At this time, there was no grand ceremony to welcome the emperor into the city in Nanjing City, only the Tianwu soldiers who guarded the road.

It is said that the emperor Nan Xing, but in fact, he fled south, and the official is not good at hyping it, even so, there are still many people in the city who came to welcome him.

With Zhu Cihong's order, the honor guard brigade entered the city from Zhengyangmen one after another, the streets were paved with loess, and the soldiers of the Tianwu Army guarding Nanjing stood on both sides with muskets.

Chongzhen looked at the surrounding environment curiously, and saw Zhu Lou Yuyu on both sides of the Qinhuai River at first glance.

From Zhengyang Gate into Hongwu Gate, through Hongwu Street, only to see that there are a large number of people on the side of the street to greet them, long live the mountain.

The Ming Dynasty has not had an emperor appear in Nanjing City for more than two hundred years, and the last time the crown prince came, it was already sensational enough, and many people wanted to see with their own eyes what the emperor looked like.

Chongzhen saw that the people of Nanjing City were eager, grinning excitedly, and greeted the people around him eagerly through the dragon chariot, this was the first time he interacted with the people on the spot for so many years as an emperor, and he was very excited.

Zhu Cihong on the side smiled, this is the strong appeal that the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty has, even if he is reduced to this, the commander of the light pole can also play a role in uniting people's hearts.

Zhu Cihong is not worried about what Chongzhen can do, at present, there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and he can be regarded as orthodox, Chongzhen's political capital in Jiangnan is too small, and it is impossible to turn the tables.

He treated Chongzhen like this, firstly, out of filial piety, and secondly, to give enough face, so that the emperor Lao Tzu could abdicate with peace of mind and become a freelancer.

The honor guard entered the imperial city through the Hongwu Gate, and then entered the noon gate from the Chengtian Gate, at this time the hundred officials had dispersed, and they stayed in the official office in the Chengtian Gate to deal with political affairs.

Facing the Forbidden City of Nanjing, which he had only heard of in books, Chongzhen was full of freshness, and walked down the dragon chariot to shuttle through various palaces.

Zhu Cihong introduced: "Father, the layout here is almost the same as in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the son has completed the repair, the father still lives in the Qianqing Palace, the queen mother is in the Kunning Palace, and the son lives in the Wuying Palace. ”

Chongzhen was silent, walked to the steps of Fengtian Palace, the shape here is similar to the Huangji Hall of the Beijing Division, and even larger than the Huangji Palace, the inside is solemn and solemn, the dragon and phoenix are carved, the golden light is radiant, and the decoration is slightly better than the Huangji Palace.

Zhu Cihong followed behind and ordered the eunuch on duty: "Order, civil and military officials will enter the Hajj to see you." ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "No need, now you are in charge of the country, everything is the same as before, I want to rest for a while." ”

At this time, Chongzhen's mood was apprehensive, this strange and sacred place made him feel pressure, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, two powerful ancestors once ruled the world here, as Comrade Zhu Youzhen, an unworthy descendant of the lost capital, was still a little afraid in his heart.

Moreover, almost all civil and military officials are the prince's people, so what's the point of letting yourself hold a court meeting?

Whether it is Chan Rang to abdicate or to fight for power, Chongzhen has not been able to make a decision in his heart, after all, he has been the emperor for more than ten years, and he is still young, only thirty-three years old, so he abdicated a little reluctant in his heart......

After looking around the Qianqing Palace again, Chongzhen went to Kunning Palace to find Queen Zhou and others.

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Beijing.

In the Imperial Palace, Li Zicheng was lying on the dragon chair with his thighs crossed and his legs crossed, listening to the Dashun civil and military attachés below discussing the next plan.

Since ordering the arrest of Emperor Chongzhen, the Dashun army has searched the entire city of Beijing, but has never found Chongzhen's family, which makes Li Zicheng very worried.

