Chapter 305: The Emperor's Dispute
After the city of Nanjing was breached, all the civil and military ministers were plundered by Ma Bao, and the gold and silver treasures were not left. The whole city was empty, and apart from the traces of the war and the wandering of the homeless, it seemed that there had never been a bustling market or a noisy palace.
Feng Yan rushed to Nanjing and learned that the city of Nanjing had been broken, so he knelt on the ground and cried, and the surrounding soldiers were also 'infected' by this, and knelt on the ground one after another, and the tears were like fountains, flowing out non-stop.
"Pass the order, the three armies are su."
Feng Yan's eyes looked like they were already crying and swollen, but she was still unwilling in her heart, so she stood up and suddenly took out the sword pinned to her waist.
He drew his sword and wiped it off his neck.
"Now that the imperial city has been broken, the prince's trust has not been completed, and I have no face for the prince! And he died, and he apologized for his sins! ”
Saying that, Feng Yan was going to commit suicide.
But where are the generals around him willing? They had already come to Feng Yan's side, and when Feng Yan had just wiped the sword on his neck, showing a trace of red marks, the left and right generals immediately grabbed Feng Yan's hand and tried to snatch the sword out of his hand.
"General, don't! This is not the general's fault, but a traitor who has misled the country! If it weren't for the traitors who looted the people's fat and ointment, and embezzled military salaries, how could the Imperial Forest Army defending Nanjing be unable to fight, and the people scattered and fled? ”
"Yes! Yes! You can't blame the commander for this matter, your lordship is not good for your rescue, your lordship, you have done your best, these days are not the starry night rushing to Nanjing, it is really the Imperial Forest Army in Nanjing——"
In the end, under the 'persuasion' of many generals, Feng Yan gave up the idea of committing suicide. Seeing that Feng Yan took the sword down, a guard next to him hurriedly took out a piece of white gauze from his arms and bandaged Feng Yan, the scar on his neck.
Feng Yan faintly wanted to laugh in her heart, but she still held back, this was just a show.
"Alas, the city of Nanjing has been broken, and the emperor has also been captured, if we use our strength at this moment, we will definitely not be able to rescue the emperor back, why don't we return to the army for the time being, inform the prince of the news here, and ask the prince to send troops to suppress the thief and rescue the emperor, brothers, what do you think?"
The generals next to him nodded hurriedly when they heard this, and they all said yes.
"In that case, let's get out of here and return to the Legion. Ordered the brothers to hurry up and inform the prince of the news here. ”
With that, Feng Yan led the army and began to return the same way.
When Feng Yan left Nanjing City and went back, Emperor Hongguang and his ministers were all loaded in a closed prisoner car at this moment, and they were marching towards Wuchang in a mighty way, which can be described as a swagger, not only winning the battle, but also catching the enemy emperor.
Wu Sangui personally went out of the city thirty miles to welcome Ma Bao's return.
On the same day, Wu Sangui dealt with those ministers, and Wu Sangui who surrendered was kept, and those who did not surrender were killed directly.
In the face of life, those Confucian protégés who call themselves gentlemen, the Donglin party, have all changed. I don't know how many people surrendered. The first to surrender was none other than the leader of the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi. He didn't want to die yet, not at all.
In history, Nanjing was broken by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when Liu Ru wanted to drag Qian Qianyi to throw himself into the river and martyrdom, but Qian Qianyi, as the leader of the Donglin Party, said that the water was too cold, so he did not die to martyrdom, and finally surrendered to the Tartars. It is conceivable that his character is really not flattering.
For the pig-like Hongguang Emperor, Wu Sangui was personally summoned.
I saw that Emperor Hongguang had taken off his bright gold dragon robe at this moment, his hair was scattered, and his fat body had a little trouble walking. Now he has changed into the official uniform that Wu Sangui prepared for him. His face was pale, cold sweat was streaming down his forehead, and his body trembled slightly. Especially when Wu Sangui glanced over with that cold gaze, Emperor Hongguang was even more shocked, and his body seemed to be out of his control.
"Zhu Youxiang, do you have anything to say?" Wu Sangui looked at the big fat man kneeling in front of him with a sneer on his face.
