With 100,000 elite soldiers at the start, what should you call me?

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Let's start with the Yongli regime, which was relatively close to Li Tian.

Just as Liu Er and his companions met Emperor Yongli, news spread that Li Tian had annihilated over 100,000 Qing troops.

The Yongli Emperor's court was embroiled in endless disputes, forming two factions.

One faction supported Li Tian's entry into the court, bestowing upon him the title of Duke and placing him in charge of military and political affairs in four provinces.

Emperor Yongli also secretly supported this faction's approach.

There was no other reason than that the Yongli court had already become unbalanced.

Li Chengdong held military power, and his five subordinates were arrogant, domineering, and insatiable.

Emperor Yongli also regretted coming to Zhaoqing, so when he saw the existence of Li Tian's rebel army, he did not hesitate to try to drag Li Tian into the mess of the court.

On the other hand, Li Chengdong and others firmly opposed Li Tian's bestowal of honors.

Li Tian's involvement is strictly prohibited.

Once Li Tian joins the Yongli court, Li Chengdong's life will be much more difficult.

So the two sides argued endlessly, and in the end Li Chengdong used a "military remonstrance" to threaten those pedantic scholars.

Sure enough, the cold blade was revealed and placed against those pedantic scholars who only knew how to talk, and they all became obedient.

Li Chengdong's five generals decisively launched a propaganda offensive, portraying Li Tian as an even more ruthless villain than Zhang Xianzhong.

At the same time, a proclamation condemning Li Tian was issued.

Emperor Yongli was like a puppet on a string and had no choice but to agree, which completely cut off any possibility of Li Tian joining the Yongli court.

"Imperial Censor Yuan, it is thanks to you all that the matter of Li Tian has been set right. I would like to offer you a toast."

Inside the main hall of the Li residence, beautiful women danced in the center, swaying their graceful figures, while Li Chengdong and other ministers celebrated their official appointments.

Yuan Pengnian and others raised their glasses in celebration. This time, their downfall of Wu Zhenyu and others meant that their voices were now the only ones heard in the court.

Wu Zhenyu was even demoted and expelled from the court.

After a few rounds of drinks, everyone got a little tipsy and started talking uncontrollably.

At this moment, Meng Zhengfa, one of the Five Tigers, suddenly spoke.

"Li Tiancheng, the Duke of Huiguo, has become a traitor. We must send troops to punish him, but the situation in Fujian is chaotic."

"If we send troops from Chaozhou, we will inevitably pass through Zhangzhou Prefecture and Tingzhou Prefecture. These two places are still occupied by the Qing army, and the Qing army will certainly not let us pass through smoothly."

"Unless we set sail from the sea to Fuzhou Prefecture to join Prince Lu and attack Jianning Prefecture together."

"However, we need a great many ships, and we don't have that many under our command."

The proclamation against the traitors had already been issued, so Li Chengdong had no choice but to send troops.

If it's just talk, everyone will just treat Li Chengdong as a joke.

Li Chengdong put down his wine glass and smiled calmly: "We didn't say we would send troops now. When the rice ears are golden on September 8th, that will be the time for us to set out. This period of time is enough for our army to build some large ships."

"Duke Huiguo was prepared, so we were just worrying unnecessarily. Let's drink." Meng Zhengfa said no more and raised his cup to drink.

On the other side of the north.

The summer in Beijing is scorching hot.

But as war reports from the south arrived, the Manchu Jurchen people living in this sweltering capital felt a chill in their hearts.

News of the defeat in Fujian eventually reached the capital, and upon learning of Kong Youde's great victory over Dorgon, Kong Youde fainted from anger.

It took him quite a while to regain consciousness.

Meanwhile, intelligence about uprisings and rebellions in various parts of Jiangnan also drifted into the capital like snowflakes.

This sent a chill down the spines of the Manchus in the capital.

Dorgon and other Manchu nobles chose to immediately suppress the news, trying their best to prevent the Han people in the north from knowing.

Once the news spreads, it's unknown how many Han Chinese in the north will respond to the southern uprising and rebellion.

The Manchu Eight Banners caused the most harm to the Han Chinese in the north, committing rape, plunder, massacre, and purges.

Because of the land grabbing and the fact that the Manchu Eight Banners nobles did not engage in production, a large number of slaves were needed to cultivate the land to support their lives, so one after another Toksor Manor sprang up.

Toksor Estate was the private property of the Eight Banners nobility, consisting of the estate manager, slaves such as serfs and servants, and the estate was a place of complete slavery.

