Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1002 The Ending of Chongzhen
Yang Menglong has no habit of wasting time, but Zhu Yujian, who has been in business for several years and knows that time is money and efficiency is life, also does not have such bad habits.Therefore, although they were drunk that night, the generals still got up early the next morning, assembled the whole army, and waited for orders.

The order should have been given by Zhu Yujian, but Zhu Yujian smiled and said to Yang Menglong: "I don't want to bother the two masters, so you should do it."

Yang Menglong was as resolute as ever.His temperament can be called hasty or reckless. Once he makes a decision, he immediately takes action as quickly as possible. Even if he fails, he will not regret it... because there is no "failure" in his dictionary. "This word, to him, failure is just a delay in success, no big deal.

"Go ahead, target: Beijing!" He raised his horsewhip and gave an order to his soldiers, "Mission: Get me out of all those bastards who eat people and don't do anything. I want them to regret why they came here. To this world!"

Tens of thousands of troops uttered a roar like a thunderbolt, the drums beat, and the three armies marched straight to Beijing with banners covering the sun.At the same time, Yan Yingyuan's Army, Qian Yu's Army, Lei Shisheng's Sichuan Army, Zhejiang Army, Denglai New Army, and the super miscellaneous army led by Qi Hu all headed straight for Beijing.The main force of the Qing army was finished. The generals they could fight were either killed or captured. Most of the technical weapons were also wiped out. There was nothing to stop this terrible army from hunting the capital.

The remnants of the Qing army guarding Beijing, the Han officials of the Qing court who entered the customs with the Qing army, and the group of civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who took refuge in the Qing court...their end has come.

Due to various reasons, Li Yan didn't receive the urgent military information sent by Fei Ge until after the army set off, and learned that the Ming army had won a great victory and the recovery of Beijing was just around the corner.He smiled happily at first, then frowned again, revealing a hint of worry.

Li Qiang was a little surprised and asked: "What's the matter? Our army has won a big victory, aren't you happy?"

Li Yan said: "Our army's victory is certainly worth being happy, but there is always a big worry..." Pointing to the other side of the sea, his brows became tighter and tighter.

Li Qiang also frowned: "You are worried..."

Li Yan's voice was dull: "No matter what, he is the co-lord of the world after all. No matter how big a mistake he makes, many people will still recognize him. Besides, Lord Hou is already jealous. After the Qing army is wiped out, he must be punished." The group of civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats colluding with the Qing army wielded butcher knives and killed Jiangsu and Zhejiang from Beijing. I don’t know how many civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats will fall with their heads and blood flow like rivers..."

Li Qiang snorted: "Isn't that good? Those bastards are full of benevolence and morality, full of male thieves and female whores, they are sanctimonious on the surface, but their hearts are darker than anyone else, and they are willing to destroy the entire country for their own self-interest. The more the merrier!"

Li Yan said: "It's good, but it will push a class to a desperate situation. If they fight back desperately, the energy will be quite amazing. If they regard this as orthodox again, it will be even more troublesome. If they don't, they will form a north-south The pattern of confrontation..." He waved his hand irritably and said, "No, this situation must not be allowed to happen!"

Li Qiang gritted her teeth and said, "Then just send someone to kill him!"

Li Yan smiled bitterly: "No... The Marquis will not agree, and neither will Suyi Marquis. They are all too nostalgic for their old friendship, and this man has indeed helped them and fully trusted them. If they are wholehearted, To protect him, no one can kill him."

Li Qiang's head was getting bigger: "It's impossible to kill, and it's impossible not to kill, so what should we do?"

Li Yan was silent for a while, then said: "I'll go to Fuzhou to talk to Su Yihou!"

Li Qiang loves this kind of adventure trip very much: "I will go too!"

There happened to be a big ship going to Fuzhou to transport supplies, so the two disguised themselves on board, left Yantai, and went straight to Fuzhou.

Passing by Lushun, it is not difficult to see that the port has regained its vitality, with ships from all over the world coming in and out in an endless stream.Ships from Shandong brought soldiers and weapons, ships from North Korea brought iron ore and timber, ships from Jeju Island brought war horses and draft horses, ships from Guangdong brought rice and cotton cloth, and all kinds of materials were sold at the port. Seeing so many materials piled up like a mountain, Li Yan had no doubts that even if the Ming army in the pass did not move, as long as there were [-] cannons, Lu Xiangsheng would be able to fight to Shenyang with his troops to avenge his shame!
What is fought for in wars is national strength. Now that the Ming Dynasty has changed the extremely bad system, the huge national power is tilted towards the military, and there is no longer a lack of troops who dare to compete with the Qing army in the wild. The Qing army will be piled to death. What's the alternative?

