The fall of Yu Linwei was like a small stone thrown into the turbulent waves, and it was soon drowned in the sea of people behind, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp behind were still desperately charging.

At this time, they do not lack spiritual support.

The emperor Zhu Youzhen, who was watching them from behind, was their spiritual pillar, and the imperial court promised that he was willing to give bereavement pensions to the deceased, and he would support his family.

This made many Jingying soldiers no longer have the fear of death.

In this era of ideological confusion, the idea of loyalty to the monarch still occupies the mainstream, but it is not worth mentioning for many upper classes.

But for the lower classes, they did not have much contact with those ideas, and as long as the monarch said a word, they could be enthusiastic and loyal to them.

This is a war of right and wrong, loyalty and disobedience.

"Kill!" The soldiers behind shouted desperately, rushed forward with all their might, and were soon shot to the ground, but the soldiers behind were moving forward one after another.

But their succession could not bring them victory, and it was impossible to even take a step forward, and under the heavy fire, the Beijing camp was constantly beaten back.

"Lord Shangshu, the thief's firearms are too sharp, I can't wait for the battalions to rush over!" A general who was blown up and covered in blood ran to Yang Sichang and knelt down and cried.

"If you can't rush through, you have to rush through." Yang Sichang closed his eyes, then opened them abruptly and said, but he didn't dare to look at the tragic situation of the general.

His heart is also dripping blood, who can be hard-hearted?

At this time, Chongzhen was also watching, he was standing on the wall of the Forbidden City, holding a telescope made in Shandong, looking at it condescendingly.

One life after another passed away under his eyes.

However, he still couldn't rush through the firepower front of the Shandong Army, and he couldn't even touch the corners of the Shandong Army. At this time, Chongzhen saw that dozens of artillery pieces had been erected in the rear of the Shandong army.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Like a muffled thunder, the sound of cannons rang out one after another, Chongzhen put down the binoculars, closed his eyes in the warm morning sun, the warm sun shone on his body, but his heart was bleak.

"Let's go back to the palace!" Chongzhen turned around and said.

"Let's drive back to the palace."

…… Zhao Yan waited for the battle report outside the imperial city, and when he heard that the resistance in the city was fierce, he immediately transferred the artillery battalion, and about one-third of the 220 125mm howitzers of the artillery battalion went in.

For a while, there was a loud sound of artillery in the city, and howitzers fell from the heads of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp like rain, and all the soldiers of the Beijing camp suddenly fell into a weak panic.

When people are confronted with such a powerful weapon, they don't know how to fight back.

There is only powerlessness, hesitation and panic.

The Beijing battalion, which swore to resist to the death, was quickly defeated in the bombardment of howitzers.

"All forward." Wang Zheng immediately seized the opportunity and ordered to advance.

The 2nd Battalion, under the cover of the artillery battalion, quickly advanced in the Imperial City, and then the 3rd Cavalry Battalion also rushed into the Imperial City, quickly rushing through the streets.

Cavalry is naturally not good at street fighting, but in the open passages of the imperial city, they are like fish in water, as long as they don't go deep into those small alleys.

The morale of the Jingying collapsed collectively, and there was no longer any intention to resist.

In the case of the inevitable defeat of the imperial court, any compensation is a flower in the moon mirror in the water. What's more, the Shandong army came to the side of the Qing monarch, not to kill the monarch.

As long as you kneel and beg to surrender, there is no danger to your life!

After the morale collapsed, the Beijing camp fell directly into chaos, no matter how Yang Sichang's supervision team slashed, there was no way to prevent the rout of the soldiers.

Some of the soldiers even slashed their weapons at the overseers, many of whom lay directly in pools of blood, which caused an even greater rout.

Just like a flood that bursts a levee, the camp is completely finished.

Wang Zheng began to lead people around the imperial city to attack the soldiers of the Beijing camp who were still resisting, and the third cavalry battalion was arresting people everywhere and capturing the defeated Beijing camp.

The gate of the Forbidden City is still closed, there is the emperor's bedroom, and the Taihe Hall is at the gate of the last dynasty.

