Li Zicheng occupied the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, all of which came too quickly.

Li Zicheng, who occupied the capital, followed Gu Junen's advice, treated the people of the capital well, and did not allow the soldiers to plunder, while maintaining law and order in the capital and maintaining the stability of the capital.

This move was supported by the common people, and some people even played the slogan of Long live the Dashun Emperor and shouted slogans.

Li Zicheng entered the palace of the Forbidden City, he couldn't suppress the ** in his heart, in the first year of Chongzhen, he was just a post guard at the post station, not to mention entering the palace, even coming to the capital seemed extravagant.

Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and the queen and concubines also hanged themselves, but there were still many palace maids.

The changes that caught Gu Junen off guard appeared at this time.

The palace seems to be a magic house, some people enter it, thinking of their own responsibilities and responsibilities, and some people enter it, what they find is lost, and the process is very fast, so fast that people can't react.

Li Zicheng began to enjoy himself in the palace, there are too many beauties around him, and he has a luxurious life, which is not something that ordinary people can resist, and Li Zicheng is no exception.

Another twist has occurred.

After the occupation of the capital, the ranks of the rebels began to grow rapidly, and the surrendered officers and soldiers exceeded 100,000, plus the rebels sent by Li Zicheng from Shanxi and Henan, the total number exceeded 800,000, so many people needed to eat and drink, and they all needed to consume grain and grass, Gu Junen had already felt the huge pressure, and he could not maintain the food and salary expenses well.

What Gu Junen didn't expect was that Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and others who entered the capital also had a huge change in their thinking, they thought that Li Zicheng was sure to be the emperor, who didn't know that Li Zicheng had entered the palace. Sitting on the imperial chariot, since Li Zicheng is the emperor, they should also enjoy the blessings.

After Li Zicheng entered the capital, he did not take any measures to suppress the original officials of the Ming court, and all officials below the third grade. Continue to stay in office, as for the officials above the third grade, all of them are waiting for news at home.

Li Zicheng doesn't have so many talents around him, he needs these officials, and Gu Junen also made a suggestion that these officials must be stabilized in order to maintain the stability of the capital and Beizhili and other places.

This hand-held measure has produced very good results, and the capital has stabilized in a short period of time. Moreover, the scholars and scholars in the capital were not particularly opposed to Li Zicheng, except for those officials who followed Emperor Chongzhen's suicide.

It's a pity that Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and others don't see it this way.

They felt that when they entered the capital, they must enjoy it, and they must reflect the authority of the righteous army, and besides, they have followed so many soldiers of the righteous army, and now they have occupied the capital, if they still maintain their original appearance. If you can't do anything, then who else will follow suit. If you don't define it, the army will be dispersed.

Coincidentally, at this time, the situation of the shortage of food and grass of the righteous army was reflected.

Li Zicheng in the palace had a gorgeous turn in an instant, and even Gu Junen, who he trusted the most, could not be seen every day.

When discussing the rations of the righteous army in the Qianqing Palace, Gu Junen resolutely opposed the collection of donations in the capital. He knew very well the meaning of fundraising, to put it bluntly, it was to loot money in the capital, and the rich people must be those scholars and officials, and the rebels had just occupied the capital, and they had not been able to completely stabilize it at all. At this moment, it is necessary to rely on these scholars and scholars, if this happy person is excluded, then it will be difficult for the rebels to gain a foothold in the capital.

Although this controversy ended in Gu Junen's victory, Gu Junen found that King Chuang didn't seem to appreciate his point of view very much, and could even be said to be a little unhappy, if it weren't for his Gu Junen's efforts to maintain the stability of the capital and the stability of the rebel army, King Chuang might have been angry.

Gu Junen, who was worried, once again put forward a suggestion, that is, to recruit Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Daming Mountain Customs, who was still stationed in Shanhaiguan.

Wu Sangui's parents and their families are in the capital, as long as Li Zicheng and the righteous army treat Wu Sangui's family well, and at the same time give Wu Sangui a certain degree of promise, they will definitely be able to win Wu Sangui, and more importantly, Wu Sangui led more than 100,000 troops stationed in Shanhaiguan, which is a force that should not be underestimated.

Li Zicheng agreed to Gu Junen's suggestion, but he did not give a specific promise, that is, what kind of official should Wu Sangui be given and what kind of benefits would Wu Sangui get.

If it was before, Gu Junen would definitely be able to call the shots, but now he can't make decisions casually, because after Li Zicheng entered the palace, the most trusted thing is his family, and there are not many days left, Li Zicheng trusts Li Guo the most.

Gu Junen also knows the truth that a companion is like a tiger, and he doesn't have any special plans, and still does things conscientiously.

