With a slap, Shunzhi was stunned immediately, but subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover the pain on his face, and his eyes that looked at Xiaozhuang were filled with disbelief.

In recent years, the relationship between mother and son has been quite unfamiliar. In "Drafts of the Qing History? Biography of Empress and Concubine", the only records of the relationship between Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi are "Shizu ascended the throne and respected as the empress dowager", "Presented to the Empress Dowager's father, Prince Sang Heshuozhong, and his mother's concubine", "The empress dowager's life is long, and the emperor has prepared thirty poems to offer", "The emperor inherited the empress dowager's teachings, wrote "Inner Zeyanyi", and made a preface to advance". These four sentences, sixty words that are cold and cold to deal with errands. There are as many as 715 words between Xiaozhuang and Kangxi, which is even more than ten times more!

There are many reasons for this result, such as fear and resentment towards Dorgon, dissatisfaction with Xiaozhuang's commitment to Dorgon, resentment towards Xiaozhuang's strict discipline, and dissatisfaction with the two queens, Xiaozhuang's niece and niece's niece. All of this is still the case when Xiaozhuang interferes in Shunzhi's pampering Dong Efei.

It is one thing to have a bad relationship, but Shunzhi has never received such treatment. With a slap, Shunzhi's mind immediately buzzed.

This was something he never expected, but Shunzhi did not know that more than two hundred years later in history, one of his descendants was slapped by an empress dowager who was known as Xiaozhuang in the Qing Dynasty and then imprisoned here until the day he died.

"The emperor's mother..."

The slap of Shunzhi's face. Although Xiaozhuang had already put down his hand, he was still trembling involuntarily. His unyielding attitude for his son and for the relationship between mother and son eventually deteriorated to this point.

"The Ai family really regrets that you, a fool who is so cowardly that he does not care about his ancestors' foundation, will be supported to the throne."

In the throne dispute that year, the decision-making power was not on Dorgon who held the two white flags and Haoge who was backing the two yellow flags and the Zhenglan flag, but on Daishan and Jirgalang who were centrists. Which side they turned to would gain an overwhelming advantage, but they would never be inclined to either side, because whether it was Dorgon or Haoge, their interests would be damaged after ascending the throne.

In this way, Dai Shan and Jirgalang squeezed Dorgon down in the name of supporting Huang Taiji's descendants, and then used Dorgon's power to rule out Haoge, which gave the opportunity to other princes.

At this time, the decision-making power fell into the hands of Huang Taiji's queen Borjigit Zhezhe. The status of Concubine Zhuang of Yongfu Palace was too low and did not have the decision power as in the TV series. However, Zhezhe finally decided to let Bumubutai's son ascend the throne. The reason was very simple. Zhezhe had no son, and Bumubutai was her niece, which was that simple.

At that time, in addition to Haoge, Shunzhi had four elder brothers alive, and among his younger brothers there were competitors with a higher status as Bomuboguoer. But in the end, Korqin's Borjijit's aunt chose Shunzhi for his own benefit, but what they did not expect was that with the rise of Chen Wen, the current situation of the Qing Dynasty was no longer something Shunzhi could handle.

"Mother, are you going to destroy me?"

After being shocked, as this was heard, Shunzhi's sadness came from it, and tears flowed out of it.

"No, the Ai family has never thought about it." Xiaozhuang sighed and then said to Shunzhi: "Emperor, you are the only son of the Ai family. The mother and son are both prosperous and both rich and lose. But your performance these few times is really too unsatisfactory, especially this time, do you think that if you say something to go back to Liaodong, the Eight Banners children will really go back with you?!"

"Why not, I am the emperor!"

"Fuck! The foundation of the Qing Dynasty was the Eight Banners, Taizu, Taizong, and even Dorgon. By robbing the land of the Han people, seizing the money and grain of the Han people, turning the Han people into slaves, they can drive the Eight Banners to use them and sit firmly on the throne of the Great Khan, the emperor and the Regent. It would be fine if you don't compete for the Eight Banners for profit and power now, but you want them to give up their land, houses, wealth and children and follow you back to the bitter and cold land to avoid the Ming army's edge. Can't you hear that the inner city is already full of dissatisfaction with you?"

