Chapter 46: Treacherous or loyal ministers is indeed a problem

Huang Taiji believes that Hong Chengchou is just having a psychological struggle at the moment. Once the desire to survive exceeds the persistence of his beliefs, then Hong Chengchou will surrender sooner or later.

The most important thing in the Qing Dynasty at present is not to fight against the Ming Dynasty, but to think about how to completely transform the identity of Huangtaiji Khan into an emperor.

Only by establishing a strict bureaucratic system can the Qing Dynasty truly escape the vicious circle of "the Hu people have no national destiny for a hundred years".

Therefore, he was full of expectations for Hong Chengchou.

The name Khan seems to be no different from that of the emperor. In fact, the difference between the two is too big.

Since ancient times, Khan has ruled the territory, except for the direct tribes, he is only the nominal leader of other tribes. Therefore, Khan's power is far less than that of the emperor.

On the land of China, the reason why the emperor can be called an emperor is because all the kings under the world are the kings, and all the kings and ministers are the kings. These two sentences support it.

At the same time, it also indicates that the emperor is the master of all people and the master of the earth.

Huang Taiji used to firmly believe that he would become a real emperor, but now he is not sure anymore. He just wants to seize Shanhaiguan and start operating Liaodong and North Korea, using the self-protection.

Once Yun Zhao enters the Central Plains, the offensive and defensive momentum between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty will immediately change its position.

Huang Taiji believed that for a long time, the Qing Dynasty had the worries of destroying the country. If the Qing Dynasty could not be sorted out into an ironclad piece before Yun Zhao seized the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would be the lesson of the Qing Dynasty.

This is Huang Taiji's idea.

Dorgon didn't think so. His focus was not on political affairs, but on military affairs.

He also knew that Yun Zhao would be the most vicious enemy of the Qing Dynasty, so when facing this vicious wild boar, he could only beat him to death with a stick. He did not think there was any room for maneuver between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

As for the ridiculous thing of turning enemies into friends, Dorgon didn't believe a single word.

If Yun Zhao became gentle to the Qing Dynasty at one point, then there must be a conspiracy in the middle.

Dorgon believed that when dealing with Yun Zhao, artillery, muskets, swords, bows and arrows were much more useful than mouths. Only by using these things to break off all the fangs of the wild boar spirit can a meaningful conversation be held.

For this reason, he had sent people from North Korea to Japan to discuss arms deals with the Dutch and Spanish, and had high hopes for it.

It is because of his different opinions that he did not have much expectations for Hong Chengchou. Just a general is indeed not worth their great patience and price.

In just two short conversations, Hong Chengchou had already keenly discovered the contradiction between Huang Taiji and Dorgon, and this contradiction was almost irreconcilable.

So, he put down his pen and began to study what he could do with Jianzhou people.

After thinking about it for a night, he happily discovered that being a treacherous minister is much easier than being a loyal minister...

So he told Fan Wencheng who came to visit him, and said: "If Huang Taijikan released the sixty-seven soldiers captured in Xingshan, he would have the choice to serve the Qing Dynasty once."

Fan Wencheng was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately reported to Huang Taiji.

The sixty-seven captured soldiers were worthless in Huang Taiji's eyes.

When these people were sent to Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou sincerely thanked Fan Wencheng and asked Fan Wencheng to send these soldiers to Bijia Mountain.

He left a wounded soldier to accompany him...

Fan Wencheng felt that this was not a big deal, after all, the wounded soldier had been tortured and only breathed a sigh of relief.

What he didn't know was that among the sixty-seven captured soldiers, there was a big fish named Chen Dong, and this big fish was actually left by him by Hong Chengchou.

This man was seriously injured. When he was fleeing, he was shot in his leg again. When he chose to commit suicide or surrender, he chose to surrender without hesitation... And right beside him, there was an injured Ming army charging towards Jiannu in despair.

Hong Chengchou personally took care of Chen Dong, who was seriously injured. This scene fell in Fan Wencheng's eyes and said that he even thought he was one step closer to success.

"I killed Hong Fu, do you know?"

Hong Chengchou said while washing his hands, "I heard the gunshots."

"I was going to kill you, Hong Fu blocked my gun."

Hong Chengchou said lightly: "At that time, I didn't even know whether I could survive. Hong Fu really couldn't care about his life and death."

"Don't you hate me?"

Hong Chengchou was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "This world is like a dog, life and death are not important anymore."

"You surrendered to Jiannu after all, right?"

Hong Chengchou brought a bowl of medicine into Chen Dong's stomach and said, "Didn't you surrender too?"

Chen Dong shook his head and said, "I am different. I surrender today. If I can see Huang Taiji tomorrow, I might become a Lantian dead soldier and suddenly assassinate Huang Taiji."

Hong Chengchou sneered and said, "Do you think I'm worse than you?"

