Dashun Yongchang

She looked up at Li Zicheng, but her sight was covered by the big beard, so she unconsciously reached out to touch Li Zicheng's beard, and suddenly heard, "Is my beard too long?"

Chen Yuanyuan withdrew her hand like an electric shock, then curled up in Li Zicheng's arms like a quail and remained still.Li Zicheng sniffed the fragrance of the beautiful woman in his arms, and his heart became excited for a moment. Without opening his mouth, he just turned around and hugged Chen Yuanyuan, and then walked up and down her body with his hands. At last, Chen Yuanyuan could no longer pretend to be asleep. Opening his eyes with a flushed face, he said, "It's getting late, the sun is already so high, it's time for Your Majesty to get up."

Hearing Chen Yuanyuan's refusal to greet, someone was even more unwilling to stop. After getting out of the crisis, he suddenly felt that it would be okay to indulge a little bit. He was not a saint, so wouldn't he eat the meat that was on his lips?

After some cloud and rain, Chen Yuanyuan hugged Li Zicheng like an octopus, and said with a light smile, "Your Majesty is more brave than last night."

Although he felt a little backache, someone still said triumphantly: "Next time you can call me a macho instead of your majesty. Oh, if there is no war, if you sleep like this every day until you wake up naturally, you will be the emperor, no, you will be the emperor." Faint Lord is happier."

Chen Yuanyuan opened her eyes wide, and bit Li Zicheng. When someone exclaimed, she said dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, don't harm my concubine. I don't want to be a concubine. Those literati are very frivolous. It is the king who governs the country in a wrong way, but he always says it is the fault of women. Don’t you know: 14 people are all disarmed, and none of them is a man.”

A certain person hurriedly comforted the kitten that exploded in his arms, "Madam, calm down, you are definitely not a disaster. Anyone who dares to say that you are a disaster, I will send them to the North Pole to see polar bears."

Chen Yuanyuan's thoughts were obviously taken astray, and she asked with some doubts: "What kind of bear is a polar bear? Is it a spirit bear?"

Someone said casually: "The polar bear is a kind of white bear whose whole body is snow-white. It looks so beautiful. Where are the ghosts in this world? We are not in the world of Journey to the West."

"My concubine has read Journey to the West, but what is the world of Journey to the West?"

"... "

In front of Chen Yuanyuan, who turned into a problem baby, someone was a little overwhelmed, but Li Laiheng's urging voice outside the door saved him, so he stood up and said to Chen Yuanyuan: "Let's talk at night, it's time to go to work now."

At this time, Chen Yuanyuan returned to the usual manner, and helped Li Zicheng put on his clothes, and ordered the maid outside to bring him clean water to wash him, allowing someone to enjoy a meticulous personal service.

When someone went out in a good mood, he stopped and said to Chen Yuanyuan: "By the way, the leaders of the Linqing rebellion, Yu Lianyue and Ling Ji, were also escorted to Dezhou. The statistics office took them over together, and then Inquire in detail, especially asking about their personal history and how the idea of ​​rebellion came about."

Chen Yuanyuan agreed, but then asked curiously: "Why doesn't His Majesty care about their accomplices, but care about their resumes and why they rebelled? Is His Majesty still planning to pardon them?"

Li Zicheng pondered for a few seconds before he said: "It only takes a few breaths to cut off a head, but it takes at least 20 years to grow a healthy and thoughtful head. At my age, how many 20 years can I wait? Naturally. Use it when it is useful, and discard it when it is useless. Even if it is a rebel, I will not waste it if it can be used..."

While Chen Yuanyuan was thinking, Li Zicheng went down the Guangchuan Building. In the living room on the first floor, he saw Wang Yongji who had come to visit early in the morning.After ordering the servants in the hall to serve tea, Li Zicheng chatted with Wang Yongji for a few words.He has Wang Yongji's resume in his hand, and he knows that he was praised by the gentry when he was the governor of Shandong for extinguishing the peasant uprising army, so he was ranked alongside Shi Kefa and regarded as a good official by the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

But after talking with Wang Yongji, he felt that Wang Yongji was actually more suitable for economic or judicial work, and asking him to lead the army in combat would be to drive ducks to the shelves. It would be okay to bully the unorganized peasant uprising army. I was really dumbfounded.From this point of view, Wang Yongji can't compare with Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng at all. Those two really have military talents.

