For Li Zicheng, the biggest troubles at the moment are:

First, there is no money and no food, second, there is no money and no food, and third, there is still no money and no food. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Yes, no money, no food.

Don't look at the war money you just made, but that was what you said to your subordinates before entering the city, if you grab it, it will be your own. It doesn't belong to Li Zicheng at all!

And Li Zicheng, who rushed into the palace, soon found that his expression was capitalized.

Because everything of value was taken away by Zhu Zilong's emperor clone in advance. Not to mention in the treasury, there was not a single tael of silver, not even a single mouse.

The same goes for grain!

What the? Looking for the emperor to settle accounts? How is this possible, the emperor has moved the capital south and returned to Nanjing as his emperor, okay?

Your million-strong army has invaded the capital, and now you can only find those real officials and local tyrants, and find out the property and food hidden in their hands, so as to survive the days when winter is approaching.

Otherwise, as soon as you turn your head, don't look at Li Zicheng as if he is victorious now.

In fact, in a few minutes, you will drag yourself down.

At that time, gold and silver were not rare for the army, and they paid the most attention to mules and horses, as well as grain and grass. Even the money obtained is mostly used for small things. However, now it is different, now it is different from the past, he Li Zicheng may be the emperor of the country, and naturally he needs a large amount of silver money to spend. Otherwise, it is impossible to become an emperor at all!

After entering the Beijing Division, the soldiers also need to be rewarded, and there are too many soldiers and horses in Dashun, and there are 500,000 people in the north alone. Not counting the cannon fodder soldiers, it is really necessary to reward millions of people, and it is not enough to take away all the money. Unless you take Nanjing again!

But he can't help but reward him, otherwise the army will be uneasy, and his Li Zicheng's army will rebel. Even civil strife!

To be honest, before laying down the Beijing Division, Li Zicheng was not worried about running out of money. In addition to the fact that he believed that Jingshi was the capital of the Ming Emperor, and there was naturally a large amount of silver in the treasury, he also heard a royal secret.

That is, there is a town treasury gold in the palace, and there are tens of millions of taels of silver for those who don't use it for a year. In the past few years, countless princes and officials have successively raided their homes, which proves this!

The problem, however, is that there really is so much silver.

However, it has long been transferred to Zhu Zilong in batches. Where will it still be in the treasury? He, Li Zicheng, immediately switched to the battle, and he might be able to snatch back a little bit after defeating Shandong.

At this time, Li Zicheng rushed into the palace and dug three feet into the ground, but as a result, Mao did not find a single one. Not to mention silver and grain!

It's going to be hard!

It seems that we must be among those captives and ask where the property and food hidden in their homes are.

Otherwise, it's not going to be easy.

So, it didn't take long for Liu Zongmin to receive Li Zicheng's will. It's time for a new plan!

Day 2.

The Dashun army gathered the captured Donglin officials, the unrighteous officials of various parties, and the surrendered officials in one place.

Among these people, there are cabinet ministers such as scholar Chen Yan and scholar Wei Zaode, as well as noble ministers such as Zhou Kui and Zhang Shize, the British minister. There are also six officials who disobey Emperor Ming, Dali Temple, and each section gives the middle and middle ministers.

Liu Zongmin called them over, and they thought that Li Zicheng was ready to continue to be officials for them. Serve the new dynasty!

In particular, Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and other scholars are full of confidence on their faces. I thought to myself, with my status as a cabinet minister in the former dynasty, and a university scholar, all of whom are full of wealth and fame. It will definitely be used by Li Zicheng's new dynasty to seek wealth again.

The brocade is endlessly inherited, superior to others!

The officials gathered in anticipation, but they waited from day to night, without food or drink, and could not leave. I'm dumbfounded!

They talked a lot, and whenever they met Dashun officials and soldiers, they all smiled deeply, and asked one or two tentatively.

However, the result is, don't ask, honestly wait here.

waited until the evening, when the hungry couldn't stand anymore, and they were finally called into the palace.

Forbidden City, inside the old driver's palace.

Li Zicheng was on the throne of the old driver's dragon chair, wearing a pointed white felt hat and a blue cloth horse coat. The left and right classes are Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Xiyao, Gu Junen, Song Xiance and other confidants, sitting sideways.

This scene also made the civil and military officials who came in complicated and entangled.

Li Zicheng and the thief generals, as well as Niu Jinxing and others, which one is not from blacksmiths, carpenters, grooms, farmers, etc., even if Li Zicheng is himself, he is just a temporary post office worker.

Now everyone is more vigorous than a bull, and even has to be an emperor and a general, as well as a prince.

It's really feng shui in turn!

The remaining hundred officials who came in, mainly from the Donglin Party, respectfully lined up, knelt three times and bowed nine times, and shouted long live to Li Zicheng three times. Then wait!

Still, alas.

Li Zicheng was only thinking about how to make money and food at this time, but in fact, the heart of being an emperor was secondary. His eyes were green and he looked at these former officials, and the more he looked at them, the more disgusted he became, and murderous intent surged in his heart.

Suddenly, Wei Zaode, the former cabinet minister, stepped forward and said, "Wei Zaode, a scholar of the East Pavilion University and a cabinet minister, has come to see my Majesty Emperor Dashun. His Majesty set aside the troubled times and reversed, and now he met His Majesty the Emperor and looked up to the heavens. Weichen is sincerely afraid of saying that His Majesty the Emperor Dashun is orthodox, and he should be a minister of all states and do Yaoren's reconstruction. ”

This is the line and hint to persuade Li Zicheng to ascend the throne as soon as possible, become the new emperor, and be a good official.

It's a pity that Li Zicheng's education is only equivalent to that of a primary school student.

Usually talking to Niu Jinxing and them, they rarely use classical Chinese, and they didn't understand what Wei Zaode meant after listening to it for a long time.

Later, it was Niu Jinxing who explained, and he obviously realized.

In the next second, Li Zicheng looked at the person below and said coldly: "Wei Zaode? Bachelor's degree? Cabinet Ministers? Hehe, it seems that Emperor Zhu Ming treats you well. Since you are reused by Emperor Zhu Ming, you should either die for Sheji, or you should accompany you to move the capital south, why do you live secretly? Unsolicited to come to me? ”

Wei Zaode's face turned pale immediately, and he felt that something was wrong, what was going on?

There is something in Li Zicheng's words, is it possible that he doesn't want to be an emperor. Then what are you doing attacking the capital?

Without waiting for him to answer, suddenly Li Zicheng shouted: "Disloyal and unrighteous people, how can the Ming Dynasty not die?" Escort me down, so that I can feed him, and the things that should be handed over will be handed over enough before I can spare his life! ”

Wei Zaode's heart was shocked, cold sweat broke out, and he fainted on the spot.

Other officials of the former dynasty also saw this scene, so they did not dare to say anything more. Honestly, I bet on Qi Qi!

These people let the Dashun army chain them, one for every five people, and escorted them away. Everyone's face is like the color of earth, it is the university scholar Chen Yan and others, and their bodies are also trembling like chaff. Remorse grows in my heart!

There was no food for a day and a night, and the officials walked like sheep and pigs, and walked a little slowly, and immediately there were thieves and soldiers behind them who beat them severely.

The beating made the officials wail, and even some fainted and were trampled into pulp. Scared everyone's souls!

Halfway through, suddenly Li Zicheng sent a holy decree: "All the convicts of the previous dynasty will be sent to General Liu Fuzhong to listen to the execution, and there are questions." ”

This is ready to be thrown into Liu Zongmin's mansion and ready to serve the big punishment.

Liu Zongmin occupied a prince's mansion and changed into a prince's costume. When he saw them coming, he ordered them all to be changed into prison uniforms, and all of them were strong and strong, and they were locked up in a dark room, and they continued to be denied food.

These officials and scholars of the Donglin Party, who is not a fine food on weekdays, how can they endure such hardships?

For a while, many people had a nervous breakdown on the spot.

The next day, Liu Zongmin officially established the "Bibao Zhenfu Division" to recover the stolen goods and help the salary, and the tragic plan began.

The bad civil and military forces of the former dynasty who were claustrophobic and hungry for a day and night were called and named, and Liu Zongmin checked his body one by one. Then he ordered the officials to redeem themselves. Otherwise, the whole family will be killed!

Whoever does not offer silver, grain, and grass will be punished unto death.

Wang Dehua was the first to stand up and donate money, and as soon as he made a move, it was 100,000 taels.

Wang Dehua, a native of Datong, Shanxi, was a eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty, and was called the second prince at the time. Historically, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, had a close relationship with Dehua, so his subordinates were greedy but not convicted. Narrated the traitorous work, and the shadow brother and nephew were dressed in hundreds of households.

King Li Zicheng fell into Beijing, and Wang Dehua was the first to open the door to welcome Li Zicheng, one of the traitors.

Liu Zongmin saw that he was so knowledgeable about current affairs, and immediately gave him food, but he was still imprisoned.

With Wang Dehua taking the lead, the Donglin Party members and local tyrant officials successively offered silver, ranging in size from tens of thousands of taels to 100,000 taels, and some handed over grain.

Zhou Kui was frightened, and even offered an astronomical amount of silver taels, 500,000 taels of silver. You must know that a few years ago, when Zhu Zilong asked him to donate money, he only donated a few hundred taels of this goods, which is really a husky!

In the end, he got a total of several million taels of silver and tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and Liu Zongmin was satisfied and wanted to release him.

Suddenly, I got a report that a spy had found a brocade guard document in the palace, which stated the approximate property of each official. (This is what Zhu Zilong deliberately placed here in advance according to historical records.) It means that I want to inform Liu Zongmin, these officials are rich, don't be polite, suck their blood fiercely. ）

Liu Zongmin really believed it, (It is indeed true, but Zhu Zilong was not easy to start before.) Enraged, he ordered the men to be reincarnated.

The next day, the punishment was released.

"Ah......", "Ah......", "Ah......", "Ah......", "Ah......", "Ah......"

In the prison, countless Donglin party members and local tyrant officials screamed one by one.

Chen Yandang, a university scholar, was tortured with a stick, ten fingers connected to the heart, and the same was true for the toes. At this time, the bones of his fingers and toes were broken everywhere, and the flesh and blood all over his body were blurred. Where is there still the slightest bit of wealth and nobility of high-ranking officials!

The white clothes on his body were dyed pure red with his own blood.

When he fainted in pain, a basin of cold water poured over him, woke him up again, and continued to torture. The former cabinet minister whimpered and begged: "General Liu, the lower officials really have no money, please spare me." I can play for the new dynasty! ”

It's a pity that Liu Zongmin is a rough man and only admits death.

He roared at him and said angrily: "Donkey Qiuzi, you corrupt officials of the former Ming Dynasty are the most dishonest, especially the Donglin Party members...... There must still be silver, and Lao Tzu will continue to be tortured...... Back then, when a eunuch Liu Jin raided his house, he copied out tens of millions of taels of silver, not to mention you high-ranking officials? ”

Hearing Liu Zongmin say this, Chen Yan's eyes flared up and he fainted again.

In his heart, he just wants to scold his mother, Liu Jin's power is all over the world and he has been corrupt for many years. I have only been in the cabinet for a long time, and I was still a clear stream before, how can I compare with him. I also want to embezzle tens of millions of taels, but unfortunately I don't have enough time!

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