Because of Zhu Cihong's intervention, Chongzhen really did not hang Wanshou Mountain, but changed to a sea ship in Tianjin and quietly arrived in Laizhou. With the issuance of the edict of the Son of Heaven Nanxing, many loyal ministers who were originally going to die also went south, and according to what the edict said, they rushed to the line to be used.

The reason why Li Zicheng did not stop it is because there are too few of them. There are nearly 3,000 officials in Beijing, and there are only 23 dead festivals in the original historical script, but now because Zhu Cihong took some away in advance, there are only more than ten officials who have gone to Nanjing. And these more than ten families are just mosquito meat in Li Zicheng's eyes, and now he hugs the fat pig's leg and doesn't care at all.

As for the other officials......

"The thieves issued a false edict on the 20th of this month: all civil and military officials should surrender their names on the 21st and see the court on the 22nd. Those who are willing to serve as puppet officials will be promoted, and those who do not want to be allowed to return to their hometowns. If there is any person who is hidden, he should leave his home and his neighbors to rectify the Fa together. Zhu Cihong got Song Hongye's biography before boarding the ship, from which it can be seen that Li Zicheng did not have his own administrative team, and mainly had to rely on the Ming Dynasty to demote officials.

The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty did not disappoint Li Zicheng and rushed to become famous.

On the 22nd, when I saw Asahi, the registration officials were all in green clothes and hats, and they were prostrate outside the noon gate to listen. Those who are old-fashioned, skillful, talented, sharp-tongued, and conceited...... At this time, they were all hooked and shrunk, numb like a couple, and let the soldiers make fun of and insult them, and they didn't dare to speak out.

Tian Jianxiu and Niu Jinxing were in the noon gate, which has now been renamed Wufenglou by Li Zicheng, according to the roll call, and the first batch of recruits was ninety-six. All the hired people went out of Donghua Gate to the Ministry of Officials to listen to the election, and there were still long family members with them, and there was no escort.

Li Zicheng is also a little helpless about this, Dashun has a shallow foundation in the end, although it is the destiny of heaven. But in the end, there is still half of China that is not in their hands. If you want to use officials to manage the people, you can only appoint Zhu Chao to demote officials. At the same time, because Dashun has no tax system, and sings the slogan of three years of free grain all the way, the military salary and silver grain can still only come from the recovery of stolen goods.

"There must be family property above the third grade, and they don't use anything, all of them have to be recovered!" Li Zicheng sat in the Wuying Palace. I only felt that my feet were floating and I felt a little restless. The conversation between Chengtou and Prince Zhu that day always made him haunted, and a chill ran in his heart from time to time.

"Below the fourth grade, let them consciously donate money, and those with a reputation will be directly sent to the camp to pursue salary." Li Zicheng simply walked down the imperial case, slowly walked in front of Niu Jinxing, and said angrily: "The more I think about that Prince Zhu, the more hateful it is!" Before leaving, he actually piled up the silver outside for others to pick up! ”

Zhu Cihong issued a national disaster debt of 2 million taels, although the interest was negligible. But the money didn't really come into his hands. Zuihou collected almost the entire city of Beijing's livestock, which can be valued at most 100,000 taels. The remaining 1.9 million taels of gold and silver were still 1.5 million taels that could not be spent, after deducting a series of expenses such as the generous wages for the civilian service in Beijing, the salaries of the officers and men owed by the surviving Beijing battalion, and the procurement of grain and non-staple foodstuffs. Zuihou is piled up in front of the Chengtian Gate, which is a real mountain of gold and silver.

Although it is rumored that Zhu Cihong left Li Zicheng to buy the lives of the people of Beijing. But what happens when a mountain of silver is piled up in an open field and left unguarded?

Of course it was taken away!

before the ownerless silver. The people of Beijing exerted great combat effectiveness and enthusiasm for labor, and Zhu Cihong had just left Xizhimen. Before the rear team left Chengtianmen, someone dared to pick up the silver nuggets. Although Li Zicheng heard about Zhu Cihong's life money, he was in a state of wash when he arrived at Chengtianmen, thinking that it was a folk rumor, and when he knew the truth of the matter, he couldn't recover it, so he could only be angry with himself.

