1

Tang Hai, Duan Qi, Tang Xi, and Jin Zi led the rebels to crash into the prison of the Duchayuan, and the guards and jailers had already fled without a trace, Tang Hai ordered people to smash open the door and enter the prison to open all the cells. When the prisoners learned that it was the rebels who had entered the city, they all rejoiced and swarmed out. Tang Hai didn't see Cao Yin, and rushed into the prison with Duan Qi and Jin Zi and called loudly: "Lord Cao! "Turning around more than a dozen prison areas, I suddenly saw a person standing in a cell in a daze, skinny, haggard, ragged, unkempt face, and if you look closely, it is Cao Yin.

"Lord Cao, all the prisoners have gone out, why are you standing still?" Tang Hai broke into the prison, grabbed Cao Yin's emaciated hand with both hands and asked.

Looking at Tang Hai, Duan Qi, Jin Zi, and the murderous rebels behind him, Cao Yin's eyes widened in shock: "Tang Hai, has your Evil Breaking Sword pierced into the capital?" ”

Tang Hai didn't answer, just nodded slightly.

Cao Yin knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Oh my God? The Ming Dynasty is dead? The Ming Dynasty is dead? The Ming Dynasty is dead? ”

Tang Hai repeatedly persuaded him, and Cao Yin suddenly grabbed Tang Hai's hand and said, "What about the emperor?" What happened to the emperor? ”

Tang Haidao: "Lord Cao, we have just broken the city, and the situation in the palace is not yet clear. ”

Cao Yin stood up suddenly, stumbled out of the prison, and went straight to the palace. Tang Hai was helpless, worried that Cao Yin would be injured by the righteous army, so he had to arrange for Duan Qi and Tang Xi to lead the sergeants to seize the Xinwang Mansion, and he and Jin Zi led the guards to follow Cao Yin.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, seeing that the palace had already been surrounded by the righteous army, and outsiders were not allowed to enter, Cao Yin panicked, hurried, fell in three steps, fell in ten steps, and turned to Donghua Gate, but was also blocked by the righteous army. Cao Yin was not reconciled, and walked further north to Shenwu Gate, but saw that hundreds of righteous troops surrounded the coal mountain, and the mountain was full of sentry posts, Cao Yin grabbed a crowd of onlookers and asked, "Why are there so many soldiers surrounding the mountain?" ”

This question was shocking, and the people said: "Ouch, something is wrong, the emperor hanged himself!" ”

Cao Yin suddenly thundered like five thunderbolts, fainted, Tang Hai hurriedly held him, and Jin Zi and the guards gently put him down, and ordered the army doctor to rescue, after more than half an hour, Cao Yin slowly opened his eyes.

At this time, the body of Emperor Chongzhen has been carried to the Donghua Gate by the righteous army to park outside the door, and the people are watching from a distance one by one, some sighing, some rejoicing, and some grieving.......

"I want to see the emperor," Cao Yin said first after waking up.

"The emperor is already in the sky, Lord Cao must take care of his health," Tang Hai comforted.

Seeing that Cao Yin wanted to get up, Tang Hai helped him up again and persuaded: "The city is not peaceful, Lord Cao will go to my tent first, one is to rest well, first to take care of his body, and the other is to avoid the riot for the time being, and then make plans when the city is peaceful." ”

"Tang Hai, you are a rebel general, can you let me see the emperor? Even if it's a corpse, I have to look at it to do my best. ”

"Lord Cao is loyal, Tang Hai admires, you come with me."

Tang Hai took Cao Yin to Donghua Gate, and ordered Jin Zi to inform the soldiers guarding the body of Emperor Chongzhen, and learned that it was the righteous army supervising the army and the intention of the general Tang Hai, the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and quickly let Cao Yin enter the warning circle.

Cao Yin saw the emperor's corpse lying on the door panel from a distance, and couldn't help crying loudly, Shuangqi knelt forward, moved to Donghua Gate step by step, and the corpse wailed.

