Listening to the officials of the former Ming Dynasty one by one, the more Emperor Dashun listened, the more irritated he became! He was a little angry and was about to get up, but he heard someone outside the royal gate shouting in an accented Jianghuai official dialect, "Your Majesty, the minister has a book!" ”

This made Emperor Dashun sound a little curious? He said to the eunuch beside him, "Who is playing outside the imperial gate?" Invite him in. ”

So the eunuch put Ming Qin Tianjian Zheng: Tang Ruowang, invited him to the main hall, he respectfully saluted Emperor Dashun, and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor Dashun, as far as the minister knows, there are now various epidemics outside the capital, such as Beizhili, Shanxi Chengxuan, Shandong Chengxuan, and other places!" Yes; Smallpox, malaria, plague! The minister has seen some epidemics in the territory of the Daimyo Mansion in the North Zhili, causing the people to be empty, but the minister is fortunate to know some of the Western medical skills of his country, otherwise it is difficult to escape, and the top priority is to discuss disaster relief in this way? ”

After hearing this, Emperor Dashun felt that there was some truth, so he asked, "I don't know if Tang Aiqing plans to govern like this?" ”

Ming Qin Tianjian Zheng proposed, "Please Your Majesty, let the Tai Hospital, the Household Department, and the North and South Town Fu Division, first investigate the number of military and civilian epidemic people inside and outside the capital, and then let the Household Department calculate how many silver taels are needed?" The Tai Hospital is responsible for the centralized isolation and treatment of patients. ”

This method was recognized by Emperor Dashun, and he immediately praised it, "It is worthy of it!" O Western officials! I'll do as I like. ”

It's just that the treatment of the plague requires silver taels, so Emperor Dashun didn't plan to ask for it from the officials for the time being, he decided to think of a way first, and after retiring from the dynasty, he left several henchmen and generals such as Dashun Ruhou, Dashun Prime Minister and Dashun Right Battalion General to discuss things.

It's already dawning! When the time came to March 21, the general of the Dashun Xuanwu Department, who was patrolling in the area of Coal Mountain Gate: Zhuo He, after yawning, said to the soldiers around him, "Give the general a twelve-point boost!" This is the first day of Dashun's official rule of the capital, not counting yesterday, if you are serious, maybe as soon as Your Majesty is happy, your income will be high! ”

Originally, the soldiers of the Shun army didn't have much motivation, but as soon as they heard the word Yulu, they immediately raised their spirits! I walked with my waist straight.

Since it's just the beginning of the day, it's not time for the changing of the guard, and the previous group of people are still resting! The Shun army had no choice but to continue to circle around the coal mountain, and as the fog gradually dissipated, the trees on the mountain began to see clearly.

The soldiers of the Shun army on patrol accidentally saw an old locust tree with a crooked neck, and there seemed to be a person hanging from it? Because from a distance, I'm not sure if it's a person?

Therefore, the soldiers of the Shun army reported to the general of the Xuanwu Department of Dashun, "Lord of the Ministry, I found a situation earlier, do you want to go and see?" ”

The general of the Dashun Xuanwu Department walked in the direction that the soldiers said, and he saw that there was indeed a person hanging from the tree? But the closer you go, the more you feel that something is not right? Because judging from the clothes of the hanging man, it seems to be a noble man?

When they got closer, they found that the man was wearing a costume with a dragon on it, and it was a black crown robe? Everyone began to wonder if this man was the Ming Emperor?

And a soldier of the Shun army accidentally stepped on the crown next to him, it is certain that the man who hanged himself with his cloak should be the Ming Emperor, because another soldier found that there was also a hanged person on the begonia tree next to him? He was a eunuch.

In order to dispose of the corpse as soon as possible to avoid decomposition, the Dashun Xuanwu Department always asked him to put down the corpse of the Ming Emperor, but unexpectedly found that there was a suicide note on his chest? (In fact, it was the edict written by Ming Yizong before!) ）

This made the Dashun Xuanwu Department not dare to be sloppy, and he immediately asked the soldiers to carry the corpse on a stretcher and quickly ran to report the situation to Emperor Dashun.

