Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 118 The Change of Jiashen

The city fell, and the invading army rushed into the capital and surrounded the official residence.

Hearing this news, Fan Jingwen, a cabinet scholar, hurried to the gate of the palace.

But it was learned that the emperor had left the palace and was missing.

He hurried to the court room again, and the thieves blocked the road.

There were shouts all around him, but he was not afraid, sobbing, "The emperor is gone, how can I go back?"

So, in the temple beside the road, he lay down on his stomach and drafted the omission, and wrote in large characters: "As a minister, if you can't make contributions on the battlefield, you will have lingering hatred for death."

With a desire to die, he jumped into the ancient well next to the Shuangta Temple.

Afterwards, the officials learned of the imperial edict that the intruder had entered the Forbidden City and had an audience three days later, and the whole city was terrified.

Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, and his family of thirteen members, Li Banghua, the censor of the left capital, Shi Bangzhao, the censor of the deputy capital, Ling Yiqu, the minister of Dali Temple, Wang Jiayan, the right servant of the Ministry of War...

The civil servants were headed by Fan Jingwen, and the honored relatives were headed by Xinlehou Liu Wenbing. About forty people died in the country. If the family members were added, thousands of people died in the country, or self-immolated, hanged themselves, and threw themselves into wells. It is immeasurable.

It looks like a lot, but there are two thousand officials and relatives in the capital, and less than [-]% died for the country.

Even the maids committed more than two hundred suicides.

Three days later, the body of Emperor Chongzhen was found.

Shunjun moved the coffins of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou out of the palace and displayed them at Donghuamen.

Unsurprisingly, "Thirty people of the courtiers cried and worshiped, and 30 people worshiped without crying, and the rest of them all looked down on them."

The people passing by covered their faces and wept, not daring to look more.

Li Yan watched from a distance and remained silent for a long time before turning his head and sighing deeply.

Immediately, not far away, he found Niu Jinxing.

This military strategist who was born in Juren also had a serious expression on his face.

"Hmph!" Niu Jinxing also saw Li Yan, immediately dropped the curtain of the car, and left with a cold snort.

How can it be so easy to unload the righteousness of monarchs and ministers?
The irony is that Li Yan and other people who broke into the army are all sighing for Emperor Chongzhen.

Unexpectedly, when the sky was slightly bright, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng, and Wei Zaode, the first assistant, led all the civil and military officials, and couldn't wait to enter the palace to pay their respects. They were dressed in plain clothes and stood outside the Meridian Gate.

At this time, before Li Zicheng came out, they were waiting eagerly, eager to see through.

As time passed, the generals of the Shun Army arrived, and when they passed by, they saw the officials who had arrived early, and their eyes were full of disdain.

"What are these people doing?" Liu Zongmin asked puzzled.

"It's persuasion!" Gao Yigong said in a deep voice: "Brother-in-law entered the palace, and Chongzhen died again. They want to persuade him to replace Ming with Shun!"

Liu Zongmin, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang and other powerful generals hated officials the most in their lives, and they hated all civil and military officials extremely.

In their simple cognition, it was this group of corrupt officials, disloyal and unjust high-ranking officials and nobles who ruined their families and forced them to rebel.

Liu Zongmin said disdainfully: "Before Chongzhen was buried, this group of people eagerly wanted to curry favor with His Majesty and seek official positions. It is really shameless."

"Our officials in Dashun are set up just for them?"

All the generals also nodded in agreement.

"Wait for me to play tricks on them!"

So, Hao Yaoqi grinned, entered the palace, and saw Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen, with a fat body, he couldn't help but bend his feet and hook him around his neck.

Zhu Chunchen didn't dare to resist, his plump body was rolled into a ball, unable to move, sweating profusely.

"Look at me!" Not to be outdone, Liu Zongmin directly waved his palm like a cattail leaf fan, and beat the first assistant Wei Zaode hard, and the latter coughed violently.

