On the ninth day of the sixth month, the pseudo-Qing Ministry of Revenue, Wang Aoyong, Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works, and Fang Dayou, Deputy Envoy of the Army Supervision, returned to Beijing.

On this trip, they went to recruit Shandong under the order of the Regent Dorgon. The two of them wanted to take the opportunity to show off and use their own tongue to recruit various prefectures and counties in Qilu to gain a good impression in front of their new master, but they did not know that things were quite twists and turns.

Wang Aoyong originally thought that Chongzhen hanged himself in Coal Mountain, Li Zicheng was defeated, and the Qing court entered the pass with thunder and controlled the capital and the people with discerning eyes could see the situation clearly. As long as he lobbled all the way, he could put the Qing court flags in the prefectures and counties in Shandong without any effort. But when they arrived outside Dezhou City, they found that the city gate was closed, and it seemed that the people in the city were prepared.

Wang Aoyong then ordered people to tie the letters of surrender to the arrow and shoot them into the city, hoping that those who actually control the city could understand the current affairs and give Dezhou to surrender to the Qing court.

But who knew that the other party ignored it at all and had no intention of negotiating.

This made Wang Aoyong furious.

Anyway, he was also the Ministry of Revenue appointed by the Regent of the Qing Dynasty, the Minister of Works, a high-ranking official and a special envoy responsible for Shandong's reunion. If the other party did not give him face, he would not give face to the Qing Dynasty. If he went against him, he would be against the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, Wang Aoyong wanted to send someone to inform the Regent Dorgon immediately, asking the Qing court to send troops from Beijing to attack, use force to capture Dezhou and massacre the city for demonstration.

But this idea was dissuaded by Fang Dayou, deputy envoy of the military inspector, as soon as he was born.

Fang Dayou's reason is very simple. They were surrendered ministers. If they wanted to gain the trust of the Qing court, they had to perform hard.

If you encounter a little setback, you will immediately move your troops, and your abilities will appear to be extremely mediocre.

Fang Dayou reminded the people in his dream, and Wang Aoyong hurriedly said that not only did they not go to move troops immediately, but they also had to go to a few more cities to leave the Qing court with the impression of fulfilling their duties.

After they left Dezhou, they went to Wucheng, Linqing, and Guantao. Without exception, these cities were closed to the gates and refused to have any contact with the Qing court's officials.

Now Wang Aoyong firmly believes that this is by no means a coincidence.

After some investigation, he learned that the gentry of Dezhou regarded the royal family Zhu Shuaiqin as King of Ji and called on gentry in Shandong to rebel against Shun. For a time, the Shun Dynasty officials from all prefectures and counties in Qi and Lu were taken down, and Shandong land nominally returned to the Ming court.

Of course, it's just nominal.

Wang Aoyong knew that only some gentry were in charge in Shandong and there was no support from the army. The reason why the officials appointed by Shunchao were easily taken down was because they had no soldiers in their hands.

From this point of view, Shandong is actually in an absolute state of emptiness of troops, and it is nothing more than the gentry's temporary tendency toward the Ming court.

If there is no military garrison, the enthusiasm of Shandong gentry will naturally not last.

As the saying goes, the king's flag changes at the top of the city, these gentry are the least likely to joke about their family fate.

At this time, as long as the Regent sent a partial army, he could easily take over Shandong. Wherever the Manchu soldiers went, the city gates must be opened to welcome the Eight Banners Kings Division.

After this investigation and then returning to the capital, the Qing court would not think that the two of them were perfunctory, but would instead commend him for his active spy on intelligence.

From the moment he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou knew that they had no way out.

After the generals surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, there may be a chance to do anything, because they have soldiers in their hands, and they will be beneficial to the Ming court.

But civil servants can't do it.

They had no soldiers or soldiers in their hands, and even if they did not benefit the Ming court, they would have no benefit to the Ming court. Therefore, once civil officials surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they would have to go to the dark side.

