After the rebels took Xi'an bloodlessly, the entire Guanzhong was almost in the wind.

The main forces of the imperial court in Shaanxi followed Chen Qiyu to the south to conquer Xiangyang, and the remaining fresh forces were also buried outside Tongguan.

They had no other way but to "open the gates of the city to meet the king"!

However, the trouble of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, also followed.

Because of the nine consecutive years of drought in Shaanxi since the second year of the Apocalypse, the drought situation in the Guanzhong area has been slightly better because of the Wei River, and many places in northern Shaanxi have almost been red for thousands of miles, and the grain harvest has failed.

This is also the reason why peasant uprisings in northern Shaanxi have occurred one after another, and the people really can't live if they don't rebel!

As soon as Li Zicheng entered the customs, a large number of people immediately joined the rebel army.

Although they had raised the requirements for conscription and tried to limit the number of rebels, the army grew to 450,000 men.

The huge food pressure made Li Zicheng a little breathless.

The money and food of the invading army were all snatched by killing the gentry.

Of course, compared to the gentry, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were their main target.

Almost all of those vassal kings were rich in flowing oil, and they basically took the money, grain, and land obtained from the vassal king's mansion, which was enough for the rebels to squander for a while.

Li Zicheng relied on the previous killing of Zhu Yujiao, the king of Tang, in Nanyang, and Zhu Youjiao, the king of Chong, in Runing, and obtained hundreds of thousands of stone grain and a large amount of silver.

Originally, the king of Tang was Zhu Yujian, but Zhu Yujian heard that the thieves had entered the vicinity of Dabie Mountain, so he recruited troops in Nanyang on the grounds of guarding against the thieves, and was finally reported by the Nanyang prefect that his intentions were wrong.

Emperor Chongzhen was furious, if he acquiesced to Zhu Yujian's behavior, then dozens of vassal kings would follow suit, and everyone would recruit troops and horses in the fiefdom, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be chaotic?

In the end, he dismissed Zhu Yujian's Tang King and sent him to Fengyang to repent.

He was then succeeded by his younger brother Zhu Yujiao as King of Tang.

Zhu Yujian also escaped a catastrophe because of this, and the unlucky Zhu Yujian was cut off by Li Zicheng within a few days of becoming the king of Tang!

Now it is the turn of Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin.

The first generation of King Qin is Zhu Yuanzhang's second son Zhu Zhang, King Qin can be said to be the oldest vassal king in the entire Ming Dynasty, after more than 200 years of development, the Qin Wangfu is definitely a "fat pig".

King Qin owned 890,000 acres of granges in Xi'an, 432 other industries, and 3 mulberry gardens.

There are also various gold, silver and jewelry worth more than 220 taels, but the grain is not much, only 350,000 stones.

Most of the generals under Li Zicheng and the old camp are from Shaanxi, and no matter how much you share the fields in Henan, they lack a sense of belonging after all.

The fields in Xi'an are different, they are almost the best fields in Shaanxi, and they can definitely be passed on to future generations.

This is also the reason why Chongguangdao insists that Li Zicheng must be proclaimed emperor after taking Xi'an.

Only by taking Guanzhong can the people of the righteous army be completely attached.

So Li Zicheng did not kill Zhu Cunshu directly, he followed Li Yan's suggestion and named Zhu Cunshu as the Marquis of Guiyi.

wanted to use the influence of King Qin to make the gentry in Guanzhong work for him.

However, Zhu Cunshu refused, as the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, he still has his own dignity after all.

So Li Zicheng officially executed Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, and started the field division movement in Guanzhong.

Only in this way can we calm people's hearts as soon as possible and prepare for the title of emperor.

The food in the Qin Wangfu is not as much as imagined, so Li Zicheng's hope can only be pinned on King Fu.

After all, the Fu Domain is known as the "First Domain of the Ming Dynasty", and the Fu King Zhu Changxun is the favorite son of the Wanli Emperor, and the Fu Wangfu should not let him down.

At this time, the commander of the Ming army defending the city of Luoyang, Wang Yinchang, and the chief soldier Wang Shaoyu were in the Fuwang Mansion.