Chen Dong smiled and pointed at Hong Chengchou and said, "I know that you have a deep relationship with Hong Fu. When we leave Liaodong, you can take revenge on me."

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "Hong Fu is very old and has been unable to do things in the past few years. The reason why he followed me was to give me his life. Do you know, Hong Fu has seven sons, two daughters, fourteen grandsons and granddaughters."

"So what?"

"That is to say, Lao Hongfu has long regarded himself as a living person. He just wants to make a family business for his sons and grandchildren while he is not dead yet. Now, his goal has been achieved. I owe him one life, and you owe him one life.

We both have to pay back his life.

As long as you help him fulfill his wish and kill him, you can forget it."

"ah?"

"What are you calling? Everyone in this world actually has the value of their own life on their foreheads. My life may be valuable. It is estimated that selling tens of thousands of taels will not be a problem. How much is your life worth in the eyes of your county magistrate?"

"Priceless treasure."

"Hehe, you look up to yourself."

"At least that's what the county lord said."

Hong Chengchou stuffed the urine jar into Chen Dong's quilt, then washed his hands again and said, "Huang Taiji and Dorgon are not in harmony."

Chen Dong groaned, "So what?"

Hong Chengchou smiled again and said, "When I saw Huang Taiji, I spoke a little more intensely, and he had a nosebleed."

"So what? It's not bleeding from the seven orifices."

"The guards and Fan Wencheng around were not panicked. The maids were familiar with this matter. It seemed that Huang Taiji always had nosebleeds.

This is no longer a small problem.

Look, Huang Taiji's complexion is much rosy than that of ordinary people, and he is obese. When he is excited, he will have nosebleeds. This is already an extremely serious wind disease.

People like this must be stale and sank, otherwise they will die suddenly.

Chen Dong, what would you think if you gave him an extremely stimulating effect?"

Chen Dong was stunned for a moment and said, "Will Huang Taiji die?"

Hong Chengchou put his mouth on Chen Dong's ear and whispered: "We don't know if it will die, but since we two have fallen into foreign countries, we can't sit still, right?"

"But, the current situation between us may not be able to make Huang Taiji furious or be very sad, right?"

Hong Chengchou smiled and pointed to the urine jar that Chen Dong took out, and Chen Dong immediately put it under the bed.

Hong Chengchou then said, "I remember telling you just now that Huang Taiji and Dorgon are incompatible?"

Chen Dong nodded honestly.

Hong Chengchou laughed and said, "Since this is the case, we might as well seek refuge in Dorgon and instigate Dorgon to usurp the throne!"

Chen Dong took a deep breath and said with a toothache: "I believe you said before that you are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "I shouldn't have told you this, but I'll do it alone. The reason I want to tell you is that I'm afraid that you will suddenly start to kill me. In addition, with you as a testimony, my innocence can be protected."

Chen Dong's face twitched a few times and said with emotion: "I finally understand why the county magistrate values ​​you so much.

It was completely unfair to think that the county magistrate would protect you from his life regardless of the lives of two hundred men in black in Lantian. Now it seems that it is really worth it to exchange the lives of us for your lives."

Hong Chengchou snorted to the sky and stopped talking.

The weather in Liaodong is not very good. After a wind blows, the weather gradually becomes cooler, especially after September, it is as cool as a day.

In this half month, no matter how Dorgon and others attacked Bijialing, they did not make any good progress.

With Hong Chengchou defeated and captured, the differences in the Ming army seemed to disappear all of a sudden. Whether it was Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Pu, and Zhang Ruolin, these people became very united.

After all, Hong Chengchou was guilty of all the crimes of losing his troops and humiliating the country alone, as long as they could defend Bijia Mountain, it would be a great contribution.

The fact that Hong Chengchou was defeated and captured spread all over the world, which is ridiculous. People all over the world began to criticize Hong Chengchou. Everyone said that the defeat in Liaodong was due to Hong Chengchou.

Just when everyone scolded Hong Chengchou, Emperor Chongzhen set up an altar in the capital to worship Hong Chengchou.

This is a common problem of Emperor Chongzhen. When Lu Xiangsheng was alive, he never treated him well, and even ordered the killing of Lu Xiangsheng himself. Later, he regretted it and regretted it very much...

When Sun Chuanting struggled to work for him in pain, he treated Sun Chuanting as if nothing had happened. It was not until after Sun Chuanting died in battle that he almost fainted.

Now, it's Hong Chengchou's turn.

The emperor set up an altar in the capital to pay tribute to Hong Chengchou, and the reason why it became well-known to everyone in the world was not to commemorate Hong Chengchou, but to force Hong Chengchou to commit suicide immediately for his eternal reputation!

When Dorgon sneered and told Hong Chengchou the news, he looked at his pale face and felt indescribable pride.

"If the king wants his minister to die, he has to die!" Hong Chengchou felt disappointed.

Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou's face mockingly and said, "Will you really die?"
Chapter completed!