Dashun Yongchang

Although Li Zicheng voluntarily withdrew from Beijing, he took away the Zi Palace, prince and civil and military officials of the Ming emperor, so that although our dynasty occupied Beijing, it was only an empty shell. Although the soldiers of this dynasty are strong, they can't hit every place.

For example, Li Zicheng swore from Xi'an to march eastward at the beginning of his adulthood, and a Ningwu Pass caused him a lot of losses. If it wasn't for Jiang Yu, the general of Datong, who took the initiative to surrender, how could Li Zicheng have so easily attacked the city of Beijing?

It can be seen from this that what decides the world today is not Li Zicheng and this dynasty, nor Sangui and Prince Ming, but the hearts of officials and gentry in the world.If the officials and gentry of one place voted for me, then that place would belong to Daqing; if the officials and gentry of one place voted for Dashun, then one place would belong to Li Zicheng.Whoever can get the support of these officials and gentry can get this world without a master. "

After hearing this, Dorgon agreed, but he still hesitated and said: "According to the meaning of the Grand Scholars, all the gentry who came to the dynasty will be returned to their family property that was seized by the Shun army. The young gentry took refuge in this dynasty one after another.

But looking at the officials and gentry in the Xuanfu, the old Ming emperor treated them preferentially. As a result, they surrendered to Li Zicheng when the Shun army came, and they surrendered to the dynasty when the dynasty came.Can these people really be loyal to the dynasty?You said, should we also implement the hair-shaving order in the pass, such as the story of Liaodong.In the past, after Father Khan let those Han people shave their hair, the Han people in Liaodong served the dynasty wholeheartedly and had no other intentions. "

Regarding Dorgon's words, Fan Wencheng did not dare to accept them. After he claimed to be a famous minister Fan Zhongyan, he also knew that this identity could not wash away his black spot of surrendering to the Manchus.However, there is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan": "Building virtue and making meritorious deeds", and saying "this is called immortality".He can't stand up for virtue, but he can still make meritorious deeds.

Scholars who take refuge in Yidi will be cast aside, but if they can support Yidi to become the emperor of China, it can be regarded as meritorious service, because the emperor of China must not be Yidi.Simply put: "If you enter the barbarians, you will be barbarians; if you enter China, you will be Chinese."

If the Great Yuan destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Song people who did not want to be members of the Great Yuan fled overseas, of course these people would no longer be Chinese.Those who stayed in China and surrendered to the Great Yuan, were they willing to regard the Great Yuan Emperor as the emperor of China?Or are you willing to regard yourself as a slave of the Mongols?Obviously most people would choose the former, rather than mentally abusing themselves.

Therefore, the tradition of Confucianism is that it doesn’t matter if scholars are slaves to the barbarians or traitors. As long as you have the ability to make the people of the world become slaves to the barbarians and traitors who betray China, then you are a saint. Those who resist national integration have the backbone People who don't know the times are just pedantic people who don't know the current affairs, and no one will remember them.

Therefore, Fan Wencheng is a strong advocate in the matter of fighting for the world. Since the Yuan Dynasty is China, why can't the Qing Dynasty be China?In the future, even if Japan can invade China, it can still become China. They are all slaves to the emperor. Is there any difference?The greatest mission of a scholar is to help the emperor govern the world, and everything else is just a small matter.

Of course, how to govern the world should still abide by the ethics and order. If you don't even abide by the ethics and order, how can scholars help you govern the world?They have spent half their lives studying to learn how to govern the people with ethics and order. Without this set of etiquette, what kind of China is it?

To shave or not to shave the head is not a matter of loyalty, but rather shakes the foundations of a well-developed etiquette.Because "the body is fine, the parents dare not hurt it, and filial piety is the beginning." Filial piety is the foundation of etiquette. If filial piety can be changed under the influence of power, it means that etiquette can be changed, and etiquette can be changed. The moral order, which is as unshakable as heaven and earth, is about to collapse.