The civil and military officials in the capital were panicked, not knowing what would happen next, and the scholars and scholars were not having a good time, they suddenly had no backbone, just like lambs waiting for fate in the face of lions.

Among these people, Qian Qianyi is an alternative.

Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and many people around him were sad and painful, and Qian Qianyi also cried for a while, but he quickly stopped crying, and as the leader of the Donglin Party, he began to gather many scholars.

Qian Qianyi's point of view is very simple, scholars shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the world, and the Donglin Party members must stand up at this time and cheer for the people in front of Li Zicheng.

Gong Dingyu fully agreed with Qian Qianyi's suggestion, while Qu Shiyun angrily reprimanded Qian Qianyi.

Just five days after Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, Qian Qianyi took the initiative to visit Gu Junen.

Qian Qianyi's initiative to visit made Gu Junen very happy, of course he knew Qian Qianyi's fame, if such a person could be used by King Chuang, it would be a great thing, and Qian Qianyi would also be able to attract more scholars to King Chuang's side.

Gu Junen almost didn't hesitate, and immediately recommended Qian Qianyi to King Chuang.

Li Zicheng has not yet arrived home in a daze, and welcomed Qian Qianyi's initiative to take refuge, and at the same time asked Qian Qianyi to preside over the affairs of the Ministry of Rites and help recruit talents.

Qian Qianyi immediately acted quickly like a spring on a clockwork, and he first recruited talents among the Donglin party.

It should be said that there are still officials in the capital who have temperance, and some officials represented by Li Banghua, the imperial historian of the left capital, Shi Bangyao, the imperial envoy of the left deputy capital, and Wang Jiayan, the right attendant of the military department, also committed suicide after Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, but ironically, none of the cabinet ministers committed suicide.

Qian Qianyi recruited many people, but Qian Shisheng, the former first assistant of the cabinet, and Qian Qianyi's students Zhang Pu and Qu Shiyun flatly refused, unwilling to take their own lives for Li.

Qian Qianyi still has a conscience in his heart, and he did not confess those who were unwilling to serve Li Zicheng.

In just a few days, Qian Qianyi recruited nearly 100 people, all of whom were arranged by Gu Junen with corresponding official positions.

Seeing that Li Zicheng wants to stabilize in the capital, with an army of nearly one million under his command, there is no big problem in stabilizing Beizhili, Shanxi, Henan and other places.

It's a pity that this situation lasted too short, and it was too short to be true.

On 29 March, Li Zicheng entered the capital for 11 days.

The storm has changed dramatically.

The senior generals of the righteous army, represented by Li Guo and Liu Zongmin, began to purge the capital, and the goal of their purge was very clear, that is, the high-ranking officials and scholars in the capital, and the purpose of his purge was that the righteous army lacked food and grass and was difficult to maintain, and the means they adopted were to arrest these people, put them in prison and torture, and asked their families to take out two pieces of silver to ransom people, as long as the silver taken out was enough, they could put people back.

The first to bear the brunt is Jiading Bo Zhoukui.

The funny thing is that when the capital encountered a crisis, Zhu Youzhen asked Zhou Kui to donate two taels of silver, Zhou Kui cried that there was nothing, and the poor jingled, but when he wanted to save his life at this time, he took out 500,000 taels of silver in one go.

Gu Junen found that the situation was wrong, angrily reprimanded Li Guo and Liu Zongmin, and wanted to enter the palace to find Li Zicheng, but unfortunately Gu Junen couldn't enter the palace at this time.

Just when Gu Junen was trying to maintain order and stop Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and others from acting, Li Zicheng's order came down, asking Gu Junen not to ask about these things and let Li Guo and Liu Zongmin handle it.

Liu Zongmin and Gu Junen have a good relationship, when he saw Gu Junen extremely depressed, he told the reason, there is no silver in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no silver in the palace.

After Gu Junen listened to these words, he was speechless, in his opinion, the capital has not yet stabilized, there are Houjin Tatars in the north, and there are Zheng Jiajun in the south, at this time the rebel army must stabilize the situation, the difficulties in money and food, in fact, can be overcome by itself, including the generals of the rebel army, including King Chuang, which one is not full of money, and taking some out can completely solve the problem in front of him.

Tightened his own pocket, but looked at other people's pockets, and put his hand in without scruples, in this case, will people still work for you, if the world is stable, this can also gradually resolve the contradictions, but now the world, there is no stability at all, a little careless, the righteous army will fall into a catastrophe.

Gu Junen didn't dare to say these words, he found that King Chuang had changed a lot, Li Zicheng who entered the palace was completely different from the previous Li Zicheng, why the change was so fast, which made Gu Junen puzzled.

Seeing that the capital was in a state of turmoil, Gu Junen could only lament. (To be continued.) )