However, a certain person does not need a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty with military ability to go to the northwest border. He only needs a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty who can stabilize the situation in the northwest border, so he asked Wang Yongji bluntly: "Mr. Presumably, the northwest frontier will be able to settle down, and I have no doubts about it. It’s just that this kind of appeasement can only temporarily calm down the local area, and it’s not enough to make the northwest frontier long-term stable. I wonder if Mr. Wang can teach me?”

When I came to see Li Zicheng today, Wang Yongji was already prepared in his heart. Although he is still nominally loyal to the prince of Ming Dynasty, the situation is stronger than others. Even the prince is under the emperor of Dashun. The status of a minister cannot but work for Li Zicheng.

So he just thought for a moment and said: "The matter of the Northwest has been disputed in this dynasty, but for decades everyone has been arguing about two points, one is whether to restore the land of Hetao; the other is whether to reopen the Western Regions." Business way.

Foreign ministers believe that these two points are the key to solving many problems in the Northwest.If the land of Hetao is not restored, the advantages of the terrain will not be obtained, and the Mongolian tribes will have a stronghold to go south; if the commercial roads of the Western Regions are not opened, the land of Shaanxi and Gansu will have no financial resources to enter, and the poor ethnic groups in the frontier can only plunder the interior. Things come and go..."

Li Zicheng nodded subconsciously and said: "What Mr. Wang said is exactly what I think. What I think is also about reopening the Western Regions commercial roads and restoring the Hetao. Since you also think so, then we can talk about how to restore the Western Regions. It's about trade..."

Li Zicheng talked with Wang Yongji all morning, and kept him for lunch before sending him away.On the second day, Wang Yongji headed towards Handan under the escort of more than a hundred cavalry, preparing to enter Shanxi from Fukouxing, and then transfer to Shaanxi.

At the same time, the generals of the Shun Army stationed in Xining also received an order from Li Zicheng from Beijing, but He Jin, the coach of the West Route Army, had already died in battle.Apparently Li Zicheng had not received this unfortunate news when he issued his order in Peking.

He Jin died in the battle against Xining, because the local chieftain sent people to feign surrender and lure He Jin, who underestimated the enemy, into an ambush, resulting in the unfortunate death of more than 3000 rebels led by He Jin.So the generals of the West Route Army elected Xin Sizhong as the leader, assembled their forces and captured Xining City, and captured the Xining commander Qi Tingjian, Zi Xingzhou and others alive.

Xin Sizhong convened a military meeting, showed Li Zicheng's edict to the generals, and said: "Unfortunately, the commander-in-chief died. It is obviously impossible for the Lord to order the commander-in-chief to return to Shaanxi to preside over the overall situation, but our army should still obey your majesty's order and send the main force Withdraw to the fundamental defense of Xijing."

The generals were somewhat reluctant to take down the many places that had already been captured, so they asked Xin Sizhong: "What about these places, should they be thrown to the local chieftains like this? Isn't the blood of so many soldiers shed in vain?"

Xin Sizhong firmly supported Li Zicheng's proposition, only guarding Lanzhou, and throwing other places to the surrendered chieftain and Ming army for defense. Under his insistence, everyone had to agree.So the surrendered deputy general Ouyang Gun was stationed in Xining, the surrendered general Ding Guodong was stationed in Ganzhou, and the surrendered general Mi Layin was stationed in Liangzhou.

Lanzhou was handed over to the prefect Xu Zili, Jiang Guotai, and Zhang Yong. At the same time, Xin Sizhong decided to bring back to Xi'an the commanding officer Qi Tingjian of Xining, his son Xingzhou, and the son of Zhuanglang chieftain. As the most resolute backbone of the resistance to the Shun Army, Xin Sizhong could neither kill him to intensify the conflict with the local forces, nor let him go just like that, so he had to take him back to Xi'an.

