On March 21, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, after three days of fighting, the Dashun army finally completely wiped out all the Ming troops who dared to resist in Beijing, and when the sun and moon banner representing the Ming Dynasty fell to the ground, it represented the complete destruction of the Ming Dynasty. Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the top of the Jinluan Palace, did not realize the difficulties of this position at this time, but he felt more of the honor that this position brought him. And what I feel like Li Zicheng is that there are many civil and military ministers of Dashun State, and the civil and military officials of Dashun State, except for a few Ming Dynasty officials who surrendered during Li Zicheng's campaign, most of the rest are from low backgrounds, Xiang Liu Zongmin, before raising troops, was just a splash on the street, Song Xiance is a fortune teller in the rivers and lakes, not to mention Li Zicheng, just a post soldier, a noble person, but Xiang Niu Jinxing is the same as Li Yan and others, and he is from a human background. But today, these lowly people, they stand in the most noble Jinluan Hall in the world, and their fate is wonderful, but that's it. "King, now that the city of Beijing has been captured, the entire north belongs to my Dashun country, but, after all, these have just been pacified, there must be many people with great hearts, secretly unfavorable to my Dashun country, therefore, please also make preparations as soon as possible, eliminate all kinds of hidden dangers as soon as possible, so that I can make my Dashun country stronger." The first to come clearly was Li Yan, as one of the few clear-headed high-ranking officials in the Dashun Army, Li Yan saw the current situation very clearly. "Hahaha, Xiucai, I didn't expect you to be so cautious, rest assured, now we have laid down the city of Beijing, even if those people are making trouble, what can they do, when the time comes, they really want to provoke me to rise up, lead the army to kill them all, besides, didn't you see it just now, what kind of people are those gathered outside the gate, those are the officials of the original Ming Dynasty, I took a cursory look, up to the elder of the pavilion, down to Langzhong, hundreds of people, and now they are all waiting outside the door, Watching with amazement as we arrange them! It was Liu Zongmin who spoke. As the leading general of the Dashun Army, Liu Zongmin led the troops to occupy the mansion of the military department Shangshu as soon as he entered the city, and kidnapped his wife and daughter for fun, completely ignoring the three prohibitions promulgated by Li Zicheng before entering the city of Beijing, and the powerful Liu Zongmin took the lead, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and other senior generals, one after another, for a time, in the entire city of Beijing, all the purple clothes and Zhu clothes wept bitterly and wailed. It's a pity that for what happened to these officials, not only did the whole Dashun country turn a blind eye, but even some people in Beijing City applauded, and Li Zicheng, as the first person in the Dashun country, would not do this kind of thing that was not handled well. For the dialogue between Li Yan and Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng also scoffed in his heart, you know, in Li Zicheng's mind, although he is not like Liu Zongmin, he thinks that he can sit back and relax if he takes Beijing City, but he does not feel as serious as what he said to Li Yan, Li Zicheng also knows that the top priority now is to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, so that everyone can quickly change from the original Ming court to the state of Dashun State, but this can only be done slowly, and it cannot be done in a hurry, for those who are secretly hostile to Dashun State, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin have the same mind, that is, to kill without mercy. "Hahaha, okay, what the general said is good, but it can't be done in a hurry, it can only be done step by step, but now there is an anxious thing at the moment, which makes it difficult for the king to sleep! If this matter is not resolved, I am afraid that the disaster of our Dashun Army is just around the corner. Li Zicheng said. Hearing Li Zicheng's words, the hall instantly quieted down, you know, the current Dashun Army can be said to be the most proud time, and there are still things that can make it difficult for Li Zicheng to become like this, it can be seen that this matter will definitely not be a trivial matter. "Dare to ask the king, why are you so anxious, as a subordinate of the king, it is the duty of our ministers and ministers to share the worries of the monarch." It was Niu Jinxing who spoke, as Li Zicheng's number one confidant, Li Zicheng's matter, that is Niu Jinxing's matter. As soon as Niu Jinxing's words came out, he heard Li Guo next to him open his mouth and hurriedly said, "Uncle, aren't you worried about Wu Sangui from Shanhaiguan, but haven't you already sent someone to negotiate with him and let him submit to us, now the general trend of the world is clear, our Dashun army occupies the entire north, and it is unstoppable to dominate the world, if that Wu Sangui doesn't go crazy, I dare to guarantee that he will definitely obediently submit to us, besides, even if he really has two hearts, with my Dashun army of millions, I want to exterminate him, Isn't that easy? Hearing Li Guo's words, Li Zicheng just waved his hand, and then said, "It's not about Wu Sangui, the king has already gotten the news about that matter, Wu Sangui has promised to take refuge in my Dashun country, and will bring troops to Beijing from now on to meet the king, so the king is not