Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 755 When a man is about to die, his words are also good
The clear light rain is pattering down, and the small puddles under the eaves make a crackling sound. The sky is always foggy, and even the nearby bamboo sea is blurred under the hazy blue rain. The man in green armor put his head in his pocket, and stood dully under the tall steps, walking up from here, towering and majestic, the roof is full of intriguing nine sons of the dragon, and there is a plaque with three gold characters on it.

West Palace!
However, in this oppressive rain and fog, the three characters in the iron hook and gold stroke seem to have been distorted, losing the majesty it should have had.

The conflict in the Central Plains, the Great Ming and Qing Dynasties fought against each other, and millions of soldiers fought each other on tens of thousands of kilometers of national borders. It was so grand that everyone forgot that there is a third regime on the ground of China today. Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime.

However, this regime is indeed weak. Ever since the Qing army entered the Sichuan Basin, the Daxi Army has escaped all the way, and was almost beaten out of Sichuan. If Song Qingshu hadn’t risen suddenly, he would have defeated the two important main forces of Jiannu in two battles in Yixing and Poyang Lake. Army, which relieved the pressure on the Sichuan battlefield, the Daxi Army might have been beaten to Guizhou and Yunnan as it was in history.

At this time, Daxi was also weak, and Chengdu never regained it. The Daxi army and the Qing army fought dog-to-toe along the Minjiang River, and the capital of the Daxi king had to be set in the little-known Luzhou.

In history, Jiannu seemed to have a destiny. Li Zicheng, who was not killed for 17 years in the Ming Dynasty, died in Jiugong Mountain less than a year after Jiannu entered the customs. Moreover, Li Zicheng had no children. , no one succeeded him, and the power of the Dashun Army fell apart.

Zhang Xianzhong was similar, he also died from a cold arrow in the outreach of the army, and his death was unclear, causing the Great Western Army to fall into disintegration.

In this time and space, Zhang Xianzhong lived five or six years longer.

However, I don't know if he killed too many people and harmed Tianhe. Not only did Zhang Xianzhong have no heirs, but also his health deteriorated after occupying Sichuan, just like the dying Daxi Kingdom, which was declining.

What the war brought to the country is far more than just grief. The faint wailing of begging for no more military rations because of hunger seems to be heard here. They don't have the heart to care about the lives of ordinary people. Anti-Qing Qing is the most important thing in the world. What is the point of starving a few poor ghosts to death?
Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu and other adoptive sons of Emperor Daxi, as well as generals such as Bai Wenxuan, prime ministers such as Wang Zhaolin and Yan Ximing, and not a single civil servant, all kneeled in fear and fear outside the couch of the West Palace and Xinuang Pavilion , waiting there nervously.

"Your Majesty invites the four princes, the Prime Minister, and General Bai to see them!"

The light rain was drizzling, and when a group of Daxi army leaders were in a hurry, the door was finally pushed open, and it was ups and downs. Eunuch Liu, the chief internal officer, was also full of anxiety, and shouted in his shrill voice, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and others hurriedly stood up on their knees, and followed them inside, while Feng Shuangli and other foreign generals and ministers watched worriedly from behind.

Although he has already proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Xianzhong seems to be really blessed to endure that. His bedroom is still covered with a hard board bed, and what is placed next to him is not a dragon robe, but neat armor and swords. Once, Zhang Xianzhong wore Putting on the dragon robe and going up to the hall, he suddenly threw the dragon crown on the way, and stepped on two feet, then reached out and snatched the guard's big-brimmed hat and put it on, and patted his thigh and laughed, or this thing is called the head, since then, The dress of this reckless emperor is much simpler.

However, Zhang Xianzhong is said to be the emperor of the reckless, but the image of Zhang Xianzhong is far from that of the emperor of the reckless, his yellow face is as dry as old tree bark, and the beard like Zhang Fei in the past is also the wilted Dara on his face. The whole person is as thin as those victims in the disaster area in Henan, and they are out of shape. Two imperial physicians are holding pots of medicine and waiting beside them in fear.

"Father!"

Wearing a set of embroidered official uniform, Sun Kewang was the first to kneel down on the ground in a hurry, took Zhang Xianzhong's withered hand with both hands, and cried out in sorrow, followed him, Bai Wenxuan, Pan Duao and others also knelt down and kowtowed in sorrow. head on.

"Your Majesty!"

This voice, after all, has a bit of sincerity. Although Zhang Xianzhong is cruel, he is really good to his brothers. This is one of the reasons why he can be the Emperor of the West.

"Okay, I still didn't kick my mother's legs!"

A sick tiger is also a tiger. Although he is dying of illness, Zhang Xianzhong's prestige is still there. He seems to have been awakened from a nap. Listening to his subordinates, he muttered impatiently. Seeing Huang Hu's reluctance, Sun Kewang hurriedly kowtowed again. head.

"Father is right, father has no bounds, how could he die!"

"Extremely extreme! The emperor's life is boundless!"