Driving along the coastline, Li Yan and Li Qiang saw that hardworking farmers were already busy in the fields on the coastal plain.The wheat fields need to be irrigated, and the burned-out land needs to be turned over to plant some vegetables and beans. Immigrants from North Korea are sorting out the paddy fields they have been allocated. These paddy fields are not suitable for growing wheat. They are trying to plant them in the fields. Rice——— Dongjiang Army took this as an important project, recruiting a large number of landless farmers and Koreans, distributing them with agricultural tools and seeds, distributing them swamp land, exempting them from taxes, and giving them certain subsidies.For farmers, especially North Korean immigrants, it is a cost-effective thing to try to grow rice. Even if there is no harvest, they will be subsidized, so they will not go hungry, and they will be rewarded once they have a good harvest.

The land has survived the cold winter and is beginning to rejuvenate.

It was already late at night when he arrived in Fuzhou, which suits Li Yan's appetite. After all, what he is going to do now cannot be done openly.

He went straight to the general's mansion, and handed Yang Menglong's token under the watchful eyes of the guards: "I am the special envoy of the Marquis of Champion, and I have something to ask to see Marquis Su Yi."

The guard took the token, went in to report, and soon came out and said: "Marquis Su Yi, please come in, please follow me." He was brought in.

The general's mansion was full of generals, and twenty or thirty strong generals were chatting and discussing in front of the sand table.Because they were separated by the sea, they had limited knowledge of the battle situation in the pass. They only knew that the Ming army was beating the Qing army violently, but they knew nothing about the specific progress.So now these tiger generals who have recovered their vitality are rushing to formulate a battle plan to launch a large-scale attack on Shenyang, attracting the main force of the Qing army to withdraw from the pass, and creating opportunities for the Ming army to recover the important place in Gyeonggi.They have such a condition. Those elite soldiers who survived the nightmare last winter, together with the supplementary forces from the Dongjiang Army Headquarters and the Denglai New Army, have three legions with more than 4 horses, and the Qing army has only one regular army. Hongqi depends on the situation, if you don't start beating now, when will you wait?Seeing Li Yan coming in, the generals became even more excited. They gathered around with a huff and asked about the situation in the pass. Li Yan was surrounded by the sound in an instant...

"Champion Hou has wiped out the main force of the Qing army, Xue Siming has defeated Mang Gurtai, General Qi has defeated Abatai, General Qin has defeated Zu Zerun and De Gelei, and Champion Hou has defeated the main force of the Qing army in the suburbs of Beijing. Jierhalang, Hauge!" Realizing that if he continues like this, he will sooner or later suffer from a nervous breakdown, Li Yan hastened to announce the good news.

The generals froze for a moment, and let out a loud roar: "Okay!!!"

The guards standing guard outside the gate of the General's Mansion trembled from the roar!

Li Yan continued: "As early as in the previous battle of Shanxi, the Third Army of the Heluo New Army, the First Army of the Tianxiong Army, the Qiqian Sichuan Army, and the Shaanxi Qin Army joined forces to destroy all the 36 Qing troops who invaded Shanxi. Annihilation, killing [-] generals under Qing army general Obai, captured Dorgon, Duoduo, and Azige, and now these few must be singing and dancing for the emperor and civil and military officials under my emperor's tent."

The generals roared again: "Okay! That's great!!!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly, and then looked a little lonely again.

"The most important thing is that the slave chief Hongtai was also beheaded by the champion Hou Zhen. The news will soon spread to the first nine sides, and it will soon reach Lushun!"

This time the generals stopped yelling, and stood there in a daze.Mao Yongjun rushed up and grabbed Li Yan's collar, growling: "What did you say? That Tartar leader is dead? Is it true?"

Li Yan said: "It's true, the head will be delivered soon."

Mao Yongjun roared: "Don't make such jokes with me, or I'll blow your head off with a hammer!"

Li Yan smiled: "The head will be delivered tomorrow. Whether it's true or not, won't it be clear then?"

This time Mao Yongjun believed it, he let go of Li Yan, his facial muscles twitched, tears appeared, he looked up to the sky and burst out laughing wildly, and rushed out.Shangxin and Shang Kexi waited for Dongjiang generals to cry, while the generals of Tianxiong Army had mixed expressions, some were happy, some sighed repeatedly, and looked annoyed.Huang Taiji has always been Daming's nightmare, and his death means that Daming has finally got rid of this nightmare. This is something to be happy about, but Huang Taiji's death also means that they will never be able to return to this one that almost wiped out their entire army. Fatty got revenge, their record of fighting against Huang Taiji will always remain at the fiasco of last winter, how could they swallow this breath!

It was so noisy that there was no way to communicate, so Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to invite Li Yan to the inner hall, let someone make a pot of tea, poured a cup for Li Yan himself, smiled slightly, and said: "Jiannu is finally going to die, It's good to celebrate, let's drink a few big cups and chat to celebrate, but it's a pity that alcohol is banned in the army, so we can only use tea instead of wine."