It's just that Fan Wencheng couldn't persuade Dorgon from this aspect, because the Manchus were still an impolite tribal society a hundred years ago, let alone younger brothers marrying widowed sister-in-laws, it was common for nephews to marry widowed aunts until Huang Taiji After the domestic situation was stabilized, these backward customs were banned by legislation.

If Fan Wencheng told Dorgon that this was the beginning of unfilial piety with the issue of shaving his hair, he himself would become a thorn in the eyes of the Manchus. This is obviously a mockery of the Manchus' hair-shaving custom, shouldn't he be punished?

Therefore, Fan Wencheng could only prevaricate vaguely: "At this time, the world is still uncertain, and people's hearts are not at ease. The sudden order to shave their hair may only cause panic among the people. However, if the Nine Kings are only worried about the loyalty of these officials, the slaves have a way out." policy, just don’t know what to say.”

Dorgon smiled and said: "Why is the Grand Scholar doing this? It doesn't matter if you have something to say."

Fan Wencheng then said: "The slaves thought that it was not enough for my Dingkou in the Qing Dynasty to be used for military affairs, let alone assigning places to manage small people. Therefore, in order to stabilize the place, the first thing is to appease those Ming Dynasty officials. Officials and gentry, let them be used by the dynasty; the second is to promote the imperial examination, and select local talents to contribute to the dynasty.

As long as the dynasty wipes out the trespassers and remnant forces in the pass, the officials and gentry in these places will have no power to fight against the soldiers of the dynasty even if they have any ambitions. By replacing those old officials who were not loyal to the dynasty, the world will truly settle down.

Of course, using these officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty to govern the place must give them benefits, so the slaves suggested abolishing the land records after Wanli, and only taxing the old records of the Wanli period.Of course, they cannot be allowed to grow locally, so the Nine Kings can continue to mobilize financial resources and manpower from these places, weakening the power of these places to strengthen the foundation of the central government..."

Dorgon listened very seriously. After entering Beijing, he himself was mainly in charge of military affairs, and all government affairs were pushed to Fan Wencheng. Although Fan Wencheng was already a Manchurian Han, in the eyes of those Han After all, he is still more kind than a man like him.

The development of the matter was also in line with Dorgon's expectations. After entering Beijing, Fan Wencheng quickly attracted a group of Beijing officials. Although Li Zicheng took away a large number of civil and military officials, Beijing is a city with a population of several 10. If you want to hide and not leave with Shunjun, you may not have a chance, but these officials and gentlemen are not famous people.

But even so, relying on these officials and gentlemen, the Manchurian soldiers who entered Beijing quickly took control of the city and restored normal life in the city.Fan Wencheng sat on the right side of the Meridian Gate every day, stayed in the imperial city day and night, and dealt with every detail immediately. Dorgon also saw this kind of diligent work attitude, so he had to admit that the other party was very concerned about the big Qing can be said to be loyal.

So when talking about state affairs, Dorgon still trusted the great scholar, but while the two were talking, a letter from Duoduo arrived.After Dorgon heard about it, he said to Fan Wencheng in a good mood: "It seems that the old ten should have succeeded in Tianjin, the bachelor, wait a moment, and we will continue to talk after I read the letter from the old ten."

It's just that after reading the letter sent by Duo Duo, Dorgon's mood suddenly became very bad. After hesitating for a long time, he handed the letter in his hand to Fan Wencheng and said, "Grand Scholars also have a look."

Fan Wencheng glanced at the content of the letter, and was really taken aback in his heart. He really didn't expect such bad news to come from Ten Kings when news of victory came from everywhere, so he carefully Read it carefully from the beginning.

After reading it, Fan Wencheng was silent for a long time, and then he said to Dorgon: "The Nine Kings, the move of the capital should be carried out as soon as possible, if someone can sit in Beijing, the Nine Kings will be able to lead troops to attack with confidence.

Li Zicheng started at the end of Wei Dynasty, suffered repeated defeats and battles for 13 years, and finally perished the Ming Dynasty and entered the capital. His determination is incomparable.If this person cannot be defeated, the world will be uncertain.Judging from the battle in Tianjin, the Ten Kings may not be his opponent. "

Dorgon agreed with Fan Wencheng's suggestion, and the matter of moving the capital could not be delayed now.If he returned to Shenyang with his soldiers in despair, the kings of the Eight Banners might unite to hold them accountable for this entry.