Wang Yinchang said: "Lord Qiqi, the thieves have strengthened their attacks in the past two days, especially the new 'West Thieves' combat power is very strong, several times to kill the city, the soldiers and horses in the city are now only 15,000 people, if you don't organize young people to go to the city to help the war, this Luoyang City may not be able to hold!" ”

I saw a fat man wearing a black gauze wing crown and wearing a four-regiment dragon gon suit and said: "Since the war situation is urgent, the king only needs to recruit young people to participate in politics, what are you doing here to this king?" ”

This big fat man of about 300 pounds is naturally the Fu King Zhu Changxun, since the defeat of the "National Capital Dispute", this Fu King has turned his grief into appetite, kept eating and drinking, and finally turned himself from a normal young man into a "big fat pig".

Wang Yinchang scolded secretly: Dead fat, it's all at this time!

However, on the surface, he still said kindly: "The prince is the backbone of Luoyang City, if you don't come forward, how can the lower officials mobilize the people of Luoyang?" ”

Who knew that as soon as these words came out, King Fu said angrily: "You don't want to harm this king, the king of Tang Zhu Yujian was removed from the position of vassal king by His Majesty because of the recruitment of troops to fight against thieves, and now he is still repenting in Fengyang!" ”

Seeing that King Fu still had no intention of paying, Wang Shaoyu, the chief soldier on the side, said: "Now the people in the city are thinking of opening the door to meet the thieves, the thieves are coming to divide the fields, and the thieves are coming and not paying the grain!" At this time, the prince did not pay any money, who would be willing to go to the city to work hard? ”

"The prince still thought about it and said, otherwise King Xiang, King Tang, and King Chong would have company underground!"

"Bold!"

The angry Fu King Zhu Changxun actually staggered to his feet!

In the impression of the son Zhu Yousong, his father has not stood up without support for many years!

He knew that his father was really angry this time!

Look at the chief soldier Wang Shaoyu again, his eyes showed a fierce light, and his hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife.

If you don't know it, you will draw a knife at any time.

Zhu Yousong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly said: "General Wang is also worried about the war, so his words are a little rushed, and he also asks his father to calm his anger!" ”

Wang Yinchang on the side also saw that something was wrong, so he pulled Wang Shaoyu and left quickly.

When the two were about to walk out of the palace, the prince Zhu Yousong chased them out.

Soon he ordered the family to carry some boxes, and he said, "Here are 30,000 taels of silver, and please give the brothers in Luoyang City a month's salary first!" ”

Wang Shaoyu said anxiously: "Your Royal Highness, this silver is not enough at all!" ”

Zhu Yousong said: "I know the situation, but my father's mind can't turn for a while, and I bother the two of you to use this silver to stabilize the brothers first, give me a few days, and I will definitely convince my father." ”

The two of them couldn't do anything at first glance, in fact, this was the fourth time they came to ask for silver taels, except for the first time King Fu gave 5,000 taels to send them, and the next two times were a dime.

These 30,000 taels are already unprecedented!

The two of them could only bow their hands and say: "The safety of Luoyang City, His Royal Highness the whole family!" ”

The two didn't know, in fact, the 30,000 taels were Zhu Yousong's own private money, and some of them were sponsored by his mother.

His father is a well-known "iron rooster"!

Just as Zhu Yousong sighed, Chang Yun, the eunuch in charge of the palace, suddenly stopped him and said, "His Royal Highness, the prince is invited!" ”

Zhu Changxun had already driven away all the maids around him at this time.

Due to his unusual obesity, Zhu Changxun sweats whenever he moves, and there are almost always maids around him who fan him with a fan.

He fell asleep, and there was a row of fans on the top of the bed that needed to be pulled by manpower, and even in winter, there was a charcoal stove burning in the room, and someone fanned him for him!

At this moment, he asked these maids to step down, it seems that something big should have happened!

Zhu Changxun said: "Rebel, did you secretly stuff silver for those two traitors again?" ”

Zhu Yousong was very aggrieved at this time, his father was so picky that he was dying, and he was still reluctant to give up the money?

I'm afraid that the last thing that is lacking in Fuwang's Mansion is silver.

However, he didn't dare to disobey his father's wishes, so he could only say: "Father, the child is also for our safety."

