Chapter 135: Old Ministers of the Ming Dynasty (1st Update)
Li Zicheng was sitting on a free horse, surrounded by all the civil and military forces, and was walking forward, when the eunuch Wang Dehua knelt in front of his horse: "Your Majesty, there are many old ministers of the Ming Dynasty in front of you who ask to see Your Majesty."
Li Zicheng said, "Oh, who are they?"
"Your Majesty, there are many of them, there are Liu Wenbing, Marquis of Xinle, and his younger brother Governor Liu Wenyao, Marquis Yang Chongshan of Zhangwu, Marquis Zhang Qingzhen of Hui'an, Zhou Jing, the guard of the East Palace, the seven relatives of Xuancheng Bowei Shichun, as well as Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua, etc., there are hundreds of people."
"Do they want to see Lonely, for the sake of reactivation?" Li Zicheng's face was full of disdain.
Since the Dashun army occupied the capital, there were many old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty who asked Li Zicheng to activate them, the most typical representatives were Wei Zaode, the last richest man, and Chen Yin, a cabinet scholar.
Wei Shoufu has a talent for debate, and hopes that the Dashun Dynasty can continue to appoint him as an internal assistant, but Li Zicheng is of course not happy and asks him what he is capable of.
Wei Zaode boasted, saying that he had the ability to do more than Zhuge Liang, and blamed the reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty on Chongzhen's incompetence, and he, the head of the cabinet, had no responsibility.
Li Zicheng looked down on him with a face, thinking that he could betray Chongzhen today, and he would be able to betray me Li Zicheng tomorrow, but he didn't have the name to refuse, so the matter was put aside.
Li Zicheng thought that these people couldn't wait, and came to ask him for an official again.
"No, Your Majesty, these people are all dead-eyed, saying that the appointed time has come, and they plan to worship Chongzhen's body today." When Wang Dehua said this, his face was very unnatural, and he glanced at Li Zicheng.
Of course, he knew what was going on.
10 days ago, Li Zicheng used the strategy of concealing the sky and crossing the sea to spread rumors of Chongzhen's martyrdom everywhere, which achieved certain results, and the divisions of the Qin Wang of the Ming Dynasty disappeared.
But a new problem came, those courtiers who had feelings for the Ming Dynasty and were desperate for Chongzhen cried to death after hearing about this nightmare, and they had to worship Chongzhen's body and follow the Ming Dynasty.
They collectively went to the streets to find Li Zicheng to worship Chongzhen's body.
In order to appease these people, Li Zicheng made a 10-day appointment with them.
But now that the appointed date has arrived, these old ministers of the Ming Dynasty have come up again, Chongzhen is alive and well now, and he has driven Li Zicheng out of the imperial city.
Where is Li Zicheng going to get Chongzhen's body for him?
Li Zicheng only then remembered this, especially at this juncture, his face was very ugly when he heard this.
It's been so long, Li Zicheng has used all means, and he didn't kill Chongzhen.
Chongzhen is now back from the dead, from the palace to the imperial city.
If the lie is self-defeating, the paper will not be able to contain the fire.
"What is the opinion of the Left Army?" Li Zicheng asked Song Xiance for advice, because this plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle came from Song Xiance's mouth.
Song Xiance didn't expect things to be like this, a good plan, but it also left sequelae.
"Lord, you really don't want to make an example of chickens and monkeys." Song Xiance also had no tricks.
"Your Majesty is not allowed to break in." Li Yan said, "People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? These are the former ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they have the most affection for the Ming Dynasty, and killing them will damage the prestige of His Majesty and Dashun."
"What's the right division's plan?"
Li Yan said: "In the opinion of the ministers, these people should be appeased, and they should be promised a lot of money or *** Houlu for the use of my Dashun Dynasty."
Without waiting for Li Zicheng to speak, Niu Jinxing looked disdainful, "I don't see it, these are all foolish loyalists of the previous dynasty, they want to worship Chongzhen's body, and they want to follow the previous dynasty to the death, can such a person be used by my Dashun?"
Li Yan said: "What the prime minister said is also reasonable, if it really doesn't work, lock them up first. It can't be used by Dashun now, but it may be used in the future, and His Majesty King Chuang's imperial grace will definitely be able to influence them, and if they can be made to serve Dashun, it will be a hundred times stronger than killing them."
"In the words of the right military division, lock them up first." Li Zicheng adopted Li Yan's suggestion this time, did not kill, and assigned Li Yan to do this.
After Li Yan received the order, he took the three brothers Li Nian and Li Mu to the front of the team with 1,000 cavalry......
These former ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the Dashun army have fallen out.
Zhou Jing, the guard of the East Palace, was a military attaché, and when he saw the situation, he pulled out the knife: "We are born as people of the Ming Dynasty, and we are ghosts of the Ming Dynasty when we die!"
"Lord Zhou is right, the thieves rebelled, and even the emperor didn't let us worship, what is the reason?" Xuancheng Bowei Shichun also took out his sword.
The two brothers, Liu Wenbing and Liu Wenyao, were also excited and raised their arms in protest.
"Presumptuous! Are you looking for death?"
Ma Shiyao and his soldiers were tense and on the verge of breaking out.
"Stop!" Li Yan shouted and flew over, and the horse was going to wait for the Chinese generals to dodge.
"In Xia Li Yan, it is the right army division of the Dashun Army. Don't get me wrong, Li didn't mean to hurt you, but making trouble here is a lot of disadvantages for everyone, and I guarantee you with your personality, as long as you are obedient and follow us, we will ensure that everyone is safe and sound."
"We're not going anywhere!"
"Let Li Zicheng come over and answer!"
"Yes, we want to see Li Zicheng, your promise to King Chuang will be fulfilled, and we will worship the emperor......
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen