Li Zicheng said, "Jiexuan can't send troops!"

"Why?" Liu Zongmin was unconvinced, the woman that Lao Tzu had just snatched was snatched into the palace by the faint monarch again, and he didn't send troops? Chongzhen didn't rob Dou Meiren!

Li Zicheng persuaded: "Jie Xuan, please think about it, the military advisor's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle has not yet worked. We are so excited, which old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the capital don't know that Chongzhen is safe and sound, and our lies are self-defeating. In this way, with Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army on the outside and the Ming Palace on the inside, we will fall into a situation where we will be attacked by the enemy on our backs."

"And what do you say?" Liu Zongmin also had no words.

Niu Jinxing also said, "Jiexuan, don't be impatient, let's think about it in the long run. Li Junshi led people to ride fast horses to the Shaolin Temple, and the Shaolin monks will definitely be able to come within 10 days, and then the faint monarch Chongzhen will have to obey obediently, and all problems will be solved."

Li Zicheng nodded, "What Jiexuan urgently needs to solve now is the problem of food and salary, which is the urgent need."

As soon as he said this, Ye Bu sent a letter and gave it to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng saw that the letter was written on the letter with the words Liu Zongmin personally opened, so he didn't read the letter, so he handed it to Liu Zongmin directly.

Liu Zongmin opened the letter and looked at it, his face changed suddenly, "Dusk Jun Chongzhen is too deceitful!"

Li Zicheng took the letter at this time, and after reading the letter, his face changed, and Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance also took turns reading the letter.

Niu Jinxing said: "The faint king is simply poor and crazy, 10 million taels of silver and 1,000 loads of grain to redeem people, this is really a lion's mouth!"

Song Xiance nodded, "Yes, I got 6 million taels of silver for ransom last time, and now it has become even worse, this is a taste of sweetness." What are we going to do?"

Li Zicheng was a little embarrassed, because this involved the woman Liu Zongmin snatched.

How can someone else's little wife who snatched it be worth so much silver and food? Now that the army is short of money and food, isn't this even worse?

But he knows Liu Zongmin's temper, and he can see that Liu Zongmin cares about this woman very much.

As the commander of the Dashun Army, if the direct interests of the second-in-command are not handled well, it will inevitably affect the unity within the Dashun Army.

In the end, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, "No matter what method you think, within 5 days, you will gather all the silver and food, and then redeem the people first."

"Break into the king's ......"

"Jiexuan, don't say it, this matter is settled." Li Zicheng made a decision on the spot.

Liu Zongmin was very grateful in his heart, Li Zicheng was not thin on himself, and in such a difficult situation for the Dashun Army, King Chuang was willing to pay such a large price for the woman he snatched.

It seems that King Chuang still regards himself as his own brother.

Thinking of this, Liu Zongmin's heart was hot, and he immediately ordered: "All the assembled men and horses are disbanded and stand by in place."

"Your Majesty, something is wrong...... someone came to report.

Li Zicheng said, "What's the alarm?"

The informant explained in detail.

Li Zicheng adopted Song Xiance's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and spread the news of Chongzhen's suicide and martyrdom everywhere, which indeed caused a sensation inside and outside the capital.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is dead, and the Ming Dynasty for more than 260 years is not finished?

No matter how you fought before, there was Chongzhen, and the Ming banner did not fall. In addition to those who opened the door to meet and surrendered to Li Zicheng's Ming ministers, there were many who watched at home.

These people have feelings for the Ming Dynasty, as soon as they heard that Chongzhen was martyred, they bowed to the ground, and many people took to the streets, looking for Li Zicheng, asking to worship Chongzhen's body.

These courtiers included Liu Wenbing, Marquis of Xinle, his younger brother Liu Wenyao, Yang Chongshan, Marquis of Zhangwu, Zhang Qingzhen, Marquis of Hui'an, Zhou Jing, the guard of the East Palace, seven relatives of Xuancheng Bowei Shichun, and more than 20 civil servants such as Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, and Li Banghua.

These people, plus their family rolls, all took to the streets when they heard the bad news, and hundreds of people wanted to see Li Zicheng, and the momentum was huge.

Li Zicheng looked at it, and was secretly happy in his heart, the plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle really had an effect.

But Lonely could not see them.

They want to pay tribute to Chongzhen's body, where can they get Chongzhen's body alone, people are living well in the palace now, winning the battle, robbing women, and he is happier than him Li Zicheng, no body is not exposed?

But if you don't see them, you can't refuse them openly, and the old ministers worship the emperor, which is human nature.

As the king of Dashun, he must win the hearts of the people, so Li Zicheng was a little embarrassed for a while.

"King Chuang, let me deal with them!" Liu Zongmin's eyes widened like buns, and he immediately ordered Zhang Nai and Dang Shousu to take 2,000 people and horses to the street with leather whips, and wanted to disperse these people with leather whips.

"Jiexuan can't." Li Zicheng stopped him, these old ministers of the Ming Dynasty have feelings for the Ming Dynasty, since they dare to go to the street to make trouble, they are not afraid of death, and they are willing to follow the Ming Emperor, they must think of a way to stabilize them first.

Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty King Chuang, this is easy to do, then set a time for them to worship, and let them worship again after 10 days."

Li Zicheng nodded, "With the prime minister's plan, within 10 days, Li Yanjun will definitely invite the Shaolin monks, and the matter will be resolved by then."

After Li Zicheng decided on this matter, he sent Niu Jinxing to come forward, like these former ministers of the Ming Dynasty, to do pacification work.

Niu Jinxing really has some ability, after a few hours of appeasement, these courtiers are now crying and confused, and they all went back to the house to wait, just waiting for Chongzhen's body to be placed for 10 days and worship.

Liu Zongmin urged Xin Sizhong and Gu Kecheng to step up their official salaries.

Within five days, he would have to redeem Chen Yuanyuan with 10 million taels of silver and 1,000 stone of grain, which was what he was looking forward to.

King Chuang is right, redeem the people first, and then settle accounts with the faint king!

The old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty in the capital saw the thief's notice and complained.

Liu Zongmin didn't do anything, and Wu Ruyi watched the progress every day.

At the end of the day, more than 9 million silver and more than 400 stone of grain were handed over, Liu Zongmin saw that this was not good, even Chongzhen was not enough, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were short of food and salary, how could this work?

Liu Zongmin immediately issued an order, and the roasting official salary will be paid day and night, and tomorrow is the deadline, and the specified amount will not be completed.

For a while, the ghosts in the capital cried wolves......

Many old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty entered the ghost gate at once, and many people were roasted to death on the spot, such as Chen Yan, the former chief assistant of the Ming cabinet, Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, and so on.

On the second day, he handed over more than 30 million taels of silver, 1,500 stones of grain, 500 ingots of gold, and other silk silk, gold and silver jewelry.

Liu Zongmin is overjoyed, these guys are really dishonest if they don't move their lives, aren't you without money? And that's not all, keep baking, extend the day, and wait a little more!

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen