Chapter 164: A New Era Is About to Begin
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This is a person who hates the Ming Dynasty so much that he is unwilling to surrender until he dies, and such a person will only have more instability if he stays in the world. Duoduo is not a symbol of Jiannu, and several people with the highest status in Jiannu's country, including Fulin, Bumu Butai, and Zhezhe, have all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't matter whether Duoduo surrenders or not. What's more, killing Duoduo can warn those who still want to continue to fight against the Ming Dynasty that Duoduo's fate is their future, and if they continue to resist, then wait for the day when they will be killed.
After the discussion and decision, Duoduo and other captured Jiannu nobles were taken to the Ming Tomb to be sacrificed, and they were asked to kneel before the ancestors of the Ming Emperor to atone for their sins. Subsequently, Duoduo and some other high-level Jiannu leaders who fought to the death against the Ming Dynasty were beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market.
After being beheaded, Duoduo's head was passed on to the nine sides, and then sent to Nanjing and dedicated to the tomb of Emperor Chongzhen.
Subsequently, Cao Yue also escorted Zhu Cijiong, Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhu Yujiao and other high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty to return to Nanjing by water.
On the way back to Nanjing, Cao Yue also discussed with Zhu Cijiong, Sun Chuanting and others about returning the capital to Beijing.
At the end of next year, the Ming court is preparing to move back to the Forbidden City in Beijing, where Beijing will continue to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Nanjing and Chang'an, Xijing, will continue to play the role of accompanying capitals. It's just that there are no longer six ministries in these two capitals, and there are only officials left behind.
It's just that the specific plan will have to wait until after returning to Nanjing.
After walking on the road for more than 20 days, before the Chinese New Year, the huge pilgrimage delegation arrived at the Yanziji Wharf in Nanjing.
This year was also spent in a festive season.
At the court meeting a year ago, the little emperor listened to the opinions of the ministers and decided to change the name of the year to replace Chongzhen with Yong'an, and next year will be the first year of Yong'an. And the Ming Dynasty and the Yellow Emperor were adopted, and the foreign feudal domains were also required to adopt the Yongan era and the Ming Dynasty and the Yellow Emperor year.
Jiannu was destroyed, Li Zicheng's rogue was also disabled, and Emperor Chongzhen's great revenge was avenged. It has been a few years since the little emperor Zhu Cijiong ascended the throne, and it is natural for the era name to change.
After the Chinese New Year, at the time of the Shangyuan Festival, good news came from Chang'an. According to the Red Lady's recital. After several months of pursuit, Li Zicheng was killed by his subordinates in desperation, and the remnants of the "Dashun" army surrendered to the official army, and Shaanxi was peaceful.
While the Red Lady sent Li Zicheng's head to Nanjing, she also asked to continue to lead the army to Sichuan.
It's just that the red lady's request was vetoed by Cao Yue. So the court ordered to summon the red lady back to Beijing and reward her merits. His troops were under the leadership of Cao Jie, preparing to enter Sichuan to quell the rebellion and eliminate Zhang Xianzhong's troops.
After receiving Cao Yue's private letter, and then receiving the edict of the imperial court, she immediately accepted the new arrangement, and handed over the army under her command to Cao Jie, Cao Yue's most trusted general, and returned to Nanjing with her own personal guards.
After returning to Nanjing, the imperial court also gave the red lady a rich reward. Named her Mrs. Anguo, a decree, and gave marriage in the name of the imperial court, and married Cao Yue. At the same time, he gave countless rewards such as money, silver, and property, as well as a private house. For the red lady, any reward is coming, she can marry Cao Yue and give her a name, she will be content.
At the same time that Huang Degong and Cao Jie led the army to attack Sichuan, posing as a large soldier to suppress the border, and at the same time to eliminate the last separatist forces. The Ming court also sent a delegation to Chengdu to persuade Zhang Xianzhong to surrender. Cao Yue's cronies, celebrities Gu Yanwu and Zhang Cangshui, asked for orders to go to Sichuan to persuade Zhang Xianzhong to surrender. For persuading Zhang Xianzhong to surrender, Cao Yue did not have any expectations. He believed that only force could solve the problem of secession.
The mission to persuade surrender was just to achieve benevolence and righteousness, so that no one in the world had anything to say.
But to Cao Yue's great surprise, the young Gu Yanwu and Zhang Cangshui, with their courage and reputation, persuaded Zhang Xianzhong's cronies and sons, Li Dingguo, with their incorruptible tongues. made Li Dingguo have the heart of joining the imperial court. They then persuaded Zhang Xianzhong through Li Dingguo, returned to the imperial court, and ended the struggle with the imperial court.
Li Dingguo's name Cao Yue had heard of it in later generations, and he also knew that Li Dingguo was now the most capable general under Zhang Xianzhong, and he knew Li Dingguo's reputation in the original history. This is an out-and-out heroic figure, very strategic and capable, and it turns out that his feat of resisting the Qing Dynasty in history has won the respect of future generations, and he certainly wants to win this celebrity over.
Gu Yanwu and Zhang Cangshui actually persuaded Li Dingguo, and persuaded Zhang Xianzhong through Li Dingguo, so that Zhang Xianzhong finally made a decision to join the imperial court, which Cao Yue did not expect. Naturally, he was very surprised, and immediately ordered Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo, and other high-ranking figures to come to Nanjing, and promised to give good resettlement to all those who surrendered.
This credit was also credited to Cao Yue's head, and the little emperor Zhu Cijiong gave him a generous reward, named him King An, and promoted him to the prince. Cao Yue repeatedly refused, and finally had to accept it.
In the middle of August of the first year of Yong'an, when the osmanthus was fragrant, Zhang Xianzhong, who had surrendered, and his four righteous sons, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and other high-level officials of the former "Daxi" regime, all arrived in Nanjing.
Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting personally led hundreds of officials to Yanziji Wharf to greet Zhang Xianzhong and others. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, because of injuries and depression, was seriously ill and could not even ride a horse. However, to be so "favored" by the imperial court, the legendary Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting personally greeted them at the dock, and Zhang Xianzhong was also a little relieved.
After Zhang Xianzhong and his entourage arrived in Nanjing, the little emperor Zhu Cijiong also gave them a generous reward, and named Zhang Xianzhong as the king of Dingxi, and his four righteous descendants can be expected to be the princes of the country with Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were selected by Cao Yue to serve in the General Staff, and Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi were also entrusted with important positions, serving as the squire of the Ministry of Works and the squire of the household department respectively, but the two of them were deprived of military power.
Receiving such a generous reward from the imperial court has been a surprise to Zhang Xianzhong and others, especially Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were selected into the General Staff and served as actual military officials, and they really admired Cao Yue's mind. Originally, they thought that after joining the imperial court, it would be impossible to be in charge of the army anymore, and the imperial court pardoned their crimes, and it was already very good to be able to find a false position and mix up the rest of their lives.
Two months after Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Nanjing, he died of illness, and the imperial court gave him a generous burial.
Zhang Xianzhong is attached, the world is almost peaceful, only outside, the men and horses led by Cao Bianjiao are still fighting with some tribes who are unwilling to belong to the Ming Dynasty. In this situation, at the end of the first year of Yong'an, the little emperor Zhu Cijiong led his ministers back to Beijing.
After returning to Beijing, under the leadership of Cao Yue, a new political and military reform was also launched.
A new dynasty is about to begin! (To be continued.) )