worried about this matter, what really worries the king is that our food and salary are no longer enough, and the grain, now that spring has begun, we will be able to get a bumper harvest in a few months, but it is not a very anxious thing. And what really makes this king a little anxious is that there is not much silver in the treasury, you know, the brothers followed the rebellion of the king with their heads, and now, we have finally completely overthrown the Ming court, so it is time to reward meritorious deeds. But the treasury is empty, this king is about to lose his trust to the brothers, if this matter is known by the soldiers, you say, what will they think of this king, they will say that this king is not honest, they have fought desperately to lay down the country, but this king is not even willing to reward them with a few taels of silver, in this case, how can this king have the face to serve the people in the future! Hearing Li Zicheng's words, everyone was suddenly a little dumbfounded, if they were charging into battle and killing the enemy, they were all good hands, but if you want to talk about how to stabilize the country and relieve the people's livelihood, they have no way to start, not to mention Liu Zongmin and others, even Li Yan and others have no way to listen to it. Li Zicheng is right, now that the overall situation has been decided, it is indeed time to reward meritorious deeds, not to mention the soldiers below, even they have been waiting for this day for a long time, but now because the treasury is empty, it seems that they are about to lose their trust to everyone, this is not a trivial matter, maybe, because of this, there will be other chaos. But this silver is not something else, it can be there if there is one, originally the Dashun army because of the rapid rise, food and other things have always been in short supply, and now after the capture of Beijing City, it is found that the treasury of Beijing City is actually cleaner than them, so in this situation, no one can do anything. Just when everyone's faces were leaking a helpless look, they suddenly heard Niu Jinxing smile and said, "Hahahaha, the king doesn't have to worry, this matter is difficult to do, and it is simple to say that it is simple, it depends on whether the king is willing to do it." ”

Hearing Niu Jinxing's words, Li Zicheng suddenly had a spirit, and hurriedly said, "Oh, Zuo Fu has a clever plan, come quickly, as long as it can work, this king will definitely be willing." "Since the king is willing, then everything will be easy, and the king has just said that there is no silver in the treasury, and there is no silver in the hands of the people, so we just need to find out where the silver is?" Niu Jinxing said. "Hey, Zuo Fu, aren't you talking nonsense, if we knew where there was silver, wouldn't we have gotten it a long time ago, and we still have to wait until now, if you have something to say, don't hide it, it's uncomfortable." This is Liu Fangliang, who is also a famous bastard general in the Dashun army, as long as he can achieve his goal, he can do everything, once in order to attack the next county seat, he let hundreds of soldiers pee on the city together, and let the county commander from Jinshi go out of the city desperately to fight, so that he was successfully annihilated and captured the city. Therefore, seeing that it was Liu Fangliang who spoke, Niu Jinxing could only smile helplessly, and then said, "General Liu, what do you think, now that the treasury has no money, and the people have no money, where did you say that the money went and was taken by whom." Hearing Niu Jinxing's inspiration, Liu Fangliang is not a fool, he thought about it in a blink of an eye, and suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Those who are officials, by the way, those who are officials, if it weren't for these black-hearted and rotten lungs of officials, and they would forcibly collect rent in the year of the catastrophe, how could we be ruined and start a rebellion, yes, that's right, these officials are the richest, back then, the county magistrate of a poor county was able to make thousands of taels of silver a year, now this is the city of Beijing, and the officials here are the largest and most in the country, so how much money do they have to make a year, so many officials, They are all big officials, and if you get money from them, it will definitely be enough. "What Liu Fangliang thought of, the people around him had already thought of it, and thought that if it was really as Liu Fangliang said, these officials were so rich, they wouldn't have to worry about the silver at all, especially Li Zicheng, who now has long since lost his previous depressed expression, but his eyes are shining, and he doesn't know what he wants to write." Zuo Fu, is your idea really feasible, you know, these officials are all officials of the Ming Dynasty, although they are useless, but all kinds of connections are also very powerful, if we really ask them for silver, will it be counterproductive, and there is nothing bad for our Dashun country. Although Li Zicheng was very willing, he still said with some worry. Hahaha, although the king can rest assured, now these officials are already fat in our hands, to put it mildly, even if they are killed, it will not be much harm, now they are just looking for them to ask for some silver, they have been corrupt for many years, and it is time to pay some price, in addition, if the king is really afraid of what harm they will cause to us in the future, as long as he does not recruit officials above the fourth grade, it will be fine, as for the officials below the fourth grade, we don't need to ask them for silver, After all, these low-level officials, even if they have silver, don't have much. ”