Wang Zhixin donated 500,000 taels at once, and he really deserved his reputation as the richest man in the inner court. Driven by him and Wang Chengen, the big eunuchs in the palace donated their money one after another and exchanged the silver in their hands for "national disaster debts". A total of two million taels of silver, all in the form of debts borne by the Emperor Ming and the Zhu family, gave a voucher, and agreed to repay the principal and interest within ten years.

Zhu Cihong took 100,000 taels as the standard and gave an annual interest rate of 0.2 percent. For every 10,000 taels less, the interest will be reduced by 0.05%. However, the eunuchs knew very well that they did not buy this national disaster debt for profit, but to buy a promise not to blame the past and work together to retreat.

What surprised Zhu Cihong was that the concept of the decimal point that he accidentally threw out was understood by these eunuchs without explanation. Moreover, it is understood in the standard logical order of one-tenth of one out of 100 parts, and then converted into traditional units such as centim and millimeter. This cannot but prove from the side that as long as money is involved, a certain type of person can show amazing understanding.

However, time is running out. In the absence of a large truck, Zhu Cihong would definitely not be able to transport these precious metals away.

The only thing that can be done is to spend money.

Zhu Cihong bought mules, horses, cattle and sheep in Beijing at a high price, and even bought a small number of camels. Some of these creatures are easier to transport and take away, some of which are consumed in Tianjin, and the rest are transported to Shandong by sea as the main driving force for infrastructure construction.

As for the remaining silver, it was piled up in front of the Chengtian Gate and called it "Life Money".

"After the king enters Beijing, there are always undisciplined battalions to burn, kill and loot, and this silver is left by the crown prince to the thieves to buy the safety of the people."

There are such stories circulating in the streets and alleys of Beijing, which can often lead to a sigh of embarrassment. The people in the city did not suffer from the additional faction, think about Emperor Chongzhen's many disasters. But he didn't feel sorry for the people in Beijing, and he was quite sympathetic.

Li Zicheng finally lost his patience and besieged the city for three months, and he had to start ending this battle of belonging to the world.

On March 17, the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's army attacked the city of Beijing. The city of Beijing heard the rumbling of artillery, and thought that the fighting was fierce. In fact, it was all the artillery of the Dashun army. The Hongyi general's cannons erected at the head of the city did not fire a word.

……

"It's the way of the very way,

Monks at home.

A stone,

Ethereal white clouds. ”

Zhang Jinyan sat in the study, listening to the sound of cannons outside, and only looked at this five-word quatrain in his eyes. This is the poetry he wrote when he visited Buddhism in the past, but now it is not as good as hanging the title of the gold list at the beginning, or participating in Buddhism or entering the Tao, why bother to get into this dirty.

"Sir!" The family rushed in: "I heard that Bixia Nanxing." A lot of people are gone! ”

Zhang Jinyan slowly closed his eyes and said, "Let's go?" Where can you go? This world is Dashun in a blink of an eye. ”

"So what are we going to do? Master! "The family is at a loss.

Zhang Jinyan's heart beat twice violently, almost rushing out of his chest. He stood up suddenly, and a trace of hideousness appeared on his face: "Since you are leaving, then I will give you a ride!" Laifu, gather your family, and go with me! ”

"Where are you going?"

Shing mun!

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty, opened the door to dedicate the city.

The city of Beijing experienced most of the night in artillery battles. Peace again.

The people in Beijing put the word "Shunmin" on their hats, and lined up incense cases in front of their homes. wrote "Long live the Emperor Yongchang of Dashun", and welcomed Li Zicheng into Beijing.

Li Zicheng was dressed in blue and wore a felt hat on his head, and rode a horse into the city from Desheng Gate under the support of a cadre of civil and military generals. Looking at the people kneeling on both sides of the royal road, Li Zicheng was extremely satisfied. This posthouse groom of the year finally rode a tall horse. Looking up at the Chengtian Gate. He remembered the numbness when he fed the horses and swept the dung, and also remembered the dazed feeling after losing the errand of the post station, and even remembered the despondency of leading his troops to run rampant and finally being beaten into the deep mountains of Shangluo...... And now, he stands here in high spirits. He's the master here. He is the master of this world.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng opened his bow and drew arrows, and he went straight to the door plaque of Chengtianmen. He hahadaxiao, galloped on the royal road, and went straight to the forbidden middle.

