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Chapter 406 What to do in Guangdong

In the eastern warm cabinet of the Ganqing Palace, Prince An Yuele, Prince Jian Jidu, Prince Xin Duni, Prince Min Le Du, Beile Shangshan, Minister of Revenue Chek, Minister of Revenue Ezhenming Andali, Minister of Gushan, Mongolia, Minister of Interior Obai, Suksah, Ebilong, Sonny, Dasu, Minister of War Yitu, Minister of Personnel Durma, etc., were discussing politics in Beijing and other princes and ministers knelt on the ground. The Grand Secretary Ning Wan and I, who were at home, were also sent by the palace to call into the palace urgently.

"The report from Wu Liuqi in Chaozhou reported that hahamu, all the soldiers of Manzhou below Galaidao were killed in their country. King Shang Kexi of Pingnan committed suicide after the city of Guangzhou was destroyed. He also investigated that Geng Jimao and his generals were all under the vassal state, Song Rui, General Yingde, Sun Yi, Deputy General of the Southern General, and Hu Qili, General of Guangdong General, were 168 generals under surrendered to the Taiping Army before Xun"

"It is reported that Governor Li Rutai was captured, and he is not aware of his life and death. In addition, the general of Nangan, Kong Guozhi, was killed in battle, Zhaoqing General Xu Erxian was killed by the rebellious army, Zhaoqing Prefecture City has been occupied by the Ming army, and the counties under the prefecture have also been occupied by the Ming army. The same is true for Huizhou. Hu Qili called himself the general of Huizhou in Ming, and recently led his troops to advance to Chaoshan. Fortunately, he was defeated by Wu Liuqi, and the refugees in Guangzhou said that the whole city had been called."

Yitu, the Minister of War, dared not say anything again. He looked up at Shunzhi and found that the latter's face was ashen.

"What's the whole city called? Say it." Although Shunzhi's voice was not loud, it made people scared.

Yitu hesitated for a while and gritted her teeth and said, "The Taiping Army has been in the city for three days!"

"Boom!"

A blue and white porcelain bowl was smashed under the steps by the furious Shunzhi. A broken magnetic piece jumped to Belledueryou's right face, and a hole was cut, and blood was flowing out. However, Dueryou did not dare to wipe it with his hands and kneeled there without moving.

"A prince died, a prince was surrendered, a general in Manzhou was defeated, and a governor was arrested by others. The city was also slaughtered! It's ridiculous, ridiculous! How was the battle in Guangdong! Tell me, how did they fight in Guangdong!"

Shunzhi laughed in anger. The hoarse laughter echoed in the pavilion, echoing in the ears of the princes and ministers, making them all frightened.

No one of the princes and ministers expected that such a major change would occur in Guangdong. The Qing Dynasty suffered heavy losses even more than the two famous kings in Li Dingguo back then. It would be fine if the princes who had lost the Han people. But what was so bad was that none of the Manzhou soldiers stationed in Guangdong survived, and the tens of thousands of women and children in the city were slaughtered by the Taiping Army! This made the princes and ministers of Manzhou who had always slaughtered Han people and could not accept this sudden bad news, which was even more terrifying than when they heard that Prince Nikan died in battle.

"Don't calm down!"

Prince An Yuele led all the princes and ministers to kowtow together.

"Stop the anger? How do you ask me to calm down? Li Dingguo just killed me a prince and forced me to death. But my Manzhou Erlang didn't ask him to beat him to annihilate the entire army! Now, more than two thousand Manzhou Erlangs are gone like this! How do you please calm down my anger!"

The young emperor really made the bad news extremely angry and angry. He could not forget the disappointment that Mafa could not hide when he heard the news.

Haha, Mu should die, Shang Kexi should die, Geng Jimao should die, Li Lutai should die!

They deserve to die, they let me lose face! They disappointed my Mafa!

Shunzhi was filled with anger and wanted to roar and vent his anger, but he knew that he could not do this. He was no longer the little emperor who was so scared to set up peace with Nanming when he heard that Prince Nikan was killed by Li Dingguo. He had grown up and matured. Roaring was useless to vent, and fear of fighting was not a sign that his emperor should have. What he is going to do now is how to deal with the situation of Guangdong's loss.

"What do you think?"

Shunzhi's eyes that were about to eat people were swept down the jade steps.

Ji Du's face was extremely distorted, and he suddenly looked up and shouted: "Your Majesty, I have said that the Han people are not trustworthy and cannot entrust the Han people with great responsibilities. They are all fence-bearing and cannot be trusted! But the emperor refused to listen. He insisted on using the Han people. Now, Guangdong suddenly surrendered like this, even Geng Jimao, the Han vassal king, surrendered! Therefore, I think the most urgent thing is to investigate the Han army immediately. Let our Manchu and Mongolian officials take over the Han army, so as not to happen again!"

Beile Shangshan has always opposed the emphasis on the use of Han officials. After hearing Ji Du's comments, he said angrily: "Prince Jian is right. The Han people are unreliable. We have to send our sons to take over the Han army, otherwise we will be surrendered to another group of people. This situation cannot be curbed!"

