Yanjing, the first year of Yongchang in Dashun, March 20th.

It was drizzling all night, and there was no wind. There were rows of water droplets falling from the eaves, like a bead curtain. Chen Yan stood under the empty door of the mansion, with an indescribable complexity on his face.

Today, his heart hanging in the air finally landed. He was valued by Li Zicheng and became the Grand Secretary of the Tianyou Palace.

Niu Jinxing is the prime minister, Song Xiance is Zuo Fu, and Chen Yan is Youbi.

In name, he became the third leader of the civil servants of the Dashun court. The veteran Song Qijiao (Shun Minister of Personnel) was pressed on his head.

Chen Yan should be at ease. His life and his glory and wealth are all guaranteed. Although this process is quite shameless and has many things that cannot be said, the ending is still pretty good.

However, after coming out of the Forbidden City where he had changed his master, he stood in front of the empty Chen Mansion, but he was not only worried about his family who followed Emperor Chongzhen to the south.

The tiger is poisonous and does not eat any of the children.

What is the difference between Chen Yan’s current behavior and food?

After receiving a secret report from the commander of the Jinyiwei Luo Yangxing, Emperor Chongzhen, who had already arrived at Wuqing, he was so angry that he cursed and ordered the Chen family to be sent to the "prison". Although the prison was the cabin of the canal ship.

He had prepared a sacrifice to Chen Yan and a reward to the Chen family. He planned to immediately send someone to build a sacrifice to the temple after he arrived in Jinling. He should also come to the sacrifice to the altar and cry to show his grief. He would like to inspire ministers and boost morale.

Who would have expected that such a well-educated and well-behaved minister would directly lead his officials of all sizes to open the door to welcome the surrender.

But Emperor Chongzhen already knew that Chen Yan was not a good thing, and he destroyed the men and women of the Chen family into the dust, but Chen Yan himself did not know about his family.

He didn't know that the reason why he could get a place in Youbi and gain a place in Tianyou Hall was thanks to Gu Junen's advice to Li Zicheng. "Chen Yan, the ministers of the cabinet and the leader of the civil servants serve the new dynasty, then Chongzhen must regard the civil servants as grass, how can civil servants be loyal to him? Military positions such as Bai Guangen, Ma Ke, Tang Tong, and Jiang Yan are used by our dynasty, so Chongzhen must regard the military officials as grass, and how will the military generals of the Ming court die for the emperor who regard the grass, and how will the military generals of the Ming court die for the emperor in the future?"

"Chongzhen has a strong personality. As long as the civil and military officials of the Ming court surrender to us, the Ming court will kill his family according to the law. If our court keeps him, and the Ming court will kill his family, the ambition for surrendering ministers will be stronger!"

Emperor Chongzhen's escape south was still very powerful. For the emerging Dashun Dynasty, it was a threat that could not be ignored.

So, after thinking about it, Li Zicheng decided to solemnly treat Chen Yan as a billboard and raise him high.

Compared to Emperor Chongzhen, Chen Yan’s recent feelings are self-knowing.

Slap...

The sound of raindrops falling on the glazed tiles awakened Chen Yan. He looked up at the sky and it turned out that the raindrops were bigger. After a moment, the rain became even bigger. It fell from the sky with a thunderous sound, like a water curtain, making the scenery in the distance blurry.

"When Chongzhen was in power, the world was suffering and drought for a long time. Now Your Majesty uses water virtue to replace Zhu Ming's fire virtue, and expel Chongzhen from the south, and then the weather will change immediately and all the rain will be reduced. It is because God's will is in my great harmony."

In the Qianqing Palace, Song Xiance smiled and congratulated Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he looked at the rain outside, "The military advisor is really a miracle. Even if the rain is determined to rise every day on the 18th day, then when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, there was Liu Bowen who could calculate and calculate, and when he was sitting in the world, there was also a military advisor Song beside him. Judging from the military advisor, the military advisor was not inferior to that of Liu Bowen."

These words made all the civil and military ministers present in the Ganqing Palace laugh.

Niu Jinxing was also slowly stroking his beard, and his face was not embarrassed at all. Liu Bowen was famous among the people, but in the end he only got an earl? I am the prime minister, and I have to be Li Shanchang and the lord of the country.

"This rain is so good. I'll have a good next round. At least the drought in Gyeonggi can greatly alleviate!"

The severe droughts and natural disasters over the years have caused great harm to the Central Plains. Li Zicheng also knew this.

Therefore, after the capital has settled firmly, he still has to set up a large army as soon as possible to go south. Even if he can't take Jiangnan, he will still take Huguang. Otherwise, with the policy he set, the Dashun court would not even be able to eat.

When he arrived at Juyongguan, he had not heard that Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers and officials in the capital had escaped. He thought he could make a fortune in the capital. Don’t all these corrupt officials have money?

The Ming Dynasty was extremely corrupt, so there was no one who was not greedy.

In Li Zicheng's eyes at that time, in addition to being able to uphold his throne, Yanjing City was also a super large treasury and grain warehouse. It was like the countless gold, silver and fodder he led his army to conquer Luoyang and pulled out of King Fu's vassal.

Li Zicheng felt that after taking over Yanjing City, he would not have to worry about money and food in a short period of time.

In this way, the political slogans he shouted before could continue. He could not break his promise, but this was related to his face. He was the Emperor Dashun and Emperor Dashun. How could the emperor speak without trust?

No matter how stupid Li Zicheng is, he can think of the terrible consequences.

The three-year tax exemption won the support of tens of millions of ordinary people for the Dashun Dynasty in the early stage, which was a very wise decision. However, after Li Zicheng turned himself into a legal government in politics, such a promise was extremely stupid.

