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Chapter 905: Bandit soldiers crossing the border

Fei Yanggu had seen the emperor look crazy, and he only thought that the emperor was crying to his dead eldest brother Prince Su Haoge.

But Sony knew that his master's "big brother" was definitely not referring to Haoge, but Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian who was hanging on the crooked tree on the coal mountain.

Sony remembers very clearly that after his master ascended the throne, he visited the tomb of the former Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty many times, and he would personally pay tribute to him. Sometimes he would use the tribute written by his servants to chant in front of the tomb, but sometimes he would not use the tribute to him and directly tell him in front of the tomb. The most profound time he was when the news of Prince Jingjin Nikan's death in the ninth year of Shunzhi came, the master ran to Chongzhen's to kneel on the ground, crying with tears in his face, calling Chongzhen as his elder brother, asking Chongzhen's spirit in heaven to bless him, the Qing emperor, not to repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty.

After several years, the master has never been to Chongzhen's tomb again, and Sony has never heard his master call Chongzhen "Big Brother". He thinks that the master already understands that he should not call Chongzhen the eldest brother, which is inconsistent with etiquette and law. After all, Chongzhen is the king of the country who destroyed the country and the king of the former Ming Dynasty. If his master calls him the eldest brother, wouldn't it be a bit unrighteous to the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty? Unexpectedly, a few years later, in Yangzhou, he once again heard the name of "Big Brother".

Shunzhi cried very sadly, no less than the scene that Fei Yanggu and the others saw that night. He cried to the dead "big brother" Zhu Youjian about the sufferings that the Qing Dynasty had suffered since the rise of the thief scholar and how many times he, the emperor, could not sleep at night. He also cried and said that his ministers were unwilling to share his worries for him, the emperor, and he wanted him, the emperor himself, to do everything, but his efforts had little effect. Now he is called the thief scholar to bully this, and he is really meaningless in his actions.

He was tired of crying, Shunzhi was sobbing and choking, and he murmured one by one, praying that Chongzhen, the spirit of heaven, must bless him through the difficulties in front of him, and pray that God had never done anything contrary to the laws of heaven since he ascended the throne, so that he could Aixin Jueluo Fulin could hold the throne firmly and bless the Qing Dynasty for thousands of years. It would be best to bless the thief scholar to die suddenly, which would save him a lot of trouble.

Sony, Fei Yanggu and the others just knelt on the side, staring blankly as the emperor cried to Zhu Youjian who had died for sixteen years and God who was unknown, and even cursed the thief scholar to death with vicious curses...

The room looked very strange. If there was another shaman here, it would not be possible for people to suspect that the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was doing a ritual.

Suddenly, Shunzhi stopped sobbing, suddenly looked at Sony, and ordered something that shocked Sony.

"My elder brother was the eunuch Wang Chengen who died for his lord, so I admire Wang Chengen very much. You go and ask Maleji to write an inscription for Wang Chengen... You know, when my elder brother hangs himself to sacrifice his country, all civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty were astonished as beasts, and they were desperate to go to the thief's house, hoping to make a fortune for the rest of their lives. Only Wang Chengen could do his job as a close servant, but he refused to leave. He committed suicide, but his elder brother was actually more important than Mount Tai. I recommend him as the first official to die for his country forever."

"Zhe, I'll do it now."

Sony didn't know how he retreated from the house. When the cold wind came out, he felt really amused and laughed. The master really thought about it. At this critical moment, how did he think about Zhu Youjian's incident, and how could he erect a monument for Wang Chengen who committed suicide with Zhu Youjian? Alas... This matter really spread, can the civil and military officials not treat his master as Zhu Youjian? Who is Wang Chengen?... Think deeper, is this Qing Dynasty really like the Ming Dynasty of the Chongzhen Dynasty, shaking and no longer able to turn the sky? The master ordered this matter to add firewood under the hot pot to make the pot boil even more!...

However, Sony dared not to refuse to do the master's explanation, but he could not let the matter spread. So after finding Maleji, he sternly warned the other party not to disclose the matter. Maleji is a bachelor and very knowledgeable. He naturally understood that the power of this was so he would respond to it now. He must be a tight-lipped person.

After Sony went down, a guard came in with a bowl of medicine soup and asked Shunzhi to take it. The medicine soup was matched by the imperial doctors according to wind and cold symptoms, because several imperial doctors had their own opinions on the emperor's illness and there was no conclusion. The only imperial doctor who proposed that the emperor might be infected with smallpox was not recognized by several other colleagues. Minister Sony also thought this matter was ridiculous, so Qi Wanchun was detained, and several other imperial doctors prescribed the emperor according to wind and cold symptoms.

Shunzhi was in a tight heart. Although he could not hear the song of Taipinggang outside the city, there were still cannons sounding from time to time. When he thought of the defeat in the past few days, he was really a headache. He did not notice the guard who asked him to take medicine. When Fei Yanggu signaled the guard to invite him again, Shunzhi heard it, but shook his head and said, "I won't drink it, take it down."

Fei Yanggu and the guard were both shocked. The guard looked at Fei Yanggu with a embarrassed look. The latter winked at him. He had to bite the bullet and ask the emperor to take medicine. However, the emperor waved to him in great anger: "I said I will take it down, why are you still doing here!"

The guards did not dare to speak and bowed their heads to withdraw. Seeing this, Fei Yanggu could only sigh in his heart. The emperor refused to take medicine. What if the condition worsened? When he was worried, the guards told the Grand Secretary Bahana and Belletuntai to ask for a report. Shunzhi waved his hand and asked Xuan. After a moment, Bahana was in front and Tunetuntai was behind. Both went into the house to kowtow to Shunzhi.

"Get up."

Shunzhi signaled the two to stand up, and then asked Bahana: "Who is responsible for the city defense? What are the movements of the bandits outside the city?"

When Bahana and Tuntai saw that the emperor was in good spirits, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Bahana said that Oboi was in charge of the city. After hearing this, Shunzhi snorted slightly, but did not say anything to scold Oboi. I think he also knew that although Oboi always disappointed him, except Oboi, he really dared not easily take the Yangzhou City Defense Committee to others, even his uncle Wu Keshan would not do it.

"Emperor, the people in the city are in panic, the morale of the army has been dispersed, and the strength is also weak. It is reported that some of the captured soldiers who were defeated in the previous battle were killed by the bandits, but some of them surrendered, with most of them being Mongol soldiers. Some bandit soldiers came to the city from time to time to shoot and surrender. The book says that there are 100,000 soldiers who can break the city at any time, and persuade the city masters to understand the current affairs and open the door as soon as possible to avoid being slaughtered. After hearing what the bandits said, the hearts of the people were even more disintegrated."

Bahana must have a purpose here. He and Tuntai wanted to ask the emperor to leave Yangzhou and return north immediately, but he did not directly explain his meaning, but instead talked about the dilemma in the city first. There was no exaggeration in the inner world.

Tun Tai also said: "Not only that, the thief also proclaimed that the Han officials of the Han army surrender. Those who said that they would not surrender would have their nine tribes passed by their hometown, and they would behead all the elderly, weak, women and children, and their sons and grandsons... There are still thousands of generals and soldiers in the green camp of the Han army in the city. If these people are deceived by the thief, there may be accidents."

After hearing this, Shunzhi's eyebrows were locked again, and he said angrily: "How did Obai defend the city, why didn't he stop the bandits from shooting books?"

Tuntai said sadly: "Emperor, since the bandits crossed the river, our Qing Dynasty has been defeated in a row, and the morale of the army has long been unbearable. How can you still enforce orders? It is not easy for Oboi to stabilize the cities. I have to force it again, alas..."
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