When the corpse guards saw it, they told Tang Hai: "General, we are ordered to guard the corpse, this person openly wept, attracting the people's sympathy for the faint king, if we want the king to know, we will not escape punishment." ”

Tang Hai didn't want to embarrass these soldiers, so he said: "I'll go and persuade him, you don't worry, in case the king is held responsible, you will say that Tang Hai did it, and I will bear everything." ”

The soldier said, "Thank you, General." ”

Tang Haihai stepped forward to convince: "Lord Cao, the matter has come to this, don't be sad." ”

Cao Yin stopped crying, and Tang Hai replied: "Emperor Chongzhen is a diligent monarch, but unfortunately he doesn't know the virtuous, doesn't need the virtuous, and doesn't tolerate the virtuous, so that's it." Now that he has driven the crane west, Lord Cao will mourn and change! ”

Cao Yin straightened his tattered clothes, bowed to the ground nine times, and then stood up, took out Tongtian Wat from his arms with trembling hands, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this is your family's thing, the virtue is thin, and you can't afford it, and it is still in the emperor today, I hope to take it with you, and don't leave this thing in the world to fool future generations of loyalty......"

Cao Yin said, carefully placed Tongtian Wat next to the body of Emperor Chongzhen, and cried loudly again.

Tang Hai secretly rejoiced: "The dead wood sprouts new sprouts in spring, and the rain hits the stubborn stone through the hole, this pedantic person has finally realized it, very good, very good, and I will persuade him later, I will definitely ask him to abandon the old plan and the new Dashun, and extricate himself to return to the new dynasty." ”

2

The city of Beijing is full of lights and joy. The discipline of the Dashun army is strict, and the autumn does not commit any crimes, and the people see the soldiers of the righteous army, such as seeing relatives, and there are no people who are not happy.

Tang Hai led Cao Yin on the street, full of joy, but Cao Yin was as cold as ice, indifferent to the great changes in the capital.

Xinwangfu, Tang Hai ordered Jin Zi to arrange food and lodging for Cao Yin, Cao Yin waved his hand and said: "That's it!" ”

Tang Haidao: "Lord Cao has suffered in prison, so it is important to take care of your body first. ”

Cao Yin stood in the palace hall, his eyes slightly closed, and asked, "Tang Hai, since you have taken the capital, why do you want to force the emperor to death?" It is necessary to know that the benevolent rule the world, and do not kill the kings of the previous dynasty. ”

Tang Haidao: "Lord Cao, don't hide it, I just learned that the emperor hanged himself." We didn't expect this to end up like this before we entered the city. ”

Cao Yin opened his eyes and sighed: "Since the first year of Taichang, Emperor Guangzong wrote a poem on the coal mountain, a full twenty-four years, I can't imagine that Ma Xiao has become a prophecy, is this the will of heaven?" ”

Tang Hai comforted: "Lord Cao, don't be sad, a true gentleman, loyal to the monarch and love the people can not be wasted, Lord Cao is loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, a piece of love for the people of the world, God and people know, God is pitiful, now the emperor does not exist, the people are still there, the adults are full of wealth, and they cannot bury their talents." ”

Cao Yin heard the meaning of persuasion in Tang Hai's words, so he said: "Dare to ask, Cao Yin Wenzhi can't save the Ming Dynasty, can you Tang Hai Wuluo manage the world well?" ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "To save the world, Wenzhi can also do, and so can Wuluo." ”

Cao Yin said: "Oh, how do you say it? ”

Tang Haidao: "Troubled times need martial arts, Taiping needs civil governance, Cao Daren is a genius in the world, but unfortunately it is a troubled time, now it is good, the Dashun Dynasty is newly established, the world is benevolent, and the people are in need of talents like Cao Daren." ”

Cao Yin thought for a while and said, "You mean, the Ming Dynasty is extremely chaotic, so even if you practice the law, you can't save it?" ”

Tang Haidao: "The sage said: The dangerous state does not enter the chaotic state. When Emperor Guangzong gave the Lord Tongtianwa, the Ming Dynasty was already a dangerous state, and today's ending was not the defeat of Lord Cao, but the abandonment of the chaotic state. ”

