It is a pity that Emperor Chongzhen failed to obey the instructions of Emperor Tianqi to leave Wei Zhongxian, nor did he take the opportunity to control the dispute between the Donglin Party and the "Eunuch Party" in the court, but vigorously suppressed the "Eunuch Party", so that the court situation was once again controlled by the Donglin Party.

This is not that the Donglin Party is bad, but the most taboo thing for the monarch is that the court is dominant, so it will undoubtedly be blinded and influenced by it.

Sure enough, after the Donglin Party came to power, the situation in Daming took a sharp turn for the worse, and the good political measures were not implemented, and the reduction and exemption of taxes in Jiangnan and the abolition of tax supervisors were extremely positive, and the financial deterioration of Daming in just two or three years was made.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was extremely disappointed in the Donglin Party, and he no longer trusted the courtiers, and regained the power in his pocket, and gradually became a loner in the true sense.

Although Emperor Chongzhen had the ambition of the Ming Dynasty, it was a pity that one person could deal with the complicated affairs of the whole country, how could he correctly handle the music of all walks of life, and how could he not be blinded by the courtiers uniting.

At this time, the celebrant was no longer as majestic as Wei Zhongxian was in power, and had almost been reduced to an ornament, a puppet in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.

In fact, in the face of the increasingly powerful and arrogant Emperor Chongzhen, the officials in the court have been reduced to the walking dead who have a vegetarian meal.

"Red Lady, now that Jiannu has occupied Shanhaiguan, I am afraid that he will go south in a few days, and then Li Chuang will be attacked from both sides by Daming and Jiannu, how sure do you think he can hold Xi'an?"

Li Hongyu knew that many of the rebellions of the people in various places were forced to be helpless, but now it was meaningless to do this, he pondered for a while and then said to the red lady, "This Taishi can tell you that this Taishi has ordered the defenders of Bauhinia Pass to go south today and retreat to Xiangyang." ”

"Retreat to Xiangyang!" The red lady was taken aback when she heard this, Li Zicheng wanted to enter Huguang through Xiangyang after capturing Henan last year, but was repelled by the defenders of Xiangyang City, so he had to give up this idea.

Since Xiangyang Mansion is Li Hongyu's hometown, he has increased the military and economic construction of Xiangyang through Xiangwangfu in recent years, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the army is well-trained.

Like the Chu Wangfu in Wuchang, the King of Chu has changed, and the current King Xiang is Zhu Wanting's second brother, Zhu Wanting's father retired due to "physical discomfort" and lived a leisurely life of the Taishang King.

Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the peasant army who occupied Sichuan, had attacked Wuchang City last year, but was also defeated by the defenders of Wuchang City.

The Red Lady knows very well that Bauhinia Pass has 20,000 forbidden troops of the Ming Dynasty, which is a powerful armed force.

If the 20,000 forbidden troops guard Juyong Pass, it will be difficult for the Dashun army to conquer it in a short time, and it will inevitably form a protracted war, so the eunuchs and guards of the Juyong Pass who surrendered to Dashun will find a way to trick them into Bauhinia Pass, which shows their fear.

Xiangyang City was originally easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now with the Ming army at Bauhinia Pass, then the Dashun army could not break through Xiangyang at all, so it could not enter Huguang.

In this way, the Dashun army can only enter the territory of the Great Western Army, although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are both peasant army leaders but they are not subordinate to each other, so Zhang Xianzhong absolutely does not want to see Li Zicheng enter his territory, and he will inevitably concentrate his forces to keep the Dashun army out, and a vicious battle is inevitable.

"Red lady, you must know very well that the land in the northwest is barren and the people's livelihood is poor, so it is impossible to provide the military salary you need, and Jiannu is bound to win the northwest, so the rebellion will definitely go south."

Seeing that the red lady fell into silence, Li Hongyu knew that she realized the seriousness of the situation, so he said in an orderly manner, "There is not only the Ming army in the south, but also Zhang Wei's Daxi Kingdom, although Zhang Wei is also a rebel bandit, but after all, he did not attack Gyeonggi, so the Ming Dynasty will definitely unite with Zhang Wei to deal with you, in addition to being annihilated, this Taishi really can't think of the second result." ”

Hearing this, the red lady's face suddenly became more heavy, Li Zicheng led the army to break through the capital, forced Emperor Chongzhen to death, killed the prince and King Yong, King Ding, so he became the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and it became a logical thing to unite with Zhang Xianzhong to deal with Li Zicheng.

Although Zhang Xianzhong and the Ming Dynasty were still hostile, he was on the offensive with the Ming Dynasty, and if Li Zicheng led the army south, he would become a defensive position, and it was obvious that Li Zicheng was a greater threat to him, and he would definitely be willing to deal with Li Zicheng after reaching an agreement with the Ming army.

Moreover, Li Zicheng's "Juntian Exemption" has a very large influence among the people, how could Zhang Xianzhong let Li Zicheng enter his own territory?

"Red lady, you told Ben Taishi yesterday that the people who participated in Li Chuang's bandit army were forced to be helpless, in this case, you should save them from danger, instead of thinking about seeking death, this is a sign of cowardice."

From the change in the red lady's expression, Li Hongyu knew that she already knew the current bad situation of the Dashun army, so he muttered for a while, "This Taishi has ordered that only the rebellious people in the country will be punished, and the coercion will not be punished, if you really rescue those Dashun bandits, then you should know what to do." ”

"Master Xie is complete." The red lady was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then showed a happy look on her face, and hurriedly thanked Li Hongyu, so that she could save the lives of many Dashun people.

"Recuperate well and return to the capital tomorrow."

Seeing that the red lady agreed, Li Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and got up to leave after a word, now the situation is critical, he has to rush back to the capital to deal with complicated affairs, just moving the people south is a huge project.

After Li Hongyu left, the red lady looked ahead stupidly, she didn't want Li Hongyu to know that she was the daughter of Xiuniang and Erniu, but the unpredictable matter still made Li Hongyu aware of it.

Although she was annoyed that she surrendered to Daming and wanted to commit suicide, Li Hongyu was right, death was a sign of cowardice, and what she had to do now was to find a way out for the Dashun army and people.

In fact, Xiuniang and Erniu asked the red lady to go to Li Hongyu before they died, and there was nothing safer in the troubled times than to live under the fence of a high-ranking and powerful minister in the court.

But at that time, the situation was chaotic, and it was not easy to find the Li family in Xiangyang, the road was very uneven, and although the red lady was old, she was already relatively strong, so she did not go to the Li family, and joined Dashun by mistake.

The red lady never thought that she would one day face off with Li Hongyu on the battlefield, after all, when she joined Li Zicheng's army, Li Zicheng's strength was not strong, even if Li Zicheng ascended the throne in Xi'an this year and became emperor, she didn't think she could meet Li Hongyu, thinking that the war situation would be controlled in the northwest region.

Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng led the army to play a triumphant song all the way, and he easily captured the city of Beijing, which is really unexpected.

"Alas!" The red lady sighed secretly, maybe everything is providential, she will cheer up in the future to recruit the soldiers and civilians of Dashun to avoid more people being implicated and persecuted.

Early the next morning, Li Hongyu led the army back to the capital, and the red lady was able to ride in the carriage due to her death due to injury, which can be said to have received special preferential treatment.

When Li Hongyu arrived in the capital, the capital almost became an empty city, after the toss of the Dashun army, the people of the capital were full of fear of the upcoming Qing army, and left the capital for refuge, some moved south to leave this place of right and wrong, and some hid in the countryside to watch the changes.

For a time, the capital of Nuoda became deserted, and there was no one else on the streets except the patrolling Ming army.

The next day, Li Hongyu led the civil and military officials into the imperial city, one by one dressed in heavy filial piety, and held a ceremony to commemorate Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, Empress Zhang, Empress Dowager Zheng, Empress Dowager Li, and the crown prince, Yongwang, and Dingwang in the Taimiao.

The coffins of Emperor Chongzhen and others were neatly placed in the square in front of the temple, the atmosphere was quite solemn and killing, according to the clues provided by the red lady, the Ming army successfully found the body of the prince and the king of Yong and Ding, wearing civilian clothes, and was wrapped in a straw mat and buried in the wilderness.

If it weren't for the Red Lady who knew the inside story, then it would be better to find the bodies of the three princes than to ascend to the sky, once the corpses were so decomposed that they were unrecognizable, no one would ever know their whereabouts, after all, there was no comparison of genes in this era.

"Your Majesty, Jiannu is powerful, and he has already captured Shanhaiguan, and the few generals and generals are really unable to hold the capital, so they can only withdraw south first to reorganize their armies."

Li Hongyu knelt at the front of the queue of civil and military officials, and said in a deep voice with a resolute expression towards Emperor Chongzhen's coffin, "The emperor can rest assured, the ministers will definitely return to the capital, and they will definitely not let Jiannu mess up our Han people!" ”

At the end, Li Hongyu solemnly kowtowed three times to the coffins of Emperor Chongzhen and others, and the civil and military officials in the rear followed and kowtowed.

"Let's go!"

After kowtowing, Li Hongyu stood up and shouted loudly.

The soldiers who were waiting on the side hurriedly rushed forward, lifted the coffins of Emperor Chongzhen and others and left, Li Hongyu was ready to bury Emperor Chongzhen and others in the imperial mausoleum in Nanjing, and it was impossible to bury them in the imperial mausoleum in Beijing, which was about to be lost.

When Li Hongyu and his entourage came to the wharf by the canal outside the city, the wharf was already full of big boats, and they would take these boats down the river to Nanjing, which was the fastest and most convenient way.

"Taishi, the Marquis of Jiading has been caught, how to deal with it?" When Li Hongyu was about to board the ship, a general walked briskly and reported in a deep voice.

The Marquis of Jiading is Zhou Kui, the father of Queen Zhou, after learning that Li Hongyu led the army to Beijing, Zhou Kui, who betrayed the prince and the king, knew that something was wrong, he was different from others, others surrendered to Dashun but did not hurt the royal family, but he handed over the two of the Ming to the Dashun army, and also led to the two being killed, so naturally he did not dare to stay in the capital, and absconded with his family.

It's a pity that Zhou Kui didn't escape, and was caught by the people sent by Li Hongyu to pursue him halfway, and people like Zhou Kui naturally couldn't let go.

"Good life guard!" Li Hongyu's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice, Zhou Kui, as the prince of the country, should protect the crown prince and the king, but he betrayed the two highnesses, which is really an unforgivable crime.

"Taishi, it's a waste of food to keep such a person, it's better to cut it with a knife!" Hearing this, the general said coldly and was quite hostile to Zhou Kui.

"No matter what, he is also the current national abbot, the dignified Marquis of Jiading, not the master can decide life and death." Li Hongyu waved his hand, now is a critical moment, so it is better to do some things according to the rules, so as not to let the outside world think that he is in power.

At the end, Li Hongyu strode aboard the big ship docked aside, standing on the bow of the ship and staring at the towering Beijing City, this time I don't know when I will be able to come back, I hope this catastrophe can end as soon as possible.

(End of chapter)

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