The turmoil of the imperial rule temporarily subsided, and Dolgon then issued an edict that the ministers must first hand over official documents to Prince Rui in the future, and then Prince Rui would forward them to Prince Zheng, on the grounds that Prince Zheng was old and let him do the work he suffered. Zilharang is nominally the first regent, but in terms of strength, he is certainly not the opponent of Dolgon's brothers, and he is used to holding his tail and being a man, and he can hide if he can't be provoked, so he simply surrenders his power to Dolgon.

Dolgon's heart was steady, remembering that Bolo's group was still naturalized, and it was time to talk about the result after so long, now that the emperor was initially decided, people's hearts were unstable, and they must not make trouble, so they should send someone to go again, and they would have to report the funeral to others. So, Ganglin, a scholar of the National Academy of History, was ordered to send an envoy to Datong, this guy reported that the master was meritorious, and he had just raised the Zhenghuang Banner - Zhenghongqi first came out with a Ning Wan who ate inside and out, and this time there was a whistleblower Ganglin, both of whom were still slaves of Sakhalian's family, and I don't know how Sakhalian managed the slaves when he was alive.

Naturalization, Li Yu learned of the death of the Qing Emperor in early September, hugged Aobai, and cried loudly, and then informed the Qing envoy that due to the sudden death of the Qing Emperor, the negotiations were suspended before the Qing political situation stabilized, and now the important thing is to handle the funeral. Bolo and the others were stunned, they didn't tell them about such a big thing, Sheng Jing must have something wrong, and the four of them cried for a while, and they all said that they would stay for the time being-at this time, the fool only went back, and even Ao Bai agreed not to leave under the persuasion of Curb Pilon.

Datong, the Prime Minister's Mansion was jubilant, and everyone cried with joy - the strength of the Datong Federation has surpassed that of the Qing State, but because the face of the Qing Emperor is not easy to do, now he can finally let go of his hands and feet, and the Qing Kingdom does not want to escape from the palm of his hand. The new premier Wu Xian ran to the parliament to propose a grand funeral for the president's father-in-law, the late Qing Emperor, and the councillors were stunned at first, and immediately laughed - the Qing state's suppression of Datong has now become the most powerful weapon of counterattack, and this funeral must not only be done, but also let the Qing people see it with their own eyes.

Titang Division continued to send news, the Qing imperial turmoil gradually became clear, and Datong's counterattack began - the Prime Minister's Office first announced that because the Qing State deliberately concealed the news, so that His Royal Highness Li Yu, the most trusted son of the Daxing Emperor and the Prince of the Qing Dynasty, lost the opportunity to mourn and was rudely deprived of the right to choose the Qing Emperor's unification, so the Datong Federation did not recognize the current Qing Emperor and Regent, and suspended the relationship with the Qing State from now on. The Dafa Division and the Criminal Trial Division jointly announced that the cause of the Qing Emperor's death was unknown and that his eldest son had been treated unjustly, and that since he himself was a relative of a citizen of Datong, the Dafa Division and the Criminal Trial Division urged the Qing Imperial Court to ascertain the facts and publish the truth, while retaining the right to participate in the investigation.

At the beginning of October, tens of thousands of officials and citizens of Datong held a public sacrifice for the Qing Emperor Daxing in Duolun Noer Lake, and in order to create a great momentum, they also specially invited the Mongolian leaders of the Qing foreign vassals to participate. Li Yu and Chang Shu led a large group of Manchurian people to cry to the east, the fifth ** living Buddha chanted the scriptures to overkill the soul, and the speaker of the parliament, Xiaodai Wang, announced that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was posthumously awarded the emperor of the Qing Dynasty as Chechen Baturu, and Liu Zongzhou also personally recited the sacrificial text - no matter how pedantic he was, he knew what to do, but he really couldn't pretend to be sad, and he had to wipe his eyes with a wet hand towel in advance. The four Qing envoys and trade ambassadors Bu Sai were moved, look at the filial piety of the people, no wonder the first emperor fought with him every once in a while, but he always loved him in his heart, this Prince of Jin gave it a good value, in fact, he was not bad as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, what does the hairy child of the ninth elder brother know, as soon as this idea came out, the five of them were scared into a cold sweat.

After the public sacrifice was completed, Ganglin also came, but Li Yu didn't see him, and only sent Chang Shu to hand him a letter - Li Yu said that he did not recognize the current Qing emperor and regent, but the prince of Jin was given by his father-in-law, so he accepted it correctly, and asked Dolgon and Zierharang to resign immediately, and the ninth elder brother must also abdicate, and Datong and Qing jointly investigate the cause of the death of the first emperor.

Ganglin was sent away, and after Bolo, Yingordai, Ashdarhan and Ma Guozhu quietly discussed, they also decided to return to China together, but the trade ambassador Busai decided to stay, Datong has easy money to earn, life is also better, and there is a hooking Wang Xiaoliu, he is really reluctant to leave.

