Chapter 627: Three birds with one stone
Xiaozhuang was born into a Mongolian nobleman and married a Manchu nobleman. He did not have the idea of "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" like Han women. Today, when Tong Tuchang looked at him, he couldn't help but tease this unpretentious man.
Tong Tuchang is not a kind man and a trustworthy woman. He also had romantic past events when he was exiled to the world. However, after becoming a high-ranking official, he had moral requirements for himself and was no longer as dirty as before.
When Tong Tuchang heard Xiaozhuang teasing him, he quickly lowered his head and pretended to be shy after being discovered. Tong Tuchang was less than 1.6 meters tall, and he was very fat after life. His blushing made Xiaozhuang laugh, and he felt that this ugly man was very interesting.
After laughing, Xiaozhuang asked, "Mr. Tong, I asked you today to ask how you want to surrender to my Qing Dynasty?"
"When I returned to the Empress Dowager of the Holy Mother, I have been exiled to the world since I left Liaodong. I don't know that there are still people in the Tong family in Liaodong. When I was in Huguang and Wuchang, I accidentally surrendered to Zhu Hongsan. When I met Tong Guonai in Fujian, I realized that there are still people in my Tong family who were alive and had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. When the uncle of the slave knew about it, he was afraid that Zhu Hongsan would take revenge, so he ordered the slave to come to Beijing to contact other Tong family members!"
Xiaozhuang had heard Tong Tulai say about this matter, and she was half-believing and half-doubting about whether Tong Tuchang really defected.
"Mr. Tong, do you think your Emperor Shenwu can take revenge on you? Tell me what kind of person he is?"
Tong Tuchang heard Xiaozhuang's question, and made Zhu Hongsan scold him. Tong Tuchang started from Wuchang and recounted the life of Zhu Hongsan's legend, but most of them talked about Zhu Hongsan's dirty tricks, such as killing the whole family for a woman, forcing his wife's niece, forcing the rape of a little widow, and raping his sister-in-law. Tong Tuchang's clever mouth is very good at speaking, and the ups and downs of Zhu Hongsan's various things are as attractive as a storyteller.
Xiaozhuang was listening with the mentality of listening to storytelling, but when he heard it, he became more and more frightened. Unexpectedly, the Emperor Shenwu was decisive and powerful. Such a person would definitely be my strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty in the future.
The Mongols and Manchus are not sinicized now, and they still retain the wolf nature of nomadic peoples. They admire people like Zhu Hongsan, who have no choice but to achieve their goals.
"Mr. Tong, I heard that what you said, the Emperor Shenwu should be a wise master. Why do your uncle and nephew have to leave him?"
"The Empress Dowager, Zhu Hongsan is a man of mercy and capricious, trusting his confidants, and not rewarding and punishing meritorious officials. Such a monarch is really not worthy of loyalty. In addition, someone in my Tong family is an official in the Qing Dynasty. According to Zhu Hongsan's temperament, he will definitely gradually reduce the rights of the uncle and nephew in the hands of the slaves. In the end, he will find a crime to kill the uncle and nephew in the uncle and nephew in order to protect himself, so he can only give up the Ming and protect the Qing Dynasty!"
Xiaozhuang nodded when he heard Tong Tuchang say this because this method is the right method for a superior, and talents can be obtained. Why should an unsafe talent be used? If Xiaozhuang was replaced, she would do this. So far, Xiaozhuang completely believes in Tong Tuchang's surrender.
Xiaozhuang is not simple. She made great contributions to the stability of the court in the early Qing Dynasty. However, Xiaozhuang can only be regarded as a politician and cannot become a strategic expert at all. Xiaozhuang is very powerful in some court politics, but before the world competes for the general trend of the Central Plains, she is much worse than Huang Taiji and Dorgon. If Tong Tuchang said this to Huang Taiji and Dorgon, the two people would definitely find that Tong Tuchang was talking nonsense.
What Tong Tuchang said about family affection, capriciousness, loving kindness, and lust and greed, are all true. Zhu Hongsan did beat Tong Tuchang's uncle and nephew back then, but why did Tong Yangjia and Tong Tuchang still be loyal to Zhu Hongsan? That is, Zhu Hongsan remembers the principle of equal benefits learned in the officialdom of later generations.
Zhu Hongsan was a small bureaucrat in his later generations. He knew that he was not as rich as everyone else, so he bribed him during land acquisition and demolition. There were not no honest officials, but Zhu Hongsan had never seen him. He didn't love money? OK! What do you like? Women? Pursuit? Elegance? Or your family? No matter who Zhu Hongsan's superior is, Zhu Hongsan always had the means to pull him into the water. This is also the reason why someone reported Zhu Hongsan many times during land acquisition and demolition, but in the end he was allowed to spend his time safely.
