In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, on the fifth day of the eighth month, the Buddha dawned.

The night was dark, and the magnates who stayed in Beijing got up early and dressed neatly.

One by one, they are full of energy, and the spring breeze is proud.

Because their good days are coming.

The front line came to report, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, led Yang Chengying into the customs of Jiliao, respected the prince Zhu Cihong as the new monarch, and defeated the thieves outside the Shanhaiguan.

The thieves, who suffered heavy losses, were forced to retreat from the Beijing Division.

As for where to flee, they don't care, and they choose to forget the fact that they have defected.

They were going to the Chaoyang Gate of the Beijing Division to welcome the prince back to the palace and inherit the throne.

As soon as the day dawned, many people had gathered outside the Chaoyang Gate, looking forward to it.

I don't know who shouted, "It's coming!"

The crowd hurriedly knelt down.

Then they heard the sound of neat horses' hooves and footsteps, continuously.

The crowd's heads pressed even lower.

Yang Chengying rode a horse, looked up, and saw a black gauze hat, and sighed helplessly.

These people really haven't grown at all.

When Yang Chengying rode his horse to Chaoyang Gate, everyone raised their heads and were taken aback when they saw that it was Yang Chengying who was riding on the horse.

Where is the prince? ap.

They pouted Chen Yan and asked.

As the first assistant, Chen Yan had no choice but to ask boldly, "King Zhou, where is the prince?"

"What prince? I didn't see it. I just heard that my father had been killed, and I led an army to avenge my father."

After Yang Chengying finished speaking, he glanced at the audience and found Yuluan.

It turned out that they thought he was bringing the prince to Jingshi with him, so they arranged this thing.

At this time, the ministers were embarrassed.

Yang Chengying is a foreign vassal, what is the matter with them kneeling, but when they want to get up, they find that there is a large army behind Yang Chengying.

Or Chen Yan was in a hurry: "His Royal Highness King Zhou's merit Wei Wei is not under Duke Zhou. When we heard that the Liaodong Army had entered Beijing, we cried with joy. Please accept my waiting, and thank King Zhou for expelling the thieves and rebuilding the Ming Dynasty."

The ministers immediately went down the stairs and thanked them in unison.

Yang Chengying didn't buy it: "Where is the mausoleum of the first emperor?"

"In ...... In Concubine Shen's tomb." Chen Yan replied in a low voice.

"Lead me to worship."

Yang Chengying did not dismount either, and ordered in a cold voice.

Chen Yan looked shocked, but looking at the soldiers and horses behind Yang Chengying, he had to suppress the anger in his heart and took the initiative to lead the way.

Concubine Shen is an unfavored concubine of Chongzhen, and she doesn't even have a title. After her death, Chongzhen felt pity again and issued an edict to build a tomb for her.

It's just that Chongzhen didn't expect that one day he would need it himself.

Li Zicheng listened to the request of the eunuch Wang Dehua and reburied Chongzhen in a better coffin in the tomb of Concubine Shen.

However, this tomb is a bit crowded.

In addition to Concubine Shen, the original owner of the tomb, there are also Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, and Tian Guifei.

Yang Chengying arrived at Concubine Shen's tomb, only to see the tomb and dismounted, secretly poured some chili water in the palm of his hand, and then wiped it in the corner of his eye.

"Hiss......" Yang Chengying gasped, it was so spicy!

Then, he ran and crawled towards Concubine Shen's tomb.

And he cried out, "I'm late! Your Majesty, I was anxious when I heard about the peasant army coming in Liaodong. I ordered the generals, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late...... Wow...... Wow......"

The accompanying ministers were stunned.

said that it was a memorial, but in front of the spiritual seat of the monarch's father, he actually said "I", and did not call Li Chuang a thief, with ill intentions.

The most infuriating thing is that Yang Chengying cried very sadly in front of the tomb, but he was always standing.

The wiser minister hurriedly cried with him.

When is it, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yang Chengying's future is limitless, and he doesn't hurry up to express his loyalty.

The stupid ones also found that they were tired, so they quickly cried.

Finally, there was a cry.

Chen Yan saw that he was almost crying, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Yang Chengying: "The deceased is gone, King Zhou must take care of his body, and we will rely on King Zhou to destroy the thief army and restore peace to the world."

Other ministers also spoke up to persuade them.

Yang Cheng wiped his tears with a handkerchief, thinking in his heart that this pepper water was too dazzling, and asked while wiping his tears:

"Where are the three princes of Emperor Daxing?"

The ministers looked at each other.

Chen Yan said: "Emperor Daxing once entrusted the three princes to Zhu Chunchen, but they were unexpectedly betrayed by the eunuchs and sacrificed to the thieves and placed in Zhu Chunchen's house. Zhu Chunchen was first killed by the thieves, and the thieves withdrew from Beijing, and the whereabouts of the three princes are unknown."

Hearing this, Yang Chengying's eyes lit up: "Even the prince can't protect him, what are you doing as the head of the cabinet!"

"I, I'm ......" Chen Yan was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.

"Come on!" Yang Cheng responded to the order, and several guards came out, "Detain this useless Chen Yan in prison and wait for his fate."

The guards stepped forward, took off Chen Yan's black gauze hat, threw it on the ground, and then dragged him away.

Chen Yan said loudly, "I am not guilty!"

"You can't even protect the crown prince, and you dare to say that you are not guilty?" Yang Chengying turned his face to Chongzhen's grave and clenched his fists and said, "I will kill you in front of Emperor Daxing today, such a mediocre minister who misleads the country and the people."

As soon as he heard the word "kill", Chen Yan's legs weakened.

"Come on, pull Chen Yan down to correct the Fa, and dedicate the head to Emperor Daxing."

Yang Cheng responded to the order, and Chen Yan was dragged away in front of the ministers, and found a relatively hidden place to cut down.

The ministers were frightened, knowing that this time they had encountered hard stubble, so they came up and killed the first minister.

They heard Yang Chengying shouting again, "Where is Zhou Kui?"

"I...... Yes." Zhou Kui stammered, looking frightened.

"Emperor Daxing once raised money, may I ask you as the ruler of the country, how much money do you donate?"

"Donate 10,000 taels of silver!"

"Huh?"

"Donate...... 5,000 taels of silver, and another 5,000 taels from the queen."

"So, how much does Li Zicheng get from you?"

"This ...... Well."

"Say!"

"Five...... Five hundred and sixty thousand taels."

"When a kingdom is about to perish, there will be demons. You Zhou Kui is this demon, come on, drag me down and cut it down."

The guards obeyed the order and stepped forward to arrest Zhou Kui.

Zhou Kui shouted, "I am the father of the queen mother, you have no right to kill me!"

"Where is the Queen?" Yang Chengying asked rhetorically.

Zhou Kui's heart was shocked, and he couldn't say it anymore.

Yang Chengying clapped his hands, and several guards carried a large box and placed it in front of the tomb.

"You, as a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, groveled and surrendered to Dashun, and then secretly wrote to me."

Yang Chengying opened the box, "If you are not loyal to Ming, you are not loyal to Shun, you are disloyal, unfilial piety, unkind and unrighteous people, if you keep it, you will harm the world."

Gongshun Hou Wu Weiying, Tian Guifei's father Tian Hongyu, and auxiliary minister Liu Yuliang...... Anyone who wrote a letter of surrender was found out and executed.

All his clan members were assigned factories and served as conscripts for life.

The head was offered to the tomb, and soon the ground in front of the tomb was dyed red with blood.

Many ministers were trembling with fear, and some were even incontinent.

Yang Chengying listened to the cry, but his heart was very clear, a new world would be born in the cry of decay.