Datong wielded the big stick of interfering in internal affairs and trade sanctions, but surrounded Liaodong by land and sea and smuggled it wantonly, and its own trade had almost no impact, but the Qing State, which lacked grain and cloth, and could not even make an iron pot, could not hold on, and Dolgon was busy. Li Yu turned his gaze to Li Zicheng, if this guy has divine help, he will defeat first and then win the dead fish and turn over, beat Sun Chuanting to the ground, and then conquer Tongguan and occupy Xi'an, and the five towns in the northwest are about to fall into his hands.

Sun Chuanting entered Henan under the coercion of the emperor, easily occupied Luoyang in early August, and then drove straight into the decisive battle to find the main force of the Shun army, Li transferred troops to Henan since the beginning of his adulthood, but he was not in a hurry to seek war, and gave up the red land for thousands of miles, a barren plain to lure the enemy deep, and gathered the main force in the Jiaxian area at the junction of the plains and mountains. In early September, the army reached Ruzhou, where Li Yangchun, the governor of the Shun army, surrendered and leaked the military aircraft to Sun Chuanting, and the officials of the old battalion of the Shun army in Tang County and the local officials gathered in Baofeng, while the elite was in Xiangcheng. Sun Chuanting immediately took action, first broke Baofeng, and then took Tang County, in order to supplement supplies and boost morale, even if the officials and soldiers looted and killed, the officials and people of the two cities were slaughtered, the money and grain were looted, and the women were ravaged to their heart's content, and then the murderous pounce on Jiaxian, Li Zicheng immediately raised troops to meet the battle, and the main forces of the two sides launched a duel.

The officers and soldiers have been trained for a long time and are well-armed, far from being comparable to the rebellious farmers, Bai Guangen's troops attacked head-on, and set up tens of thousands of trains to attack more than once, rushing the formation of the Shun army into chaos, Gao Jie took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to attack the Shun army. Li Zicheng saw the enemy who abducted his wife, his eyes were red, and he pounced to meet the opponent of Gao Jie, who was not the harrier who climbed the mountain, and was almost captured, and his own soldiers protected him and fled, and the Shun army was immediately defeated, and Xie Junyou, the general of Guoyi, was captured and killed, and several Hongyi cannons obtained from Datong were also lost.

The Shun army almost collapsed and fled into Xiangcheng, so frightened that the city gate was closed and did not dare to fight again, and the idea of surrender was made. At this time, the torrential rain fell suddenly, it rained for seven days in a row, the officers and soldiers were hungry and cold in the heavy rain, and the morale suddenly plummeted, Li Zicheng seized the fighter and ordered Liu Zongmin to take 10,000 cavalry to cut off the enemy's rear road, Sun Chuanting was shocked when he heard the news, and said that he would take the Qin army to open up the grain road, but he left Chen Yongfu's troops to guard the camp, and the Henan soldiers were indignant, and they also followed behind, and the officers and troops were in chaos, and the officers and troops took the opportunity to counterattack, and the officers and troops retreated. Sun Chuanting fled to Nanyang to relieve his strength, turned around and fought a decisive battle with the Shun army again, but at this time the officers and troops were cold and hungry, demoralized, after breaking the three lines of defense composed of hungry people, infantry and miscellaneous cavalry of the Shun army, they were no longer able to attack, and the elite cavalry of the Shun army was stalemate, Bai Guangen's troops had no courage to fight for a long time, and they were the first to break and flee, and the officers and troops of other departments followed and ran, and the Shun army won a complete victory, following the pursuit all the way, killing more than 40,000 officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers were chased to Mengjin, and they snatched boats to cross the river to flee for their lives, and their feet touched the ground and became animalistic, breaking into the villages on the north bank ** looting, the people of Huaiqing rose up to resist, and at the same time called for friendly reinforcements, and the Datong army Bu Wu Zhen Yuan Liebu quickly rushed to the Yellow River, killed more than 2,000 rebels, and deployed along the coast to block the river. The advance and retreat of the official army was groundless, and the people's hearts were in turmoil, Sun Chuanting fled westward with Bai Guangen's troops, but Gao Jie took advantage of Sun Chuanting to lead the Shun army away and led the elite of the headquarters to run eastward.

Sun Chuanting fled to Tongguan and immediately deployed defense, but the officers and soldiers were like frightened birds and had no intention of fighting again, and the Shun army followed, opening the city gate with the captured Sun Chuanting's handsome flag, and rushed in to occupy Tongguan. Sun Chuanting continued to flee east to Weinan, hiding in the corner of the city to resist stubbornly, the people in the city hated Sun Chuanting, opened the city gate to meet the Shun army, Sun Chuanting had no way to escape, led the remnants of the army to start a street battle, and finally died in the chaos, the Ming generals Bai Guangen, Zuo Guangxian and others surrendered, so far, the last pair of belongings of the Ming Dynasty is over.