Shunzhi was furious, and Xiaozhuang was also polite to face each other. Shunzhi heard the shouts outside, and even if he hid in Yingtai, his ears would not be quiet.

"I am doing their good. Now even the emperor's uncle is dead. When the Zhejiang bandit army heads north, what will the Eight Banners use to resist?"

Xiaozhuang sneered at Shunzhi's answer. When she heard that her son was still defending her cowardice, she said bluntly: "At this point, don't deceive yourself anymore. You are escaping now. Escape from Zhejiang bandits and escaping your responsibility to the Eight Banners as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. You said you were thinking about them, so you can go out and try it now and see how many people will return to Liaodong with you. Don't forget that your throne was introduced by the nobles of the Eight Banners back then. Now you can't satisfy them, and they can still depose you!"

The formation of this ethnic group in Manchuria was too short. From the beginning, the Aisin Gioro family of the Left Guard of Jianzhou conquered by force and completed the integration of various ethnic groups in the Nuergandusi who were detained in the Ming Dynasty.

The Eight Tribes of Jianzhou, the Four Tribes of Haixi and the East China Sea Tribes, and the Mongolian, Hurha, and Soren and other ethnic groups merged into the Eight Banners of Manchuria. If force is a means to combine them together, then interests are the key to ensuring that this new ethnic group does not fall apart.

Whether it is the "Seven Hate" rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, "robbing the West", or even enclosing land, slaughtering the city after entering the pass, or even a series of major cases in the early Qing Dynasty, there are all economic factors.

"I, I..."

The current situation is very unfavorable for the Qing Dynasty, but retreating from Liaodong cannot solve the problem. Even if the Eight Banners all agree, they really retreated and could achieve unity in that bitter and cold place. However, with less than 40,000 people now, including disabled soldiers in previous battles, then there will be no money or food for the Eight Banners of the Han army. Faced with the revenge of the Han Dynasty with tens of millions of people, can a Shanhaiguan really resist it?

"Emperor, our Eight Banners have no way out. After killing so many Han people, instead of returning to Liaodong to survive, it is better to take advantage of the fact that there is still half of the country and make a desperate attempt."

Shunzhi sat down dejectedly on the dragon chaise, covered his face with both hands and buried his head under the imperial desk, and made a soft sob.

It was not that he didn't understand this truth, but Jirgalang's death shocked him too much. When Zheng Chenggong was in the northern expedition to Nanjing, he had the idea of ​​escaping back to Liaodong. Now Zheng Chenggong has retreated, but the more powerful Chen Wen stood up, and the desire to escape was inevitable.

Xiaozhuang's every question squeezed Shunzhi into the corner. He knew very well that his cowardice had reached the limit of the patience of the Eight Banners. Just as Xiaozhuang said, the compromise of the Eight Banners could lead him to ascend the throne. Once the Eight Banners' patience reached the limit, it would be normal to depose him, the emperor, or even kill him directly, just like the four major belles who joined forces to force Nurhaci's concubine to death, and the mother of the three Dorgon brothers Abahai!

In the hall, the mother and son stood and the other sat. After a long time of silence, Shunzhi raised his head again and said to Xiaozhuang in a hoarse voice: "My mom, my son understands that it is my son's fault. Mom, please rest assured. My mom, my son vows to live and die with the Eight Banners, and never mention the word "Liaodong!"

Xiaozhuang's persuasion achieved its goal, and the mother and son seemed to have brought it closer. After chatting for a while, they set off to leave Yingtai and returned to the palace to express their opinions to the Eight Banners' powerful people to rest assured the Eight Banners' hearts.

But after leaving the hall, Shunzhi stopped and looked back for a moment before saying to the eunuch Wu Liangfu beside him: "Dropping this hall for me, pulling all the things out of the city and burning them. I don't want to see these things again!"

……………………

The storm of retreating to Liaodong began. After Shunzhi issued a self-criticism and publicly expressed his attitude of never returning to Shanhaiguan in this life, the Eight Banners and children of the inner city expressed their support for Shunzhi and their unswerving determination to fight to the death with the anti-Qing forces, including Chen Wen, after the powerful and powerful people confirmed the correctness from Xiaozhuang.