On June [-], Xin Sizhong led the army to set off from Xining, and arrived in Lanzhou on June [-]. After recuperating in Lanzhou for [-] days, and after the affairs of Gansu were settled, Xin Sizhong led the West Route Army from Lanzhou to Xi'an.At this time, Niu Jinxing and others had already entered Xi'an, and conveyed Li Zicheng's will to Empress Gao and General Tian Jianxiu who stayed in Xi'an.Empress Gao immediately ordered Tian Jianxiu to form the Marshal's Mansion and the Military Council Mansion to deal with the upcoming war.

Chapter 100

One day after sending Wang Yongji away, Li Zicheng finally received a messenger from Xi'an, and He Jin unfortunately died under the city of Xining.This made Li Zicheng very sad. While he asked Li You to hold a memorial service for He Jin in the post station, he began to consider who would replace He Jin as the Marshal of the West Road.

In Li Zicheng's memory, although Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang are old people around him, they are actually not as good as He Jin in presiding over one side's military affairs.But things have come to this point, someone can no longer abandon Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang, and use other people as marshals. He can only feel that the fate of Manchu is really evil. It is like opening seventeen consecutive games in a casino. Put the big dealer ah.

In the evening of the same day, after the Generals He Jinyao in Dezhou were summoned in front of the Guangchuan Building to sacrifice, Li Zicheng stood on the steps in front of the building and said to the generals standing in the courtyard: "Since we rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, we have fought so far. It has been more than ten or three years, and there are not many old people who followed me into Shangluo Mountain. Although Jianghou came from the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo, he has fought side by side with me for many years. What is the difference between him and his old brothers?

Jiang Hou has a noble character, is calm in handling things, and has always had a big picture.I originally wanted to entrust Shaanxi and Shanxi all the way to him, so that my heart would be free of worries, but today I heard the unfortunate news of Jianghou.The old brothers have gone away one by one, but the great cause has not yet been successful, and I am very sad in my heart. "

Under the light of the lanterns lit in the courtyard, the faces of all the generals were pale, and the sadness in their hearts was not much less than that of Li Zicheng.Of course, they may not all be mourning for Marquis Jiang, but Li Zicheng's words aroused their nostalgia for those unfortunate old brothers who fought side by side with them.

However, after Li Zicheng paused for a while, he put away his sad emotions, and raised his voice, saying, "I am not sad that my old brothers are gone, but that I am sad that they will not be able to see each other. What a splendid and magnificent new world we will create. The ancients said: hardships and hardships, you will succeed. I think this is the most reasonable saying. The road under our feet may be tortuous, but the future of our Dashun is bound to be bright.

So I think that today is the time to start reserving talents for the future Dashun.I know that some people want me to hold the imperial examination, but I want to ask, can those scholars who can only read sage books really keep the Dashun we have created so hard?Can it be built?If they are just rebuilding a copy of Ming Dynasty, then what is the value of our sacrifices? "

Zhang Nai, Li You, Ren Jirong, Wu Ruyi, Gu Kecheng, Tian Hu and other generals all voiced their support for Li Zicheng, thinking that the country of Dashun cannot be completely handed over to those scholars who have no power to restrain them.

When Li Zicheng waited for everyone's voices to fade, he opened his mouth and continued: "So I decided to set up an army primary school and an army non-commissioned officer school in Xijing, so that the children of nobles, generals, and martyrs can enter their studies. , but you can enjoy the corresponding treatment. In addition, today I am pardoning He Yilong, Luo Rucai, and Yuan Shizhong, and will search for their descendants so that they can be resettled..."

The old man beside Li Zicheng was a little surprised, but the other generals who were not from the old eighth team all nodded slightly, quite happy to see Li Zicheng's decision.He Yilong, Luo Rucai, and Yuan Shizhong were all outstanding figures among the various peasant rebel armies in the late Ming Dynasty, especially Luo Rucai had the best reputation among the various rebel armies, but after they all joined forces, these three were unwilling to live with Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng tried to divide the camps after the danger passed, and Li Zicheng cut them off one by one.

Although this kind of fighting in the rebel army is common, it is not that He Yilong, Luo Rucai, and Yuan Shizhong did not do the same thing.The growth of the rebels from all walks of life is the growth of the continuous annexation of other forces. Small forces can still use some gentle means, but when everyone is equal in power, it depends on who has the faster knife.

