Hearing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but be silent.

Yang Sichang wanted to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but it was not his idea alone, Chongzhen actually had this plan in his heart.

It's just that as the emperor, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to stand up and negotiate peace with the Manchus, because then he will be scolded by the courtiers and the subjects of the world.

But Yang Sichang is a lonely minister in the court, at this time he was impeached by the imperial history, if no one protects him, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to end up with a good end today.

Chongzhen could only speak: "Yang Aiqing is also dedicated to the country, how can Shang Aiqing say that he is a traitor!" ”

Shang Zhouzuo saw what the emperor said, and suddenly understood in his heart that the emperor wanted to protect Yang Sichang.

As an imperial history, Shang Zhouzuo knew that the emperor did not want to see him, and he himself was old, thinking that he would go home at the end of the year to retire, and he thought in his heart that it was better not to offend the emperor now.

Shang Zhouzuo simply stopped talking, and when the rest of the officials in the palace saw it, they didn't even say anything about the head of the imperial history, and they couldn't say anything more.

Wen Tiren, who is the first assistant, looks like an old god is there at this time, as if what happened in the court just now has nothing to do with him.

Chongzhen looked at the silent ministers one by one, and couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

He said sadly: "Ladies and gentlemen, state affairs are like this, do you have a way to save the country?" ”

The ministers didn't speak, Yang Sichang wanted to say, but when he thought that as soon as he proposed a solution just now, he was immediately scolded as a traitor, and he was suddenly a little scared.

As soon as the big hat of this traitor is buttoned, everyone in the world will spit on you, regardless of whether you are sincere for the country or really want to betray the country, anyway, as soon as the strategy of the border army going south is proposed, he will have to bear the infamy of this traitor.

After a court meeting, a group of civil and military officials didn't come up with a solution, and after going down to the court, Chongzhen returned to the imperial study in a depressed mood.

He instructed his personal eunuch Wang Chengen: "Go, call Yang Sichang!" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Sichang went down to the court, and before he had gone far, he was caught up by the little eunuch sent by Wang Chengen and invited him to the imperial study where Chongzhen worked.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

After entering the door, Yang Sichang respectfully gave Chongzhen a big salute.

"Yang Aiqing is here, hurry, give me a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Yang Sichang sat down, Chongzhen stared at him with expectant eyes and asked, "Yang Aiqing, just now in the court, what you said about making peace with the Tartars, Yang Aiqing thinks it is feasible?" ”

When Yang Sichang saw Chongzhen asking, he knew that Chongzhen really planned to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

He said: "Your Majesty, negotiate peace with the Tartars, according to Weichen, this is the only way to save my Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains is erosive, if you don't let the border army go south to suppress the bandits, within two years, the Central Plains will completely fall into the hands of the thieves."

Now the south has fallen into the hands of the Mo thief, if the Central Plains provinces fall into the hands of Li Zicheng, my Ming Dynasty will not only have two provinces left in the Shandong Division, the land of the two provinces, how to prosper, want to prosper the Ming Dynasty, we must exterminate the Central Plains anti-thieves, if you can't control the north in your hands, then the south will never recover! ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded, and he said: "Aiqing is very right, but right now, if you want to negotiate peace with the Tartars, it is also a difficult thing, Aiqing, in addition to negotiating peace, is there any other way?" ”

Yang Sichang's brain turned, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration: "Yes!" ”

"Come on!"

"Your Majesty, now the court is weak, if you want to exterminate the gangsters, you can't do it unless you have external forces, Mo Wen in the south, although he founded the country in Nanjing and called the king, but he is just self-established as a king, and he can't get the approval of the court, in the court, he is still a thief, and his regime is still a puppet regime.

Now that Mo Thief has gained a foothold in Jiangnan, it is not easy to eliminate him, rather than letting him develop in Jiangnan with peace of mind, it is better to give him a name, His Majesty generously issued a holy decree to officially canonize him as the lord of the country. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his eyes immediately narrowed.

"Yang Aiqing, what do you mean by this?"

"Your Majesty, we have to make use of Mo Wen, doesn't he have hundreds of thousands of troops under him, Your Majesty simply asked Mo Wen to fight Li Zicheng, Your Majesty can make a promise to Mo Wen, promising that if he can eliminate Li Zicheng, he will be officially canonized as the lord of Jiangnan."

