Be the emperor from the postman

When Luo Tai and others surrendered to the rogues and bombarded Luoyang Shovel with artillery, Wang Shaoyu, the commander-in-chief, felt that something bad was going to happen.

When Li Chuangwang's team surrounded Luoyang City for a while, after he patrolled the city and heard the complaints from the soldiers, he felt more and more afraid that he would not be able to hold it.

When the defenders on the city hung ropes together to surrender to King Chuang, Wang Shaoyu knew it was over.

Luoyang City is completely undefendable!

As a veteran, you know the treatment of active surrender and passive surrender.

In the current situation, it is better to surrender as soon as possible so that you can save your life and get enough benefits.

Anyway, Fu Wang didn't give money.

It's not worth the brothers' lives for him.

Then Wang Shaoyu's servants colluded with Li Zicheng's soldiers on the city wall, cooperated inside and outside, tied Wang Yinchang, opened the north gate and surrendered.

Chuangwang's team quickly entered the north gate, rushed into the city, and rushed to kill King Fu's palace.

Fu Wang was woken up overnight, he really didn't expect that Luoyang City was so majestic that it was attacked by the rebels as soon as they surrounded it.

But in a critical moment, it was his turn to think about the reason.

Zhu Changxun and his eldest son Zhu Yousong fled the palace in a hurry, escaped from the city, and hid in the Ying'en Temple in Dongguan.

After dawn, Li Zicheng had already occupied Luoyang City, went straight to Fu Wang's palace, occupied all the treasuries, searched for Fu Wang, but failed.

Li Zicheng had to find King Fu even if he asked people to dig three feet, because King Fu was too fat.

In Henan, where people are starving and dying everywhere, such fat people must belong to rich and noble families, and King Fu was immediately arrested.

However, the eldest son Zhu Yousong successfully disappeared and was not found by Li Zicheng's generals.

(Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty)

On the way to escort King Fu, Lu Weiqi, the former Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, was also recognized.

The main reason is that Wang Shaoyu and others said that they can live, and I believe you can too.

Lu Weiqi remained silent, and was surrounded by people and sent to Li Zicheng.

When the two met, Lu Weiqi saw Fu Wang's dejected appearance, and kept his words in his heart, but said indifferently:

"Your Highness is of the blood of the late emperor. I would rather die than bow my knees to the bandits and humiliate my status for nothing."

Fu Wang was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to respond at all, and his eyes avoided.

How can a person like him, who has been rich and honored all his life, spare his life?
When the two joined together and reached in front of Li Zicheng, the bandit knelt down by the two of them.

King Fu was pushed to the ground unconsciously.

On the contrary, Lu Weiqi was held down, but he didn't bend down.

"Lu Weiqi, right?" Li Zicheng stood up and looked at him: "Lu Shangshu invites troops today and pays tomorrow. He wants to kill us, so what now?"

Lu Weiqi looked at Li Zicheng laughing, pursed his lips and said nothing, the fall of Luoyang was definitely not his fault.

In order to defend Luoyang, he had already tried his best, but the ignorance of the master and the rebellion of the subordinates caused his plan to be wasted.

This kind of villain is rampant now, and in the future, he will surely die without a place to bury him.

Lu Weiqi didn't think Daming was going to end.

Li Zicheng in Luoyang City is also untenable, but it's just whoever dies first and who dies last.

"If you surrender, I will save you from death." Li Zicheng activated the surrender mode.

"If you want to kill, kill it. I, Lu Weiqi, will never surrender to a thief."

"Really not surrender?"

"No surrender."

Li Zicheng grinned: "You are a man, as long as you kneel down, I will spare your life."

"I will never surrender to thieves, Anken will just survive?"

"Okay, fulfill him!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand, and the people behind directly hacked Lu Weiqi to the ground.

"I also love killing Daming's loyal ministers."

When King Fu saw Li Zicheng trembling like this, he not only knelt down, but also begged for mercy.

Li Zicheng really scolded angrily: "You are the prince of Ming Dynasty, the richest man in the world, and now Henan is in such a famine, you don't even want to give a penny to help the people, you are so fucking picky!"

There were tears on Fu Wang's face: "I will pick, I will pick, and I hope that King Chuang can save my life."

Li Zicheng hated this kind of spineless "prince" so much that he was sent to the celebration banquet.

Li Zicheng asked someone to bring some deer from the garden, and cut off some pieces of meat from King Fu and cooked them together. They named it Fulu Banquet, and invited all the soldiers and King Fu to eat together.

Fu Wang didn't know that the piece of meat was from his own thigh, and that piece was venison, and Li Zicheng forced him to eat it.

"There are so many people's fat and people's paste to make King Fu look like this. The meat quality is not very delicious. It's really a pity."

Let him also taste the taste of cannibalism and experience what happened to the people in Henan.

Li Zicheng was furious when he saw that King Fu vomited.

Then a public trial was held, and then he was ordered to be decapitated.

