That group of soldiers Zhang Shouyin went down to the city and walked in the direction of Chongwenmen, all the way were crying and running people, both soldiers and civilians. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 When I walked to this low and low alley, I saw that the villagers were all half-covered doors, and the heads poking out of the cracks in the door were all nervous, expectant, and even more afraid.

When he walked to a house, he saw the door open suddenly, and a woman in her thirties with patches on her clothes and a haggard and strong expression rushed out, followed by a girl of fifteen or sixteen, also with patches on her clothes. But it was the gardener Yang Bagu and her daughter Niannu.

"Brother Shouyin......"

"Uncle Yin."

Yang Bagu hurriedly stepped forward, her expression was anxious and concerned, she grabbed Zhang Shouyin's hand and looked up and down: "Let me see if you are injured defending the city." ”

Zhang Shouyin's heart was warm, and he comforted Yang Bagu and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”

He looked left and right and whispered, "Let's go in and talk." ”

The three of them entered the house, Yang Bagu closed the door, and Zhang Shouyin also tried to see if the door was closed tightly and whether it could be pushed open outside. Then he relaxed a little, stretched into his arms, but seven or eight silver yuan appeared in his hand, and then put it in Yang Bagu's hand.

He said softly: "Eighth aunt, you have been with me for so long, and you have never let you live a good life, look at Nian Nu, the clothes are all old." You just get the money, you take it, and plan to see how you spend it. ”

Yang Bagu stared blankly at the silver yuan in her hand, exquisite and dazzling, white flowers attract people's souls, of course she knows the value of these silver yuan, in Beijing has always been hard currency, sometimes a silver yuan can even be used as two or three taels of silver, her daughter Nian Nu next to her is also a low cry of "wow".

Yang Bagu held Yinyuan tightly, and she said in a trembling voice: "Where did you get all this money?" ”

Zhang Shouyin's expression was a little complicated, and he said: "It is the reward of General Fu, he scattered all his wealth and sacrificed the army, and in the past two days of defending the city, he has scattered tens of thousands of silver yuan." ”

Yang Bagu sighed: "The Fu chief soldier slave family has also heard that it is rare to have a good official, but there are too few such good officials in the imperial court, so the city fell after two days of guarding." …… It's okay, now that the heavenly soldiers have entered the city, it's time for everyone to live a good life. ”

Zhang Shouyin said: "Well, now that the soldiers and horses have just entered the city, they are still a little flustered, and when the Beijing division settles down, we can live a good life." ”

Yang Bagu snuggled into Zhang Shouyin's arms, and both of them looked full of anticipation and longing.

Yang Bagu's husband died early, and it was extremely hard to pull Nian Nu to grow up alone, and Zhang Shouyin's wife died early, and his children all died in the military disaster and famine.

As for Yang Bagu's daughter Niannu, Zhang Shouyin vaguely saw the shadow of his daughter in her, and loved her very much, treating her as his own, which made Yang Bagu's mother and daughter who worked hard to live a lot attached to him.

At this time, Niannu stood aside, she pursed her lips and smiled, happy for her mother, after so many years, there is finally a man who is really good to her.

The three of them got together, listening to the footsteps outside and the crying moving the sky, they were all a little frightened, Yang Bagu couldn't help but say: "Don't be afraid, the shopkeeper Tian said that the heavenly soldiers don't kill, don't love money, don't rob, and they will make everyone safe." ”

At this time, the door suddenly slammed loudly, which startled the three of them, and Nian Nu came out with a scream.

Zhang Shouyin held her mother and daughter in her arms and listened to the movement outside, but fortunately, after this sound, there was no other sound outside the door, which made him feel calm.

I don't know how long it took, I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, the streets and alleys, galloping everywhere, and then some shouts with Shaanxi accents sounded: "The people are not allowed to open the door, and they will be killed when they open the door!" ”

Yang Bagu heard this, and hurriedly said: "Nian Nu, follow me to take a look around, where the doors and windows are not closed tightly." ”

They were busy inspecting, and they heard the sound of the streets and alleys closing their doors outside, and after a long time, another voice shouted: "Those who open the door will not be killed!" ”

They opened the door in a nervous mood, and the night was already a little dark outside, and when they looked around, they saw that the neighbors were sticking something to the door, and many of them were still holding incense in their hands. Yang Bagu looked at the neighboring villages, and saw the word "Shunmin" glued to the door, and there was a book Long live King Shuntian in the first year of Yongchang.

