Chapter 326: We're Back
The majestic and majestic northern capital was in front of him, and Zhu Dadian could even see the open gate of the city that was not guarded by anyone.
Silently watching the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty, everyone had mixed feelings, which was clearly telling - we are back!
"Just give me 5,000 soldiers! This little tiger is too inauthentic! "You should be happy now, this is not good, Zhu Dadian simply broke the silence.
This is outside the Desheng Gate of the Beijing Division, the Desheng Gate is the door of the army's triumph, Zhu Dadian and Shi Kefa deliberately walked this Desheng Gate naturally has its significance. Desheng Gate is also called "repair door", there is a noble moral character, the teacher of benevolence and righteousness wants to enter and exit from this door, so this door is more in and out of the military vehicle, of course, the victory must go to the Desheng Gate, which is the greatest significance of the Desheng Gate.
Zhu Dadian's side was Shi Kefa, and Zhu Youzhen, the king in the center, was already excited, only trembling slightly.
Da Ming is still the Da Ming, the Da Ming of the Zhu family, a Da Ming who has stood up again. It doesn't matter how much credit you make, the most important thing is that history will record this moment, and many people will be famous all over the world because of this recovery of the northern capital and the victory over the Tartars.
Is this a complaint? There was a trace of complaint on Zhu Dadian's face, which was clearly showing off, showing off his rare experience and brilliance in his life.
Recover the northern capital with your own hands! How many people have such an opportunity?
"Ready."
Of course, you can't enter the northern capital in an ordinary way, Yiwang Zhu Youzhen learned from his son-in-law Zhou Huchen, sometimes you have to be high-profile, and you want others to know that you are coming. Zhu Youzhen wanted to hold a brief ceremony to enter Beijing, and this ceremony was very simple, firing a 20-gun salute.
The soldiers rushed to the moat of the northern capital, and then, twenty huge cannons left by Zhou Huchen lined up outside the Desheng Gate.
Zhou Qian, the commander of the artillery, was actually very depressed, and he was very depressed all the time, because the heavy artillery team he was in charge of tragically only participated in one battle in Tianjin, which was not considered a battle, and the number of times the artillery was fired was just right. Five cannons collapsed the city walls of Tianjin.
No, willingly, unwillingly! Originally, Jiannu had a chance to defend himself in Bazhou or Gu'an, but who knows, Jiannu ran away like this. It's okay to guard the Jingshi! The high walls of Jingshi City are thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, just enough to let others see the power of their cannons. These shameless tartars ran so fast, making Zhou Qian run for nothing.
The powerful siege cannon turned into a salute, can Zhou Qian not be depressed?
The sound of the cannon piercing the sky was actually a signal, because He Tengjiao's army on the west road had already sent someone to contact them, and they would wait for the cannon to sound at Yongding Gate. Subsequently, the two armies were to enter the Beijing Division together.
This agreement is very harmonious, there is no priority, only merit.
There is indeed no Qing army in the Jingshi, and even those who used to be newly attached to the Han army have already been transferred outside the city to be cannon fodder, or have taken off their military uniforms and become civilians.
What is surprising is that I didn't see the welcoming scene of the people of Beijing running into the streets.
The northern capital is actually very chaotic, and the bandits who took advantage of the fire to rob took the opportunity to make a profit, and there were many robbers and thieves. But there were few people who really killed people and set fires, because everyone knew that the imperial army's army was about to enter Beijing. This kind of chaos slowly subsided as the Yiwang Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Dadian, Shi Kefa and He Tengjiao led the army into the northern capital, and the order in the capital was quickly restored.
Officials, generals and soldiers split up, and the first target was naturally the Forbidden City. This was followed by the yamen of the ministries and the warehouses and treasury offices of various places.
There are almost no figures in the streets and alleys of the entire northern capital, not because the people are numb, but because the damage to the people caused by the war is too great, no matter who comes. In fact, the common people will basically not receive any benefits, and will even be poisoned and oppressed. This is also a microcosm of the times, although the people welcomed the return of the Ming Dynasty, which is the right time in China. But they are still worried, worried about their own safety, so the choice of the people is very simple, to keep their doors closed.
Yiwang Zhu Youzhen didn't care about anything else, he only cared about the Forbidden City, so as soon as he entered the city, he left Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian and ran to the Forbidden City with a group of soldiers.
Chengtianmen, that is, the noon gate, is a different scene.
When Zhu Youzhen arrived at the noon gate, he was stunned.
A large piece of black gauze hats, a large piece of court clothes, these people occupy a large area of territory in front of the noon gate in black pressure, which is amazing.
Needless to say, these people are all demoted officials, that is, former Ming officials who surrendered to Jiannu.
Zhu Youzhen's fame is a little small, and the opportunity to appear in the past is even rarer, and none of these hundreds of former Ming officials know him. These former Ming and Qing officials looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was dressed in a python robe, and they were also a little dazed, because they didn't know each other and didn't know what to call him.
To tell the truth, the posture of these officials in court clothes is very dignified and looks very solemn.
It's just that Zhu Youzhen looks down on them very much, of course, it can't be tied up, Zhu Youzhen is unwilling, how to deal with these people, it's a little troublesome!
"Lord Wang, find a place for them to wait, it's not up to you to deal with it? If you don't want to deal with it, aren't there three overseers here? It was Jian Chen who came up with his idea, he did not go north with Zhou Huchen this time.
It's a good idea, it's easy to worry and effort! Zhu Youzhen hurriedly responded: "Then Mr. Yi Puya, Mr. is talented, strategizing, and worthy of being the first staff member in the army!" ”
"The prince praised it falsely! It's better for these people to be dealt with by Bixia and the court, you don't have to pay attention to these people. ”
Jian Chen is very right, he is a vassal king, and there are some things that must be taboo. How to deal with these officials who have defected to the enemy, it is inconvenient for him to participate, and it is very appropriate to hand them over to a few civilian supervisors, what does their life and death and honor matter to themselves?
Zhu Youzhen nodded frequently: "That's it, hand them over to the three overseers, and let's go to the Forbidden City." ”
The soldiers who received the order did not know what politeness was, and they brandished their swords and guns and began to drive away these former Ming officials wearing various court uniforms. What a loss of identity! How to say that it is also a former high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, which is unbearable.
"I've been waiting for the imperial army to return to Beijing for a long time! How can it be?"
"The old man is a soldier of the Ministry of Rites, and Lang Er dares to be so rude"
There are those who shout everything, those who show their official authority, those who obviously show cowardice, those who plead, and of course those who are silent. Ignoring these people, Zhu Youzhen Chen left some soldiers and Jian Chen and went straight to the Forbidden City.
Soon, Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian arrived. As for He Tengjiao, he was too busy to command his huge army to deploy, and his task was to firmly control the streets, city gates and city walls of the Beijing Division, and also send people to protect those yamen and various warehouses. And the vast majority of He Tengjiao's subordinates are former thieves, and they are not completely at ease to use, there can be no chaos at such a critical moment, and He Tengjiao's task is not arduous.
Dolgon and the Manchu Emperor Shunzhi left in too haste, and in order to hide people's eyes, the Forbidden City was not destroyed by him. However, those banner people who followed up did not let go of the Forbidden City, they swept away a lot of things, of course, these good things did not flow out of the customs, because it is difficult to say whether they had the life to enjoy the benefits of the treasure. And after these bannermen left, some restless Jingshi people entered the Forbidden City again, and all kinds of royal supplies, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings and rare things were lost.
In any case, the northern capital returned to the Ming Dynasty and order was restored, and these losses were insignificant for regaining control of the northern capital and driving Jiannu out of the Guanwai. (To be continued......)