Although Gao Yihuan didn't have any hope for Li Zicheng, when he heard the news of Li Zicheng's withdrawal from Beijing, he still sighed and felt a little heavy.

Dongyu entered the pass, and got 50,000 troops from Wu Sangui, Gao Di and others, and his strength can be said to have risen greatly.

However, this time is different from history, in the battle of a stone, Dolgon watched Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng fight, and after both sides were exhausted, he suddenly joined the war group and killed Li Zicheng to a great defeat.

This time it was Li Zicheng who fought with the Qing army first, and after learning that Wu Sangui had rebelled, he retreated in a hurry and did not suffer a sudden attack, so Li Zicheng's loss should not be large.

Dolgon and Li Zicheng fought a big battle, and the Qing army must have paid more casualties than in history, but Wu Sangui retained his strength.

There is such a change, probably because of Gao Yihuan's reminder to Li Zicheng, which made Li Zicheng pay more attention to Wu Sangui than in history, and did not torture Wu Xiang and other things, and did not let Wu Sangui decide to surrender from the beginning.

Wu Sangui may have seen the entrance of the Qing army, and was extremely dissatisfied with Li Zicheng's practice of wantonly torturing Ming Dynasty officials, believing that Li Zicheng could not unite the official gentry class in time to carry out political power, and the Dashun regime would definitely not be able to stand on its feet, and Li Zicheng was just a yellow nest, and he would be unlucky sooner or later, so he fell to the Qing army.

And because Li Zicheng listened to his words, he was wary of Wu Sangui, and as soon as Wu Sangui moved, he noticed it, so he did not cause a big defeat.

Gao Yihuan thought about it for a while, but still hoped that Li Zicheng would not lose too much, and it was best to block the Qing army one more.

After Gao Yihuan sighed for a while, he cheered up and commanded, "Yicheng, the movement of the main force of the Shun army, as well as the route of the Qing army's pursuit, and the situation in Beijing, you must continue to investigate, and report to me as soon as there is news." ”

"Second brother, don't worry, I have already sent three teams of scouts to the north."

Gao Yihuan nodded, was silent for a while, and said, "Now, what is the situation in Nanjing?" ”

The crown prince actually arrived in Nanjing and became the emperor, which surprised Gao Yihuan very much.

With the crown prince ascending the throne, he killed Liu Liangzuo again, and he was completely uncertain about what happened in the future.

Gao Yihuan has the heart to fight for the world, but if Nanming is too strong, the world is afraid that it will not be easy to fight.

However, at present, the first to resist the Qing Dynasty, a unified banner is needed, Nanming can help it, but if it can't be helped, it is not impossible for the husband to replace him.

"Second brother, I don't know much about this, but I just know that some time ago, Nanjing was thinking about Yonglu, Jiangbei was thinking about Yongfu, and the two sides were arguing. However, after Prince Ming was brought to Haizhou, Gao Mingyu and Ma Shiying led troops to arrive successively, and then went to Nanjing with Prince Ming. ”

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, very puzzled, "Who brought Prince Ming to Haizhou?" ”

"It's the governor under Gao Mingheng, it seems to be called Wang Yan!"

"Wang Yan?" Gao Yihuan searched in his mind, and couldn't help but wonder, there was no such person in his impression.

Gao Yihuan was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "You go on!" ”

Gao Yicheng took advantage of Gao Yihuan's contemplation, asked people to bring a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and then said: "When the Ming prince arrived in Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty officials in Nanjing did not recognize it at first, and later there were officials who had seen the prince who crossed the river to identify him, and then welcomed him into Nanjing to ascend the throne. Other cases, I don't know. ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, Li Zicheng's loss is not big, the Southern Ming Dynasty will inherit the unification by the crown prince, and the environment for resisting the Qing Dynasty should be better.

At this time, Gao Yihuan looked at Liang Yizhang who was sitting on the side again, and said, "Liang Fujun, you came from Beijing, do you know what the situation is in Beijing?" Did Fujun go south after Li Zicheng captured Beijing, or did he go south after the Eastern captives entered the customs? ”

Liang Yizhang sighed before speaking, "Alas, I originally only thought that it was a change of surname and name, and I didn't want to really invade the south." After the Qing army entered the customs, I escaped from Beijing with a few colleagues. ”

After the middle and late Ming Dynasty, humanistic thought was active, and many gentry paid more attention to self-interest and no longer believed in the way of loyalty and patriotism.

