The abbot of Jiming Temple has changed, but this has not caused any waves in Nanjing.

No one would be obsessed with which monk the abbot of a temple is, even though the temple is now a sacred place for Buddhism.

From this point of view, the so-called temple abbot is how vulnerable he is in front of the emperor.

Why should Zhu Cihong care about a temple?

For no other reason, Buddhism is now very strong in the Ming Dynasty, and the people worship the Bodhisattva in eight or nine out of ten.

When something happens, the first thing most people think of is to go to the temple to offer incense to pray for peace.

It will take time for the people to be sure that they are the real Prince Chongzhen, and the quickest way is to start with faith.

When the high-ranking officials of the court say it, the people may not believe it.

The people may not believe what the scholars say.

What the government says about it, the people may not believe it.

But what if today's famous Zen masters say? What if the Bodhisattva in the temple had manifested himself?

Do you believe it or not?

Most people's thinking is that they would rather believe it than believe it.

Zhu Cihong wants this kind of subtle change, when the people believe in their identity, there is no doubt about the legitimacy.

At that time, the behind-the-scenes person who held the secret of his life experience, even if he really jumped out, he also had the ability to refute.

At least for now, Zhu Cihong doesn't want to interfere in the internal affairs of Buddhism, so the selection of the abbot of Jiming Temple this time is also very simple, just be obedient.

If there is any problem in the future, with this experience, I am afraid that it will be easier to change people.

This is a trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and the Donglin Party didn't see it, so it can be seen that the ability of these Donglin Parties is not very great.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong showed an intriguing smile on his face.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps not far away, but it was Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, who walked in, bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, there's new news over there."

"Is Li Zicheng dead?" Zhu Cihong asked lightly.

Han Zanzhou was a little surprised, and said, "Your Majesty is really extremely intelligent, and you can see it so thoroughly. ”

"The news just came, a few days ago, the rebellion gave up Wuchang, fled from the south of Huguangdong to Henan, was caught up by the Qing army, and lost two battles in a row."

"When he fled to the foothills of Jiugong Mountain in Tongcheng, northern Huguang, he led more than 20 light horsemen to climb the mountain to explore the way, and was killed by the local regimental leader named Jiang Dayan."

The emperor can forgive Li Zicheng's behavior in the holy decree, but as a courtier, he must still be called a thief.

Besides, Han Zanzhou still looks down on these rogues in his heart.

Zhu Cihong looked through the music in his hand, and was not without surprise in his heart, and said with a smile: "This Li Zicheng is also to blame, but the hearts of his subordinates still have to be subdued." ”

"You have to rob the dog with the dog!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong sighed and said:

"If you go to draw up a will, you will say that the gentry Jiang has big eyes and bad deeds, runs rampant lawlessness in the locality, oppresses the good under the banner of the imperial court, and I want to kill him early."

"Now that he killed the king of the northwest, I am very sad, this thief is even more intolerable, if he does not punish his nine clans, it is really difficult to comfort the spirit of the king of the northwest in the sky."

"Immediately order the civil and military forces in Huguang and cooperate with the rest of the Northwest Army to completely exterminate Jiang Dayan."

"Posthumously named Li Zi as the Shangzhu State, ordered his third brother Li Zijing to attack the king of the northwest, and promoted his nephew Li Guo to the general of the first-class dragon and tiger, and Yin Feng as the candidate of Xingguo."

After saying the content of the holy decree, Zhu Cihong was afraid that Han Zanzhou's personal mood would be misguided, so he stared at him and deliberately instructed:

"Old Han, Li Zicheng's nickname looks better, anyway, it is to win the hearts of thieves, so that they can happily be used by me."

Han Zanzhou didn't expect the ambition of the emperor in front of him to be so big, and sighed: "If the thieves hear that Your Majesty is so magnanimous, they will be grateful to Dade and come to surrender one after another." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will do a good job."

"When you say that, I am relieved, and I believe in you the most." Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, waved his hand and said:

"I still want to see the music, so you can go down."

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In May, Li Zicheng accepted Zhu Cihong's secret edict and renounced the title of Emperor Yongchang of Dashun and became the hereditary king of the northwest.

The Dashun army won a first victory at Wuchang, and then was defeated by the Qing army's multi-way encirclement, and Li Zicheng intended to retreat to Henan.

However, Dolgon continued his original strategy, determined to destroy Dashun first and then go south to Nanjing.

The Qing army in Baoding went south, meeting the first three roads such as Duoduo and Azig, and the Qing army was divided into four routes, advancing by land and water, and encircling the entire Hubei.

On the way to Henan, Li Zicheng successively organized more than 100,000 troops of the Dashun Army to launch two massive counterattacks against the Qing army in Yangxin, Hubei, and Jiujiang, Jiangxi.

The purpose of these two battles was to open the way to Henan, but both ended with the victory of the Dashun army, and then the Qing reinforcements arrived and were defeated by Heli.

After the defeat in the battle, Li Zicheng's retreat to Henan was completely blocked by the Qing army, and he instead led the rest of the Dashun army through Jiangxi and retreated to Hunan.

When passing by the foothills of Jiugong Mountain in Hubei, he was attacked and killed by the local regimental training.

Subsequently, Nanjing stamped the holy decree drafted by the cabinet, ordering Li Zicheng's third brother Li Zijing to be crowned the king of the northwest, and his nephew Li Guo was named the candidate of the rejuvenation of the country.

In Zhu Cihong's holy decree, he bluntly expressed his grief at Li Zicheng's accidental death, and ordered the remnants of the Ming army in Hubei to assist the rest of the Dashun army in clearing and suppressing the regimental training of Jiugong Mountain.

In fact, according to the historical context, even if Zhu Cihong can't make this holy decree, the next action of the rest of the Dashun Army is to carry out a thorough sweep of the regimental training and armament of Jiugong Mountain.

But this holy decree just enveloped the remaining generals of the Dashun army, who were leaderless.

After a one-sided massacre, the regimental training forces located in Jiugong Mountain were completely cleared, and the leader Jiang Dayan was beheaded by Li Guoxiao.

But then, the remaining generals of the Dashun army had a great disagreement about going and staying.

A considerable number of people believe that since the Shaowu court trusted them so much, and Li Zicheng also accepted the canonization of the king of the northwest during his lifetime, he should fight against the Qing captives at this moment.

This group of people is headed by Li Guo and Gao Yigong.

A small number of people feel that Li Zicheng led them to fight the Ming Dynasty for the first half of his life, and now he should surrender to the Qing army and continue to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

This group of people was led by Li Zijing, who was crowned the king of the northwest.

Obviously, Li Zicheng's third brother has made up his mind to defect to the Qing army to plan a future, and he doesn't look down on the so-called king of the northwest of the Ming Dynasty at all.

A heated debate is taking place in Jiugong Mountain.

Li Guo, as one of the leaders whose prestige in the army is even higher than Li Zijing's at this moment, has followed Li Zicheng since he was a child.

He had long seen clearly the Tartars' ambition to destroy China, and he looked at Li Zijing, who said that kind of thing, and said coldly:

"Before King Chuang's bones are cold, you say that you want to clear this kind of thing, how is it different from beasts?"

Li Zijing laughed and said: "The number of violent qi is exhausted, a hundred-legged insect, it is just dead but not stiff!" Clearance is our only option! ”

"A tiger, don't take the lives of your brothers to go to Nanjing with you to die in order to fight for your own future!"

Li Guo sneered: "King Chuang said before his death that he would swear to fight to the death with the Qing captives, and he even did not hesitate to give up the throne for this." ”

"I think, you are a thief, and you want to take everyone to continue to be a thief!"