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Daishan is in Liaoyang, staring at Dorgon.

"Is this the only Eight Banners soldiers left?" Dai Shan couldn't believe it.

Dorgon told the situation in detail, wanting to cry but without tears, said: "The firecrackers of the Nanmanzi are so powerful that they can be fired in the rain. In the heavy rain, it is difficult for the warriors of the Eight Banners to shoot arrows, but the Nanmanzi can fire the blunderbuss freely. What will happen in this battle? win?"

Dai Shan said: "We have also seized a few firecrackers from the Nanman, and even made hundreds of imitations. This kind of firecracker cannot be fired in the rain."

"But the firecrackers rang in the rain!"

Dorgon said: "I asked the former soldiers who fled back. When the gun rang, the closest one was only four or five steps away (eight or nine meters), and the farthest was only ten steps away. It is difficult to move quickly in the rain and mud. Charge, the warriors of the Eight Banners can only line up and approach slowly, and the Nanmanzi relies on this, and he fires his gun after approaching a few steps!"

Daishan finally understood, and could even imagine that scene.

Heavy rain, muddy, the Eight Banners army crawled slowly like a turtle, and approached bit by bit.Some are eight or nine meters away, some are one or twenty meters away, and then... bang bang bang!

Whoever takes command of this kind of battle will end in the same way.

The front army of the Tartars did not collapse until the third row of guns. It was not because of their bravery, but because they were beaten up on the spot, and they didn't react immediately.

Dorgon looked haggard and somewhat disheartened.

His two white flags suffered heavy losses, and Shunzhi's two yellow flags also suffered great losses.As for the two red flags of Daishan and his son, half were transferred by Daishan in advance, and half were still fighting in Tianjin. It can be said that there was basically no loss.

Now, Daishan's strength is super strong, completely crushing Dorgon.

Dorgon said: "What to do next, second brother, you can decide."

Daishan didn't want to take care of this mess. If he could take the lead, Huang Taiji would not be the successor.

After thinking about it, Daishan said: "It's the rainy season now, Shengjing and Liaoyang are high and deep, and the southern barbarians will not dare to attack. The most terrible thing is that Haizhou is gone. The army of Haoge and Mandahai , can no longer take the official route, and can only come back from the north. Send a message to Hauge quickly, asking him to abandon Liaoxi and return to Shengjing with the whole army!"

The occupation of Haizhou by the Datong army was tantamount to splitting Liaodong and Liaoxi, and the Manchu Qing had to spit out the Liaoxi Corridor.

What Jinzhou, what Ningyuan, what Shanhaiguan, it's useless.Without food supplies, no matter how many troops were left to garrison, they would have to starve to death in the city.

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Shenyang.

"Queen Mother, it's not good, Yaozhou has been defeated!" A Han eunuch rushed to report the news.

Bumbutai asked in surprise, "Where did the bandit army go?"

The eunuch replied: "The rebel army has occupied Anshan, and the regent is guarding Liaoyang."

Liaoyang, right under the nose of Shenyang, Bumbutai was frightened and at a loss.

But at this moment, the Han people in Shenyang City have already been telling each other in private.There are those who are excited, those who are anxious, and those who are eager to try.

In Shenyang and Liaoyang, the core areas ruled by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, there were a large number of free Han people.They were relocated outside the customs by Dorgon before, and later they all moved back. Now there are a large number of Han merchants and craftsmen in the city, and there are also a large number of Han farmers and tenants outside the city.

Nurhachi was tyrannical, which aroused the Han people to resist again and again.

After Huang Taiji came to power, he immediately carried out reforms, first of all being lenient to the Han people.He stipulated that the Manchu nobles and bannermen could only have as many serfs as possible, and the rest of the Han people would be released and allocated land for Han people to cultivate.

To be honest, in Liaodong under Huang Taiji’s rule, as long as they were not caught as coats and serfs, the life of Han peasants was even better than that in Daming.

This reform measure is also the key to Huang Taiji's ability to quickly stabilize the crisis!

Huang Taiji is also distributing fields to the common people!