Of course, it was unexpected that such big leaders as He Yilong, Luo Rucai, and Yuan Shizhong would be killed by fire. This made many rebels secretly leave the Dashun Army, or surrendered to the Ming Army, or went to Sichuan to fight the world. went.Today Li Zicheng was able to rehabilitate these three, at least he made a remedy. No matter what Li Zicheng's intentions were, the generals felt a lot more relaxed. At least they don't have to worry about Li Zicheng taking the knife against the non-directed lineage in the future.

After sacrificing He Jinyao, Li Zicheng gave orders to Xi'an. The first thing was to let Empress Gao, Tian Jianxiu, and Niu Jinxing handle the funeral affairs for He Jin, and let Empress Gao take care of He Jin's family to see what they had. The request should be met as much as possible; the second is to appoint Tian Jianxiu as the Marshal of the West Road, and Xin Sizhong as the Deputy Marshal, and together with Liu Fangliang to assist Tian Jianxiu in managing the Marshal's Mansion of the West Road; , The children of martyrs enter the study.

At the same time, Li Zicheng, in the name of Emperor Dashun and Prince Daming, published an appeal to captives. The appeal written by Chen Mingxia and Zhou Zhong quoted "those who belong to me will live in China forever, and those who carry me will flee outside the Great Wall." For the people of China, God will order the people of China to be safe, how can the barbarians and the emperors be ruled" refutes Wu Sangui's rhetoric of "borrowing captives to suppress the bandits" and the lie of the Manchu "helping the Ming Dynasty to suppress bandits" .

The call to arms made it clear that Wu Sangui's introduction of captives into the customs was a traitor's action, for his own selfishness, not for Ming and the Chinese people, so everyone in the world can attack this country's traitor.The article also stated that the dispute between Dashun and Daming was nothing more than the question of where China should go, while the entry of the Manchus was a naked invasion, and any Chinese would never cooperate with them to harm the Chinese people.

After the dissemination of the call to captives, the people in Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi were greatly shocked, because these three places were all poisoned by the entry of the Qing army.Especially the people around Beijing, Dorgon is trying to persuade the people in Beijing to shave their hair like those Ming soldiers who surrendered, but unlike the obedient Ming soldiers, the people of Ming may not care about who is the emperor, after all I haven't cared about them for decades, but there is a lot of resistance to shaving their hair.

Coupled with Li Zicheng and the prince of the Ming Dynasty's joint call for captives, the people around the capital could not help launching a movement against shaving their hair. Therefore, after the 20-day hair-shaving order was implemented, Dorgon had to withdraw the shaving order. Order.

However, while persuading the people in Hebei not to believe the rumors, he withdrew the order to shave their hair; on the other hand, he mobilized the newly-built Green Army to massacre those rioting villages.Since Dorgon blocked all the main traffic routes inside and outside the capital, these villages could not send messages to each other, so the peasant riots near the capital gradually subsided.

During the massacre of these villages by the Green Battalion, some sergeants wanted to spare the elderly and children, but they were severely refuted by Dorgon. He demanded that the Green Battalion must complete the slaughter order without any compromise, otherwise they would be half-hearted .The split green battalion lost the support of its friendly forces and could only obey the Manchus. In this kind of killing, it was difficult for these green battalions to regard themselves as Chinese.

However, Li Zicheng couldn't hear the movements around the capital even under the blockade of the Manchus. After he published a joint call for captives with the prince of Ming Dynasty, he began to deal with the affairs of the rebellion.

Lieutenant Zhu Shuai, who was accused of rebelling in Dezhou, Li Sicheng, the accomplice, He Duiji, the mastermind, Yu Lianyue, the head of the Dongchang Road Industry Department of the Ming Dynasty, and Ling Xing, the head of the Fangfang Department of the Ministry of War, were all taken to Guangchuan. In the courtyard in front of the building.Li Zicheng was sitting on the steps downstairs, holding a cup of tea while drinking, while letting the three criminals Zhu Shuai, Li Sicheng, and He Duiji come to him first.

