Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Things in Nanming will not affect the north for the time being.

However, Wu Su's matter became Liu Fangliang's biggest stumbling block.

Wu Su and Lu Bi died on Monday, leaving Dashun in the Xuzhou area without a leader.

The gentry immediately rebelled and once again set up the Ming flag.

Some people even spontaneously organized soldiers to attack Dashun officials appointed by Li Zicheng.

With the technology given by Zhu Youjian, Liu Fangliang couldn't even find a stable place to produce.

Forced to have no choice, Liu Fangliang had no choice but to start from scratch again and raise an army.

By the time he re-captured a territory and produced heartless weapons, grenades and other items, several days had passed in the battle of Shanhaiguan.

During the battle at Shanhaiguan, Liu Fangliang failed to catch up...

Zhu Youjian's plan to weaken the Tatars failed!

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The Qing army pursued all the way, but the Shun army lost the support of the gentry and fell into a quagmire.

At exactly this time, Dorgon took up the banner of revenge for Zhu Youjian.

And precisely——

Li Zicheng trapped himself in a cocoon.

Earlier, in order to cause trouble for Zhu Youjian, Li Zicheng found several corpses and cooperated with Nan Ming's propaganda, saying that Zhu Youjian was dead.

Once the official propaganda was released, it became a rumor that Zhu Youjian had made such a big move and even did not hesitate to offend the gentry and force the city to pay.

Ordinary people still believe official propaganda the most...

In addition, Zhu Youqian's actions of inspecting the land offended the entire gentry class...

Propaganda that Zhu Youjian was dead became a tacit agreement among Dashun, Nanming, and the gentry.

As a result, except for a few places where people knew that Zhu Youjian had established a foothold in Nanyang and flocked to seek refuge, people in other places thought that Zhu Youjian had really died in the capital.

Just imagine, under this background, when Dorgon took up the banner of revenge for Zhu Youjian...

And the gentry is adding fuel to the flames...

Dashun is really trapped in the sea of ​​popular rebellion and cannot extricate itself!

Countless gentry spontaneously reported the movements of Li Zicheng's army to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Many gentry even personally organized local warriors to attack the Shun army!

Bai Bangzheng died in battle...

Baijiuhe died in battle...

Cai Shi died in battle...

Sun Mingyi died in battle...

The teacher knows that he will die in battle...

Zhang Shiying died in battle...

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By the time Liu Fangliang arrived in Beijing...

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After the failure of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng led the army away from the battlefield.

On the 23th.

At this moment, news came that Dorgon had named Wu Sangui the "King of Pingxi" and asked Wu Sangui to take the lead in the pursuit.

A few hours later, Wu Sangui caught up with Gu Kecheng who was behind the scenes.

The former camp leader Gu Kecheng and more than ten thousand Duanhou soldiers under his command were all killed by Wu Sangui.

Gu Kecheng was tortured and killed.

In the afternoon, the news of Gu Kecheng's murder reached the Shunjun camp, and Li Zicheng was immediately furious.

At this time, Li Zicheng happened to arrive at Yongping.

So, in Fanjiazhuang in the west of the city, Li Zicheng chopped off the head of Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang.

And let people hang it on a high flagpole for Wu Sangui to see!

Damn you, you kill my beloved general, and I will kill your father!

On April 26, Li Zicheng returned to the capital with [-] remaining soldiers.

The first thing Li Zicheng did when he came to Beijing was not to look for trouble with the rebellious gentry. Instead, he directly beheaded 38 people from the Wu family.

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth:

"It's no shame to kill you now. I'm afraid that if you die, I won't be able to make Wu Sangui regret it. What can I do? For the current plan, it is better to kill his whole family to shake his heart! If he doesn't rebel, how can his whole family be killed?"

However, this sentence was distorted by the anonymous scholar's "Yuan Yuan Biography" and became:

"It's not a pity to kill my concubine now. I'm afraid that my death will be detrimental to the king, so what can I do? For the king's plan, it is better to keep the concubine to tie him to his heart. You should tell her not to pursue me, so as to repay the favor of the king!"

Little did he know that Chen Yuanyuan was beside Wu Sangui at this time. Even if Li Zicheng wanted to kill Chen Yuanyuan, how could he do it?

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The Wu family, which made its fortune by reselling war horses in Liaodong, except for Wu Sangui and his son - was wiped out!

This iron-blooded method immediately suppressed the gentry in the capital.

Everyone trembled and hid in the mansion, fearing to offend the angry King Chuang.

27th, 28th.

Li Zicheng ordered the stolen gold and silver to be cast into large silver ingots, with holes in the middle, tied to donkeys and horses, and shipped to Xi'an.

At the same time, Li Zicheng ordered the soldiers and civilians to demolish residential buildings, sheep and horse walls, etc. outside the city, and made plans to defend the capital.

however……

The gentry knew that once Li Zicheng really held the city, it would be a disaster for them.

So, on the surface, the gentry cooperated with Li Zicheng's orders, but secretly they began to connect.

The undercurrent of gentry forced Li Zicheng to quickly change his attitude.

The city of Beijing cannot be defended!

Only then did Li Zicheng understand Chongzhen's situation...

He resolutely changed his order and ordered all the people in the city to flee the city immediately!

In any era, human beings within the political power should be divided into three levels - the rulers and the ruling group; the gentry and capital groups who cooperate with the rulers; and the people at the bottom.

Or it can be divided by production relations: producers at the bottom; exploiters who control the means of production; and those in power who set the rules.

Although Li Zicheng, the ruler, encountered opposition from the middle cooperation level.

However, in the eyes of the people at the bottom, Li Zicheng's Dashun regime still has prestige.

After Li Zicheng's decree was issued, the people in the city immediately took action.

The seven gates of the outer city and the nine gates of the inner city were overcrowded, and they were full of people who had left the city to seek refuge.

The morning of the 29th.

Amidst the kneeling worship of three thousand trembling officials and gentry, and amid the cries of long live the landslide and tsunami, Li Zicheng ascended the throne of the emperor and proclaimed himself emperor again.

At noon on the 29th, the enthronement ceremony was completed.

Li Zicheng named his seven generations of ancestors as emperors and empresses.

Li Zicheng told the gentry with practical actions - I just don't want to kill you, for fear of violating the harmony of nature. If not, Wu Sangui's family will be your fate!

Just after lunch, Li Zicheng ordered his soldiers to carry firewood and pile it up under the three main halls and four gates of the capital.

In the afternoon, Li Zicheng ordered the soldiers to take the kings of the Ming Dynasty - King Qin, King Jin and others to go first.

(It can be seen from this that Li Zicheng was a typical pragmatist. He came from a lower class background, and indeed he was criticized for burying Chongzhen.

However, it is also true that the Ming Dynasty clan did not suffer hardship at his hands.

Of course, this may be related to the fact that the Zhu family’s flag is easier to use. )

evening.

The burning clouds in the sky gradually faded away in color.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Zicheng rode out of the palace gate.

Behind him, the fire had engulfed the entire palace, and the firelight reflected the blue sky red.

After Li Zicheng left the imperial city, the soldiers received the order and fired at the palace.

Pavilions and pavilions collapsed in the fierce fire and artillery...