Emperor Chongzhen sat on the imperial throne, his eyes dulled, and he seemed to have grown ten years old overnight.

The news in Taiyuan is confusing. Over the past three days, all kinds of authenticity and false information were heard flying all over the sky like snowflakes. Some people say that they saw the crown prince die for his own eyes, and some people say that the crown prince had already taken King Jin to Taiyuan before. As for the news of Shanxi Governor Cai Maode, it is even more complicated, from jumping into a well to self-destruction, to hanging, fleeing, and even surrendering to the thieves.

Chongzhen didn't believe that his son would have any accidents, or he was unwilling to believe them. If the prince really had an accident in Taiyuan, the thief would definitely pass the news as soon as possible. With the Eastern Palace Guards who dared to attack Li Zicheng's central army, how could they let the prince get into trouble?

But...if I blame the crown prince for always losing his territory and running away, so Ci Yang refused to leave...

Chongzhen felt ache in his heart, and then he realized that he had been holding his anger for a long time.

"Emperor, the minister Zhang Jinyan is called to come." Wang Zhixin stepped forward in fear and whispered. Seeing that the emperor did not respond, he was about to say it loudly, but suddenly he saw the emperor take a long breath and seemed to have just woken up.

"Xuan." Chongzhen was angry but not strong.

Zhang Jinyan followed Xuan and bowed to His Majesty, saying, "Your Majesty, my minister Zhang Jinyan is called."

Chongzhen gathered his scattered eyes and fell on Zhang Jinyan, saying, "Is there any news in Shanxi?"

Before Zhang Jinyan came, he guessed that the emperor wanted to ask Shanxi, and he knew that the emperor was actually asking the prince. However, he did not get the Tang report about the prince, so he had to pretend to be stupid: "Emperor, it has been found that the Shanxi governor Zhao Jianji, patrolled Ning Road Bi Gongchen, guarded Ning Road Mao Bingwen, supervised the food road Lin Gangzhong, and Taiyuan Prefect Sun Kangzhou has died for the death of the country. Forty-two people in Taiyuan City have been known to die in Taiyuan City, and civil and military officials died in the king's affairs."

Chongzhen was mourning in his heart, but he could no longer express his expression on his face. These people with a loyal mortality must be true loyal ministers, but how expensive is it to identify in this way?

"Is there any news about the crown prince? Where did Li Jiantai go?" Chongzhen asked again.

"This... I don't know." Zhang Jinyan's forehead was cold and he became more and more depressed at this moment and became the Minister of War.

"You are a Shuchen, don't you know?" Chongzhen asked sternly.

"I really don't know, and I haven't received the report." Zhang Jinyan said tremblingly: "How dare I be right?"

No one cares too much about the life and death of a small official, but important figures like the Crown Prince and King Jin are always full of legends. And Li Zicheng is also considering whether to use the news of the deaths of these two people to give the Emperor Zhu's family a big blow. Therefore, he will not curb all kinds of strange rumors. He may even add fuel to the flames.

"Why don't you send a detective cavalry to inquire!" Chongzhen's voice became colder.

"The detective cavalry must send public food and silver to go out from afar, and there is no money among the ministers." Zhang Jinyan said.

Chongzhen felt that the shadows were coming in front of him were almost fainting. The dignified and Ming Ministry of War had no money to send out the detective cavalry.

Seeing that Chongzhen was already shaking, Wang Zhixin, who was standing beside him, winked at Zhang Jinyan. Zhang Jinyan looked innocent and simply lowered his head and refused to look at the two people above.

Chongzhen was speechless for a long time, and finally stood up and left with a sigh. Zhang Jinyan had nothing to say, and left the palace to leave. As soon as he left the house, Wang Zhixin followed him out, called Zhang Jinyan, and complained: "Why should I do this? I will send a few detective cavalry to run, and it will cost only a few dozen taels of silver. Even if I fill it out by myself?"

Zhang Jinyan glanced at Wang Zhixin and said coldly: "I have long since wanted to be this soldier!" After that, he shook his sleeves and left.

Wang Zhixin originally wanted to persuade Zhang Jinyan to inquire about the Crown Prince, but after being robbed like this, he felt depressed. He stomped his feet heavily. But he saw a little fireman poking his head and cursing angrily: "What kind of monkey boy? I dare to come to see our house!"

The little fireman hurried forward and lowered his voice, "Don't be angry, the youngest one is in the name of Mr. Liu, who came to invite his father-in-law to the banquet under the order of Mr. Liu."

When Wang Zhixin heard that it was Liu Ruoyu, he was half angry. Liu Ruoyu was experienced and sensible. He stayed in the outer residence of the East Palace and did not enter the palace. It seemed that he had made up his mind to burn the cold stove. He calmed down and asked, "When? Where?"

"Today's dinner is at the outer residence of the East Palace." The little fireman immediately added: "The chief minister is also there."

Wang Zhixin was puzzled: Liu Ruoyu suddenly invited him and Wang Chengen to a banquet. What does this mean? He was not interested in any treasure in the palace? Although people often stole the treasures in the warehouse, he was not so shallow.

"Okay, our family knows." Wang Zhixin said: "You go back and tell your husband Liu, and you will definitely attend the banquet."

The person with a small fire bows and retreats.

Wang Zhixin had another thought in his mind and quickly walked back to Chongzhen.

...

After Taiyuan broke the city, Li Zicheng moved to Taiyuan and moved into the King's Mansion. But this time he learned his lesson, he ordered people to dig three feet into the ground to "clean" the palace. Not to mention gunpowder, even the dust could not be seen, so he dared to move into it. The civil and military officials of Dashun, who accompanied him, found a place to live and began to look forward to a better life in the future.

After passing Taiyuan, Beijing was like an unclothed girl, lying shyly on the bed, allowing others to do anything.

Li Zicheng, who found his confidence again, was awarded a great honor in Taiyuan. General Quan was appointed as a general and a marquis; General Guoyi was appointed as a powerful general and a marquis; General Guoyi was appointed as a marquis, Zi, and a man. Although Liu Zongmin suffered a loss in his capture, his past achievements were too high, so he was still appointed as a marquis of Ru and was ordered to return to Xi'an. Tian Jianxiu was appointed as a marquis of Ze, but he still went north with Li Zicheng. It was in the original historical script that he had transferred a position.

Among the list of the Hou Bo, several people were particularly prominent. One was Bai Guangen, the Taoyuan Bo, who was unable to escape to the end and surrendered to Li Zicheng. Li Zi became the hearts of the people, recruited the general of the Ming Dynasty, gave him a Taoyuan Bo, and personally invited him to a banquet. It was meaningful.

The other count is Chen Yongfu.

Former Henan general Chen Yongfu.

Li Zicheng sent him a broken arrow, expressing his past grudges.

Chen Yongfu could not resist Liu Fangliang's army, so he had to surrender and was granted the title of Wenshuibo.

Wang Genzi of Xiancheng, Xi'an, has changed his name to Wang Liangzhi and was named Queshan Bo.

These three people are all figures at the level of generals in a province of the Ming Dynasty, and each of them sets a benchmark.

The Dashun proclamation scattered from Taiyuan, and the counties wherever they went, Wangfeng formed a village, but they resisted the officers and soldiers and wanted to surrender to Dashun.

The people are so convinced, but many people die for justice.

Fang Zhiping, the magistrate of Anyi, went north to worship the emperor, went to the office to worship his mother, ordered his wife to commit suicide, and then jumped into the well to exterminate himself.

Yang Jialong, the governor of Xinzhou, said to his left and right: "This city will not be guarded. If I go out, the people will be safe." So he went out of the city to scold the thief and died. He had a lot of official reputation during his tenure, and after his death he also received sacrifices from the states.

Yan Mengkui, the general of Daizhou, and Junzhao, the governor of Fenzhou, were both dead and dead.

Liu Bida, the magistrate of Fenyang, published a "Speech of the Thief" and was killed by the rebel army. His bravery Fan Qifang died after assassinating a rebel commander.

Wang Yumao, the deputy envoy of Ningwu Army, was originally the prefect of Taiyuan. After Zhou Yuji left, he led 500 soldiers to guard Ningwu Pass alone and killed Li Zicheng's envoy to surrender. After the pass was broken and the city was trapped, his wife Yang also threw herself into a well and died.

...

On February 21, the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng passed Ningwu Pass and Tian Jianxiu led an army of 70,000 to Xuanfu, Datong. The reason why there were only 70,000 troops was that he indeed divided 30,000 people in Taiyuan, with General Guoyi Ren Jirong as the general, and General Li You of the Right Powerful Martial Arts as the deputy, leaving Guguan east to enter Hebei.

On February 28, Li Zicheng's army arrived in Datong.

Datong General Jiang Guan opened the door to surrender.

Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, is fair and honest, and has no law enforcement. He is quite famous. Because he is from Shaanxi, Li Zicheng also wants to take over his command and advised him: "I am just a small civilian, and I can be the emperor today. It can be seen that it is the destiny of heaven! You are a really good official. If you want to surrender, I will still let you govern Datong."

Wei Jingyuan crashed into the stone steps, blood flowing and fainted.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng was helpless. After Wei Jingyuan woke up, he sighed: "You are such a loyal minister. I will send you home."

Wei Jingyuan said sadly: "The country has been destroyed, where can I get home? Kill me quickly!"

Li Zicheng was stunned and shook his head and said, "You are a loyal minister, I will not kill you!" Then he ordered Wei Jingyuan to be released.

Wei Jingyuan could not pass the hurdle in his heart and died in Haihui Temple.

After hearing this, Li Zicheng deducted fifty taels of silver and ordered someone to escort Wei Jingyuan's coffin back to his hometown in Hancheng.

At the same time, the Dai Kings, who were enthroned in Datong, went from Dai King Zhu Chuanqi (next to the character Huo) to the county prince and general below, and were slaughtered by the clan, without leaving any one. The Qin King Zhu Cunji, who accompanied him, was frightened and was glad that he surrendered happily and did not intend to resist the army like Dai Kings. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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