However, the change in attitude was just to return to the origin when he received the confirmation of Jirgalang's death. The actual problem still exists, and as time goes by, the problem will further expand until the day when Chen Wen made an expedition.

It had been delayed for a day. That night, Shunzhi once again gathered the powerful people of the Eight Banners to the Qianqing Palace. Compared to the last time, the powerful people were all nervous. They did not feel relieved until they confirmed that Shunzhi did not blame them.

The topic is the same as the last time. What should I do next? It is a very broad topic, but it is imminent, because there is not much time left for them. If there is no big trouble in the south, Chen Wen will launch a northern expedition within one or two years, and it is likely that it will not be two years. In this way, if he determines the future direction of governance one day earlier, he can prepare one day earlier and his chances of victory will be greater.

"Every relatives and nobles are the backbone of our Eight Banners. You have also seen the current situation. The Treasury and the Ministry of Internal Affairs still have some foundation, but their financial resources are not enough. Moreover, once the south is thrown, the grain will be cut off. Now we must find a way, otherwise when the Zhejiang bandits go north, the Eight Banners will not go to war on hunger. Even Mongolia, Han army and Green Camp soldiers will have to pay."

It has been twelve years since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, and years of war in the north have been ruined. After entering the pass, it has been like this for years. It has not been better than a few days. However, at the beginning of entering the pass, the Dashun Army tortured 70 million taels of silver. At that time, Li Zicheng was defeated and was in a mess. It was impossible for him to flee back to Shaanxi with more than 81,000 tons of silver. Some of them must have fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty. Later, Kangxi also specifically stated that Li Zicheng transported the silver to Shaanxi and threw it into the Yellow River, which was quite a bit like 300 taels of silver.

This was a large amount of income. However, after the army went south, the plundered money and the Eight Banners Army basically fell into the hands of the powerful and the Eight Banners Army. At first, Duoduo issued some restrictions on Yangzhou and Nanjing, but naturally he could not control it. Just the imperial supplies were handed over, otherwise the following would have been a big fuss.

It has been like this for many years, and tax increases are inevitable. Even if the tax increases are still a deficit, if it weren’t for the fact that the foundation was really strong and the officials in the south were ordered to impose heavy taxes, the Qing Dynasty’s finances would have collapsed long ago.

"For Prince Zheng's foresight, while the slave Ma Guozhu was handling the Tonghai case, he also transported a large amount of money and grain back to the capital along the canal. We can hold on for a while, but it is very limited. If there is no new income, we might really go hungry when the Zhejiang bandits head north."

To the south of the Yangtze River, put aside the "Tianfu Country" in Sichuan, which has a tax revenue of thousands of taels and a expenditure of dozens of times, the remaining part of the Qing Dynasty was only the northern part of Huguang, and several prefectures in Fujian and the Huizhou and Shaozhou, which Guangdong was still in Shang Kexi. Even the latter two no longer paid taxes to the capital, and the northern part of Huguang was a big financial hole. For the Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan could basically be described as losing all the losses.

North of the Yangtze River, bandits rampant for more than ten years, and the Qing army repeatedly broke through and slaughtered after entering the pass, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan were all unable to make ends meet, while Zhili was the place where the Eight Banners Army enclosed land. Only Shandong was a little better, at least bandits had not visited too frequently. As for Huai land, haha.

"Your Majesty, I think if you don't have it, just increase your taxes. When Taizu was alive, we killed rich families and poor people in Liaodong. The Han people in the pass could always scrape some oil and water."

Ji Du knew nothing about finance and increased taxes when he had no money. However, the powerful people here with administrative experience expressed opposition. Now it is different from the time, and it is not Liaodong. In recent years, the Qing court's examination for military farming was not only unable to restore people's livelihood, but more and more refugees were. With the tax increase, it is estimated that Chen Wen would have called him, and there would be wars everywhere.

"The Han people are not afraid of rebelling, but the problem is that the troops of our Qing Dynasty have dropped too quickly and they cannot be suppressed without soldiers."