Cao Yin sneered: "Tang Hai, dare to ask if you think you have succeeded?" ”

Tang Hai said: "Tang Hai has been fighting for several years, the sword soldiers pointed out, not in vain, the army is everywhere, the people are happy, Tang Hai does not dare to say that he succeeded, but at least he did not violate the oath of the year." ”

Cao Yin suddenly pointed at Tang Hai and scolded sharply: "Tang Hai, you are so hypocritical!" ”

Duan Qi, Tang Xi, and Jin Zi were quite surprised when they saw Cao Yin suddenly get angry.

Tang Hai was also frightened, but immediately smiled: "Tang Hai really doesn't know where the hypocrisy is, where the hypocrisy is, if Lord Cao can point it out, if it is really true, Tang Hai will let the adult scold him and will never defend himself." ”

Cao Yin pointed at Tang Hai and said angrily: "Listen up." ”

Tang Hai smiled kindly: "Listen up!" ”

Cao Yin snorted and said coldly: "I scolded the righteous army for corrupting the law. For thousands of years, the stability of the country depends on the law, you and others, the sword pointed, indiscriminately killing the court officials, robbing the people's property, in the name of killing the rich and helping the poor, in fact, taking wealth and enriching themselves. Even if the rich man, the rich man, the rich merchant, and the official are guilty, they should be punished according to the law, and how can you all be allowed to abuse the lynching? ”

Tang Hai smiled slightly when he heard this, and whispered Duan Qidao: "The law of the Ming Dynasty, the law of the people is not the law, the law is not the law of the rich, the law is not the law of the rich, the law is not the law of the noble, what is the benefit of leaving this kind of law?" Duan Qi's head approved.

Cao Yin saw that Tang Hai and Duan Qi were unimpressed, and said: "I scolded the righteous army for harming China. The Manchu Qing Yi people have long coveted my great rivers and mountains, and have been eyeing them for many years, just because the imperial court did not give up an inch of land, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers Jin Ge Iron Horse defended Liaodong, so that foreign enemies could not invade. ”

Tang Hai waved his hand with a smile and said: "Lord Cao is too worried, when Emperor Taiji invaded the Central Plains several times, Emperor Chongzhen was helpless, and today my Dashun Righteous Army has taken over Datong, Juyongguan and other important border towns, which is enough to resist the invasion of the Manchu barbarians." Moreover, Huang Taiji died of illness in August last year, the new lord was young, and Dolgon was an auxiliary minister, so I expected that his internal affairs were not stable, and he would not use troops abroad. Kaneko nodded yes.

Cao Yin sneered and continued to scold: "The three scolding rebels don't believe it. You rely on the people to seize the world, you should fulfill the promise to the people, when you were in trouble, you declared that you would not pay grain, free of land, do not kill or plunder, but now the people are still in dire straits, Dashun still levies taxes from the people, no faith is so, how can you be worthy of holding the world's artifact? ”

Tang Hai realized something, and said to Duan Qi: "Lord Cao's scolding is good, I will see the king another day, I should admonish him." ”

Cao Yinfu scolded: "I scolded the rebels for slaughtering each other. At that time, the four kings rebelled against the Ming, and the thieves assisted each other. Later, Wang Ziyong gathered thirty-six anti-thieves, and Gao Yingxiang gathered seventy-two rogues, but how many are left now? Li Zicheng is ruthless, first destroy He Yilong, and then kill Luo Rucai, all families and battalions rebel against the thief and follow me, and those who destroy me die, even if you win the world today, you meritorious generals are afraid that it will be difficult to escape the fate of rabbits and dogs. ”

Tang Hai was silent when he heard this.

