Chapter 17: Li Zicheng is in Beijing
Li Zicheng was shocked and sweated coldly when he heard this, and said, "The Ming Dynasty still had half of the southern country! If Chongzhen's blood edict wrote to whom he wanted to pass the throne, he would have half of the southern country and would have been able to stand with us! He could fight against us! It would not be easy to unify the country at that time!"
Li Zicheng raised his face and solemnly ordered: "Strictly order, be sure to find Chongzhen's blood edict! You must find it!"
"Yes! Yes!" Liu Fangliang naturally had to execute it. Li Zicheng gave another command: "Remember, don't let the Chongzhen blood edict spread! It doesn't matter if the Chongzhen ministers mislead his will to spread it! As for his blood edict when we have not confirmed what it is, it must not be spread! In case that evil people are afraid of confusing the people by forging Chongzhen's blood edict!"
What Li Zicheng ordered was reasonable, so the generals naturally obeyed the orders, and they quickly left to execute Li Zicheng's orders.
Li Zicheng was unable to feel at ease if he had not seen Chongzhen's blood edict. If he knew that Chongzhen's blood edict had fallen into Zhang Biwu's hands, he would definitely kill Zhang Biwu.
Li Yan knew this, and Li Yan was not sure whether Zhang Biwu had seen Chongzhen before his death. Whether Chongzhen's blood edict was in Zhang Biwu's hands.
If these things are told, not only Li Yan will be in trouble, but even Zhang Biwu will suffer a catastrophe.
Zhang Biwu still had tens of thousands of troops. If he betrayed Li Zicheng, this would not be a good thing! Moreover, Li Yan was always worried about the Qing Dynasty outside the pass while advancing east! He could not harm Zhang Biwu at this time! This would make the Qing Dynasty happy. Moreover, Zhang Biwu was a good player in dealing with the Qing Dynasty! So Li Yan remained silent.
Li Yan was also thinking in his heart: "Blood Edict? What is the blood edict left by Chongzhen? Is it beneficial to my great support? Or is it not good for my great support? However, what Chongzhen said before his death: "I have no face to see my ancestors underground. Go to my crown to cover my face, and let the thieves split my body and do not hurt the people alone." It is really a pity! Alas! Such a monarch has become the king of the destruction of the country!"
Li Yan looked at Chongzhen's body and felt mixed emotions. Li Zicheng looked at Li Yan. Although he was calm on the surface, he was thinking in his heart: "Why did Li Yan look at Chongzhen's body steadily? He was in charge of the Qing Palace? He should have seen Chongzhen's body! He should not have such a manifestation! What's going on? Does he know the whereabouts of Chongzhen's blood edict? No! I want to find all the searchers and ask once! Li Yan, Li Yan, it's best if you don't act unfaithful to me!"
Li Zicheng's suspicion became worse, which was the reason for his future failure. He became as suspicious as Chongzhen.
Li Zicheng suddenly seemed to see Chongzhen standing up and smiled at Li Zicheng: "You are the same as me! The same! I am defeated by suspicion! I die!"
"Ah!" Li Zicheng was shocked. Niu Jinxing asked when he saw this: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
When Li Zicheng saw that Chongzhen's body was still there? It was not standing up, and he said that he would be the same as him! Ha! This may be caused by being too tired and too excited! Don't worry too much and destroy yourself.
Li Zicheng replied: "It's okay!" He then gave Niu Jinxing a wink. Niu Jinxing understood and knew that Li Zicheng had ordered. But now someone is there. Niu Jinxing's eyes turned, and he was wondering if it was because of the Blood Edict?
At this time, Li Yan advised Li Zicheng to restrain the bodies of Chongzhen and Zhou Hou, but Li Zicheng is now thinking about ascending the throne and officially becoming emperor, and then sending a letter to Jiangnan to unify the world and establish a glorious dynasty comparable to the Tang Dynasty! He ignored the burial of Chongzhen and Zhou Hou, and said that he would be buried with Chongzhen and Zhou Hou in the future.
But he didn't know that he was extremely wrong! Later, Dorgon came to bury Chongzhen and Zhou Hou, so as to win the hearts of the people!
The Dashun Army moved the corpse of Zhu Youjian and Empress Zhou out of the palace and showed it to the public at Donghua Gate. "Thirty ministers cried and worshiped, and sixty people worshiped but did not cry, and the rest looked down upon them." The coffin was temporarily housed by the river north of the Forbidden City.
After Li Zicheng left, he asked Niu Jinxing to investigate the bloody edict and asked everyone who had found and seen Chongzhen's body with Li Yan and others. All of them said were the same as Li Yan reported. Moreover, they did not see the bloody edict, and they wondered why there were these nine words on the locust tree that Chongzhen hung.
Li Zicheng could only send someone to continue to investigate this matter. He now put everything on the throne ceremony. As long as he ascends the throne, he will be the lord of the world! This is the top priority!
