Outside the Desheng Gate.

There are 300 palace eunuchs standing at the door, led by the former Ming Si ceremonial eunuch Wang Dehua, he ordered people to open the Desheng Gate, and then led the crowd to wait here early to welcome Li Zicheng. The rise and fall of this dynasty is no longer something that a eunuch can control, it is better to descend more simply and save more lives.

"Civil officials mislead the country, civil officials mislead the country." Thinking of Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Dehua sighed.

After a while, Li Zicheng took the lead and arrived outside the Desheng Gate, followed by Liu Zongmin, the general of the left battalion, and other military generals, while Prime Minister Niu Jinxing and military advisor Song Xiance maintained their literati demeanor, and led the rest of the troops to stay away and maintain the slow march of the military formation.

"Lao Liu, I think that at the beginning, there were only eighteen horsemen left who were beaten by Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Cao Bianjiao of Na Laoshizi, and fled into Shangluo Mountain like a lost dog, and now I still remember it vividly."

Liu Zongmin thought about the past and nodded.

"But the result? Our brother died but was born, six years, it only took six years, eighteen horsemen to destroy his Ming Dynasty, what are the three of them at this time? is also like a lost dog, one person descended to Jianyu Jurchen, and two people were defeated and died, it is really feng shui to take turns to my house this year, hahaha. ”

Li Zicheng laughed and rode forward slowly, and Liu Zongmin felt the same as him but did not agree. On the battlefield, each is his master, except for Hong Chengchou, who surrendered and was captured, the other two are really capable and worthy of respect.

Seeing that Li Zicheng and the others were getting closer, Wang Dehua restrained his mind, led the palace people to bow down, and shouted:

"The minister and the ceremonial supervisor, Wang Dehua, welcome Your Majesty into the palace."

"Father-in-law, please get up quickly, no need to be formal." Li Zicheng jumped off the horse and stepped forward to help Wang Dehua up, with a kind face and a surprisingly good attitude towards him.

I have to say that although Li Zicheng started from recklessness, he is broad-minded and does not take a stand, and this action is worthy of the four characters of Corporal Lixian, which makes people can't help but get close.

Wang Dehua saw Li Zicheng's attitude, and his heart was also warm, his own life should be worry-free, and then he said diligently: "Your Majesty, the slave maid will show you the way into the palace, okay?"

"The father-in-law in this palace is the most familiar, of course, he listens to the father-in-law."

Wang Dehua immediately led Li Zicheng into the city, and then entered the palace by Chengtianmen, on the way Li Zicheng saw the Chengtianmen plaque on the book "Chengtian's Gate" four words, took the arrow and the bow to shoot it, and was in the center of the Tianzi. Seeing this, the morale of the soldiers in the middle of the army was shocked, and they cheered together, this world should be the king!

What a killer... It seems that you still have to be cautious, Wang Dehua thought silently when he saw this situation, and his mouth was still flattering.

Entering the Chengtian Gate, it is the Noon Gate, and at this moment, there are more than 100 civil officials kneeling on the Noon Gate Royal Road, all wearing prison uniforms.

Li Zicheng was amazed at what he saw, and thought to himself that although he had sent troops into the city before, he had only controlled the situation and had not ordered the arrest of people. So where did these people's prison clothes come from? Isn't it Chongzhen's prisoner before?

So he called Prime Minister Niu Jinxing and asked about it.

"Your Majesty, these people are officials of the six departments of the capital, not prisoners."

"And what does this prison uniform mean?"

"Thinking that these Ming Dynasty officials were impressed by His Majesty's majesty, they found their own prison clothes and voluntarily begged His Majesty's forgiveness for their crimes. The old minister believes that His Majesty is broad-minded, and the foundation of the country is not stable at present, and these people will accept all the orders, and they will still be able to govern the world in the future. ”

"Hmm.." Li Zicheng stroked his beard, what the prime minister said was Lao Cheng's serious words, and he naturally agreed. But seeing the appearance of these dogs wagging their tails tarnished his impression of the literati's temperament.

There was a trace of unhappiness on his face, and it disappeared in a flash, although it was a very subtle emotional expression, but he was seen by Wang Dehua.

Li Zicheng didn't want to pay attention to these people at the moment, so he didn't stop and wanted to move forward.

The Ming Dynasty ministers on the royal road panicked when they saw this, why did they ignore it? So they urged and instigated one after another, and one of them had no choice but to say:

"The Ming Military Section in front of the minister will give you the time to enjoy the light in the matter, and knock on your majesty."

"What?" Li Zicheng asked coldly on horseback.