Cao Yin scolded again: "I scolded the rebels for killing innocents indiscriminately. Although you are a thief and a prisoner, it is rumored that you have strictly ordered the soldiers to disturb the people, but let me ask you, is it not the people who keep the rich man who keeps his duty? The hard-working businessmen are not the people? Law-abiding officials are not citizens? Wherever your army goes, what the evil sword points to, as long as there are rich and powerful families, all of them have been looted, and how many good people have you killed in vain for several years? ”

Tang Hai was about to argue, and Cao Yin said again: "I scolded the righteous army for deceiving the world and stealing fame. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the evil bronze sword in your hand is a token of the four kings when they rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, but I have heard that this sword is actually taken by the thief Wang Jiayin who bullied men and women, and he used this sword to kill people and plunder goods, and did countless evils, and this sword is really the first evil thing in the world. You are really not ashamed to confuse the crowd when you are so deceitful. ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "This sword is indeed a token of the righteous army, and the leaders of the righteous army in the past generations gave orders based on him, where did Lord Cao hear this boundless rumor?" Rumors, don't be gullible! ”

Cao Yin said: "I scolded the rebels for being arrogant. When Fang entered the capital, he sang what the world is benevolent, did you say that I died in the Ming Dynasty? The east is about Ning Iron Cavalry, there is Zuo Liangyu elite in the south, the Ming elite soldiers and good generals still exist, half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River are still there, the emperor is martyred, and all the people in the world will rise up to resist the violence, and you and others will soon become powder! ”

When Cao Yin said about passion, his voice became more and more high-pitched, and he continued to scold: "I scolded the righteous army for being unkind. You captured the captives, chopped your hands, chopped off your feet, **, boiled alive, defeated Xia Wei and Shang Xuan, and were cooler than Zhang Tang and Zhou Xing, like such a cruel and hideous people, dare to call the teacher of benevolence and righteousness? ”

Tang Hai listened with a solemn expression.

Seeing that Tang Hai was silent, Cao Yin snorted and scolded: "I scolded the righteous army nine times." You claim to be a righteous army, but you use all your tricks, Li Zicheng Wu'an surrendered to Wang Pu, and after crossing the Yellow River, Michi rebelled. The carriage gorge descended to Chen Qiyu, and after leaving the plank road, he killed and pacified the officer and then reversed. Can such unrighteous people be called righteous people? Zhang Xianzhong first descended to Du Wenhuan, then to Hong Chengchou, and then to Xiong Wencan, and then to reverse, but to revert, such a faithless person, can he be called a righteous man? As for Gao Yingxiang, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, Drill Sky Harrier, Hui Dengxiang, King of Troubled Times, etc., which one has not descended to my Ming Dynasty? My Ming Emperor is merciful and can't bear to kill him, but you have repeatedly surrendered and rebelled, without shame, and you dare to call the righteous army in front of me today? ”

When Tang Hai heard this, he was shocked and changed color. Duan Qi and Jin Zi were also speechless.

Cao Yin was still unsatisfied, and continued to vent: "I scolded the righteous army ten times to lure the hungry people. You and other rogues fan the people everywhere to rebel, don't mention anything else, take you Tang Hai as an example, although the people of Bashan are poor, but deep in the mountains and mountains, they also live and work in peace and contentment, you Tang Hai for your own selfishness, pretending to be the Buddha, tricking 18,000 young people to be born and die with you, now you are the general of the world, fame and wealth are at your fingertips, but how many of the 18,000 disciples in Bashan are left? You usually advertise that you are not in vain in breaking evil and standing upright, and you dare to ask these 18,000 people who died because of you, is it not wronged, and it is not in vain? ”

Tang Hai was dumbfounded.

Cao Yinlei was angry, and scolded the peasant army in one breath, spit out all the resentment in his heart, and suddenly felt much more comfortable, and laughed: "Tang Hai, I'm done scolding, if you want to kill or chop, please, hahahaha......"

Tang Hai was scolded by these ten scolds, and for a while he was like five thunderbolts, stunned, and motionless on the wooden chair in a daze, as if he hadn't heard Cao Yin's words.