Sun Chuanting was destroyed, the Shun army was under the city of Xi'an, the defenders of the city opened the city gate and surrendered, the governor of Shaanxi, Feng Shikong, saw that the general trend had gone, hanged himself and died, the Shun army took Xi'an without a fight, after this battle, there was no Ming army in the northwest who could fight, such as ripe fruit will fall into the hands of Li Zicheng.

The northwest is in danger, but Datong is in a mess, and it is slow to react - the news of the fall of Tongguan came, the prime minister Wu Xian, and the governor of the Soldiers and Horses Division, Jin Sheng, had the intention to make political achievements, and put forward a grand plan to mobilize twelve towns to march into Henan and Shaanxi at the same time, and annihilate the thieves under the city of Xi'an in one fell swoop. Han Mingde, the governor of the Taxation Department, simply brought the account book and asked Wu Xian how to repay the debts due this year.

No money can not do things, Wu Sacrifice kicked the ball to the council, asked for additional silver money, and at the same time allocated to pay for the military expenses, the councillors saw the proposal, first scolded Wu Sacrifice for wanting to learn from the Ming Kingdom Taizu to rob the poor indiscriminately, and then made a big noise for sending troops, at this time, regardless of party affiliation, the councillor from Shaanxi firmly advocated sending troops, the Shanxi councillor did not oppose sending troops but was reluctant to pay money, and the other Mongolian and Manchurian councillors watched from the wall, and finally voted, and the votes in favor of sending troops were far more than the votes against, but there were more than 100 abstentions. The Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives stipulate that a vote of more than one-third of the abstentions shall be void. The results of three consecutive votes are the same, obviously being played by others, Shaanxi people crying and howling, scolding some people for not having a conscience to see death and not saving, Shanxi people simply come up with a bad idea - intimidation, this method has been used in the past, it seems to be ineffective against the Qing army outside the pass, but it may not be able to scare the thieves in the pass, so the scorpion block Tuoyangkun was ordered to send an envoy to the Shun army.

Tuoyangkun arrived at the camp of the Shun army, just after the end of the battle of Weinan, he warned the other party violently, the two families agreed to get rid of Sun Chuanting, this thief has been destroyed, where do you come from and go back immediately, dare to take a step forward will be hit by the thunder of our Datong army. Tian Jianxiu and Wu Ruyi of the Shun army received this old qualified former thief, and put on a pitiful look and called it poor, this battle exhausted their savings, and the brothers lacked food and clothing, so they had to raise some life-saving money and food and then go back. Within a few days, Xi'an fell, Tuoyangkun went to scare the Shun army again, this time Liu Zongmin and Li Guo came forward, and responded with confidence, the Dashun army is mostly from northern Shaanxi, and it is not easy to fight back after being away from home for many years, no matter how domineering Datong is, he can't help but let people go home, Tuoyangkun gritted his teeth and threw out the hole cards of the council, and the Shun army dared to pass through Yaozhou and would be hit by the thunder of my Datong army, and then left angrily.

Intimidation is obviously useless, the Prime Minister's Office and the House of Parliament quarreled again, but the Presidential Office remained silent, and President Li Yu also went to Shanxi - Datong's military system is simply a joke, the Presidential Office is nominally in charge of military affairs, but the military regime and financial power have fallen into the hands of the Prime Minister's Office and the Council, and before the two discuss the results, the Presidential Office does not dare to take the idea easily, otherwise it may be disgraced and rejected, and the decision-making major matters must be quarreled and then compromised, which is a problem that fell when Fengzhou started, and it cannot be cured at all.

At the beginning of November, more than a dozen temporary camps were built along the Yellow River in Hejin and the Yellow River, and the smoke rose from the cooking, and the camp was bustling, where the Shaanxi people crossed the river to flee and settled, which was already overcrowded, but there were still boats on the river to the east bank - Li Yu stood on the embankment, shook his head and put down his clairvoyance, and the Shun army had no scruples to pass Yaozhou and continue to march north, and the next target must be Yan'an Fu.

Zhang Daojun, the commander of Shanxi Xingtai, Li Huai and Ma Guangyuan, the political envoys, stood behind Li Yu and whispered, and Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, said very dissatisfiedly: "Hanmin, what are you hesitating about, how can you let the thieves on the side of the couch, Shanxi people have always been stingy, you don't need to listen to them, you just send troops to fight over!" ”

"Adults are too careful, Shanxi has been a family since ancient times, Shanxi people are not deliberately obstructing the dispatch of troops, but they have more than enough strength to do so, Shaanxi has been suffering from famine for many years, the people's power has been nearly exhausted, it is easy to fight thieves, how to solve the people's livelihood by taking Shaanxi? Shanxi really can't afford it! Zhang Daojun hurriedly defended.

