Xue Mansion.

The participants looked restless.

Some have just arrived and walked around the house to socialize; Some came early, already sitting in their chairs, whispering to their neighbors.

"What can I do? His Highness's team in Shenyang has all been brought to Jingshi, and we have been excluded."

"Hey! It's all because I'm sick, on the sixth day of the new year, some people were bold enough to go to the Wuying Palace, and they were retained."

"I'm sick too. It's a shame I missed it."

"Don't be a pity, it's good that we survived."

"What's the use of surviving, the official is gone, and if you don't do it, you have to make a big deal."

Xue Guoguan and Zhang Sizhi walked out of the inner hall, and when they saw everyone in a mess, their faces sank.

Zhang Sizhi raised his hand and said, "Everyone be quiet! Be quiet! Let Xue Shangshu say a few words."

The scene fell silent.

Zhang Sizhi's talent is very mediocre, and together with Yao Minggong and Wei Zhaocheng, he is considered by the people of the time to be a cabinet minister who is indiscriminate.

However, the current situation is tense, and Xue Guoguan and Zhang Sizhi are the only remaining cabinet ministers, so they are respected by hundreds of officials as leaders.

Yao Minggong was ousted from the cabinet last year and returned to his hometown.

Wei Zhao took advantage of the desperate situation, leaving the emperor and his colleagues to escape from Beijing on foot and flee back to his hometown.

Xue Guoguan waited for everyone to be quiet, and said, "Colleagues, this is our most critical time, and if it drags on, you and I will become ordinary people."

An official got up from his seat and chimed in, "Elder Xue Ge, you are the second assistant, you can make up your mind, we will all listen to you."

The others nodded.

"Well, I'll cut a long story short. The crown prince can't be found, the throne is hanging in the air, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou is majestic in the world, expelling the thieves, and returning my society, the merit is not under Yi Yin and Zhou Gong, and he should ascend to the pole and become the emperor and create a new dynasty."

The officials began to exchange heads and nods in approval.

Xue Guoguan's expression perked up, and then said: "In order to express our determination to persuade in, please follow me to the end of the gate to kneel and beg His Highness to ascend to the throne as emperor, but His Highness refuses, and we will not get up."

All of you here were human spirits, and they immediately realized the benefits of doing so.

Although it will suffer a little, it can be exchanged for the status and glory of the new dynasty, which is very cost-effective.

As a result, officials agreed.

"Come with me!"

Xue Guoguan waved his hand and led the officials out of Xue's mansion, without sitting in a sedan chair, and walked towards the Forbidden City.

They just let the people see it and build momentum for persuasion.

Someone had already gotten the news and reported it to Yang Chengying, who was working in the Wenhua Palace.

"Leave them alone, let them kneel." Yang Chengying sent the messenger with a word.

He has more important things to do.

Zu Dashou took the baton, pointed to the map, and introduced the situation on the front line:

"According to the predetermined goal, our Northern Route Army will meet the Mongolian cavalry who arrived on schedule in Jizhen, pass through the Juyong Pass, and easily take Xuanfu, and the next target is Datong."

"Did Wang Pu and Jiang Jiu flee back to Datong?" Yang Chengying asked.

"According to Hong Chengchou's secret report, the two of them have taken advantage of the chaos to return to Datong and get in touch with Jiang Xuan, the guard of Datong."

I'll answer.

Recently, I have been busy with affairs, and I am responsible for the intelligence work.

"If all goes well, Datong will soon be ours." Yang Cheng responded, "After the matter is completed, Datong will be placed under the jurisdiction of Shanxi, and no more towns will be established."

"So do you want to keep or abolish Governor Xuanda?" Fan Wencheng asked.

"My frontier is on Lake Baikal, why do you need a governor general! It was withdrawn, and the Xuanfu was placed under the jurisdiction of the governor of Zhili, and only the governor of Shanxi was appointed."

Yang Chengying said, "The army will rest in Datong for a few days, Shen Chaoji!"