Only by maintaining the current state of war with Dashun, can the kings of the Eight Banners not interfere with their own command of the Eight Banners.Speaking of it, this is also the benevolent government left by Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji used continuous wars to deprive the kings of the Eight Banners of their direct management power over the banner, and only then did he create a real sweat.

Of course, after moving the emperor to Beijing, whether he wants to go out of the capital to fight is another matter.Dorgon thought about it, and then turned to Fan Wencheng and asked: "I heard that in the Ming Dynasty, there were many Huangzhuang in the capital area. Since people from outside the customs are going to be moved to Beijing, they must be given a piece of family property so that they can live in the capital. They have to support their families. Do you know how many these Huangzhuang are?"

After thinking for a while, Fan Wencheng said: "Just as I was about to report this matter to the Nine Kings, before Li Zicheng left Beijing, he ordered the allocation of the Huangzhuang in the capital area and the Weitian of the Hebei Weisuo, and also confiscated many gentry's lands to give civilian.

The total number of these lands was close to 30 hectares. By the time our army entered Beijing, there were still 10 hectares that had not been allocated, but some people were already cultivating these lands.The local gentry and some ex-Ming nobles begged the court to return their family property, while the guard soldiers and civilians who were allocated land petitioned against it. This is also a rather difficult issue. "

Dorgon just frowned, and then he stretched out and said, "What's so difficult about this? What's there to talk about between the nobles of the former Ming Dynasty and this dynasty? After the Ming Dynasty is dead, they still want to continue to live in luxury? We didn't cut them off." The head is already good.

As for the fields assigned by the guards, don't move them.As for the requests of the gentry, everything is approved, but the gentry are required to organize their own people to take back the property, unless the civilians rebel, otherwise the dynasty will not move the soldiers.As for those Huangzhuang that have not been allocated, don’t divide them, first clarify the land within [-] miles of Beijing, and distribute it to the Guan Banners..."

Chapter 94 Retreat

On the afternoon of May [-]th, when Duoduo was discussing with Han Dai, Geng Zhongming and others, he heard a group of people rushing to the big tent. He got up angrily and walked forward, wanting to see who was making trouble.

After walking a few steps, he stopped again, looked at the person coming and said, "Bai Yintu, you are doing well, even the king's camp, you just want to break into it."

Baiyintu smiled wryly, stepped aside, and saw the person behind him shouting at Duduo: "Old Ten, it's me. I got up and rushed over immediately when I saw the second letter you wrote. You all Step back, let me talk to Old Ten first."

A group of generals bowed their knees and agreed to Dorgon, then quickly turned around and retreated, and soon there were only two brothers left in front of the big tent.Duo Duo became even more dissatisfied watching this scene, but he still suppressed the resentment in his heart, and while inviting Duo ErGun to sit down and talk, he asked, "How many troops did Ninth Brother bring here this time?"

Dorgon unceremoniously sat down on the main seat where Duoduo was sitting just now, and replied in a leisurely manner: "I just brought 3000 cavalry, and it's hard to calm down the hearts of the people in Beijing. Come out in full force, maybe these Han people will think wildly again. Our opponent is not only Li Zicheng, the Han barbarians in the pass may become the enemy of our Manchurians. As long as we show weakness, they will be bolder Woke up."

After hesitating for a while, Duo Duo, who was still sitting under Dorgon's subordinates, slightly provoked Dorgon and said: "Then just kill those Han people who have two hearts. Han people are not always Said: Are barbarians afraid of power and not virtuous?"

Dorgon frowned and said, "After killing all the Han people, who will plant the land, work and transport military supplies for us? Don't learn from that bastard Azig. In addition to murder and women, he has other things in his mind." What?