None of the three refused to kneel, and when Li Laiheng next to him was about to order his soldiers to force the three of them down, Li Zicheng put the teacup on the stool beside him and said, "That's all, just ask a few words." If you don’t kneel down, don’t kneel down. What about that Zhu, can you admit that you pretended to be King Ji and rebelled?”

Zhu Shuai sneered and said, "As the clan of the Ming Dynasty, I defend the country of the Ming Dynasty, why not? Don't you think it's ridiculous for you to ask such a question?"

Li Laiheng and his soldiers all looked at him angrily, but Li Zicheng said disapprovingly: "Otherwise, what Dashun pursues is a world of justice. The people pay taxes, and the court should protect the people. But since Wanli, the court has given up With the responsibility to protect the people, the people naturally have no obligation to be loyal to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, so we are not rebelling, but revolution.

But you are different. The Ming Dynasty talks about loyalty, filial piety and etiquette, governing the country with ethics and order. As the clan of the Ming Dynasty, you falsely claim to be King Ji, which violates the ethics and order, and is naturally a rebellion.Therefore, I am justified in the revolution, and you are guilty of the rebellion.do you understand? "

Zhu Shuai opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. If he cursed a few words at this time, wouldn't it appear that he was justified?He Duiji on the side couldn't stand it anymore, he didn't think he had a chance to live, so he wanted to take this opportunity to let his name spread, so he shouted loudly: "Fake the name of King Ji to raise troops, It was my idea, He Zhenxian, and it has nothing to do with Lieutenant Zhu."

Seeing He Zhenxian, who was unattractive but pretending to be a man, Li Zicheng sized him up and asked, "Since you are the mastermind, let me tell you, after the uprising takes over Shandong, the next step is to go north? Or go south?" ? Are you planning to further proclaim yourself emperor? Or do you want to separate Shandong?"

He Zhen thought for a while before replying: "I just want to restore Daming. I never thought about Lieutenant Zhu becoming the emperor, nor did I think about splitting up Shandong. The crown prince is still here. How can I do such a thing without a king or a father!"

Li Zicheng suddenly laughed a few times, then looked at He Zhenxian and said, "I thought you were the real mastermind, but unexpectedly it was pushed out by someone. I heard that after your mother passed away, you still had no family. You died so in vain. Are you sorry for your mother?"

He Zhenxian: "..."

Li Zicheng didn't pay any attention to him after he finished speaking. He just looked at Li Sicheng at the side and said, "What about that Li, are you really going to let this sour talent take the blame for you? Your Li family is also decisive. If you say abandon it, you will abandon it. I feel sorry for you."

Even though Li Sicheng ruled the village with arrogance, he didn't feel discouraged at this time. He glanced at He Zhenxi, and finally said: "The mastermind of this matter is indeed here, and has nothing to do with Zhenxian. Some people thought that once His Majesty retreated from Shanhaiguan, other The situation has been defeated, the capital is not guarded, and the general situation is gone, and Daming and Nanzhong, as long as they raise their arms, it is natural that the mountains and rivers will be reopened tomorrow. But someone did not expect that His Majesty would take the prince as the guide and defeat the construction in Tianjin slave…"

Chapter 101 Judgment

After listening to Li Sicheng's confession, Li Zicheng looked at He Zhenxian and said with disdain: "Look, one of them is to restore the Zhu family's country, and the other is to restore the gentry's Ming Dynasty. Their purpose of rebellion is very clear. Only you, even why did you rebel?" You can't even tell why, and you still claim to be the mastermind? You are just a nerd who is stupid in reading. I don't want to be the knife in other people's hands, and I can't bear to have no one behind your dead mother. Li Laiheng, with him 20 taels of silver, get him out of the house, go back and live a good life, don't do such stupid things again."

He Zhenxian looked at the two accomplices beside him, feeling very aggrieved in his heart.He used to think that he was a wise man, and the gentry in the state was manipulated by him, but now he realized that he was being manipulated by others. He was not elected as the mastermind because of his intelligence, but as a scapegoat. He was the mastermind.