As soon as Emperor Dashun walked out of the Imperial Palace, he saw the general of the Shun army who was tired and panting quickly, and reported, "Your Majesty, Qi, the last and last generals found the corpse of the Ming Emperor in the coal mountain!" There is also a suicide note on him for His Majesty to see. ”

The anxious Emperor Dashun hurriedly took the suicide note and looked at it, only to see that it was written (Since I ascended the throne for seventeen years, although I have bowed down and been angry, it was all because of the mistakes of the ministers, so that the rebels approached the Jingshi!) After I die, I have no face to see my ancestors in the ground, so I should remove my crown and cover my face with my hair, and let the thief divide the corpse, so as not to hurt a single person. ）

After reading the letter, Emperor Dashun hurriedly asked, "Where is the corpse of Emperor Daming?" Quickly carried it to the outside of Donghua Gate. ”

In this way, the body of Ming Yizong was carried by the soldiers of the Shun army and some eunuchs to the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City in an ordinary wooden coffin, and was parked here with the body of the Empress of the Ming and Zhou Dynasty, and the coffin only covered the lower body and left the head for people to see.

The Marquis of Dashun Ruhou was responsible for ordering people to set up an incense burner for people to come to mourn, and Emperor Dashun ordered a temporary tent to be erected on the side of the road, with three old eunuchs guarding the side.

He recalled the ghost of the Ming Emperor he dreamed of last night, looking at the corpse lying in the coffin, not only made the Emperor Dashun feel that the Ming Emperor was also quite pitiful, but he also thought about the people of the world before he died, which made him admire it very much, and it was precisely because of this that the Emperor Dashun could not bear to do any punishment on the corpse of the Ming Emperor, but wanted the former Ming officials to come to cry and mourn to send him a favor, after all, the deceased had avenged the revenge of the Ming Dynasty and the Great Shun.

For this reason, he also deliberately ordered people to spread the news, he looked at the pale face of Empress Ming Zhou, his nostrils were slightly oozing black blood, and the lower half of the coat was sewn to death by layers of needles and threads, for fear of losing etiquette, which made people feel sad.

Soon the former Ming officials who heard the news rushed to Donghuamen one after another, and the first to arrive was the Ming Jingying Rongzheng Xiangcheng Bo: Li Guozhen, as soon as he saw these two coffins, he was so excited that he ran over and knelt on the ground, touched the coffin with both hands and cried, "Your Majesty, Niangniang!" The minister Li Guozhen failed to stop the Liukou, and he held the inner city and even the capital was not protected! Let Your Majesty and Niangniang die in trouble! It's the incompetence and incompetence of the ministers! ”

Seeing him crying louder and louder, Emperor Dashun on the side was very moved, and he also specially called a team of drummers to play music, and the old eunuchs kneeling next to the coffin hurriedly said, "Lord Xiangcheng, don't be too sad!" On this pillar of incense! ”

But the Ming Jing camp Rongzheng still knelt on the ground and wailed, and it took a long time to be helped up by the soldiers of the Shun army, and Emperor Dashun immediately praised "You are really a good courtier of the Ming Empire!" I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold, and ten acres of fertile land. ”

Later, the soldiers of the Shun army successively found the corpse of Princess Mingkunxing: Zhu Yujiao, who had her left arm cut off, and the corpse of Princess Mingkunren: Zhu Yuanyuan, and the concubines.

So Dashun Ruhou went to dispose of these corpses, and he watched the young and beautiful Princess Mingkunxing lying on the ground motionless! Then he waved his hand and said, "Someone! Carry her down to the Zhou Mansion and hand her over to the national abbot Jiadingbo for burial! ”

The bodies of the rest of the concubines were carried outside the Donghua Gate to mourn the ministers, and they also asked people to wash the bodies of the Ming Emperor and the Empress Niangniang, and continue to wear the crown clothes~ Zhai Yi lay in the coffin.

The second group of officials who came here to mourn the former Ming Dynasty were not very many, everyone came one after another, and they didn't show much sadness, and occasionally a few officials cried silently! Maybe it's afraid that being seen by the rogue will cause you to kill yourself, right?