In the past few years since Dorgon withdrew to Liaodong, the policy has gradually reversed.The annexation of land became more and more serious, and the farther away from Liaoyang and Shenyang, the more reckless the Eight Banners disciples became, turning all Han peasants into serfs.The big landlords of the Han people also plundered the land of the peasants through usury and turned the peasants into their own tenants.

This year is even more stormy. For Dorgon's war, the Han peasants have been exploited too severely. Even the villages around Liaoyang are already brewing peasant uprisings.

The traitors who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty are still tearing each other down, and they are divided into three factions.

One group is the old traitors represented by Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo, most of whom took refuge in Nurhachi.It can be called a generation of traitors.

One faction is Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, traitors who surrendered during the Huang Taiji period.It can be called the second generation of traitors.

One faction is the traitors who defected to the Qing Dynasty outside the pass during the Dorgon period.It can be called three generations of traitors.

The contradiction between the first generation of traitors and the second generation of traitors is extremely deep.

Because after the surrender of the second generation of traitors, Huang Taiji rewarded a large amount of livestock and grain, which were obtained from the first generation of traitors.At that time, the old traitors called themselves "old people", called Kong Youde and others "new people", and complained that Huang Taiji had forgotten the old people when he had new people.

As for the third-generation traitors, they were jointly suppressed by the first and second-generation traitors.

At this moment, in Shenyang City, the three generations of traitors are the busiest.They had the shortest time to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and their crimes were the shallowest. They had low official positions and titles, and their family property was not very rich. They were trying to rebel and make contributions to the Datong court.

Hou Fangyu's father Hou Xun, who is not dead yet, was forced to become the leader of three generations of traitors. They all counted on Hou Xun to preside over the overall situation and start an uprising in Shenyang.

Chapter 564 [Civil Unrest and Uprising]

Shenyang, Hou Zhai.

Feng Quan said in a low voice: "Mr. Ruogu, the puppet Qing Dynasty and the Han officials are all waiting for you to make up your mind!"

"What can I do?" Hou Xun asked back.

"The world has been owned by the Han people since ancient times. How can there be any barbarians who can stay in the gods for a long time? No matter how prosperous the Mongol Yuan army is, it will not last a hundred years. The Jurchens and Tartar slaves dare to establish a country and proclaim themselves emperor in a corner," Feng Quan said indignantly, "This is so special. It's a ridiculous thing, and it makes people angry. I wait for Confucian students to read the books of sages, and I know the way of sages. Before I surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, I was in Cao Ying and my heart was in Han. Now I should rise up secretly to meet the heavenly soldiers!"

Hou Xun said sarcastically, "You seem to be the one who urged Dorgon to issue the hair-shaving order?"

"That's what Sun Zhixie did, and it has nothing to do with me." Feng Quan refused to admit it.

Hou Xun said again: "During the Great War in the Central Plains, you were the one who recruited Zuo Liangyu for the Tartars, right?"

Feng Quan shook his head again and again: "I was ordered to go as an envoy, but to gain the trust of the Tartars and facilitate the incident in Shenyang today."

Hou Xun sighed: "You are trying to kill me!"

"Why do you say that, Mister?" Feng Quan was puzzled, "Mr.'s brothers and nephews are all officials in the Datong New Dynasty... If Mister rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang and echoed with his clan, wouldn't he be a loyal minister of our Datong court? This must be a good story!"

"Hey, I should have escaped earlier, so that I don't get caught up with you idiots." Hou Xun looked frustrated.

Just as Feng Quan was about to say more, there was a sudden commotion in the street, and then Hou's house became lively.

Baoyi Xindali, a Korean national, took the firearms battalion of the Manchu House of Internal Affairs with him, rushed into the house and began to arrest people.

Feng Quan was horrified, and shouted quickly: "I am a man of the regent. Without the order of the regent, you slaves must not arrest me!"

"I came here by the emperor's order. Could it be that the regent is stronger than your majesty!" Xin Dali smiled contemptuously, "Hold tight to the prison, he will be tortured, and he must confess his accomplices!"

