Chapter 160: Lookout for the Wind
Liu Yongxi laughed when he heard this: "What is enough sincerity?"
Concubine Chen immediately replied: "Of course it is the story of Empress Fengtian and Xiying. Since Your Majesty can accommodate all the rivers, he can naturally tolerate several women."
Concubine Chen said this very boldly, so Liu Yongxi couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't you expect that I have this kind of image in the hearts of the world? I'm afraid that future generations will laugh at me!"
Before Concubine Chen could speak, Concubine Bai had already answered first: "Since Your Majesty can embrace all rivers, and since this world is His Majesty's world, who dares to laugh at His Majesty? And I think Sister Chen's idea is indeed good. It may not be effective against thieves, but it will definitely be effective against Jianlu!"
The Qing Dynasty has just entered the pass and has not yet been able to escape from the nature of a barbarian. Therefore, in the eyes of Concubine Chen and Concubine Bai, there is no problem with any extraordinary ideas. The key is to look at the effect.
Queen Gao also agreed with their views: "Your Majesty has sacrificed a lot for the world, but I am afraid that I will continue to sacrifice myself for the sake of the country for generations. Moreover, the suggestions of the two sisters will not be effective, and there will be no loss."
Empress Gao's flattery made Liu Yongxi finally moved: "Since the queen said so, why not give it a try first, Concubine Chen!"
When Concubine Chen heard Liu Yongxi point his name, he was naturally extremely happy: "Your Majesty, I will follow your arrangements!"
Liu Yongxi nodded: "I will leave this letter to the Qing court to you."
Concubine Chen came from the Grand Secretary’s House, and her writing style was naturally above Liu Yongxi. Moreover, Liu Yongxi believed that no matter how elegant Concubine Chen wrote, there were naturally literati and poets in the Qing Dynasty who translated the meaning that the letter really wanted to express very accurately.
Concubine Chen and Concubine Bai can only watch Empress Gao as she is majestic in military affairs in the five provinces, but she dare not interfere in anything. So after hearing Liu Yongxi's arrangement, she naturally cheered and even hugged Liu Yongxi and gave a fragrant kiss.
Queen Gao also smiled when she saw this scene: "Let's stay for the younger sisters tonight. The beautiful Chen Yuanyuan is finally willing to perform a dance for His Majesty. At that time, please ask the four younger sisters to come and check it together!"
Of course, Liu Yongxi knew that since Empress Gao was going to use Chen Yuanyuan's ace, it was definitely not for such a small matter as a dance, but which man could reject the most romantic scene in his life, so his heart was full of excitement: "I think the four beloved concubines are equally charming and will not be inferior to Chen Yuanyuan!"
This is exactly the praise that Concubine Chen and Concubine Bai want to hear the most. They unhesitated without hesitation, and the scene became fleshy and radiant: "I also want to compete with this Chen Yuanyuan to see how her dancing posture is moving!"
But no matter how enthusiastic the scene became, it would only be cheaper in the end.
Liu Yongxi's decision naturally caused huge controversy in the court and the public. Many gentlemen felt that this Emperor Chengtian was not the best candidate for today's son, but rather an unyielding warrior.
But they could only hide these criticisms in their hearts, or write poems of allusions in nature, and even dare not publicly publish them. In any public scene, they could only hear praises to the Emperor Ming Dynasty.
Now that the world is already the world of the Heavenly Kingdom, everyone can only praise Emperor Chengtian according to the new rules of the Heavenly Kingdom. Otherwise, it would be an unimaginable tragic ending. These dissatisfied people can only place their hopes on the fury of the Qing Dynasty.
In their imagination, although Jianlu had just entered the Central Plains, he would be furious when he heard such unreasonable terms. Emperor Chengtian would definitely pay an extremely heavy price for his own nonsense. At that time, they would stand up and clean up the mess.
But the development of things was similar to the guesses of Concubine Chen and others. Since the Qing Dynasty first entered the Central Plains, they were naturally a group of barbarians.
These barbarians naturally had no concept of chastity. After receiving Liu Yongxi's letter, they felt relieved.
They were not worried that the conditions proposed by Emperor Chengtian in the letter were too harsh and unkind, but they were worried that Liu Yongxi would not propose specific conditions. As long as Liu Yongxi was willing to propose conditions, they could naturally have a good talk.
After receiving the letter, the Qing Dynasty mobilized with amazing efficiency and immediately collected several beauties from all over the world as bargaining chips for negotiations with the Chengtian Dynasty, among which some of the wives and daughters of the Qing Han officials were even surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
But since these Han officials have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they naturally cannot talk about their integrity, let alone the Manchu relatives and nobles appear to say: "At this time, let alone your family, even the Manchu nobles and even the empress dowager of our Qing Dynasty, are ready to sacrifice for the country!"
The Han officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty also completed psychological reconstruction in a very short time. They were the strongest group of people in the Qing Dynasty against the Ming Dynasty. They always thought about how to turn defeat into victory, but now they have become the most determined allies of the Chengtian Dynasty. They have been planning all day long how to invite Emperor Chengtian into Beijing.
