Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 160 Daming still has hope
Although Li Yan was worried that he would be removed by Zhu Youjian to avoid the suspicion of supporting himself.

But now he is completely hopeless, and he has already put life and death aside. In addition, the meaning of the generals is very clear, he can only choose to wait for the end of his own death or official luck.

Lan Guanwei, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, rushed to Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, with the news that Li Yan and Chuangjun intended to join Daming, and conveyed the news to Wu Mengming.

Wu Mengming, who was having lunch at the gate of Jiujiang City, heard that he hurriedly dropped the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and ignored the meal, and ordered Lan Guanwei directly: "Take my token, and immediately take Li Yan's reply to Nanjing to see His Majesty, and change horses." If you don’t change people, let His Majesty know about it as soon as possible!”

Then, Wu Mengming ordered the people around him: "Tell Zongbing Huang that I have already gone to Jingzhou. He doesn't have to worry about the Azig tribe's southward migration. Please tell Mr. Yuan, and wait for Liu Zhaoji to come back." Now, let’s work together to suppress Zuo Ni, I can’t say much about the rest, this is a top secret!”

As he said that, Wu Mengming immediately ordered someone to bring the horse. Assassinating Li Zicheng and recruiting the Chuangjun were important tasks Zhu Youjian entrusted to him.

Zhu Youjian has already stated that if he completes it, he will make great achievements for thousands of years, and he can be named an earl. If he fails to complete it, he will be a sinner through the ages, and he will die and cannot absolve himself of his crime.

As soon as Wu Mengming arrived in Wuchang, the governor Wang Peng also came in front of Wu Mengming and escorted Niu Jinxing to Wu Mengming: "Commander, Li Zicheng is dead. This is Niu Jinxing, Prime Minister of Chuangjun."

Niu Jinxing smiled awkwardly, he didn't expect that he would be caught by Jin Yiwei one day.

"Kill it, why keep it, clean it up!"

As Wu Mengming spoke, he drew his knife and split Niu Jinxing in two: "From now on, history books will only record that Niu Jinxing was the secret work of the Qing army, which caused Li Zicheng to be assassinated. Li Yan had no choice but to lead the rest of the Chuang army to join Daming!"

After speaking, Wu Mengming continued to rush to see Li Yan.

As soon as Li Yan heard that the commander of the Jinyi Guard had come to ask for an audience, he also ordered Wu Mengming to be invited in.

"It's a great fortune to meet you today," Wu Mengming said with a smile.

"Really, Jin Yiwei always only kills and arrests people. Commander Wu is not here to arrest Li?" Li Yan asked with a smile. He was still a literati at heart, so he naturally didn't like Wu Mengming and other people in the factory guard system.

"Mr. Li was joking. You are someone His Majesty cares about. Even if Wu Mengming had the guts, he wouldn't dare to do anything to you?"

As Wu Mengming was speaking, he saw Gao Yigong rushing in: "Military Master, I heard that someone from the imperial court has come?"

"Here comes a senior official from Jinyiwei," Li Yan said with a smile.

"Grandma, what kind of trouble did Jin Yiwei come to cause, is it possible that he still wants to punish us?" Gao Yigong asked, drawing his sword.

"Don't get me wrong, general, I just came here specially to tell you generals that Wu has ordered people to rush to Nanjing to convey your matter to His Majesty. I believe that the imperial court will send people here soon. In addition, Wu has ordered you to return to Ming Dynasty. The news has been reported to the governor and governor of Huguang, and I believe that soon, the imperial court will send food and grass to reward the generals."

Wu Mengming hurriedly explained a few words, Gao Yigong didn't say anything, and Li Yan didn't say anything more. At this time, he had to pay attention to the movements of the Qing army at all times. Take it lightly.

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Zhu Youjian now spends almost every day with Ma Shiying and others in the Generalissimo's Mansion. The two Qing armies of Duduo and Azige are pressing hard, but he can't deal with it with all his strength. Find a way to deal with the remnants of Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu.

Zhu Youjian can't take it lightly.

However, at this moment, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Lan Guanwei broke in: "I tell your majesty, Weichen Jinyiwei Qianhu Lan Guanwei Feng."

"Stop talking nonsense, just talk about what's important!"

Zhu Youjian didn't even bother to put on his shoes. When he heard the sound of horseshoes, he ran out and shouted at Lan Guanwei.

"Yes! Li Zicheng is dead, and Li Yan and the various departments of the Chuangjun intend to join Daming. This is Li Yan's reply!"

When Lan Guanwei said this, Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Shiying and other officials of the Generalissimo's Mansion couldn't help being very excited.

Li Banghua, who was sitting and watching the loss of the northern capital, ignored his image in front of Zhu Youjian, and shouted directly: "Your Majesty, did you hear that Li Zicheng is dead, the traitor Li Zicheng who destroyed my ancestral tomb and took my capital is dead!"

Lu Zhenfei also wiped his tears excitedly.

"I heard it too. Once Li Zicheng dies, Chuang Jun is willing to surrender to my Ming Dynasty. Right now, Zuo Liangyu's tribe is about to be wiped out. My Ming Dynasty still has hope!"

After Zhu Youjian said that, he yelled at Ma Shiying: "Why are you still standing there, go and draw up the decree!"

Ma Shiying, who was also equally excited, was yelled at by Zhu Youjian, and hurried into the document room. Seeing this, Liu Kongzhao rushed over: "Old Ma, I will sharpen the ink for you."

Ma Shiying picked up the brush, was stunned for a long time, and asked Liu Kongzhao: "My sincerity, what purpose does Your Majesty want me to draw?"

"I don't know, you ask His Majesty!"

Liu Kongzhao said.

Zhu Youjian had already walked in at this time: "The matter of how to appease the Chuangjun will be discussed at the court meeting later, and now I have two orders, one for Lu Daqi, ordering him to guard the Hulao Pass for at least half a month. Don't stop, I will destroy his whole family!"

"The other one is for Liu Zhaoji, the First Army of the Imperial Guards. After three days, he will immediately launch an attack on Zuo Liangyu's department, leaving no one alive, and wipe out this group of traitors. If there is no sound of gunfire after three days, he, Liu Zhaoji, will commit suicide. !"

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he left the document room, summoned Lan Guanwei, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, into the conference room of the Generalissimo's Mansion, and personally asked about the specific situation of the Chuangjun, and other officials followed.

"What! Bury Li Zicheng according to the emperor's ceremony!" Li Banghua, a scholar of Wuyingdian, asked in surprise on the spot, and said to Zhu Youjian, "Your Majesty, Li Zicheng has committed a heinous crime. Now that he is dead, we don't need to pursue his crimes. But it is too tolerant to have him buried with the emperor's ceremony, after all, he is just a traitor, how can He De be buried with the emperor's ceremony."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Li Zicheng's crime of destroying our great Ming foundation is unforgivable. The rest of the trespassers can be forgiven, but Li Zicheng is unavoidable. Now that this person is dead, His Majesty wants to be kind and burial according to the rites of a prince. Why treat a traitor so favorably with the emperor's gift, what is the prestige of my court?"

Lu Zhenfei also said.

Zhu Youjian thought that the easiest thing to be accepted by the officials was to bury Li Zicheng with the emperor's ceremony. After all, this was just a ceremony, which was harmless. Moreover, in the original history, Li Zicheng entered Beijing. After his own Zhu Youjian hanged himself, Li Zicheng also He also buried himself as the emperor with the emperor's ceremony, but Zhu Youjian did not expect that this condition would be the least likely to be agreed by the court bureaucrats.

(End of this chapter)