A generation of traitors, mainly high-ranking civil officials and rich gentry.

The second generation of traitors are mainly senior generals.

The traitors of the three generations were mostly middle and high-level civil officials, and many of them were cronies promoted by Dorgon.

Today, the second generation of traitors are fighting outside, and they have also suffered defeats.One generation of traitors took the opportunity to attack the third generation of traitors, and they will be able to monopolize the power of internal affairs from then on.

Empress Dowager Bumbutai apparently joined forces with Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo to seize power!

In order to win over the nobles of the Eight Banners, Dorgon continued to erode the interests of the Two Yellow Banners and distributed them to the other Six Banners.The queen mother was very unhappy, even afraid that her son would be abolished, and now she finally seized the opportunity.

When Dorgon returns to Shenyang, he will find that his confidants, civil servants, have all been arrested and tortured in prisons. They have all committed the crime of leading the Nanjing court!

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Royal Palace.

Shi Tingzhu roared anxiously: "Hurry up and report, I want to see the Queen Mother immediately!"

Shi Tingzhu came from the Guerjia family. As early as 200 years ago, his ancestors became the border generals of the Ming Dynasty and changed their surname to "Shi" since then.He used to lead the Han army with a red flag, but now he is drawn to the Han army's white flag, and he automatically becomes Dorgon's direct confidant.

Dorgon left Shi Tingzhu in Shenyang to prevent chaos in the rear.

But Empress Dowager Dayuer moved too fast, and Shi Tingzhu didn't dare to use troops, so he could only bite the bullet and come to see him.

"The Empress Dowager has an edict, and Xuan Shi Tingzhu will see you!" The eunuch shouted loudly.

Shi Tingzhu went in with the eunuch, Da Yuer was holding seven-year-old Fulin, sitting on top with a serious expression.At the bottom of the side, there is a Hanchen sitting on the left and right. It is undoubtedly Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan.

"Minister Shi Tingzhu, greet Your Majesty, and the Queen Mother!" Shi Tingzhu immediately knelt down.

Fan Wencheng sneered: "When you see Your Majesty, don't you call yourself a slave? General Shi is a bit too out of touch."

Ning Wan said in a strange way: "It's also possible that General Shi's master is not His Majesty."

Shi Tingzhu felt his scalp go numb, it was forcing him to stand in line.

Shi Tingzhu boldly said: "The Empress Dowager, now that we have internal and external troubles in the Qing Dynasty, we must no longer mess up our positions and destroy the Great Wall by ourselves!"

After Ning Wan, I still said in a strange manner: "Who is the Great Wall? If it is Dorgon, then the Great Wall has been destroyed."

Fan Wencheng said: "Does General Shi know? Feng Quan, Dorgon's favorite minister, conspired to join forces and wanted to dedicate this Shengjing to the Nanman court. If the general doesn't believe it, he can take the confession and question Feng Quan in person."

Shi Tingzhu hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing, just lying there with his forehead against the carpet.

Fan Wencheng winked at Dayuer.

The queen mother immediately said: "Come here!"

A group of guards came in with their knives in hand and stood neatly behind Shi Tingzhu.

Shi Tingzhu knew it was irreparable, so he immediately turned his back on Dorgon, knelt down and kowtowed again: "Slave Shi Tingzhu, kowtow to master!"

Da Yuer smiled and said, "Give a seat to General Shi."

Fan Wencheng was Huang Taiji's confidant and the proposer of a series of reforms in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.Shunzhi succeeded to the throne, Dorgon was regent, and Fan Wencheng became the head of civil servants.

However, Dorgon reused Gang Lin, Feng Quan, and Qi Yunge, and Fan Wencheng lost the power to discuss politics.Duo Duo occupied Fan Wencheng's wife, and most of them were instructed by Dorgon, and the purpose was nothing more than to beat Fan Wencheng.

As for Ning Wan and me, this guy offered a lot of advice, but he liked to drink and gamble, and was dismissed by Huang Taiji.

After Dorgon became regent, Ning Wanwo was reactivated.At that time, I was very grateful to Ning Wan, but in the end, I was thrown away to edit history, and I have been compiling books in the history museum, without giving real power to work at all.