The good news in the city continued to come out, and Zhao Yan showed a sneer on his lips, and ordered: "Capture Yang Sichang alive." ”

"Yes."

The heralds quickly entered the city.

After a while, there was a sound in the city, "Capture Yang Sichang alive." Yang Sichang heard the shouts of Shandong soldiers under the Forbidden City, and his face turned pale instantly.

Yang Sichang pulled out Shang Fang's sword and put it across his neck.

"Governor, you can't!" Seeing this, the guards on the side hurriedly snatched the Shang Fang sword from Yang Sichang's hand, and Yang Sichang shouted: "Don't stop me, don't stop me." ”

However, Yang Sichang was quickly set up by a group of guards to stop Yang Sichang's suicide.

The battle lasted until noon, under the scorching heat, the Beijing camp in the city died, surrendered, and a group of Shandong troops surrounded Yang Sichang.

"Lay down your arms." The Shandong soldiers shouted.

"Lay down your arms...... Drop your weapon. Under constant coercion, Yang Sichang's guards threw down their weapons one by one and were quickly controlled.

Yang Sichang was arrested on the spot, but he seemed to be very calm.

Zhao Yan saw that the imperial city had been controlled at this time, so he rode his horse into the city, and after a while, he heard that Yang Sichang had been captured, and Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile.

The scapegoat on the side of Qing Jun this time is none other than Yang Sichang.

Although Yang Sichang is only responsible for making suggestions, the imperial court will make peace and ban the "Daming Newspaper", the Jimin Inn and the prohibition of ordinary people from immigrating to Shandong, all of which are Chongzhen's meaning.

But Chongzhen obviously couldn't move for the time being, and Zhao Yan was not proud enough to have enough troops to quickly pacify the entire provinces of the Ming Dynasty after replacing Chongzhen.

Soon, Yang Sichang was escorted to Zhao Yan.

Yang Sichang looked like a skinny fairy, and when he was escorted to Zhao Yan, he saw the young man sitting on the horse wearing silver armor and a sword at his waist, and immediately knew that this was Zhao Yan.

"Traitor, you dare to commit a crime, ignoring the authority of the king, you will definitely die a bad death......" Yang Sichang opened his mouth and scolded after a few glances.

Zhao Yan looked at him with a smile, laughed, stretched out his head and smiled at Yang Sichang: "I want to see who has to die first." Then Zhao Yan rode his horse towards the Forbidden City, and Yang Sichang was dragged down by two soldiers, but his mouth was still screaming and scolding.

Zhao Yan laughed and walked away in front of Yang Sichang's eyes.

…… In the Taihe Palace, Chongzhen Zhen was dressed in a dragon robe, sitting majestically on the dragon chair, two palace maids around him were holding screen fans, and two eunuchs, Wang Chengen and Cao Huaol, were standing on the left and right.

There was a row of Han generals standing in the hall, but these Han generals were obviously a little absent-minded, and from time to time they looked outside the hall.

At this time, a little eunuch hurriedly ran into the Taihe Palace, knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, the Beijing camp has been defeated. ”

"Where's Yang Sichang?" Chongzhen asked slowly.

"Arrested." The little eunuch replied. Chongzhen closed his eyes again, let out a long breath, only to see him leaning on the dragon chair and saying, "Open the city!" Zhao Yan came to see him. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

…… The battle in the imperial city was nearing its end, and Zhao Yan rode his horse to the outside of the Forbidden City, when suddenly the city gate opened, and a team of eunuchs walked out of it.

"The emperor has an order, and Zhao Yan, the general soldier of Shandong, will meet him." The eunuch shouted.

Zhao Yan heard it from afar, but he didn't step forward, but said to Qin Zhiyuan: "Lead people to open the way." ”

"Yes." Qin Zhiyuan took a hundred guards, stepped forward, ignored the eunuchs, and rushed in directly from the palace gate.

After a while, the soldiers in the city were controlled.

The soldiers and horses in the Forbidden City have completely lost the confidence to resist, and in such a situation, it is absolutely a fool to resist again.