"Okay!"

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hands impatiently, his tiger eyes widened.

"I know what's going on with me, I guess I've killed too many people in this life, God can't spare me!"

In the face of life and death, a ruthless person like Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help sighing, but immediately turned his head and looked at the civil servants and generals under his command with nostalgia.

"I have killed officials, rebelled, and slept with the daughters of high officials in my life. In the end, I became the emperor again. Even if I die, I am worth it, but I can't let you brothers go! After all, you followed me!" Let me go, I don't want to watch you all become ghosts under the knife in the ground!"

"emperor!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we will reject the officials in the east! Drive the slaves in the north, and guarantee the country of Daxi Kingdom!"

Amidst the wailing, the kowtowed Sun Kewang yelled the loudest. However, just as he was full of expectations, Zhang Xianzhong shook his head again with his dry old face. .

"Atlantis, it's not important anymore!"

Under the astonished stares of the officials under his command, Zhang Xianzhong looked up at the ceiling in bewilderment, muttering memories.

"In my life, I came from a poor background, and the ones I look down on the most are those officials and dogs. What the hell, they shit and pee on the heads of our common people. Back then, when my brothers defected to the court, I cut off with him Pao Duanyi, don't recognize this bastard again."

"However, now it seems that the real bastard is begging for me!"

There was a look of fascination on the ferocious tiger face, as if recalling the days when he was with Song Qingshu in Xi'an, Zhang Xianzhong sighed with emotion.

"That brother of Lao Tzu is the real capable person. Under his hands, the crumbling Ming Dynasty has stood still! The mud-legged people who used to be poor can't afford food, but now they have money to eat restaurants and wear clothes!" The new clothes are back in the damn carriage, and when I want to live in this world, who the hell is going to rebel!"

At this time, Sun Kewang's face was full of astonishment and bewilderment, not only him, Pan Duao, Wang Zhaolin, Yan Ximing and others were also full of surprise, but what shocked them was yet to come. Zhang Qianku's old face became extremely serious in an instant, and a pair of yellow tiger eyes stared at these ministers, Zhang Xianzhong said seriously.

"After Laozi's death, the position of emperor of Daxi Kingdom will be passed on to my brother Song Qingshu! You all go to him! If he says to fight in the future, you will rush, and if he says to kill, you will kill! My brother will give you these bastard sons A world of peace and prosperity!"

"Father!"

Extremely astonished, even with a strong murderous intent in his eyes, Sun Kewang knocked his head heavily on the ground in disbelief, but Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand as if he didn't see it, as if chasing flies away.

"Okay, I'm tired, you all get out! Let me be clean!"

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The rain outside the window did not know when it stopped, but the clouds and mist were transpiring, and the distance was still a vast expanse. Water droplets were falling along the collars of civil servants and generals kneeling outside the palace, and the brim of their hats fell drop by drop, but everyone was still staring at the direction of the palace gate. , In the silence, the small door creaked open.

Sun Kewang's face obviously showed resentment and anger, and he walked at the end with Prime Minister Pan Duao, muttering something, but before Feng Shuangli could ask, General Bai Wenxuan had already yelled in a rough voice.

"The king of Daxi has an order. It is said that Song Qingshu, who is located in Qihuo, is Shuai Song! All the civil and military forces of the Daxi Kingdom are subject to his restraint and must not disobey!"

"exactly!"

The prime minister behind, Wang Zhaolin, also nodded in agreement, without too much resistance. Dozens of civil and military officials followed Feng Shuangli and kowtowed.

"I will obey your orders!"

Daxi has lingered between the Ming and Qing armies for too long. Unfortunately, Daxi's weakness makes it impossible for him to be an independent side. Naturally, this group of people with rebellious nature cannot become slaves for Jiannu, with pigtails and braids. Then it became a matter of course to take refuge in Daming.

What's more, not to mention that my lord and Daming's chief minister are sworn brothers. It's just that Daming has continued to support Daxi's money, food, war horses, guns and medicine in recent years, and the relationship between the two parties has become closer. Many people have already yearned for Daming .

However, this answering sound made Sun Kewang's already ugly face even more gloomy, and a pair of thick-knuckle hands squeezed together and rattled.

On April 25th of the 20th year of Chongzhen, the entire city of Luzhou was in a state of whiteness. Zhang Xianzhong, the emperor of Daxi Kingdom who had dominated the situation in the late Ming Dynasty for more than [-] years and established a party, died!

Once the top figure of Wind Howl and this era, with his fall, he became even more withered.

However, there are talented people from generation to generation, and there are always people who are unwilling to be lonely. On the one hand, the Ministry of Rites in Daxi began to prepare a division, and went to Yingtian to invite Song Qingshu to inherit the throne of Daxi King and preside over the overall situation. But the mobilization of people and horses was extremely frequent, and at the same time, more than a dozen couriers on horseback roared to the north of Chengdu Mansion.

The originally peaceful Sichuan Basin has once again become extremely tense...

(End of this chapter)