Li Zicheng, the leader of the thieves, is certainly abominable, but he was right when he said that it was time for the concubine to be persecuted by the four big belords, but he was already an adult, why didn't he stand up and defend the concubine?Even if the two yellow flags couldn't keep Khan's position that day, it was not impossible to keep the concubine.He was just afraid, afraid that the four big belors would kill him too, so he left the concubine alone and helpless, and was murdered by the four big belors.

If the concubine was really willing to be buried, Daishan would not come forward to prevent me from inheriting the position of Khan. He was afraid that I would settle accounts with him after inheriting Khanwei.So this old man didn't even care about the lives of his son and grandson. "

Duo Duo gritted his teeth. He had the best relationship with the concubine, so he hated to hear about it the most. This was also the fundamental reason why he kept staying away from Dorgon but had to get close to Dorgon.He coughed a few times, and asked Dorgon, "Shuotuo and Adali, are they really not yours?"

Dorgon immediately lowered his face and said, "Shuotuo is an idiot. Adali must have other plans. I thought it was Daishan who instructed Adali to do this. He wanted to use this behavior to force me to publicly express my disapproval." He is greedy for position again, but he doesn't look like him now. In short, there are no good people in Shenyang City, if we don't get these people out of Shenyang City, they will attack our brothers sooner or later."

Duoduo nodded slightly and said, "So I already supported you in sending people to welcome Fulin to Beijing. But the most important thing right now is not to welcome Fulin to Beijing, but how to kill Li Zicheng. If we can't defeat him, I'm afraid those who surrendered to us The Han people will also underestimate the fighting power of the Eight Banners."

But Dorgon shook his head and said: "No, the most important thing right now is to move the capital, because Li Zicheng is so difficult to deal with, we can't let him win the Ming dynasty.

It has been 26 years since Tianming Khan launched an army against the Ming Dynasty, and the heroes of the Manchus have almost withered. We managed to cut down the rotten tree of Daming, not to let China have a unified Han dynasty.

From the perspective of Chinese history, whenever a dynasty unified China, it was impossible not to expand outward.Only when China is divided, is the period when the grasslands and the Liaodong nation are strong.Therefore, we must prevent Li Zicheng from unifying China. First of all, we must not let him take back the capital. As long as the capital is in our hands, the people of the world will not submit to him. "

Duoduo finally became a little worried, "If we don't defeat Li Zicheng's main force first and move the Shenyang family to Beijing, if this makes Li Zicheng turn the tables, we won't be able to go back to Liaodong."

Dorgon looked into his younger brother's eyes, looked away from him, and then said coldly: "If Li Zicheng can defeat us, we will not be able to return to Liaodong either. Over the years, in order to arrest the birth of Nuzhen to fill the Eight Banners Dingkou , except for Fengtian and Horqin Grasslands, the areas have long since become barren forests.

If Li Zicheng can beat us out, he will surely be able to take down Fengtian and Horqin Grasslands. Can we really survive in the uninhabited mountains and forests?The children in the clan are not even interested in shooting and hunting now. They just want to sit at home in silk or cotton clothes and listen to the small opera troupe singing.

Fighting for the world is a matter of sailing against the current. It doesn't mean that if you don't want to fight, you can go home and live a stable life.Only when they all face the danger of being beheaded by the Han people, will they work together with us to deal with the Han people. "

Duoduo finally became serious, and asked Dorgon after pondering for a long time: "Then what should we do here? Wu Sangui seems to be a little shaken by the fire, and if we let the Han army go, I'm afraid they won't do their best. Let's do it ourselves." Now that Li Zicheng is here, the morale of the Shun Army is probably not going to back down easily.

Moreover, Wu Zhenchao and the Kazakh army also said that the earth barriers of the Shun army were too small, and the artillery might not be able to hit them.We can't really take the lives of the Manchurians to fight against the Shun army, can we?What's more, the gunpowder is almost used up this way, and the gunpowder stock in the capital has been taken away by the Shun army. We have to wait for Jinzhou to send new gunpowder..."

Hearing Duo Duo's so many reasons, Dorgon knew in his heart that this younger brother just didn't want to fight. Ming people have fought such things.After pondering for a moment, he asked seriously: "Is it really impossible to fight, or do you not want to fight?"

