Li Zicheng was completely stunned when he heard this. After being stunned for a long time, he said to Li Yan: "Li Yan, I ask you, how many Wu Sangui are there in the world?" ”

"Your Majesty," Li Yan wasn't quite sure, "there should be only one...... The minister has already asked someone, and there is only one Liaodong chief military officer named Wu Sangui on the side of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Then how can he appear in Yutian and Tianjin at the same time in one day?" Li Zicheng said, "Is it that you are putting on wings and flying at both ends?" ”

"This Wu Sangui shouldn't be able to fly......" Li Yan replied.

"What's going on?" Li Zicheng stared at the beads and asked, "Why are there two Wu Sangui?" ”

"Your Majesty," Li Yan replied, "not only are there two Wu Sangui, but there are also two Zhu Cihong...... Both Li Laiheng and General Li Zhi reported the discovery of Zhu Cihong! ”

It's even more of a headache!

One Zhu Cihong is already so treacherous, and now there is another one, what kind of bad does it have to become?

"No......" Li Zicheng was still wise in the end, and he thought clearly in the blink of an eye, "Where are the two Wu Sangui and the two Zhu Cihong, it is clear that Zhu Thief is cheating...... It's probably Zhu Cihong's thief's trick!

Come on, go and pass on the Song military division and Gu military division! ”

Song Xiance and Gu Junen were soon rumored to the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City, and Li Yan told them the news of the discovery of the two Wu Sangui and the two Zhu Cihong.

Li Zicheng asked: "Great military division, calculate the amount, which Zhu Cihong is real?" ”

Calculate? Song Xiance said: Zhu Cihong is so treacherous, who can count him? Or let's count Wu Sangui first!

"Your Majesty," Gu Junen saw that the army division was counting his fingers there, and it seemed that he couldn't count them for a while, so he spoke first, "If Zhu Cihong has already arrived in the Guanning army, then we won't be able to hold him for a while...... If Zhu Cihong is in Tianjin, then we still have a chance to hold him. ”

"Yes, yes, yes......" Li Zicheng pressed his forehead, "This kid is going to Yongping, then he can only use the army to levy."

Then I only dealt with Zhu Cihong in Tianjin first! Li Yan, you immediately take Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses to Tianjin, go to support a tiger (Li Guo), and tell him that Tianjin must be beaten down no matter what! ”

Li Yan didn't receive the order immediately, and he was still a little hesitant, "Your Majesty, if Wu Sangui really led three or two thousand families to Tianjin, I am afraid that Chen Yongfu and Tang Tong's soldiers and horses will not be able to deal with it!" Can you send more veteran battalion soldiers? ”

Li Zicheng snorted: "The soldiers and horses of the old battalion have been fighting for many years, and they are all tired, and they are all clamoring to go to Beijing to rest, and even Liu Zongmin is clamoring to enter Beijing...... Who else can go to Tianjin? ”

"This ......" Li Yan is the general who assisted Tian Mihide to govern the army, and of course he knows the changes that have taken place after the Dashun army entered Beijing.

Before entering Beijing, everyone was brave and striving to be the first. But after entering Beijing, everyone wanted to compete for officials, rewards, and industries. Nuo is a big Beijing city, as if it has become a big piece of fat in the eyes of everyone, and everyone wants to take a bite!

Of course, it's normal to have such thoughts. The group of Dashun originally wanted to fight the world and sit on the world. Now that the world is basically defeated, the question of how to sit has to be made clear.

Li Zicheng is recognized as the emperor, so what should I do if the emperor is below? How to divide the benefits of sitting in the world? General Quan, General System, General Mighty, General Guo Yi, as well as lower-ranking generals, captains, and even ordinary old battalion soldiers have to give an explanation, right? You can't let everyone work in vain, right?

Some historians in later generations called the Dashun Army's meritorious deeds and rewards "corruption", but in fact, they just found a reason for the failed peasant uprising. Which dynasty and which generation in history can treat heroes badly when they founded the country? This matter will not be settled, and the people below will disperse faster.

And Li Zicheng rose too fast, three or four years ago he was still a thief who was chased by the Ming army, and now he is the co-master of the world! As a result, the accumulation in all aspects is insufficient, there are not many talents, a strict feudal system has not been established, and the management of the base areas is also insufficient.