After becoming the emperor, Zhu Hongsan was also well aware of this. What did the civil servants and counselors under him need? Menqing he knew. Ma Mingyuan needs his own talent to be displayed. Good! He will be the chief assistant and display your talents well! Ma Jiyuan is a master of the country and wants to leave his name in history. Good! Zhu Hongsan often pretends to be a foolish emperor, and then repents under Ma Jiyuan's teachings, so that Ma Jiyuan can be satisfied on the spiritual level! Feng Ziyong is a good person and likes women. Good! He robs the soy sauce Xishi and gives you a big house! Tong Yangjia is greedy for money, okay! He handes the factory in his hand to Tong Yangjia for management. You must know that the Tong family's uncle and nephew are worth tens of millions of silver in Guangdong now. Zhu Hongsan believes that there is no absolute loyalty, but the cost of rebellion is too high. The Tong family's uncle and nephew are not very loyal to Zhu Hongsan, but the benefits given by Zhu Hongsan really make them reluctant to rebel.
As a woman, Xiaozhuang naturally has the sentiment of a woman, and sentiment is a taboo for politicians. Cixi, who later generations of the Qing Dynasty, is an example. She dared to declare war on the whole world no matter how strong the country is. And male politicians should be much calmer. If Dorgon was replaced by Tong Tuchang, she would not have been able to believe Tong Tuchang in a hasty way.
Xiaozhuang, who fully believed in Tong Tuchang, asked: "Tong Aiqing, what should you do when you talk this time?"
"I wonder what the Queen Mother wants to achieve?"
"You should also know about the Regent. I don't want the soldiers of the two white flags to come back. Maybe you can help me?"
Tong Tuchang looked at Sony standing beside him. He didn't recognize Sony, but knew that the one who could stand here must be the queen mother's confidant.
"My lord, I wonder what you have come up with to the Queen Mother?"
"Mr. Tong, we are going to fight with your Ming army in Hanyang. In this way, the peace talks cannot continue. Naturally, the elite soldiers of the two white flags cannot return to the north!"
When Tong Tuchang heard this bad idea, he cursed in his heart: You bastard, I am still in Beijing! How can I guarantee my safety when you are taking action now? I still want to successfully negotiate and return to Nanjing to be the governor!
Tong Tuchang quickly bowed and said, "Empress Dowager, this strategy must not be implemented. Once this strategy is implemented, it will only benefit the Regent and the Shenwu Immortal Lord!"
Sony came up with this plan, but he didn't expect it to be completely rejected by Tong Tuchang. Sony was furious and was about to scold Tong Tuchang, but he didn't expect Xiaozhuang to shake his hand to stop Sony.
"Tong Aiqing, you think this plan is not good, so what's wrong with it?"
"Empress Dowager, this lord! You underestimate the foolish lord of Emperor Shenwu! He knew that the regent was incompatible with my Qing Emperor, so he sent the two white flag soldiers back. The foolish lord had the idea of making my Qing court chaotic. If we first took action in Wuchang, the foolish lord must have known that we did not want the two white flag elite soldiers to return to the north. According to the servant's understanding of the foolish lord, he would definitely hand over the two white flag elite soldiers to the regent for free. At that time, the empress dowager would not lose the rice, and not only would he expose his relationship with the Qing army in Hanyang, but he would also get the regent 6,000 elite soldiers!"
After hearing Tong Tuchang's analysis, Xiaozhuang thought that the same thing was true: "Tong Aiqing, what should you do about this?"
Tong Tuchang lowered his head and replied: "Empress Dowager, the servant has a plan to kill three birds with one stone!"
When Xiaozhuang heard that Tong Tuchang had such a good plan, his eyes lit up and asked, "Oh? Do you have a good plan? Tell me quickly!"
"Yes! The queen mother, the slave's plan is like this! First, the regent is seriously ill now, and his confidants must have someone at both ends of the rat. The queen mother can send people to contact him. At that time, the people sent to Yangzhou to receive the two white flag soldiers will be replaced by our own people! Second, there are 30,000 Mongolian cavalry in Yangzhou. The queen mother was born in Mongolia, so these people can naturally obey the empress dowager. At that time, the empress dowager ordered the Mongolian soldiers to carry the two white flag soldiers, and these people immediately became the empress dowager's help! Third, Yangzhou is not far from Hanyang, and after accepting the surrendered troops, they can be taken to our territory in Hanyang. At that time, it can attack or defend, and it depends on what the empress dowager wants to do!"
Xiaozhuang was overjoyed when he heard Tong Tuchang's scheming. If he did what Tong Tuchang said, he would have added 36,000 elite soldiers. You should know that these are all veterans in a hundred battles! He could also take the opportunity to weaken Dorgon's strength, and the most important thing would be to make Emperor Shenwu of the Southern Ming fail in his plan.
Although Xiaozhuang fought with Dorgon to the death, they were consistent in maintaining the Qing Dynasty's rule, so both of them suppressed their subordinates and limited the struggle to the court. Now Tong Tuchang's strategy could weaken Dorgon without killing his own people, which really made Xiaozhuang very happy.
Xiaozhuang nodded and said to Sony: "Sony, look at who can surrender to us on the Regent?"
"Mrs. Suksaha is very smart. Now the Regent is seriously ill. He has asked me many times to discuss it, but I have never agreed to him before!"
"Okay! Now you go and get in touch and ask Suksaha what it means! It's best to let him operate and release Prince Zheng!"
Chapter completed!