The fifth day of December, Xi'an. If you love to play and watch, you can come to the network.

Li Zicheng feasted the gentry in the palace of the Qin Dynasty, and the principals of the Ming Dynasty officials around Xi'an were arrested, and the local defenders were responsible for the rest of the country.

Although these officials and gentry sat around the square table, there was only one salt-boiled peanut on the table, and there was not even wine. However, there is a small object in front of each person, some are copper wine glasses, wine jugs, and some are porcelain vase ornaments. The appearance is also very exquisite, because these are all items from the Qin Palace.

Li Zicheng came out in Huanglong's regular clothes and sat down on the dragon chair. said with a smile on his face: "Everyone, I invite everyone to the banquet today, I don't mean anything else, I just want to raise some money and food with the big guys." Don't cry poor with me, you are all officials and officials of the Zhu Dynasty, and there are many ways to make money, I have seen them all. Otherwise, I, Li Zicheng, wouldn't have pinned my head to the waistband of my trousers and rebelled. You all have a small object in front of you, and I will not take your in vain. When you have taken your things, go to the side temple and report the amount of grain, rice, gold, and silver you have donated. ”

And all the people sighed and cried bitterly. Knowing that there would be today, they were not in a hurry to find a way to force Sun Chuanting out of Shaanxi. There are also those who complain about the King of Qin, but as long as they can give some food and cotton clothes to the officers and soldiers defending the city, Xi'an will not go down without a fight. With the city and defense facilities of Xi'an, it is no problem to hold on for three or five months, so I can wait for reinforcements from the imperial court.

Now it's okay, Li Chuang came, and told those bitter haha's people to farm with peace of mind and no taxes for three years. The food and wages of this million-strong army will be paid by these people.

Li Zicheng ignored the reactions of those officials and gentlemen, and continued: "This time I let you report it yourself, and you must cherish the opportunity. If you deliberately report low, then we will give you a task and set an amount. Okay, I paid the money and food earlier, and I went home early, because the food in your house is better than that of my palace." ”

As soon as Li Zicheng finished speaking, the soldiers began to step forward to urge. The gentry had no choice but to get up, on an empty stomach, with delicate but not very valuable gadgets in their hands, and went to the side hall to report the donation.

Waiting for the officials and gentry to go out, Liu Zongmin, who was sitting on the side, stood up and said, "Zicheng, I'll go back to the house first, and the people in my hometown are still waiting." Those torture instruments were all brought from the yamen, and they will be used first, and after a while, our new torture tools will be ready. Those guys won't have a good time without heavy punishment. ”

Li Zicheng frowned, he was about to become an emperor, but Liu Zongmin still called his name in front of everyone. But now that the big thing has not been accomplished, he can't be too tough. So he nodded: "Well, you go." ”

Liu Zongmin nodded, raised his feet and left. However, he immediately stopped and said, "There are two relatives who want to be officials, and I want to arrange for them to guard the city gate and the county lieutenant." ”

Li Zicheng reluctantly agreed: "You can arrange it." ”

He was very conflicted, since they knocked down most of Shaanxi, the relatives of those old brothers came to Xi'an in groups, including his relatives and old friends. Although he knows that it is not good to be an official for these people, but these are the relatives of his brothers, and they are all suppressed by the government, and they fight the world, isn't it just for their families to live a good life, so although they have not officially changed the yuan to ascend the throne and establish the country, there are many officials and relatives of the emperor who have been arranged.

Among these old brothers, Tian Jianxiu is relatively low-key. When Tian Jianxiu's relatives came, he gave his relatives good food and drink, and then gave them some money, so that they could go home and live in peace, and not think about being an official and joining the army.

"Yufeng," Li Zicheng asked Tian Jianxiu, "Do you think you should also send Li Yan a knighthood?"

Tian Jianxiu asked with a smile: "What duke or prince should you send him?"

Li Zicheng was a little hesitant, they had already agreed that this time the reward would be the highest title of Hou. The Ming Dynasty has not yet been destroyed, and there is still Zhang Xianzhong in the south, so he has to leave some room for the later credits.

"Don't worry about him," Tian Jianxiu said, "Even if he is given a prince, he may not be able to see it." We and him, after all, are a mountain that cannot tolerate two tigers. ”

Li Zicheng was silent, and after a while, he said: "Otherwise, let's solve Li Yan first, and then attack Beijing."

Before Tian Jianxiu could answer, he shook his head: "No, no." After fighting with Li Yan, we can't move anymore. Alas, how can this Li Yan be in Henan, if he is in other places, even in Nanjing, I will let him go free. Alas"

Tian Jianxiu also agreed: "It's better to fight Beijing first, and when there are no worries, it's not too late to come to a decisive battle with Li Yan." Otherwise, none of us will be able to get any good. ”

"Then you go for a trip," Li Zicheng finally said, "Tell him about our plan, so that he doesn't misunderstand." By the way, I also asked him what he thought, if he is willing to submit, I will make him the king of Jiangnan. ”

Tian Jianxiu nodded and agreed.

After that, Li Zicheng also went back to his harem. He was about to ascend the throne as emperor, but he didn't have a son yet, which was a big problem. Although he knew that there was a good chance that something was wrong with him, he still had to give it a try. At the same time, let Li go over to collect Lang Zhong in this area and give him secret treatment.

He now has more than a dozen women, and he has to change his sleeping place every day. But the harder he tried, the more he felt powerless. But he can't stop yet, and he has to insist, or even if he sits on this dragon chair, he won't be able to sit steadily. Fortunately, there is a secret medicine in King Qin's mansion, but he doesn't have to worry about losing face in front of women.

At this time, Li Mu and his troops finally completed the encirclement and suppression of the Yuyuan thieves.

Most of the elm forests were burned down, and most of the Yuyuan thieves were also caught or killed, and only a small part fled to the surrounding Zhili and Shandong. During the period of encirclement and suppression, the officers and troops around Shandong and Zhili did not send a single soldier, and they all stayed behind closed doors in the county seat. Liu Zeqing also stayed around Jinan, ignoring the imperial court's successive edicts urging him to attack Li Yan.

Now Li Mou is leading the infantry to walk back along the original road from south to north, and along the way open the marked cave tunnels, carefully send people in to search, and get out all the food and goods hidden inside.

Most of the caves and tunnels were empty, and wild beasts were more sensitive than humans, and the fire was all fleeing in groups, so the food and belongings inside were well preserved. Although there were people in the tunnels to the north, when the soldiers opened the entrance again, those people were already out of breath.

Not to mention, these Yuyuan thieves really have a lot of things hidden, not much gold and silver, but only twenty or thirty thousand taels. There is a lot of food, nearly 100,000 stones, and these grains can also make them a little more relaxed. Although this part of Hebei is not large, it has a large population, and the consumption of relocating the people, providing food, and supplying soldiers is very huge. With this food, they can easily survive the spring famine.

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