After Liu Zongmin said this, Li Zicheng's face turned pale and extremely ugly.

In fact, Li Zicheng had already thought that Li Xiao's group of people now only had cavalry, and there were no infantry behind them to drag them down. They fled eastward, and their speed must have increased a lot. After repeated tossing, Liu Zongmin hurriedly led the three thousand old battalions of cavalry to chase after him. It must be that time was too late. It was lucky to catch up, but it was even more normal.

Li Xiao finally left smoothly with the body of Emperor Chongzhen and several princes. Their departure was like a tiger entering the mountain and a dragon entering the water. It was impossible to find it and never return.

In the future, no matter how much risk and trouble Li Xiao will bring to himself and Dashunchao, even if he makes the most feared plan, it will not be too much.

"The King of Breaking, now I'm waiting, but how should I do it?"

Seeing that Li Zicheng was frowned and refused to reply, Liu Zongmin on the ground asked carefully.

Li Zicheng looked angry. He stared at Liu Zongmin's panicked face, but for a moment, he didn't know how to answer.

What else can you say?

After all, now that Li Xiaoren has run away, what other remedies can be found?

For a moment, the entire hall was silent.

No one noticed in the entire hall. At this time, Chen Yan, the last prime minister of the former Ming Dynasty, who was lying on the ground and tortured, was left with only half a life. A trace of light flashed in his originally dying eyes, and a hint of shame jumped again.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiao was so affectionate and righteous. Regardless of his own safety, he sneaked into the capital alone with his own guards of hundreds of people to rescue the emperor. This loyal and righteous heart is obvious, and it is truly amazing!

Thinking about it, this man was once a rebel against the court and openly fought with the court. Although he was re-invigorated by Chongzhen and further recruited as a son-in-law, this man had always been in a disagreement with the court and was out of the jurisdiction of the court, but he was already an independent kingdom.

Logically speaking, under the current situation, Li Xiao could have watched the demise of the Ming court indifferently, and stood by and ignored him, but he did not expect that he would return thousands of miles from Liaodong to save an emperor in his name, regardless of his true thoughts, but this loyalty and righteousness would not be matched by the entire Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, he was a prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he was very favored by the Ming court, but he was determined to betray the emperor and the court, so as to survive, and use dignity and conscience to exchange for fame and fortune for himself. This comparison is really shameful!

Chen Yan suddenly laughed bitterly, and he struggled to get up from the ground. The bright red blisters in his mouth whirred, as if they wanted to say something.

Seeing Chen Yan's disgusting behavior, Li Zicheng, who was originally upset, was even more angry and embarrassed. He stood up from the chair, whispered, pulled out his waist knife, and walked quickly towards Chen Yan.

With a soft sound, the sharp waist knife and the cold tip of the knife pointed directly at Chen Yan's throat.

"You bastard, you laughed so hard? Do you want to die?"

Li Zicheng shouted sternly, but Chen Yan just raised his head and stared at him blankly.

His eyes were empty, like two bottomless black holes. He looked at Li Zicheng without saying a word, as if he was looking at a stranger he never knew, which made Li Zicheng feel furious.

Isn’t this Chen Yan going crazy all of a sudden now?

"Are you old guy living impatiently?! Fuck? You damn, what are you watching me do?"

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and further approached Chen Yan's surging throat. The sharp tip of the knife quickly pierced Chen Yan's neck skin, and blood oozed out, mixing with the dark red blood stain on his neck, which made him even more terrifying and disgusting.

And at this moment, the entire hall heard a scream that was almost like a human voice.

"Emperor! I am ashamed! I am sorry to you! I am not as good as a pig or a dog! I am coming to you now and apologize to you!"

After Chen Yan finished shouting loudly, tears gushed like a spring. Before Li Zicheng and others could react, he gritted his teeth, tried his best, and used his throat to hit the tip of the knife!

With a light puff, the sharp tip of the knife penetrated deeply into Chen Yan's neck! The red blood splashed out like a fountain.

This sudden change surprised both Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin.

They originally thought that although Chen Yan was suffering from such a hardship, such a villain who was afraid of death would continue to survive. However, they did not expect that he deliberately angered Li Zicheng in order to stop him.

From this point of view, this former Ming Dynasty chief minister who was timid and mediocre and sold his boss and seeking honor had suddenly discovered his conscience, and knew that he was guilty of selling his boss and seeking honor, so he took the opportunity to commit suicide.