When King Fu died and his head was hung on the flagpole, Li Zicheng said to many people:
"The princes and nobles deprived the poor and watched us starve to death. That's why I killed the bastard Fu Wang for you."

Then loudly announced the opening of granaries to release grain, and encouraged men over the age of 20 to join the army, follow him against the imperial court, and don't hand over your hands and wait for death.

After killing King Fu and releasing food, young men around Luoyang rushed to join King Chuang's team.

Li Zicheng's strength soared again.

Not only that, under the guidance of Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng had a preliminary idea of ​​establishing a political power.

In addition to opening warehouses to help the poor, Li Chuangwang's troops also transported a large amount of money and materials to the mountains for military use.

For the remaining gold and silver property, Li Zicheng appointed Shao Shichang, a secretary in Luoyang, as his deputy before preparing to move troops to attack Kaifeng to recruit troops to defend the city.

At the same time, the students in Luoyang were appointed as officials to help him maintain the law and order in Luoyang.

Li Zicheng's appointment of civil servants in the Ming army was carefully considered, although he gathered tens of thousands of people in a short period of time, and the number is still increasing.

But his real backbone core members are no more than a dozen people, and the number of backbone members who expand the scope is no more than a thousand people.

Therefore, although there are tens of thousands of soldiers, there are only so many backbones. It is impossible for him to assign the core troops to defend Luoyang.

Why didn't Li Zicheng and other leaders of the rebel army hope that they could have a foothold?
It can not only accommodate the family members of the army like He Jinzhao, but also obtain relatively stable manpower and material resources.

But he didn't know when Hong Chengchou, who was sent out to protect the capital, and Yang Sichang, who was besieged and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong in Huguang, would return to Henan.

He can only avoid being besieged to death by a large number of officers and soldiers only if he keeps moving and cannot defend a city.

After several fiascos in the past, Li Zicheng is very clear about his current strength and status quo.

In his opinion, He Jinzhao was still sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight, and had no intention of sending troops.

But Li Zicheng felt that he couldn't stop, he could only continue to grow his strength in Henan.

Only in the future will he have the power to fight the official army, and even He Jinzhao.

When Chongzhen heard about this, he was extremely furious.

He had just supported Liaodong in the confrontation with the Tartars, so he did not hesitate to be humiliated and reached a secret peace negotiation with the hammer bandit He Jinzhao.

Before he could free up his hands to deal with Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng made a big news.

Luoyang fell, King Fu was killed, and he was greatly shocked. He announced that he would stop going to court for three days. Chongzhen cried and said to the ministers:
"Uncle Zhendi! Fu Wang, the emperor's beloved son, was disgraced by his family, and he fell in love with Min Ji. He comforted Dingling with special cattle, and told the imperial concubine's garden with special sheep."

That means, tell Shenzong and Concubine Zheng that the killing of their beloved son is none of my business.

Knowing that Zhu Yousong, the eldest son of King Fu, fled to Huaiqing, Chongzhen gritted his teeth and issued 1 taels of silver to the emperor, and 1 taels to the concubine.

The eunuch Wang Yumin, the supervisor of rites, and the eunuch Ran Xingrang, the son-in-law, were sent to Huaiqing to express their condolences.

Chongzhen summoned a group of ministers in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace for this matter, and all the ministers who participated were cabinet ministers.

He was sitting on the imperial couch and was suffering from minor illness at that time, and all the officials greeted him one by one.

Chongzhen was leaning on the bed: "Since I came to the throne, there have been many troubles in the country, and there has been a famine again, and everyone eats each other, which is deeply sympathetic.

Recently, bandits captured Luoyang, and King Fu was killed.

The failure of my relatives and uncles is all due to my immorality, and I should really die of shame! "

For a while, tears burst into tears.

It was all their fault that the ministers hurriedly cited the crime and took the initiative to take the responsibility. How could the emperor be blamed.

Chongzhen uncharacteristically said repeatedly: "No, no, it's all my fault!"

Ran Xingrang, captain of the consort, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this system has a lot of vitality!"

Fan Fucui, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also said: "It's due to your luck. It's not bad for Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Chongzhen was immediately unhappy.

What do you all mean?
Daming is exhausted, this is absolutely impossible!

Zhu Youjian wiped away his tears, and began to retort: ​​"You say it's luck, but is it luck?

You must know that it is all personnel matters to remedy.Over the past few years, why haven't I made amends? "

Then for some reason, the topic changed from King Fu to Yang Sichang.

During the ceremony, Li Yao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, every soldier regards victory as a prestige. The current supervisor Yang Sichang has sent troops for more than a year, but it is the first time that Guanyinyan reported a small victory.

Recently, he has been silent, and the military power has gradually weakened, so another general must be sent to help him. "

Chongzhen became even more unhappy when he heard that someone said that Yang Sichang was not good.

He was originally immersed in the grief of his uncle's death, but someone mentioned his most trusted courtier again.

Zhu Youjian wiped away his tears and turned on the fighting mode to defend Yang Sichang: "Director Yang is thousands of miles away from Henan, how can he take care of him?

