In April of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen [1643], the thieves captured Xi'an, the 20,000 officers and troops stationed in Xi'an were annihilated, the chief soldier He Renlong was killed in battle, and Chen Xinjia, the governor of the five provinces, bowed down to the thieves.

At the end of May, Li Zi led his troops to capture Pingliang, Qingyang, and Gongchang prefectures, and the land of Guanzhong was owned by thieves.

In June, Li Zicheng called the king in Xi'an, the country name Dashun, to the next year as the first year of Yongchang, changed Xi'an to Xijing, changed Yan'an to Tianbao Mansion, Mizhi County to Tianbao County, and posthumously crowned the ancestors of the three generations as kings, respected the Western Xia Taizu Li Jiqian as the ancestor, and rewarded the three armies, and wantonly divided the meritorious heroes.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, Li Zicheng led his troops to the east, and the general Liu Zongmin led 100,000 elite soldiers out of Tongguan, along the line of Pingyang Mansion, Lu'an Mansion and Liaozhou to the Beijing Division, Li Zicheng personally led 400,000 cavalry troops to the north out of Tianbao County, intending to take Datong first, and then attack the Beijing Division from Juyong Pass, and at the same time ordered Li Guotong 50,000 elite soldiers to march from Henan to the north, forming a three-sided attack on the Beijing Division.

At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong also captured most of Sichuan Province, and proclaimed himself king in Chengdu, the founding name of Daxi, changed Chengdu to Xijing, and took the next year as the first year of Dashun.

Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

Outside the pass, Zu Dashou surrendered to slaves, Jinzhou fell, and soon, Songshan and Tashan were also captured by Jiannu one after another, and Ningyuan, where Wu Sangui was stationed, became a lonely city outside the pass.

The butterfly effect of Wang Pu's crossing has finally appeared.

Due to Wang Pu's lobbying, Sun Chuanting took the initiative to ask the superintendent of Zhejiang to train the new army, and after Sun Chuanting went to Jiangnan, it directly led to no one guarding Guanzhong, and Li Zicheng Dingdingguanzhong was almost a year ahead of the official history! Together, Li Zicheng's eastward expedition was also advanced, which brought another inevitable result - the loss of the Beijing division was also advanced.

For Jiannu, because Wang Pu captured Huang Taiji alive, it directly led to Dolgon's ascension to the throne two years ahead of schedule, which also had a significant impact on Jiannu.

In fact, the butterfly effect brought by Wang Pu's crossing is far more than that, and the show has just begun!

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Nanjing, Taipingmen.

When the guards guarding the city gate were about to close the gate, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance outside the city, and by the hazy moonlight, I saw a fast horse galloping along the official road like the wind.

"Who!?" The guards at the city gate immediately became alert, and shouted loudly, "Stop! ”

"Report!" The fast horse galloped like a gallop, and roared fiercely towards the city gate, "Jingshi is urgent, eight hundred miles to expedit......"

"Jingshi urgent? Eight hundred miles expedited! ”

The guards guarding the city gate were taken aback, and their tightened bowstrings were released in an instant.

In a few moments, the fast horse had already passed through the city gates, and rushed into the city with a heavy wheezing sound, and at this moment, the fast horse suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, and the knight on horseback was suddenly overturned far to the ground, and after landing on the ground, he rolled several times in a row, and then fell silent.

"Quick!" The commander guarding the city gate was stunned for a moment, and then shouted bitterly, "Help him up!" ”

The two soldiers rushed to the knight and hurriedly helped him up, only to see that the knight was dusty, and the expression on his face was extremely tired, and he raised his right hand with great difficulty, pointed to the yellow silk cloth bag on his shoulder, and said in a weak voice: "Send it quickly...... Zhezhi ...... Total...... Supervise...... Uh......"

Before he could finish speaking, the knight died with a crooked head, and a strand of red blood slipped quietly down the corner of his mouth.

The gatekeeper quickly untied the yellow silk cloth bag from the dead herald, and turned around and yelled bitterly: "Quick, bring the horse over!" ”

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On the bank of the Qinhuai River, the warm incense pavilion.

Wang Puzheng invited a few distinguished guests, but the few distinguished guests he invited today were neither the honorable relatives in Nanjing, nor the gentry and heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, nor the meritorious generals in the army, but several famous bustard mothers on the banks of the Qinhuai River, they were Li Damiang of Nuanxiang Pavilion, Chen Damiang of Hanxiuzhai, Gu Mei of Meilou and Tao Siniang of Yixiangyuan.