"Zehou." Li Zicheng shouted, "I want a large army to march south, you see who can do this." ”

Tian Jianxiu is now the first military general, and according to the rules of Dashun to control literature by force, he can also be said to be the first person in the court. However, Tian Jianxiu's temperament is tepid. is not as taboo as Liu Zongmin. He stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of the southern expedition is not the most important thing at present. ”

"Oh? What could be more important than the Southern Crusade? Li Zicheng said unhappily: "If the wealth in the south is not transported up for a day, the north will not be able to live in peace for a day, doesn't Zehou know?" ”

"Your Majesty," Tian Jianxiu glanced at Niu Jinxing, "Remnant Ming has set up troops in Jiangbei, and there is a Yangtze River moat. The minister thought that he had to get 50,000 soldiers to pacify the south. Now Mianhou (Yuan Zongdi) led his troops to fight with the left thieves in Huguang, instead of drawing troops to the south, it was better to increase troops for Mianhou, and Huguang could be regarded as occupying the granary of the world. ”

After Li Zicheng entered Jin from Shaanxi, Zhang Xianzhong also entered Bashu with the main force of the army. Zuo Liangyu saw that there were weak points in the area of Jingxiang Lake, so he naturally would not let it go. At that time, Yuan Zongdi had already conquered Qingyang and was about to join forces with most of the Chuang army, so Li Zicheng ordered him to go directly south to Jingchu and fight against Zuo Liangyu.

Moreover, after entering Shanxi, Li Zicheng's army of 100,000 was divided into three parts. Ren Jirong and Li You led 10,000 troops to garrison Guguan Zhending, guarding Jingcheng in the Taihang Eight Mountains to ensure that the road from Gyeonggi to Shanxi was unimpeded. Liu Fangliang's left camp of 30,000 people went to Henan and Hebei, and now they are blocked in Baoding, and they have not yet arrived in Beijing, and it is impossible to abandon Baoding and go south.

There are only 60,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing division, all of whom are elite in the camp, but they are tired from fighting for a long time, and they must rest and recuperate before they can be used again.

“bixia！” Niu Jinxing stepped forward and said: "Wang Shi came all the way east, Xuanda and other places are all Zhu Dynasty generals, if the Beijing division is empty, they can't afford to be careful!" ”

Not to mention Xuanda, the guards in various places are basically the generals of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to worry about their hearts, then your 60,000 people will be crucified in Beijing, and they will not be able to move at all.

Li Zicheng didn't expect the temperament of those generals, but said, "It's okay." I left Zhang Tianlin in Datong to be on guard. Zhang Tianlin, nicknamed "Guo Tianxing", used to be an independent battalion leader, and later surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and rebelled, and Zuihou became Li Zicheng's general. Although his military achievements are not obvious, it is enough to defend the place.

"It's a pity that the officers and soldiers of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division are rotten, otherwise they can get together 20,000 or 30,000." Li Zicheng muttered to himself, and suddenly asked again: "How is Li Guozhen now?" ”

At the beginning of the surrender of Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, Li Zicheng was quite happy, but when he saw the army in person, he knew that this was a puddle of mud, and even if he wanted to fight, it would be a waste of time to kill people at most.

"Li Guozhen has been sent to the camp." Gu Junen finally found an opportunity to get out of class and stepped forward to answer. But he didn't finish - because the amount of stolen goods recovered was insufficient, Li Guozhen broke his ankle, and as a result, he secretly hanged himself.

Li Zicheng is also divergent in thinking, and when he asks casually, he doesn't really care about this general. He saw Gu Junen, remembered the exploits of this strategist along the way, and asked, "What does Mr. Gu think about going south?" ”

"Bixia," Gu Junen cleared his throat, "Without Huguang's grain, I only rely on chasing stolen goods and donating money, and my Dashun will not last long." ”

"That Bai Wang is really incompetent! He had seventy or eighty thousand horses in his hands, plus Yuan Zongdi's front camp, which had dragged on for so long! Li Zicheng said unhappily.

Gu Junen decided not to mention this stubble, so as not to have a gap with the generals in the army. He said again: "Bixia, in addition to Huguang, the minister thinks that Jingdong and Shanyong also have to be on guard. ”

"Didn't Emperor Zhu make Wu Sangui the king of Guangning before he left? He was worthy of being his king, and I made him a king. Li Zicheng waved his hand.

Gu Junen smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and said: "Bixia, Emperor Zhu named him king, imitating the example of North Korea, which means using him to contain my Dashun." ”

"Haha, if I also recognize this feudal country, wouldn't Emperor Zhu have worked in vain?" Li Zicheng laughed loudly.

Gu Junen already knew that this heroic man had a limited vision of political matters, and said patiently: "Bixia, Wu Sangui will not be subject to my Dashun edict, unless Shanhaiguan and Yongping Four Cities are sealed to him." ”

Li Zicheng was stunned.

"If that is done, Beijing will be under the iron hooves of Liaozhen, and there will be no more screen domains." Gu Junen said.

is also a prince, and the prince of the Ming Dynasty can be used to gather all his subordinate officials, which is very useful. The prince of Dashun is in danger of dividing his subordinates, and at the same time, he has to bear the infamy of being ungrateful. Wu Sangui is a smart person, how can he turn his back on himself before he gets a real benefit? (To be continued......)

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