Although the length of the whip is not as long as the belly of the horse, you have to put yourself in his shoes.

Do you really think that he is a god, and if something happens thousands of miles away, he can arrive immediately? "

The cabinet ministers repeatedly agreed with the emperor that he was right.

"If you just gossip in front of me based on your personal opinions about what you like and hate, then it's even more wrong.

Putting you in the position of Governor Yang, can you, Li Xuan, do a better job than him?
If you dare to promise, I will immediately remove Governor Yang and let you go! "

Li Xuan stopped talking all of a sudden, he just made comments, and the emperor sent him to the front line when he came up, he really didn't know what to say!
Zhang Zhengchen supported Li Yi's opinion during the ceremony, and believed that Yang Sichang had an inescapable responsibility.

According to the news, "the intruder came from Sichuan, and someone reported that the intruder came from there on many horses".

Minister of the Ministry of War Chen Xinjia interrupted him and corrected him:

"The thieves come from Qin, not from Sichuan", and repeat it over and over again.

He intended to emphasize that Li Zicheng entered Henan from Shaanxi, not from Sichuan, and tried his best to cover up for Yang Sichang.

After all, if Yang Sichang stepped down because of impeachment, who would be the next supervisor?

You are all so talkative, you really have reached that point, and none of you know what to do to save Daming.

It is only worthy of impeaching high-ranking officials with some small mistakes in front of His Majesty, to show your "unique" vision, and to invite reputation.

Does Chen Xinjia know the composition of Yang Sichang's soldiers and horses, such as Liu Guoneng and other rebels who have become the old foundation of the army, which is much more than the [-] serious officers and soldiers.

If these people were appointed as supervisors, Chen Xinjia thought that they would not be able to sleep at night.

I'm afraid that if I fall asleep that day, my brain will be given away by someone!
In fact, no matter what, Yang Sichang was also to blame for sitting back and watching Li Zicheng grow stronger.

For this, Chongzhen severely reprimanded Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War:
"The Qing Ministry's duties are dispatched, the rewards and punishments must be strict, and the law must be enforced for me, and there must be no ambiguity. If you tolerate mistakes in the future, it will be the crime of the Qing Ministry."

Chen Xinjia understood that the emperor took the initiative to throw Yang Sichang's blame on the Ministry of War, and let him take it over safely, so he stopped arguing and said yes.

In short, no one can slander Yang Sichang in front of the emperor, nor can he slander him!

Chongzhen was immersed in the grief of the murder of King Fu, and he did not forget to excuse Yang Sichang from responsibility, and asked the ministers to put themselves in Yang Sichang's difficulties.

Previously in the northwest border, He Jinchao had captured the vassal kings, but he did not kill them all.

This also made Chongzhen feel a little lucky in agreeing to the peace talks. He thought that He Jinzhao did not dare to kill Daming's clan because he was afraid of Daming.

But once Li Zicheng defeated the vassal kings, he killed them all.

It's fine if it's slaughtered, but he still eats it!
This kind of operation really made Chongzhen unbearable, and people like the emperor also paid great attention to what happened behind them.

In recent days, Chongzhen has been worried about other vassal kings, but he is not worried about King Xiang of Xiangyang!
Because Xiangyang is where Yang Sichang's governor's yamen is located, and there are heavy troops stationed there.

After Zhang Xianzhong and other remnants withdrew from Sichuan under the cover of Li Dingguo, they quickly arrived in Xingshan, attacked Dangyang, and took a rest here.

Regarding the matter of going to Jiangxi, although Zhang Xianzhong agreed on the surface, he was extremely unhappy in his heart.

"Military division, do you think we will go to Jiangxi in disgrace?" Zhang Xianzhong sat on the chair:
"But we don't know the place where we are born. The brothers have lost all their hearts. If there is no big victory, the hearts will be scattered. I'm afraid it will be difficult to lead the team."

Naturally, Xu Yixian would not regard He Jinzhao as an ordinary person, and this person was appointed to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains in the future.

In the past, whether it was funding Li Zicheng or his family's lord, it was nothing more than wanting to borrow a knife to kill people, or let them mess up Daming even more.

Instead of giving the imperial court and them a chance to develop with peace of mind, the hammer bandits develop and accumulate strength with peace of mind, waiting for a thunderous blow to sweep the world in the future.

Although he has seen through He Jinzhao's plan, Xu Yixian also knows that his lord does not completely want to follow He Jinzhao's orders.

Asking the question now is just to give him a reason.

"Your Majesty, although we have reached cooperation with the hammer bandits, we can't serve He Jinchao wholeheartedly."

"The military adviser is right." Zhang Xianzhong has attached great importance to Xu Yixian since he showed his great power with a good strategy: "What do you think should be done?"

"We are going to Jiangxi, but we don't need to go to Jiangxi immediately." Xu Yixian smiled slightly: "This way, the king is not breaking the agreement."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Xianzhong nodded again and again: "Then where should we go?"

"My lord, we should go to Xiangyang!"