Tong Tulai and Tong Guonai's uncle and nephew watched Tong Tuchang leave, and Tong Guonai asked, "Uncle, do you really want to believe this guy? This guy is not sloppy, and my nephew has suffered his losses in Fujian!"

Tong Tulai shook his hand and said, "No matter whether this guy comes to surrender, the trump card of peace talks he said should be true! Nephew, you know that the current chaos in Beijing is in chaos, and the Regent has been ill for many days. If there is one, at least something will be wrong at that time!"

"Uncle, I think the Regent should not be a usurper!"

"What do you know? The Regent has no such intention, and cannot guarantee that his subordinates have this intention! If the Regent has fun, his subordinates, Suksaha, He Luohui and others must take action in order to maintain their power. Your sister was appreciated by the Queen Mother before the New Year and became the emperor's concubine. Our Tong family is firmly tied to the emperor's side. If the emperor is unlucky, our family will not be good!"

Tong Guonai was not a young angry young man who had just entered the officialdom. As soon as he thought about it, what the old uncle said was right. Political struggles have always been to the death, and as long as there is a little hesitation, they will be doomed immediately.

"Uncle, then when are you going to enter the palace?"

Tong Tulai thought for a while: "It's not too late to do this matter. I'll go to pay homage to the Queen Mother now!"

The Zhenglan Banner is located in Dongjiaomin Lane in later generations, very close to the imperial city. In addition, Tong Tulai has now become the emperor's father-in-law and has been favored by the empress dowager, so it is naturally easy to meet the empress dowager Borjigit.

Borjijit Bumubutai is the name of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in later generations. However, because she is still alive, she does not have a posthumous title, so she can only be called the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother.

The first and second generations of the Qing Dynasty were very powerful. Not to mention the old wild boar skin and Huang Taiji, Dorgon and others, even Huang Taiji's wife Bumubutai can be called an outstanding female politician.

Borjijit Bumubute, the second daughter of Borjit Zhesang, the Korchin tribe of Mongolia. Borjigit is actually another translator of the Borjiki clan of the Mongolian Yuan royal family, so she is a veritable descendant of Genghis Khan. In the melee between all ethnic groups and tribes in the northeast of the late Ming Dynasty, she once again acted as a bond of political marriage and married Huang Taiji, the son of Nurhaci, the "Wangming Khan" of the Later Jin Dynasty who rose in Baishan and Hei River, as a concubine, and was less than 13 years old.

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan, she was named the Western Concubine, also known as the Western Concubine. When she first married, her aunt Zhezhe was the concubine of the central palace. Bumubutai was the second in the harem because of the vacant concubine of the Eastern Palace. In February of the sixth year of Tiancong of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji Nazarut was the Eastern Concubine, and Bumubutai ranked third in the harem.

Two or three years later, Bumubutai's sister Hai Lanzhu and Chaharlindan Khan's two widows successively married Huang Taiji. Zarut was remarried to the son of the minister "not fulfilling the wishes of the Khan", but Bumubutai's status in the harem continued to decline.

In the first year of Chongde, Huang Taiji changed his rebellion to Khan in Shengjing and appointed him as the emperor, and he was crowned the concubines of Chongde's Five Palaces. Bumubutai was named Zhuang Concubine Zhuang in Yongfu Palace, ranking last. In the third year of Chongde, Zhuang Concubine gave birth to nine sons of the emperor, and later Emperor Shunzhi Fulin.

If Huang Taiji could live to the age of seventy and eighty, there would be nothing in Xiaozhuang. He would not have thought that smart people would not live long. Huang Taiji suddenly died on August 9, the eighth year of Chongde. At that time, there were three most likely heirs, one was Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge, who had the powerful Zhenghuang and the two flags of the Huang, who had his father as the backing. He fought in the south and north for twenty years, had outstanding military achievements. He successively awarded the title of Heshuo Beile and Prince Heshuosu, and ruled the six ministries to the most important Ministry of Revenue. Haoge also enjoyed a relatively high prestige among the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners.

The other one is Dorgon, Prince Heshuorui. He has his own Zhengbai Banner and his younger brother Duoduo's inlaid white Banner. He has a large number of people. Because he has been favored by Huang Taiji for a long time and has received support from many old ministers, he is quite powerful.

Another one is Daishan, one of the four major belles. Although Daishan has retreated behind the scenes for several years, he has the two flags of Zhenghong and Inlaid Red. He has led troops to fight for thirty years and made indelible achievements for the establishment and strength of the Qing Dynasty. Among the Eight Banners, he was the oldest and has the highest status. He also has a group of children and grandchildren who were awarded the title of princes and dukes, including Shuotuo, Wakda, Adali, Aisin Gioro Luoluhun, Mandahai, etc., and his power is actually the most powerful. In the process of discussing the establishment of the new monarch, the main ministers of the two yellow flags wanted to make Haoge the emperor, and the two white flags supported Dorgon.

At this time, Xiaozhuang, who had no hope at all, emerged. He first contacted the two yellow flag royal guards who were loyal to Huang Taiji to win over them to support their son Fulin. These two yellow flag guards did not want Dorgon to come to power for their own interests, but as long as Huang Taiji's bloodline and their power could be preserved, so they did not oppose Fulin's advance. When Haoge saw that he had no hope of getting to power, he could not get what he could not get anyway, so he naturally turned around to support his younger brother Fulin.