Li Yan cupped his hands and said, "Your Lord Hou is strict with himself, and he shares joys and sorrows with the soldiers, which is really admirable."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and said, "Yang Menglong's subordinates shouldn't be so glib. I can see that you have something important to do here, so tell me, what's the matter?"

Li Yan drank half a cup of tea in one gulp, collected his thoughts, and asked carefully, "How is the Holy One?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly: "My health is fine, but my temper is getting worse and worse. I yell all day long to counterattack Shenyang." He glanced at Li Yan and said, "You are here for him, right? If you have any ideas, just say it. I’m not used to going around and around... At this point, you have to learn from Champion Hou.”

Li Yan smiled wryly: "I want to learn too, but because of my personality, I can't learn it." After a moment of silence, he decided to get straight to the point: "It's like this. After the fall of Beijing, because the domestic dragons had no leader and the prince was young, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, In the hearts of the people, after discussions among hundreds of officials, we support the king of Tang to ascend the throne and lead the army to the Northern Expedition, with the title of Longwu."

Lu Xiangsheng's expression moved slightly, and he said: "This is troublesome... The emperor is still alive, so you should support the new king... Big taboo!"

Li Yan said: "The king of Tang is only in charge of the world on behalf of the emperor, and he has not officially ascended the throne. However, after he took over the power, a series of policies and guidelines are stable and effective, and he can also use his talents. satisfy……"

Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a long time before he said: "You mean, even if the emperor returns to Beijing now, the people will not accept him anymore, right?"

Li Yan was very frank: "Yes."

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes became extremely sharp: "Then what do you want? Killing the king!?"

Li Yan smiled bitterly and cupped his hands, saying: "I don't dare, I don't dare to have such an idea, because I know that both Su Yihou and Champion Marquis miss their old friendship very much. Although the emperor has made a big mistake, he has common sense to support you. You will not allow others to harm him. Besides, when the prince ascended the throne, the champion also promised the queen that he would never harm the emperor!"

Lu Xiangsheng calmed down a little, and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Li Yan said in a low voice: "We can't let him go back to Beijing. Daming just suffered a heavy blow and was in chaos, and the chaos will continue to ferment. If we let him go back to Beijing, it will undoubtedly add fuel to the flames. If he doesn't, he might have to kill another river." Therefore, no matter what, he cannot be allowed to return to Beijing, and it is best not to let anyone know that he is still alive!"

Lu Xiangsheng focused his eyes: "You mean..."

Although Li Yan's voice was low, his words were clear: "Make a fake news that he died of illness, then secretly send him to a place where no one knows him, give him a manor, let the queen and several concubines Concubine, there are a few children to accompany him, eat and drink well, but he is not allowed to contact the outside world... that's the only way, there is no other way!"

Lu Xiangsheng's complexion changed continuously, and finally he sighed deeply.

A few days later, Chongzhen suddenly fell ill with a strange disease, was bedridden, and coughed up blood continuously. When the news came, the whole country was shocked.Zhu Yujian quickly sent someone to escort the famous doctor, the empress, and several highnesses to visit Liaodong.Several famous doctors also went all out and tried all kinds of methods, but to no avail. After lying in bed for more than ten days, Chongzhen still closed his eyes amidst the crying of his concubines and children.At the end of his life, he blamed himself for the failure of the Northern Expedition, which resulted in the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the discoloration of the rivers and mountains. He said that he had no face to return to Beijing, and asked his body to be cremated and his ashes buried in Shanhaiguan. He wanted to stand by for Daming This portal.According to his wishes, the queen presided over a simple funeral for him and cremated his body.

After this catastrophe, the empress was exhausted both physically and mentally, and was disheartened. Not long after, she took a few children with her, and concubine Tian disappeared, and her whereabouts are unknown.The Chongzhen Dynasty came to an end in advance like this. Although it was a bit depressing, it was much better than the desolation in history when people betrayed their relatives and hanged Meishan.

The end of the Chongzhen Dynasty is of extremely important significance in this period of history. It means that the Ming Dynasty's fortune, which has declined to the extreme, has finally rebounded from the bottom. The rise of the Longwu Dynasty means that this lion has finally awakened, and after a period of pain After the twists and turns, all the long-standing disadvantages have been overcome. From this ancient perspective, this ancient nation is about to burst out with frightening energy and rewrite the history of the entire world.

Of course, all of this has nothing to do with Chongzhen, he is already in the past tense, his merits and demerits will be buried by the dust of the years, no one will be interested in these except historians.More than ten years later, someone occasionally mentioned that he had seen his family in a certain farm in Mongolia, and that the family was enjoying family happiness in this beautiful place like a fairyland... Everyone just listened to such amazing words as anecdotal stories Listen, no one takes it seriously.Because at this time, Daming is already rushing forward on a broad avenue, striding forward, who still cares about these trivial matters?Who cares if he's still alive?

It is estimated that only those scholar-bureaucrat groups whose status has plummeted will care... However, it is useless.

(End of this chapter)