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On the first day of September 1652, the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty and the sixth year of Shenwu in the Ming Dynasty, the winter this year came a little earlier and it started to snow before October. Although the weather in the pass was still small ice rivers, this weather was still incomparable to the bitter and cold places outside the pass. The temperature above ten degrees was still unacceptable to the Manchus in Beijing.

However, these Manchu men did not make any trouble today, because they were all sighing in the mansion that the Southern Ming army had reached the doorstep.

The royal palaces in Beijing have begun to connect privately, preparing to leave this damn Beijing city and return to their hometown outside the pass. At the same time, some rumors began to circulate in the market that the emperor was persuaded by the empress dowager and was preparing to leave the Great Wall from the Gubeikou and return to Liaodong through the Mongolian tribes.

Ordinary bannermen cannot see the emperor and cannot verify the authenticity of this news. However, the several people, as the lord of the Eight Banners, relied on their special identities, joined forces to enter the palace to ask for details. Now the Ming army is in Tianjin, and it is less than two days away from Beijing. What should we do next? Emperor, please give me a correct letter!

Now the Eight Banners are now because Dorgon died and Shunzhi takes power. The Three Banners were changed to the emperor's personal leadership. The Banner of the Inlaid White Banner was Haoge's son Fushou; the original banner owner of Zhenghong Banner was Daishan, but after Daishan's death, the banner owner was Daishan's son Mandahai. Now Mandahai died in Zhangde, Henan, so the position of the banner was inherited by Mandahai's son Chang Ade; the owner of the Inlaid Red Banner was Shuosai; the owner of the Zhenglan Banner was Duoduo's son Doni; the owner of the Inlaid Blue Banner was originally Jierhalang, but now Jierhalang died in Jinan, so the banner owner was inherited by his son Barkan.

All these new banner owners are from the third generation. Except for some military achievements, the others are all 17 or 18-year-old boys. There is no way. Now all the old guys are dead, so they can only let these young people take power.

These five flag lords went to the palace to pay homage to the emperor and the empress dowager. Shunzhi was angry at the palace at this time. He had just received the news that the Ming army had already landed on the sea and occupied Shengjing. Now he had set out from Shengjing to occupy Shanhaiguan and pinch the main throat of the Qing Dynasty's exit from the customs.

Shunzhi learned that the five banner masters came to see him and knew why they came, but they just came to find out when they would run away.

Shunzhi thought about it and asked the eunuchs to tell them to come in. After waiting for the five people to come in, Shunzhi asked, "What are you five here?"

The lower five flags have the most respected status as the white flag, and the rich and the oldest, so he thought for a while and stood up and said, "Master, the slaves heard a news outside. I heard that the Empress Dowager intended to let us leave the customs from Gubeikou and then go back to Liaodong through Mongolia. Is this news true?"

Shunzhi nodded and said, "Absolutely, the empress dowager's meaning is exactly what it means. You are here today. Tell me your opinions!"

Shunzhi's brother Shuosai was still a sensible person. He knew that it was the weakest time for the imperial court, so he could go to Mongolia and return to Liaodong. If the Mongolian tribes had some meaning, the entire Manchuria would be wiped out by then! However, Shuosai had a special relationship and he dared not say some things, so he could only wink Fusai and let him say it.

As the son of Haoge, Fushou is much older than his uncle Shunzhi. However, because of this, Fushou is the one who is most at ease with Shunzhi, so he can still say some things.

"Master, now there are less than 80,000 Eight Banners in the capital, and they are all women and children, and there are only more than 2,000 adult males. This is basically the case with the Eight Banners of Han! If the Mongolian tribes welcome us, it would be fine, if they have any malicious intentions, then..."

Fu Shou was exactly what Shunzhi was worried about. Although he was the son-in-law of Wu Keshan, the great Khan of the Mongolian Korqin, he was still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He had to consider the last tens of thousands of people in the Qing Dynasty. Although Mongolia has always married the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, it was all based on authority. Now that the Qing Dynasty is so weak, it is really impossible for the Mongolians to do anything.

Shunzhi pondered for a while and said, "The Empress Dowager's meaning should be no problem!"

Fu Shou said anxiously: "Master, you are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. You have to consider the wealth and life of the entire clan! The Ming army is still in Tianjin now, so why don't we take this opportunity to go to Shanhaiguan and return to Liaodong?"

Shunzhi sighed when he heard Fu Shou say this, and handed over the documents for help from Luo Keduo, the general stationed in Shanhaiguan, to Fu Shou: "Fu Shou, look! The Ming army has captured Shengjing, and now it has moved south to Ningyuan. Luo Keduo from Shanhaiguan can no longer stop it. This is an urgent document!"

Fu Shou was shocked when he heard the emperor say this. In the past, the banner masters were not anxious or slow down because they were still in Liaodong. If they didn't work, they would go back to their hometown. If the Ming army could fight in the bitter and cold place outside the pass, they would not be the opponent of the Eight Banners. Moreover, north of Shengjing is the hometown of the Qing Dynasty. Although the pass was not good, there were still 400,000 or 500,000 people there, which could be used as capital to start a business. Now that I heard that my hometown was confiscated by the Ming army, these banner masters could still sit there.

"Master, Shengjing is the foundation of us. We must not let the Ming army occupy it. Please think of a solution!"