Yang Bagu hurriedly said: "Nian Nu, go find some incense." She was busy writing the words Shunmin with Zhang Shouyin, writing crookedly and sticking it on the door.

As soon as it was glued, I heard the roar of footsteps not far away, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the ground, and under the flag, neat soldiers came in a row. The people of each street and alley are holding incense and standing at the door, and where the soldiers and horses pass, they all hold incense to greet them, shouting: "Long live the King of Dashun." ”

The sound of long live spread over, and seeing that the neighbors all knelt down with incense, Yang Bagu and the three of them were also busy kneeling with incense.

Zhang Shouyin peeked at it, only to feel that the soldiers and horses of Dashun were very solemn, so he didn't dare to look at it, he held incense high, knelt on the ground, buried his head deeply, and shouted: "Long live the King of Dashun." ”

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On the Dongzhi Gate, seeing the thieves continuously climbing the city wall, the defenders not only refused, but entered the city with hand assistance. Then I heard the gates of the city below open, and the thieves cheered, and the overwhelming sound of long live. Wang Jiayan, the assistant director of the Beijing camp and the right attendant of the military department, sighed, he looked at everything in front of him with a confused look, and jumped down from the city tower.

At this time, it was the eighteenth day, from seven o'clock to nine o'clock in the evening, I heard that the outer city had fallen, and the thieves went up from the corner tower of Dongzhimen to the edge of the city, and the big city fell.

Like the outer city, the inner city soon became ablaze, Wendong Zhimen opened, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo who defended Chaoyangmen, and Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department who defended Zhengyangmen, also opened the second gate to welcome the surrender. The great eunuch Wang Xiangyao led thousands of soldiers to guard the Xuanwu Gate, and opened the city gate to kneel.

In the matter, Guang Shiheng and Wang Zhang, who supervised the imperial history, patrolled the city, and at this time they were inspecting to the Xuanwu Gate, and watched Wang Xiangyao open the city gate. Wang Zhang sighed and crashed to his death on the edge of the city gate.

On the Zhengyang Gate, Meng Zhaoxiang, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, watched the thieves march in line, and Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Military Department, knelt on the ground motionless, he was silent, and slowly pulled out the saber at his waist. His son, Jinshi Meng Zhangming, burst into tears, but only quietly bowed to the ground.

After his father killed himself suddenly, he returned to the house with his father's corpse on his back and said to his wife Wang: "I can't bear to die alone, I will follow the adult." ”

His wife said, "If you die, so will I." ”

Meng Zhangming staggered and said, "Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Ran must die first." ”

He sent his family out as much as he could, leaving a maid by his side, and after his wife hanged herself, he took a pen and composed a poem, and then returned to the big book wall: "If there is anyone who insults the corpse of my wife and wife, I will kill them for the ghosts." ”

He took one and put it under his wife's corpse, added a scarlet robe, and put another on his wife's left side, and instructed his maidservant, "I will also put it on the door when I die." ”

Then he hanged himself in a scarlet robe.

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The thieves continued to enter the inner city, and the voices of people everywhere were boiling, Fan Jingwen, a university scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Engineering, listened to the movement outside and sighed: "As a minister, you can't make a lot of achievements from the field, although you die!" At this time, he had not eaten for three days, and his voice could not continue, so he let his family support him, knelt three times and bowed nine times in the direction of the Forbidden City, and wrote two poems, and then hanged himself, and his concubine also passed by himself.

Ni Yuanlu, a scholar and bachelor of the household department, listened to the sound of thieves riding outside and shouting for mules and horses from the people, and sighed: "The country is here, and the ministers are more responsible. He tidied up his clothes and bowed to him, thanking the Son of Heaven in the north and thanking his mother in the south. He also instructed his family: "If you want to be buried immediately, you will be buried in a big way, and then you will collect my body." "It was hanged, and afterwards the family was full of martyrs, and there were three out of ten people.

The left deputy capital Yu Shi Bang Yao heard that the thieves entered, wept loudly, and the inscription was on the several: "I am ashamed that it is difficult to make a half-plan, but there is a small body to repay the grace of the Lord." And he hanged himself.

Ling Yiqu, the Qing of Dali Temple, burned all the books written and commented on his life, served the scarlet Zhengwat Wangque worship, and returned to the south to pay homage, and his father wrote a suicide note, saying: "Loyalty is so filial piety, and you can die without dishonoring your father." "With his head touching the pillar, he bled and broke his face and died.