Under the gaze of He Zhenxian, Li Sicheng was calm and composed, while Lieutenant Zhu turned his head slightly to avoid his gaze. When two soldiers of Li Zicheng came up to push He Zhenxian out, He Zhenxian finally broke out, and he shouted at Li Zicheng: "I don't accept it. Why can't I be the mastermind? What's wrong with me restoring Daming Jiangshan..."

However, since Li Zicheng had already given the order, how could the two guards pay attention to his yelling, one of them crossed his arm and dragged him out forcefully.Hearing He Zhenxian's yelling gradually fade away, but he didn't criticize himself anymore in his words, Li Zicheng smiled slightly, turned his eyes to the remaining two people, looked at them and asked: "Since you are so honest, I don't want to interrogate you again." Go down. Tell yourself, what crime should you charge, and how should this case be concluded?"

Standing in the sun, Li Sicheng was very depressed. He used to think that the talents in his belly were enough to help the world, and there was nothing he couldn't do in the world.But this time I realized that without his family, he is nothing. Thinking about how those people in the family rushed to throw him out in order to protect himself, he felt that he was not as good as He Zhenxian who had no relatives and no reason.

Hearing Li Zicheng's question, Li Sicheng, who gave up his struggle, said: "The treason should be punished, but at this critical time, the matter will fail if it is not successful, your majesty should punish the mastermind and pardon the accomplices, to show leniency, and to the people of Ande Prefecture. "

Lieutenant Zhu looked at Li Sicheng beside him, sighed and said, "I have no objection."

Li Zicheng glanced at the two of them, pondered for a moment, and said, "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, this is what should be done, but I am the Emperor of Dashun, so I can follow the authority. Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, is indeed a hero of China, and his descendants There are not many descendants with integrity. I will give you a choice. On behalf of the crown prince, you will go to Shandong and tell the clans to come to pay homage to Emperor Lie as soon as possible. For the crime of disrespect, cut off the title and destroy the jade. Are you willing to do this?"

Lieutenant Zhu thought for a while, and found that there was no way to refuse this matter, and he really wanted to live in his heart, so he finally raised his hand with difficulty and said to Li Zicheng: "The sinner is willing to go."

Li Zicheng nodded to him and said: "But even so, your title and clan status will be abolished, and you will be renamed Zhu Shuaicui from now on. Well, find someone to take him to see Cihong, the people around him You should know better than me how many clans there are in Shandong."

Zhu Shuaicui bowed deeply to Li Zicheng, and then followed the guards beside him out of the courtyard.Only then did Li Zicheng look at Li Sicheng, who was left among the three, and said, "I have let go of two of them. If it's up to you, will you be dissatisfied?"

Li Sicheng thought for a while and said: "It's just that I feel a little unwilling, but I dare not refuse."

Li Zicheng chuckled and said, "I won't deal with you today. You can visit the eight prominent families in Dezhou for me and tell them. I, Dashun, don't have so many troops to defend the north bank of the Yellow River. The Manchus will definitely go south in autumn, and Dezhou must pass through." Therefore, we invite them to follow our army to the south to avoid the flames of war. As for their fields and houses in Dezhou, they can be sold to the prince together, and IOUs must be paid first. Do you understand?"

Li Sicheng was speechless for a while, using IOUs to buy the fields and houses of various big families in Dezhou, this is even more vicious than chasing stolen goods for payment, Emperor Yongchang is going to uproot the foundations of these families.With these thoughts in his mind, he couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The eight prominent families have lived in Dezhou for at least 80 to [-] years. These families have a large population. If they abandon their homeland and go to other places, it may be difficult to survive."

Li Zicheng looked at him in surprise and said, "I'm not the kind of coercive person. I just asked them if they would like to go south with the army, and I didn't want to force them to follow. Is it possible that these people don't have a father in their hearts. Are you going to the Northern Army?"

Li Sicheng opened his mouth for a long time but could not make a sound, and finally he could only deny it: "I have received the grace of the country, how dare I have such a rebellious idea."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and said: "It's fine if you don't. Da Ming treats you gentry very well. Those who are still unwilling to share the worries of your father at this time must be wolf-hearted. My Dashun Army has always had a way to deal with such wolf-hearted people. Yes. You can just say that I am your backing, and I want to see who are the people in this Texas city."

