At dawn the next day, outside the Chaoyang Gate. A night of heavy rain washed away the dust floating in the air. The inside and outside of the capital are exceptionally clean, and the air is exceptionally fresh.

Zhang Jinyan, Sun Zhiqi and other thousands of officials and gentry who first descended to Shun and then to Qing have gathered outside Chaoyang Gate and stood in a large area.

The servants were busy sweeping the streets. Sun Zhiqi found that there were two small puddles on the official road outside the city gate, so he immediately called the housekeeper of Sun's mansion and asked him to take the servants of the mansion to find cinders to fill the puddles.

"The Holy Lord is about to lead the king back to Beijing, which is a great joy."

"We, the officials and gentry who stayed in Beijing, must welcome the return of the holy car with a new look, so as to live up to the grace of the three hundred years of the country's imperial monks." Sun Zhiji's macro theory instantly ushered in a large number of echoes.

I have to say that these officials are really shameless. First descended to the Shun, and then descended to the clear, and when it came to their mouths, it actually became a stay.

When they are ungrateful, treasonous, and treasonous, they have become burdened with humiliation and humiliation, and they stayed in Beijing for the Ming Dynasty, which is also a fight with Wang's curve to save the country three hundred years later.

"Red silk!" Zhang Jinyan suddenly clapped his hands and said.

"For such a big happy event as the return of the saint to Beijing, there must be red silk."

"Yes, yes, if it weren't for Zhang Butang's reminder, it would have almost broken a big deal." Sun Zhiqi immediately turned back to the officials on both sides of the city gate and said, "Everyone, hurry up and let your housekeeper take people back to the house to get the red silk, and bring all the red silk in the treasury of each house." Zhang Jinyan said: "In extraordinary times, I hope you will donate." The officials present had no choice but to ask the housekeeper to take someone back to the house to get it.

Sun Zhiqi turned his head and saw the huge gap in the city wall on the left side of the city gate, so he said with some regret: "It's a pity that the time is too rushed, otherwise this gap in the city wall should really be repaired as before." While he was talking, Meng Xueli rode a tall horse out of the Chaoyang Gate.

Behind Meng Xueli, he followed Yao Qisheng, Yu Chenglong and hundreds of others.

"Meng gave advice." Zhang Jinyan, Sun Zhiqi and many ministers who thought they had heads and faces hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Meng Xueli with a flattering face.

Although these ministers are shameless, they are not stupid. There are so many officials and gentry here, only Meng Xueli and his Juzi Battalion will definitely not be liquidated, because he is a spy who entered Jiannu by the secret decree of the Holy Lord.

Meng Xueli belonged to meritorious officials, and if he was willing to say a few kind words for them in front of the saints, they would most likely be able to avoid liquidation, and even possibly be reinstated.

Yes, that's right, these ministers are still dreaming of being reinstated. For example, Zhang Jinyan, he was the secretary of the military department of the Ming Dynasty before he surrendered.

He also inquired that the post of secretary of the military department in Nanjing was still vacant, and since the former secretary of the military department, Lu Daqi, who had a background in the Donglin Party, the post of secretary of the military department has been vacant.

Therefore, if Meng Xueli can say a few kind words for him, the saint may be happy and reinstate the official, after all, he did a good job before the Jiashen national disaster, and the saint is basically satisfied with him.

Of course, the heavy gift to Meng Xueli had already been delivered to the Meng Mansion last night. There are not a few ministers who are as thoughtful and smart as Zhang Jinyan.

Watching Zhang Jinyan and Sun Zhiji, former high-ranking officials, bow down in front of their horses and pat the horses, Meng Xueli was really proud in his heart, this feeling was really good.

However, what made Meng Xueli even happier was the rich woman. Last night, he received at least millions of taels worth of wealth plus more than a dozen beautiful women, including Gu Hengbo, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, who was given by Gong Dingyu, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

was flattered a lot, and Meng Xueli was a little carried away. I feel that I can really decide the life and death of these ministers.

"Rest assured." Meng Xueli's nostrils turned to the sky, and he said proudly,

"You bring your servants to raise righteousness, assist the Juziying to suppress the Jingshi, and search for the exploits of the people in the city, this will be given to the advisory meeting to truthfully play Chen Shengshang's royal front, and the saint will definitely be rewarded, and the saint is a rare benevolent monarch in ancient and modern times, and the Donglin party is so perverse, and the saint is only to eliminate the first evil, so you have nothing to worry about."

"What Xu said is extremely true, today's saint is a benevolent monarch, and he will definitely not meet us and other ordinary people." All the ministers chimed in.

This side is complimenting Meng Xueli, and there is a man rushing to report it.

"Meng gave advice, the heavenly soldiers are the best, and the saint will lead the great tomorrow soldiers to the top!"

"The holy car is almost at Chaoyangmen." Meng Xueli said with a straight face,

"Everyone, please line up according to the official rank, don't mess up the order of etiquette and lose your manners in front of you." When Meng Xueli said this, he completely forgot that he was just a seven-grade person, if he really followed the official rank, he was afraid that he would have to stand at the end of thousands of ministers, and how could he be qualified to stand at the first?

But Meng Xueli was stunned and stood first, and rode a tall horse. After a while, the cavalry rushed to the Chaoyang Gate at a gallop.

The soldier at the head was wearing a shirt, and it was Zhang Huangyan from the secret investigation department. Meng Xueli immediately stepped forward and bowed his hand to Zhang Huangyan: "Brother Xuan, don't come to harm?" Then Zhang Huangyan just glanced at Meng Xueli coldly, but did not return the salute, and then rushed into Chaoyang Gate with the cavalry.