That night, Jinyi Weidu commanded Wang Guoxing to hang himself.

Jinyiwei commanded Tongzhi Li Ruoqi to guard Chongwen Gate, the city fell, and made a desperate word: "Die!" That is, today's thing, woe! Why bother posterity to know. "Hang yourself.

Jinyi Wei Qianhu Gao Wencai guarded the Xuanwu Gate, the city fell, and a family of seventeen people committed suicide.

Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, heard that the thief broke the inner city, and sighed: "As a minister, righteousness is not humiliated, and it is necessary to share difficulties with the country." "With his younger brother Liu Wenyao, the governor of the left, he chose a big well, and his descendants and sixteen men and women and their sisters were all thrown into it. Grandmother Mrs. Yingguo, the emperor's grandmother, who was more than 90 years old, also died in a well.

Gong Yonggu, the governor of the horses, heard that the thief broke the inner city, killed his beloved horse, burned his bow and sword, and said on the wall: "The world is favored by the country, and the body cannot be humiliated." "Princess Shi Le'an was the first to die, and she was ordered to raise a fire to give the first, and the fire burned, and the five children were burned to death.

When the thieves were in a hurry to attack the city, Kim Hyun, a member of the military department, knelt in front of his mother Zhang and said: "My son was favored by the country and served as a driver. The city is broken, and righteousness is bound to die. If you have a secluded place, you can hide your mother, and you can go quickly. The mother said, "You are favored by the country, but I am not favored by the country?" It's urgent, and the well is where I died. ”

Kim Hyun wept, quit his mother and went to see things, and when he arrived at the Yuhe Bridge, he heard that the inner city had fallen, and Kim Hyun looked forward to the palace and bowed again, that is, he threw himself into the Yuhe. His mother Zhang also died in the well, and his concubine Wang also died. His brother Zhusheng Jin Jin cried out: "If my mother dies, I will die." However, the mother did not return to the land, and she did not dare to die. "Take the coffin and bury his mother, and throw himself into the well and die.

Zuo Zhongyun Liu Lishun, Qixian Zhuangyuanlang, thieves into the inner city, inscription on the wall said: "Chengren takes righteousness, Confucius and Meng preached." Wen Xin practiced, why don't I. Then he committed suicide by drinking, and his wife Wan, his concubine Li and his son Xiaolian and eighteen servants were hanged to death behind closed doors.

At that time, it was said that the minister died the king, the wife died the husband, the son died the father, the servant died the master, and the martyr of the family, with Liu Zhuangyuan as the most.

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On the 18th, the inner and outer cities of the Beijing Division were broken, and the ministers were immediately martyred by Fan Jingwen, a scholar of Dongge University, Wang Jiayan, a waiter of the Ministry of War, Meng Zhaoxiang, a waiter of the Criminal Department, Shi Bangyao, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, Ling Yiqu, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Wu Linzheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple, and dozens of other people, who were martyred for the righteousness in their hearts.

On the 19th, there was still a light rain, a slight snow in Russia, and the smoke and fireworks inside and outside the Beijing Division blocked the sky. At this time, there was chaos in the palace, and many palace people had just escaped, but they encountered thieves and fled in a hurry.

The palace man Wei shouted: "If the thief enters the inner house, my generation will be polluted, and those who have a will will plan early." Then he jumped into the river and died, and in an instant there were one or two hundred people from the dead.

At noon, Li Zicheng wore a felt hat, rode a black barge horse, rode hundreds of fine horses, entered from the Desheng Gate, and the great eunuch Wang Dehua led 300 people to kneel at the Desheng Gate to greet him, Li Zicheng ordered him to take charge of the ceremonial supervisor as usual, and the officials of the supervision bureaus were also welcomed.

They turned to Daming Gate and entered the Forbidden City, accompanied by civil officials such as Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Song Qijiao, and Liu Zongmin and Li Guo. Li Zicheng entered from the West Chang'an Gate, bent his bow and laughed at the sky, and shot at the Chang'an archway.

said: "If you shoot the middle word, the world is peaceful." ”

Unexpectedly, an arrow was shot on the corrugated, and Song Xiance comforted: "Shoot in the ditch, with Huai as the boundary." ”

They went to Chengtianmen again, Li Zicheng looked forward to it, saw the four words "Chengtian Gate" on the archway, and pointed to the door list with a bow: "I can be the lord of the world, then an arrow will hit the center of the four characters." ”

Unexpectedly, he missed the shot again, and shot under the word sky, Li Zicheng bowed his head and was unhappy, Niu Jinxing said: "Under it, the world is divided into the middle." ”

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, throwing a bow and laughing.