Hearing this, Chongzhen's heart was a little moved.

I have to say that Chongzhen still has some approval of Yang Sichang's suggestion, but as an emperor, if he agrees to this condition, then his face as an emperor will be lost.

He will have no face to meet the ancestors and ancestors underground, nor to face the people of the world, let alone the ministers in the court.

"Yang Aiqing, this proposal must not be passed on, this method, put it aside for the time being, and see if there is any other way out!"

Seeing Chongzhen's rejection of his opinion, Yang Sichang was immediately disheartened.

He asked himself that he was loyal to Daming, for the sake of Daming's mess, he was so tired that he couldn't sleep for three hours every day.

But now the situation has reached this point, the emperor is still unwilling to let go of his emperor's shelf, can't let go of his face, how can this state affairs be saved?

Out of the palace, Yang Sichang returned to the house, back to the study, Yang Sichang wrote a letter, after writing, he sealed the book, and then called the family to instruct: "Send someone to send this letter to Nanjing!" ”

The domestic servant is the domestic slave of the Yang family, and he has served Yang Sichang since he was a child, and he is loyal to Yang Sichang.

As soon as they heard that the letter was sent to Nanjing, the servant immediately understood what it was about.

"Don't worry, sir, this matter must be done with you!"

The servant took the letter and handed it to the groom who delivered the letter at home, and after a few words, the groom took the letter and led a fat horse out of the stable.

They didn't notice at all that when the groom left the Yang Mansion, several brocade guards were hiding in the shadows and secretly observing them.

......

Li Zicheng made a fortune in Luoyang, he copied the Fuwang Mansion, got a million taels of silver, and also got hundreds of thousands of stone grain.

This time Li Zicheng was very happy, he had little money, and after copying so much money and grain at once, Li Zicheng couldn't close his mouth happily.

He smiled and said to Li Yan: "Military advisor, we really hit Luoyang right this time, so much food, enough for us to eat for half a year." ”

Li Yan was also happy, he said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, now that Luoyang has been laid, we should immediately prepare to attack Kaifeng, as long as Kaifeng is laid, then Henan will be in our hands, and when Henan is defeated, whether we go north to attack Shanxi Jingshi, or go east to attack Shandong, it is a good choice." ”

"Military division, Shanxi and Shandong, that place is desperately poor, the drought has been so serious in recent years, there is no oil and water at all, in my opinion, we will simply lead the troops south to attack Huguang and Nanjing.

I heard that Huguang is a place where it is rich and oily, and there are grains and beauties everywhere, if we can conquer Huguang and Nanjing, then we will really get rich! ”

When Li Yan heard this, he was immediately frightened.

He said: "King Chuang, Huguang is Mo Wen's territory, Mo Wen this person, use soldiers like a god, and Huguang is Mo Wen's hometown, there are 30,000 troops in Wuchang alone, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang to guard against us, we are only about 100,000 people, to attack Huguang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" ”

"What's wrong? It's only 50,000 horses, I now have 200,000 troops, and now I have food and silver in my hands, and within three days, I can make up 400,000 troops, and then my army will drive directly outside Xiangyang City. Do you think so? ”

Liu Zongmin on the side immediately answered: "Hahahaha, King Chuang is right, there are only 50,000 people, our old Liu is not in his eyes, King Chuang, the brothers have long heard that the south is rich, there is not only money, women are also long, not with this place in Henan, poor and remote, and there has been drought for so many years, how can there be food to eat."

Let's just take the army south, go and occupy Huguang, and then let's go to Nanjing, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.

When Nanjing is defeated, King Chuang simply ascended the throne and became the emperor in the place where Zhu Chongba ascended the throne and sat on the throne. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Li Zicheng saw that a group of generals under his command were all in favor, and his heart began to itch.

He waved his hand and said, "Then it's decided, the whole army will be rerouted to the south, go straight to Xiangyang, and dig out the ass of Mo Wen!" ”

Li Yan looked at Li Zicheng and a group of generals, and couldn't help but feel anxious.

"It's just a victory, it's already like this, if you enter the Beijing Division, I don't know what they will become, Li Zicheng, not the Ming Lord!"

Through this incident, Li Yanxin concluded that Li Zicheng could not become a big thing.

