Beiyang new warlord

There were too many accidents this time, before Lu Zhong could finish his words, the Jinyi guard who was climbing on the big tree in the yard had already jumped down.

"My lord! In the direction of the imperial city, there is fire! There are bandits!"

"what?"

Full of desperation, he climbed up the wall. Under Lu Zhong's observation, the diffuse torches had already illuminated several nearby streets, and the loud shouts and fighting sounds could be heard clearly. Under his gloomy observation, more than a dozen black Shadow staggered and appeared at the intersection of the street.

"Don't let them run away!"

Shouts finally filled the air outside the Duke of Ji State's mansion. I don't know which team of Jinyiwei or Yumajian soldiers fled northward in a panic, dragging their scarred bodies, while the brigade of intruders circled the outer wall of the mansion. Shouting and chasing after.

Inside the door, two young eunuchs hugged King Yong, King Ding and the prince tremblingly listening to the sound outside, Mao Wenlong's dream was finally awakened, he kept comforting the frightened Princess Changping, while Lu Zhong But he gritted his teeth and wanted to stab them a few times.

But up to now, he has already escaped Lu Zhong's control, and with a gloomy face, he growled at several trusted officers in a low voice.

"Send, send the letter falcon, and send an emergency to Ning Yuan!"

Amidst the fluttering sound, a dexterous peregrine falcon got into the darkness of the sky

Chapter 569. Li Zicheng's Time

The heavy smoke and heavy fire could not conceal the magnificence and magnificence of this imperial capital. Amidst the sound of heavy horseshoes, under the guidance of more than a dozen Dashun and Li character flags, Li Zicheng was shaking with the attitude of a conqueror. Along the central axis of the capital, all the way to the palace.

While swaying with the war horse, he was still fascinated by the shops, temples, and mansions on both sides of the road. He thought that he had seen all the riches and wealth in the world when he conquered Luoyang, but after entering the capital, he realized that he was still too short-sighted. .

However, in the middle of the bustling, the traces of last night's war are scattered on both sides of the road, and from time to time there are burned houses. Bu's Shun army sergeant dragged the corpse backwards in a panic, leaving bloody traces on the bluestone streets.

In some places, there were so many places that Li Zicheng hadn't cleaned them up when he arrived, and the refugee army hurriedly retreated to the side.

Back then when Qin Shihuang went on a tour, his military chariots were tough and his armor was heavy. Wherever he went, all the residents in the city knelt and kowtowed. Si! He can be replaced! But look at the Dashun Army, although it has established a national name, it still lacks such rules. Li Zicheng's horses and horses pass by, and the soldiers on both sides of the road are still busy with what they should be busy with, and there are even small laughter. of.

Li Zicheng didn't care about this either!

What's even more interesting is that Li Zicheng actually came to Liyu when he met the descendants of the Ming Dynasty in front of Chongwenmen, Zhengyangmen and other city gates.

First, Emperor Chongzhen trusted him the most. The great eunuch Wang Dehua, who had been brought over from Xinwangfu, recruited 200 eunuchs remaining in the palace. Regardless of Li Zicheng's willingness or not, he first kowtowed in front of the horse, and then put on a stance with great fanfare. Facing the mighty Dashun army and marching towards the main gate, it seemed that he had already regarded himself as an eunuch of the new dynasty.

More than half an hour ago, Jingyang bells rang throughout the palace. Unfortunately, there was not a single official minister who came to the court. The Ming Dynasty did not have loyal ministers. Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, and Fan Wenjing Ma Shiqi and others either threw themselves into the basket and hanged themselves, or took their families to fight to death in the alleys of the capital, but this number is too small. No. 40, most of the bureaucrats surrendered.

It's really neat, Wei Zaode, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Li Jiantai, the second assistant, and even Chen Yan, the former chief assistant who was appointed by Chongzhen, shamelessly squeezed into the team. The six yamen, except for Ni Yuanlu, the household department, and the military department Zhang Except for Jin Yan, almost all of them came, and counting the six subjects, civil servants, more than 1000 bureaucrats all showed the momentum of a grand court meeting.

Chongzhen's last words, I am not the king of the subjugated country, all the ministers are the subjugated ministers! Even civil servants can be killed! From this perspective, it is not unreasonable!

"Meet Your Majesty!"

Seeing Li Zicheng arriving in a car, arranged according to the size of the kings, the famous three worships and nine kowtows of the Ming Dynasty were displayed in front of Zhengyang Gate. Even if Li Zicheng was a little dazed, he couldn't help raising his head and asking questions.

"Who are you?"

"Go back to Your Majesty!"

It was even more servile than Bao Yi under Jiannu's rule, Wei Zaode was ahead of the others and kowtowed his head to answer.

"The old man has been new for three years, and he bothers the chief assistant! The Ming Lord did not listen to his ministers in the past and caused today's disaster. The Holy Son of Heaven is here, and he is here to pay his respects!"

