Zhao Gao finally took away Zhu Cihong, the unlucky child, if history has not changed, wait for Li Zicheng to break through Beijing City in two days, this child was taken by the big eunuch to knock his grandfather's people, and then he will be driven away by his grandfather, and his whereabouts are unknown. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Along with it, there is also the Ministry of Rites Lang Fang Fengnian, Chongzhen's original words are that this person's ability is limited, but he is old enough and loyal enough, if the prince is too young to serve the public, with him, it is very useful to stabilize the court. This is probably the last minister he can still help a little bit, and the remaining ministers, some of them are ready to take refuge in the new lord to gain wealth, and some are ready to kill themselves to gain fame, from Chongzhen's point of view, the latter is not much more noble than the former.

On 17 March, Chongzhen finally rejected Li Zicheng's peace proposal. On March 18, Li Zicheng personally led the army to attack the Nine Gates, the eunuch Cao Huachun presented the Changyi Gate, and the military secretary Zhang Jinyan presented the Zhengyang Gate, and the outer city fell. On March 19, Chongzhen summoned hundreds of officials, but no one came, and hanged himself on the coal mountain with his hair covering.

At this time, Zhao Gao had taken Zhu Cihong along the canal to Cangzhou, waiting for the day of Chongzhen's martyrdom, Zhao Gao prepared the incense case, let the little prince stand on the bow of the boat, and worship to the north, the little prince suddenly encountered a great change, only Fang Fengnian was an old acquaintance in front of him, he was his teacher since he was eight years old, and couldn't help but look at the past, although Fang Fengnian didn't get the news at this time, but he was old and fine, and probably knew what was going on, so he signaled the little prince to bow three times and bow nine times, and he cried bitterly on the side, after the hasty salute, Zhao Gao quickly threw all the incense cases into the canal, and hurried again, he had to send the little prince Zhu Cihong to Nanjing before the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne.

Fortunately, the way to Nanjing was smooth, although there were chaotic soldiers and bandits everywhere, but the five hundred sergeants brought out by Zhao Gao were distinctly armored, and there was no one who did not know anything to come to provoke trouble, and when the ship arrived in Yangzhou, and Zhao Gao's "wing army" met again, it was already April 20, at this time the news of Chongzhen's death had reached the capital of Nanjing, Nanjing's civil and military generals had decided to establish the vassal king as the emperor, and then waved the army north to restore the country, but the specific supporters of each other quarreled endlessly.

According to the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training", there is a grandson, no grandson, the eldest son of Shenzong Guangzong has no one to succeed to the throne, and the second son Zhu Changxun died when he was born, although the third son Zhu Changxun has died, but his eldest son Zhu Yousong is still alive, according to the order of brother to brother, father to death and son succession, the first person is Fuwang Zhu Yousong (Emperor Jiajing succeeded to the throne as an example); However, Qian Qianyi and other Donglin Party members were suspicious of the previous "national capital dispute" incident, which violated the Donglin Party's position in the national capital dispute, and supported Zhu Changshu, the son of Zhu Yiyi, the younger brother of Shenzong, in the name of Lixian; Shi Kefa advocated that both virtuous and relatives should be established, and Zhu Changying, the seventh son of Shenzong, was established. There are disputes between the three factions, and they are almost about to fight each other, and in the Restoration Society, opinions have long been divided, but under mutual coordination, the forces of all parties are still holding each other.

At this time, Zhu Yousong, the king of fortune, had already obtained the help of the great eunuch Lu Jiude, and won the support of Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and had a sufficient advantage in the competition.

It's a pity that Zhu Yousong's dream of being the emperor hasn't started yet, and on the first day of the fifth month, Zhao Gao has already taken Zhu Cihong to subdue the generals of Jiangbei and come to the city of Nanjing.

In Nanjing, there are not a few old ministers who have seen the prince, not to mention that there are also old ministers Fang Fengnian next to him, and there are nearly 10,000 "wing troops" of Zhao Gao and the defenders who have just subdued tens of thousands of Jiangbei towns, most of the generals of these defenders have seen the prince, Fang Fengnian took out the edict and immediately subdued them.

