When Zhu Cihong led a group of ministers to the front of the Shengjing Palace, Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji were waiting in front of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong stepped forward and said: "The soldiers fought bloodily, worked hard, and finally broke the nest of the slaves, so let the soldiers go in with the palace to see the slaves."

After speaking, he pulled Sun Yingyuan with one hand and Zhou Yuji with the other, and the three of them walked side by side.

Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji hurriedly humbled and said that they did not dare to trespass, but Zhu Cihong did not comply, insisted on doing so, and gave an order on the spot.

The two were so moved that they almost burst into tears, and only then did they fall half a step behind and walk into the palace with Zhu Cihong.

The Tianwu soldiers showed excitement on their faces, and a good man galloped across the field and fought for a wife and son, which is everyone's dream to join the army.

Walking side by side with the prince of the Ming Dynasty, what a glory this is, all the generals of the Ming army are envious when they see this, and at the same time they are very envious and jealous in their hearts, Wu Sangui is even more disappointed, and his heart is very uncomfortable.

However, everyone knows that the Tianwu Army took the lead in breaking the city and occupying the slave chieftain's palace with its ability, and he could only endure it if he was not happy, who could let the family fight, or the crown prince's pro-army.

The generals thought about it, and honestly followed behind and entered the Daqing Gate.

The Shengjing Imperial Palace was built in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and the city was completed in the ninth year of Chongzhen, that is, the year when Huang Taiji was called the emperor and Zhu Cihong was the commander of the Yongwei camp.

The Shengjing Imperial Palace does not have the ultimate luxury as imagined, the pavilions and pavilions, the carved railings and jade masonry, and even the garden of the Eight Classics is not there, the whole layout is very small, it can be said that it is very shabby, covering an area of only more than 90 acres.

How much does the Forbidden City occupy in Beijing? One thousand and eighty acres! The area of the Shengjing Imperial Palace can be said to be only a fraction of the size of the Ming Forbidden City.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Forbidden City in Beijing is not the largest, and the palace city of Fengyang, the central capital where Zhu Cihong once lived, covers an area of 1,260 acres.

The largest imperial palace in the Ming Dynasty is the Nanjing Forbidden City built by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, covering an area of 1,500 acres! It is the largest palace complex in the world in the Middle Ages and is known as the "first palace in the world".

The Forbidden City of Nanjing is the culmination of the palace architecture of the capital city of China, the mother of the Ming Dynasty official architecture, and the blueprint of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Shengjing Imperial Palace and one of them, there is no way to say, not to mention the Forbidden City in the north and south of the two capitals, just say that the palace of the Ming Dynasty, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, generally covers an area of 500 acres, which is five or six times larger than the Shengjing Palace.

Zhu Cihong casually admired the shabby palace and walked towards the Chongzheng Palace.

Along the way, all the ministers were also relaxed, and Xu Sheng smiled even more: "Is it still called the palace like this?" That's too cheap! ”

In recent years, Xu Sheng has been following Zhu Cihong, often going in and out of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and has been stationed in the Fengyang Forbidden Palace, and has also lived in the Chu Palace, Huguang.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, there are many violations in the palace of the slave chief, or should the minister order someone to demolish it?" ”

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let the palace go around again." ”

Everyone walked from the middle road and came to the place where the Manchu Dynasty was in the civil and military courts, the Chongzheng Palace.

At the top of the Chongzheng Palace, there is a dragon chair with a golden light, this dragon chair exudes an intoxicating light, luxurious and luxurious, no less than the emperor's dragon chair in the Forbidden City in Beijing, it can be said that the highest grade in the entire Shengjing Imperial Palace is this thing.

Sun Yingyuan walked up quickly, wiped the dragon chair, and said, "Your Highness, please!" ”

Hong Chengchou and all the civil and military generals of the Ming army in the hall had different faces, looked at Sun Yingyuan, and secretly aimed at Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, strode forward, sat down steadily, and said: "The dragon chair of the slave chief is nothing more than that, it is not as good as the golden chair given by Emperor Taizu in the Chu Palace!" ”

When Zhu Cihong said this, he compared this dragon chair to the dragon chair of the vassal king, completely blocking the mouth of others who said that he was overstepping.