In the eyes of the whole palace, Chen Yan was like a long worm stabbed by a knife, subconsciously twitching and struggling, gradually no longer moving.

He is dead.

Li Zicheng pulled back his waist knife while Chen Yan's body lost its support point. He thrust his thunder and leaned softly on the ground.

Li Zicheng suddenly discovered that Chen Yan's face, who was already dead, seemed to have an inexplicable look of relaxation at this moment.

The entire hall was silent as if it was dead.

"Transfer my order, let's bury this guy well." Li Zicheng turned around and stopped looking at Chen Yan's body. He looked solemn and ordered coldly.

"The King of Chuang, Li Xiao..." Liu Zongmin asked again.

Li Zicheng waved his hand and signaled that he didn't need to say anything more.

Then, he took a difficult step and sat back on the chair. He was stunned for a while, then waved his hand and signaled him to retreat first.

Seeing Li Zicheng's helpless look, Liu Zongmin sighed, stomped his feet hard, and turned around and left.

Li Zicheng sat alone, his gaze was staring straight into the depths of the dark hall. No one knew what the Emperor Dashun, whose power had reached its peak, was thinking at this moment.

The next day, Li Zicheng officially ascended the throne and became emperor, and he rewarded his subordinates on a large scale, and at the same time, he changed the official system on a large scale.

Among them, the six ministries were changed to six governments, the officials were changed to engaging in the six departments, the six disciplines were changed to essays, the thirteen departments were changed to direct commanders, the Hanlin Academy was changed to Hongwenguan, the Taipu Temple was changed to Xianma Temple, the governor was changed to Jiedushi, and the military was changed to defense envoy, the prefect, the prefect, and the county were changed to Yin, Mu, and the order.

Next, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army began to recover stolen goods and provide funds throughout the city, burned, killed, looted, and the city of Beijing became a hell on earth. The situation in the capital at this time was almost the same as in real history.

"Anyone who tortured and clamped officials, who probably earned tens of thousands of dollars, was more than 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, was slightly less satisfied, and then they would be strict and cracked, and they would be extremely vicious and never stop until they died."

"Eight hundred people including Wei Zaode, Fang Yuegong, Qiu Yu, Li Yuzhi, etc., Xu Qi Ran Xingrang, Zhang Guoji, Xu Yunzhen, Zhang Shize, etc. recovered stolen money and helped pay, tortured and tortured all day long, and all the viewers were shocked..."

"Li Zicheng's soldiers were greedy and fond of their wives, and their ministers were arrogant and extravagant. They killed people forever and robbed money without ending. Most soldiers and minions killed people, robbed people forever, and robbed people for almost no end..."

There is actually a reason why Li Zicheng wanted to break the bridges in this way and instead attacked these Ming Dynasty officials Xunqi, who surrendered to him.

The Dashun Army's policy of recovering stolen goods and helping the money was, after all, continued the policy of not levying for the previous three years, which is a well-known slogan: "Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine and slurry, open the city gate to welcome the King of Chuang, and do not pay food when the King of Chuang comes."

This sentence is a slogan that is extremely united and an important reason why Dashun was supported by the lower class. This policy has been continued since the late Li Zicheng's rebellion, and has not changed immediately because of the establishment of the country in Xi'an and even the capture of Beijing.

In other words, in order to win people's hearts and to shape their own image of a savior, the people under the Dashun rule do not need to pay any taxes, but if the people do not pay taxes, where does the huge army and government expenses come from? You can't fall from the world.

Therefore, it is natural that it is necessary to plunder the rich and the officials. Therefore, wherever the Dashun Army passes, the officials, gentry and wealthy families are in trouble. Not to mention that they are executed, their property will often be plundered and the fields will be distributed to the poor.

At present, the scale of the Dashun Army has grown to nearly one million people, and the troops that captured the capital alone are nearly 500,000. Such a huge army requires food and wages that are really amazing astronomical.

After the Dashun Army entered Beijing, there was very little money to be found from the treasury emperor's treasury, which made Li Zicheng constantly lament the difficulties of Chongzhen. Therefore, how to support the huge expenditure of the army naturally had to make decisions on the wealthy landlords and officials and relatives in Beijing.