Seeing Tang Hai's demeanor, Duan Qi hurriedly replied: "Lord Cao misunderstood, my general is a human being, I am good when good people are evil, and I am also evil when evil people are evil. If you want to kill someone, it is also about good and evil, regardless of enmity and hatred, and right and wrong regardless of profit and harm. Although Lord Cao despises our righteous army, but good people, how dare we be embarrassed? ”

Cao Yin was taken aback: "Don't kill me?" ”

Duan Qi said: "My general will never harm Lord Cao." ”

Cao Yin sneered: "That is the case, Cao Yin is leaving. ”

Duan Qi expected that Cao Yin would not surrender, and it would be useless to force him to stay, so he had to say, "Where is Lord Cao going?" I sent someone to send Master Cao out of the city with a general's token. ”

Cao Yin didn't thank him either, and said coldly, "No," and then strode away from the Xinwang Mansion, "Didn't you rebels say that they wouldn't kill indiscriminately, since the world is already peaceful, and I'm an idler walking on the street, why do you need to send someone to escort you?" ”

Duan Qi was speechless, Cao Yin turned around and strode away, chanting the poem "Autumn Wind":

The autumn wind is thinking about Zhang Han, how can the purple robe be fresher than the sea bass.

Ride the wind and waves, and enjoy the joy of the green waves.

Cao Yin left, and Tang Hai was still sitting there, as if he was contemplative, but also in a daze, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

Duan Qi comforted: "Cao Yin has been busy all his life, running into walls everywhere, the old mother and four disciples died unjustly, and he can't do anything, now that the Ming Dynasty is dead, he, the remnant of the former dynasty, is jealous of our success and scolds him, the general doesn't have to take it to heart." ”

Tang Hai was expressionless, and Jin Zi said, "Seventh sister, let's help the general go back to the room to rest." ”

Duan Qi nodded, and together with Jinzi, he helped Tang Hai up and walked towards the inner hall, but unexpectedly, just after taking two steps, Tang Hai covered his forehead and said, "I'm dizzy." When he had finished speaking, he fainted.

Duan Qi hurriedly instructed the guards on the side: "Quickly invite the military doctor to come." The guard took the order and left, Duan Qi and Jin Zi carried Tang Hai into the room, helped him to lie down on the bed, and it happened that the doctor came, and he was busy checking Tang Hai's pulse, looking at his face again, checking his eyes and nose, probing his chest and abdomen, asking the reason, and said: "It's okay, the general is angry and bloody, just rest for a while." ”

This deep sleep was a few hours, and he didn't wake up until late at night, although everyone gathered around the bed to ask for warmth, but Tang Hai just lay on the bed without eating, drinking, and not speaking. Duan Qi, Tang Xi, and Jin Zi were at a loss for a while, the three of them looked at each other, and were about to slowly exit the room, when they suddenly heard Tang Hai say: "Jinzi." The three of them were overjoyed and immediately returned to the bedside, Tang Hai sat up with great difficulty, and ordered: "Quickly do an inventory in the whole army, since our battalion came out of Shennongjia, a total of 18,000 Bashan disciples, how many people were killed and wounded in each battle, who is the surname, and how many are left now, must be clearly calculated." ”

Jin Zi looked at Duan Qi on the left, Tang Xi on the right, and promised, "Don't worry, general, I'll go now." ”

"Also, send 500 capable spies to disguise themselves as fugitive people, traders, and footmen, and go to Tangshan, Shanhaiguan, Rehe, and the Mongolian border to listen to the news of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if there is any movement of the Manchu army and the Guanning army, they will report it quickly."

"Yes."

3

After breaking the city of Beijing, the soldiers of the righteous army were all beaming, their eyebrows were dancing, and Tang Hai alone had a gloomy face all day long, looking sullen. On this day, Jin Zi reported: "General, the king has issued an order to discuss the affairs of your imperial palace." Tang Hai said: "Okay, you and the military advisor and Tang Xi are ready to go with me." Jin Zi said: "The king said that today's discussion is only about enthronement and military salary, and only about the candidates, the right generals, and the generals." ”

Tang Hai paused for a moment and said, "Then you are in the mansion, and I will bring a few guards." ”

Tang Hai came to the outside of the Forbidden City with the guards, showed the waist card, entered the palace alone, and was led to the imperial palace by the sergeant.