Shunzhi was troubled by these guys. How could he not be in a hurry as the head of the family? But what should I do now? The soldiers in the pass are almost dead. Should they use those women and children to fight against the Ming army's tiger and wolf army?

Shunzhi slapped the table and said, "Okay! Stop talking! As the emperor, can I not know the importance of Shengjing? But what can I do now? We must first protect the last 70,000 to 80,000 people in Manchuria, so I decided to abandon the city ten days later, and the whole clan will leave the customs from Gubeikou and return to Liaodong! You guys will also go back to collect their subordinates and prepare!"

The five flag lords had no choice but to hear the emperor say this. Now they can only walk along Gubeikou. There is no way for the five people to go down to summon their subordinates and start preparing to run for their lives.

With official confirmation, the city of Beijing is now in chaos. Originally, when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, he only brought horses and weapons, but after seven or eight years, every family has been large and small packages, and now they have to move and run away, and the entire inner city of Beijing is in chaos.

Just as the whole city of the Qing Dynasty was about to run away, in order to stabilize the Qing Dynasty and prevent them from escaping, Zhu Hongsan, in Tianjin, sent a peace talks envoy headed by Hou Xun, the governor of Zhili in northern China, to Beijing to prepare for peace talks with the Qing Dynasty.

This peace talks are not as good as the last peace talks. Zhu Hongsan has the advantage this time, but he doesn't want the Manchus to run away from Gubeikou, which will be troublesome. There are nearly 70,000 to 80,000 Manchus in Beijing, plus more than 100,000 people from Liaodong. If the Manchus are not completely solved in Guanli, it will be poisoned for countless years. Zhu Hongsan doesn't want to leave any Peking University for his children and grandchildren after his death.

Therefore, while Zhu Hongsan sent Li Yuanyin to Yanqing and Huailai to intercept him, he also sent a group of envoys headed by the old liar Hou Xun to keep the Qing Dynasty in the pass.

Hou Xun set out from Tianjin with a thousand Jinyiwei scepters, and came to the city of Beijing on the fifth day of the September 19th. When the soldiers guarding the city saw so many Jinyiwei coming outside the city, they quickly asked someone to go back and report.

Emperor Shunzhi was also surprised after receiving the news, what did that Emperor Shenwu do? Why do you have to do this when the troops are at the city?

Shunzhi thought for a long time and realized that it would be better to meet. What if there is any key news? So Shunzhi sent his trusted minister, Hanlin Bachelor, and Minister of Rites Chen Mingxia to go out of the city to welcome the Ming Dynasty mission.

Chen Mingxia is from Liyang, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. She is a famous scholar in Fushe. She is close to Chen Zilong, Wu Weiye and others. It is precisely because Chen Mingxia was born in Donglin and is very familiar with Hou Xun, who is also from the same background. She has also heard several lessons from Hou Xun in Jiangnan and has always been respectful to Hou Xun.

Hou Xun waited outside the city for a long time, and saw that the city gate was wide open and a group of civil officials came out. The leader was his old acquaintance, Chen Mingxia.

Chen Mingxia was also very ashamed when she saw Hou Xun. She was in Nanzhili and talked a lot with her friends of the same year. However, she had only been a few years and had become a minister of a foreign race. Now she was about to meet her former teacher, how could she not be ashamed?

Chen Mingxia stepped forward and said, "Teacher is here, my disciple Chen Mingxia is polite!"

Hou Xun saw Chen Mingxia wearing a Qing official uniform with an ugly rat-tail of money on his head, sighed and helped him up and asked, "Hundred Shi, I haven't seen each other for many years, how good are you!"

"The disciple is incompetent, so the teacher is worried!"

"Baishi, how did you come here in the past few years? What official position are you holding now!"

Chen Mingxia sighed, briefly explained his experiences over the past few years, and then said: "Teacher, my emperor ordered my disciples to welcome the teacher, and at the same time serve as an envoy to talk to the teacher!"

Hou Xun nodded and followed Chen Mingxia into Beijing, checking into the Sifang Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites.

The situation is critical now, so Chen Mingxia stopped playing with other things. After the teacher settled down, he asked directly: "Teacher, what did Emperor Shenwu send you here?"

"The Emperor Shenwu has the virtue of living. The world has been in chaos for so many years. Don't let the people in the capital suffer from military disasters. Therefore, Emperor Shenwu decided to send me to persuade you, the Emperor Qing emperor, and as long as you are willing to surrender, you will be left with a way out!"

Chen Mingxia didn't care about anything else. Now the situation is in this situation, the Qing emperor is in a desperate situation, and life or death has nothing to do with him. Chen Mingxia is worried about his own destiny.

Chen Mingxia looked at the room full of Han ministers, and there were no Manchu nobles following him. He asked with confidence: "Teacher, what should I do if I wait for Han ministers?"

Chen Mingxia's words asked the voices of all the Han officials in the house. In order to make money, no one wanted to die for a regime that was about to perish, so everyone listened quietly to what Hou Xun said.

Hou Xun smiled slightly. He was an old bureaucrat. Of course, he knew what these Han officials were thinking. Fortunately, before he came, the emperor had already told him about the return of these surrendered factions, and it would be okay to tell them now.
Chapter completed!