was ordered to make up for the lack of signatures, but the plan was not lost.

If you act directly, you are not different from the ranks of the ranks! Isn’t it also absurd and despised the national system? In ancient times, the loyalty and evil of the ministers all arose from a thought of respect. In this vassal for a long time, you should know the general principles. That is, you may not have a deep heart. However, when you are guarding against the problem, you should be careful about the opportunity. You should beg for the heavenly words to instruct the vassal, so that the vassal will strive to make progress and improve your intentions. All the powers and powers should be submitted to the court. Then the monarchy will be kind to the ministers and the ministers will be able to win the favor."

Ning Wan's memorial caused another uproar. Many censors saw the old scholars coming forward to support them, and even boldly wrote a letter to scold Hong Chengchou for his traitor. Wu Sangui had great ambitions.

Recently, Shunzhi has been extremely upset. When the news of the defeat of Roto's army came, Joshua Chan happened to be in the palace. After coming out, he said to the people around him: "The emperor completely lost his calm attitude and wanted to escape back to Manzhou. But the Empress Dowager scolded the emperor, saying how could you give up the country that your ancestors and their courage so timidly."

There was one thing that Joshua Chan did not witness, that is, after he retreated from the hall with fear and fear, the emperor became more and more violent because of the empress dowager's words. He drew out his sword and declared that he was not a coward, and he would not give up his ancestors' power. He must go out to fight in person, or win for death!

In order to strengthen his belief in personally expeditioning, Shunzhi used the sword in his hand to split his imperial throne into pieces. Seeing this, the empress dowager was frightened and tried to persuade the emperor to calm down. Since the south suffered a great defeat, the morale of the Ming army must have been greatly increased. At this time, the emperor was unwise and too risky. It would be better to let the Han ministers deal with this matter like Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo rules back then, and drag it back until there was a turnaround. Su Malagu, who came with the empress dowager, also tried to persuade the emperor not to expedition himself, but this move did not make the emperor even more angry.

Shunzhi was already in a difficult situation. He had already ordered the news of his personal expedition to the world, and the Eight Banners of the brigades and the food and supplies could be prepared immediately. At this time, he could not say that he was going to see him. Where did he put his face?

Shunzhi didn't want everyone in the world to say that the emperor was afraid to fight in person because of the great defeat in the south, so he made up his mind to fight in person. But the next day, he tactfully told the inner ministers that the troops who were personally fighting were too thin, could he draw some more troops?

The southwest side was not able to rely on it for the time being. Originally, Shunzhi was thinking that he would go south personally. Doni went north from Yunnan and Guizhou. The two attacked the Taiping Army of Zhou and the remaining troops of the Shun Army, and defeated Guangdong and Guangxi in one fell swoop. But now, with the defeat of Roto and Zhao Butai, Doni was unable to advance north at all, and even lacked food and grass. The current situation was like Shunzhi leading troops to rescue Doni. He had always been the ministers to relieve the king, but he had never been the kings to help the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the ministers to get the situation now.

The defeat in Guangxi and the Ming army in the south who had never heard of a Tang Dynasty governor, which made Shunzhi worry and worried. The day before yesterday, the Ministry of Revenue calculated that the army had spent more than 9 million taels of silver in the southwest, and the wars in Fujian and Guangdong, which cost more than 10 million taels of silver every year. This amount was half of the total annual income of the Qing Dynasty. The treasury was already stretched and could not afford to collect, not to mention that the emperor had to prepare for the emperor's personal crusade for the army. Some officials said that the current national finances are probably not much better than those in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou submitted a memorial to the court to ask Wu Sangui to conquer Yunnan and Guizhou, Shunzhi was somewhat hesitant. Wu Sangui had previously shirked the responsibility of the attack on Myanmar on the grounds of decline in the army. At that time, the Zhou Dynasty Taiping Army entered Guangxi and captured Huguang. The Yunnan and Guizhou army could not move lightly, so Wu Sangui's troops could not move lightly. But now, Wu Sangui had been resting for nearly half a year but did not take any action. Zhou Dynasty Taiping Army was unable to move westward to Guizhou. At this moment, Shunzhi did not need Wu Sangui to capture and kill Zhu Youlang, who had lost his value, but Wu Sangui himself always had to tell the emperor. But he was fine, and he stayed in western Yunnan, which showed that his intentions were sinister.

Hong Chengchou also brought up any pot without opening any pot. How could he remember to invite a vassal of Yunnan and Guizhou for Wu Sangui? Is it true that as the censors said, he and Wu Sangui colluded with each other and colluded with each other? I know that your son was not his intention to be the Minister of Rites, and I also know that you cannot save your son, so I still trust you and asked you to go to Yunnan to help with military affairs and make plans for Doni, but I didn't ask you to give advice on Wu Sangui!

Shunzhi was a little angry and felt that Hong Chengchou had let him down. When he was in bed late at night, he was uneasy and suddenly he was a little worried. He was about to go south to personally conquer the Zhou Ni, but his sons were still young. If there were any ups and downs in his personal conquer, the Qing Dynasty would not be able to withstand it.

But I am worried that the personal battle is like an arrow on the string, and it will not work if I don’t make it.

No matter what, this matter is related to the emperor's majesty and to Shunzhi's face. You must know that he insisted on personally expeditioning and forcibly promoted the matter at the meeting of the royal and ministers of the government.

The emperor spoke, that was Jin Yan.

For safety reasons, Shunzhi felt that he still had to be a little cautious about Wu Sangui. He summoned four trusted servants, Sony, Ebilong, Suksaha and Obai, to discuss the matter.

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