All the generals were very happy, and went to battle one after another, and all the civil and military officials were bullied and embarrassed.

"What kind of hat is this? It's so fun!"

"Great, with a hanging neck, like a big rooster."

"You are so thin, you need to practice more."

Seeing this, some people couldn't help but feel sad and wept loudly when they thought of their own situation and the abuse at this time.

Li Yan, Song Xiance and others watched with cold eyes and ignored them.

Obviously, they look down on these disloyal ministers from the bottom of their hearts.

On the side, Wang Dehua, the eunuch who opened the Desheng Gate and surrendered, couldn't help scolding the officials:

"The country is destroyed, the monarch is dead, you don't want to bury the late emperor, what are you doing here?"

So, he began to cry on his own, and dozens of eunuchs cried.

Wei Zaode and other high-ranking officials also burst into tears.

Seeing this, all the generals of the Shun Army stopped, feeling quite bored.

But in the Forbidden City, Li Zicheng accepted the concubine Dou Meiyi as a concubine.

"His Majesty!"

After he was washed, Gu Junen stepped forward and said respectfully: "Chongzhen is the king of a country, and it is inevitable that people can't bear it and lose the hearts of the people."

"exactly."

Li Zicheng glanced at the charming concubine, turned his head and said, "He is also an emperor after all, different from those ordinary people."

"Send it to a Buddhist temple and bury it in Concubine Tian's tomb!"

Gu Junen felt confident and sighed in his heart.

"By the way, what's the matter with crying and crying outside?"

Outside the Meridian Gate, the voices of thousands of people were so loud that Li Zicheng couldn't help being woken up. He yawned: "Woke me up."

"Hundred officials of the Ming court came to persuade you to come in?"

Li Yan came over at this time and said softly.

"Persuading?" Li Zicheng was startled, then laughed loudly: "Hahaha, what does it matter to them if I proclaim myself the emperor on behalf of the Ming Dynasty? Isn't it a pilgrimage?"

"Your Majesty, it is better to receive one or two, it is always what the people want."

Niu Jinxing said hurriedly.

"People's hearts? What kind of people's hearts are they?"

Li Zicheng snorted coldly.

Song Xiance, Gu Junen and others also persuaded him one after another.

It took a long time before Li Zicheng agreed.

Looking at all this, Li Yan felt something was wrong.

In the past, only one person was needed, and His Majesty would obey. Today, if all the people come together, it can be persuaded.

Could it be that the emperor has changed?

At this time, Li Yan couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, it's not at this time. You can rest easy. There are tens of thousands of Guanning cavalry in Shanhaiguan. You must guard against it!"

……

At this time, Wu Sangui led Guan Ning cavalry to Yutian.

On March [-]th, the imperial court granted Wu Sangui the title of Xibo Ping, and ordered Wu Sangui to lead troops into Beijing to defend Beijing.

On March [-], Wu Sangui led his troops out of Ningyuan and arrived at Shanhaiguan.

Immediately, after getting the order, he led his troops westward to Gyeonggi without stopping.

On the 22nd, Wu Sangui sent troops to Yutian (belonging to Tangshan City, Hebei Province).

For the [-] miles, he only ran for three days, which can be said to be exhausting.

"Chief soldier, something is wrong, His Majesty has collapsed—"

When the spies came to report, their faces turned red.

"what?"

Wu Sangui was taken aback.

It's only been a few days since receiving the edict, why is the city of Beijing so fragile?

Not good, a thief entered the capital, I was one of the door, I don't know what happened?
Daming is over, so what about me?
"How is the master?"

Wu Sangui hurriedly asked.

His father, Wu Xiang, is in the capital, the admiral of the capital, what he cares most about is this!
"The Beijing camp surrendered to the intruders, so the master should be fine."

Wu Sangui frowned instead: "Why did you surrender? It's best to leave the city!"

Isn't this in the hands of Li Zicheng?

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