King Dashun said: "General Tang, I heard that you are sick and have been in a coma for a long time, is there anything wrong?" ”

Tang Hai replied: "It's not a big deal. ”

King Dashun said: "Now that the faint lord is dead, the hundred officials of the Ming Dynasty have descended to my new dynasty, the people are attached, the world is benevolent, the prime minister, the military advisor and the ministers are playing, persuading the lonely to ascend the throne in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City, what do the Aiqing think?" ”

Li Yan said: "Beijing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and when you ascend the throne in Beijing, you can tell the world: the remnants of the people are perishing, and Dashun is emerging." ”

Song Xiance said: "The king's ascension to the throne is in line with the proverb of 'Eighteen Sons Lord Artifact', which is the will of heaven. ”

Li said: "That being the case, it is better to be sooner rather than later." ”

Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "The king ascends the throne in Beijing, and the remnants of Jiangnan can be passed on." ”

Tang Hai also congratulated: "The king ascended the throne, congratulations." ”

All the ministers of civil and military affairs had no objections, so the matter of ascending the throne was decided.

Li Yan said: "On the day of his accession to the throne, since the people were happy, many soldiers have disturbed the people recently, and the people are very dissatisfied with this. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "Oh, there is such a thing? This is not going to happen, and we must put an end to disturbing the people. ”

Song Xiance also said: "The prime minister's words are very true, when we first arrived in Beijing, the people are stable and the people support us, so we can gain a foothold." ”

Liu Zongmin smiled again: "Everyone, what is the big deal about this, the brothers have worked hard to fight and come to the capital at the risk of losing their heads, why not enjoy it for a few days." ”

King Dashun said: "Brothers are indeed hardworking, there is nothing wrong with enjoying it properly, but you must not disturb the people, there is still half of the Ming court in the south of the Yangtze River, and the generals should not be arrogant." ”

Liu Zongmin saw that the king had spoken, so he didn't say more, so he had to say: "Since the king has an order, I will give an order to the three armies today, and I will disturb the people, but the old rules of copying and destroying big households and punishing corrupt officials cannot be abolished." ”

King Dashun said with a smile: "Of course, all the property of the prime minister, officials, big households, and Haoqiang is not stolen, but it is stripped off, and it is all stolen." ”

Tang Hai secretly thought: Cao Yin scolded ten times, piercing his heart, why not admonish at this time, persuade the king to strictly rectify military discipline, don't let Cao Yin be scolded. Thinking of this, Tang Hai said: "The king, now the general trend has been decided, the world is benevolent, but Dashun established the country in Chang'an, the momentum is like a broken bamboo straight to Beijing, the land has increased several times, the future army will cross the south to the south, the king will dominate the world is a matter of time, to govern a huge China, benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, and faith are the best ways to reassure the people, I Dashun both advocate three years of free food, do not kill innocents, should fulfill the promise, treat the people well, in order not to lose faith in the world." ”

King Dashun smiled and was about to speak, Li Yan echoed: "What General Tang said is true, I heard that the local officials and defenders of Henan, Xiangyang, Xijing and other places still collect grain and taxes from the people, although the number is much smaller than that of the Ming Court, but after all, it is considered that my Dashun Dynasty has broken its promise, if this matter is transmitted to Jiangnan, the people of Jiangnan will not believe in our dynasty, and it will be unfavorable to the country. ”

Li said: "The two generals are different, and the three-year grain exemption is just a slogan, just imagine, if I don't levy grain and pay taxes, where will the expenditure of the million-dollar army and officials at all levels come from?" As for not killing innocents, it can only be the goal of my righteous army, the army is conquering, and the sword is pointing to it, it must be the jade and the stone will be burned, and it is inevitable that a few innocent people will not be killed or injured. ”

