Just when all the officials in the upper echelons of the Dashun State found a good way to make money for themselves, in the entire city of Beijing, the biggest disaster for all the Ming Dynasty officials began.

Under Li Zicheng's order, the matter of recovering stolen goods was handed over to Liu Zongmin to deal with, and Liu Zongmin immediately ordered that all the officials in Beijing, big and small, be arrested according to their ranks, put them in shackles and handcuffs, and torture them one after another, demanding that they hand over dirty silver, the most of which is 500,000 taels, and the least, which is also 20,000 taels.

In this case, many officials were in an uproar, you know, although in the late Ming Dynasty, the corruption and bribery of officials was very serious, but not all of them were corrupt and bribed, in addition, the silver demanded by Liu Zongmin was too huge, and many officials could not make up the silver he asked for even if they tried their best. Take Daming University scholar Wei Zaode as an example, Wei Zaode is Chongzhen's thirteen-year jinshi, because of his repeated meritorious deeds, all of them were promoted to university scholars by Chongzhen, and when the Dashun army entered Beijing, it was also very welcome, but, I didn't expect that in just a few days, he would become a prisoner of the Dashun army.

Therefore, he angrily asked, "If you want to use me, you can use it no matter how you use it, what is the solution to locking up?" It's just that Wei Zaode's words were not valued by Liu Zongmin and others who were eager to squeeze silver, but tortured him, and in desperation, Wei Zaode had to hand over 10,000 taels of silver. But because the gap with Liu Zongmin's 100,000 taels of silver was too big, he was finally tortured to death, and then he arrested his son and asked to make up for the remaining silver, but his son said that there was no silver left at home, and he was also killed.

For a time, the whole city of Beijing was full of mourning and white sails, and then, with the increasing expansion of the recovery of stolen goods, in addition to officials, even ordinary people gradually ingested it. During the period when Liu Zongmin was chasing stolen goods, because many officials did not have so much silver in their homes, they had to take out the silk, cloth, and other precious things at home to the merchants for pawn and sell, and even like merchants to borrow silver, so that the money in the whole Beijing city was empty, the market was chaotic, and the prices were extremely high.

Later, it even developed to the point that in broad daylight, the Dashun army forcibly entered the people's homes one after another, carried out robberies, and forcibly abducted women, which made the original military spirit firm, completely disintegrated the morale of the army, and made the soldiers who were originally brave and dare to die soon degenerate. In the end, when he saw that things were about to get out of control, fortunately, under the persuasion of Li Yan, Gu Junen and others, and with the persuasion of the military advisor Song Xiance using celestial warnings and other words, Li Zicheng finally made Liu Zongmin give up the recovery of stolen goods.

It's just that there were more than 1,000 Ming officials in Beijing, but at this time, there were less than half, and that, among the remaining people, most of them were disabled, and this was why later, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, most of the Ming officials could quickly take refuge, and even the people in Beijing did not have many people to resist. When Liu Zongmin was wantonly chasing stolen goods in Beijing, an inconspicuous little thing happened, that is, there was a servant of a Ming official, who sneaked out of Beijing City when the head of the family was arrested by Liu Zongmin and tortured, which was originally a very small matter, but unfortunately, the master of this servant was not an ordinary person, but surnamed Wu.

"King, king, hahaha, look, look, my subordinates have sent you something good, I'm sure, if you see this good thing, you will definitely be happy." When Liu Zongmin stopped chasing stolen goods, he quietly came to the Forbidden City at night and met Li Zicheng.

Hearing Liu Zongmin's shouting, Li Zicheng not only didn't get angry, but also said with a smile on his face, "Why, did you find any treasure again, Zongmin, I didn't mean you, chase the stolen goods, you also control the people under you, don't go too far, after all, this Beijing city is the center of the world, and we will have to gain a foothold here in the future, if we lose the hearts of the people, it will not be good." ”

Hearing Li Zicheng's words, Liu Zongmin touched his head with a smile, and then said, "Hahaha, don't worry, the children have gone too far in the past few days, but haven't they stopped, in the past few days, we have obtained more than 70 million taels of silver, which is enough to use, besides, the remaining dog officials have nothing to squeeze now." ”

"Okay, that's good, oh, by the way, what treasure you just said, something that can make you think you are good, it must be a peerless treasure, quick, show me what it is." Li Zicheng immediately said happily. Seeing Li Zicheng's appearance, Liu Zongmin suddenly cracked a strange smile at the corner of his mouth, and then said easily to the door, "Come on, bring the baby in, let the king enjoy it." ”

