After Li Zicheng moved into the Forbidden City, he made the palace maid Dou Meiyi his concubine. At the beginning of the Dashun army's entry into Beijing, Li Zicheng also ordered: "Those who dare to hurt people and plunder people's property and women will not be killed." "The order in the capital is still good, and the shops are open as usual.

However, within a few days, the situation stabilized a little, and the peasant army began to torture and plunder Ming officials, raiding homes everywhere, and stipulating that the amount of subsidies was "100,000 yuan in the middle hall, 70,000 or 530,000 in the Jingtang brocade clothes of the ministry, 53,000 yuan for the Taoist officials, 32,010 yuan for the Hanlin Dynasty, and thousands of subordinates and subordinates." Liu Zongmin made 5,000 clamping sticks, "all the wood is ridged, connected with nails, and all the bones are broken in order to clamp people." ”

The terrifying atmosphere in the city gradually became solemn, and the people were panicked, "Whoever tortured hundreds of officials, most of them had tens of thousands of dollars, forced 20,000 or 30,000, and the number was slightly dissatisfied, and then they were strictly compared, and they were extremely miserable and poisonous, and they did not die", "Led Wei Zaode, Fang Yuegong, Qiu Yu, Chen Yan, Li Yuzhi, etc., and 800 people, including Xun Qi Ran Xingrang, Zhang Guoji, Xu Yunzhen, and Zhang Shize, to recover stolen goods and help them. ”

According to Tan Qian's "Zaolin Miscellaneous", there were more than 1,600 deceased. Li Zicheng's subordinates looted, and the generals were arrogant, "killing people in vain, and most of the soldiers plundered the people's property." The Dashun army set up officials to govern affairs in the occupied areas, and the first was to pursue wages, for example, in Chenggu County, "thieves demanded wages and burned them with artillery"

In Fenyang, "search for rich rooms, truss clamps to help pay"; In Jiangzhou, "the scholars and doctors were brutally tortured to death"; In Xuanhua, "General Quan Zheng Shen Shen Ben surname, through five wood, extremely miserable and poisonous, cool for money" On April 14, a notice appeared on West Chang'an Street: "The days of the Ming Dynasty are not exhausted, and the people think of loyalty, and the East Palace is scheduled to be established as the emperor on the 20th of this month, and the first year of Yixing will be changed." ”

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui sent a letter, hoping that you will send his family back to Shanhaiguan, and he expressed his willingness to belong to my Dashun Imperial Court!" Niu Jinxing looked at Li Zicheng, who was drinking and having fun with Concubine Dou, and whispered to him, Li Zicheng had been entertaining in the harem for several days, and had already handed over all matters to his nephew Li Yan to deal with, but Li Yan also left all government affairs behind.

The general Liu Zongmin is even more crazy, he only knows how to loot military salaries and rob beauties, Niu Jinxing sees all these in his eyes and is anxious in his heart, and Li Yan, the only one who has a little knowledge, tries to control the situation, but he is not in line with himself, he never dreamed that the Dashun army will become such a virtue when the day of the great success is completed, will things really be made for others in Shen Xing's words?

Li Zicheng, who had been drinking meat and vegetables for a long time, staggered off the bed when he saw Niu Jinxing, and grabbed his shoulders. "Niu Aiqing, how about you come and have a few drinks with me? This imperial wine in the palace is a rare wine, and there are countless beauties...... Come on......"

"Your Majesty, the Shanhaiguan Military Fortress is the gate to the Beijing Division, and the Tartars outside the gate have long coveted it, if you are not easy to take care of Wu Sangui at this time, I am afraid that you will miss a big event! You need to take care of it! Niu Jinxing didn't dare to disobey Li Zicheng's intentions, took the wine glass, and drank it all.

"Wu Sangui'er, I don't know what kind of wishful thinking I am playing, but I just rely on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in my hand, bullshit Shanhaiguan, provoke me, I will destroy him together! The Tartars also fought the useless Ming army, and when they met my Dashun army, they were not local chickens and dogs, and a merchant of my brother-in-law before also annihilated them! Haha......"

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui has the heart to surrender, why don't we do it, sell his favor, and we can get the allegiance of tens of thousands of troops! It can also guard the three customs for us! We don't lose money in this deal! ”

Li Zicheng was drunk and woke up at three points, and he was not completely deaf at this time, and he could listen to the persuasion of an old follower like Niu Jinxing, shaking his head and smiling bitterly at Niu Jinxing. "Okay, I'll just listen to you, give that little boy a little face, and now I dare to blackmail me according to the situation, and settle accounts with him in the future! Someone! Spread my word and let go of the Wu family! After receiving the order, the little eunuch hurriedly went out of the Forbidden City to deliver the edict.

Niu Jinxing listened to Li Zicheng's words, and sweated a lot for Wu Sangui in his heart, thinking that Li Zicheng's mind and Wu Sangui's whole family were completely finished, but he didn't care too much, as long as he held the Shanhaiguan Pass and bought time, the Dashun army's indulgence carnival would eventually end one day, and when he freed his hands, the million army was really afraid of the Tartars.

But after a while, Li Yan hurriedly came to report, which really surprised Niu Jinxing. "Your Majesty, Liu Zongmin robbed Wu Sangui's wife Jiang, Jiang would rather die than die on the door beam, Liu Zongmin was furious and killed more than 30 members of the Wu family!" Hearing this, even Li Zicheng couldn't sit still, and the strength of the wine seemed to dissipate, and he sat on the bed shaking his head and sighing.