Before Zhu Yousong finished speaking, Zhu Changxun said impatiently: "Wang'er, it seems that you don't know the sinister nature of people's hearts, Gonggong Chang, you can tell the prince." ”

Chang Yun said: "Your Royal Highness, you have been deceived by the two of them. Wang Shaoyu is already in contact with the thief about Xiancheng, Wang Yinchang's family is not in Luoyang, he is ready to break through tonight and run away. ”

"They came to ask for money just to make another profit before they ran away from the city, and once the thieves entered the city, it would not be their turn!"

Chang Yun's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, directly shattering Zhu Yousong's three views!

Zhu Yousong shouted: "Since my father knows about their conspiracy, why didn't he take down the two of them just now?" ”

"The palace has both silver and food, as long as the two traitors are taken, the father raises his arms and shouts, the people of Luoyang City will definitely fight with the same enemy and fight with the thieves to the end?"

Zhu Changluo glanced at the excited Zhu Yousong, thinking that this child was still too young!

He said: "The thief's "Dividing the Fields" is too powerful, can my father give them all the more than 2 million acres of land in the Fu Wangfu? Luoyang City has long been turned against the people, even if you and I, father and son have scattered all their family wealth, in the end it is just cheaper for those mud legs. ”

"King Tang scattered all his wealth and desperately recruited troops to defend Nanyang, but in the end, Nanyang was saved?"

"It's just that he lost the title of the king of his domain, of course, he can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, but now he repents in Fengyang and saves his life!"

Chongzhen's treatment of King Tang really chilled the hearts of the vassal kings of the world.

In this way, what other feudal king would dare to recruit troops to defend his fiefdom?

The ancestral vassal king of the Ming Dynasty could not leave his fiefdom, Shandong Haikou approached Qingzhou, it is said that the Heng King of Qingzhou had written to ask to leave Qingzhou to temporarily avoid the thief Kou Feng, Chongzhen is still not allowed.

When the thieves come, the vassal king can only wait for death!

Then Zhu Changluo said: "Your Majesty is very harsh on the vassal king today, maybe he is wishing that this king would be dismantled by thieves in his heart, so as to save his expenses!" ”

Father's words obviously had a disobedient tone, Zhu Yousong hurriedly said: "Please also ask my father to be cautious!" ”

"Be careful!"

Zhu Changxun suddenly laughed and said: "Son, your father and I have been cautious all my life, and now that the death date is not far away, you can let your father say a few words happily to vent the resentment in your heart for many years!" ”

"Otherwise, this resentment will accumulate more and more in my father's body, and my father will almost be unable to hold it!"

Good guy, it turns out that the more than 300 catties of my father were not eaten, but were propped up by resentment.

Zhu Changxun scolded: "Chongzhen Xiao'er, he didn't save him when he saw death, and used this king to attract the main force of the thieves; He took the opportunity to attack Zhang Xianzhong. ”

"His father, Emperor Zhu Changluo, was originally not in the right position, but he coerced your imperial grandfather to ascend the throne!"

Zhu Yousong had heard of the "national capital dispute" that year, but his father was ultimately defeated, and his imperial grandfather Wanli still set up Emperor Taichang as the crown prince.

Although this is not the original intention of the emperor's grandfather, it can't be said that Emperor Taichang is not right, right?

Zhu Changxun saw his son's doubts, so he said to Chang Yun: "Father-in-law Chang, are you the person next to your father, or do you tell the son!" ”

Chang Yun was the eunuch in charge of Wanli's side at the beginning, so he told him how Zhu Changluo used Concubine Zheng Guifei to force the palace and force Emperor Wanli to make him the prince of the prison country.

Fortunately, Emperor Taichang Zhu Changluo became seriously ill within a few days of succeeding to the throne, otherwise where would Chang Yun have a chance to leave the palace alive?

Zhu Changxun asked again: "Do you know who your imperial grandfather's most trusted minister is?" ”

Although Zhu Yousong has never left Luoyang, he still knows about the affairs of the Wanli Dynasty.

He said: "The most favored minister of the imperial grandfather in his later years is none other than the current Liao Duke Li Xianzhong!" ”

Zhu Changxun nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "Do you know why Emperor Taichang Zhu Changluo was in a hurry to send Li Xianzhong to the edict prison of Dongchang as soon as he became the prince of the prison of the prison of the prison of Dongchang?" ”

Zhu Yousong said: "It is rumored that the emperor's grandfather entrusted Gu on his deathbed and gave the Duke of Liao a 'cloth and belt edict', and Emperor Taichang was afraid of this edict, so he took the Duke of Liao!" ”

Zhu Changxun said coldly: "Actually, it's almost the same as the rumors, but to be precise, what Li Xianzhong got in his hand was not the so-called 'Cloth and Belt Edict', but the key to open the Clothes and Belt Edict!" ”

"At that time, your imperial grandfather's every move, word and deed had long been under Zhu Changluo's surveillance, if he really handed over the edict to Li Xianzhong, wouldn't it hurt him?"