"It's time to investigate the Han army and the Green Camp. If someone hadn't betrayed, how could the Taiping Army know that the troops in Manchuria are moving, and how would it set up an ambush!"

"It must be that Geng Jimao and the Taiping Army had already colluded, which made the situation in Guangdong collapse!"

"Geng Jimao is not a good bird, and the people in the Green Camp are not even a good bird!"

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The princes and ministers of Manzhou who were good at making a name for themselves and kept shouting to take over the power of Han officials, were suddenly injected with blood. They were just talking and saying that they wanted to take over the power of Han officials. There were even those who wanted to withdraw the green camp after saying that Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng, the two important Han officials who were the first to serve the Qing Dynasty, were shocked.

Shunzhi was also stunned. Unexpectedly, Ji Du, a bastard, brought the matter to the Han officials. Should he just let all the Han officials in the world be willing to do so?

Yue Le heard these people speak more and more distortedly. Seeing that Shunzhi was so angry that he couldn't speak, he couldn't help but angrily said: "Now it is not to pursue whether Geng Jimao betrayed our Manzhou soldiers, nor to discuss whether the Han army is credible, but how to deal with the situation of Guangdong's loss!"

Yitu reacted and hurriedly said, "Prince An, Guangdong has not been completely lost yet, Chaozhou and Shaozhou are still in our hands."

The Mongolian Ezhenming Andali, who had never spoken, was also the official of the Ministry of War. He said: "Tang Sanshui, deputy general of Zhaoqing, rushed to send a memorial for 800 miles. He led his troops to Shaozhou to block the Taiping Army in time. He is now repairing the Shaozhou city wall and preventing the Taiping Army from heading north from Shaozhou."

After hearing this, Yue Le said without thinking: "Get Tang Sanshui promoted him to be the general, give him all the money and food in Shaozhou, and ask him to recruit soldiers. No matter what, you must block the Taiping Army. You must never let them leave Shaozhou and enter Hunan!"

Prince Xin Duni was not old, but he was not as confused as Ji Du. He also said: "I will also promote Wu Liuqi to be the admiral of Guangdong and control Tang Sanshui. In short, give him all Guangdong. If he can recover Guangzhou, the court will give him the title of king, and Geng Jimao's King Jingnan will ask him to do it!"

"You are asking the Han people to give the ecstasy soup. So many Han officials in Guangdong surrendered to the Taiping Army, and you still have to use the Han people!"

Ji Du was so angry that Yue Le and Doni were determined to sing the opposite tune with him!

"Wu Liuqi did not surrender, nor did Tang Sanshui!" Yue Le stared at Jidu hatefully and shouted: "If the Han people were not trustworthy, Chaozhou and Shaozhou would have been the Ming Dynasty long ago!"

Doni was so angry that Jidu and his group were foolish. He snorted: "Prince Jian is just a Han official. Who will do our business for us? Who will work for us? Let's talk about Guangdong. Wu Liuqi and Tang Sanshui are just a few, what should I do if I do Chaozhou and Shaozhou? Are you going to force these two loyal Han officials who are loyal to the Qing Dynasty to rebel? Even if they don't rebel, you're just going to do it. Who will stop the Taiping Army for us? Is Prince Jian going by himself?"

"you!"

Jidu gritted his teeth. Doni was so brave that he dared to be so unreasonable to him!

Beiledueryou, who has always been following Jidu's leader, did not support Jidu at this time, but interrupted: "Wu Liuqi and Tang Sanshui may not be able to defend Chaozhou and Shaozhou, so he has to mobilize troops!"

"Where to adjust?" Shang Shan was a little dissatisfied with Du Eryou's failure to help, and instead talked about the military transfer.

Du Eryou said without thinking: "You have to transfer troops from Hunan to Guangdong!" When he spoke, the bloody hole on his face was still bleeding.

"No! How can the soldiers from Hunan be transferred to Guangdong to deal with the Ming army in Yunnan and Guizhou?" The person who spoke was the Minister of Internal Affairs Ebilong. He was the noblest minister among the ministers of the State Council. His father Ebilong was the first of the five ministers set up by Emperor Taizu when the founding of the Yuan Dynasty. Ebilong was the sixteenth son of Eyidu, and his mother was Nurhaci's daughter Princess Heshuo. His family was the most trusted by the royal family. He had five sisters-in-laws who were princesses, and one sister became the concubine of Emperor Taizong.

Ebilong is not old, but his age is not low due to his in-laws and relatives. He doesn't like to talk on weekdays and rarely has any opinion when encountering problems. He doesn't speak for a long time since he talks about it. But when he heard Du Eryou asks Hong Chengchou to mobilize troops to attack Guangdong, he hurriedly opposes.

"The Ming army in Guangdong is just a minor problem. As long as Chaozhou and Shaozhou are in our hands, the Ming army in Guangdong will not be able to go north. In addition, Guangxi is also in the hands of Guoan. They cannot contact the Yongli court in Kunming. No matter how fierce the trouble is, they will only be in a circle in the same place. But now if Hunan soldiers are transferred to Guangdong, they will lose watermelon for sesame seeds!"