Li Zicheng, the king of Dashun, sighed and said: "Yes, I don't know that the benevolent lord should be a good word, but the military is huge, and it is difficult to support it only by chasing stolen goods. Lone promised General Tang that he would never kill anyone in vain, and also ordered that the soldiers were strictly forbidden to disturb the people, but many brothers still acted recklessly and brutalized the people. ”

"Great King," Tang Hai was eager to argue, but unexpectedly King Dashun said: "General Tang, Gu is about to ascend the throne, and it is not good for the army and the country to start killing, besides, although our army has taken the Beijing division, but the war is not over, how can we cut off our own siblings." ”

Needless to think about, the meaning of King Dashun's words is to postpone the handling of serious military discipline, this is not important, what is important is that he has connived today, will he deal with it in the future? This situation and this scene can't help but remind Tang Hai of the situation when Wang Sanshan connived at the sergeants in Zunyi twenty-three years ago.

Tang Hai was slightly startled, and a premonition of not descending faintly struck......

Tang Hai was silent for a while, suddenly turned his heart sideways, and slowly got up and bowed: "King, killing one person is like killing my father, lewd another person is like adulterating my mother, and someone kills his father**, how can you let it go, but you have to wait for it to be investigated in the future?" ”

The generals were stunned, and the hall was silent for a while.

King Dashun trembled all over, and was in an infinite state of embarrassment for a while, he promised Tang Hai that he would never allow the righteous army to kill innocents indiscriminately, and personally promised to kill one person like killing my father, and prostituting another person like adulteration of my mother, but in recent years, the conquest of the Quartet, the sergeants have indiscriminately killed, looted, and committed adultery from time to time. Therefore, facing Tang Hai today, I feel a little guilty.

Suddenly, Li Guo pointed his finger at Tang Hai and asked sharply, "Tang Hai, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Guo is the nephew of Li Zicheng, the king of Dashun, known as "a tiger" in the righteous army, excellent martial arts, proficient in the art of war, able to fight well, fifteen years since the army, great achievements, the power of the Ming court, even the prime minister of the Dashun Dynasty Niu Jinxing, the military advisor Song Xiance, Ruhou Liu Zongmin to respect him for three points.

Li Guo was angry, some sweated for Tang Hai, and some gloated to watch the excitement.

In the face of Li Guodi's accusation, Tang Hai did not hesitate, his eyes were fixed on King Dashun, waiting for an answer.

Li Guo seemed to be irritated by Tang Hai's expression, and wanted to question again, but suddenly heard Ze Houtian Jianxiu say to everyone: "The king is benevolent, regard us as brothers, and I should all swear allegiance to the death, only the king's order is obeyed, and the brothers say yes?" ”

All the generals said: "The ministers only obey the king's orders." ”

Tang Hai thought, most of the king's generals were in charge of the seventy-two battalions that year, I was halfway to the righteousness, breaking the evil sword, supervising the military duties, the generals have long been jealous, now the Ming Dynasty is dead, the king is mistaken by the generals, and there is also a sense of slackness, if this is really the case, will not let the people of the world down? Seventeen brothers and I abandoned the rivers and lakes and carried the sword to raise righteousness, and in the end we got such a result, it is better to go back to the past. Thinking of this, he took out the evil sword, raised his head, and knelt down and said: "The king, the Tang Hai rivers and lakes are scattered, and the king is a gift of the evil sword, worship as the prison army, and now it is done, hand over the sword and return to life, I hope the king will be favorable!" “

When the generals saw Tang Hai's resignation, they were all stunned. Seeing this, King Dashun hurriedly stepped down from the throne and helped Tang Haidao: "Gu and the general are not only monarchs and ministers, but also brothers. Today's deliberation is the enthronement hall and the issue of military salaries, and the matter requested by the secretary will be discussed separately with the prime minister and military advisor later. ”