The ministers in Beijing have long reached an indescribable consensus in their hearts, that is, the Ming Dynasty will be finished.

Throughout history, the change of dynasty is not once or twice, whether the old Zhu family is the country, or the old Li family is the country, isn't it the country of the Han people?

Don't the officials and gentry still wear the same clothes, the officials take the money, and the money is taken?

In this case, it doesn't matter who is sitting on his dragon chair, besides, the Ming Dynasty is indeed rotten, and it is time to change the emperor.

Under the influence of this thinking, Beijing officials can be said to have defected, and many people remained in Beijing, ready to serve the new dynasty.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Li Zicheng was too pit, and everyone had just taken refuge in him, ready to contribute to the new dynasty.

This has made Beijing's officials miserable.

Unlike Li Zicheng, Donglu is a foreigner, and if he takes refuge in Donglu, he will be infamous.

For a time, the officials in Beijing went south one after another, and Liang Yizhang took advantage of the opportunity of the westward retreat of the Shun army to escape from Beijing.

Gao Yihuan listened, and his heart moved, "Liang Fujun, what about the officials who escaped from Beijing with you?" What about going to Nanjing? ”

Liang Yizhang shook his head, "We originally planned to go to Nanjing, but the Nanjing Imperial Court is planning to make a big decision and keep the officials from the north out of the gate, and even want to arrest and take them to prison. ”

Gao Yihuan heard this, his eyes narrowed, he originally thought that Prince Ming would ascend the throne in Nanjing, and Nanming would have a lot less stupid moves, but he didn't expect that he still began to make a big deal and forced the officials in the north to surrender.

The Ming Dynasty was a two-capital system, and it was a two-capital system in the true sense, and Nanjing retained almost all the treatment of the capital.

In Nanjing, there are central organs that completely correspond to Beijing, and there are many of the six ministries, the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and the Hanlin Yuan, and the establishment is basically full.

However, although the rank and position of Nanjing officials are the same as those in Beijing, they actually have no real power and nothing to do, and they are all people who have failed in political struggles or are incapable and have been eliminated to take up posts in Nanjing.

In fact, Nanjing is a place of exile for those who have been eliminated from the officialdom struggle, or the courtiers who have been beaten into the cold palace.

Now that Beijing has fallen, the ministers of Nanjing have turned over and become masters, but it is our turn to be bullish, and they naturally want to defend the rights in their hands.

Both Donglin and Ma Ruan wanted to take advantage of the fall of the northern capital and the fact that the officials in Beijing were put in a pot to let their own people control the central and local governments.

It was against this background that it was not surprising that the Southern Ming court turned away officials who had gone south.

Soon after, in order to deal with Ma Ruan, the Donglin Party proposed that officials who had been designated as eunuchs should not be appointed, and a large number of opposition officials and gentry were blocked from the Nanjing court, so that they could take power.

However, when the Nanjing Imperial Court was squeezing out each other, Ma Ruan and Donglin were squeezing each other, but through the relationship between Hong Chengchou and others, they recruited a large number of official gentry such as Feng Quan who were rejected by the Southern Ming, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty received the support of many official gentry, thus gaining a firm foothold in the north.

In history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered six times, and the last time was to stay in the pass for more than half a year, breaking more than 30 states and counties, and the Ming army had no way to take them, why did they finally withdraw from the pass?

Because they did not have the support of the Han gentry, they did not have the ability to govern the place, and they occupied it for nothing.

This time, because of the fall of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the defeat of Dashun, it was a moment of turmoil in the hearts of the people, Nan Ming refused, and Hong Chengchou and others were recruited, and a large number of officials took refuge.

Gao Yihuan listened to Liang Yizhang's words, and his hand couldn't help but knock on the chair a few more times, and then suddenly got up and said to Liang Yizhang: "Liang Fujun, the Nanjing Imperial Court refuses to accept officials who go south, these officials can only return to the north, and then fall into the hands of the Eastern Captives, and it is very likely that they will defect and surrender." In this way, the captives are good at fighting and can conquer cities, and the renegade gentry can govern the place for them, which is really a problem for the henchmen of the Central Plains. ”

Gao Yihuan had already walked in front of Liang Yizhang, took his hand, and said sincerely: "Liang Fujun, I have something to entrust, I hope you can help me recruit these officials, give them one more way, and let them come to me." It's not just for me, it's for the world! ”

(End of chapter)