At this time, people's minds were just an orthodox nominal monarch, and whether it was Lifu Wang, Lu Wang, or Gui Wang, there would be people who were not convinced, and they would be more powerful than each other, and whoever was the victor would be the winner. And the crown prince who occupies the title of the great unification appeared, and the rest of the people have no chance, although the blessed king Zhu Yousong has lived in the palace, and his subordinates also have people to follow, he is ready to choose a day to ascend the throne, at this time there is a heart not to open the city gate, but in the name of righteousness, even Lu Jiude, who has always supported him, saw Zhu Cihong, and also knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, knowing that the general trend had gone, and he had no choice but to open the city to greet him.

When Zhu Cihong took out the edict of Chongzhen, the last bit of nominal flaw disappeared completely, although Nanming is still divided into various forces, it is only because of the lack of a monarch who can be recognized, Zhu Cihong has both the title of the prince and Chongzhen's edict, and it is not very difficult to unify.

Originally, Zhu Yousong had prepared everything needed to ascend the throne, and now it was to make wedding clothes for others, and when it was May 15, Zhu Cihong officially ascended the throne as the emperor, and the year name "Guanghua" was still promoted to Zhu Yousong, Zhu Changshu, Zhu Changying was the prince, and the new emperor was guarded in Nanjing, and at the same time with the slogan of revenge, all the forces that could be united were gathered again, and the military discipline was rectified, and the food and grass were prepared for the war.

At the same time, Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, commanded the Central Plains, and was also placed on the stove, Zhu Ming originally sat in this position, had to fight on three fronts, and was dragged down little by little by a huge empire, and Li Zicheng, who broke through the city of Beijing, was obviously carried away by the victory, and thought that the world was owned by me, and tried to make Wu Sangui surrender with an edict, Wu Sangui slashed and killed his whole family with a slight hesitation, Wu Sangui himself was still hesitating, and had to give up Shanhaiguan, came with Guan Ning's iron horse to Zhu Cihong;

Under the leadership of Dolgon, the Manchus also attacked Shanhaiguan in the name of revenge for Chongzhen, and won three battles with Li Zicheng, successfully occupying Beijing and Shanxi, but at this time, except for the officials who had surrendered to Li Zicheng, few people were willing to go out, and the Manchu rule was not stable.

In the west, Li Zicheng sent people to crown Zhang Xianzhong as the king of Shu, Zhang Xianzhong was furious, and took advantage of the battle between the Manchu Qing and Li Zicheng to send troops to occupy Li Zicheng's Shaanxi and part of the western region of Huguang, and forced Henan;

Zhu Cihong's Southern Ming also sent troops at the same time, and some of the defenders in the eastern areas of Shandong and Huguang surrendered, and for a while, Dashun, which was originally in full swing, was only a small piece of territory in Henan in three months.

Zhu Ming, who fought on the third front, persisted for nearly 20 years, and that was because of his 200 years of accumulation. Dashun, who fought on the third front, only lasted less than two months before he was defeated in a hurry, and he retreated again and again.

On June 15, Admiral Zhu Yingquan general, Zehou Tian Jianxiu died in Shanxi,

On June 21, Li Zicheng's wife, Gao Guiying, died in Shaanxi.

On July 1, the whole army of Gao Yigong, the mighty general of Xiangyang Weizuo, was surrounded, and in desperation, he surrendered to Zhu Cihong.

On July 9, General Liu Zongmin was trapped in Shandong and was killed by random arrows during his breakthrough.

On July 11, Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of the military division, was defeated and killed by the Manchu nobleman Haoge when he surrendered.

On 16 July, Li Zicheng was stoned to death with hoes by several peasants in a depression in Henan.

All in all, the mighty Dashun regime disappeared in a few months, and the Central Plains region that it originally occupied was divided among the three forces.