In fact, this is just one aspect of the chaos in the Qing Dynasty. Although Dorgon has various shortcomings, he is at least a strict dictator and has the power of saying nothing in the court.
After Dorgon's death, the Qing Dynasty was already under the control of the waters. At all times, it was a big fuss but it was impossible to deal with the aftermath. In the end, everyone could only invite a few queens and favorite concubines left by Huang Taiji, hoping that they would come forward to solve the problem, but someone soon advised them to sacrifice themselves to serve the whole country.
Anyway, the rule of the Qing Dynasty was completely out of control, and even the rapid advancement of the Northern Expedition Army was ignored and allowed them to come and go.
For the Ming army of Yue, they originally thought that they would encounter quite fierce resistance after crossing the north bank of the Yellow River, but because the Qing Dynasty could not form a core of resistance at all, this northern expedition was more like a wartime march, and they could hardly encounter any organized resistance, but instead surrendered like rain.
It is not too much to describe it as a general like rain. Within more than ten days, tens of thousands of Qing troops surrendered to the Chengtian Dynasty, and among them were the real Eight Banners of Manchuria.
Even the most optimistic estimate before the war was that it would surrender some foreign vassals Mongolian and the Eight Banners Han army. However, now those who surrender not only include the real Eight Mongolian Banners, but also many Eight Manchurian Banners, among which there are senior officers of Gushan Ezhen level.
Even Liu Yongxi did not expect that the failure of the Ajige Legion would cause such a great psychological blow to the Qing army. He originally thought that even if there were only one or two Niulu left in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, he would insist on resisting until the last moment, but he did not expect that the Eight Banners of Manchuria would lead their troops to surrender hundreds of places.
Although these surrendered Gushan Ezhen and Jia La Ezhen were temporarily promoted, and most of the armored soldiers under their command were temporarily raised as a result of temporary flag-raising, the Qing court originally thought that these Gushan Ezhen and Jia La Ezhen would organize quite strong resistance.
But now no one is willing to die for the Qing Dynasty meaninglessly, and these Eight Banners officers also revealed many crucial inside stories to Liu Yongxi and the Yue Ming army, and even hoped to become the vanguard of the Yue Ming army's northern expedition.
Even Liu Yongxi felt that these Eight Banners officers seemed to be too active, but these Eight Banners officers defended themselves with confidence: "Didn't you have such a precedent in the Chengtian Dynasty? Empress Fengtiangao and Zhang Xianzhong's four queens, and aren't the Dashun Army and the Daxi Army the main force of this Northern Expedition? Since this is the case, our Qing Dynasty can do this, and isn't you Emperor Chengtian planning to let our Qing Dynasty empress, and the concubines become his women?"
Many officers felt that such an ending was so funny. They thought that Liu Yongxi's idea was completely imaginative, but they didn't expect that these Manchus were completely different from those of the Han people. They not only thought that this was a shame, but also a blessing.
However, there are many such precedents in the history of the rise of the Qing Dynasty. Even Nurhaci and Huang Taiji have had such a history of self-sacrifice. Therefore, these Eight Banners officers who could not find any way out would choose to cooperate with the Ming army of Yue.
Since the surrender was like rain, and thousands of elite Eight Banners surrendered together, no one was willing to die for the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the orders issued by the Qing court were completely unreasonable and even hoped to negotiate with the Heavenly Kingdom, so the war became unsurprising.
Therefore, the conditions proposed by Liu Yongxi in his letter became increasingly harsh, the Ming army's advance was getting faster and faster, and the level of surrenders was getting higher and higher. However, everyone thought this was a reasonable development, and even the Qing court thought it should be.
"Shaanxi has been liberated from the whole province, and it will only take three to five days to recover Taiyuan!"
Liu Yongxi really didn't expect his sacrifice to trigger such a chain reaction. He told Empress Gao and Li Xiangjun, who followed the army to join the army: "I didn't expect the collapse of the Qing Dynasty to come so quickly. I always thought they would retreat outside the pass!"
The most worrying issue Liu Yongxi was that the main force of the Qing Dynasty gave up outside the pass. If the Qing army really wanted to do this, Liu Yongxi would definitely be a headache. But now that the Qing Dynasty has sent all its hopes in negotiations, Liu Yongxi was naturally ready to take advantage of the victory and pursue the Qing Dynasty without giving any chance. Empress Gao reminded Liu Yongxi: "Your Majesty should try to be careful. When Jianlu is really insidious, he cannot be prevented. You must not waste all your previous efforts at this time!"
She couldn't help but think of the Battle of Stone. The Dashun Army had been fighting for more than ten years and saw that the achievements were completed, but in the end, all the previous efforts of the Battle of Stone were wasted. Liu Yongxi understood her feelings: "I also think something will definitely happen when I get to the city of Beijing. Jianlu will never sit still and wait for death. What will definitely happen next!"
Chapter completed!