Nuanxiang Pavilion, Hanxiu Zhai, Meilou and Yixiangyuan are the four largest Goolan courtyards on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Gu Meijiao said in a coquettish voice: "Master Ma, I have also drunk this wine, and I have also tasted my aunt's craftsmanship, what should you say?" ”

"Huh." Wang Pu raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry, drink first, drink." ”

"Yo." Aunt Li glanced at Wang Pu and said angrily, "Master Ma, you are not in a hurry, the slave family is in a hurry, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?" ”

Mrs. Chen and Tao Siniang echoed one after another.

Wang Pu couldn't be stubborn, so he had to put down the wine glass and said: "Before getting down to business, I have a more ** question I want to ask Meiniang and the three mothers, I don't know if you are willing to answer?" ”

Gu Mei smiled and said: "Master Ma, don't forget that Sister Yuanyuan and Sister Xiaowan are good sisters of the slave family, even if the slave family dares to offend you, the nobleman of the dynasty, but they don't dare to brush off the feelings of the two sisters, if you have anything to say, just ask, as long as the slave family knows, you must tell the truth, if the slave family doesn't know, even if you think about the law, you have to help you ask no." ”

Aunt Li, Aunt Chen and Tao Siniang should be in a row.

"That's good." Wang Pu smiled, "I don't know how much silver Mei Niang's Meilou can earn in a year?" ”

"Not much." Gu Mei said in a slightly resentful tone, "In the past, I could earn almost 350,000 taels of silver every year, but this year, those brokers have gone to patronize the fairyland of the master of the horse, the business of the slave family's eyebrow building is not as good as before, I am afraid that I can't even earn 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Wang Pudao: "There is a proposal below, I don't know if Meiniang and the three mothers want to hear it?" ”

Tao Siniang said: "Master Ma, you are too polite, if you have anything to say, just tell me." ”

"Hey, isn't that a bully?" Wang Pu shook his head and said, "I'm not that kind of person down here. ”

Gu Mei said: "Master Ma's proposal must be extraordinary, but the slave family is going to listen to it." ”

"That's it." Wang Pudao, "I plan to open a branch of Wonderland in Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou, but unfortunately there are a few people in charge, let's talk about the general number of Nanjing's Wonderland, there are many things that have to be asked in person, but you also know that there is also the governor of Nanjing, and the busy military affairs really don't have much time to take care of Wonderland." ”

Gu Mei's beautiful eyes narrowed into two slits for a moment, and asked, "What does the master of the horse mean......"

"That's right." Wang Pu said, "I want to invite Mei Niang and the three mothers to be the principals of the general number and the three branches, if you want, in addition to the fixed salary of 10,000 taels per year, there are additional dividends, and you will only earn more silver than before, not less than before!" ”

Gu Mei's heart was pounding, what made her heart flutter was not the conditions offered by Wang Pu, but that once she became the principal of the Wonderland, the opportunities to contact Wang Pu in the future would inevitably increase, which was undoubtedly a great temptation for her! In fact, Gu Mei's purpose is Wang Pu and not silver.

Aunt Chen was also a little moved, but what made her heart move was the bonus promised by Wang Pu, but she still couldn't give up Han Xiuzhai and asked: "Master Ma, what about Han Xiuzhai and the girls in Han Xiuzhai?" ”

Wang Pu said: "Hanxiu Zhai is closed, and the girls all go to the Xiaoyao Courtyard for training, and after the training, they will be sent to the general number or the branch numbers in various places to pick up guests, and they will be free after five years, and they can be responsible for selecting suitable soldiers in the army to marry them, and then each of them will be given a dowry." ”

Aunt Li said: "I'm afraid it's not okay to do this, if you really want to do this, the girls will all be gone in a few years, how to maintain the fairyland?" ”

"Don't worry about that." Wang Pu smiled and said, "There are many young and beautiful girls in the world, and I can assure you that I will never harm the women of our good family in the Ming Dynasty." ”

As he was talking, Lu Liu suddenly broke in with a panting Sun Maocheng.

Wang Pu's heart jumped, secretly thinking that something big must have happened, Lu Liu is not a person who doesn't know the seriousness, if there is no 100,000 urgent big thing, he will never break in with people like this!

