How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

King Chuang Li Zicheng is here.

The person who came here was about forty years old, with a tall build and a capable face, but there was an air of recklessness about him.

After hearing Liu Zongmin's names, he felt a little dumbfounded.

I want to pay my respects to King Chuang?

Although Li Zicheng had established the Dashun Dynasty in Xi'an City and proclaimed himself emperor.

But everyone knows that it is just a child's play, just to put pressure on Zhu Youjian in the capital.

He, the emperor of the Dashun Dynasty, could not count how long he would not take over the capital.

In addition, it is difficult for the brothers under his command to give up their reckless attitude. They are used to calling Chuang Wang and eldest brother, so suddenly asking them to call him His Majesty the Emperor is really embarrassing for them.

Just like when Zhu Yuanzhang first became Emperor Hongwu.

The people below still call him eldest brother when they meet him.

Li Zicheng didn't care, he smiled and waved his hand to let the others stand up, and asked solemnly.

"Where are Shen Lian, Feng Kanyu, and Pei Lun? If they weren't ordered to search for Zhu Youjian's whereabouts, why couldn't I see them after I entered the city?"

It had been a while since Li Zicheng entered the city.

He even rode into the palace, stepped onto the Huangji Hall, sat on Emperor Chongzhen's dragon chair, and felt the taste of an emperor.

But there was still no news about the whereabouts of the three people and Zhu Youjian, so he had to go out to look for them again.

As for Zhu Youjian's three sons, they had long been captured by the intruders and had not escaped from the capital at all.

Not long after Li Zicheng wandered around, he met a few people behind the Xuanwu Gate.

"King Chuang, you...don't you know yet?"

Li Yan was stunned and hurriedly told King Chuang the news that Zhu Youjian was dead, and also told him what had just happened.

It was said that Shen Lian and his three men rode on horseback and wounded Hao Yaoqi, took away the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and blatantly abandoned the 20,000-strong army.

"Hiss...this..."

Li Zicheng first heard the news of Zhu Youjian's death, his expression changed, and he secretly thought it was a pity.

After hearing what happened to Shen Lian and others, I became even more confused.

Are the three of you idiots?

Why can't you talk about it well and why do you have to do it like this?

In fact, he had a deep hatred for the three of them and had heard about the whole rebellion in Huangling Town.

I originally planned to bring justice to them after entering the city, and to rehabilitate the former Guanshan Taibao with gifts, but now it seems that there is no need for it.

Three tiger generals left in a row, casting a haze over Li Zicheng's excitement.

Not a good sign!

Do they think that I, Li Zicheng, will never be able to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor?

"Huh... Zong Min, you did the right thing! No matter what, you must ask them face to face why they abandoned the 20,000-strong army and ignored me."

Li Zicheng sighed, instead of being thunderous and furious as everyone imagined, he said.

"Catch him first, then let me ask in person what's going on!"

"……Yes!"

After listening to King Chuang's instructions, Liu Zongmin felt unwilling.

He was King Chuang who only followed Chongzhen for eight years, so he joined midway.

Nowadays, the status of being below one person and above ten thousand people still feels that it is not enough.

The three people's escape just gave up the positions of three important ministers in the court, where they could place their brothers.

If caught again...

While Liu Zongmin was thinking about it carefully, Li Zicheng spoke again.

"That's right! Where is Zhu You's body during the autopsy? Zong Min, have you checked to make sure he is not a golden cicada who escaped from his shell or a Li Daitao who was frozen?"

Compared with the defection of Shen Lian and the others, Li Zicheng was more concerned about Zhu Youjian's identity.

Just die.

With a king who has subjugated his country, many things will be difficult to deal with in the end.

But it must be clear that the other party should not run away like Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen.

Seeing that the commander-in-chief Liu Ye was still stunned, Li Yan hurriedly answered for him.

"King Chuang, the identity has been verified correctly. Zhu Youjian was indeed hanged on Long Live Mountain, and his personal eunuch Wang Chengen died with him. I was still in Wang Chengen's arms when I found this!"

With that said, Li Yan took out the blood-stained edict and handed it to King Chuang respectfully.

Li Zicheng took it and read it, and couldn't help but sneered a few times.

"Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian, all the ministers have misunderstood me, and let the thieves divide me, but don't hurt any of the people?"