"The thief is poorer than Shanxi, how can he solve the people's livelihood?" Cai Maode snorted and asked rhetorically.

Li Huai replied softly: "The thief's method is very simple, rob and kill all the big households to raise food and salary, invite people's hearts, and make everyone the same poor, but it is easier to play in the palm of the hand, but we don't dare to do this, and it is untenable to take Shaanxi without money in our hands, and the thieves are not afraid of us if they eat this." ”

Li Yu didn't speak, his eyes were fixed on the ferry—several people in armor and swords got off the boat and were striding towards this side, and the man at the head waved to him from afar, and Li Yu shouted loudly: "Brother Boxi, how is the situation in Hexi?" ”

"Han Cheng is lost," Sun Tingyao wiped his sweat and went up the river embankment, shook his head and continued, "The thieves are coming too fiercely, the officials and troops have to flee and surrender, we can only withdraw across the river, Han Min, we have to consider moving the battalion." ”

Before the Datong army could start, Sun Tingyao had already started fighting first - he originally planned to drag Sun Chuanting into Henan with the help of the Shun army, and when it was difficult for him to get out, he would have another "Xi'an Revolution" according to the Wuchang model, and the Liberal Party, the Civic Party and the Chamber of Commerce also strongly supported this. Sun Chuanting went out of Tongguan with his front foot, and Sun Tingyao ran to Xi'an with his accomplices with his back foot, but before he could do anything, Sun Chuanting was defeated and died, and the army entered Xi'an City, and his rabble immediately dispersed. Sun Tingyao was not convinced, ran back to his hometown Sanyuan to pull the team again, and fought a few small victories, the Shun army suffered a loss, and sent a large team of men and horses to clean up, this guy fled to Hancheng by the Yellow River to continue to resist, tossing back and forth for a month, and finally couldn't hold on.

"There are fifty or sixty thousand villagers who fled to Hedong, I plan to select the strong to form a thief army, and then hire some veterans from Fengzhou, this money Shaanxi people can afford, I have a Baoketu Iron Factory, and I don't ......worry about weapons" Sun Tingyao continued, finding that Li Yu seemed to be listening, but he kept looking at the young man behind him, and patted his head to pull the young man over to introduce, "This is my own nephew, Sun Zhiwei, the word leopard man, the next generation of the old Sun family belongs to him the most promising, not only good learning, but also arrogant, this time the family is ruined and the thieves are beaten, and the hometown can't stay anymore, They crossed the river with me and took refuge. ”

"I read Mr. Aoyama's "Northward Journey" in my later life, and I have long had the intention to study in Datong, and the so-called 'people and things' may be in Fengzhou, but unfortunately I am entangled in my studies, and I am fortunate to meet the naturalized Hou today." The young man, who was in his early twenties, wearing armor, a short sword at his waist, and a pole on his back, looked particularly heroic, and stepped forward to salute.

Li Yu frowned, and Li Huai whispered in his ear: "The so-called 'people and things' comes from the 'people and my compatriots, things and things' in Zhang Zai's "Ximing", the leader of Guanxue in the Song Dynasty, that is, all human beings are born of heaven and earth, the world is my compatriots, and all things are my kind, which coincides with the 'benevolence' advocated by my Datong. ”

"In the end, it is a giant Confucian, a big mind has a big pattern, and the 'people and things' are more magnificent than what Gu Yanwu said, 'the rise and fall of the world, and the husband is responsible', since the leopard people have the heart to go to Datong to study, it is better to go to Datong University, it is not the job of scholars to go into battle to kill the enemy." Li Yu nodded with a smile and beckoned the people around him to go down the embankment.

Everyone returned to the big tent and sat down, Li Huai first waved his hand and said: "Everyone, the thieves are in great trouble, I Datong will never let it run rampant, crossing the river is only a matter of time, to be honest, the old man drew up a plan to send troops to the northwest a few years ago, which is also helpless, there are too many Shanxi and Shaanxi people in Fengzhou, and the two places have been eroded for a long time, which is not good for the morale of the people." The situation in Shanxi is gradually improving, but the northwest is too poor, we have been daunted, Du Mengqing from the east Shengwei letter said, to solve the northwest problem can only be two methods at the same time, the first is to return farmland to pasture, the use of the Hexi corridor to develop industry and commerce, the second to immigrate to the Hetao, the use of the water of the Yellow River to open up wasteland and farmland, but this requires a lot of money! ”

"There are a lot of Qin businessmen in Yangzhou, I sent someone to contact them, and they can raise some money." Sun Tingyao scratched his head and said.

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said. "Brother Bo Xi and I will go back to Datong to find the council, it's really not okay to fight first, and then we must send troops this month."