Dorgon was very smart.
He repeatedly warned himself not to fall into the Ming army's divisive tactics.
But he forgot one truth.
When suspicion arises, the crime is already established.
Now he suspected that Hong Chengchou was secretly communicating with the Ming army, but he had no evidence.
In order to find evidence, he sent more people to monitor Hong Chengchou.
But the problem is that doubt has already arisen.
The more evidence he couldn't find, the more clever Dorgon felt that there was something wrong.
So he soon fell into a vicious circle of thinking.
in addition.
There were two other things that influenced Dorgon's judgment.
The first problem was the appearance of a large number of Ming army spies within the Guanning Army.
This made him begin to think that there might be something wrong with the people around him.
Secondly, after Wu Sangui surrendered, he launched a tentative attack on Fushun, but ended in failure.
These two things made Dorgon feel that there were spies within the Eight Banners.
But he didn't know who the spy was.
To find the traitor.
He first expanded the scope of his suspicion and even suspected Fulin.
Then they began to eliminate suspects one by one and narrow the scope.
In the end, he turned his attention to Hong Chengchou.
Dorgon was very melancholy.
He was not sure whether he had fallen into a trap of alienation or whether there was really something wrong with Hong Chengchou.
For this reason, he had no choice but to send more people to monitor Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou was not blind.
As more and more people gathered around him, he realized that he had aroused Dorgon's suspicion.
How to clear suspicion?
Hong Chengchou began to feel melancholy.
......
On March 28, Chongzhen received an official document from Huang Degong and a secret letter from Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong.
They wanted to move Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan.
No matter what their requests were, Chongzhen approved them all.
He doesn't know how to fight a war, so he doesn't care about anything happening on the front line.
He knows how to make money, so he has been trying to find ways to make money since he traveled through time.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen walked in hurriedly: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened."
"What's the matter?" Chongzhen didn't even raise his eyelids.
Wang Chengen knelt down and bowed his head, saying, "The Ministry of Rites has reported that the Earl of Jiading has passed away!"
There are different accounts of death for people of different identities in the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor collapsed.
The royal family, princes and some nobles were said to have died.
Ordinary members of the royal family and generals were called soldiers.
(The Veritable Records of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty records that on the 21st day of the 11th month, Prince Ying died. The Veritable Records of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty records that on the 21st day of the 11th month, the commoner Yun Hu died. It also records that Fu Youde, Duke of Ying, died.)
Zhou Kui, Earl of Jiading, was Chongzhen's father-in-law.
His death is also called the mourning of the father-in-law of the country, which can be called Hong.
Zhou Kui had been ill for a long time and his condition had not improved.
This is a call to death.
Chongzhen had already made psychological preparations for this.
In addition to Zhou Kui, there are many other elderly people who are already in their twilight years.
According to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, former cabinet chief Li Banghua is terminally ill.
Duke Qin Liangyu of Qin State has also been bedridden.
The reason they are still alive may be that they want to hear the news of the recovery of Liaodong with their own ears.
When he was free, Chongzhen always wondered: If he didn't recover Liaodong in his lifetime, would these aging heroes be able to survive?
But he knew that was just his wishful thinking.
The world is fair.
Everyone will die, it's just a matter of time.
Thinking that these heroes were about to leave him, Chongzhen felt extremely lonely.
After a long silence, Chongzhen slowly raised his head and said, "Bury him according to the rules."
"Your Majesty, in the harem..." Wang Chengen reminded.
"Follow the rules of the Great Ming Ritual, and tell the Empress that she can attend the funeral as ordered!"
"Da Ming Ji Li" was completed in September of the third year of Hongwu, and is a specialized book on rituals.
However, in the early days it was only kept secret within the palace and not displayed to the public.
After the great ceremonial event.
Emperor Jiajing ordered people to "interpret and supplement the "Da Ming Ji Li" in order, and to add annotations to complete the book", and it was officially published and circulated among the people.
The "Da Ming Ji Li" stipulates that when the parents of the Empress pass away, the obituary must be reported to the Taichang Temple, and the Taichang Temple will report it to the eunuchs.
This is also the reason why the news came from Taichang Temple.
It also stipulated that if the empress's parents or grandparents died, the empress could attend the funeral in accordance with the emperor's order after obtaining the emperor's permission.
Chongzhen respected the empress very much, so there was no reason for him not to allow her to attend the funeral.
When the queen heard the news, she burst into tears.
She first placed a tablet in the palace to commemorate Zhou Kui, and then went to the Qianqing Palace to thank Chongzhen.
Finally, he left the palace and returned home to attend the funeral as ordered.
As soon as Empress Zhou left the palace, Chongzhen summoned Prince Yong Zhu Ci Zhao to the Qianqing Palace.
"Father, you are looking for me!" Zhu Cizhou saluted Chongzhen.
"Mr. Jiading is dead. You should have known the news, right?"
"Your Majesty, I have already ordered people to go to the Jiading Earl's Mansion to pay their respects," Zhu Ci Zhao replied.
Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Do you think I asked you to come here to tell you not to lose your manners?"
Prince Yong Zhu Ci Zhao smiled awkwardly: "Father, please forgive me. I know I was wrong."
"Then let's get down to business."
"Yes," Zhu Ci Zhao paused and said tentatively, "Father, did you ask me to come here to discuss the matter of the Jiading Earl's Company?"
Chongzhen nodded and said nothing.
Jiading Earl Zhou Kui ran many businesses.
If it were someone else, they would hand over these businesses to their sons or others when they are seriously ill.
But Zhou Kui is not an ordinary person.
He loves money like his life.
Afraid that others would cheat him of his money.
Even when he was seriously ill, he did not hand over the business to his son.
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