Bai Guangen saw that the general trend had gone, and went west to Guyuan, and Li Zicheng chased and killed Guyuan. Most of Bai Guangen's subordinates are thieves, and even Bai Guangen himself is a thief who surrendered to the officers and soldiers. Therefore, most of Bai Guangen's subordinates wanted to switch to Li Zicheng. Bai Guangen was helpless, Kaecheng surrendered, and said to Li Zicheng: "I am a person who has been repeated many times, and I really have no face to lead troops anymore, please let me be a farmer and find a place to retire~"

Li Zicheng was also generous, and he comforted him with kind words: "Brother Bai, since you have surrendered to me, then we are still our own brothers, so don't worry too much." Even if you want to find a place to retire, you have to help me sweep the world first. So Li Zicheng named Bai Guangen as Taoyuan Bo, and also ordered him to lead the old troops to accompany the battle. Bai Guangen saw that Li Zicheng was generous and very moved, so he had no two hearts and wholeheartedly assisted. The army captured Shangzhou, and the gate to Xi'an was opened.

Subsequently, Li Zicheng waved his army to capture Huayin, Huazhou, Lintong and other places, and Xi'an has become an isolated city. The Xinshun general Si Shangzhi guarded Runing, and the powerful Shen Wandeng took advantage of the unpreparedness in the city to lead hundreds of relatives to rush into the mansion and kill Si Shangzhi at the banquet. Heroes from all walks of life swarmed up, gathering tens of thousands of people to compete with Li Zicheng's army. Li Zicheng awarded Shen Wandeng a mighty general and wanted to co-opt them, but Shen Wandeng sternly refused. Li Zicheng was furious and sent 100,000 troops to break Runing. Bloodbathed Runing.

Li Zicheng joined forces to attack Xi'an, and the governor Feng Shikong said to the king of Qin: "The eyebrows are burned, why don't the king go out of Kujin to recruit warriors, stick to Xi'an, and wait for reinforcements?" ”

King Qin bowed his head and was silent, but he refused to give out the silver, and said after a long time: "Sun Chuanting's more than 100,000 troops have been wiped out, where are there any reinforcements?" ”

In desperation, Feng Shikong led the army to battle, and as soon as he left the city, the pioneer Wang Genzi turned around and shot Feng Shikong under his horse. Wang Genzi beckoned the Xinshun army to enter the city with him, and the ancient city of Xi'an was self-defeating. Li Zicheng was dressed in an old blue robe, a hat on his head, and his old boots were covered with mud. Riding the red jujube chasing the wind horse, pressing the sword in his hand, the wind and dust are simple and simple to enter the city. The soldiers and civilians of the city knelt on their sides and shouted long live.

Li Zicheng came to the palace of the king of Qin, and the king of Qin Cunshu took his son King Yongshou and others to show his upper body, carrying thorns on his back, and bowing his head to the courtiers. More than 300 officials, including Lu Zhiqi, the political envoy, knelt on the ground and were willing to surrender. Li Zicheng was overjoyed, and personally helped the King of Qin up, and named him a general of power, and his official residence was a product. King Yongshou is a general, and his official residence is secondary. Lu Zhiqi and others were all increased to one level with their official positions, and were assigned to six ministries and commissions to take important tasks.

Li Zicheng changed Xi'an to Chang'an and called it Xijing. Sent a large army to pursue and suppress the remnants of Sun Chuanting's troops in separate ways, Gao Ruli, Zuo Guangxian, Liang Fu and other generals took the lead and surrendered, and they all led the original subordinates, added officials to the knighthood, and the generals were overjoyed. Chen Yongfu first shot Li Zicheng blind in his left eye, and insisted on the cottage and refused to surrender. The army was repeatedly unable to attack, and surrounded the cottages, and Li Zicheng personally came to command the attack. Niu Jinxing advised Li Zicheng: "If the king wants to win the world, he must first surrender the hearts of the people. Chongzhen is narrow-minded and can't tolerate people, and if the king does the opposite, he will be able to return to the heart of the world. ”

Li Zicheng asked, "How can we subdue people's hearts?" ”

Niu Jinxing said: "Has the king heard the story of the Marquis of Yongya? ”

Li Zicheng shook his head, "Mr. might as well come and hear it~~"