"Childe, the danger ahead has been swept away." Qin Zhiyuan ran back from the city gate and said to Zhao Yan.

"Follow me into the palace to face the saint." Zhao Yan said loudly, and then rode forward. Coming to the group of eunuchs, Zhao Yan asked, "This father-in-law, where is the Holy Lord?" ”

"The emperor is in the ...... Taihe Hall ...... "The eunuch replied to Zhao Yan tremblingly.

"Thank you, father-in-law, let's go." Zhao Yan hugged his fists, and then rode directly into the Forbidden City.

I saw Zhao Yan with five hundred guards, rushing all the way into the Forbidden City, and then galloping on the open road, running towards the Taihe Palace.

Soon, Zhao Yan came to the steps of the Taihe Palace, Zhao Yan stopped his horse and stood, looking at this magnificent hall, and felt very emotional.

In just four years, he grew from a small landowner in the countryside to the point where he could touch the throne of imperial power, which shows how corrupt and weak this dynasty is.

And the biggest weakness of this dynasty is that there is no professional army, and military logistics are even worse to the extreme.

"Zhao Yan, the general soldier of the noisy Shandong, came to meet me."

Suddenly, the Han general in the hall shouted loudly, and one by one it spread outside the hall, Zhao Yan turned over and dismounted, and walked up the steps of the Taihe Hall with a group of guards.

Walking into the hall, there was not a single civil and military official in the hall.

Chongzhen sat majestically on the dragon chair and watched Zhao Yan walk into the Taihe Hall with a group of heavily armed soldiers, Zhao Yan slowly walked into the hall and looked around, but did not salute immediately.

The two eunuchs, Wang Chengen and Cao Huaol, also had no intention of scolding, and a few of the Han generals on the side were even trembling, lowering their heads and not daring to look at Zhao Yan and them.

Half a sound, Zhao Yan took two steps forward, half-knelt down, and said loudly: "See my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live, long live my emperor, the minister disturbs the saint, and the crime deserves death." ”

The guards behind him also half-knelt down at the same time, but they were silent.

"Aiqing, let's be flat!" Chongzhen saw Zhao Yan like this, and his complexion softened a little.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Yan stood up and said to Chongzhen: "If Your Majesty has no objection, you will immediately behead Yang Sichang to set an example." ”

"What is Yang Sichang's crime?" Chongzhen was suddenly stimulated and slapped heavily on the dragon chair. Zhao Yan said expressionlessly: "Yang Sichang bewitched the Holy Lord to ban the "Daming Newspaper" and the Jimin Inn, but these are all trivial matters, but it is a big crime to bewitch His Majesty to negotiate peace with the Jianyu and prohibit the people from immigrating to Shandong, if it is not punished, it will be difficult to eliminate the anger in the hearts of the soldiers. ”

"Then if you want to kill, then kill me." Chongzhen said angrily, "It's all my idea, and it has nothing to do with Yang Sichang." ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and the minister naturally knows that this is what Your Majesty means. However, Yang Sichang had to be punished. Zhao Yan directly ignored Chongzhen's anger and said indifferently, the scapegoat is definitely to be found.

"You ......" Chongzhen pointed at Zhao Yan angrily, and Zhao Yan smiled: "At the same time, the minister also prepared some things for His Majesty." ”

Saying that, Zhao Yan took out two documents of the agreement and the memorandum of understanding, Wang Chengen hurriedly walked down and submitted these documents.

Chongzhen picked up a few documents with a gloomy face and read them seriously.

However, before he could see much, Chongzhen stood up angrily, pointed at Zhao Yan and scolded: "Good thief, good thief, you dare." ”

"The constitution is for the sake of Your Majesty, so that the descendants of the Zhu family will be emperors for all generations in the future, wouldn't it be beautiful." Zhao Yan said with a smile, and even made Chongzhen angry.

