Gao Yihuan listened to the report, his face was slightly contemplative, in history, Li Zicheng in the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1643, in Xiangyang, called "Xinshun King", began to formally transform from exile to political power, appeased the poor peasants in exile, "give cattle seeds, help the poor, livestock, farming", and "recruit people to cultivate the fields, collect their seeds to pay the army".

In March, Li Zicheng killed Cao Ying Luo Rucai, who was joining the army. In April, he killed the rebel general Yuan Shizhong. In October, Li Zicheng broke through Tongguan, killed the governor Sun Chuanting, occupied the whole province of Shaanxi, and then proclaimed the emperor in Xi'an in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, that is, in January 1644, with Li Jiqian as the Taizu, the founding name "Dashun", and captured Beijing in March of the same year, ending the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the north.

From the perspective of time, after Li Zicheng occupied Shaanxi, in less than half a year, he broke through Beijing and occupied the entire Yellow River Valley. At the time of the Battle of One Stone, the foundation of the Dashun army could be said to be quite unstable, and Li Zicheng's government at all levels had not even collected taxes once, and they collapsed.

Now, Li Zicheng was half a year ahead of schedule, Yu Xinzheng was the king, and did not go to Xiangyang, and the army went directly to capture Guanzhong after capturing Nanyang. Counting the time, Li Zicheng has been out of camp for more than four months, and there should indeed be news from Guanzhong.

"Oh, what's the news?" Gao Yihuan pondered for a moment, then asked.

The cavalry clenched his fists and replied: "The humble position is not clear, it was Lu Fujun who asked the humble position to invite the general back to the city, saying that the envoy of the king of Chuang came to the palace and brought important news from Guanzhong." ”

Gao Yihuan listened, so he immediately pulled the reins of the horse, "Go, go back to the city!" ”

In April, the banks of the Ru River are full of wild flowers, and the fields on both sides of the river are full of busy farmers, and children are lying on wooden frames, stepping on waterwheels one by one, helping the adults to relieve some of their burdens.

Gao Yihuan rode on the black horse, wearing a black cloak and galloping in front, followed by dozens of cavalry, causing the people in the field to straighten up and look, and after seeing the familiar figure, they bent down and continued to be busy.

The people rode their horses and galloped along the official road along the Ru River, and these cavalry, after a period of training, had already looked like they were about to fall off their horses.

At this time, the crowd approached the city, and in an open space outside the city, there was a newly built house, and several chimneys were emitting black smoke.

There is a weapon workshop planned by Gao Yihuan, responsible for casting cannons, making guns, making swords, and making armor, but now it is only the site that is being built, because there are no craftsmen, so the output is limited, and it is not yet possible to cast cannons, only to make some swords and make some armor.

The second brother Gao was ready to send someone to Macao, but the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the south was very stable, there was a road guidance system, and after the lesson plan, it was inconvenient for Xiyi to enter the mainland, so he had to open up the relationship between the Ming Dynasty, so he had not been able to make the trip.

Seeing that he was about to arrive in Jiashen, the second brother was very anxious about this, he had already built a warehouse in Runing, and purchased a lot of fine iron, copper ingots, sulfur, cotton cloth, cotton and other materials outside the horse towers, and waited for a craftsman to start work directly.

In addition, the second brother also thought of sweet potatoes, in case he was beaten by the Qing army and had to drill the mountain, with this thing, he could solve his food problem in the mountains, then there would be no problem for him to fight guerrillas in the mountains.

The cavalry galloped to the city gate, and after the guards checked the gate, Gao Yihuan rode slowly, passed through the lively market, and returned to the palace.

"General, Li Zicheng's envoy is in the lobby, and the Lu Fujun is accompanying him." A soldier greeted him and whispered.

Gao Yihuan threw the horsewhip to him, and then hurried up the steps in front of the yamen and went straight to the lobby.

At this time, in the lobby, Lu Yifang was sitting and talking with a person, and Gao Yihuan strode in.

"Brother Gao, long time no see!" The man stood up and laughed and gave up his hand, but it was Zhou Ronghua, an old acquaintance of the second brother.

Gao Yihuan was slightly stunned, "Why is Brother Zhou!" I thought it was someone. ”

"I walked all the way, a dilapidated along the way, as soon as I crossed Yuncheng and entered the realm of Runing, the situation changed immediately, like two heavens, and like a paradise. Brother Gao is really a capable person, if you enter the court in the future, don't forget me. Zhou Ronghua praised Gao Yihuan for a while.

Gao Yihuan stepped forward and held Zhou Ronghua's hand, his face full of enthusiasm, "Brother Zhou praised it, brother, I still have to rely on Brother Zhou, I also relied on Brother Zhou to make a fortune, so I can have money and food to govern the place." ”

Gao Yihuan's hand shook for a while, pulled Zhou Ronghua to sit down, and then asked: "Brother Zhou, I heard that you are giving orders for the king, I don't know what the king's orders are?" ”

"Is it still called the king?" Zhou Ronghua smiled mysteriously and arched his hand to the sky, "Brother Gao, you should be called the Son of Heaven, and you should change your name to Your Majesty!" ”

Gao Yihuan was shocked when he heard this, and Lu Yifang on the side had some sadness on his face, obviously knowing the news.