Niu Jinxing stroked his mustache and said with a smile: "Or after Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, won the world, he faced the problem of dividing the heroes. In the years of Chu and Han disputes, there were too many meritorious heroes, and how to reward these meritorious heroes became the top priority of the new emperor. In the sixth year of Henkel, when Liu Bang first divided Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Cao Shen and other great heroes, how to divide many small and medium-sized heroes became troublesome, and they fought day and night. So, Liu Bang put the matter on hold. However, this shelving has the potential to create an even greater crisis. One day, when Liu Bang was traveling in the pavilion of the Chang'an Palace, he saw his generals gathering in three or five and discussing a lot, so he asked the strategist Zhang Liang, what are the generals discussing? Zhang Liang clarified the crisis in one sentence and said: "This conspiracy is against the ear." Liu Bang was taken aback and said: The world has been decided, why rebel? Zhang Liang said: Your world was defeated by these people, and now all the people you divide are cronies, and all the enemies you have destroyed. They calculated that the whole world was not enough to divide the seals, so it became a big deal who was not sealed. These people who fought on the battlefield inevitably offended you in the past, not only worried that they would not be able to be sealed, but also worried that they would settle accounts after the autumn, so they gathered together to rebel. Liu Bang was very worried, so he asked Zhang Liang for advice. Zhang Liang asked him: Who is the most prominent person whom the emperor hates in his life and is known to the ministers? Liu Bang said: It is none other than Yongya, I had a grudge against him when I didn't have an accident, and later humiliated me many times. I wanted to kill him a long time ago, but he really had a lot of credit and couldn't bear to do it. Zhang Liang suggested that Liu Bang seal Yongya first to stabilize everyone. So, Liu Bang put everyone else aside and sealed Yongya as the Marquis of Shifang first. When the ministers who had not yet received the reward heard about this, they all said with confidence: "People like Yongya can be crowned marquis, but what about us?" Then the hearts of men were settled. ”

Li Zicheng suddenly realized and said: "Chen Yongfu once shot me blind in one eye, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, he is indeed a good hand. If I can forgive Chen Yongfu, then I will be able to convince people's hearts. So Li Zicheng ordered Bai Guangen to persuade him to surrender and promise not to blame the past. Chen Yongfu was a little puzzled, Li Zicheng rode alone to the cottage and shouted to Chen Yongfu: "General Chen~~ What do you think this is?" After that, Li Zicheng took out a golden feather arrow, and Chen Yongfu recognized that it was the golden feather arrow that he shot blind Li Zicheng in Kaifeng back then, "Each is his master that day, you are not wrong to do that!" Li Zicheng said that he broke the golden arrow in half in public, threw it on the ground, and trampled on the horse a few times, saying: "I, Li Zicheng, swear that I will not blame the past for the past, and only ask General Chen to think of the common people in the world~~ Open the door and surrender early." ”

Chen Yongfu was moved with some helplessness, so he had to open the gate of the village and go down the mountain to surrender. Li Zicheng was overjoyed, set up a banquet to entertain him, named him Wen Xinbo, and dispersed happily. Only Gao Jie did not dare to surrender and fled to Yan'an. Li Guo led 30,000 troops to pursue, Gao Jie fled eastward, crossed Yichuan while it was freezing, and entered Pujin to hold on. He Jin chased him to the river, but the river ice was enlightened and he could not cross the river, so he had to lead the army back.

Li Zicheng listened to the advice of the generals, renovated the city wall of Xi'an, overhauled the galloping road, expanded military salaries, and prepared for the westward expedition. The Qin Wangfu had accumulated a mountain of property, and all of them were 'persuaded' to help them pay for the army. ordered Liu Zongmin to detain all the wealthy families, set a limit, and make them pay them. Niu Jinxing and others provided relief to the victims, divided the fields and land for the poor, and persuaded the strong men to join the army, and Li Zicheng's army has become a legitimate army of kings. The military and civilians from other places sent people to ask Li Zicheng's army to raise troops to exterminate the Ming army as soon as possible, and relieve the people from hanging upside down, and the world knows that the Ming Dynasty is not far from death.

As soon as Shaanxi was lost, Chongzhen was like an ant on a hot pot, and Chen Yan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came up with an idea for Chongzhen and said: "The thieves are just a rabble, but they rely on the strength of the crowd, so it is difficult to resist." For the sake of today's plan, it is still an urgent task to raise salaries and train troops. Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. King Zhou's insistence on Kaifeng is to pour everything he has, if there is no gold and silver encouragement, how can he resist millions of thieves? The princes of the capital are everywhere, and under the nest, are there any eggs? As long as the courtiers donate silver to save the country, a million heroes are not enough. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed, so the next day in the Qianqing Palace. Chongzhen was on the dragon throne, his eyes were blazing, and he looked at His Majesty Dan's ministers: "Rank Aiqing, who of you doesn't have thousands of silver in the house?" Now that the border is in a hurry, and the treasury is exhausted, you must be willing to come up with some money that you don't need, and 'donate money to help you pay' to defend against a strong enemy." ”

The ministers were dumbfounded, they looked at each other, and they didn't dare to squeak.

