Li Zicheng said that he wanted to negotiate peace, but he was still reluctant to give up the imperial capital in his heart.

"Your Majesty, you have taken the imperial capital city, the reputation and prestige of the first merit of destroying the Ming Dynasty are already there, no one in the world can compete with you anymore, if you continue to defend the imperial capital city, it will only waste national strength, and there is no benefit, so the minister suggests that it is better to abandon it and exchange it with Dolgon for the greatest benefit."

"How do you know that Dorgon meant to trade with me?"

"Because the Imperial Capital City can not only give the emperor your title and prestige, but also give him Dolgon the fame and prestige he needs, so he is imperative."

Li Zicheng said: "In this case, who should be sent to seek peace?" ”

"The minister is willing to go in person."

Li Zicheng was also very helpless, it was obvious that it would not be beneficial to both parties if it continued to be consumed like this, but it would benefit Chongzhen.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, then I will appoint you as prime minister and be responsible for the peace talks." ”

Although extremely reluctant, Li Zicheng also had to agree with Song Xiance's opinion: this imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years is like a beautiful and attractive poisonous fruit, and it may cost him his life if he barely eats it: to the north is the powerful Qing Dynasty, even if he defends it today, the Qing soldiers will make a comeback tomorrow. And Chongzhen has also fled south, and he will definitely raise troops to the north in the future. This has led to the unfavorable situation of fighting on both fronts between the north and the south, if he persists, sooner or later he will be attacked by the north and the south, and in the end he can only be consumed and dragged to death. Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to abandon the imperial capital and return to his Guanzhong to regroup. However, before leaving, he still wanted to use the imperial capital to exchange for the greatest benefit for himself.

There are two Han people, Song Xiance and Fan Wencheng, who are matchmaking from the middle, plus both sides of the confrontation are interested in peace talks, and the goal is highly consistent, that is, to eliminate the common enemy: the Ming Dynasty.

Finally, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the two sides held a grand alliance ceremony on the outskirts of the imperial capital.

Li Zicheng said: "Haha, the regent is really heroic and extraordinary, and he has admired him for a long time. ”

Dolgon also learned the etiquette of the Han people, and arched his hand and said: "King Chuang is also extraordinary, and he will be fortunate to meet him." ”

A trace of unhappiness flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes, he had already been called the emperor, but Dolgon just called him "King Chuang", he was a head short for no reason, and turned the alliance ceremony into a king-to-king meeting.

However, this unhappiness did not affect the alliance between the two sides.

Although the imperial capital is a chicken rib for Li Zicheng, Dolgon is a treasure, because after taking the imperial capital, he will be able to realize the wish that his father and brother have not achieved for decades, and his personal prestige in the Qing Dynasty will skyrocket, and it is not impossible to stabilize the emperor Fulin, which is still one of them. Second, for the Qing Dynasty, only by taking the imperial capital could it be used as a foundation, and then go south to the Central Plains, and finally annex the world. Therefore, whether it is out of personal selfishness or public intentions, the imperial capital - he is bound to win!

One is willing to give up, the other must take, and finally after a few days of negotiation, the two sides agreed:

First, the Qing troops retreated more than 50 miles, and they could not enter the city until all the Dashun troops withdrew from the west gate.

Second, Li Zicheng belonged to him all the property he had obtained from entering Beijing, and only paid Dolgon 10,000 taels of silver symbolically as a support for his allies.

Third, the two sides are about a brotherly state, Li Zi is a brother, Fu Lin is a brother, and the two sides recognize each other as emperors.

Fourth, the two sides are bounded by the Taihang Mountains north of the Yangtze River in China, the east of the Taihang Mountains belongs to the Qing Dynasty, and the west of the Taihang Mountains belongs to Dashun. Fifth, the two sides swear to the sky, make an alliance with blood, jointly extinguish the light, and divide the world equally!

The covenant was established, and immediately Dolgon ordered the whole army to retreat fifty miles, and Li Zicheng also abandoned the imperial capital and went out from the west gate.

On the same day, Dorgon also entered the imperial capital coveted by his father and brothers, realizing his greatest ambition and reaching the peak of his personal prestige.

On 15 May, Emperor Fulin of the Qing Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor again in Shengjing, Liaodong, but in the choice of the capital, he was divided into two factions, one faction headed by Dolgon, who advocated leading the army into the customs and moving the capital to the imperial capital in the Guannei, and the other faction advocated not moving the capital and continuing to take Shengjing in Liaodong as the national capital. The two sides were at a stalemate, and in the end only the name of the country was decided, or the Qing Dynasty.

On May 20, Li Zicheng also returned to Juyong Pass, passed Datong and went to Chang'an, and proclaimed himself emperor for the fourth time, with the capital of Chang'an, and the country name Dashun.

Five days later, Wang Jian could already see the city wall of Jinan Mansion, the capital of Shandong Province, from afar, and along the way, he felt the most secure and stable in the past few days, and his mood was very comfortable, until Qi'er sent a secret report from the front line.

"I'll go to his immortals, this is too bad, it's not okay to leave a way to live!" Wang Jian couldn't help but scold, he thought that the two thieves were fighting, and they had to fight to the death, but he didn't expect to form an alliance so soon! No wonder I haven't seen any chasing soldiers in the past few days, it turns out that they are all busy calling the emperor, and they are just calling the emperor, and they are bullying him together. When he saw that Li Zicheng was the emperor in Chang'an again, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Isn't this emperor still addicted, once is not enough, twice, twice is not enough for three times, and there is a fourth time." ”

Lu Yao'er looked at Wang Jian with a worried face, scolded for a while, and smirked to herself for a while.

As soon as the Qing Dynasty and the Great Shun form an alliance, they will have to face the strong enemies of the two emperors. Moreover, Wang Chengen also sent a secret report from the secret agent of the East Factory in Shandong Province, and Wang Jian had a headache after reading it. I thought I could take a rest when I arrived in Jinan City, but I didn't expect the situation to be extremely unfavorable to me. The entire six provinces of Shandong have become a pot of porridge: the capital Jinan is the most unstable, because Liu Fangliang, the general of the left battalion system under Li Zicheng, conquered the Hejian of Beizhili and the second mansion of Guangping, which brought great defensive pressure to the north and west of Jinan City, and the Qingzhou Mansion in the east also caused the rebellion of the rebellion in successive years, resulting in the rise of rogues and thieves. Laizhou, which is located on the peninsula, Dengzhou Erfu, because of its proximity to Liaodong and its long coastline, is extremely difficult to defend, and it has become a hard-hit area, and from time to time there are Qing soldiers crossing the sea to plunder the population and livestock. Then there is the Yanzhou Mansion in the south of Jinan City, because it is the necessary place for the north-south Cao Yun, and it has also become a breeding ground for horses. It is said that since ancient times, there are three hundred large and small cottages in Shandong. Among them, Wang Jun and Wang Qiao, who were entrenched in the big and small Cangshan Mountains, were the most, first robbing the silver transported from Jiangnan to the imperial capital, and then intercepting the grain to and from the canal.

"There is no stable place in the entire Shandong Province, hey!" Wang Jian didn't plan to enter the city, so he first ordered the army to stop advancing and convene the generals to discuss the matter.