Chapter 152 One strand of hair Three thousand blood

Before we knew it, the wild cicadas on the trees stopped calling. The apples and pears in the garden were also hung on the branches, especially the hawthorns on each tree, which were dazzling red and dazzling, like a flame flashing among the green leaves.

It is August when the mosquitoes are steel legs, and the autumn tiger is about to go and not go. Because the weather is dry and there are many farm work, the last heat of the year is even harder than the hot summer.

But the old people say that autumn comes early this year and summer goes quickly. It’s not so good yet, and the hot season has passed. There are also many people who are talking about it in private that the Tartars killed too many people and the yin energy is too strong, so the heaven and earth change. According to the hexagram book, this is called the Yin Palace and Yang aspect, which is responsible for the disaster of the four symbols.

As for what the Four Symbols disaster is, few people can understand, but now they have shaved their hair and braids, and they don’t know how many people have been killed. Especially those men with righteousness and ancestors in their hearts are almost dead because they refuse to shave their hair. According to people coming outside, the deadline for shaving is coming, and the heads of people cut down from all over the place are higher than those of the mountain. Although there are heavy Tartar soldiers in the capital, there is nothing to see at the moment. The people’s hearts are floating and all kinds of rumors, can the men in the capital still not feel it?

No matter what, on August 15th, there is a big show to be sung.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, the Manchu master wanted to embellish the peace and celebrate the civil and military achievements of the Shunzhi Dynasty. The emperor's uncle, the Regent, had already passed on a message to ask all places to pay tribute and send joy to show the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty.

Especially in this palace, we have been preparing for the arrangements for a long time.

The newly-treated colorful sheds are taller and brighter than the other. Each hall is lined with beautiful silk, which makes it look so peaceful and festive.

There are so many new items sent from all over the country, including pomegranates the size of teapots, whole purple lamb skins, half a person-high coral trees, multi-headed purple zhi symbolizing the peaceful and prosperous times, and many rare objects that Fulin cannot be named at all.

Namuzha couldn't help but look at this and touch that, and she liked it so much. The thought of thinking that Beijing was not as good as the grassland was gone. She kept yelling and smiling. Seeing that, she wanted to move all these things into her room...

Fulin’s favorite is the Western self-running clock.

This self-running clock is a thing I really like, and it can keep walking with a click. It seems like there is a little man pushing it inside. This object was given by Tang Ruowang and Tang Shaoqing, and is still explaining the truth to Fulin: "My Emperor, this self-running clock is not as magical as you think. It is just a skillful method of craftsmen. The key point of this big clock is different from that of a water clock. It is purely walking with the power of change..."

"Don't tell me about these tricky things. Tang Shaoqing would like to talk more about your "The Secret of Fire Attack" to listen to Long Live. Now our Qing Dynasty is fighting everywhere, and we cannot do without these artillery. Even if we are young, we will always know some of these things."

I don’t know when the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang appeared next to me.

The Qing Dynasty expanded its territory for thousands of miles and ruled hundreds of trillions of people. As the king of a country, it is better to know the best skills of skill to avoid losing one's ambition. Fu Lin was still young, so as long as he knew the principle of agriculture as the foundation and military as the guarantee.

Chau Wang was also considered to have real talents and knowledge, and Xiaozhuang understood in his heart. But Fulin became increasingly addicted to these miscellaneous studies such as mathematics and calendar, which made Xiaozhuang very worried.

As the lord of a great power that controls the entire world, Fulin is the first emperor among the Manchus to enter the Forbidden City, and he faces an unprecedented great situation. The ancestor Nurhaci, the former ancestor, was also capable, especially Huang Taiji, who was considered a genius and strategy, and he did not have the opportunity to face these 30,000 miles of great rivers and mountains. The Manchus have finally had the opportunity to rule the world instead of curling up in a corner of the northeast. Naturally, they have to do great things that their predecessors have always dreamed of but have never achieved. Such a grand blueprint requires a generation of heroes.

Since we are going to do unprecedented great things and achieve unprecedented emperors, how can we be obsessed with these mixed learning tricks?

These things are really good, but they are not what Fulin should learn. What he wants to learn and face is the ability to govern people and the ability to govern the world.

But the little emperor Fulin seemed to be trying to be like the empress dowager. Not only did he ignore these things, but he immediately turned around and walked away when he saw the empress dowager coming.

"I wish the Empress Dowager good luck." After the eunuch Hai Dafu lay down and kowtowed, he stood up and whispered: "The Empress Dowager should not urge you too much. The little master is feeling depressed..."

Xiaozhuang looked at this slave-like Hai Dafu, and he knew what kind of person he was. If he were an ordinary palace maid, how could he dare to speak like this?

"There are so many things happening so I will give Fulin to you and take good care of it..."

“Wait.”

"Fulin is still young and can't figure out many things. When he gets older, he won't be so awkward with me. You should understand what I do very well. If you have the opportunity to persuade Fulin, I will go back to Cining Palace first."

"Yeah." Hai Dafu responded, bowed his body and slowly retreated, and followed Fulin step by step.

