"In the twenty-second year of Wuxing, in July, Chongzu was called the emperor in Luoyang, called 'Dashun', the world was shocked, the news came to Beijing, and the emperor was furious and said: 'The thief dares to trespass', and he was extremely indignant, and suddenly vomited blood, and fell to the ground."

"I was seriously ill for two months and collapsed in the palace."

……

The sudden death of Emperor Wuxing was not expected by anyone, but his age was already considered a long life among emperors, and his health was not much better.

Confession, Datian expounded the Tao Dun filial piety and friendship Zhang Wen Xiang Wu Jing Mu Zhuang Qinyi Emperor, the temple number Duanzong.

The crown prince Zhu Yousong ascended the throne and set the era name Hongguang.

And the six ministries of the cabinet under his command have also changed their sets of people at this time.

At this time, the first assistant of the imperial court was named Liu Yuliang, but it was not Zhou Yanru, Zhou Yanru had resigned because of the repeated failures of the Ming army to the military government in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The second assistant Ni Wenhuan died when he was in Wuxing for 20 years, and was replaced by Chen Yan, he knew that Liu Yuliang had no ability, and the upper position at that time was purely relying on prestige everywhere, so he was bent on pulling him down and replacing him himself.

And Zhou Yanru, seeing that the emperor had changed, also sought to recover, he has served in the court for many years, and he also has his own relationships and forces.

Suddenly, there was chaos in the court again.

At this time of danger, the DPRK and China were fighting each other, and the forces of all sides took the opportunity to attack the city, all supported by a few loyal generals.

On the other hand, after Wang Chongzu became emperor, he continued to conquer the south and the north, and successively pocketed Shandong, southern Jinnan and the eastern part of Shaanxi, and the limelight was unmatched for a while, and even overshadowed the low-key development of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments during this time, and became the most threatening thief to the imperial court.

It changed the previous harsh treatment of the gentry and wealthy households, set up a variety of preferential policies, and used a large number of folk Confucianism, etc., its reputation was reversed for a while, and when many regions talked about him, they no longer said that they were thieves, but said "pseudo-emperor", although they still did not recognize their imperial throne, but this change has proved the rise of their status.

The area ruled by the Great Shun Dynasty was much more peaceful, just because of the perennial war, a large amount of land was vacant, and the contradictions caused by the land were directly alleviated.

Such a state of uniformity in the world made Wang Chongzu proud, and his ambitious eyes finally turned to the capital in the north.

He said proudly to Gu Junen:

"The Central Plains has been completely owned by me, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops under my command, and now the heroes have bowed down, and it is time to go north to eliminate Emperor Ming and establish Zhengshuo."

His eyes were full of ambition to change the dynasty at this time.

In the first year of Hongguang, that is, the third year of the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the first year of Dashun, in February, Wang Chongzu swore under the Northern Expedition under Luoyang City, and promulgated a proclamation, declaring that "the number of Ming Qi has been exhausted", "Shun should stand for Ming", commanding 300,000 troops, known as 800,000, and going north to replace Ming.

Although there are 90,000 Ming troops in northern Henan, but the arrears are serious, and many of them are newly recruited, the combat power can only be comparable to the general Liukou level, but also can not compare with Wang Chongzu's Shun army, only resisted for more than ten days, then announced that all fell, and the Shun army entered the territory of Beizhili.

At this time, Beizhi was also seriously affected, even though it was claimed to be at the foot of the Son of Heaven, but it was also full of displaced people, although Wang Chongzu had resumed taxation some time ago, but it was better than many local officials at this time, and the scholars and doctors were not as resistant as before.

After all, Dashun had already opened a branch at this time, and even the Holy Duke of Confucius Yan had already obeyed him, and at this time, Dashun and Daming were left with only an orthodox name.

The name of orthodoxy, as long as Beijing is captured, Emperor Ming collapses in the palace or Chan Rang, Wang Chongzu has it, and now he has defected, which is from the dragon's work.

In this case, many cities almost surrendered directly, even if some cities were stubbornly defended, but they could not withstand the might of the 300,000 army, and the iron hooves trampled through, and the soldiers were defeated and died.

"Urgent report, the thief entered the north of Zhili, broke Shunde, and the prefect hanged himself!"

"The thieves sent a fine work into the city, and the inside and the outside should be combined, and they must have fallen!"

"Zhongfu County is greedy for life and afraid of death, and many cities directly open the city and surrender, please judge Your Majesty for the crime......"

"Urgent report, the thief has arrived in Baoding City! The strong attack was one day and one night, Xing'er guarded the generals bravely, the soldiers used their lives, and they were still holding on, and the prefect asked the imperial court to send reinforcements quickly! ”

After Baoding, it is Shuntianfu! The other party can say that it has come to Gyeonggi!

In the more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a critical situation.

The sky of the Jingshi was like a collapse, and the court hall on this day was silent, gloom and fear, ambition and cowardice, mixed together, presented on the faces of the courtiers, which was particularly wonderful.

Zhu Yousong didn't expect that he would have to face such a critical situation as soon as he took office, but fortunately, after all, he had been educated for many years as a prince, and his father was a generation of martial emperors, so he naturally had experienced a lot of soldiers and horses.

"What do you have to do?"

Chen Yan stood up, he knew that this was a good time to be in the upper position, so he said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the city of Jingshi is high and deep, although the thief army is numerous, but it may not be able to take it, and now the top priority is to count the soldiers and horses, and choose a good general to prepare for war......"

Zhu Yousong nodded, these are all in line with reality, so he said:

"According to what Chen Aiqing said, he set up the Beijing armament war, and at the same time, sent an order to the Quartet to rush to King Qin."

Seeing that the courtiers around him still had sad faces on their faces, Emperor Hongguang pulled out the matching sword at his waist, and with a little drunkenness, he slashed it heavily on the desk in front of him:

"Ladies and gentlemen, when the thieves are coming to the city, I should personally put on my clothes and live and die with the Jingshi."

His momentum affected many of the courtiers present, and everyone's hearts unconsciously settled down.

As for the generals who defended the city, Zhu Yousong inspected and finally chose Liang Guogong Lan'an.

Although his record is not very good-looking, but now in the capital, he is the only one who has enough status to lead the Beijing army and has experience in battle formations.

After some statistics, it was found that although there were measures such as empty salaries in the Beijing army, but fortunately, the world has been uneasy recently, and there are also a large number of displaced people near Gyeonggi, so the nobles did not go too far, and the garrison of the Beijing division is still as high as 70,000, and with the artillery of Shangjian Fortress and the head of the city, it will never be lost to the enemy.

The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

And King Qin's order soon spread to the Jingshi.

All of a sudden, the world was in turmoil, and the generals who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty from all over the country raised troops to the north, and everyone's eyes were also cast on the north.

(End of chapter)