"This matter will be discussed at the meeting!"

Zhu Youzhen decided not to mention the matter of whether to bury Li Zicheng according to the imperial rites for the time being.

Civil officials always like to dwell on these red tapes, and a great discussion incident in history lasted almost half of the Jiajing Dynasty, laying a deep foreshadowing for future crises.

Zhu Youzhen didn't want the court to be like this again, especially at this moment of crisis when he didn't pay attention.

As soon as he left the Generalissimo's Mansion, Zhu Youzhen instructed Guangming Daily to begin to increase the number of pages to report on the news of Jiannu's southward movement, exposing the brutality of Jiannu's southward journey.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen also asked Guangming Daily to analyze the consequences of hundreds of thousands of invading troops if they surrendered to the Qing army and the imperial court, and tried to exaggerate the important role played by hundreds of thousands of invading troops in the contest between the imperial court and the Qing army.

Zhu Youzhen did this to let the courtiers know what is the most important thing now, and whether Li Zicheng can carry out the emperor's funeral, which is more important than Jiangshan Sheji.

At this time, the courtiers were very excited after learning that Li Zicheng had died, as Ma Shiying, Li Banghua and others, as the rulers and defenders of the Ming Empire, and even now they are still following the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen, these big bureaucrats are loyal ministers, but for Li Zicheng, who messed up the Ming Dynasty and even seized the capital, and almost made them become ministers of the country, they naturally hated deeply.

However, as the supreme ruler of the empire, Zhu Youzhen, the Ming Emperor who should have hated Li Zicheng the most, did not lose his mind at this time.

Perhaps because he is a time-traveler from later generations, at this time he is more rational than emotionally resistant, at this time Zhu Youzhen is very clear that whether Li Zicheng will carry out the emperor's funeral and whether he can appease hundreds of thousands of invading troops is more important.

Although the remnants of the Chuang army were defeated and retreated by the Qing army, it did not mean that this army had no combat effectiveness, Li Zicheng was so embarrassed not only because of the strength of Jiannu, but also because he initially ignored the Jiannu forces, when he first entered Beijing, he did not have enough time to build a rear base area, and even most of the main forces were still on the banks of the Yellow River in Shanxi, and most of the Ming troops who surrendered with him into Beijing.

Therefore, Li Zicheng lost the opportunity in the initial battle of Jiannu, and in the end he completely lost his self-confidence and fled in embarrassment.

But in fact, most of the current army is an old rogue with rich combat experience, and has been so pressed and beaten by Jiannu, there has long been a hatred of national hatred, if you use your own Ming logistics system and ruling foundation in the future, you can completely let this army play his most powerful strength, and it can undoubtedly become the main force to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen could not watch these hundreds of thousands of intruders become rogues or surrender to Jiannu and follow the path of Wu Sangui and others when they are cornered.

In fact, in the original history, the Yongli Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty for a much longer time than the Hongguang Dynasty, and its main anti-Qing force was the original peasant army.

The news that hundreds of thousands of troops intended to join the Ming Dynasty and demanded that Li Zicheng be buried with the imperial rites also spread throughout the court.

Not surprisingly, the entire imperial court was completely discouraged by this, especially the cabinet deputy assistant Gao Hongtu and Wu Yingdian scholar Li Banghua, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Liu Zongzhou and the Criminal Department Shangshu Jiang Yueguang and other ministers who paid attention to human ethics and integrity were particularly opposed, and they hated Li Zicheng very much for such a crime.

"Your Majesty, Li Zicheng is a national thief, and the national thief is unforgivable! The emperor's funeral is really detrimental to the majesty of the imperial court! ”

"Your Majesty, in times of danger now, although you can forgive the people for the crime of being a thief, but Li Zicheng is the first evil, if you forgive, Your Majesty, how can you save face, and how will you see the first emperor under Jiuquan in the future!"

"Li Zicheng is a heinous crime, he should have broken his bones and scattered ashes, but now Hu Lu has invaded the south, for the overall situation of the world, or it can be forgiven, but the emperor's gift is really contrary to the dignity of Your Majesty, Your Majesty has forgotten the hatred of destroying the mausoleum, and the pain of the fall of the northern capital!"

As soon as Li Banghua said this, the officials in the court all whimpered and cried, all of them were important ministers in python robes and red robes, but Zhu Youzhen was in tears, so that Zhu Youzhen didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to put on a show, wiped the corners of his eyes, and forcibly squeezed out a few tears: "As Aiqing, I understand your feelings, if you want to say that the hatred between me and Li Zicheng is the deepest hatred between me and Li Zicheng, I can't wait to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin!" ”

In order to show that he really hated it, Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth and slapped the dragon chair, so frightened that the ministers didn't dare to cry anymore, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty!" ”

"However, now that the Qing army is moving south, it has occupied the entire territory of Shanxi and Shaanxi! Prince Azig of Qingying is even closer to Jingxiang, and the Duoduo Department swept south of Henan, and in a blink of an eye, he could enter Shandong and go straight to Jiangnan! There is also a Zuo Liangyu who is making trouble near Anqing! Have you ever thought about it, if we don't agree to the request of the invasion army, what will be the consequences if these hundreds of thousands of invasion troops join the Qing army or unite with Zuo Liangyu! ”

Zhu Youzhen said and directly asked Li Banghua to stand up: "Li Aiqing, tell me what the consequences will be." ”

Li Banghua had no choice but to reply truthfully: "If these hundreds of thousands of troops join the Qing army, the Azig department will go straight to the right side of the river, and if the Zuo Liangyu department descends again, then my right wing of Nanjing will face an attack by nearly a million troops. ”

"I heard you!"

Zhu Youzhen roared loudly, and asked Ma Shiying to talk about the strength of these hundreds of thousands of intruding troops.

"They are all old thieves who fought with Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu, etc., although they are not as good as the Qing army Tartars, but they are more powerful than the official army, once they surrender to the Qing Dynasty or Zuo Liangyu, it is a huge challenge to the imperial court."

Ma Shiying said.

The ministers were silent, and everyone knew that it was of great significance for hundreds of thousands of troops to join the imperial court at the moment, but it was difficult for anyone to accept the imperial burial of Li Zicheng in their hearts, so they all looked at Zhu Youzhen, which means that if His Majesty can accept it, they can only grit their teeth and accept it, anyway, he is ruining your Zhu family's country, if you can pass this hurdle, we can also pass!

Zhu Youzhen really didn't have any psychological pressure, but he still pretended to be sad and said: "Just because I know these consequences, for the sake of the country and the world, I also have to agree to break into the army and hold the emperor's funeral for Li Zicheng!" Think about it, the northern capital fell, Li Zicheng and a small post pawn can make the country ruined, in fact, it is my own fault, if it is not for my tyrannical conquest, if it is not for me to blindly demand, so that the people of the world are unbearable, why this, what kind of face do I have to pursue Li Zicheng, the real crime is unforgivable I am myself! ”

Zhu Youzhen's self-criticism made the ministers burst into tears again, and they knelt down busily: "It's the incompetence of the ministers, what does it matter to Your Majesty's crime!" ”

"I can also understand the mood of all Aiqing, Li Zicheng is a heinous person who is guilty of crimes and bad for my ancestors