He just dug a hole and jumped by himself. Li Zicheng never thought that he would drive Emperor Chongzhen away from the capital in a short time, but he was still willing to fulfill this political promise from the bottom of his heart. Yanjing City was his magic weapon to solve the problem. However, he did not expect that Emperor Chongzhen would jump on the road to survival when he was dying.

His improper escape was the important thing, and the corrupt officials were taken away and the money bags that Li Zicheng imagined.

With Zheng Zhilong protecting him, the latter's reinforcements also arrived in Tianjin. It was impossible to catch people again. In other words, the gold, silver and jewelry that jumped away with Emperor Chongzhen could not be obtained.

Li Zicheng's plan is in danger of failing. His biggest hope now is to keep the money.

Of course, the capital still has potential to explore. Li Zicheng knew that many people had secret rooms, so he didn't believe that those high-ranking officials and nobles had really transported the silver and gold. Moreover, the officials left, and many merchants also left, but more merchants were left. Tomb and recover stolen goods were not enough, but the money was still needed to help the money.

...

"Old Chen Ge..."

Chen Yan, who had been standing in the Chen family for a long time, finally calmed down his bad mood. Seeing that the rain was getting heavy, he was about to walk inward. However, he heard a scream behind his back.

Mr. Chen seems to have been called a long time ago. There is no such thing as Mr. Chen in the Dashun Dynasty.

Chen Yan turned his head and looked at it, but it seemed to be Tang Qing, that is, Tang Tong's follower.

Tang Qing also had a sad face, causing Chen Yan to feel a little sad. What does this mean? "Tang Tong and the others have lost?"

Chen Yan felt a little incredible. Tang Tong and the other three generals had 30,000 troops, and Chongzhen only had a few people around him? More importantly, he knew what Li Zicheng's order was, so he did not let Tang Tong and the others fight to the death.

Emperor Chongzhen brought so many high-ranking officials and nobles with him, and everyone had so many slaves, carriages and horses. How can he take care of the little troops he had with him? Although Chen Yan could not fight, he could still think of how to do it.

As long as one unit stays to restrain Zheng Zhilong's army, the other troops will divide into small groups to pursue Emperor Chongzhen and others, they will definitely gain a lot! Why are they sobbing and why are they defeated again?

Tang Qing came back to report the death. Tang Hanfu died miserably. It can be said that he had no end to death. Tang Tong lost his son in his later years and fell ill.

Chen Yan opened his mouth wide, never expecting that Tang Tong would be defeated so badly. Even his son was thrown into the battle.

"Bai Guangen, how could Marco not win?"

"The master of the Pavilion should know that there is a team of cavalry in Zheng Zhilong's army. The latter is divided into two, and hundreds of horse soldiers are eyeing each. The two generals of the White Horse have suffered from no horse army in their hands to deal with it. There are even fewer firearms in the army, so the progress is slow..."

After defeat, people were asked to go to Beijing to settle the battle. This was a trick that Tang Tong and others used in the past. However, they had a shallow foundation in the Dashun Dynasty, and only Chen Yan could think of.

There is no need to make money on Chen Yan. Chen Yan is a short seller, Youbi, and this is the time to need support. Whether it is a civil servant or a military general, Chen Yan doesn’t need it.

This is true. Although the latter didn't give a penny to Tang Qing who was asking for the door, Chen Yan solemnly invited Tang Qing into the mansion.

As someone took Tang Qing down and placed her for a good time, Chen Yanren sat in the study. Although she looked as solemn as possible on her face, Chen Yan's expression gave people a feeling of being three points lighter.

"Tang Tong's son died well. With this hatred of killing his son, the emperor will no longer believe in his principles."

Chen Yan sat alone in the study and then considered this matter. It must be said that this was Tang Tong's luck, and it was also the misfortune of Bai Guangen and Ma Ke.

If Tang Tong fought the defeat alone, he would be sincerely accepted by Li Zicheng at most if he had lost his son. However, with the inaction of General Ma Bai and the other two, Tang Tong's "loyalty and courage" would be rare.

Then Tang Tong will not only be accepted by Li Zicheng in the future, but will also be recognized by Li Zicheng. He will have a prosperous future in the new dynasty.

As for the two generals Bai Guangen and Ma Ke, if he guessed correctly, the decree they received after Li Zicheng was injured would only be to continue pursuing, while Tang Tong would move his troops to rest.

Whether it is Jizhou, Zunhua, or Miyun. The two generals of Baima are already another treatment.

"Come here, prepare a generous gift. Master, I'm going to visit Prime Minister Niu." Chen Yan said loudly.

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"Incompetent, incompetent. Pigs are more capable than them." Li Zicheng angrily threw the joint memorial of Tang Tong and the other two to the table. "Chongzhen deserves to be a general with such a fool."

Thirty thousand people were defeated so easily, but they were defeated. Tang Tong's entire army was defeated, Bai Guangen and Mako were attacked when they retreated, and they were defeated and fled.

Li Zicheng suddenly felt that Chongzhen was not easy either.

"Your Majesty calms down. At least this battle has produced someone who really serves Dashun. Besides, it is just a surrendered army, and if it is lost, it will be lost." Niu Jinxing said hurriedly.

Li Zicheng's expression also eased a little when he heard this. He did not believe that Bai Guangen, Ma Ke, Tang Tong, and Jiang Yan from Datong. But now..., "Tang Tong is still OK." Although people's skills in fighting are a little worse, they are not honest?

They are much better than Bai Guangen and Ma Ke.

"I entrust Tang Tong Jingyang Bo and let him go to Zunhua. Bai Guangen and Ma Ke continue to follow the ejaculation. There is another..." Li Zicheng thought for a while, "Go to spread Hao Yaoqi, Zhang Nai, Luo Hu..."
Chapter completed!