Duoduo sighed and said: "I used the prisoners of the Shun army caught on the road and the Shun army to exchange a group of captured soldiers and corpses of our army back. When they came back, they said: The Shun army also has red cannons and general cannons. Therefore, after the city was on fire, artillery was used to block the city gate, so the morale of the army in the city was chaotic. But now we have not found where the cannons of the Shun Army are placed. It would be too unfair to die.

In addition, Li Zicheng is really shameless. He said that the fire in the city was set by our Eight Banners Army in order to prevent the Shun army from pursuing, and in the end he accidentally set the whole city on fire.Now those Han people who have been released think so, and even some of us who are not clear-headed think this is the case.

Now those Han people are wary of us, for fear that we will let them be cannon fodder again.Li Zicheng should really be a storyteller. He doesn't blink his eyes when he tells a story. He can really confuse people. "

Dorgon: "..."

But soon he recovered from the astonishment, and said to Duo Duo: "Let him be proud for a few days, wars are not based on lip service, I don't believe he can still talk about us.

This time, let him be spared just once, first wait for us to collect the summer grain, and then bring Fulin from outside the pass to the capital, then we can gather our troops to deal with him.As for now, as long as the flag of the Eight Banners is set up to scare him away.I don't believe that Li Zicheng is so brave that he sent away all the troops. Seeing that all the flags of my Eight Banners are here, he still doesn't run away? "

Duoduo really wanted to continue, what should we do if Li Zicheng really doesn't run away?But after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.The two brothers talked for half an hour before Dorgon got up and asked Duo Duo to take him to the front of the battle.

The Shun Army in the Tianjin Changbai also noticed that a new flag had appeared. After so many battles, especially the statistics room's inquiries about the prisoners, the Shun Army no longer knew nothing about the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Tian Hu Soon the news was notified to Li Zicheng in the city.Li Zicheng went out of the city to observe in person, and realized that the Eight Banners had indeed arrived.

On the morning of June [-]st, Dorgon appeared in person and suggested that Li Zicheng talk to him. He said that his previous agreement to invite the other party to carve up Daming was still valid.Li Zicheng rejected Dorgon's suggestion, saying that before the Manchus withdrew from Shanhaiguan, he had nothing to discuss with the Manchus, and he would settle with them sooner or later for the murders caused by the Manchus entering the customs several times.

However, Li Zicheng spoke very forcefully in front of everyone, but in the afternoon he ordered the withdrawal of troops.In the evening, the Shun army stationed at Changbai withdrew across the South Canal and destroyed the pontoon bridge. The next morning, the entire Shun army retreated south along the South Canal. Dorgon ordered his men to enter Changbai and began to build the pontoon bridge of the North-South Canal. , In the afternoon, the Qing army crossed the South Canal again and entered the Acropolis.

Dorgon entered the city from the west gate. On the west gate tower, he saw that the entire northeast of the Acropolis had become a pile of ashes. A small half was destroyed, but the street was still clean.

When Dorgon was watching the situation in the Acropolis, Ye Chen, who had searched the city once, reported to him: "Nine Kings, there is almost nothing left in the city. It seems that the Shun army cleaned it up before leaving. We Shouldn't you be chasing after?"

Dorgon thought over and over again and said: "Li Zicheng has been prepared for a long time, and it will be easy to catch up, but we are short of troops. After all, Sangui can't be trusted."

All the Manchus around Dorgon remained silent. Indeed, there are too many unstable factors around Beijing now, so how can they expect a defected general like Wu Sangui to fight with them to the end?

Chapter 95 Texas

Although Dorgon had no intention of mobilizing a large army to pursue it, he still sent more than 3000 cavalry including Bai Yintu to follow the Shun army to Cangzhou under the banner of pursuit.The Shun Army stayed in Cangzhou for three days, and Bai Yintu and others also stationed outside Cangzhou City for three days. It was not until Shun Army left Cangzhou and continued southward that Bai Yintu sent someone to open the gate of Cangzhou City to welcome the soldiers.

