In the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636 AD), Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng of the 36th Battalion East Route Army led their troops to encircle Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui) in the east, and took Hanshan and Hezhou. On the sixth day of the first month, the company battalion attacked Chuzhou for dozens of miles. On the eighth day of the first month, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the seven provinces, led the general army Zu Kuan, the guerrilla Luo Dai and other troops to aid Chuzhou, and fought with the 36th battalion at Wuli Bridge in the east of the city. The 36th battalion was defeated, the company and the battalion were defeated, retreated 50 miles to the north, and was beheaded more than 1,200 levels, from Zhulongguan to Guanshan, the corpses were accumulated in the ditch, and the water did not flow. After the defeat of the 36th Battalion, Beidu forced Sizhou and Xuzhou, and then transferred to Henan. At the end of the month, part of the rebels returned to business and land from Nanshan. On 11 February, Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to a victory, cutting 676 levels and capturing more than 400 horses and mules

On the 10th day of the second month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the soldiers stationed in Ningxia (now Yinchuan, Ningxia) in the Ming Dynasty mutinied because of the lack of salaries. Hungry soldiers besieged the government office. The governor of the right capital of the imperial history Wang Ji was unable to take a salary, and the hungry soldiers had no salary, so he made a noise and killed him. Ding Qirui, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, led the army to suppress it, captured seven people as the leader, and immediately beheaded him, and the mutiny was pacified.

In February of the ninth year of Chongzhen, after suffering from drought and insect plague in Shanxi for many years, in March, there was another great famine. When the hungry people had no food, they had to eat tree bark and grass blades. The bark and the blades of grass are all gone, and they are cannibalistic. Nanyang, Henan, near Shanxi, also suffered a famine. Tang Wang Yu played Henan Nanyang hunger, and even his mother cooked his daughter to eat. Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict of 3,500 gold to help Shanxi and Nanyang, and exempted Shanxi from the old and new salaries of the disaster-stricken counties.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, at the end of April.

At this time, it is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the temperature in the capital is starting to rise, but it is not hot yet. But the civil and military officials above the hall were all sweating, as if they were drenched by the rain, and it turned out that Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, was losing his temper and scolding the officials.

It has been nine years since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, but he rarely showed a smiling face, and nine of the ten court meetings were angry, and as the situation in the world became more and more severe day by day, his anger became bigger and bigger day by day.

"Baishui Zhu Ba deceived me too much." Emperor Chongzhen slapped the desk and said angrily: "He actually calls himself General Zhenxi, what is this General Zhenxi?" I don't have this official position in the Ming Dynasty at all. Even if there is. Nor will a thief be appointed. ”

A minister walked out of the hall and reported: "Your Majesty, General Zhenxi is the old system of the Three Kingdoms, and this person deliberately uses the official system of the Three Kingdoms era. The meaning is not sinister. It is clear that it is to emulate the warlord division trend during the Three Kingdoms. In the opinion of Wei Chen. This person is really a vicious and vicious person, and he cannot be spared, so he can order Lu Xiangsheng, the military governor of the seven provinces, to march westward. Roll him into powder. ”

Chongzhen nodded and said: "I also have this heart, but Lu Aiqing is fighting fiercely with the thirty-six battalions of thieves in the Central Plains, how can I have the strength to divide my troops into Shaanxi?" ”

The minister said: "The thirty-sixth battalion is just a group of wandering thieves, which is not enough, and Baishui Zhu Bafang is a big trouble. ”

Chongzhen Ran, he planned to make an order.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a eunuch rushing into the palace and reported: "Your Majesty, Governor Lu has an urgent military report. ”

Chongzhen hurriedly said: "Come quickly." ”

The eunuch wiped a handful of sweat and said: "Baishui Zhuba calls himself the general of Zhenxi, and the news has deceived the world, and the thieves from all walks of life have risen up to follow suit...... They...... They call themselves ...... Ahem, some daring titles. The eunuch thought to himself: These thieves don't dare to play their claims to the emperor, and the emperor is afraid that he will kick me all over the head.

Chongzhen saw that he wanted to say it but didn't dare to say it, and said angrily: "What do thieves call themselves, why don't you dare to say it?" You tell me more about it. ”

The eunuch had no choice but to report: "The anti-thief Cao Cao has made his name clear, his name is Luo Rucai, and he claims to be the general of Weide on behalf of the people." ”

As soon as Chongzhen heard this, his face became ugly, Baishui Zhu Ba just called him a general of Zhenxi, and he was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he didn't expect that there was even more exaggerated here, what is the general of the people of the heavens, this name is simply longer than the emperor's own title.

The eunuch said again: "The anti-thief Lao Hui also showed his name, his name is Ma Shouying, and he claims to be the mighty general of the Shuntian Patrol. ”

Chongzhen's face darkened by five points, and it was as ugly as a piece of green iron.

The eunuch continued: "The eight kings of the anti-camp Xiying also showed their names, their names were Zhang Xianzhong, and they called themselves the great generals of Chengtian Zhenhai Yangwei. ”

Chongzhen was so angry that he felt like he was going to jump up and hit someone.

The eunuch saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't dare to speak too much, but under the urging of Chongzhen's eyes, he had to bite the bullet and say: "The anti-thief broke into Wang Liangming's name, named Gao Yingxiang, and claimed to be the generalissimo of Fengtian and Yiyi, civil and military......"

