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Seeing the leader who was leading a group of country bumpkins into the city, Niu Jinxing became anxious when Li Zicheng turned around to leave, and hurriedly bowed heavily.

"King Chuang! The top priority is to arrest the Ming Lord Chongzhen and the prince first, and things will change later!"

"Old Li even defeated his capital, what can he change? Prime Minister, if you are worried, go find it yourself! Lao Li, go and have a look first!"

You can find it yourself! Niu Jinxing didn't stop him, and bowed heavily: "I obey the order!"

The civil and military members of the Dashun Army immediately divided into two groups, one group followed Chuang Wang to open their eyes like tourist uncles and aunts, and the other group went to the harem full of murderous intent.

"This, this is the treasure house of the emperor's old son?"

What does it mean to come here in high spirits, but to return in disappointment! First I went to the warehouse of the household department, the grain depot was better, and there were some Chen Mikudier that had been swept away. The rats barely starved to death, and the bank depot was empty. All the big boxes were bitten out by the rats, and I didn't see any silver. I went back to the palace to collect money, but at least I found 5 to 10 taels of silver and I still had some leftovers. Adding one piece was less than [-] taels. It's a fortune, but compared to the Qin Palace, the Jin Palace, and the Fu Palace, the golden mountains and silver seas, the poor ones are almost falling in price!Not only those courtiers of Dashun, even Li Zicheng himself was full of disbelief, and suddenly appeared suspiciously, volunteering to lead the way, and also the great eunuch Wang Zhixin from Chongzhen Xinwang's Mansion bet on him .

But when it came to this, the fat eunuch was also full of anger, and the rice cake slapped to the ground like that.

"Returning to Your Majesty, apart from the two treasuries of the inner palace and the inner palace, there is no place to store silver. The silver treasury was exhausted as early as last winter! A while ago, His Majesty asked for donations from the ministers, and a group of nobles and relatives searched and searched before they came out. I paid 20 taels, and for the things in front of me, Grandpa Mao, the Lord of Ji State, gave away a million taels of military pay and the rest!"

"If those imperial relatives and officials weren't so stingy, why are they here today?"

Full of indignation, Wang Zhixin complained sourly, but just as he said the words, he realized that this is a new dynasty. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the person in front of him if all the officials paid for him?He hastily knocked his chubby head to the ground again, kowtowing continuously.

"It's also fortunate that these people are short-sighted, which paved the way for the Holy Son of Heaven. Speaking of which, they are still meritorious!"

"Successful?"

Looking at the empty bank, Li Zicheng couldn't help sneering. Immediately, his gaze fell back on Wang Zhixin who kept kowtowing. like a fat pig.

The treasury was all empty, so there was nothing to worry about, and Dashun didn't have so many rules, so they all entered the palace, each leader had their own space, and went to spend the night, but the best thing was left to King Chuang. There are still rules, and under the leadership of the little eunuch, Li Zicheng went straight to the harem again.

Niu Jinxing stopped in front of the Kunning Palace, where the soldiers of the Dashun Army were cleaning up the blood left over from last night's cruelty.

"Chuang Wang, those eunuchs pointed out that they found Chongzhen's empress Zhou! There is also the former queen mother Zhang Yan, who all committed suicide and died for the country. At this time, there is no way for Chongzhen and the prince. Then he fled, and the prince was taken out of the palace by the eunuch!"

The cruelty and genocide of the literati are vividly displayed here by Niu Jinxing. He bowed down viciously and spoke viciously through gritted teeth.

"King Chuang, you should start arresting the whole city immediately! Don't let Chongzhen and the prince escape from the capital city, so as not to change."

"Is this Empress Chongzhen?"

When he was dying, he was still determined and calm. It happened that Queen Zhou was also put down from the beam and carried out. I have to admit that although Emperor Chongzhen was suspicious, cruel, and indecisive in politics, he was very happy, but in terms of diligence and thrift, he was absolutely worthy of the title. He is a role model for the emperors of all dynasties. In the past ten years since he became the emperor, he has always kept the cost to a minimum. Even the Empress Zhou and several concubines went down to the hut to weave cloth, spin thread and cook in person. The sleeves of the Chongzhen Emperor were so easy to tear yesterday. It fell off because it had been patched many times, and even Queen Zhou's dress was also patched.

After seeing him off, Li Zicheng, who had just returned from Liangku, was full of emotion at first, and then full of ridicule, and sneered disdainfully.

"There are ministers like this! What can be repeated? There is no need to block the nine gates with great fanfare, and then issue a reward order to those stupid officials to hand over the prince Yongwang. Guan Zhi, it won't be long before these stupid officials have to grab it Bring some of them to Lao Tzu!"

Looking at Li Zicheng's confident one-eyed eye, and thinking about the ugliness of all the officials kneeling to greet him, Niu Jinxing didn't insist, but gave him a big thumbs-up instead.

"Chuang Wang, Gao Ye!!!"

Chapter 5 Seventy. Wrong but Reasonable

The remains of Emperor Chongzhen were not found on Meishan until the next day.

Even the emperor at the end of the Song Dynasty had a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians fighting to the end on Yashan, and there were also loyal ministers like Lu Xiufu who took the little emperor to jump into the sea to die for the country, but the emperor of the Ming Empire was wearing patches all over his body when he died. Without the dragon robe with one sleeve, only an old eunuch who had served for many years was left beside him to be buried together. The tragedy of the last king is particularly touching.

On the inner lining he tore off, the last last words of the imperial decree were written in red blood.

Seventeen years after I ascended the throne, I invited heaven to sin three times. As for the capture of the land three times, and the robbers came to the capital, all the ministers misunderstood me!

I have no face to see the late emperor in the ground, I will cover my face with hair, and let the thieves split my corpse, even civil servants can be killed! Don't hurt a single person, don't destroy the mausoleum!

