Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

During the two days that Hauge was under house arrest, undercurrents surged in Shengjing, and some of those who were dependent on Hauge and refused to change were either arrested or killed.

What is rare is that this action seems to be aimed only at the royal family and leaders of various tribes, and does not target the lower-level bannermen.

On the first day of July in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing Dynasty held another court meeting.

To the surprise of all the civil and military officials in the court, in addition to Empress Zhezhe, there were also Concubine Zhuang and her young son Fulin in her arms participating in the court meeting.

When the ministers saw Fulin coming to the court meeting, many of them looked puzzled.

Although the fact that Dorgon placed Hauge under house arrest was not made public, it was not difficult for those who were interested to know about it. Everyone thought that Dorgon wanted to seize power and become emperor.

However, the appearance of Fulin seemed to make the affairs of the new emperor become confusing. Fortunately, Dorgon did not make everyone wait too long.

Empress Zhezhe directly asked the eunuch to read out Huang Taiji's will.

In the imperial edict, Fulin was established as the new emperor. Because the new emperor was young, Prince Rui Dorgon was appointed as regent.

Empress Zhezhe of the Central Palace was canonized as Empress Dowager of the Central Palace, and Concubine Zhuang was canonized as Empress Dowager.

Before the new emperor took power, all memorials on military and national affairs of the Qing Dynasty were decided by the Regent.

In addition to handling government affairs, the Regent was also responsible for entering the palace to teach Fulin, etc.

After the edict was read, Dorgon knelt down solemnly and said:

"Your Highness Dorgon accepts your order and expresses his gratitude."

After saying this, Dorgon stood up with the imperial edict in his hand. From then on, he became the regent of the Qing Dynasty.

He looked around at the court officials and was about to speak when Fei Yangertai, the Meilezhangjing of the Zhenglan Banner, stepped forward and said:

"Dorgon, you are so bold that you dare to change the will!

The late emperor's will clearly stated that Haoge would inherit the throne!"

Hauge had already secretly informed many officials about the will, and many court officials knew the inside story, but only Fei Yangertai stood up.

After he said this, the court officials around him, especially the Han officials, involuntarily moved away from him.

Soon, Fei Yangertai seemed to be isolated.

Upon hearing this, Dorgon said nothing, but walked straight towards Fei Yangertai. Then he decisively drew the short blade from his waist and stabbed Fei Yangertai in the heart, who was only wearing official uniform.

The knife was so sudden that Fei Yangertai felt a sharp pain in his heart, blood gushed out, and his strength was quickly lost.

He only had time to raise his hand, point at Dorgon and say something, but blood came out of his open mouth and then he fell to the ground.

"Who else questions the contents of the will?"

Dorgon was covered in blood, even his face was stained with some. When he turned around and said this to the court officials, although his tone was calm, the court officials present did not dare to look him in the eye.

Concubine Zhuang quickly covered little Fulin's eyes with her hands. Zhezhe was so scared that she stood up, but seeing Concubine Zhuang so calm, she quickly sat down again.

Dorgon returned to the throne and said calmly again:

"Since the decree has been issued and you have no objections, from today on, I do not want to hear any dissenting voices."

Dorgon took the wet handkerchief from the eunuch, wiped the blood off his face, and continued:

"The new monarch has been established. If you can devote yourself to state affairs, I will never harm innocent people again. Even if there are people who clearly support Prince Su, I will not suppress them.

The Qing Dynasty was at its most dangerous moment and could no longer withstand another internal strife.

Do you understand? "

"Only the orders of His Royal Highness the Regent!"

The court officials knelt down towards the dragon throne almost at the same time, even though there was no one on the throne.

Dorgon stood beside the dragon throne, asked everyone to stand up, and then declared that the Qing Dynasty was in a state of emergency.

He directly appointed the sons of the flag leaders who died in battle as the new flag leaders of each flag, and ordered the new flag leaders to immediately summon the flagmen who were able to fight.

In addition, the remaining Han Eight Banners who remained in Beijing were also urgently summoned, and a call-up order was issued to the bannermen in Shengjing and the surrounding areas.

With the limited military equipment of Shengjing, all the combat-able bannermen were called upon to rush to Shengjing City to respond to the call in order to deal with the impending attack on the Qing Dynasty.

All government offices in Shengjing operated efficiently under Dorgon's highly centralized power and strong pressure.

In five days, Dorgon once again gathered 56,000 troops. Although most of them were new recruits, the core was still the remaining 12,000 people from the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

But this was the limit of what Dorgon could do.

In addition, since he arrived in Shengjing, he has never stopped collecting information about the Ming court's army, and has always had a rough grasp of the Ming court's marching movements.

On the evening of July 6th, Shengjing Palace.

Bumbutai, who had just been named empress dowager, was lying in Dorgon's arms in plain clothes. Dorgon was holding a wine glass in his hand, looking a little lost.

During these days, in addition to dispatching troops and handling government affairs, he also frequently went in and out of the harem.

Outsiders only knew that he was here to teach the new king. Only a few servants in the palace knew about the ridiculous things that happened here, but they dared not say anything.

Another hour of madness passed, and even Bumbutai found it a little too much.

Fortunately, Dorgon was going to go to war tomorrow, so they could finally have some peace and quiet. However, Bumbutai felt somewhat uneasy and whispered:

"How sure are you?"

"I don't know. If I don't come back, it means I have failed." Dorgon withdrew his thoughts, his tone still calm.

He didn't want to mention the war. After all, he would have to deal with it every day. Now he just wanted to enjoy some tenderness.

Somehow, Dorgon remembered Zhang Shikang's joke when he first met him two years ago.

Then he said to the woman in his arms in a somewhat intimate way:

"From now on I will call you Dayu'er, and your sister will be Xiaoyu'er.

Although that boy is hateful, this is a good name."

Dayu'er didn't care about the title. She just rubbed her face against Dorgon's big hand and said softly:

"As long as you're willing, I just want you to come back alive."

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