"Huh?" Meng Xueli's face immediately turned the color of pig liver. Zhang Jinyan, Sun Zhiji, Gong Dingyu and others also looked at each other.

What's going on? Don't let Meng Xueli's grandson deceive, right? Besides, Zhang Huangyan quickly took control of the main roads after entering the city with the cavalry.

Soon, all the streets and the city were already full of Ming soldiers like javelins. Immediately afterwards, another team of Ming troops searched Zhang Jinyan, Sun Zhiqi and other ministers, and Meng Xueli and hundreds of people in the Juzi battalion were no exception, and they had to be searched.

Sure that there would be no danger, Zhang Huangyan sent someone out of the city to report the news. Soon another detachment of infantry arrived, and there were even more of them.

After a quarter of an hour, at least 5,000 infantry entered the city, and finally another group of cavalry drove up, and the leading horse was Chongzhen.

"Minister Zhang Jinyan knocks on the Holy Jin'an."

"The ministers and grandsons of the Emperor knock on the Holy Jin'an."

"Minister Gong Dingyu knocks on the Holy Jin'an." …… The hundreds of ministers standing in front of them fell to their knees one after another.

Immediately, thousands of ministers behind them also knelt on the ground. Thousands of ministers knelt on the ground, and the scene was quite spectacular.

Chongzhen didn't actually have much grief and anger in his heart, but had a relaxed attitude to watch the clown's performance, because he noticed that the self-proclaimed ministers of these ministers were not criminals.

"Holy." Meng Xueli also stepped forward to salute. Chongzhen did not return the salute in the face of other scholars.

just looked at Meng Xueli with a smile and didn't speak. This Meng Xueli is okay, the credit is not necessarily great, but the woman who accepted the wealth did not fall at all, and she accepted millions of taels plus more than a dozen beautiful concubines in one night, and she was bold and reckless!

Meng Xueli put down his hand a little sneeringly, and Gu Zi said: "The minister is fortunate not to be dishonored, first successfully rebelled against the Juzi battalion, and then captured the Forbidden City in time, and with the assistance of the officials and gentry in the city, all the old and young women and children of Jiannu were arrested, with a total of about 200,000 people. ”

"Officials and gentlemen?" Chongzhen pointed to the thousands of ministers kneeling on both sides of the street,

"You mean them?" From Chongzhen's words, Meng Xueli keenly felt the change in the direction of the wind, and it was obviously not suitable to excuse Zhang Jinyan and them at this time.

Meng Xueli immediately changed his words: "Although his generation has atoned for his sins, it is not enough to atone for his sins." Hearing this, Zhang Jinyan, Sun Zhiji, Wang Aoyong and other ministers were furious, and said in their hearts, surnamed Meng, do you want to admit it?

I'm afraid it's not that easy. Seeing Zhang Jinyan and the other ministers with angry faces, Meng Xueli hurriedly cast a slightly calming look.

Chongzhen didn't seem to see these small movements, and walked straight to Zhang Jinyan and stood still.

"Holy." Zhang Jinyan's entire torso above the waist was almost completely attached to the ground, but his head could still be raised, and he said with a flattering face,

"The ministers are looking forward to the return of the king in Beijing, night and night, looking forward to the return of the king, the sky is pitiful, and finally let the ministers and others look forward to the return of the king." Chongzhen was also happy when he heard this, he had seen shameless, but he had never seen such shamelessness.

At that moment, Chongzhen said with a smile: "Li Zicheng entered the city in the year of Jiashen, and you, Wei Zaode, and thousands of Beijing officials knelt outside the noon gate like this and begged to surrender, right?" Zhang Jinyan said with a sad face: "The Holy Lord, the surrender of the ministers is not a real surrender, but only a fraudulent surrender, which is intended to leave a useful body, and when the Holy Lord leads the king to fight back to Beijing, he will serve the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Really?" Chongzhen smiled,

"In this way, you are still loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty." Zhang Jinyantian said shamelessly: "The ministers are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and to the saints, which can show the sun and the moon." Chongzhen turned around and walked to Wang Aoyong again: "Wang Aoyong, when Dolgon led Jiannu into the city in a big way, you also knelt here and begged like this, right?" ”

"Holy, the surrender of the servants is a last resort." Wang Aoyong's face was not red and his heart was not beating,

"At that time, if the ministers resisted, it was just a few more corpses, if they endured the humiliation and waited for the opportunity, they could give Jiannu a fatal blow in a critical time, for example, last night, the ministers decisively led the servants in the palace to attack in time, and captured all the Jiannu in Beijing."

"Haha, bear the burden." Chongzhen laughed.

"Today really made me insightful, it turns out that the burden of forbearance and humiliation is such a burden of forbearance and humiliation." Wang Aoyong knew that Chongzhen was sarcastic about him, but there was no shame on his face, but he continued with righteousness and awe-inspiring: "The word forbearance is a knife in his heart, and the most difficult thing in the past and present is not to fight righteousness and death, but to be a loyal minister who endures humiliation and burden. ”

"Haha, good, good." Chongzhen laughed when he heard this. originally thought that Zhang Jinyan was shameless enough, but he never expected that Wang Aoyong would be even more shameless than Zhang Jinyan.

After laughing twice, Chongzhen walked up to Sun Zhiqi and stood still.