Minister Suksaha also disagreed with the transfer of troops from Hunan to Guangdong. He said: "Hong Chengchou has made a memorial. The information he received showed that Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were fighting in Qujing, Yunnan. The victory or defeat will be out soon. Hong Chengchou has been making arrangements to enter Yunnan. Wu Sangui and Li Guoying have already entered Sichuan. Just wait for Sun Li to decide the victory or defeat and go straight to Guizhou to fight for Yunnan. If the troops from Hunan are suddenly transferred to Guangdong, then the original strategy of the three routes to enter Yunnan will only be implemented by Sichuan and one route. How can this be fought?"

"If you don't take advantage of Sun Li's internal strife, can you tell Zhu Youlang to breathe and then hit him?" Sony said in a muffled voice.

Shang Shan sneered: "Hong Chengchou's three-way strategy to enter Yunnan is now gone!"

"The Guangdong route is not the main force, and the soldiers from Sichuan and Hunan are the main force. If there is no Guangdong route, what's the key to it? As long as Guangxi is in our hands, it won't be a big deal if Guangdong is lost. Besides, Chaozhou and Shaozhou are still in our hands! If it really doesn't work, let the straight Guoan fight Guangdong!" Obai, who was already irritated, said.

"How many soldiers can the front Guoan have? It would be good if he can save Guangxi. Where can he have troops to fight Guangdong? He went to Guangdong, Guangxi doesn't want it?" Shang Shan ignored Oboi and said straight to Shunzhi: "Your Majesty, now only Hunan has troops, so Hong Chengchou is not allowed to send troops. Could it be that the Taiping Army will be a big deal in Guangdong? What if Shaozhou can't stop the Taiping Army, what should they do if they enter Hunan? At that time, Hong Chengchou will be in a mess!"

The question raised by Shang Shan is very realistic. If Tang Sanshui from Shaozhou cannot stop the Taiping Army and asks the Ming army from Guangdong to come out of Shaozhou, it will inevitably threaten the Qing army on the Hunan battlefield. At that time, Hong Chengchou will not be able to dispatch troops to attack the Ming army on the left wing. If this Ming army from Guangdong is not solved, the Qing army on the Hunan battlefield will not be able to move south into Yunnan with peace of mind.

The ministers of the Interior were stumped by the problem of Shang Shan and all said nothing, because no one could guarantee that Shaozhou would not be captured by the Taiping Army, just as no one would have thought that the Taiping Army would occupy Guangzhou.

"In the eyes of the old minister, Hong Chengchou's troops cannot be transferred. My Qing Dynasty's confidant was Yongli Xiao from Yunnan and Guizhou. As long as Zhu Youlang was solved, the remaining troops in the Southern Ming Dynasty would not be worth worrying." Fan Wencheng finally spoke, but he did not support the transfer of troops from Hunan to Guangdong.

Fan Wencheng spoke, Ning Wan, I stopped watching and coughed, "The old minister thought that whether to transfer Hunan troops to Guangdong should listen to the opinions of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces. After all, he has more control in Hunan than us, and he should listen to his opinions on the transfer of troops."

This is a very serious opinion. The Qing army on the Hunan battlefield is under the command of Hong Chengchou, and the Green Camp soldiers are the main ones. Hong Chengchou has been deploying in Hunan for many years to target Yunnan and Guizhou. If he makes a decision without asking Hong Chengchou's opinions, it would be a bit hasty. It is definitely correct to listen to the opinions of the front-line commander at this critical moment.

The two important Han officials spoke, but the hall was in a cold state.

After a long time, Shunzhi suddenly spoke, "Jidu, you go to Fujian to lead troops into Chaozhou, and you will be in charge of Guangdong."

As soon as this statement was made, the princes and ministers were shocked, and Ji Du was even caught off guard and said hurriedly: "I have received an order to go to Fujian to pacify the pirates. How can I share my family to Guangdong?"

"The previous imperial edict was abolished, and I re-wrote the imperial edict. You are still the Great General Dingyuan, but you will not go to Fujian to pacify the pirates, and go to Guangdong to pacify the Taiping Army!" Shunzhi said nothing but was unwilling to accept it.

"What should I do when I go to Guangdong, Fujian?" Jidu didn't expect Shunzhi to be so funny and angry.

Shunzhi looked at him coldly and shouted: "Dasu!"

"The slave is here!"

Commander of the Guardian, the Minister of the Interior, Dasu, rushed forward and responded.

"I have appointed you as General Annan and go to Fujian to pacify the pirates!"

"Slaves obey the order!"

Dasu received the order without saying a word, which made Shunzhi feel relieved. After all, he is his own slave and he is just a success.

The imperial edict granted Ji Du to General Dingyuan was issued in the morning and was invalidated now, which would be a bit of a joke. Logically, the ministers should rush forward now and must convince Shunzhi to take back his orders. But the ministers looked at Shunzhi with a calm face, but no one dared to speak.

"I obey the order!"

Shunzhi's eyes were no longer as terrifying as before, but Ji Du felt sweaty on his forehead. After hesitating for a while, he finally refused to accept the order.
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