"Childe." Sun Maocheng gasped and said, "Master, let you hurry up and go to the governor's office, there is a big matter!" ”

Sun Maocheng is an old family member who follows Sun Chuanting, and since the father-son relationship between Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu was made public, he has changed his name to call Wang Pu his son.

Wang Puhuo Ran got up and said to Gu Mei and them: "Mei Niang, three mothers, my father-in-law has to take the first step when he sees the call, and I will talk about what happened just now." ”

Gu Mei and Aunt Li hurriedly got up and responded: "Master Ma, please." ”

Wang Pu clenched his fists, turned around and walked away.

Out of the Nuanxiang Pavilion, there were already guards on their mounts, Wang Pu turned over and got on his horse, surrounded by Lu Liu, Sun Maocheng and more than a dozen cavalry guards, and went straight to the governor of Sun Chuanting.

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Zhezhi Governor Xingyuan, lobby.

Sun Chuanting's face was gloomy, and he was looking at the three Tang newspapers on the case in a daze.

The first Tang newspaper said that Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng had already claimed the king in Xi'an, and immediately divided the troops into two routes to march eastward, and the thieves in Henan also marched north, forming a three-sided attack on the Beijing division!

The second Tang newspaper is about Zhang Xianzhong, who is also the king of Chengdu.

The third Tang newspaper said that the Jiannu outside the Guan, Zu Dashou had surrendered to slaves, Jinzhou, Songshan, and Tashan had all fallen, and the Ningyuan City guarded by Wu Sangui had become a lonely city outside the Guan, once Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan had a mistake, the Jingshi would be directly exposed to the soldiers of the Jiannu Iron Cavalry!

The situation of the Ming Kingdom has taken a sharp turn, and it may not last for two months, and the Beijing Division and the five northern provinces will all fall into the hands of thieves!

Although Sun Chuanting had been mentally prepared for this, he still didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, maybe Sun Chuanting still had illusions in his heart, fantasizing that the Beijing division and the five northern provinces could persist until the new army was trained, as long as Nanjing's 100,000 new army was trained, Sun Chuanting would have the confidence to turn the tide, the outer emperor Jiannu, and the inner Jing thief!

But now, the deterioration of the situation has far exceeded Sun Chuanting's expectations, and his hopes have been completely shattered!

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Wang Pu had already entered the lobby proudly, and no one entered before he could speak: "Dad, what's wrong?" ”

Sun Chuanting sighed Haoran, pushed the three copies of the soup on the case in front of Wang Pu, and said gloomily: "This is what Jingshi just sent in an expedited manner of eight hundred miles, you can see for yourself." ”

Wang Pu took the Tang newspaper and hurriedly read it, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he asked in a condensed voice: "Long live the lord, do you have any will?" ”

"Nope." Sun Chuanting shook his head and said gloomily, "Long live Lord doesn't have any will, just asked the military department to transfer these three Tang newspapers to Nanjing in an expedited manner of eight hundred miles. ”

Wang Pu couldn't help but feel a trace of apology in his heart, and the pain in Sun Chuanting's tone could even be heard by a fool!

Emperor Chongzhen only turned the three seals of the Tang newspaper and did not issue any will, his intention could not be more obvious, he obviously wanted to use such a "silent" way to express his anger to Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu, a kind of anger that the king is in trouble and the subordinates ignore it! Or that Emperor Chongzhen wants to maintain the dignity of his emperor in such a "pathetic" way!

In any case, Sun Chuanting was a loyal minister, and Emperor Chongzhen was in trouble and he could only watch it, which was undoubtedly an extremely cruel thing for him, and this fact made him feel heart-rending pain! Wang Pu suddenly felt a burst of shame, it was indeed a cruel thing to force a loyal minister like Sun Chuanting to be Cao Ying.

"Daddy." Wang Pu took a breath and said in a deep voice, "You stay in Nanjing, and your son takes the sailor to Beijing!" ”

Sun Chuanting Huo Ran said: "You mean ......?"

"Not bad." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "We can't solve the danger of the Beijing Division, and we can't save the five northern provinces, but we can save the Long Live Lord and the three princes!" ”

In fact, Wang Pu knew that the three princes might be able to save them, but Emperor Chongzhen would never be able to save them.

The fate of Emperor Chongzhen is closely linked to the Jingshi, once the Jingshi falls, his fate as the Ming Emperor should end, move the capital to Nanjing and rule the river with the thieves and then Xu Tu to restore the Central Plains, that is the fate of the prince Zhu Cihong.

(To be continued)