The lack of military and wealth is the biggest problem. However, there are only so many people in the Manchu ethnic group, and the Dingkou is really limited. Even the Eight Mongolian Banners and the Eight Han Banners have lost too many soldiers in recent years. The Niulu has really reached an unsustainable point. How can we suppress the bandits everywhere?

"If the slave thought it was really impossible, he sent someone back to Liaodong to catch fish skins and tatars to supplement the den.”

“This is a good idea.”

"Sony's words are reasonable. We have been catching them all the time since Taizong. The fish-skin Tartars are fierce and brave, and they are indeed an excellent supplement to soldiers."

Finally, I had a good idea, but who to send to it is still a problem now. After all, the fish-skin Tartars are not fat pigs or fat sheep, and they follow with a whip. Over the years, they have to pay certain casualties to catch fish-skin Tartars. However, the weapons and equipment of the Qing Dynasty were far better than those pure savages wearing salmon skins. The exchange rate was still a big profit. But now, the world of flowers in the pass is still there, so who is willing to go back to Liaodong to take risks?

"I think it should be fine to ask Ningguta's armored man to capture it."

During the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army was corrupted very quickly, but there was an exception, that was, they were still stationed in the Liaodong divisions. In such an environment, their combat effectiveness declined very slowly. It was indeed a good idea for the armored men to catch the Tartars, but by catching the Tartars, who were not very large in number, could they catch Chen Wen's military expansion?

"After all, more Mongolians and Han people have to carry the flag and become bannermen, and then add to each Niulu to increase their troops faster. In this situation, I am afraid that many people may not be willing to do so."

It was a very honorable thing to carry the flag during the Qing Dynasty. After all, the servants of the Qing emperor were much more noble than those of ministers, humble ministers and others. But now, even the Manchus’ powerful people do not hide the bad situation, and everyone is silent.

"Or, we can get better by transferring Wu Sangui to Huaibei and letting him stand in front first."

"No, absolutely not. If you do this, that guy must rebel."

"He dares!"

"What's wrong with him? Do you think Li Guohan can control him?"

“…”

In this way, the two items of military personnel and fiscal revenue were increased. The powerful and powerful fought in the Qianqing Palace for a night, and they could not find a few ways to solve the problem until it was almost dawn.

After arguing all night, the powerful and powerful were tired and had to leave for the time being. Shunzhi did not go back to sleep and stayed in the pass. The urgency of the situation made him unable to sleep at all. However, after sitting all night, he was already sore all over and had to go out and take a walk, and also think it was just breathing fresh air.

As he walked, Shunzhi had an idea to go to Hanlin Academy to see it, which was a place for talent storage. Ma Jia Tuhai, whom he had valued very much before, had worked there, but now he died in Lishui.

After sitting in the sedan chair, he arrived at the Hanlin Courtyard within a short while. It was already dawn and he didn't go to court, but the Hanlin Courtyard seemed deserted, even more deserted than when he came last time.

These days, some officials reported to Ding You. Shunzhi's disgust for these officials who were very good at judging their parents' deaths was even deeper than those who left directly.

The more he thought about this, the more upset he became. Shunzhi suddenly began to regret the idea of ​​insisting on taking this trip. But just as he was about to leave, he saw a familiar figure still working step by step, just like when he first met this civil servant.

"I, Zhu Zhixi, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, bow to His Majesty, long live, long live, long live, long live."

Zhu Zhixi performed rituals like rituals, so Shunzhi asked him to get up and reply. After the greetings, Shunzhi asked, "Do you remember you are from Jinhua, Zhejiang?"

“That’s right.”

"Many southern officials are worried, why don't you leave?"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhixi bowed to the ground and replied to Shunzhi solemnly: "Report to Your Majesty, my father has passed away, and I have been worried. My mother is still there, so there is no reason to worry about him. Besides, I am a disciple of the emperor. As long as your Majesty still uses me one day, I should serve the Qing Dynasty, devote my whole life to it, and die until I die."

"Okay!" Zhu Zhixi's answer swept away the haze of Shunzhi for many days, slapped his thighs, and Shunzhi then praised: "What a loyal minister and filial son, and what a loyal minister will be devoted to his life until his death. It is rare that there is a minister like you. Our monarch and minister have a long life."
Chapter completed!