Wu Sangui thought that he was just a courtier of the Ming Dynasty back then, and when he saw the emperor's relatives, he didn't kneel down, and now he has become the supreme emperor.
"N-don't dare."
After a long time, Emperor Hongguang, who was so frightened that his face turned pale, said these two words, and Wu Sangui, who was suddenly hot, laughed.
"Hahahaha, okay. In this case, I will crown you as a fat marquis and give you a plaque of 'the fattest in the world'! Hahaha" Wu Sangui looked at Zhu Youxiang's fat body, and immediately laughed, which was infinitely sarcastic.
Although Zhu Youxiang was angry in his heart, his face was also blue and red. But at this moment, he is naturally aware of his status, where can he dare to disobey Wu Sangui?
"Fat Hou is fat Hou, no matter what, he is also a Hou Master, as long as he can live well in the future."
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiang bowed respectfully to Wu Sangui and shouted, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”
"Hahahaha"
Wu Sangui laughed again, and then arranged for the eunuchs to send a hundred pieces of silk and dozens of beauties to the fat marquis.
Na Zhu Youxiang also gladly accepted, and Tongtian issued an edict in his name, announcing his abdication and submission to Wu Sangui.
Since then, the Hongguang regime has fallen.
The fall of Emperor Hongguang did not discourage those who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and some of them rushed to Luoyang, wanting to write to Liu Xiali and the emperor surnamed Zhu as the emperor and hand over all the military power. Some of them went to Fujian in an attempt to establish an emperor as emperor again.
Those people who ran to Luoyang were really stupid and cute, and they wanted Liu Xia to hand over the military power and political power, and Liu Xia naturally wouldn't want to see them. Let's not talk about whether to hand over the power of the regime or not, even if he supports an emperor, Liu Xia will not agree.
"Please King Zheng to support the heir of Taizu as the emperor, annihilate Wu Sangui, and recover Beijing. Restore my Daming country! ”
There are more than 20 people in this gang, most of them were officials of four or five grades before, and some were retired at home, and they heard about the fall of Nanjing, so they went out again. As for those high-ranking officials, they were either killed by Wu Sangui at this moment, or they had already surrendered to Wu Sangui.
"The lower officials think that King Lu should be supported as the emperor, and King Lu should be the emperor if he is smart and wise."
Sitting on the top, Liu Xia did not agree to form a new regime, and the two dozen or so people below began to elect the candidates in their hearts, Liu Xia only sneered at the top, watching the people below quarrel, like looking at clowns.
"The lower officials think that King Gui is better, King Gui understands the people, often goes deep into the people, understands the sufferings of the world, and will definitely be able to become a generation of Ming Jun."
"King Lu is a candidate for the destiny of heaven, and he should be made emperor."
"King Gui is the emperor of Shenzong, he is extremely noble, and he should be the emperor."
"King Lu is wise and martial, but he is really a Ming Jun."
Suddenly, the original group of people was divided into two groups at this moment, and they began to scold each other. The officials under Liu Xia, who were standing on both sides, laughed endlessly.
That's it, I don't know how long the noise has been, but both groups of people have red faces and chapped lips.
"Lord Wang, the lower officials implore you to welcome back King Lu and support King Lu as the emperor."
"Lord Wang, the lower officials implore you to welcome back King Gui and support King Gui as the emperor."
Liu Xia didn't look at them, yawned, and said, "It's noon now, and this king is also hungry, presumably all the adults are also hungry, come here, start eating!" After that, Liu Xia left without turning around.
Where did Liu Xia have the intention of making an emperor? He himself has the ambition to be an emperor, and his ambition is probably understood by everyone in the world. It's just that Liu Xia can't kill these troublemakers, nor can he lock them up, so Liu Xia just ignored them.
Which prince will be the emperor back, if Liu Xia doesn't say it, he won't be able to do it. If they had left Liu Xia alone and brought those emperors to Luoyang, Liu Xia could have assassinated them while they were on the road.
When Liu Xia walked away, the more than 20 people were still standing on top of the main hall, looking angrily at the direction where Liu Xia had gone.
"This Liu Xia is obviously a wolf's ambition, so naturally he refuses to welcome back King Lu, why don't we move King Lu to Luoyang ourselves?"
"Hmph, what King Lu, you should welcome back King Gui!"