The little baby emperor Fulin has a natural sense of intimacy for this eunuch who is not good-looking. He has been following him from Shengjing to Beijing for several years. He always thought that he was just a loyal and honest eunuch leader, but now he knows that this eunuch leader is not that simple, especially his terrifying skill. Although Fulin only saw it at a glance, he knew that this eunuch was extremely skilled. If it were a single fight, he was afraid that no one would be his opponent.

"Honey, I have always wanted to ask you..." Fulin said curiously.

"Master, just call me Hai Dafu. My husband is not a husband, but only the ones below are called by the palace servants below. The master's call this will ruin the ranks and inferiors." Hai Dafu still looked respectful and said in a quiet voice: "I have said so many times. My master is the emperor of Jiuzhou Wanfang. If you talk to anyone, you should not speak frankly about you and me..."

"I know, I know, I am me, then I ask you." Hai Dafu has reminded you countless times about this question, and Fulin's ears were calloused: "You have such good skills, why don't you go to the front to make achievements? But you stayed in the palace for so many years? I think Dorgon is not your opponent. If you go into battle to kill the enemy, the contribution you will definitely make is greater than Dorgon..."

"Everyone has his own mission, and my mission is to serve the master." Hai Dafu still looked humble, but there was a hint of desolation in his tone: "Slaves are just farmers who can make a few moves of flirting. The regent is extremely noble. There are still many things in our Qing Dynasty that need to rely on the regent. How dare the slaves be compared with the regent? They are incomparable. If you really talk about the ability to fight, even if there are a hundred servants, you will not be as good as the regent..."

"Hmph, then Dorgon... I will make him look good one day sooner or later!" Fulin said angrily.

"Master, you should call the Regent. This will cause a lot of trouble if you listen to it by someone with ulterior motives." Hai Dafu still said quietly and peacefully: "Hasn't the servant told the Lord that the Regent's armor and soldiers are in his hands. Master, your armor and soldiers should be in your heart. You should not be exposed until the last moment."

"Well, I understand what you said." Fulin looked at Hai Dafu and said in a very popular way: "Would you like to be my armored soldier?"

"A slave is just a slave, and his greatest duty is to serve his master."

Fulin tilted his head and thought for a long time, but he still couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

Cining Palace.

Because Xiaozhuang has a high status, he lives in Cining Palace. In fact, this woman rarely steps into this hall and spends most of her time in the Buddha Hall in the north of the palace. As for living, she is in the ear room next to the Buddha Hall.

The two ear rooms on both sides were originally the place where the palace ladies who served the nobles in the harem in the previous dynasty were on duty, and they were very simple.

The real residence of Xiaozhuang is the left ear room.

"Cining Palace is too big. I feel so empty-hearted that I might as well live next to the Buddhist temple. If I think of the Buddha in my heart, I will be at peace."

Anyway, Xiaozhuang himself said that, although the palace maids and eunuchs below all said that this was to cover people's eyes and ears and ears, and said that it was to facilitate the regent, who dared to say such words? If there was a little bit of wind, even if there were nine heads, it would not be enough to cut them.

Xiaozhuang Ping retired from the palace and sat alone in the room.

After all, Fulin is a child. Although he is having a quarrel with him now, when he grows older, he will understand the original intention of compromise. Dorgon is becoming more and more unscrupulous. If he snatches the throne, no one will really try his best to stop him. In order to protect Fulin's position as emperor and to keep the safety of the mother and son, many things have to be done.

To put it bluntly, what happened in the palace is just one thing: seek stability.

Xiaozhuang can still do this.

But there are many things outside, especially this time the defeat.

Duoduo's defeat was too sudden, and it was unexpected that people suddenly thought of it. Although so many days have passed, many people still cannot get out of the shadow of Duoduo's death in battle.

Prince Yu Duoduo's combat power is outstanding among the kings, and Duoduo himself is also considering the overall situation. Although Duoduo's Dorgon-like general, Xiaozhuang will not deny Duoduo's strengths.

But the defeat in Nandu was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Since entering the pass, Duoduo has made outstanding achievements in fighting in Shanxi and Shaanxi and traveled to Henan. He has developed into an army of more than 100,000. Although he has been in Huaiyang for a long time, he has successfully captured Yangzhou, opened the lock of the Yangtze River, and set the most critical link for the capture of Jiangnan. Seeing that the army has arrived at the city of Nandu, the capital has even made preparations to celebrate the capture of the Nanming Central, the situation suddenly reversed.

The army of more than 100,000 was gone, and among the 40,000 main forces, except for a Manchurian flag in Yangzhou, the entire army was almost wiped out, and even Duoduo himself died in battle.

The blow was like a bucket of ice water, and the penis extinguished the rising morale of Manchuria.

The comment "Jiangnan is weak, and the edict can be sent" suddenly became a laughing stock. After all, Duodor was left in Jiangnan, why would he say that he could not be sent?

The Qing Dynasty had not had much force, and it was scattered on several major battlefields. Suddenly, the most important one was broken, and I was really at a loss and could not afford to organize another powerful attack.

At this time, different sounds appeared inside Manchuria.