"Your Majesty, this matter can't be hidden for a long time, the most important thing at the moment is that before Wu Sangui finds out, we have to start the Shanhaiguan first?" As soon as Li Yan heard Niu Jinxing's words, he immediately stopped

"Your Majesty, by no means, at this time, we should try to appease Wu Sangui? Instead of an army pressing the border, we are forcing him to surrender to the Tartars! In the opinion of a certain general, Liu Zongmin should be imprisoned first, and then His Majesty will send an order to the soldiers of Shanhaiguan to clarify the powerful relationship, so that they can resist foreign aggression and defend the territory of China, so it must be that although Wu Sangui is angry, he has no name for rebellion! ”

"This ......" Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing in embarrassment, and fell into an embarrassing situation for a while. Li Yan, what are you talking about, why can't General Liu, as the commander of the Dashun Army, kill one or two thieves and rebel! Now you think you can hide it from the world, he Wu Sangui is not a three-year-old child, I think your punishment of General Liu is fake, and the seizure of military power is true. Once Your Majesty Liu Dashuai is imprisoned, the officers and men in the army will not know the reason, and they will definitely think that you are going to hide the bow as much as possible, so that the army's heart will immediately collapse, wouldn't it be a wish of those who have a heart! ”

After Niu Jinxing finished speaking, he glanced at Li Yan intentionally or unintentionally, and Li Yan was immediately furious, "Niu Er, what do you mean by this, I, Li Yan, can summon the sun and the moon to His Majesty's heart of Dashun, Fang Cai's words are really heartfelt, Your Majesty, you must not listen to his instigation!" ”

Seeing that the two of them were red-faced, Li Zicheng was also a little impatient, "Okay, it's all my left and right arms, you don't have to quarrel anymore, Zong Min is a little reckless this time, but because of this, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the soldiers, just one Wu Sangui has not yet reached the point where I want me to compromise him, I personally led the army to destroy him!" Li Yan, your right guard should also go with me! ”

"Your Majesty, Henan is newly determined, most of the old Ming Dynasty troops are stationed, a certain general is really not at ease, two days ago I have already called the right army to go there, this time I am afraid I can't go with you!" Li Yan arched his hand and bowed his head and said, Li Zicheng's face immediately became ugly when he heard this, but he quickly regained his calm and said, "Forget it, forget it, the hearts of Henan people are undecided and someone needs to be in charge, since you are willing to go, you can go!" ”

Li Yan didn't shirk it, said a few flattering words, and then turned around and went out. "Your Majesty, Li Yan's ambition is obvious, we must guard against it! He went to Henan like a dragon into the sea, a tiger into the mountain, we will think about it in the future, we will ...... in the future" Niu Jinxing's words were not half said Li Zicheng slammed the wine glass in his hand on the ground, and the frightened Dou Guifei and the palace maids trembled.

"Li Yan is so presumptuous, it seems that I really can't tolerate him, Niu Aiqing's matter will be left to you, don't have an accident!"

Niu Jinxing smiled knowingly, "Your Majesty, the minister understands that there will be no mess in the right army!" After saying that, he also quickly rode out of the palace and chased Li Yan away.

Li Yan is a rare capable person in the Dashun army who has both civil and military skills, and he can be regarded as a person who followed Li Zicheng into the old camp where he died, his character is very complex and changeable, on the one hand, he is not used to the complacency of Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others, on the other hand, he tries his best to make up for the mistakes of the Dashun army with personal efforts, but he has always been loyal to Li Zicheng.

Although he was indignant when he returned to the military camp in the suburbs, he only targeted Niu Jinxing's villain behavior, and did not complain about Li Zicheng's stubbornness at all. "General Lee is back? I wonder if Your Majesty can adopt your good advice? A short man less than six feet tall in the camp asked with a smile when he saw Li Yan entering!

Li Yan ignored it, sat on the upper seat, poured himself the wine and drank it, the dwarf was not angry, and continued: "Liu Dashuai is His Majesty's favorite general, how can he bear to punish, General Li, you are catching a fox this time, but you have caused a commotion?" Listen to Song someone's words, quickly lead the army to Henan! That's where you come in, General! After Song Xiance finished speaking, seeing that Li Yan still didn't say a word, he shook the paper fan and shook his head and walked out of the tent.

Li Nian, who was on the side, looked at his eldest brother with a helpless expression. "Big brother, what Song Junjun said is good, Your Majesty has long been carried away by the prosperity of the Beijing Division, where is there still a little ambition to serve the country and the people, you look at what the Dashun Army has become now, and what role can you play in saving it alone. We need to plan for ourselves, too! ”

"Presumptuous, you should also criticize Your Majesty's affairs, and you will not be spared next time!" Li Yan slammed the wine glass on the table as he spoke, and Li Nian turned around and sat back in his seat and drank three glasses of wine in a row.

"General Qiyu, Prime Minister Niu Cheng sent someone to invite you and the second general to the Jiangnan restaurant for a banquet, saying that it is necessary to see you off!" After hearing this, Li Yan didn't think much about it, so he called Li Nian and a few guards to ride to the Jiangnan Restaurant together! But as soon as he entered West Chang'an Street, he met Song Xiance and an old man in a long shirt blocking the way.

"Song Shorty, you still have no end, say half a sentence more, believe it or not, I don't miss the old love and hand you over to Your Majesty!" Song Xiance looked at the old man beside him with a helpless expression, "Boss Shen, look at my brother, Song came to save his life today, he bit me back, is it that he doesn't know the heart of a good dog bites Lu Dongbing!" The old man on the side didn't talk, just smiled.

"You...... Song Shorty! Li Yan jumped off the horse and was about to start fighting, but Song Xiance fled in a hurry, shouting in his mouth, "Song has no power to restrain the chicken, and he can't stand your three punches!" Let's do it slowly, why don't you listen to my guest and hit me again! ”