Tang Hai saw that he had no choice but to withdraw the Evil Breaking Sword and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Dashun Wang Fu returned to the dragon chair and sat down and said: "The matter of ascending the throne has been agreed, and the secretaries have listened to the order: the general Guo Sheng, the general Dong Xueli, and the general Bai Bangzheng led the army of the headquarters to the south to exterminate the rebellion of the Ming court. General Liu Zongmin was responsible for recovering stolen goods and subsidies in the city, and General Li Guo was responsible for recovering stolen goods and subsidies within a radius of 50 miles outside the city. General Tang Hai led his headquarters to garrison Qinghe in the north of the city, responsible for the defense of the west and north of the city, and Li Yan, the general of the right, led the headquarters to garrison the south and south of the city, responsible for the defense of the east and south of the city. The prime minister and military advisor are responsible for preparing for the enthronement ceremony. ”

The generals retreated. King Dashun left Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, and Tang Hai and said: "Tang Aiqing's military discipline is not strict, taxes are indiscriminate, and the matter of dishonesty to the people cannot be taken lightly, what do the four Aiqing think about this." ”

Song Xiance said: "This matter should not be underestimated. Li Yan said: "Yes, you must not lose the hearts of the people." Niu Jinxing said: "Military discipline must indeed be strict, but the collection of taxes is necessary for marching and fighting, how can it be stopped?" Liu Zongmin said: "General Tang is too serious, corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty can be taxed, why can't we in the Dashun Dynasty?" As for military discipline, hundreds of thousands of brothers rebelled with their heads, and they finally survived to this day, so why make a fuss about enjoying themselves for a few days? ”

Tang Hai thought secretly: "The Dashun Dynasty will gradually become arrogant, they are all high and powerful, without the support of the king, my evil sword can't help them, okay, I will give the sword a try again to see if the king's original intention is still the same." Thinking of this, Tang Haifu presented the evil sword again, knelt down and said: "King, now there are many soldiers in the righteous army who are acting in vain, all of them are the fault of the ministers, and the ministers are sparse and shallow, and they can't trust the important task of supervising the army. ”

King Dashun returned to Tang Hai, gently pushed the Evil Breaking Sword back and said: "The grace of saving lives in Qing Hanzhong, the help of Shang Luoshan, is still vivid. He picked up Tang Hai again, and said: "Lone has never forgotten his original promise, Li Zicheng is a farmer in the tenth generation, and he also hates the indiscriminate killing, robbery, and rape of the people. Now that there are millions of rebels, it is inevitable that there will be a few soldiers who are unruly, and they must be slowly restrained in the future. Self-contained, I hope the Tang brothers will understand. ”

Although Tang Hai does not agree with King Dashun's words, King Dashun calls himself a brother, so how can he admonish him again? I had to say: "The ministers and savages of the rivers and lakes do not know the major affairs of the military state, they are loyal and outspoken, and hope that the king will forgive their sins." ”

King Dashun said: "Brother Tang is a rare loyal and righteous person in the world, you can give up the rivers and lakes to be a prison soldier for Zicheng, Zicheng is grateful, what is the crime?" ”

Tang Hai took away the Evil Destroying Sword and silently retreated to the side.

Li Yan admonished: "King, although the capital belongs to my Dashun, but there are still tens of thousands of border soldiers in Liaodong Wu Sangui, if our army goes south to sweep away the remnants of the Ming, he will inevitably make trouble in the north, and the king must not be guarded against." ”

Song Xiance said: "General Li rest assured, the king has sent someone to Liaodong to recruit Wu Sangui, it is reported that he has promised to surrender, and the king is preparing to send General Tang Tong to take over Shanhaiguan." ”

Li said: "If he falls, it is best, if he does not fall, he must be quickly eradicated to relieve my worries about Dashun." ”

Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "His son Wu Xiang and a family of thirty or forty people stayed in the capital, which is in the palm of my Dashun, and he dares not to surrender!" He also said to the king of Dashun: "The king does not have to worry, the city of Beijing is full of royal relatives, princes and ministers, and wealthy businessmen. ”

Li Zicheng was happy, and said with a smile: "Liu Aiqing, you and my brother have shared weal and woe for many years, and now that they have entered Beijing, and they have made you work so hard, I am really a little unhappy." ”

Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "This is a matter within the minister's responsibility, why do you want to work hard?" ”