Even though it was a lie, Li Zicheng's opposition to corrupt officials and not to the emperor had already shown his attitude towards these old ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing this shameless person coming to defect to him, his first reaction was disgust, and he lowered his head and asked in disgust.

"Since you are a scholar of the First Assistant University, you are deeply favored and trusted by the emperor, and you have a heavy responsibility. Now that the Ming Dynasty has collapsed, you neither stick to it nor die. Why did you come to see me?"

More shameless words came, and Wei Zaode yelled again and again as he kowtowed with a disgusting smile on his face.

"How dare I die, I need to leave a useful body to serve the new dynasty! Be loyal to His Majesty with all your heart!"

Greed for life and fear of death said so high-sounding, even if Li Zicheng was a little speechless, he simply laughed a few times angrily, and pointed at Wei Zaode who was servile there, Li Zicheng slapped angrily.

"Come here, take it away! Hand it over to General Quan!"

Under the horrified eyes of those kneeling ministers, several Dashun soldiers dragged Wei Zaode away like a rear army. Started, shouting reluctantly.

"Your Majesty is a senior scholar, so your Majesty can give you any official!"

Turning a deaf ear, he sent Wei Zaode away, and Li Zicheng immediately ordered the guards to clear the way. The Dashun Xiaoqi on both sides waved their whips and beat them cracklingly. With a whip, the black yarn fell off, and there was a wedge of urine flowing to the back. They were so gentle and ugly that they performed vividly.

But this can be regarded as Li Zicheng's first political mistake!Wei Zaode is certainly disgusting, and these demoted officials are also disgusting, but they represent, after all, the central court of the Ming Dynasty, and they took the initiative to vote, which also represents the intention of these old bureaucrats to accommodate the new dynasty, and also represents a huge Elite landlord class attitude.

It can be said that after accepting them, at least the remaining northern provinces are considered to be in their hands, and they even have great influence in the southern provinces. Immediately changed his attitude, obeyed Confucianism and recruited sages, and whitewashed himself from a rebel leader to a representative of the elite landlord class. With the efforts of these civil servants and generals, he finally achieved the transition from a beggar to a monk to an emperor.

After he became the emperor and established himself in the country, how many corrupt officials and heroes he killed under his hands still did not miss the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for more than 280 years.

But Li Zicheng is a true lover, he puts everyone's joy and anger above the country, and missed this first opportunity to make contact. Seeing the surging Dashun army enter the palace, there are more than 1000 officials in the second rank. It's not that his face turned pale, he stared in fear for a long time, and finally retreated helplessly.

At this time, the Forbidden City is a little bit of gold and jade outside, and it feels like it is ruined. After entering the tall Chengtian Gate, the large square between the Gate of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Supreme Harmony is full of sundries and garbage left by eunuchs and maids after they escaped. , There is still black smoke coming out from behind the palace, and I don't know where the fire has not been extinguished.

But this did not delay Li Zicheng being shocked by the towering and majestic palace attics, overlooking the majestic and majestic Hall of Supreme Harmony, he couldn't help but dismounted, walked up, and followed him, the leader of the Dashun Army, Niu Jinxing , Song Qijiao and others also got off their horses, walked straight up to the main hall along the divine way of carved dragons and painted phoenixes, and immediately sat down heavily on the dragon chair where Chongzhen had summoned all the officials.

Finally, he also got the approval of his old brothers. Niu Jinxing took the lead, and the general Dashun leaders fell to their knees and kowtowed messily.

"Meet His Majesty King Chuang!"

That messy one was about to catch up with the monkey to worship the monkey king, but it still made Li Zicheng very happy, he said with a big smile and waved his hands.

"Well said! Well said!"

"Brother finally sits in the Dragon Court. From now on, the world will belong to our brothers! Hahahaha!"

Without waiting for Li Zicheng's order, General Quan Liu Zongmin jumped up excitedly, yelling loudly at the tiger at the other end, while Li Guo stared at the golden dragon chair with shining eyes, booing there.

"Uncle, it is said that the emperor is rich all over the world. Now that the palace has been taken down by us, please show us brothers to open our eyes!"

Sitting on the dragon chair, he was happy, but Li Zicheng didn't feel any fear, and nodded with his fingers while laughing and cursing.

"You! Mud legs! You're worthless, just thinking about that little money!"

However, when his tone changed, he shook his head again at the great eunuch Wang Dehua who followed with a shameless face.

"Old Li sits in the Dragon Court, this world belongs to us, take me and these brothers to the emperor's treasure house to see!"

"Your Majesty wants to see the treasury"

As soon as this was mentioned, Wang Dehua's slack old face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, but when he saw Li Zicheng's expression, his expression immediately became gloomy.

"Why, no?"

"Ah? All right! All right! All right! This old slave will lead the way for His Majesty! Should His Majesty first inspect the household treasury or the internal money?"

"Don't they all say that the Ministry of Accounts governs the world? Take me, Lao Li, to the Ministry of Accounts first!"