At this time, the entire Dashun Army was filled with joy of victory, and their discipline was relaxed! Everyone thought that since the victory was gone, what if they didn’t enjoy it well? Otherwise, how could they be worthy of going through life and death?
Seeing this situation, Li Yan and Song Xiancai advised Li Zicheng to strictly enforce military discipline! Beijing is the political center of the country, and people across the country are staring at Beijing.
Li Zicheng also knew that when he entered Beijing, he would strictly enforce military discipline. At the beginning, Li Zicheng rectified military discipline. The soldiers who entered the city for evil were beheaded and displayed to the public by Li Zicheng and hung high above the city gate.
But such a deterrence can only last a few days! Li Zicheng let the army enter the city, and let the five households in Beijing raise one of his soldiers, allowing his soldiers to live with the people.
In this way, how could something happen? These soldiers were thinking that I worked hard and conquered the country through life and death. Now it is time to enjoy my happiness! In addition, Li Zicheng sent troops from Chang'an to advance east, and the soldiers' idea from top to bottom was to fight to Beijing to enjoy! How could they not do anything random when they relaxed their minds?
In addition, Li Zicheng moved into the Forbidden City again, and he lived deep in the palace. He didn't know what was happening outside the palace, so he didn't know how to deal with it. For this reason, the military discipline of the Dashun Army was quickly corrupted and its combat effectiveness declined rapidly. From an army that was able to conquer and fight well, he became an incompetent army who was afraid of fighting.
As the leader of civil and military officials, Liu Zongmin also became corrupt and corrupt, and even lost money to his eyes, arrested the Ming Dynasty's bureaucrats and royal relatives to torture their wages, let alone rectify military discipline.
Regarding Princess Kunxing, Liu Zongmin even snatched the princess from his mansion and then recovered from his injuries. Even if Zhou Shixian was very unhappy, he had no choice but to save Princess Kunxing, and his parents even asked someone to lock him up.
Zhang Biwu knew that Princess Kunxing was injured now, so Liu Zongmin would not give Princess Kunxing any more. Princess Kunxing is still safe for the time being. In addition, Liu Zongmin still has to continue chasing the salary, and there is also [Note] beauty Chen Yuanyuan, so naturally Princess Kunxing will be safe for the time being.
[Note]: Wu Sangui was angry at the bell, saying that Chen Yuanyuan was in Beijing. There is another saying that Wu Sangui brought Chen Yuanyuan to Ningyuan, not in Beijing, but in his army. The so-called beauty caused Wu Sangui to lead the Qing army into the pass was fabricated by writers. As for who is right and who is wrong, this book will not discuss it! Take Chen Yuanyuan in Beijing!
Princess Kunxing is safe, but don’t forget that Fei Zhen'e and Jin Jian are also working together. Fei Zhen'e pretends to be Princess Kunxing and wants to absorb Li Zicheng’s attention. Unfortunately, Li Zicheng still saw it through! Li Zicheng gave Fei Zhen'e to his general Luo Hu as his wife, which killed Luo Hu’s life!
Because Fei Zhen'e wanted to avenge Chongzhen, and many palace maids originally asked her to jump into the river and commit suicide, but because she wanted to pretend to be a princess, she did not commit suicide with the palace maids. In the end, Fei Zhen'e and Luo Hu died together, but unfortunately a generation of beauties and a young and promising general.
The assassination of Fei Zhen'e's young general Luo Hu caused a great sensation in Beijing. People couldn't help but praise Fei Zhen'e and even called him a harsh woman. This made people feel that they learned from Fei Zhen'e and resisted the Dashun Army when necessary.
Now, another thing happened. The eunuch Du Xun was drunk and was killed when he returned at night. It was not enough to emphasize that the traitors were killed! Therefore, people applauded Du Xun for being.
This surprised Li Zicheng very much! He also felt his and his Dashun Army facing the hostile gaze of everyone in Beijing.
Back, Jin Jian, who had watched Princess Kunxing grow up since childhood, wanted to do his best to protect the princess. He sacrificed himself and also made the princess safe. It goes without saying that he wanted to play the show well, but Jin Jian gave his life in vain. In the end, he could only hope that Princess Kunxing, who had been caring since childhood, could be happy and safe...
Zhang Biwu knew this situation and could be assured of Princess Kunxing's safety. Moreover, his relationship with Princess Kunxing has been cut off from now on, so he no longer has to pay attention to Princess Kunxing. What he has to do now is wait for the battle at Shanhaiguan to successfully rescue the prince and the two kings.
Although Zhang Biwu told Li Yan that he asked Li Yan to persuade Li Zicheng to be careful of the Qing Dynasty, it was useless to say what Li Yan said! Li Zicheng was arrogant and would not listen to anyone’s words!
Li Zicheng and his generals thought from top to bottom that the country had settled. From then on, they could rest assured and live a leisurely life of pleasure!
But I didn't know that a danger had come quietly! When Li Zicheng decided to attack Beijing from the east, the Qing Dynasty had already found out the news.
Chapter completed!