Niu Jinxing analyzed there: "Emperor Chongzhen will either run to Liaodong or Jiangnan, there is nowhere else to go!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded in approval, Shandong General Liu Zeqing, Shaanxi General He Renlong have surrendered to Dashun, Wu Sangui led the troops to come, arrived in Jizhou and saw that the Dashun army was strong and strong, and heard that the Beijing Division had been captured, so he led the men and horses back to Liaodong, daring to be angry and not daring to fight.

Dashun basically controlled the northern provinces in Guannai, and only Wang Wannian, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of Miyun, led the remnants of the army to flee and resist, and the Chongzhen family would never run away with them.

Song Xiance said: "If Chongzhen runs eastward, it will be easy to do, it just so happens that my Dashun wants to recruit the Ming army in Liaodong, and let Hong Chengchou and them sacrifice the emperor and the second king." ”

Hong Chengchou and others, who are in Liaodong, are now in an awkward position, and the situation is also very bad, the north is attacked by Jiannu, and the south is occupied by Dashun, and there are really wolves in front and tigers in the back.

Li Zicheng felt that they had no choice but to surrender, and he had already planned to send people to recruit Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Liaodong, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Jinzhou, and Mao Yuanyi, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.

Li Zicheng believes that they will choose to take refuge in Dashun, if the Liaodong army does not return to Shun and does not know how to lift, then they can only fall into the well and send troops to solve them, everyone present is confident that as long as the Dashun soldiers and horses are pressed over, they will be able to crush them into powder.

What makes Li Zicheng curious is that Jiannu once said that he was just containing the Ming army in Liaodong, why is he fighting so fiercely now? Could it be that they really want to conquer Liaodong?

Niu Jinxing said worriedly: "I'm afraid that if the emperor runs to Jiangnan, then there will be another Southern Song Dynasty, and there is Zhu Ming's prince in Jiangnan, which is not easy to fight." ”

Li Zicheng groaned: "Prime Minister Niu Cheng, you go to Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang and ask him to write a letter to persuade Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, as for Hong Chengchou, you personally write to him, know the benefits, and tell him that I can make him a marquis." ”

Wu Xiang married Zu Dashou's sister, and the two families were related, and in politics, the two families wore a pair of pants.

Li Zicheng said again: "Shanhaiguan is guarded by a Ming general named Mao Yuanyi, I heard that he is a tricky person, you can allow him to be an earl, and this is the matter in the east." ”

Liu Zongmin raised his mouth and asked, "What about Jiannu?" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Ignore it for now, and then talk about how to deal with them after subduing the Ming army in Liaodong." ”

In Li Zicheng's heart, there is no concept of the Eight Banners Army at all, Niu Jinxing and others have lived in the interior for a long time, and they also lack understanding of Liaodong.

In their eyes, Jiannu can't even defeat Shanhaiguan all these years, what combat effectiveness can they have?

The Dashun army was in the Central Plains, and a big battle often wiped out more than 100,000 Ming troops, which made the world invincible.

The high-spirited Li Zicheng set his sights on the Jiangnan side, and he calculated in his heart that as long as Jiangnan was defeated, the world could be unified.

However, before attacking Fengyang Mansion, the Jiangnan army impressed him too much, so he had to be cautious.

After discussing the matter of Liaodong, there is another annoying matter that plagues the Dashun court.

When he was a thief, he grabbed wherever he went, and now that a new dynasty has been established, he needs to spend money to reward and place soldiers, and where does this money come from for the expenses of 500,000 troops?

I thought that I would make a fortune by stealing the treasury and the emperor's small treasury after I laid down the Jingshi, who would have thought that the dignified Ming treasury did not even have a mouse, and the emperor's small treasury, which was rumored to have tens of millions of taels of silver, did not even have a hair.

For the first time, Li Zicheng felt that this business was a loss, but as a big man who had rebelled for many years and had not missed, he naturally had a lot of brains, and he thought of an excellent way to make money......