But Hong Chengchou and the others are all human spirits, how can they not see the mystery here, the crown prince's incomparably powerful ambition has been fully revealed, and everyone is thinking about it, is it going to completely stand in line?

Zhu Cihong's expression of his heart reassured the generals of the Tianwu Army that His Royal Highness was not a conformist person, if the current saint suppressed the Tianwu Army and made it difficult, I believe he would not sit idly by.

If it really comes to that point, there are 100,000 Tianwu troops here, and there are 200,000 soldiers in Jiangnan Tuntian, it is not difficult for the crown prince to go further......

Zhu Cihong looked at everyone meaningfully, and saw that no one came out to find fault for a long time, so he ordered: "Pass the order, and hold a celebration banquet in this palace!" ”

Taking advantage of this moment, Zhu Cihong led everyone to the East Road to visit the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion.

The Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion are the places where the left and right winged kings and the ministers of the Eight Banners do things, each of the Eight Banners has a separate pavilion, which is divided into two sides on both sides of the Great Palace, just like the standing class of the face of the monarch in the last dynasty, it is the most solemn and sacred place in the Shengjing Imperial Palace.

After returning to the Chongzheng Palace, there were already several large tables in the hall to celebrate the banquet, Zhu Cihong sat unceremoniously on the main face of the first table, the upper head was Fang Zhenghua, the lower head was Hong Chengchou, and next to it was Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and Qiu Minyang.

The first table was almost all civil officials, only Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji, the two commanders of the Tianwu Army, which shows the status of the two of them in Zhu Cihong's heart.

Several of the tables are all seated according to rank, one table for the chief soldier and the chief soldier, one table for the deputy general and the deputy general, and there is no place for even the staff general.

At the banquet, the cups and plates were listed, the wine was fragrant, and everyone's faces were filled with joyful smiles at this time.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Cihong picked up the wine glass, stood up and swept to everyone, and said with some sadness: "The soldiers who sacrificed their first cup in this palace to pay tribute to Pingliao were the ones who exchanged their blood and lives for this great victory in Liaodong!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Cihong spilled the wine in the cup on the ground, and continued: "The palace will not forget them, their families, the palace will play the imperial court, exempt their family members from paying taxes for the rest of their lives, and those who have no land, the imperial court will give them land, so that these heroic souls who sacrificed for the Ming Dynasty can rest in peace!" ”

The Ming army recovered a large area of land in Liaodong, which was enough to reward the soldiers, and the exempted taxes could be completely offset after the reduction of Liaodong's salary, and it would also help Liaodong recover after the war.

The civil and military generals present looked a little gloomy, although the Ming army achieved brilliant results in this battle, but also paid a heavy price.

Xuanfu Town's General Yang Guozhu, Yizhou General Jin Guofeng, Shanhaiguan General Li Fuming, Datong General Jiang Xiang, and several deputy generals and generals, all died in battle, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, and Shanhaiguan Town were almost wiped out, Liao Town, Shanxi Town, and Ningyuan Town suffered serious losses, and Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers and Hong Chengchou's Hong soldiers were beaten to the point that they almost lost their formation.

According to the current preliminary statistics, from the time of entering Liao in March this year to the capture of Shengjing in early September, the Ming army has lost more than 30,000 people and countless wounded in the past six months.

Among them, the Tianwu army also suffered a lot of losses, with no less than 10,000 killed and nearly 10,000 seriously injured.

In several wars, the Tianwu Army always charged ahead, gnawing the most difficult Eight Banners Army, especially the Han Army Banner that used firearms, the guns had no eyes, and the Tianwu Army was given great damage when the two sides fired at each other.

In several important battles, Zhu Cihong did not dare to let other troops fight, and was very uneasy about them, especially he did not dare to let the Guanning army fight in the front, worried that they would release water as usual and raise their own respect, so that the army was defeated like a mountain, and the whole line collapsed in a burst.