Guang Shixiang tidied up a little and relieved the tension in his heart.

"There is no way before the Ming Dynasty, Dashun Yongchang, and the criminal ministers are discussed by hundreds of officials, and persuade His Majesty to ascend the throne and ascend to the throne."

"Persuade Your Majesty to ascend the throne and ascend to the throne." Everyone chimed in.

If Li Zicheng was proclaimed emperor in Xi'an, he could only be regarded as a self-established king, then at this moment, after he was recognized by the scholars in Beijing, the matter of becoming emperor was already justified.

Speaking of being the emperor, then Li Zicheng is not sleepy, and the trace of unhappiness is also covered up.

Niu Jinxing tapped Li Zicheng's back with his finger, Li Zicheng understood, smiled and shirked: "This matter will be discussed again, this matter will be discussed again."

The light Shixiang also saw that Li Zicheng was being used, so he struck while the iron was hot, and then said: "Your Majesty, the north is still eyeing the tiger, and the south is still rekindled at any time, the world is not stable, and it cannot be left without an owner for a day, I implore Your Majesty to ascend the throne for the sake of all the people in the world!"

"I beg Your Majesty to ascend the throne for the sake of all the people of the world!"

Seeing Niu Jinxing nodding, Li Zicheng was about to accept it, but saw Wang Dehua walking over to Chaoguang Shixiang.

With a "snap", a slap hit the right side of the light in the face, Wang Dehua was still angry, punched and kicked the rest of the people behind, and scolded in his mouth:

"A bunch of misguided thieves! Where is the Son of Heaven? Why are you here? ”

The people of the Shun army watched the prince punch hundreds of officials, hehe, straight music, and there were many discussions, and the disdain in Li Zicheng's heart also disappeared.

"Princes and princesses, don't fight anymore, it's not good if it's broken, they still have to do things for me, haha."

Wang Dehua gave up, spat at the hundred officials, and followed the laughing Li Zicheng into the palace.

--

On the coal mountain, Li Ruolian was covered in blood, looking at the bloody clothes written by Chongzhen before, and he had a lot of thoughts.

Before, he pretended to be Chongzhen and wanted to go out of the city through Zhengyang Gate, but when he reported the identity of the emperor, he was actually intercepted and killed by the city guards.

The commander of the Beijing camp is Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, although he did not appear, Li Ruolian also knew that it must be this person who instructed him to lock His Majesty in the palace.

God is pitiful, His Majesty also entrusted the prince to his care, and it is more auspicious to come here.... At this point, Li Ruolian suddenly felt sad, why did the good Ming die?

"The minister is incompetent, I am willing to die for Your Majesty, I only hope that Your Majesty has stayed away from the danger, and in the future, I will reorganize the rivers and mountains, clean up the world, and avenge the minister."

--

At the same time that the Shun army entered the city and surrounded the official mansion, Fan Jingwen, then the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of Dongge University, hurried to the palace gate and asked the palace people guarding the gate:

"What about Your Majesty? Can you see a trace of Your Majesty? ”

The palace man replied: "Your Majesty has already gone out!"

When Fan Shangshu heard this, he wanted to rush to the court again, but saw that the road in the distance had been blocked and guarded by the thief army.

Seeing that the thieves were vicious, the entourage hurriedly persuaded the master to change out of his official uniform and go home, but was scolded by Fan Shangshu:

"Your Majesty is out, how can I return home as a courtier?"

The country is broken, where is the home?

So he found a nearby temple and wrote a suicide note in it: "As a minister, you can't destroy the blood shame of thieves, and you will die with hatred."

Thrown into a well and died.

--

Outside the Xinle Waiting Mansion, Liu Wenbing looked at the fire in his house that rose to the sky, and his heart was like ashes.

The capital was besieged, and Chongzhen ordered Wuxun's relatives to guard the city, and he was also among them.

The city gate was broken, the Shun army broke in, and after stabbing more than a dozen thieves, he knew that he was unable to return to the sky, and hurried home because he was worried about the safety of his mother, wife and children.

But he saw that his relatives at home had already set themselves on fire in order not to drag him down.

Liu Wenbing walked into the backyard of his house and met his friends Shen Zhanran and Huang Nilu.

After asking the two of them, they learned that Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, had already burned down the mansion, so he killed himself, and he was sad and said, "Hong Tu, I'll go first?"

So he took off his military uniform and threw himself into a well and died, and none of the more than 40 members of the Liu family survived.

The scenes of Ming Chen's martyrdom were staged all over the capital, but compared to those who surrendered, they were only a few.

Therefore, when the country is in danger and survival, the true colors of the people's hearts are revealed.