"Fortunately, your imperial grandfather has a spirit in the sky, and Zhu Changluo has done a lot of injustice, and this usurped throne will not last long after all!"

Zhu Yousong asked curiously: "Then where is this 'edict' and what is its content?" ”

Zhu Changxun said with a smile: "This edict has actually been by your side all the time!" ”

"Do you remember that before your imperial grandfather died ten years ago, he gave you a longevity lock?"

Zhu Yousong was very impressed by this incident, because he was ten years old at the time, and the imperial grandfather actually secretly gave himself such a long-life lock that only a child carried!

At this time, Chang Yun said: "This longevity lock was originally a pair, and the other His Majesty gave it to Li Xianzhong's eldest son, Li Shengzu!" ”

"But the one in the hands of the Duke of Liao is actually just the key to unlock the longevity lock in the hands of the prince!"

"The real secret edict is hidden in the longevity lock of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World!"

"Of course, Liao Guogong himself doesn't know about this, so no matter how Emperor Taichang checks that longevity lock, or blames Liao Guogong himself, he can't find any clues!"

Zhu Yousong also had to sigh: "The emperor's grandfather is really painstaking, I don't know how much more clever this edict is than Emperor Han Xian's 'edict'." ”

"Does Grandpa Chang know the content of the edict?"

Chang Yun shook his head and said, "The old slave doesn't know the content of the edict!" ”

"But Your Majesty once said that if anyone dares to harm King Fu, he will find Li Xianzhong with the edict and ensure that King Fu's life is worry-free!"

Zhu Changxun said: "So my father boldly guessed that this should be an edict authorizing Li Xianzhong, the Duke of Liao, to raise troops to crusade against His Majesty today and support his father." ”

Izumi Changxun glanced at his fat body, and said helplessly: "Son, father, I can't leave!" But you must kill out of Luoyang and find Li Xianzhong, the Duke of Liao! ”

"Over the years, the reason why my father has resold salt, lent usury, and even participated in smuggling to accumulate wealth is for today."

Then Zhu Changxun took out a box and said: "If this thing in the Luoyang Palace, it will be lost, and it will be rewarded to these traitors by this king; The wealth hidden here is enough for the prince to achieve great things or become a rich man! ”

"Now my father will teach you how to use the money."

Soon, Zhu Changxun gathered the elite generals in the palace.

There are about 300 of these people, although the number is not much, but these are all people with martial arts, and many of them have served in the border army.

Zhu Changxun opened the treasury of the palace and gave 50 taels of gold to each person.

His request was very simple, these dead men escorted the prince out of the city tonight, and after the deed was completed, they could each get another 50 taels of gold!

During the Wanli period, the official exchange ratio of gold to silver was 1:8, but now the actual market is basically 1:10.

Although the risk of this transaction is not small, it is only a thousand taels of silver, and many of them have not even seen what 100 taels of silver looks like, let alone 100 taels of gold.

And at this time, the main force of the thieves had already entered the pass, saying that there were 200,000 people around Luoyang, but in fact, there were only 100,000 people at most.

Of course, if Zhu Yousong broke through alone, even if these three hundred dead soldiers were well-equipped, it would be difficult to succeed.

But tonight they weren't the only ones looking to break through.

On April 21 of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Wang Shaoyu, the general soldier of Henan, led nearly 10,000 Ming troops to surrender to Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and opened the south gate of Luoyang.

However, Wang Yinchang, who participated in politics, did not want to join the thieves, because many of his family members had died at the hands of the rebels, and he had an enmity with them.

He already knew that Wang Shaoyu was secretly hooking up with thieves and preparing to sacrifice the city tonight, so Wang Yinchang planned to take advantage of Wang Shaoyu's dedication to the city, and led 5,000 men and horses to kill the east city of Luoyang.