Some officials quietly planted incense and left after worshipping! Most of the weepers were literati and doctors, and some were even ordinary people in Beijing.

On the part of the ministers and relatives, there are; Ming Xuan Wubo: Wei Shichun, Ming Xin Lehou: Liu Wenbing, they went back to commit suicide after mourning the spiritual throne of "Emperor Daxing"!

Even Princess Ming Le'an's concubine: Gong Yonggu, after giving three incense sticks to Emperor Daxing and crying for half an hour, he also angrily went back to the mansion and picked up a sword and stabbed his wife Princess Ming Le'an to death: Zhu Huiyuan (Emperor Taichangzhen of Ming Guangzong: Zhu Changluo, the eighth daughter of the emperor, and the eighth sister of the emperor of Ming Yizong. ）

Only the four children were left to sit in the hall and weep incessantly, and the servants in the palace were so frightened by Princess Ming Le'an that they all fled, except for one old servant who sat quietly in the courtyard.

The curious Princess Ming Le'an walked over and asked, "Why don't you leave?" ”

I saw the old servant reply, "The little one is waiting here to serve you, the captain of the horses, so that I can collect your body!" "It's rare that in this chaotic mansion, it's really rare that someone is willing to stay and collect the corpse, so after putting the body of Her Royal Highness the princess into the coffin, Princess Ming Le'an put three glasses of wine in front of her coffin.

And raised his glass to the high and high in the north and said, "This first cup of wine, to His Majesty the Emperor, the second cup of wine, to my late wife and princess, and the third cup of wine, to myself." ”

After the toast, Princess Ming Le'an's concubine Ma Duwei called her 12-year-old second son, Gong Liang, to her side and said, "Your sister has married the son of Xiangcheng Bo!" And at this moment, you are the most senior man in our Li family, the son of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the nephew of Her Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you must not be humiliated! Including the younger brothers and sisters behind you, today Daddy and I will defend your dignity. ”

After speaking, he tied all the four children to the coffin with a yellow rope, spilled all the wine on the coffin, and took out the only remaining princess relics and all the calligraphy, paintings and articles to hug and look at it tightly, and said helplessly, "Farewell!" ”

Then put down the fire and let the fire surround them, and the whole family burned to death with the body of Her Royal Highness the Princess! He was 31 years old when he died.

Wen Chen's Ming Dongge University Scholar: Fan Jingwen, he couldn't help crying during the worship, he didn't have any memory of the world, so he suddenly got up and walked towards the Twin Pagoda Temple, and with tears streaming down his face, he wrote on the wall with a stone, "Who believes that Guogong (Wen Tianxiang) is not a man, what do you do when you delay the time?" As a minister, you can't destroy the shame of thieves, and you have more hatred when you die! In this way, he resolutely committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.

Among them, the secretary of the Ming Rite Department: Ni Yuanlu, after the worship, stood up straight, patted the dust on his body, and said to the spiritual seat of Emperor Daxing, "The southern capital is still here, but it is also dead!" Although I am dying, don't use my clothes to bully my corpse, full of blood can not be repaid! ”

After saying that, he sat down facing south, and took off his belt and hanged himself.

There is also the Ming Hanlin Academy, which was given by Emperor Daxing during his lifetime: Liu Lishun, he brought his family to burn incense, and also toasted in front of the spiritual throne and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is favored by the Holy Grace to become benevolent and take righteousness, and Confucius and Mencius passed on the text of the mountain to practice it, why don't I!" "Every word is very tragic, and after going back, he led the eighteen people of the whole house to hang themselves and martyr themselves!

Hiding outside the imperial city, Li Banghua, when he heard the news of the death of the Ming Emperor, he was very shocked! Immediately, he made three gestures to the wooden statue of the Song prince in the temple: Wen Tianxiang, and said, "Banghua should die in a national disaster today, please follow Mr. to the tomb!" ”

And wrote a desperate poem praising "The dignified husband worships the sage as a teacher today, and the etiquette of loyalty and filial piety is kept in mind!" It is not easy for me to swear to death when the country is broken, and I can't be sorry for myself when I am in danger. Then the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Mingdu Procuratorate found a place, tied up the white silk and hanged himself in despair.