Li Sicheng followed two Zicheng's personal guards out of the yard with heavy steps, and then Li Zicheng beckoned Yu Lianyue, the head of the Dongchang Road Industry Department of the Daming Administration, and Ling Xing, the head of the Fangfang Department of the Daming Military Department, to come forward.

Yu Lianyue is a gray-haired old man, while Ling Jie is a young man in his early thirties. He was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen. Jinshi all begged Li Zicheng for mercy.Of course, it was Li Zicheng who reorganized the military and political structure of the Shun Army, so that these Jinshi could have a close channel with Li Zicheng, otherwise it would be difficult for them to see Li Zicheng, so why would they be pleading for Ling Ji.

Perhaps it was because Li Zicheng treated the Dezhou Uprising trio tolerantly just now, and Yu Lianyue and Ling Ji refused to kneel down when they walked in front of Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng stared at them for a while, and then asked abruptly: " You killed my people in Linqing?"

Yu Lianyue knelt down on the ground with a plop, bowed to Li Zicheng and said: "The guilty minister didn't know about your majesty bringing the crown prince south. After hearing about this, the guilty minister knew his mistake. However, this matter was initiated by the guilty minister alone. The others were coerced by the criminal minister, and the criminal minister was willing to accept the crime."

Ling Ji still stood where he was, and said proudly: "I have eliminated thieves for the country, but I really don't know where the crime is. After Linqing was captured by the Manchus, it was dilapidated.

And because of the war, business travel was cut off, and the shops on both sides of the streets in the city were abandoned and became pedestrian toilets.

However, after the officers and soldiers sent by Dashun arrived in Linqing, they still asked the local government to pay donations, and if they did not pay, they would be severely punished.The people of Linqing either died of being tortured or fled to other places. If I want to protect the people here for the Ming Dynasty, what is my crime? "

Li Zicheng stared at Ling Yin and frowned, and said to him in a bad tone: "Since you have no repentance, you probably don't need my pardon, so do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"

After a few breaths of silence, Ling Ji said, "It's a great luck to go to pay homage to the Emperor Lie."

Li Zicheng turned his head to the side, and said to Li Laiheng who was beside him: "You personally sent him to see Cihong, and you have given him his heart."

Li Laiheng clapped his hands in agreement, and walked down the steps to take Ling Que away. At this time, Ling Que just bowed his hands to Li Zicheng to thank him, and then turned and left without saying a word.

Li Zicheng looked at the last person kneeling at the bottom of the steps, and said with some dismay: "I know you are not convinced, it's just that your family members are in Linqing and don't dare to offend me.

Then I won’t say anything to you. The 13 taels of silver shipped from Jining to the north was intercepted by you in Linqing. After you opened the city, you left 8 taels. The shortfall is 5 taels. Make it up for me.In addition, the Dashun soldiers who were killed in Linqing City were compensated 300 taels per person, which is 120 taels based on 3.6 people. In addition to the loss of materials, a compensation of 10 taels is considered a settlement.

As for the murderers who killed our soldiers after the war, they will all be arrested, tried, and then executed.Do you have any comments? "

Yu Lianyue lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and said: "It's not difficult to hand over those murderers, but the compensation is 10 taels, even if His Majesty ransacks all the local rich families, it will not be enough. It's not that the criminals are exaggerating. Although it was only destroyed once by Man Lu, the local area has been in a war for seven consecutive years, the city walls and houses are full of hills and ruins, thorns are everywhere, and bones are like mountains. Otherwise, the criminals would not dare to offend the soldiers."

After pondering for a long time, Li Zicheng said: "In this case, then use the fields and houses to make up for it. You go to persuade them to go south with the army, and I will let you go. Otherwise, my sword is not a vegetarian..."

When Li Laiheng brought Ling Ji to Shuiguanyi, Zhu Cihuang was also very happy to see him and said: "I just want to pay my respects to His Majesty. After everyone heard about the opening of the Wenhua Palace to sort out the library catalogue, everyone was very enthusiastic. .I want to open the Wenhua Hall at Dong Zi’s Reading Platform, and I’m planning to invite His Majesty to preside over the opening ceremony.”

