Ming Zuo

Chapter 1369 Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition

The new house was specially built by Zuo Menggeng for Zhang Yan, Zhu Cihong and other children.

Everything has been considered in detail.

The new residence is located on the west side of King Xia's Mansion. It looks ordinary on the surface, but because it is located in the core area ruled by Xia Kingdom, it is actually loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

In this area, even if a fly flies by, the gender must be reported.I am not afraid that people with ulterior motives will come to the door quietly and cause trouble.

The interior layout of the new house is very ingenious, using various new technologies.

Zhang Yan owns a separate courtyard, next to Aimee Zhu and Aimee Zhu, Princess Zhaoren.

Because Auntie Zhu is still young, she lives with her sister.

Aimee Zhu, the princess, has to mature as soon as possible in order to take care of her younger sister.

The courtyard in front belonged to Zhu Cihong and his younger brother Zhu Cixuan.

After moving in on the first day, the family, with the help of Li Yanling, became familiar with the various uses of the new house.

It was not until the next day that Li Yanling formally notified Zhang Yan of the various procedures.

"His Royal Highness King Xia said that if the children are still young and don't know how to read and write, their lives may be unsustainable in the future. I have already helped them complete the enrollment procedures."

Zhang Yan took it over and looked at it carefully, and felt very satisfied.

Because Zhu Cihong is the crown prince, he has been trained as the crown prince, so he is very concerned about education.

Although the things he studied were different from Xia Guo's, but because of his precocity, he was able to enter middle school to continue his studies.

Zhu Cizhen and Zhu Yuchan were arranged in a nearby elementary school.

You only need to go out and walk two hundred steps to get there.

In such a school, there is no doubt that those who can go to school in it are the children of dignitaries, and they are also within the scope of security alert.

Zhang Yan looked at Aimee Zhu.

"Does this kid want to study too?"

Li Yanling nodded.

"Of course."

She went outside and pulled in a girl who was about the same age as Aimee Zhu.

"This is Pu Soyan. Her older sister, Pu Jingyan, is Princess Wen's secretary. You can follow her to school and report to school today."

Auntie Zhu looked at Pu Suyan carefully, and Pu Suyan did the same.

As a Korean, his feelings for Daming are naturally very complicated.

Thinking that this girl of the same age in front of her is actually Daming's eldest princess, Pu Suyan couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"Don't be afraid, school is very interesting."

"Aunt, then I will take my leave."

Aimee Zhu is a young girl, longing for the outside world.Now you can step into it in person, and you don't want to wait for a moment.

The last thing Li Yanling explained was the family's food and clothing expenses.

"His Royal Highness King Xia has set the standard. The monthly expenses for you and the children are [-] yuan. This is the account, and I have handed over the relevant finances."

Seeing that it wasn't money, Zhang Yan was a little uncertain.

"Secretary Li, can you tell me in detail?"

Li Yanling knew her question.

"The banknotes issued by our Xia Kingdom are used now. According to the current prices, the annual expenditure of an ordinary family of three will not exceed 30 yuan."

It is enough to say this.

The monthly expenses of Zhang Yan and the four children are as much as six years for ordinary people, which is enough to prove how tolerant Zuo Menggeng is to them.

Zhang Yan was very grateful in her heart, and began to wonder if she would agree to Xu Ruolin's invitation and do her part?
In this way, the money can be held with a little peace of mind.

Having settled Chongzhen's family, Zuo Menggeng didn't think it was so important.

On the contrary, the successive reports of military affairs put Xia Guo into a state of tension.

After about half a month of back and forth testing, the negotiation between Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui finally broke down completely.

When Wu Sangui came to Yutian County, he finally knew what happened to his family in the capital.

Before he completely surrendered, Dashun treated his family so harshly.After really surrendering, wouldn't it be a man for a knife and me for a fish?
For a warlord like Wu Sangui, the only factor in considering his position can only be his own interests.

Feeling the danger, he led his army back to Shanhaiguan immediately after being furious.

Gaodi, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, joined forces with him and returned to the division together.

Tang Tong, who was sent by Li Zicheng to accept Shanhaiguan, did not expect Wu Sangui to go and return.

As a result, under Wu Sangui's sudden attack, Tang Tong was caught off guard, and the eight thousand troops completely collapsed.

Only Tang Tong led the defeated soldiers back to a rock, and at the same time sent a letter to the capital to report the situation.

"It's because you didn't know the importance, so that you forced Wu Sangui back. Everything we said was ignored by you."

After receiving the news, Li Zicheng scolded Liu Zongmin.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and must be handled properly as soon as possible."

Niu Jinxing was in a state of desperation, and had a premonition that the situation was not good.In the end, he didn't pay attention to the attitude of speaking, and vaguely blamed Li Zicheng.

In fact, Li Zicheng was indeed to blame.

He was chasing wages in the capital, and the people below naturally catered to the holy will and worked extra hard.

The people below didn't know the importance of Wu Xiang, which led to Wu Sangui's rebellion.

Li Zicheng was so angry that he could only ask, "What is the prime minister's plan?"

Niu Jinxing worked hard and proposed a solution.

"Wu Sangui's rebellion was all due to a misunderstanding. First of all, we should appease Wu Xiang and ask him to write to Wu Sangui to explain the reason."

Seeing that Li Zicheng was not happy, he quickly added.

"However, Wu Sangui will not give in easily when the matter has come to this point. For the current plan, only when the soldiers come to the city can he understand the general trend."

This time Li Zicheng's face looked a little better.

"Since that's the case, let's do it according to the prime minister's wishes. Let's lead the army and meet Wu Sangui."

Hearing that Li Zicheng wanted to conscript himself, many people below had some doubts, and felt that it seemed inappropriate.

But over the years, every time Li Zicheng came to the battle in person, the big guys were used to it, and they couldn't say anything at this time.

Another one, many people don't know the reason why Li Zicheng intends to conscript himself.

One is that Li Zicheng already had a premonition that Wu Sangui was likely to surrender to the Manchu Qing, and then lead the Qing army into the pass.

Although Li Zicheng had never fought against the Qing army, he still knew how powerful the Qing army was.Only by making a quick decision and blocking Shanhaiguan as soon as possible can this situation be avoided.

Secondly, the plague is rampant in the capital, and there are many dead people. Even the Shun Army has lost many people's combat effectiveness. Li Zicheng is a little scared.

Fearing that he would be infected with the plague, before the buttocks on the dragon chair were hot, he handed over the great country to others.

Only by leaving the capital can I feel a little more at ease.

In the early morning of April [-]th, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin personally led the army to Shanhaiguan.

Niu Jinxing and a few ministers led [-] soldiers to guard the capital.

Li Zicheng also brought Wu Xiang with him, hoping to use the father-son relationship to force Wu Sangui to submit.

He never thought that this trip would be the beginning of the fall of his brilliant life.

(End of this chapter)