Zheng Xun finally stopped the pursuit, not because he wanted to let Kangxi go, nor because Abunai's son Prince Burney was in Kangxi's hands, in fact, if Burney was really killed by Kangxi, it would have no impact on Zheng Xun, but would make Abney more determined to pursue Kangxi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe reason why Zheng Xi stopped the pursuit was the problem of grain and grass, and when he was in the northeast, he relied on water transportation in summer and sleds in winter.

This time, he rushed thousands of miles from Shenyang to naturalize, and originally wanted to take the Qing army by surprise and capture Kangxi alive, so the grain and grass carried by Zheng Zheng's army was not much, and long-distance land transportation was not convenient, and Zheng Zheng's army was not enough to maintain their pursuit to Mobei.

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In the capital, Wu Sangui had already ordered a halt to the looting, and the fire in the city was extinguished soon after. In the past month, the Wu army cleaned up the corpses in the city, and organized the people, women, children, the old and the weak, to repair the buildings destroyed in the city, and the capital was basically restored to its original appearance.

The Wu army wiped out the remnants of the enemy in the city, and the remaining Qing troops were either killed or surrendered.

Previously, Wu Sangui issued an order for the Han officials in the city to surrender within a limited time, and most of the Han officials took the initiative to come out and surrender to the Wu army. But there are still some foolish fellows who would rather hide than come out and surrender. When the time came, the Wu army began a comprehensive search, and the Han officials of the Qing court who were hiding were searched one after another.

For these Han officials who were determined to work for the Qing court, Wu Sangui did not hesitate to order them all to be beheaded outside the city.

The corpses in the city were all cleaned out, and the Wu soldiers who died in battle were put into coffins and sent to the mountains west of the capital for burial. The Qing soldiers who were killed and the bannermen who were slaughtered were cremated outside the city. There were too many Qing soldiers and banner men who were killed, and it took seven days and seven nights just to cremate the corpses. The weather had already begun to heat up, and Wu Sangui disposed of the corpses in the city in time to avoid the plague.

The Forbidden City was set on fire by the dying Qing army, and although the Wu army extinguished the fire as quickly as possible, many buildings in the Forbidden City were still burned. To restore the magnificent Forbidden City, with the technology of the year, it is not possible to do it in just one month. Taihe Palace, Huangji Hall and other halls, as well as Yangxin Palace, Cining Palace, Chonghua Palace and other harem courtyards were burned down, and the once splendid Forbidden City was burned down by one-third of the buildings, and if you want to repair the Forbidden City, Wu Sangui estimated that it will take at least a year.

Although a third of the Forbidden City was burned down, Wu Sangui still decided to welcome the holy car into the palace.

The capital from Yongding Gate to Zhengyang Gate, from Zhengyang Gate to Chengtian Gate, the city gate all the way is wide open, and the big red wool carpet has been spread from Zhengyang Gate to Chengtian Gate.

"Tomorrow is here!" With a long shout, the holy car of the Yongli Emperor entered the outer city from the Yongding Gate, surrounded by a group of heavy infantry, elite cavalry and brocade guards.

After the large vehicle of the Yongli Emperor entered the Yongding Gate, he saw that the soldiers and civilians kneeling on both sides of the street, wearing heavy armor and holding well-armed soldiers standing on the street to maintain order.

"Capital! I'm finally here! My Ming Taizu is above, but my descendants have not embarrassed you! Yongli sighed.

The city gate of Zhengyangmen was wide open, and on both sides of the street outside Zhengyangmen, there were a group of officials wearing official robes of various colors.

Most of the officials had a bare head if they took off their hats, and these were former Manchu Han officials who had surrendered to Wu Sangui not long ago. The Han officials who voluntarily surrendered cut their braids, changed their official uniforms, and became Ming officials. Of course, Yongli couldn't take off their hats and look at them one by one, he saw so many officials standing outside the Zhengyang Gate to greet him, and his mood was naturally extremely good.

Entering the Zhengyang Gate, the Chengtian Gate in front of you is in front of you. Seeing the tall and majestic Chengtianmen, Emperor Yongli only felt that his heart was beating faster, and the voices of the surrounding civil and military officials, military and civilian people shouting long live were not heard clearly, his eyes were fixed on Chengtianmen, and a heart had already flown into the Forbidden City.

Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan, Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin and a number of vassal kings, as well as the first assistant Guo Zhiqi, the second assistant Zhang Huangyan and others, have long been standing outside the Chengtian Gate to greet them. Seeing the arrival of Yongli's holy car from a distance, Li Dingguo took the lead and knelt on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live.

The frame of Yongli stopped outside the Chengtian Gate, and the gate in the middle of the Chengtian Gate was open, and the big red carpet extended from the palace. Yongli got out of the car, the palace maid behind him wore a canopy, Yongli stepped on the red carpet and slowly walked into the gate. The shouts of long live on both sides shook the sky.

"This is the real emperor!" Yongli said to himself in his heart. But he forgot one thing, in fact, he, the emperor, has no real power, and the princes who come today are all warlords, and they are not controlled by Yongli at all, and there is only one vassal king who is really loyal to Yongli, Li Dingguo.

Yongli walked through the end gate and the noon gate, and walked into the Taihe gate of the Ming court. He raised his head and saw that the Taihe Gate was still under construction, and this magnificent building was burned down by the Qing army, and the scaffolding was currently erected. Because Yongli was going to enter the palace, the craftsmen suspended the construction. On the high platform outside the Taihe Gate, the dragon chair and the dragon case have been arranged, and rows of majestic Han generals are standing under the high platform.

Yongli walked up to the high platform, walked to the dragon chair, stretched out his hand and stroked the dragon chair, only to feel that his heart was beating faster, and his whole heart was about to jump out.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The civil and military officials and vassal kings standing on the square shook the sky.

Yongli turned around and made a gesture before sitting down on the dragon chair: "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" ”

Everyone stood up, and some officials who had just surrendered from the Qing court subconsciously wanted to pat their sleeves, only to suddenly wake up, now that the Manchu court had fallen, the Ming Dynasty had returned, so they stood up and saluted with a courtoat in their hands: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Yongli looked around and found that the king of Nan, who had the greatest credit, did not come! So he asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, I stayed in the Forbidden City today, why didn't King Nan come?" And King Zheng didn't come either? ”

Zhang Huangyan stood up, held the Chao Wat and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the King of the South is leading the army to pursue the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!" Prince Zheng is also leading the army to pursue the Tartars, and has already chased into the grassland. ”

Then came the grand celebration ceremony, which lasted for more than two hours until the afternoon, when the ceremony of Yongli's return to Beijing ended.

When the ceremony was over, Yongli passed through the Taihe Hall and other halls, and when he passed by, he saw that scaffolding had been erected everywhere in the palace, obviously under construction, but the construction was suspended today.