His trick really worked, and the righteous army outside Luoyang City paid attention to Luoyang at this time, and as soon as they entered the city, they directly killed King Fu's mansion.

So they didn't expect Wang Yinchang to lead the army to break through, and soon they rushed out of Luoyang City.

However, after all, the rebel army had a large number of men and horses in Luoyang, and soon they dispatched troops to surround Wang Yinchang's 5,000 Ming army.

In the melee, most of the Ming infantry was annihilated by the rebels, and Wang Yinchang finally led only a few hundred cavalry to fight out of the encirclement.

Just as the battle in Luoyang Dongcheng was in the midst of the scuffle, Zhu Yousong and other three hundred cavalry also took the opportunity to stay out from the north gate.

They were all good horses, and the attention of the rebels had been drawn to the east of the city, so they didn't encounter much resistance.

Soon they arrived at Mengjin, north of Luoyang.

The ship would have been burned by the rebels long ago, and they could not cross the Yellow River north from here.

In the end, he had to follow Yanshi, Gongxian, all the way to the east, and finally fled to the vicinity of Zhengzhou.

However, it is not easy to go to Liaodong at this time, Denglai is at war, and it will definitely not work by water.

In the area of Jizhou in the north, the imperial court blocked the passage to Shanhaiguan.

It is also difficult to go out of Xuanda.

In the end, Chang Yun had experience, and they soon found the Jin merchants in Shanxi, who lied that they were going to Mongolia to do business.

After spending a lot of money, there were finally merchants who were willing to take them to Naturalization City to "buy goods".

After Wang Shaoyu sacrificed Luoyang, the only battle took place in King Fu's mansion.

In fact, King Fu knew that resistance was useless, but in order to attract the attention of the thieves for his son, he still let thousands of family members of the royal palace resist desperately.

In the end, the army moved in and the cannon blasted open the palace.

The capture of Luoyang is of great significance.

Li Zicheng also rushed to Luoyang from Xi'an in person.

King Fu once sent someone to set fire to the granary of the palace, but fortunately it was quickly extinguished by the rebels.

In the end, Li Zicheng got a total of almost 3.5 million taels of silver in Luoyang, and 1 million stones of grain and grass, most of which were contributed by King Fu.

At this time, Zhang Kewang said: "Now that King Chuang has captured Xi'an and Luoyang, please ask King Chuang to hurry south to Xiangyang to relieve the siege of Xiangyang." ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "If you want to relieve the siege of Xiangyang, why go south!" ”

Because King Fu resolutely resisted in Luoyang and refused to surrender, Li Zicheng was annoyed.

So he directly beheaded King Fu in public.

When Zhu Changxun was killed, the people cheered and applauded King Chuang.

When Li Zicheng heard what King Fu had done, he was even more furious.

So he found two sika deer from the city, set up a cauldron in Luoyang, and cooked the meat of King Fu with these sika deer.

Call it the "Feast of Blessings"!

And give it to the people of Luoyang!

The people of Luoyang, who were oppressed by King Fu, rushed to grab food!

Li Zicheng smiled and said to Zhang Kewang: "With this 'Fulu Banquet', are you still worried that Chen Qiyu will not withdraw his troops from Xiangyang?" ”

Zhang Kewang also expressed his admiration!

Soon Li Zicheng transferred Luoyang's grain and silver to Xi'an, leaving his nephew Li Guo to lead 50,000 troops to garrison.

At this time, Luoyang and Xi'an had been captured, and a lot of wealth and grain were obtained.

Li Zicheng sits on most of Henan and the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi, and has an army of 450,000, and many soldiers have made Li Zicheng emperor.

However, he was not carried away by the victory.

Because he knew that Chen Qiyu still had nearly 100,000 troops in Xiangyang, if he didn't eliminate the main force of this Ming army, even if he was proclaimed emperor, this throne would still not be stable.

Zhang Xianzhong is a good example!

Sure enough, news came not long after that Chen Qiyu had led 50,000 horses to the north, and his vanguard had entered the territory of Yunyang Mansion.

It seems that Chen Qiyu really wants to go to Shangluo to enter Shaanxi.

Previously, he had led Liu Zongmin to lead an army of 50,000 to enter Zhulin Pass near Shangluo Mountain, so Li Zicheng led an army of 150,000 to the south to support Liu Zongmin.

He wants to solve the last obstacle before he becomes emperor!

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