Zhao Yan continued: "Furthermore, Your Majesty has done it, and it should be punished, Your Majesty can read it first, as long as the agreement is signed, the minister will withdraw immediately, and whether the minister will go or stay, everything is decided by Your Majesty." ”

Without waiting for Chongzhen to speak, Zhao Yan said again: "In addition, there is no war in the capital division, please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to let the teachers of the Qin King from all walks of life go back to their homes!" ”

"I, I ......" Chongzhen was so angry that he trembled all over, and he couldn't speak for a while, if Zhao Yan stood below, he said that soldiers are brave, and Zhao Yan has no shortage of strong soldiers in his hands, and his courage is naturally big.

Cao Huaol took the law and looked at it, and after a while, I saw him say to Chongzhen in his ear: "Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, Zhao Yan hasn't done anything yet, according to the old slave, it's better to sign it!" ”

Chongzhen lowered his head and took the document and looked at it again.

Constitutional Act of the Year of the Seventh Child.

The core function of this law is to limit the absolute rights of the monarch and avoid the loss of national strength, territory and talent caused by the monarch's personal misjudgment.

Article 1: The monarch has no right to dismiss or kill Ming officials and people at will, let alone to strip the people of their property for no reason with their personal will, and everything is in accordance with the law of the country.

Article 2: The monarch's annual expenditure is limited to 1,000,000 taels of silver, and the rest is charged to the state treasury, which is under the care of the cabinet and distributed by the cabinet in consultation. If the monarch needs to expand his spending, he is free to invest in industry and commerce, but he is not allowed to engage in unfair competition.

Article 3: The executive power shall be vested in the Cabinet, the civilian officials shall appoint, and the national defense and military power shall remain under the control of the monarch, and the military and the administration shall be separated.

Article 4: In addition to the control of military power, the monarch shall also be responsible for receiving diplomatic envoys, presiding over education, and conducting ceremonies and ceremonies, and shall not go beyond the administrative step.

Article 5: Abolish the eunuch system, and no eunuch shall be recruited into the palace under any pretext or form, except for the existing eunuchs in the palace.

Article 6: That is, to improve the "Da Ming Law", it is necessary to cover every field, and establish a Dali Temple that is not subject to the constraints of the imperial power and the cabinet, and implement the separation of military, government and law.

Article 7: This Law shall come into force in perpetuity.

Shandong Military Privilege Treaty

1. The Shandong military group has the right to declare war on foreign countries, and the monarch and cabinet must not oppose, obstruct, or secretly sabotage it.

2. The Shandong Military Group may expand the Shandong Army according to its financial revenue and on the premise that it will no longer destroy production.

3. The Shandong Military Group is in charge of the shipping departments of various provinces and cities, and has the right to levy import and export taxes on merchant ships at sea.

Four: The Shandong Military Group is in charge of the Salt Transportation Division of the World, and half of its income is used for Shandong's military expenditure, and half is used for the imperial court's military expenditure.

Fifth, the Shandong military group has colonial autonomy, and this autonomy is not hereditary.

Sixth: military groups can prosecute political, military, economic, and criminal criminals, and the public prosecution will be tried by Dali Temple.

"Aiqing, let me think about it." Chongzhen still said a little angrily, Zhao Yan nodded and said, "This is natural, but Your Majesty should send out the holy decree first!" Soldiers and horses from all walks of life still need to suppress thieves, and if they leave the place, the good situation will inevitably be overturned. ”

"Intended." Chongzhen was helpless, and under the force of Zhao Yan, he had no choice but to do as he said, "Order Zu Dashou to retreat to Liaoxi and strictly prevent Jianyu from entering...... Order......"

Chongzhen reported, Wang Chengen quickly wrote, and finally Cao Huaol took out the big seal and covered it, and the procedure was completed.

Zhao Yan took the holy decree, so he said to Chongzhen: "So the minister retired, Ming said that the minister will enter the palace again to face the saint, I hope Your Majesty will think about it, if you don't sign, the minister may be difficult to explain to the soldiers, and the time will ......."

Saying that, Zhao Yan smiled and didn't continue, everyone understood the meaning, so there was no need to say more. Then Zhao Yan turned around and walked outside the hall.

(To be continued)