At the same time, Li Zicheng and his group were still waving the banner of equalizing the wealth of the poor peasants, and were now a real peasant rebel army. Therefore, there is no way to reward merit with land and population - the military household system founded by Zhu Yuanzhang and the Eight Banners system before entering the customs actually have elements of feudal serfdom. The hereditary officers of the guard and the nobles and Zhengding of the Eight Banners are all exploiting classes within the system, and their status is the remuneration for fighting the world.

But Li Zicheng can't do this now, he is the leader of the peasant uprising! I thought that my rapid rise was due to the banner of "Juntian is exempt" and "Facing the king, not paying food"!

Now he wants to turn his face and deny people, engage in enclosure and slavery, and turn all the working people who Baba expects him to liberate into serfs, will the hearts of the people in the world immediately fall to the Ming Dynasty?

When the time comes, everyone will "eat his mother, drink his mother, Daming will not be a slave when he comes", will he not die as the son of Dashun?

So Li Zicheng, who entered Beijing, suddenly had a feeling that he owed a lot of debts to repay...... It turned out that he, the emperor during the probation period, still bought it with a loan, and he had to repay the debt!

In addition to following Li Zicheng's old brother to collect the debts, Li Zicheng also had to give an explanation to the Beijing bureaucrats who surrendered to Shun after entering Beijing.

There are nearly 3,000 officials and nobles in Beijing, and in the original history, there were 23 dead festivals. And now because Zhu Cihong sold the order to leave Beijing, and took a lot of it away when he ran away. Therefore, there are not 3,000 officials waiting for Li Zicheng in Beijing, but there are still more than 1,000. In addition, there were many officials and nobles who followed the run, and they fell behind because they ran too slowly, or they were captured and returned to Beijing, or they returned to Beijing by themselves.

Therefore, on the 25th, the number of former Ming Dynasty officials in Beijing reached about 2,000.

And most of these officials come from all over the world, and they can be said to be representatives of the gentry class in the world.

They are also observing the movements of Li Zicheng and the new dynasty of Dashun, and if they can still be loyal to them, then the world will be considered peaceful.

But what kind of answer can Li Zicheng give? He owed so many debts to the heroes of Dashun, and he couldn't pay off the debts of the working people who supported him as serfs, and the treasury left by the Ming Dynasty was empty......

Li Yan also knew Li Zicheng's difficulties, so he didn't ask him for the old battalion soldiers, and immediately received the will, so he led the troops to Tianjin with the Red Lady and Chen Yongfu to find Zhu Cihong's trouble.

In the early morning of the next day after Li Yan left, General Liu Zongmin rushed to Beijing in front of the Baodi army. The Zhongquan pro-army led by Liu Zongmin was originally ambushed in the area of Tumen Pass, specializing in Wu Sangui's reinforcements. As a result, the 5,000 iron cavalry led by Wu Sangui arrived in Yutian, and Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong began to run away. After the news reached Tumen Pass, Liu Zongmin no longer led his troops to lurk, but followed Li Laiheng all the way east. Around the 23rd, they advanced to the area of Sanhe and Baodi, and formed a confrontation with Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Yutian.

After the deployment of the institute was completed, Liu Zongmin immediately left for Beijing to discuss with Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen how to "repay debts".

"Aren't the mountains of gold and silver in the city of Beijing? Your Majesty, over the years, haven't you all relied on breaking the city to raise food and wages? Now that the brothers are all looking at it, we can't chill everyone's hearts! ”

Liu Zongmin is still responsible, and as soon as he went to Wuying Palace, he directly made his words clear...... The Ming Dynasty just lacks his loyalty!

"Huang ...... Liu Hou," Li Zifei wanted to call Liu Zongmin's nickname, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he remembered that he was the co-ruler of the world, and spoke more gently, "You still know my mind best!" But after all, Beijing is the best in the world, and you can't mess around! ”

"Your Majesty," Song Xiance said, "the ordinary people of Jingshi don't have much money, so we can ask officials and businessmen for money." ”

Tian Jianxiu frowned and asked: "It's easy to ask for money from merchants, and when you see someone who opens a shop to do business, you go to ask for money." But how do you find the officials? Now no one goes out in the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty anymore. ”

"It's easy to do." Song Xiance said with a smile, "Your Majesty only needs to issue an edict to the civil and military officials in Beijing to surrender their names, and then see the court." Those who are willing to serve the officials will be promoted, and those who do not want to be allowed to return to their hometowns. In this way, the Ming Dynasty officials in Beijing will run out on their own! When the time comes, they will use it if they can, and if they can't use it, they will be asked to pay for it. ”

Li Zicheng laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, there is still a way for the army division!" That's it! ”