"Do you know that, except in the capital, if the people outside learn about your death, they will probably have to set off firecrackers for three days and three nights, making them want to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin?"

He threw it on the ground with disdain, just as the bodies of Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen, generals of the Chuang Army, were also carried down Long Live Mountain.

Li Zicheng became interested. He dismounted and walked over to look at it for a long time and was filled with emotion.

Emperor Chongzhen, if you had not abolished the post station seventeen years ago, I, Li Zicheng, might still have been my postman, and how could I have achieved what I have today?

It's really time and destiny.

At this time, Liu Zongmin finally made up his mind and secretly said that Shen Lian and the others would never return to the capital alive.

Seeing King Chuang looking at Zhu You's autopsy body, he sneered and led Guitou Shandao over.

"King Chuang, come on! You get out of the way, my brothers will cut him into eight pieces and throw him to the streets of the capital to feed the dogs!"

With that said, he was about to operate the knife on Zhu You's autopsy body.

Li Yan and Lady Hong watched on the side with their hearts rising.

"Nonsense!"

Li Zicheng frowned and stopped the other party.

"Didn't I say that before I entered the city! Except for chasing stolen goods, don't take anything by force and don't hurt any of the people. Otherwise, it will be like hurting my parents and killing all nine other tribes!"

"Now is the time when people in the capital are in chaos and everyone is watching."

"You chopped off their emperor, how can they not be frightened?"

"This……"

Only then did Liu Zongmin realize that the flattery had landed on the horse's hooves. He blushed and dared not say a word.

"Chuang Wang Yingming!"

Upon seeing this, Li Yan quickly agreed: "For this plan, we really can't kill Zhu You and examine his body. Otherwise, if the officials and people, and even the people in Liaodong and Jiangnan, know that they must resist to the death, there will be no possibility of surrender."

Li Zicheng saw that Li Yan had also thought clearly and looked at him approvingly.

"Haha, I wonder what Sir, what do you want to teach me? What do you think should be done with Zhu Youjian's body?"

Li Yan thought for a moment: "King Chuang, I think he should be buried with great splendor. We in Dashun even paid to build an imperial mausoleum for Zhu You, so that the world would know that although we in Dashun were unjust, we still had no right to attack. The previous emperor still treated him kindly..."

"Pay?"

Li Zicheng was stunned. He didn't expect Li Yan to come up with such an idea.

"Sir, how much money do you think we can pay to build an imperial mausoleum for Zhu Youjian and bury him in glory?"

amount……

This is difficult for Li Yan.

You know, Chongzhen was plagued by internal and external troubles for seventeen years.

Zhu Youjian, the unlucky emperor, could not afford to build an imperial mausoleum for himself.

In particular, he killed the Feng family's Guanshan Taibao and forced his youngest son to hide in the Chuang army to seek revenge. How could anyone build his tomb?

If we follow the previous system of Emperor Tianqi or Emperor Wanli, we will need at least several million silver.

But this money...

Li Yan thought about it and said hesitantly: "King Chuang, it probably... probably costs one million taels..."

He said it without any confidence, and as expected, Li Zicheng burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Damn it, sir! I don't dare to spend one million taels to build an imperial mausoleum for myself, but instead build it for my defeated generals? Wouldn't it be a joke to the world if word spread?"

"Let's do this! Just find an official from the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty and let them raise their own money and hire manpower to build the imperial mausoleum for Zhu You."

"As for how much it cost and where to bury it, what does it have to do with me, Li Zicheng?"

"Forehead……"

Li Yan sighed in his heart knowing that this was the result.

If the Ming Dynasty is dead, who will help Zhu You build an imperial mausoleum?

I'm afraid that Emperor Chongzhen's final fate will still be miserable.

However, it is much better than leaving the body in the wilderness.

"That's right! This eunuch is also loyal and brave enough. Let's be buried together in the imperial mausoleum."

Li Zicheng pointed to Wang Chengen's body, made a casual explanation, and then lost interest.

Because he has a more important matter to discuss with a few people.

"Zong Min! Li Yan, Miss Hong."

Li Zicheng looked at the three of them and asked in a deep voice.

"If the three of you are allowed to lead 60,000 elite troops and approach Shanhaiguan, will you have the confidence to fight against Wu Sangui?"