The section of the canal from Dezhou to Tianjin, because of the many rivers, the Qing army avoided here five times before entering the customs. As a salt transport terminal in the north, Cangzhou is still quite rich.Before the Shun army went south to persuade the local people to move south, not many people responded. After the Shun army left, the gentry and people in the city did not have the courage to fight against the Qing army. Therefore, after receiving the letter from the Qing army, the gentry and people in Cangzhou City quickly opened At the city gate, an incense table was set up to kneel down to welcome the Qing army into the city.

Baiyintu stayed in Cangzhou for a day, then left a troop of cavalry stationed there, and returned to Tianjin with a large troop. On June 6, Dorgon and Duoduo led the army back to Beijing; on June 10, the army arrived in Tongzhou, where Wu Sangui was stationed; on June 6, the Dorgon brothers took Wu Sangui into Beijing.

At this time, all the Han people in the inner city of the capital had been expelled, and the Eight Banners established their own camp around the Forbidden City.The two banners of Xianghuang and Zhenghuang were stationed at Andingmen and Deshengmen; the two banners of Zhenghong and Xianghong were stationed at Xizhimen and Fuchengmen; the two banners of Zhenglan and Xianglan were stationed at Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen; Bordered with the White Second Banner, it is stationed inside Dongzhimen and Chaoyangmen.

As a result, Wu Sangui, who followed the Qing army into the inner city, lost the channel of communication with the outside world.While Wu Sangui was trembling in the mansion, Dorgon had already started to do two things, welcoming Fulin's entry and reorganizing the former Ming army who surrendered.

Although he claimed that the Qing army had won in the name of repelling Li Zicheng, such nonsense could not fool the Manchus in the inner city.After all, the corpses and ashes transported back from Tianjin, as well as those redeemed captured Manchus, were in the eyes of everyone, but the news of victory from other places covered up the unfavorable rumors along the way to Tianjin.

Azige, who had already returned to the capital, tried to continue to insist on the idea of ​​withdrawing outside the customs, but Dorgon had the support of Han officials such as Fan Wencheng, and he also allowed the banners to enclose land within [-] miles of the capital. With the support of those young Baylor clans, the land around Beijing must be better than the land around Shenyang, and the good land around Shenyang has long been occupied.

In order to appease the dissatisfaction of the soldiers of the Eight Banners that they could not plunder this time, Dorgon ordered the Eight Banners to give 30 acres of land to each Ding, and there was a salary for those who wore armor, and the Eight Banners forwards, guards, leaders, and vests were paid monthly. 2 two.In this way, the children of the Eight Banners who originally had to prepare their own vests to go to war, and then relied on looting the Han people for a living, could be regarded as really eating the food and salaries provided by the state.

So, less than three days after returning to the capital, Dorgon completely overwhelmed the voices against moving the capital.On June 21, the kings Zhubeile accepted Dorgon's proposal to move the capital. After discussion, they decided to send Fuguo Gong to Tunqika, Bohetuo, Minister of Banners, and Luohui, etc., to go there with a memorial signed by everyone. Shengjing welcomes the Great Khan and moves the capital to Beijing.

After the transfer of the capital came to an end, Dorgon focused on rectifying the Ming army that had surrendered. Before that, when the Qing army entered the customs, it was still under the banner of helping the Ming to suppress thieves. Therefore, Wu Sangui, Gaodi, Bai Guangen, etc. The generals who surrendered basically fought with the Qing army under the banner of Ming Dynasty.

Although Dorgon did not intend to give up the banner of helping Ming to suppress thieves at this moment, he could no longer tolerate these surrendering Ming troops continuing to hold the banner of Ming.What's more, after Xuanfu surrendered, the number of Ming troops who surrendered at this time has exceeded 15. Although most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, their number is almost the same as that of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners.

If this army continues to use the banner of Ming Dynasty, maybe there will really be a new Han Chinese military group in the north, which is obviously not what Dorgon wants to see.Therefore, he reorganized the Ming army that had surrendered. Although the organization of the Ming Dynasty was followed, the flag of the Ming army was canceled and changed to the ninth banner besides the eight banners-the Green Banner Army.