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo, who have always been patient, finally seized the opportunity this time to join forces with Da Yuer, who felt precarious.

They did not know how to completely control the military power of the palace, and now they are forcing Shi Tingzhu to stand in line.

Big traitors like Feng Quan and Sun Zhixie have been beaten to the brink of death.Although Hou Xun was not Dorgon's confidant, he was also implicated. Under torture, he was forced to admit that he was a spy sent by Nanjing.

Dorgon's confidantes such as Gang Lin and Qi Yunge were not beaten because of their status as Manchu nobles.

However, when the traitors were beaten in front of them, Gang Lin and Qi Yunge were terrified, and they all confessed Dorgon's crime of usurpation.

Losing a battle, losing an army, means losing everything.

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Shenyang City has long prohibited anyone from entering or leaving, but Shi Tingzhu saved his hand and quietly sent someone to Liaoyang to report to Dorgon.

Da Yuer's messenger also arrived quickly, arriving almost at the same time as Shi Tingzhu's people.

After Dorgon read the secret letter, the envoy of Emperor Shunzhi arrived.

The imperial decree has only one meaning: Shengjing is in danger, call the regent to return to Beijing immediately!

Dorgon suffocated his anger, arranged for the envoy to eat first, and went to see Daishan himself with the imperial decree.

After explaining the situation, Dorgon said: "The woman in the harem is so short-sighted. I will be detained when I return to Shengjing. Second brother, what do you think?"

Dai Shan also has a huge head, no matter what time, the queen mother is still playing this hand.

But they also didn't think about it. The territory of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty continued to shrink, and Dorgon continued to erode the interests of the emperor in order to win over the nobles.He even pushed Huang Taiji's confidants out of the decision-making circle one by one. What do the queen mother and the imperial party think?

There was nothing to do for a while, Daishan comforted him: "You go back to Beijing first, there is no Eight Banners meeting, the queen mother dare not do anything to you."

This is what Dorgon wanted, and he left with the emperor's envoy.

But Dorgon left, and another imperial decree came, this time it was awarded to Daishan, asking Daishan to take charge of the overall situation and become the regent.

"This is Fan Wencheng's method." Daishan said with emotion.

The garrison in Shenyang City and the guards of the Shenyang Imperial Palace have all been controlled by Dayuer.If Daishan turned his back on him, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would split. It was absolutely impossible for Daishan to give up the throne in the first place.

Therefore, let Daishan be the regent, and let Daishan and Hauge restrain each other.

As for Empress Dowager Dayuer, she seems to want to listen to politics behind the curtain!

Just as Dai Shan was thinking about it, his personal guards rushed over suddenly: "My lord, it's not good, the Han people outside Liaoyang City are making trouble!"

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Sixty miles south of Liaoyang City, there is a mountainous area called Qianshan.

A farmer in civilian clothes gathered more than 60 farmers and said: "Fellow folks, we have had enough of these days. The old chief Nurhachi is very bad. He even took our Han people into slavery. If he couldn't hand over the food, he would kill people. Huang Taiji A good man, he gave us land to cultivate. But this Dorgon is like an old slave. First, we were moved to Guannei to divide the fields. We didn’t grow a few grains, and then moved us back to Liaoyang. After a lot of tossing, no Doing personnel, the food tax is getting heavier."

"In the past few years, how many people have starved to death in our village? How many people have died from freezing? And the Chen family, the government urged the grain, and the Chen family gave usury (usury). Our farmers had to borrow money and grain from the Chen family. I paid the government a grain tax, but in the end I couldn't pay it back, and half of the village's fields belonged to the Chen family..."

After talking about it, the farmers were quite angry, and they would starve to death if nothing happened.

Liaoyang has always been more developed than Shenyang. Why wasn't Nurhachi the capital of Liaoyang?Liaoyang was supposed to be the capital, and the people of Liaoyang supported him very much.But the Han people gradually discovered that the Tartars were worse than the Ming government, so there were frequent riots inside and outside the city.