"Wechen is here." Shen Chaoji got up and clenched his fists.

"You are the new governor of Shanxi, and after the meeting, I asked Fan Wencheng to allocate people to you to govern Shanxi for me."

Yang Chengying said, "

Don't worry, I will let Hu Dawei, who guards Jining, lead the army to enter Taiyuan with you and stabilize the place."

"The minister understands that he will never let down His Highness's trust." Shen Chaoji returned to his seat.

Yang Chengying raised his hand to signal, and Zu Dashou continued.

Zu Dashou said: "Our middle route army pursued Li Zicheng's main force, and has successively taken Baoding and Zhending Erfu, and is preparing to go south to seize Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion.

Now there are two problems for His Royal Highness to cut, one is that a large number of palace maids in the palace are allowed to break into the army and are captured by our army in Baoding. Second, will our army continue to pursue the main force of the invading army?"

Yang Chengying thought for a while and said, "The first thing is easy to solve, arrange a blind date on the spot to remarry. If you don't want to, according to the old rules, you will be sent to a textile factory to work for three years, and then you will decide to stay." Look at the book

In troubled times, the fate of women is tragic.

If Yang Chengying lets them go, they will starve to death on the streets, and they will almost become food for others.

They were concentrated in textile factories for three years, and after three years they learned a trade, and they were paid for three years.

With money, it's easier to find someone to marry, or do something yourself.

"As for the main force chasing Li Zicheng, leave it to Hong Chengchou. What they have to do is to get some rest and at the same time stabilize the place."

Yang Chengying said: "In the future, I will rely on them to go south and seize Jiangnan."

"Understood." Zu Dashou nodded.

Then, there is the Southern Route Army.

This road was extremely smooth, expelling the former Ming army Huamachi generals, the current Dashun military generals Dong Xueli and Guo Sheng, and then forcing the Shandong general Yang Yufan to go south and successfully arrived in Jinan.

Ding Wensheng, the new governor of Shandong, has successfully opened a government in Jinan.

All the subordinates in Shandong were also transported by sea ship from Port Arthur to Dengzhou, and then escorted by the army to various places to take up their posts.

There are quite a few Shandong soldiers in the army under He Kegang, and they have a sense of closeness to the local area.

In addition, in recent years, most of the cotton in Liaodong has come from Shandong, which has also made the local area quickly pacified.

Dolgon said: "Dong Xueli and Guo Sheng are really vulnerable, they have tens of thousands of troops in their hands, but they are still defeated by General He."

"There are not tens of thousands, and the two of them together are less than three thousand." Rather finish my way.

Everyone was stunned, and Dolgon was a little confused: "Didn't you say that Li Zicheng sent Dong Xueli and Guo Sheng to lead tens of thousands of troops south to seize Shandong?"

"That's a lie, there are only 3,000 soldiers. Li Zicheng also sent Zheng Jiadong to lead an army of 10,000 to Hanzhong, most likely to guard against Zhang Xianzhong."

Ning Wan I explained to him.

The collapse of the Ming Dynasty was systematic, and if Chongzhen still had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, it would not be easily destroyed.

The mobile troops available to Li Zicheng were only 60,000 at the time of the decisive battle at Shanhaiguan.

According to rough statistics, more than half of the losses were made.

This is also the fundamental reason why Li Zicheng hurriedly retreated from Beijing.

"Yan Mingtai, are the local government and county officials in place?" Yang Chengying asked.

With the expulsion of both the Ming army and the Dashun army from Beijing, a number of big bureaucrats, large landowners, and nobles were all killed by Yang Chengying under the pretext, and a large area of land was already vacated.

"It's in place," Yan Mingtai nodded, "They are beginning to contact various forces in the county to prepare for the confirmation of land rights."

"Tell them that if you want to hurry, you won't be able to do it, and don't rush to show your true intentions."

Yang Chengying admonished.

Because there is a group of uncleaned guys outside the end door.