They entered the palace and asked where the emperor was, Wang Dehua looked complicated, and led everyone to the Huangji Palace, which had been burned into ruins, and there were still embers of fire.

Li Zicheng and the others were shocked to see a corpse sitting on the dragon seat, and another corpse bowing in front of Emperor Daxing, both of which were scorched black by the fire.

Li Zicheng exclaimed: "This is the emperor? Who is the person next to him? ”

At this time, a few eunuchs couldn't hold back any longer, and threw themselves to the side and cried, calling them Your Majesty, and some people cried for the prince.

Wang Dehua wept and said: "This is Emperor Chongzhen, and the person next to him is the great eunuch Wang Chengen's father-in-law." Although it was destroyed by fire, the general body shape and appearance will not be wrong, and the slave and maid will not admit that they are wrong. ”

Li Zicheng and others called some eunuchs in the palace who had served the emperor, and they either trembled and pointed out, or cried out to Your Majesty.

Li Zicheng had no doubts, looking at the charred corpse on the dragon seat, sitting dignified, raising his eyes, scorching his body, but he couldn't make him move on the throne at all, and couldn't help but exclaim: "The emperor is so strong!" ”

He looked at Wang Chengen's corpse on the side and sighed, "There are also such loyal servants. ”

He didn't know what it was like in his heart, according to his heart, he really wanted to see Emperor Chongzhen, but there was only a charred corpse in front of him.

Behind Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and others were also amazed, all with complicated expressions, Li Yan let out a long sigh and slowly closed his eyes.

At this moment, everyone suddenly saw a white light rise from the sky, flashing for a long time.

One person exclaimed: "This is the aura of the emperor, reaching up to the sky." ”

Li Zicheng raised his eyes and looked at it for a long time, and finally sighed, and ordered the emperor to be buried with the emperor's ceremony, and the emperor's funeral was honored. Twenty-three is the day of the funeral, out of the second official Zi, to the Dan lacquer funeral emperor, plus the emperor's wings and good crowns, the jade infiltrates the golden boots, and the altar is set up.

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After instructing this, Li Zicheng and the others remembered a very important thing, that is, the prince and others were gone, as well as the queen, Yuan Guifei and others, and they were not available in the Dasuo Palace.

They discussed, Li Guo said that in the middle of the night last night, there were many troops and horses in each gate breaking through, could it be that the prince and others were among them? After all, the Beijing division is vast, and it is impossible for the soldiers and horses to besiege it, and the horsemen can't patrol in the dark, so it is very likely that they will escape.

Niu Jinxing said that it may also be hiding the people, and it cannot be obtained unless it is rewarded and punished, which is a major event and cannot be ignored.

Li Zicheng agreed, but ordered that those who offered the prince and the two kings were rewarded with ten thousand gold, and they were named earls, and those who dared to hide were all Yi clans.

Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing issued a notice: "The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty all entered the court the next day." First have a foot-colored handbook, a green coat and a small hat, go to the house to register, and those who are willing to return to their hometowns will be at their own convenience. Those who are willing to serve the officials will be promoted only by quantity. Those who disobey will be guilty of a great crime. The house of hiding, once you go to sit together, it is forbidden for the people to hide their own words. ”

They sent people to the five prefectures and six ministries, and each yamen, and ordered the chief class to sign up for their own officials.

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The Jingshi fell on the second day, and the emperor's death was like a thunderbolt, and it spread quickly in all directions.

When Zhang Qingzhen heard that the city had fallen, he scattered his belongings and relatives, bought wine and drank with his family, accumulated salaries all around, and burned his whole family to death. Xuancheng Bowei heard the change in the spring, and the family went to the well to die, and there was no survivor. The governor of Suncheonfu, Chen Zhenda, committed suicide.

Xu Yan, a member of Changzhou, heard the change of the Beijing Division, and was desperate for grief, and wrote the four words "Chongzhen Shengshang" all over the body, and died in seven days.