Li Zicheng didn't have a bird Li Yan, and after robbing Luoyang again, he immediately recruited troops in Luoyang, because he had hundreds of thousands of stone grain in his hands, and soon recruited another 200,000 horses.

This time the army has really expanded to 400,000 people, Li Zicheng is complacent, he feels that he has an army of 400,000, and he has become the first in the world.

Just don't ask, he only has 100,000 soldiers and horses, how can he be his opponent.

With 400,000 horses, Li Zicheng's heart began to float.

He called his other military advisor, Niu Jinxing, and asked him: "Niu Bi, I have 400,000 people now, and there should be no one in the world who has more soldiers than me, right?" ”

Niu Jinxing patted him on the back and said: "King Chuang, you are now the number one in the world!" ”

"No. 1 in the world? Then I'm the best in the world, do you think I can be the emperor? ”

"Yes, why can't you, King Chuang, why don't you just ascend the throne here, I have thought of the country name for you, it's called Dashun!"

"Yo, you bull nose, you even gave me the country name, you tell me, what does this Dashun country name mean?"

"King Chuang, this Da Shun, literally means obedient, conformity, such as today's turmoil, the people are looking forward to the emergence of a Ming Lord to rule the world, the number of Ming Qi has been exhausted, since King Chuang is determined to be the master of the world, this country name will naturally be taken loud.

The so-called those who obey me prosper, and those who oppose me die, this great shun means to tell them that if they want to live, they must obey us and surrender to us, otherwise, it is a way of thinking!

Secondly, there is a saying in the proverb that when you meet Shun, you will stop, the world is so chaotic, but as long as you meet Dashun, you will immediately stop the war. ”

After listening to Niu Jinxing's explanation, Li Zicheng was overjoyed, he laughed and said: "You are an old man, yes, this Dashun's country name is really good, okay, you choose an auspicious day, let's officially call the emperor!" ”

"Yes!"

On the first day of September, the weather was cool, and on this day, Li Zicheng held a ceremony to worship the sky in Luoyang City, officially ascended the throne and became the emperor, established the country name Dashun, and built Yongchang!

After ascending the throne, Li Zicheng appointed Niu Jinxing as the prime minister of Dashun State and Liu Zongmin as the general of Dashun State on the spot.

The rest of the generals are all rewarded.

After rewarding hundreds of civil and military officials, Li Zicheng announced that he would drive a personal expedition and crusade against Mo Wen in Huguang.

Li Zicheng led an army of 400,000 out of Luoyang City and went south to Ruzhou.

When the prefect of Ruzhou saw the 400,000 army, he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to resist, and directly opened the city and surrendered.

For this kind of voluntary surrender, Li Zicheng did not embarrass him, and also reinstated the prefect and continued to be in charge of Ruzhou Mansion, but from now on he is no longer the prefect of Daming, but the prefect of Dashun.

This prefect is too, and he is confused, so he has changed the country.

The army successfully passed through Ruzhou, and after robbing the local people in Ruzhou, they obtained tens of thousands of stones, grains and grass, and more than 70,000 people were coerced by the way.

At this moment, the number of troops of the Great Shun Army almost soared to 500,000.

Li Zicheng, as the emperor, wore a yellow robe that had just been made, and this yellow robe was very unsophisticated, except that the color was yellow, and even the dragon was embroidered crookedly.

But Li Zicheng didn't care, he only knew that he was also the Son of Heaven now.

Along the way, the army was extremely curious about the emperor, and many veterans of the army came to meet Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was in a very good mood and promoted these veterans at every turn.

Anyway, there are many big soldiers now, and Li Zicheng has sealed more than 120 generals and 15 generals in one afternoon, and there are also guerrilla generals and the like, and it is estimated that there will be four or five hundred officers in one afternoon.

Li Zicheng didn't care at all, but Li Yan beside him was worried.

He looked at the chaotic army, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "500,000 army, where is this army, this is 500,000 rabble, if I don't ask, only 50,000 elite soldiers, coupled with sharp firearms and artillery, can beat them to the head!" ”

On the eighth day of September, the army finally came to the junction of Henan and Huguang.

After crossing Nanyang, Li Zicheng led a large army to the outside of Xiangyang under the White River.

At this time, there were only 10,000 defenders in Xiangyang, and Gong Chengkang, the general who defended the city, had just been transferred!

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