After Li Laiheng saluted the prince, he first explained his purpose of coming, and then introduced Ling Ji who was behind him to the prince. Ling Ji immediately went up to meet the prince, and burst into tears before saying a few words, choked up and couldn't continue. .The prince was also moved by it for a while, he looked at Ling Ji, and then at Li Laiheng who was beside him, finally made up his mind and begged Li Laiheng: "I also ask Li Tong to take the lead and don't make things difficult for Master Ling, and wait until I go to see your majesty." Say it again."

Li Laiheng turned sideways to avoid the prince's salute, and said in a low voice: "Prince, you don't need to be too polite, just go and come back quickly..."

Chapter 102 Sisters

The courtyard in the east of Guangchuan Building has now become a woman's world.There are three chairs at the top of the lobby, except for the one in the middle, which is empty. On the chair on the left sits a dignified and calm elegant woman, which is Fang Yizhi's wife Pan Zhai, and on the chair on the right sits a This is Gong Dingzi's concubine Xu Shanchi.

Although the appearance of these two people seems to be a bit incompatible, they are both people with dexterous minds. The women in the ranks report like flowing water, but the verdicts of the two are not bad at all, and the verdict has been reached in less than half an hour. Dozens of incidents.

There were more than a dozen young girls sitting beside them, recording the verdict for the two of them, but it seemed that they were still struggling.Taking advantage of the fact that no woman came forward to report the problem, Xu Shanchi quickly picked up the ginseng tea on the side and took a sip to moisten his throat.

Although he was so busy that he didn't even have time to drink saliva, Xu Shanchi was extremely satisfied with his current life.It must be known that she is only a concubine, but today she manages a women's camp of at least [-] people. How many officials' wives have to bow their heads to her, is there anything happier in life than this?

It is said that Kou Baimen, the sister, married the best. When Zhu Guobi married her, he ordered fifty soldiers to greet her with crimson gauze lanterns. Five thousand red lanterns were hung on the street from Chaoku Street to Zhufu Street. For a moment it shines like day.So Kou Baimen's marriage became a legend on the Qinhuai River, how many prostitutes want to find such a good husband.

However, no matter how gracefully Zhu Guobi approached Kou Baimen, she was still just a concubine of the Zhu family, not the mistress of the Zhu family. The roommates sit together and eat rice noodles.But now, as soon as she said anything, many officials and wives would surround her. This kind of feeling of power is really good.

But she turned her head and glanced at Fang Pan on the other side, but she couldn't help but sighed in her heart.It has to be said that these well-educated ladies at home actually have more advantages in managing personnel than those who have become monks halfway through. It's just that these famous ladies have less contact with the outside world, so it is difficult to solve problems outside of home.

Of course, this Mrs. Fang was an exception, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't overwhelm her.Thinking of this, she felt that it was time to reconcile with each other, because their current enemies were not each other.So she put down the teacup in her hand, and said to Pan Zhai pretending to be chatty: "We are so busy now, but I heard that there are some gossip outside, Madam Fang, have you heard of it?"

Pan Zhai, who was teaching her daughter how to write a judgment, turned her head and looked at Xu Shanchi, although her education made it difficult for her to have any good impressions of concubines, even if they were other people's concubines.But she also has to admit that Xu Shanchi is also a rare and wonderful person. Although he is often aggressive in doing things, he can always apply just the right amount of pressure so that people don't completely feel disgusted.

While evaluating the other party in her heart, she replied calmly: "I never like to care about the gossip outside. Besides, rumors only stop at the wise. If you don't blame the blame, the blame will defeat itself. If we go deep into it, Maybe even if there is no land, there will be three feet of waves."

Xu Shanchi's beautiful eyes flowed like a stream of autumn water. After circling Pan Zhai's daughter Fang Yu, she lowered her voice a little and said, "To be honest, if it's just spreading gossip about us people, it's nothing to worry about." , but we counted that there are still so many great ladies who have not left the cabinet.

Everyone knows that the lord is actually very self-disciplined when it comes to women's sex. Otherwise, the lord will not select any beauties from the edict, so why set up a statistics room to collect beauties?I think they have a different purpose. "