The second important Prince Dai Shan, who is the brother of Huang Taiji, has no hope of becoming a throne, but supporting a young prince is better than supporting the older Haoge, so the two red flags also surrender to Fulin under the win over Xiaozhuang. The owner of the Inlaid Blue Banner is Jirhalang, the nephew of Nurhaci. This guy has always had a dislike with Dorgon. As long as Dorgon agrees, he will object, so he surrenders to Xiaozhuang without objection. In this way, with the efforts of the woman Xiaozhuang, two yellow, two red, and five green flags of the Eight Banners. Dorgon only has the support of two white flags and the Zhenglan Banner, and he cannot fall into the battle in this battle for the throne.

However, Dorgon was really capable. With his powerful iron-blooded skills, the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains and captured a land that was hundreds of times larger than that of Liaodong. It was precisely because Dorgon could bring everyone wealth that the Qing Dynasty still supported Dorgon more. In this way, Dorgon's official position was promoted again and again, from Prince Rui to Regent, then to the emperor's uncle Regent, and finally the emperor's father Regent, which was only one step away from that position.

According to Xiaozhuang's plan, his son was young, and how many years could those uncles who wanted to seize power live? Anyway, the throne belonged to his son sooner or later, but the development of the situation had exceeded Xiaozhuang's expectations. After Dorgon returned from Jiangrang, the expedition in Shanxi, he forced himself to make him the emperor's father and regent. Xiaozhuang knew that he had no room for maneuver with this brother-in-law, either you die or I died. Therefore, Xiaozhuang broke the convention of intermarriage in Manchu and Han, and found a daughter of a hero of the Han army flag for his son Fulin as the imperial concubine. (Xiaozhuang was the posthumous title after his death, but for the sake of convenience, it was called Xiaozhuang directly, so as not to make the empress dowager's writing awkward!)

Today, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang heard Tong Tulai come to pay a visit in Kunning Palace, and smiled and asked the eunuch to introduce him.

After entering Kunning Palace, Tong Tulai did not dare to look up, and kowtowed on the ground and said, "Slave Tong Tulai, pay homage to the Queen of the Holy Mother, Queen Mother of the Holy Mother Jin An!"

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang smiled and said, "It turns out that Lord Tong is here, please give him a seat!"

After Tong Tulai sat firmly, Xiaozhuang asked, "Mr. Tong has received the imperial edict! Your daughter Tong Jia was selected as the concubine!"

"Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager. This is the glory of the slave family! The slave will definitely fight for the emperor and the empress dowager in the future!"

Xiaozhuang was waiting for this sentence. Now his struggle with Dorgon has become increasingly fierce, and he has to fight for any external force.

"Haha! Lord Tong, is there anything wrong with entering the palace today? I won't be able to come to the palace to thank you for your kindness!"

"Empress Dowager, this time the slave entered the palace mainly to thank him, and there are some family matters that I want to share with the Empress Dowager!"

Xiaozhuang heard something from Tong Tulai's words and asked, "Now we are a family, let's just say anything if you have anything to do!"

"Yes! The Empress Dowager! The slave's father and uncle defected to me in the Qing Dynasty. The slave's Tong family also had a relative in Shengjing. Originally, the slave thought that they had all been attacked by the fool Chongzhen, but he didn't expect that a brother from the slave's family would come to me to recognize his relatives today!"

At this time, Xiaozhuang thought that Tong Tulai came to ask for an official position for his relatives today. Xiaozhuang smiled and said, "Haha, now we are a family, and your relative is a royal relative. Tell me what ability he has. How about giving him a fourth-rank military officer?"

Although military officers are not as valuable as civil servants, they can give them to fourth-rank officials as soon as they open their mouths, which is also a great grace. Tong Tulai quickly knelt down and thanked him.

"I thank the Empress Dowager for the grace of the Empress Dowager! But this relative of the slave is an envoy sent by the little emperor Shenwu in the south. Today he found the slave's family and there is something important to say!"

Now Emperor Shunzhi has not taken charge of the government, so Dorgon and Xiaozhuang are in charge of the government. A few days ago, Xiaozhuang knew that Nanming sent another peace talks delegation, but now Xiaozhuang is full of lawsuits and is thinking about how to fight with Dorgon every day, and there is time to control the mission.

However, when Xiaozhuang heard Tong Tulai say this, he felt that things were a little unusual, so he quickly asked: "Why did the Ming Dynasty envoy look for you? What did he say?"

Tong Tulai replied respectfully: "The Empress Dowager, this cousin of the slave is named Tong Tuchang. He also has an uncle who is also alive. It is Tong Yangjia, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet of the Little Emperor Shenwu! This time Tong Tuchang was selected as an envoy by Emperor Shenwu, and he wanted to negotiate with me in the Qing Dynasty, and to use the Yangtze River as the boundary and forever form a brotherly country!"

Xiaozhuang frowned. She had heard of her defeats in several southern provinces last year. She heard that Hong Chengchou was defeated by the millions of troops of the Shenwu Emperor in Nanjing. He had retreated to Huai'an and was now stationed in Huai'an. Unexpectedly, the Shenwu Emperor had the advantage, so why did he come to the peace talks?

"Empress Dowager, although my brother holds an official position in the Ming Dynasty, he has always looked up to me, the Qing Dynasty. This time he is preparing to surrender to my Qing Dynasty, so he handed over all the cards of the Ming Dynasty's peace talks to his servants!"

"Hurry, let's hear it!"

"Yes! In order to reach a peace talk, the little emperor Shenwu found out from where he found out that the Qing Dynasty is now the regent, and he is preparing to hand over the 6,000 soldiers of my two white flags who were defeated in Jiangxi to the regent for free in order to reach a peace talk!"
Chapter completed!