Following Liu Zongmin's words, Li Zicheng saw four warriors slowly walking in outside the main hall door, and the four warriors were carrying a large tray together, but the things on it were covered with red silk, and from that appearance, it looked like a statue or a vase. Seeing the tray in front of him, Li Zicheng's heart suddenly rose with a curious magic, but after many years of life as a superior, he did not want to look at the red silk first like others, but said to Liu Zongmin on the side, "Okay, you Zongmin, now you have learned this set, what, what is in this, don't tell me quickly." ”

"Hahahaha, the king, my treasure, if others say it, it won't work, you have to taste it yourself to know the taste, so please ask the king to open the red silk himself." Liu Zongmin said. Seeing Liu Zongmin's appearance, Li Zicheng couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I want to see what you sell here." ”

After saying these words, Li Zicheng walked down the steps, came to the front of the baby covered with red silk, and after a careful observation, he raised his hand and shook it, and completely lifted the red silk in front of him, and suddenly, an amazing scene appeared in front of him. I saw that the red silk in front of me was not a treasure, but a person, a woman with a beautiful country and a beautiful country, and a woman who was captivating the country and the city, and saw the woman in front of me, wearing a Su Qinggong skirt, with a delicate bun on her head, a melon seed face, a cherry mouth, and a pair of eyes, as if she were like two stars.

When he saw the woman in front of him, Li Zicheng was completely stunned, as the leader of the Dashun Army, he had seen so many beauties, but none of them were like the woman in front of him, as if a fairy descended to earth, Chang'e was alive, at this time, Li Zicheng's eyes except for this woman, there was nothing else, and when he saw Li Zicheng's appearance as if he had lost his soul, Liu Zongmin couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Immediately, with a wave of Liu Zongmin's hand, everyone in the hall quietly left, leaving this place for the two of them. "The folk woman Wu Chen has seen this adult, I don't know where to say here, and please let the folk woman go back, great kindness, the folk woman and her family, never forget." Just when Li Zicheng was indulged in the peerless face of the beauty in front of him, he heard the beauty in front of him speak. In the words of the beauty, Li Zicheng also woke up instantly, and his years of fighting career made his heart very firm, if it wasn't for the woman in front of him who was too beautiful, he wouldn't have been immersed in it.

"Let you go back, Wu Chen, you are the woman of that family, why are you here." After hearing that the woman in front of him was married, Li Zicheng's heart couldn't help but surge with anger, and jealousy, as the Ming Dynasty, which overthrew the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and was about to replace Li Zicheng, he couldn't tolerate such a beautiful woman, it was someone else's woman.

For a moment, the determination to get her took over. Hearing Li Zicheng's question, I saw the woman in front of me open her mouth and said, "Lord Huiyu, the woman is the concubine of Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, surnamed Chen Yuanyuan, two days ago, a team of troops broke into my house, saying that my father-in-law was a corrupt official in the Ming Dynasty, and arrested him for torture, so he asked for two taels of silver, but my family, although it seems that the family has a big business, but there is not much gold and silver, and in desperation, my father-in-law suffers day by day.

Seeing that her father-in-law was in such pain, the woman begged everywhere to save her father-in-law, and then she met the general, and the general said to the woman that as long as the woman came to see a nobleman, she would be able to rescue her father-in-law between fire and water, so the woman followed the general, if the woman did not guess wrong, you are the nobleman, and please send mercy to the father-in-law who saved the father-in-law, his old man is over sixty years old this year, and he can no longer withstand any criminal law, if the nobleman can help, The whole family of the women will definitely not forget the kindness of the nobles.

After saying these words, I saw Chen Yuanyuan get up from the tray and kneel in front of Li Zicheng, pleading. Seeing Chen Yuanyuan's cheeks like pear blossoms with rain, although Li Zicheng's heart was tormented, he didn't make any excessive moves, because Li Zicheng's mind kept a name, Wu Sangui.

If anyone else's words, no matter who it is, he can also take it seriously, but Wu Sangui is different, although now Wu Sangui is just a Shanhaiguan general soldier, and his official position is not big, but Li Zicheng is very jealous of him, not for anything else, just for the most capable army of the Ming Dynasty in his hands, Guanning Iron Cavalry.