However, unlike the formation of the Eight Banners, the Green Banner Army does not have a banner owner, but only battalion heads. The number of each battalion ranges from a few hundred to 3000, but will not exceed [-]. When the battle is approaching, a general will be assigned to command the battle.In this way, there will be only the Qing army and no Ming army in the future. The so-called helping the Ming and suppressing thieves has become empty talk.In fact, the policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has become, destroying Ming and suppressing thieves.

When Dorgon stayed in Beijing to rectify military affairs, after Li Zicheng left Cangzhou, the Qing army brigade behind him finally disappeared, which made him feel much better.At this moment, he was basically sure that it was impossible for the Qing army to pursue him in a short time.Of course, he also understood in his heart that the Qing army only wanted to consolidate Hebei's territory first, not that it was really powerless to pursue him. When the Qing army stabilized the situation in Hebei, Dorgon would definitely go south to attack him.

Of course, this is at least something after autumn. After all, only the south in autumn and winter is suitable for the northern army to fight. It can not only avoid the heat of summer, but also use the freezing period of winter to smoothly cross the rivers in the south.

At noon on June [-], Li Zicheng arrived in Dezhou.At this time, the Chinese army led by Zhang Nai had not yet left. Zhu Cihong led several hundred civil and military officials and local gentry to welcome Li Zicheng three miles outside the north gate.

As early as 10 days ago, the news of Tianjin's great victory had spread to Zhang Nai's army, and then under the propaganda of the Shun army, the news quickly spread to the south along the canal.Even the officials of the Ming Dynasty who were around the prince and were still a little ready to move, gave up some unrealistic ideas after hearing the news.

And Chen Mingxia and Li Shichun beside Zhu Cihong even more solemnly warned him that he must be careful with Emperor Yongchang, because the Dashun Army that defeated the Qing army and Sangui had resolved the crisis of being pursued by the coalition forces and falling into extinction.It also means that Li Zicheng is no longer an urgent choice whether to restore his eyesight or not. If Zhu Cihong is too alienated from Li Zicheng, Emperor Yongchang may not change his mind.

Chen Mingxia even said to Zhu Cihong: "Since ancient times, the one who received foreign support to restore the country and was able to revive the country is Jin Wengong Chong'er alone. I wish the prince is Jin Wengong instead of Tang Suzong."

Under the persuasion of these officials, Zhu Cihong, whose hatred for Li Zicheng became weaker and weaker, accepted the suggestion of some officials and greeted Li Zicheng in the suburbs.

Li Zicheng was very happy to see Zhang Nai, Zhu Cihong and others, but after he got off his horse and said hello to a few people, he lowered his face and asked, "Why do you wait so long, and you haven't crossed the Yellow River until now?" ? If I fail to defend Tianjin and the Qing army catches up, what will you do now?"

Feng Quan immediately replied: "Your Majesty has God's blessing, how could he be defeated. The minister is waiting here to celebrate His Majesty's victory."

Although Chen Mingxia and Wang Yongji were one step behind, they also said a lot of good things to compliment Li Zicheng.Although Li Shichun didn't say anything, he also admitted that the victory in the Tianjin battle can be regarded as washing away the Ming army's invincible record in building slaves since the Chongzhen Dynasty, and it is indeed worthy of praise.

Instead, Zhang Nai cast a glance at these officials, and then honestly reported to Li Zichenghui: "The number of people who have migrated with us from Beijing and Tianjin has exceeded 20. Queen, we are walking so slowly."

Li Zicheng turned his head and looked at Zhu Cihong, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Being able to put the people first in action is much better than talking about the people all day long. Anyway, after we enter the city, we will be slow." Take it easy, we should have time to let the people slowly evacuate to the south."

With Zhang Nai and Li Xi leading the way, Li Zicheng let Zhu Cihong ride with him into Dezhou City.During the Wuqiao mutiny, the rebel army once rushed into Dezhou City to plunder. After that, the Qing army entered the customs for the second and third time and only attacked on the outskirts of Dezhou City. Other cities devastated by war are so bleak.