An extremely helpless last word! But in the end, it revealed Chongzhen’s conceit! He pushed all the responsibilities onto the ministers, without even thinking that those honest ministers who are willing to take responsibility and are not ministers of subjugation need him, the emperor, to come forward Then, what did he do again.

The tragic ending of the Ming Dynasty cannot be unilaterally pointed at the king or courtiers, but can only be said to be a tragedy of social evolution, natural disasters and man-made disasters intertwined with the emperor's character weakness.

The corpses of the daughter and son-in-law were carried back, no matter whether it was the emperor Zhou Kuitian Hongyu and other royal relatives, or the eunuchs such as Wang Zhixin and Wang Dehua, everyone was willing to pay for the burial. In the end, Li Zicheng ordered the eunuchs to buy a few thin coffins. He parked the corpses of the empress and Princess Zhaoren outside the Donghua Gate, and invited a few monks to chant sutras.

Thousands of ministers of the Ming Dynasty knelt to welcome Li Zicheng outside the Zhengyang Gate that day, but those who came to worship the late emperor were only in their [-]s or [-]s.

It's just that at this time Li Zicheng no longer had the mood to lament the tragic situation of Emperor Chongzhen, and he also faced the problems that Emperor Chongzhen faced back then.

No money!

In order to attract the people to join, Li Zicheng's army went to various places, under the banner of exempting from levy for three years, not to kill one person! Although it is impossible to do not kill one person, after all, Chuangjun has always relied on fighting local tyrants and distributing granaries. If you want those old people who regard money as their lifeline to dig out their money, it is impossible not to see some blood! But the three-year exemption is not empty talk! From the vast Henan to Shaanxi, he is really good at everything under the jurisdiction of Dashun. Not a single grain was collected.

On the one hand, it is to change the hearts of the people in the district, but on the other hand, it is Dashun's own shortcoming, which lacks effective local governance. Even if Li Zicheng wants to expropriate, he cannot collect it systematically like Daming.

The reason why they rushed to attack the capital like a ox was indeed to overthrow the emperor and sit in the dragon court. On the other hand, it also meant to seize the central finance of Daming to fill the treasury of Dashun.

But now, the internal and external treasuries of the Ming Dynasty are empty, and the Dashun Army is also a human being, and they also have to pay and eat. Li Zicheng can see the hole below when he opens his wallet. Worried about winning silver.

It's still the cursed platform, but compared with the time of Emperor Chongzhen, the atmosphere here is obviously much more lively, and fierce shouts from inside can be heard from time to time.

"King Chuang, no one has given away Prince Yongwang for so many days. If this continues, something will happen. Please hurry up and order the whole city to search for it!"

Murderous, Niu Jinxing jumped up and down like a Spanish bullfight, roaring with teeth and claws. If this was in front of Chongzhen, several heads would be chopped off, but Dashun has not yet formed a rule of etiquette. Watching him spit all over his face from the dragon chair, Li Zicheng didn't think he was disobedient, but instead yawned lazily.

"The soldiers are exhausted from the journey, and it's not good to mobilize them to go to war in the past few days!"

"King Chuang, once the crown prince escapes to the south of the Yangtze River and proclaims himself emperor under the support of the evil officials, it will be difficult to bring peace to the world! If you delay, your majesty should arrest the crown prince sooner, and then march south!"

"Lao Li knows it! How about this, military commander, go down and discuss with Hao Yaoqi and Li Guo how to arrest the prince, that's all!"

There is a saying in later generations that Li Zicheng went to Beijing to celebrate the new year every day!

The Ming Dynasty has been destroyed, and the number one enemy is gone. From Chuang Wang to the generals of the Dashun Army, the rate of corruption is astonishing. The signature big felt hat, coarse cloth cloak and windbreaker have long since been thrown away. Where to go, Li Zicheng is wearing a set of red dragon robes worn by the great eunuch kept in the Rites Prison, and his hair is neatly combed by the palace daughter.

Anyway, he didn't know what this dress was used for before, as long as he wore it to look rich, he would wear it. There was also a palace girl hammering her legs, holding a tea bowl in her right hand. Li Zicheng waved his hand impatiently.

"Chuang Wang!"

"Military division handles affairs, we, Lao Li, don't worry!"

I wanted to say something else, but Li Zicheng said so. Finally, Niu Jinxing shook his head helplessly, and cupped his fists at Li Zicheng.

"The next officer will leave!"

Only then did Niu Jinxing get away, and then Li Zicheng waved his hands again, a burst of jingle drums and piano sounded, and then the music and dance that Chongzhen rarely had the chance to watch in the 17th year of the Chongzhen Dynasty was gorgeously staged in the side hall Coming out, swinging the sleeves, lighting the three-inch golden lotus, all the gorgeous court ladies danced gracefully, staring at the breasts and buttocks of others, Li Zicheng was lighting his hair to the music and worrying.

"Hey, big brother!"

Dashun really has no rules, two little eunuchs blocked him with sweat all over his head, this one Liu Zongmin has already barged in with a big smile, after a few days in the capital, he also changed his shotgun, I don’t know which mansion’s scholar brother Hebai The robe was pulled off abruptly by him. At this time, people pay attention to loose and decent clothes. Wearing unfit clothes on his bulging body, it was stretched like bread. This guy feels good about himself and refuses to wear it. take it off.

"Brother is so happy! Tsk tsk, the girls in the palace are still pretty, hey, you're still shy!"

Amidst the rude laughter, this guy was like an eagle catching a chick, and he rushed towards the dancing palace daughter, and his big mouth full of beards was about to kiss her face, scaring a few delicate little girls Huarong paled, screaming like fleeing back from the back porch.