With the arrival of the first messenger, there was an endless stream of messengers from all walks of life, and they all ran into the Forbidden City on their front and back feet.

There are not only men and horses sent by the three major systems, but also those sent by Sun Chengzong and a general soldier surnamed Cao, who are holding Lubu to report victory all the way.

At this time, the Donglin Party jumped out again to question it, and it was brain-dead. Because even the messengers sent by the civil service system themselves reported that they had personally verified the Tartar heads.

So now the square of the Imperial Palace is boiling in the sky, and everyone is excitedly discussing the unprecedented victory, including the imperial history of maintaining etiquette, the first time to pull the messenger to ask, the solemn Forbidden City Square, rare, became a vegetable market for the first time during the early dynasty.

It's normal for people to have this reaction.

In the previous siege battles, it can be said that everyone in the capital was mentally prepared to be stormed in by the Tartars and slaughtered the city. I don't know how many people were woken up in the middle of the night, and how many people were ready to kill their wives and daughters and then hang themselves to die—especially the officials standing in the square today.

So after learning the good news today, just like a drowning person being rescued by firefighters, the huge psychological gap between the Jedi and the Jedi counter-killing made the Ming officials, who had been in a depressed and obscure state of mind for a long time, suddenly let go of their restraints and could no longer care about the rules.

The big square is like a boiling pot, and the small circle in front of the Imperial Palace is also very lively.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was smiling and sitting on the dragon chair, asking a question to a messenger at his feet.

After solving some doubts in his heart, the emperor nodded with a satisfied face: "Look at the reward."

Then the messenger kowtowed and took the money and left, and then the next messenger was brought forward, and then the emperor began to smile and ask the same question from some other angle.

At the same time, on the Danqi, which was one level lower than the emperor, Wen Lao Xigu was sitting on a horse zha, holding his beard with one hand, and was watching the emperor play treasure with a kind face.

After hearing the letter, the old drama bone was shaken for the first time. But this time it's true: from last night to now, Lao Wen seems to be motionless, but in fact, he is under tremendous pressure, and after being released this time, he can't stand it.

Fortunately, Lao Wen was surrounded by smart people, and after reacting to who was the winner at the first time, a few hands stretched out to support Lao Wen.

Seeing this situation, the emperor on the stage hurriedly pushed the boat down the river, promoted the old drama bone, rewarded him with a Maza, and sat in the closest place to the emperor.

The bustling scene in front of the palace continued until the emperor had finished asking the last messenger.

At this time, the civil official group led by the first assistant Zhou Yanru organized the order and led thousands of civil officials to officially start kneeling and bowing three times and nine bows, congratulating the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, and celebrating this unprecedented earth-shattering victory.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had lost his temper many times today, was full of excitement, accepted the congratulations of the ministers with great ambition, and once again laughed out loud regardless of his manners.

At this time, the ministers realized that the emperor, who had always been cold and gloomy, was still a young man!

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In the early dynasty of that day, from the king to the ministers, there were many irregularities, which can be regarded as a new record since the Ming Dynasty. However, this little thing is logical in the face of an earth-shattering victory.

After the end of the early dynasty, before noon, the Ming people in the capital who learned the truth began to set off firecrackers. For a time, the city was full of fireworks, and even the eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial city also set off fireworks, creating a festive atmosphere.

The young emperor, who had not closed his mouth since that moment in the morning, made an exception this time. He made an unprecedented order to give the palace people a collective reward on this day that was not a festival.

The same program is being staged in every household in the capital.

Except for those working-class, not to mention the princes and nobles, but all those who have slaves in the family have more or less paid happy money, which can be called a celebration of the whole world.

Accompanying the show, there are several nouns that have been on the hot search list in Beijing are spreading-"Cao Chuan", "Zhangchao Deputy Chief Soldier", "Green Jacket Battalion", "Tianjin Yicong", "Box Car Pulls People's Heads", "Amin", "Shuotuo".

And in the next two days, the people of Jingshi fell into a happy and anxious waiting.

Whenever a sentry with an expedited flag on his back entered the city from the east, the information like a wave of water began to spread around: the Green Jacket Camp has arrived in Jizhen, the Green Jacket Camp has arrived in Sanhe, the Green Jacket Camp has arrived in Tongzhou, and it has arrived outside the city......

Santun camp is 300 miles away from the capital, and fast horses can reach it in two days at most.

At that time, the sentinel who came out of the capital met Cao Zongbing halfway, and then because Cao Zongbing was carrying a van, the speed was slower.

It was not until the evening of April 6, the second day after the opening of the early dynasty, that the cavalry brigade led by the crossing Zhong passed through Tongzhou and settled down at the Guangqu Gate in the east of the capital.

Although some troops had already come outside the city before this, including generals such as Sun Chengzong, who had entered the city in advance, none of these people had made any waves.

However, when General Cao's green jacket army arrived at the station, the capital suddenly became manic, and many people went out of the city from Guangqu Gate, wanting to see what the legendary divine soldier looked like.