The old-fashioned Manchu nobles believed that they should protect their existing interests and divide the river with the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty to rule them. They could get all the land north of the Yangtze River, which was already a brilliant result that they could not imagine before entering the pass.

Dorgon and other pro-war factions believed that they should take all their strength again and make a thunderous attack on Jiangnan. Because Jiangnan is rich and has a large population, and the title of Xingwu Xinhuang is poking, it is easy to gather considerable strength again. Instead of waiting for the counterattack of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it is better to launch an attack before his wings are full.

During the dispute between the two factions, a new force appeared in front of everyone - the army to die.

Many Manchu nobles are not very clear about what the army to die are, but they have made a full assessment of the strength of the army to die.

Those who can defeat Duoduo in one battle should not be underestimated no matter how you say it.

All parties are collecting information about the death army, and two voices have also formed within the pro-war faction.

One is to advocate the old path of heart-opening tactics, and to use the relatively stable Jiangbei to cross the river and seize the central part of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Another one is to insist on putting the Nanming first, taking advantage of the opportunity that the army to die had not yet developed, to take Huaixi to fight the army to die and defeat Jiangnan's reliance.

Because there is no extra force to be freed up, no matter which strategy you adopt, it cannot be completed at the moment.

For Xiaozhuang and Fulin, they naturally strongly agreed to continue to attack, whether they were fighting Huaixi or going to Jiangnan, they would do whatever they wanted.

First, the Dorgon power in the north can be diverted to create more room for maneuver for the young emperor. Furthermore, the management of several generations of Manchu has achieved today's situation, and it is unlikely that he would give up the opportunity to enter the world because of a setback.

"No matter how much time I go, I will definitely attack again." Xiaozhuang knew that his meager and pitiful strength could not control this big situation at all, but it was not completely impossible to find opportunities and try to create more opportunities: "How can I do it more conducive to Fulin?"

Qufu, Shandong.

Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been the first family in the world.

The sage's "benevolence" and "ritual" have been passed down for thousands of years. The best ones are the best to spread the people's livelihood, which is inseparable from Confucianism. The lower ones are promoted to the official career and become famous all over the world, and even more so are Confucianism. Whether in the Sui, Tang, Song, Ming, or Foreign dynasties such as Liao, Jin, Mongolia and Yuan dynasties, they all regard the sage's "Tao it with virtue and qualify it with etiquette" as a classic for ruling the world, which is not easy for a thousand years.

Qufu, the place where saints were born, has also become a holy land in the minds of all people in the world.

Even if you are a porter carrying a shoulder pole, as long as you say it is a scholar with a person from Qufu, your eyes are on your head must respectfully bow to show your respect for the saints.

Not only did the worship of saints in all dynasties, but also the emperors of various dynasties built temples and erected monuments, which were also called Yan Shenggong by descendants of the Confucius family.

Every year from the fourth day of August to the fourth day of August 14th, the Confucius Mansion, the world's largest mansion, holds a ceremony to "connect the Beidou" to demonstrate the connection between Confucius Mansion and heaven, and to show the teachings of the sages to "be with heaven."

These ten days are also the most lively time in the Confucius Mansion, but these days it seems a bit out of place.

Yansheng Gong Kong Yunzhi dragged a rat-like braid on the back of his head, crying for a sad face, and ended the Beidou-coated ceremony that had been changed for more than an hour in advance.

When the shaving order was just coming down, Kong Yunzhi also brought out Confucius's big sign with the reason that "from the Han Dynasty, even though the system is harmful and beneficial, I am the only one." He hoped to avoid shaving.

But what?

Dorgon personally responded to this matter.

"The violations are strictly enforced, and you have violated the unpardoned order. I'll beg you to avoid death." How about your Kong family? Still shaving my hair, leaving a braid, or you'll cut off your head and become a dead saint. There is no room for negotiation in this matter. For the sake of your descendant of the saint, I'll give you a chance to shave your hair obediently, otherwise...

"The body, hair, skin, and parents, are damaged by unfilial piety" is the great truth in the "ritual" of the saints. When Dorgon showed his knife, he would not care about any kind of saint teachings. What is the "big etiquette" and "single crown and uniform" are even more scary.

It is the core of the way of the saints in the world. Kong Mansion, isn’t it shaved its head so brightly? Or is it a braid behind the head?

Keep your head but not your hair, keep your hair but not your hair.

The barbers hired by the government were followed by Manchu soldiers holding knives. They immediately came over to shave off when they saw the hair. If there were any one who refused, they would not ask what the charge was. They swung the knife and rubbed it all at once, and then hung their heads on the bamboo pole of the shaving pick.

It was just for the seemingly insignificant hair that the people killed were really in a hurry. Which pair of shaved picks were not piled up with people's heads in baskets? But there were really those guys who were not afraid of death and were not afraid of killing, and they all came to die with the slogan "It is not easy for the country to perish."

You never have to be polite to these people. The knife in your hand will tell these people what the real truth is.

These scholars have been reading books for their whole lives and have been foolish enough to tell whether their hair is important or their head is important. After being taught by saints for life, they don’t even understand the principle of soft neck and hard knife, and they still cry in front of the gate of the Confucius Mansion.
To be continued...