In Beijing, there are hundreds of nobles, thousands of officials, and others such as eunuchs and factory guards, and tens of thousands of them. Dashun has now established his own administrative organization and the number of officials is sufficient. Naturally, no matter how the noble officials of the former Ming Dynasty come to serve their loyalty, he will naturally turn against the old and young people of the former Ming Dynasty immediately.

In the eyes of leaders such as Li Zicheng and their personal experiences, all officials of the Ming Dynasty were not greedy from top to bottom. Other eunuchs, Jinyiwei and others also wanted to vigorously clean up the targets.

As long as you find enough wealth from these people, even if there is no tax collection for the time being, it will be enough to supply the expenses of the Dashun army and court for several years. After a few years, Dashun's foundation was stable and various places became stable. Then taxes would be imposed on the people.

Therefore, after capturing the capital, Li Zicheng's group immediately began to recover stolen goods and provide funds. Under the personal example of Li Zicheng's forced killing of the Ming Dynasty's chief minister Chen Yan, the Dashun Army raised the butcher's knife to the noble ministers in the capital without hesitation.

In the capital, countless Dashun soldiers, led by the generals, rushed into the homes of the nobles and officials with great momentum. Whether they were power-based dukes, idle counts, eunuchs, etc., they were all locked up on the spot, and the prisoners were punished to recover their property, with whips and slimmings on the side, and they all had to spit out the silver and money hidden underground.

The father-in-law Zhou Kui, when Chongzhen ordered the ministers to offer silver and provide money, became a ridiculous and admirable negative example. But now, under the whip of the vicious Dashun Army soldiers, Zhou Kui of the former Ming Dynasty honestly handed over 300,000 taels of silver at once in order to get forgiveness from the Dashun Army.

However, even though he vomited so much, Liu Zongmin and others still thought that he had vomited far from enough and decided to squeeze all his money out.

As a result, the soldiers of the Dashun Army tortured Zhou Kui and even his family. Zhou Kui's wife and daughter-in-law could not bear the humiliation and hanged themselves. Zhou Kui's eldest son was beaten to death on the spot, and he and his second son were also beaten and covered in bruises. In the end, they had to hand over all their wealth, just one silver, which was as much as one million taels.

After being squeezed out all the wealth, Zhou Kui and his family were eventually executed secretly, and none of the whole family survived.

However, in this wailing atmosphere between officials, nobles and rich landlords, there were also a very small number of people who successfully flattered their political speculation and gained the trust of Li Zicheng. Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyiwei, was a typical example.

Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyiwei, was dismissed from his post at home by Chongzhen at the beginning of this year because of his poor work and was in a state of idleness. After the bandits began to recover stolen money and helped with money, Luo Yangxing keenly felt that an opportunity to make himself successful again had finally arrived.

After voluntarily handing over 40,000 taels of silver, Luo Yangxing was announced to be released by the Dashun Army. However, Luo Yangxing took the initiative to propose to Liu Zongmin that he was willing to use the information and information he had previously mastered as the commander of the Jinyiwei to help Liu Zongmin better complete the recovery of stolen goods and provide assistance.

Liu Zongmin was overjoyed when he heard this.

You should know that the Jinyiwei's duty is to supervise all officials. As the former commander, Luo Yangxing is naturally very familiar with the situation of the officials in the capital. He knows who are rich and rich and who are in average.

With such a person, Liu Zongmin's work on recovering stolen money will be more powerful. After all, such a professional will definitely greatly improve the efficiency of recovering stolen money and assisting stolen money and save time and energy. So, without thinking, he immediately agreed and appointed Luo Yangxing Department as the general.

Seeing that Liu Zongmin decided to use himself, Luo Yangxing was very grateful. So he wholeheartedly served Dashun Army. With Luo Yangxing's help, the efficiency of recovering stolen money and salary was greatly improved. In just a few days, the total wealth he recovered was equivalent to 70 million taels of silver!

At this moment, the Dashun Army reached the peak of wealth and glory that it could possess since its rebellion!

Liu Zongmin was very happy and gave Luo Yangxing three thousand taels of silver as a reward to commend his hard work.

At this time, Luo Yangxing, who was highly favored, decided to offer a woman who was as beautiful and famous as Diao Chan of Xishi in ancient times to better flatter him, to better flatter him.

This woman is Chen Yuanyuan.
Chapter completed!