Hearing that the Jingshi fell, Yongning Hou Wang Dou led the generals to rush into Xuanfu Town, at this time Li Banghua, Zhu Zhifeng, Wei Jingyuan, Cai Maode and others all gathered in the town. They originally thought that the Beijing division was strong and could hold on to the capital to send troops, but now all hope has been lost, so they all have the will to die for the country.

Du Xun, the eunuch guarding the town of Xuanfu Town, originally wanted to hang himself, but Bai Aya had already set up, he went up and down many times, and finally he didn't dare to commit suicide, he wailed: "No, our family can't die, and the people of Xuanfu Town can't live without me." He howled loudly, and the little eunuch beside him also cried.

When Wang Dou arrived, more than 100 officials and gentry students had gathered in front of Li Banghua's mansion, and they all followed Li Banghua to the Zhencheng Ji'an Hall to worship Wen Tianxiang. Today, ride the basket to the sky, and the children and grandchildren will look up to the name of the hundred generations. ”

When Wei Jingyi, the governor of Datong, came, he also left his last words to his mother: "My mother is more than 80 years old, and I should take care of myself." Son, minister, you can't not die. ”

The rest of them all have inscriptions.

Wang Dou saw that many of them knew each other, and many did not. People who know it, Li Banghua, Zhu Zhifeng, Wei Jingyu, Cai Maode, Ma Guoxi, Wu Zhi, and even the former subordinates, the commander Feng Dachang are also in the crowd. People who don't know each other have the same firm expressions and are full of determination.

Seeing Wang Dou coming, Li Banghua bowed to Shi, he knew what Wang Dou was going to say, and said: "The lord humiliates the ministers to death, and the ministers are also divided, so what can the husband say?" Now there is Yongning Hou in the Ming Dynasty, and there are no regrets. ”

He said: "The old man has received the grace of the country, but he is ashamed that he has no plan to repay the grace of the Lord. Yongning Hou, please let me do my best to be loyal and filial piety, and die for the morality in my heart. ”

Wang Dou looked at Zhu Zhifeng, the stiff old man and said: "The lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, we can't save it, and the disaster is so far, there is only one death to repay the country." Xuanfu Town has Jun Zai, Feng, worry-free ears. ”

Cai Maode saluted Wang Doushen, he raised his head, and his weak body was full of determination: "A dignified husband, a sage is a disciple, and he will be killed." ”

Wang Dou looked at Ma Guoxi, who had been sleek in Wang Dou's heart and said: "Loyalty and filial piety, Guoxi can't be immortal." ”

Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, gave Wang Doushen a salute and was silent.

Wang Dou finally looked at the commander Feng Dachang, this former subordinate of Wang Dou suddenly bowed and said: "Hou Ye is gracious, Dachang can only be reported in the next life!" ”

More than 100 of them tidied up their clothes and said in unison: "We are deeply favored by the country, and we should be martyred and have a clear ambition to do our best!" ”

Firewood, grass and oil had already been prepared inside and outside the mansion, and then the servants lit the pyre, and the fire slowly ignited, and finally the entire mansion turned into a raging fire, Li Banghua and the others laughed, they bowed to each other, and said, "Please." ”

"Please."

They looked calm, and just walked into the flames, and all their family members bowed outside, whimpering and choking.

Everyone behind Wang Dou was silent, Wang Dou slowly closed his eyes, and he sighed: "Alas, my Confucian Academy is empty. ”

His tears welled up uncontrollably.

Ah, this great dynasty, this great civilization, how can I not miss it. She has a thousand kinds of shortcomings, such and such shortcomings, but the flickering light still makes people unable to do it themselves. This dynasty is so heartbreaking, regretful, and longing.

She is so elegant, gorgeous clothes, elegant etiquette, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no more, elegant and pure Han culture has been cut off.

There are so many of her loyal ministers and righteous soldiers, there are more than 1,000 martyred officials and soldiers in the Jiashen Kingdom, and more than 8,000 people who died in battle and martyred in the country.

She is so tenacious, awe-inspiring, heroic martyrdom, and calmly righteous, even after the death of the country, she has resisted for so long and resisted so fiercely.

How brilliant and unforgettable her civilization is.

Ah, I'll always remember her.

I will not hinder these people who sacrifice their lives for righteousness, and I will respect their choice.

All I can do is miss them, and therefore remember them.

Facing the burning mansion, Wang Dou bowed deeply. (To be continued.) )