Chongzhen picked up a jade inkstone from the table, slammed it on the eunuch's face with a "snap", and scolded: "A group of stupid thieves dare to call themselves generals and marshals, it is simply unreasonable, it is simply lawless. Who gave them face and gave them the courage to give themselves such a shameless title? ”

Poor Emperor Chongzhen never thought that the initiator of this matter would be Zhu Yuanzhang, he just gave himself the name of General Zhenxi, and as a result, several leaders of the 36th battalion couldn't sit still, and the heroes of the green forest were so temperamental. If you take the nickname Divine Fist Invincible, people will take an Iron Leg Invincible. If you punch a hero from Liangjiang, he will step on the heroes of the four seas, and no one will be left behind in this regard. As soon as they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had proclaimed himself the general of Zhenxi, several thieves in the 36th Battalion desperately used their brains and hurriedly gave themselves nicknames. As a result, one achievement is more exaggerated than the other, and one achievement is more shameless than the other.

Poor Chongzhen, this kid is an impulsive and irritable personality, and he is angry with these self-styled titles, where can he stand it. He roared angrily: "Who said that Baishui Zhuba was the biggest threat just now? I think it's more reliable for him to be the general of Zhenxi. ”

The minister Khan said: "Your Majesty...... This one...... Even if he just calls himself a hundred households, it is a hypocrisy. ”

Chongzhen said angrily: "Spread the decree, first bring me the generalissimo of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness and Civil Martial Arts!" Then I will take back the shameless goods such as General Chengtian Zhenhai Yangwei, General Weide on behalf of the heavens, and General Weiwu of Shuntian Patrol to punish the crime, and finally take care of that Zhenxi general. ”

The ministers sweated like rain, and they didn't know what to say.

At this time, there was a eunuch running in outside the palace gate, and it seemed that he had come to pass on the news again, and the eunuch knelt on the ground as soon as he went to the palace, and his whole body fell to the ground, and his whole body trembled, and it seemed that he was very afraid. He said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation from Liaodong...... Minion...... The minions did not dare to report it. ”

All the ministers thought: This eunuch is smarter than the one just now, and as soon as he came in, he said that he didn't dare to report it, so that the emperor would not hit him with an alum platform when he started a fire.

Chongzhen glanced at the new eunuch, sorted out the blood that was surging with anger just now, and said calmly: "You just have to play." ”

The eunuch said: "The slave doesn't dare to play, the slave is afraid that he will be angry with the body of the Long Live Lord......"

Chongzhen knew that he was actually afraid that he would be angry with him when he said this, so he frowned and said, "What is there that you dare not play?" You just have to play, I have just heard the most angry news in the whole world, and I will not be angry with you anymore. ”

Then the eunuch kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty...... Jiannu ...... Cough...... Huang Taiji, the head of Jiannu, is called the emperor......"

It turned out that on April 11 of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin State Khan had already been proclaimed emperor and changed the yuan to Chongde, thinking that this year was the first year of Chongde; changed the country name Jin to "Daqing"; changed the name of the clan to "Manchuria"; The capital is Shenyang. The honorable title "Emperor Kuanwen Rensheng." The next day, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty led a hundred officials to sacrifice to the Taimiao, and honored his father Nurhachi as "Emperor Chengtian Guangyun Shengde Shengong Zhaoji Liji Jiren Xiaowu Emperor", and the temple name was Taizu; Grandfathers and ancestors were all honored as kings. Ten days later, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty made his vassals vassal. His brothers, sons and nephews, all the foreign vassals of Mongolia Baylor, and the Ming Dynasty named Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi as kings. The enthronement ceremony of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty lasted for more than 20 days, and the etiquette was mostly imitated by the Han system.

Since the ceremony lasted for more than 20 days, the spies in charge of spying on the news also delayed in Shengjing for a few days before sending the news back, so it reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen at the end of April.

As soon as Chongzhen heard the news, the qi and blood that had just been suppressed suddenly boiled again, running around in the veins, making him furious, and immediately reached out to the table and grabbed the jade pen holder, the jade Ruyi for paperweight, and the jade ink cartridge...... In short, whatever he grabbed in his hand, he picked it up and threw it at the eunuch.

"Jiannu dared to be the emperor!" Emperor Chongzhen roared angrily: "These guys are just a group of wild people who drink blood, a group of slaves and thieves exiled in Jianzhou, and they dare to call the emperor in vain, and they dare to call themselves the emperor of Kuanwen Rensheng, they are simply shameless, ten times more shameless than the thieves." ”

The eunuch was smashed, but he didn't dare to dodge, and cried: "The emperor said that if you are not angry, the slave will dare to report it......"

Syllable!

A jade ruyi smashed on his forehead, smashing it into a long stream of blood.

The eunuch cried.

Syllable!

A jade box smashed on top of the eunuch's head, and he straightened up and fainted.

Chongzhen was still angry, jumped up and walked around the main hall, looking like he was about to fight when he saw someone. The ministers were shocked, and someone shouted: "Your Majesty, as the king of a country, you need to be cautious in your words and deeds...... Oops...... "This person was kicked down by Chongzhen.

There are also sycophants who rushed to the front and shouted: "Your Majesty, please beat Weichen to relieve his anger, Weichen is willing to go to the soup for the emperor, and he is ...... Oops...... "This person was knocked to the ground by Chongzhen's punch.

Chongzhen punched and kicked for a while, and after a long time, he finally regained his anger, sat back on the dragon chair, and sighed: "What should I do for today's plan?" ”

All the ministers sighed in their hearts: If a Ming monarch is here, how can there be such a question? I'm afraid that in a fit of rage, he has already made a dictatorship and issued an unknown number of holy decrees, but after the emperor was furious, he had to ask the ministers for advice, which was inevitably unwise. (To be continued.) )