Although they suffered two defeats near Beijing, Li Zicheng and his ministers felt that this trip to Beijing was actually profitable. Most of the gold and silver they carried with the army when they retreated from Beijing were robbed back by the model army, but before retreating, Li Zicheng had already sent about half of the gold, silver and jewelry back to Xiangjing. In addition, this trip to Beijing killed the Ming emperor and wiped out a large number of Ming troops along the way. Of course, Li Zicheng's own most closely related troops also suffered a lot of losses, but both Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin felt that as long as they had sufficient military resources, it would not be a big problem to train a group of more elite troops over time. Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Zheng family army did make Li Zicheng and them very worried, but past experience also told them that in fact, there was nothing particularly to worry about, because before that, they had also encountered officials and soldiers who could fight better than themselves.

Of course, not everyone really thinks this way, but at least, everyone has a look of believing it is so. Preparations for Zuo Liangyu's military campaign began, and Dashun's newly established state apparatus began to work hard for the war.

To say that the busiest person today is Zuo Pingzhang (actually Prime Minister) Niu Jinxing, and now the collection and scheduling of various materials and the arrangement of personnel are almost all busy by him. In contrast, there are many fewer things about Youping Zhang Hui Shiyang, who has a higher official position than him in name.

Hui Shiyang was originally an important figure in the Donglin Party, and was given the nickname of "Thunderbolt" in Wei Zhongxian's "Donglin Point Generals". Because of the strong combat effectiveness during the party struggle, he even ranked among the "Five Tiger Generals of Donglin" together with Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian. Later, the Donglin Party was rectified by Wei Zhongxian, and the "Five Tiger Generals" basically died, and only this one survived. When the nine thousand years old are over, Hui Shiyang may feel that he should come out to the cabinet to pay respects, but he doesn't know why, although he entered the cabinet, he failed to be the first assistant or anything, and there are even rumors that everyone else in the "Five Tiger Generals" died except him, and the reason why he did not die was because he secretly colluded with Wei Zhongxian. Everyone did not liquidate him like they did with Ruan Dacheng, firstly, because he was old, and secondly, there was no real evidence. It's just that such a person, how can he enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister? As a result, not to mention the first assistant, he didn't even sit firmly in the position of the minister, and was soon dismissed by Emperor Chongzhen for a reason.

So the angry Hui Shiyang simply went back to his hometown. Later, Li Zicheng laid down Xi'an, began to recruit scholars everywhere, and many scholars who were not very ambitious joined Li Zicheng's ranks, and then later, Li Zicheng went to Hui Shiyang's hometown, in order to show Corporal Lixian, as usual, sent someone to send a letter to the past, expressing the intention of soliciting. Originally, according to Li Zicheng's opinion, it was not very likely that he would successfully recruit Hui Shiyang, because this was a world-famous Donglin Party member and a leader of the Qingliu Party. And at this time, he is already over eighty years old, and it is not very likely that he will still come out to be his own official. Unexpectedly, as soon as Hui Shiyang received the letter, he immediately expressed his willingness to assist Li Zicheng, and said something "born an old minister, to leave His Majesty". Hui Shiyang understands that although he is old, in fact, he can't do anything to help Li Zicheng give advice, but he is the first senior civil official to take refuge in Li Zicheng. And he is an authentic two-list jinshi, and he is also a well-known Qingliu, and he has even entered the cabinet! His defection can greatly increase the legitimacy of Li Zicheng's Dashun, so even if it is only for the sake of the horse bones of the gold market, Li Zicheng must treat himself well. Moreover, Hui Shiyang, who has read poetry and books, naturally understands that the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its qi, and it is no longer a pill, but ethane, and it is just a corpse at present. In his opinion, Li Zicheng has become a new generation. The chances of the founding monarch are very high, and this business is very well done.

Sure enough, just as Hui Shiyang expected, Li Zicheng immediately promoted him to be the right Pingzhang of Dashun. According to the consistent Chinese tradition, civil officials are respected on the right, and military generals are respected on the left. Hui Shiyang suddenly became the highest-ranking civil official in Dashun, and he can be regarded as realizing his "dream of being prime minister".

In the original history, not long after Hui Shiyang became prime minister, Li Zicheng took Beijing. Just when Hui Shiyang thought that he had succeeded in investing and could become the founding prime minister, he didn't want "I Daqing" to kill him, and defeated the Shun army in a stone. Seeing that his investment failed, Hui Shiyang hurriedly cut the meat and stopped the loss, left Li Zicheng, and went to Dolgon, which can be regarded as becoming a "veteran of the Three Dynasties". However, Dolgon is not like Li Zicheng, who is anxious to buy a piece of horse bone with a thousand gold, not to mention the prime minister, and even refuses to give him a formal official position. Hui Shiyang went home to test the old man, but who knew that Dolgon would not be retained...... So Hui Shiyang could only return to his hometown angrily. Soon after he returned, Wang Yongqiang, the deputy commander-in-chief, raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, and Hui Shiyang followed the anti-Qing Dynasty to restore the Ming Dynasty. After Wang Yongqiang failed, Hui Shiyang didn't know what to do.

And in this time and space, although Li Zicheng also suffered defeat, he was far more calm when he withdrew from the capital than in the original history, so Hui Shiyang also followed Li Zicheng to Xiangyang, and still served as the right Pingzhang of the Dashun Dynasty. And compared with others, Hui Shiyang seems to be more optimistic about the prospects of the Great Shun Dynasty. He is also very serious about doing things, and every time he studies government affairs, he will stay late at night, and most things, as long as he is asked, he can actually say a word. So much so that Li Zicheng couldn't help but admire his ability and hard work, and said to people: "It would be nice if Lao Pingzhang was ten years younger!" ”

That night, Hui Shiyang was busy in his official residence until midnight as usual, and finally finished reading all kinds of relevant copywriting. His youngest son packed up all these documents and came to serve Hui Shiyang to soak his feet and sleep, and the father and son also took this time to talk about the political situation.

"My father thought that this troubled world was coming to an end, but who knew that this troubled world had just begun; As a father, he also thought that the emperor was Henkel, but now it seems that he is more like Zhang Jiao, Li Mi and Huang Chao. Do you know why I say that? Hui Shiyang said in a low voice.

Zhang Jiao was the leader of the Yellow Turban Army of the Han Dynasty, Li Mi was the leader of the Wagang Army of the Sui Dynasty, and Huang Chao was the leader of the rebel army in the late Tang Dynasty. Hui Shiyang said that his view of the future of Li Zicheng's group was naturally not good.

"The child doesn't know, please teach your father." His youngest son replied, looking in all directions.

"Stupid!" Hui Shiyang shook his head and said, "In all dynasties, once the situation of feudal towns or princes appears, can anyone successfully rebel?" In the past, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, although there were already some military towns with a bit of the flavor of feudal towns, they were not really feudal princes, but now you look at the edicts issued by this emperor, I am afraid that it will not take long for the world to be full of princes and feudal towns. ”