Chongzhen's voice was full of majesty: "Rank Aiqing, isn't it?" ”

The ministers were afraid, and responded one after another: "Ministers...... Willing to donate...... Willing. ”

Chongzhen smiled: "Sure enough, I understand the righteousness!" In this case, I complied with the wishes of the rank Aiqing, and immediately issued an order to let the nobles of the princes of the whole country, as well as officials at all levels inside and outside the capital, come to donate money and help them. ”

All the ministers praised in unison: "The emperor is sacred." ”

Chongzhen said: "Not only that, but I also have to take the lead in donating, thinking that I am a national model!" ”

The ministers were shocked, and they all played: "The emperor must not ...... Ministers will do their best to donate! ……”

Chongzhen waved his hand to stop the advice of the ministers, and turned his face to ask Wang Chengen: "Wang Chengen, how much imperial silver do I have?" ”

Wang Chengen stepped forward and replied without thinking: "Your Majesty, there are still two million five hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and eighty two...... He pondered for a moment, and then added: Zero seven and three cents! ”

Chongzhen was surprised: "No, right. When I ascended the throne, there were more than 20 million taels, how come there are only 2.5 million left? ”

Wang Chengen said: "The emperor has already donated the accumulated imperial silver to the border pass, and has donated a total of nine times, and the old slave has accounts to check every time. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were all discussing, and they all looked very emotional.

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said resolutely: "Since there are still 2.53 million, I will take out 2.52 million to donate military salaries!" ”

The ministers were shocked and shouted one after another: "Your Majesty, you must not ...... Never! ”

Chongzhen waved his hand again to stop it, and said in a deep voice: "Not only that, but I also want to take out the jewels and jade in the palace and convert them into silver taels to help suppress the thieves!" ”

The ministers knelt down in an uproar, shouting one after another: "Your Majesty, don't do it, don't do it, don't ...... it."

Chongzhen waved his hand for the third time, stopped the ministers, and said sharply: "Also, from now on, I will wear cloth and linen shoes again, reduce meals and withdraw pleasures, do not eat meat and fish, and save palace expenses to help the army's salary!" ”

At this moment, the ministers were really shocked. The silence is all over the place, and you can hear a needle dropping.

Chongzhen and Wang Chengen both looked at the ministers coldly, and Zhou Kui, the father of Queen Zhou, cried "wow", and sobbed sadly: "The emperor's move can be described as earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods, and it is difficult for Ming Jun to follow suit throughout the ages. Ministers and ministers should follow the example......"

All the ministers said with tears: "The ministers should take the emperor as a model...... The ministers should follow the emperor's ......"

After retreating from the court, all the ministers talked about stepping down the jade steps and walking towards the outside of the palace. They talk to each other:

"Alas, look, the hard days have begun!"

"Who would dare to dig out money? The more you dig - the more you take bribes! ”

"You can't do it if you don't dig it, the emperor's eyes are round!"

"What are we worried about? There are seniors on top! …… The courtier who spoke motioned to Zhou Kui, who was walking in front. As a result, all the ministers sent a cordial sarcastic voice to Zhou Kui: "Old Guozhang, only your old man is looking forward!" ”

Zhou Kui looked frightened, hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't don't!" You are all so rich, you can fatten two acres of land with any! ”

The ministers laughed and walked to the gate of the palace, and they were stunned! A huge white silk was spread on the big case, and Wang Chengen stood next to him, and there were many small eunuchs holding pen and ink around Wang Chengen, and a group of people were already waiting for the ministers.

Wang Chengen took a deep look: "Ladies and gentlemen, just now in the imperial court, everyone expressed their willingness to donate, and they were extremely excited. The old slave prepared a white silk, and asked the adults to voluntarily fill in the amount of donations. In the future, this list will definitely go down in history! ”

As soon as it seemed to be true, the ministers laughed awkwardly, and many of them quietly retreated, muttering, "Oh...... Oh......"

Wang Chengen despised these human-looking civil officials in the court at this moment, and he said: "In this way, the old slave is personally waiting, laying silk and grinding ink for all the adults......

Wang Chengen stepped forward, grabbed the ink and grinded it in the inkstone a few times, then took the pen, dipped it in thick ink, and presented the pen to the ministers with a smile: "Come on, which lord will invite first?" ”

The ministers retreated one after another, humbly and politely, and someone said: "Lord Zhou, your family is rich, please first!" The surnamed Zhou was insulted and reprimanded: "Who said that my family has a lot of money!" I'm so poor that I can't open the pot. Lord Liu, you should take the lead! The surnamed Liu waved his hand: "I'm just a waiter, how dare I cross the adults?" ”

In this way, you and I have been humble for a long time, and no one is willing to take the pen, Wang Chengen made a straight face, "Could it be that what you adults just said is a lie?" ”

The ministers said abruptly: "How dare we bully the king~~ If we say that we will pledge, we will definitely pledge." ”

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