Dezhou's position on the Grand Canal is also extremely important, so the people here are richer than those in other places. There are several academies such as Fanlu and Dongyan in the city, which shows that there are still many officials here.

After Li Zicheng entered the city, he lived in the Daotai yamen. After washing and changing clothes, he changed into a blue Taoist robe and came out to speak to everyone.I said I was talking to everyone, but in fact, I mainly listened to the local officials' introduction to the local people's conditions, and learned about what happened in the south.

Wu Dedao Yan Jie immediately reported to Li Zicheng: "Since the news that His Majesty withdrew from Shanhaiguan and the capital, the former Ming officials and local gentry along the canal and in Shandong and Henan have other thoughts.

Last month, in Jining, Dongchang, Linqing, Laiwu, Tai'an and other places, there were incidents of former Ming officials raising flags to rebel against the current dynasty. Even in this city, there were also local evil gentry, Zhu Shuai, the lieutenant of the clan of Qing Dynasty Jingguo. Attempt to raise troops to rebel against the dynasty, thanks to His Majesty Hong Fu, some conscientious people among the local gentry sent a letter to the Yamen to report the matter, and in the end it was extinguished by the two generals Zuo and Xie. Zhu Shuai and his party have been taken down. I think the death penalty should be imposed as soon as possible to set the record straight. "

After hearing this, Li Zicheng smiled and said: "When the world is in chaos, it is normal to have a few ambitious people, but can a son of the clan really encourage the local officials to rebel against the dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"

Yan Jie was at a loss for words for a while, but Wu Zhengwen, the magistrate at the side, said: "There are eight prominent families in this city, and the incident of raising troops is indeed inseparable from them. I think we should use this matter to thoroughly investigate the local big households, otherwise, after our army goes south, these people will inevitably be killed." Will throw to the north."

Li Zicheng glanced at the people in the hall, there are no outsiders here, they are all the backbone of the Shun army, Zhu Cihong, officials and squires of Daming are not here.So he said honestly and bluntly: "As soon as I let the people in the statistics office accept the case, the state government will not have to deal with these matters. You and Yan Daotai should focus on the relocation. I plan to keep it, let's talk about it after crossing the Yellow River.

The most important thing right now is not to know how many people are against us, but to know how many people are for us and why.This is the most important job of you local officials..."

Chapter 96 News from the South

In addition to the news of the rebellion in Shandong and other places, Yan Jie also told Li Zicheng the news he had collected from the south.The most important news is that on the first day of last month, Fu Wang Zhu Yousong was welcomed into Nandu and called Jian Guo.The latest news received is that Zhu Yousong has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor on the [-]th, with the reign name Hongguang.

The generals who followed Li Zicheng to the south in the hall were a little surprised when they heard this. Tian Hu sneered and said: "These scholars are really loyal to the emperor and the country. The whereabouts of the emperor and the crown prince have not been confirmed yet. They are in a hurry to make a decision. Did you succeed? Ha, thanks to the fact that they usually have the face to say that they are reading sage books, so it turns out that the sage books talk about this truth."

Ma Chongxi also took advantage of the situation and said: "These Jiangnan people are so unkind and unrighteous. The Emperor Lie said that they are the ministers of the subjugated country, but it is not wronged. We are going south this time to teach them a lesson for the Emperor Lie. Let's see." What else can these subjugated ministers say..."

Yan Jie and Wu Zhengwen could only show embarrassment as they listened to what these Shunjun generals said. This was the first time that a scholar could not refute the truth of a group of warriors.

After listening for a while, Li Zicheng clapped his hands and said, "Be quiet first, be quiet. Have you told Zhu Cihong about this news?"

Yan Jie heaved a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "I just received the news this morning, and I haven't had time to send it to Mr. Baishi."

Li Zicheng sat on the chair and was silent for a while, then said: "You send the letter up, and I will talk to him later. Alright, then let's talk about the whole army. In this battle of Tianjin , the new military system and staff headquarters system proved to be effective.