After that, seeing that there were more and more onlookers, the crossing crowd saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly put out the van with the head for the people to visit, and the troops maintained vigilance, except for Xue Haiyuan, who came to meet, it was strictly forbidden for idle people to approach.

There are more people this time. If it weren't for a group of officials on horseback who dispersed the natives, the Guangqu Gate would probably have been blocked today.

This team of officials was Cao Zongbing's theoretical boss, and the Ministry of War sent them to deliver the decree, and there were also several officials from the Ministry of Rites.

The person in charge of the transmission of the decree is the military department of the military department.

After setting up the incense case, he knelt down to receive the order, and the next moment, the ancient characters of the subdued tone were read out of Lang Zhong's mouth.

Zhang Dongdong has been in and out of the Ming officialdom in the past two years, and he has already mastered the skills of ancient literature to the level of specialization, so it didn't take him much to understand the will.

The content of the holy decree is very simple: Chongzhen first praised Cao Zongbing a few words, said his hard work, and then gave wine and meat to the Green Jacket Camp.

At the end of the decree, it was said that the soldiers should have a good rest, and tomorrow morning, a ceremony for the sacrifice of prisoners will be held in the capital!

After kowtowing to receive this will, the soldier Langzhong, who instantly switched from the emperor's spokesman to an ordinary official, was full of smiles, and while pulling relations with General Cao, he commanded his subordinates to unload the wine and meat from the carriage to the labor army.

At this point, the task of the military department officials is over, and the next step is for the Ministry of Rites officials to play.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were even more enthusiastic: the big guy at their head was given by General Cao this time, and he was about to enter the cabinet, so he came all the subordinates assigned by Wen Tiren to avoid the appearance of moths.

There are two things on the side of the Ministry of Rites. The first is to communicate with Mr. Cao about the process of tomorrow's ceremony, and the second is training.

What to train? Facial Saint Liturgy.

Like the new science and technology jinshi, Cao Zongbing is also the first time to enter Beijing to face the saint, so the Ministry of Rites intimately sent people to train overnight, so that Cao Zongbing and the rest of the people who want to face the saint know the rules and etiquette.

In this way, the first night of Cao Zongbing's arrival in the capital passed in a hurry.

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When the morning sun rose on April 7, the Guangqu Gate slowly opened, and the last big task of the people who led their troops north this time: entering Beijing to offer prisoners, kicked off.

As a matter of fact, today's event is no longer a "sacrifice of prisoners" but a "sacrifice of human heads".

A group of cavalrymen dressed in Ming army uniforms entered the city first with a shocking convoy. The original van car removed the side panels and turned into a board car, and 4,000 heads were neatly placed on the board.

As the knights and a long line of carts marched, the natives of the capital who had already crowded both sides of the main street couldn't wait to let out cheers.

The robed men shouted as they gritted their teeth as they stared at the clear-faced, ugly heads on the carts, with a mixture of hatred and fear.

Not so long ago, these heads were wreaking havoc outside the city, turning the Circle into a white field. In the past few months, almost every family in the capital has brought filial piety, from the princes and nobles to the grass people, all of whom have suffered heavy losses.

Now seeing these robbers beheaded, the natives are not dissatisfied. Not long after the convoy moved forward, there was a tragic cry of a woman in the crowd. If it weren't for the obstruction of many officials and soldiers, the heads of the people on the streets of this meeting would have been snatched home by all the natives to vent their anger.

The long convoy entered from the Guangqu Gate in the east, all the way to the west, walked through half of the outer city, and then came to the central axis of the capital, the junction of the outer city and the inner city: Zhengyang Gate.

This location is probably near the monument to the heroes of later generations.

At this moment, both sides of the road, including the windows and rooftops of the shops, are crowded with men, women, and children. And starting from the inner city, the Ming people's clothing and complexion have been significantly improved, and it is worthy of being a city that gathers the richest people in the Ming Kingdom.

From here, the convoy turned at a right angle to the north and headed towards the Imperial City.

Behind the Zhengyang Gate is a square square surrounded by stone railings. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a downtown street, commonly known as "Qipan Street".

After crossing Checkerboard Street, the convoy finally reached the final stop.

There is a dismount monument here, and the civil official gets off the sedan chair and the military attache dismounts. And a majestic city gate on the opposite side is the symbol of the national gate of the Ming and Qing dynasties - Daming Gate.

Daming Gate is the south gate of the Imperial City of Beijing, called Daqing Gate in the Qing Dynasty, called Zhonghua Gate during the Republic of China, and in later generations, this place was rebuilt into a memorial hall.

Inside the gate is the royal road, except for the emperor, empress, and queen mother's dragon chariot and phoenix, others can only walk through.

Seeing the convoy coming, a large number of soldiers who had been waiting here for a long time stepped forward one after another and took off the heads of the carts.

These soldiers were agile and skillful, and on both sides of the main gate of the Daming Gate, they began to pile up the pyramid-shaped Jingguan, which was an essential prop used by the Han people to boast of their martial arts.

And at this time, far to the east, at the Guangqu Gate, there was another burst of earth-shattering applause: the large army led by Cao Chuan, the deputy commander of Zhangchao, began to officially enter the city.

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