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"Lao Tzu is dizzy! When did the officers and soldiers have such a seed! Luo Yukun sat in the army, slapped his thigh, and jumped up. He had just received a military report that Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, led his troops south from Linqing.

Linqing is the hub of canal commerce, and its prosperity is not inferior to that of Jiangnan. Although Linqing has been robbed several times and has just been sacked by the Manchurians recently, because of its superior geographical location, it has not become a dead place like other prefectures and counties, but has gathered people again and has recovered again.

Of course, this is also related to the popularity of rich families and wealthy families. They secretly built a village in the mountains, recruited villagers to guard it, thieves came to prevent thieves, officials came to refuse officials, and no one recognized them. This is the principle of "small chaos lives in the city, and big chaos lives in the mountains". Because of such a tradition, even if Linqing is looted, the big families can always recover. Even because the small traders are ruined, they can make an extra profit.

And Yanggu County is one hundred and fifty miles south of Linqing Prefecture.

Luo Yukun was ordered to fight Yanzhou Mansion and confiscate King Lu's family property. Now that he has just walked to Dongpingzhou, Liu Zeqing copied his back road. This kind of marching and fighting method of taking care of the head and tail is indeed in line with the usual image of breaking into the camp, but Luo Yukun can't do Li Chuang's free and easy - the old camp is served as soon as it is served.

Yanggu County is now Luo Yukun's old camp. The displaced people who came to join the army, the young and strong were incorporated into the army, and the old, weak, women and children all stayed in Yanggu. If Yanggu is surrounded and the old camp is broken, the military spirit of this army can be known.

Luo Yukun complained: "Lao Tzu is a good officer and soldier, let Xu Tun's thief become a thief!" Ge Laozi, he patted his chest and promised that the officers and soldiers would not dare to beat me, and the result was! Don't copy me! Bugs, what do you say now? ”

The insect's real surname is Chen Mingchong, and he is also a cultural eunuch born in the inner study. He was the first batch of instructors in the East Palace, and this time he was sent to the Sichuan army as a battalion instructor. Luo Yukun originally thought that this "trainer" was a role like a supervising army, and he ate and drank well at the beginning, but within two days, he found out that the so-called trainer was actually a clerk, and he didn't need to give a good face at all.

Because Chen Chong was timid, the man's words shrank like a small worm, and he was accidentally seen by Luo Yukun once! Luo Yukun has called him "worm" since then.

Chen Chong knew that the name of the trainer was an official, but in fact he was a character who had to endure humiliation, and he was indeed too soft, so he really responded to this nickname.

"This ...... What can I do......" Chen Chong said with a smile: "Master Luo, I'm stupid, why don't you let His Highness assign you a combat staff officer?" They are all people with good brains. ”

Luo Yukun glared at him: "Are you washing my brain? He paused and said: "There is no other way, you have to go back and kill this Liu Zeqing first, otherwise the soldiers will all escape." ”

Although the combat effectiveness of the 5,000 Sichuan soldiers led by Luo Yukun is comparable to that of the border army, the soldiers who are good at fighting and the officers who can lead the troops are completely two concepts. If it is 5,000 family members who follow the general, they can easily support an army of 50,000. However, many of these Sichuan soldiers were out of Sichuan for the first time, and they couldn't even understand the official language with a heavy accent, so how to become officers.

Therefore, Luo Yukun could only follow the camp to learn, organize the 5,000 descendants into the middle battalion, and train the displaced people into four battalions, front and back, left and right, and select a few old Sichuan soldiers who can support the scene to be the battalion officers, and when the war is fought, he can only rely on the sea of people to go up...... Of course, since entering Shandong, Luo Yukun's army has not yet fought.

There are more people who have been beheaded for violating military orders than the enemy.

I heard that Yanggu was surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers, and some of the soldiers couldn't help but worry. They are not all from Shandong, but also from other provinces who have fled from Henan and Hebei. The so-called people who leave their hometowns are cheap and can easily be caught by officers and soldiers in an environment with different accents. Fortunately, Luo Yukun's order to return to Fangyang Valley was issued in time, otherwise there would definitely be a large wave of deserters.

On March 19 of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the day after the fall of Beijing, Luo Yukun led 30,000 horses—in fact, more than that—back to Yanggu County. He is a person who has served in the army with Qin Liangyu, although he has never led such a large army, but the method of setting up camp is still no problem.

And Xu Dian also sent a message, saying: "Liu Zeqing only has 5,000 people, don't be afraid of him, fight to the death!" (To be continued......)

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