Fortunately, the Qing court now occupied Jifu and Henan, and there was a tendency to take down Shanxi and gain insight into Guanzhong.

Those who win Guanzhong will win the world. As long as the Qing court takes Guanzhong, they will have no worries and can let go of their hands and feet to deal with the small court of the remnant Ming Dynasty.

Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou firmly believed that the weak and small remnant Ming court was by no means a rival to the Qing court.

At that time, the Ming court was rich all over the world and was not enough to defeat the Qing court in only a corner of Liaodong with its national strength. Now there is only half of the country left. What kind of troops can we use to resist the Manchu soldiers?

The two believed that it was only a matter of time before the Qing court destroyed the small remnant Ming court and ruled the world.

And the two of them wanted to help the Qing court tame Jiuzhou in a shorter time.

Taking Shandong is the first step.

As literati, they knew very well that historical books were written by victors.

What should we settle the surrender? As long as the Qing court won the world in the end, they would be the ministers who made contributions.

Although the credit is not as good as the old man who surrendered in the Liaodong period, at least he is better than crying for the Zhu family, right?

Those who know the times are heroes, and the Qing court will not treat them unfairly.

As for the fact that after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, they changed from scholars and officials to slaves, they didn't care.

Only by being a slave can one get high officials and wealth, and only by being a fool will not do it!

The reason why people now think they are lowly is that Can Ming in the south is still there. When the Qing court destroyed Can Ming, everyone in the world became slaves.

If everyone is a slave to his master, it will not make him look dazzling.

In order to turn all the people in the world into slaves of the Qing court as soon as possible, Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou returned to the capital without any rest, so they immediately entered the palace to seek the regent.

When Dorgon heard that Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou had returned to the capital, he was eager to learn about the situation in Shandong, so he summoned two people at the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou entered the hall, they pushed the Jinshan Mountain and turned the jade pillar and gave a big gift, shouting: "Slave Wang Aoyong (Fang Dayou) pays his respects to the Regent."

Seeing the two of them crawling respectfully on the ground, Dorgon raised his hand proudly: "Get up and talk back."

The king and Fang were very happy and hurriedly said, "Thank you for your kindness."

"After saying that, how is the situation in recruiting Shandong this time?"

Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou looked at each other, cleared their throats and said, "Reported to the Regent, the slaves went to Shandong this time, and all the prefectures and counties all went to close the city gates, so they were not allowed to enter."

Seeing Dorgon frowning, Wang Aoyong hurriedly said, "I have inquired that recently the gentry of Dezhou supported the fake Ming royal family Zhu Shuaiqin, pretending to be the King of Ji, and called on the Shandong gentry to execute the pseudo Shun officials and implement autonomy. The gentry of slaves thought that the reason why they did not open the city gate was to wait for the remnant Ming court to send troops to take over."

"Oh?" Dorgon's face cleared a little: "You mean there is no Ming army in Shandong now?"

"What the prince said is extremely!" Wang Aoyong said happily: "I am sure that Shandong is very empty now, otherwise the pseudo-Ming royal family would not have watched the slave pass by. As long as he had some soldiers in his hands, he would have ordered people to rush out and take down the slave and seek credit from the remnant Ming court!"

Dorgon thought about it carefully and felt that what this slave said was very reasonable.

Wang Aoyong and his party had only more than 200 people, and Zhu Shuaiqin did not dare to send people out of the city to arrest him.

If you are so afraid, you will definitely have no soldiers in your hands.

However, this person is a royal family of the Ming Dynasty and still has a certain appeal. Judging from his performance, it doesn’t seem like he wants to sacrifice the city to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, or it’s better to eliminate it as soon as possible. It would be a bad idea if he could create a climate, or the Ming army reinforced in the south took over Shandong.

"Come here, I will pass on my oral order to order Gushan Ezhen Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu to lead the troops to collect Shandong!"

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Chapter completed!