"What about the king?" Gao Yihuan had been mentally prepared for this, but he still pretended to be surprised: "When did this happen?" ”

"That's right, the king has been proclaimed emperor in Xi'an, changed to Yongchang, and built the name Dashun." Zhou Ronghua's face was full of excitement, and he said with a smile: "Brother Gao, you and I will become the founding heroes of Conglong." ”

Li Zicheng is the emperor, which is naturally a great good thing for those who break into the military system.

"Brother Zhou, tell me quickly, how the big ~ saint is called the emperor, how to take Guanzhong." Gao Yihuan hurriedly asked.

Although Zhou Ronghua has been digging into Li Zicheng's corner, he is really happy that Li Zicheng is the emperor, and he is very happy to tell Gao Yihuan about it.

In January, Li Zicheng pulled out the camp and left Nanyang, attacking Guanzhong, Sun Chuanting, who had just been defeated, was unable to resist, and was broken by Li Zicheng Tongguan, and the general persuaded Sun Chuanting to escape, but Sun Chuanting knew that if he lost Guanzhong, he would die, and he would die on the battlefield rather than be killed by the imperial court, so together with the prison army, the two rushed into the army formation with the heart of death, and were killed by the army.

After Sun Chuanting's death, there was no obstacle in breaking into the pass, and the army drove straight in, winning all the way, and soon surrounded Xi'an.

In March, Wang Genzi, the defender of Xi'an, opened the city gate and surrendered, Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, was captured alive, and Feng Shikong, the governor of Shaanxi, committed suicide.

After Li Zicheng occupied Xi'an, his troops were divided into three routes, chasing and suppressing the remnants of the official army, and soon cleared northern Shaanxi, and took over the military towns of Guyuan, Ningxia, and Gansu in the northwest.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty, only Gao Jie, Sun Shoufa and others fled, such as Gao Ruli, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu and others surrendered one after another, Li Zicheng was like a devastating and decaying, and occupied various important towns in the northwest in April, occupying the entire Guanzhong region.

At the beginning of April, when Li Zicheng was still collecting all parts of Guanzhong, Niu Jinxing couldn't wait to encourage Li Zicheng to ascend the throne and become emperor. Li Zicheng became an obstacle to clearing the throne, so he used the celebration as an excuse to ambush and kill Luo Rucai of Cao Ying, and He Yilong, the leader of the fifth battalion of Zuoge who went to the banquet together, was also attacked and killed, and Yuan Shizhong, who was frightened to fight outside, fled to Shangzhou with his men and horses, and hurriedly sent people to express his support for Li Zicheng as emperor.

As soon as Luo Rucai, known as Cao Cao, died, Cao's camp collapsed, and the camp was dominant, and Li Zicheng had no obstacle to becoming emperor. So Li Zicheng in the fifth day of the fourth month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, officially called the emperor in Xi'an, the country name Dashun, Jianyuan Yongchang, chased his father Li Jiqian as the ancestor, chased his mother Lu as the queen mother, canonized the Gao family as the queen, Chen as the concubine, and further improved the official system created in Xinzheng.

Niu Jinxing bullied Li Zicheng for being uneducated, re-established the post of prime minister, and got his wish to be the prime minister of the Dashun Dynasty, and changed the cabinet to the Tianyou Palace, set up the military and political affairs of the university Shipingzhang, and changed the six ministries to six governments, and the local government set up officials such as the Jiedu envoy, the defense envoy, the government Yin, the state pastor, and the county order, in short, the official system of the Ming Dynasty was changed into a mess, and many official positions that were originally abandoned were revived.

In addition, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he naturally had to reward his subordinates lavishly, and Li Zicheng began to implement the fifth-class title in the army, with the right general and the system general to be named the marquis, and the following general Guo Yi was named uncle, son, and male.

Gao Yihuan listened to Zhou Ronghua say a lot, and finally had an understanding of what had happened in Guanzhong in the past few months. After all, Sun Chuanting died on the battlefield as in history, which made the second brother sigh.

Zhou Ronghua talked endlessly for a while, and finally finished talking about the things in Guanzhong, at this time he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, suddenly put it down again, looked at Gao Yi and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, I almost forgot about business, you take the order." ”

Gao Yihuan reacted when he heard this, he remembered that there was a lot of attention to receiving orders, so he said, "Then let me prepare." ”

"Don't be so troublesome, I don't know the rules, after I read it again, you can just continue." Zhou Ronghua said with a smile.

Gao Yihuan insisted on setting up an incense case, burned the pillar incense, and then knelt down to receive the decree, while Zhou Ronghua unfolded a yellow silk and read with a solemn face: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: I am on the throne, but the world is undecided, and there are capable people who are needed to help me determine the world." The mighty general Yihuan, I know what he can do, and now he is the defense envoy of southern Henan, and he is the viscount, so as to guard the imperial territory, do not live up to my hopes, and admire this. ”

"Brother Gao, take the order!" Zhou Ronghua handed a roll of yellow silk to Gao Yihuan.

The second brother thanked him and took over the yellow silk, and found that he didn't get any benefits except for multiple viscounts.

"Congratulations brother." After Zhou Ronghua finished speaking, a smile appeared on his face: "After the official business is done, let's talk about our private affairs now!" ”

(End of chapter)