The owner can do whatever he wants in the manor, including killing and eating people, and playing all sorts of insane games, without any government intervention.

Dogs were more valuable than Han Chinese people here, and Han Chinese people were even worse off than black slaves during this period!

Han slaves planted rice, while Black slaves planted cotton.

Therefore, the enslaved Han Chinese wanted to escape at all times, but the harsh laws against escape enacted by the Qing Dynasty made it difficult for them to survive even if they escaped.

But from the perspective of the Manchu nobles, all of this was beautiful; Toxor Estate was their Shangri-La.

They can control people's lives and unleash their desires without restraint.

This kind of superior life, with its luxurious clothes, sumptuous food, numerous servants, and beautiful maids, was something that all the Manchu nobles were reluctant to give up. However, now that problems have arisen in the south, their idyllic life is under threat.

"Kong Youde was defeated. That Li Tian is no ordinary person. Chen Tai wrote in his letter that the bandit Li Tian's firearms are sharp, even Kong Youde's Tianyou Army is no match for him."

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, only high-ranking Manchu officials were discussing matters. The young Shunzhi Emperor sat on the throne, with two regents, Dorgon and Dodo, sitting on his left and right sides below him.

"You should also read Bahana's letter. He suggested stripping King Kong Youde of his throne and demoting him to slavery as atonement."

Dorgon sat down and took out several important memorials. His face was pale, which looked unusual in the hot summer.

At this moment, Sony stepped forward and said, "Let's set aside Kong Youde's matter for now; the most important thing right now is to suppress the rebellion in the south."

"The traitor Li Tian is lawless and has killed two of our Qing Dynasty's governors-general of Zhejiang and Fujian. This matter must be dealt with quickly and decisively, otherwise, once the news spreads, not only will the situation in the south deteriorate, but the north will also be thrown into chaos."

At this point, Jirhalang retorted, "Han people are inherently cunning. Kong Youde may surrender to our Qing army if it is powerful, but he may also betray us if our Qing army is weak. Aren't there many cases of Han people surrendering and then rebelling again? It would be better to kill them all and get rid of them."

Dorgon glanced at Jirgalang. Everyone knew that Kong Youde had initially sided with Huang Taiji, but later became close to Dorgon. Jirgalang was clearly trying to take this opportunity to weaken Dorgon's power.

Besides Bahana's memorial, there were also memorials from other people on the memorial.

General Chen Tai's accusation against Kong Youde's defeat, Dorobele Lekedehun's exaggerated report of the southern rebellion and his volunteering to lead the troops, General Tan Tai's request for aid, and the pleas for mercy from Prince Huaishun Geng Zhongming, Prince Zhishun Shang Kexi, and Duke Xushun Shen Zhixiang to Kong Youde.

Punishing Kong Youde involves a large number of forces behind him, especially the Han Chinese Eight Banners.

“Prince Zheng is mistaken. If we kill all the Han people, who will farm the land for us and raise horses for us?” Ebilun said.

"The matter in the south must be resolved eventually. Lekedehun is stationed in Jiangning, so why not let him recruit soldiers and horses to attack Li Tian?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Dorgon thought so too. Lekedehun had suppressed rebellions in the south and was experienced. Moreover, he had been in Jiangnan for a long time and had a better understanding of the situation there.

"However, the matter in Jiangnan cannot be kept secret in the end. Before things are exposed, some hidden dangers in the north also need to be dealt with."

Dorgon had been in power for many years and had a broad perspective; he wouldn't just focus on the south.

There are still many hidden dangers in the north, and the biggest hidden danger is Jiang Xiang of Datong.

Although Jiang Xiang surrendered voluntarily when the Manchus entered the pass, he still controlled the city defense checkpoints around Datong.

If Jiang Xiang were to follow Li Chengdong's example and rebel, then the north would be utterly devastated.

"Let Lekedehun be appointed as the General Who Pacifies the South, in charge of all military affairs in Jiangnan, and Hong Chengchou as the Grand Secretary of the Military Affairs Department of the South, and they must work together to pacify the South."

"Azig, Bolo."

"Your subject is here."

Azig and Bolo were called upon and immediately stood up.

"The Khalkha tribe in the northwest is hunting. You will lead your troops to support Datong, strengthen Datong's border defenses, and incidentally replace all the border guards in the Datong area with our people."

"Your subject obeys!" Ajige said happily.

After Dorgon finished issuing the decree, he realized what was happening and looked at Emperor Shunzhi on the throne.

"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with my arrangements?"

When asked, Emperor Shunzhi forced a smile, but a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes.

"If I am satisfied, then I will do as the Regent says."