Since Li Zicheng's team drove to the city of Beijing, the most harmonious city offensive and defensive battle in history has begun.

In Beijing, 1644, March 18th of the lunar calendar, it was still cold in spring.

The bandits were running horses under the city. In addition to running horses, Bandits were dancing swords, and ignored the Ming army on the city. The Ming army on the city did not have a bow and arrow, and the idiom was far from describing the harmonious situation of the confrontation between the two sides at this time. Li Zicheng's soldiers believed that the peaceful liberation of Beijing was a foregone conclusion, and the Ming army's soldiers were happy to see it peacefully. Chongzhen was angry for 17 years on the stage. No one was the emperor, and no one was worse than Chongzhen's emperor. This was a consensus. No matter whether it was a worker, peasant, business, or soldiers, they thought about it.

Regarding the city guards, the defenders found a cover: plague. Maybe it was XX and XX who had diarrhea after eating something bad. A smart Qian Zheng (I won’t name this one) reported it to the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan and said: Somehow, at this critical moment, a plague suddenly broke out. The plague in the army is prevalent. How can we fight?

Since the plague was prevalent, the emperor could not afford military pay. In addition, Chongzhen made a mess of a good Ming Dynasty over the past 17 years, and it might be better than Chongzhen. Therefore, the already weak camp of the royalists made it even worse. The people's hearts no longer look to Chongzhen, and the royalists were in the limelight. What's more, the military and civilians in Beijing were full of expectations for Li Zicheng. Various rumors and underground advertisements of Dashun's underground workers in Beijing made Li Zicheng both "high" and "glorious". No one believed Chongzhen's dream about revitalizing the mountains, but there were many people who believed that Li Zicheng could revitalize China.

In this way, Chongzhen became a junk stock, and everyone abandoned it. Li Zicheng became a star-like figure overnight, and star-chasing people were everywhere. Fans claimed to be knowledgeable about the current affairs. Their emotions ignited the fanaticism of Zhu Zhui Li in Beijing. There was only tens of millions of people who shouted cheerleading slogans such as "Chongzhen was dismissed, Wang Xiong rose." Although the Ming Dynasty was open-minded and could not speak loudly, people must have shouted this in their hearts. When they found that Li Zicheng was not as good as Chongzhen, they discovered a more powerful Qing Dynasty, so Li Zicheng fell down and the Qing Dynasty was very popular.

The first spring rain in 1644 came a little late, but this spring in 1644 was particularly full of spring, spring was full of passion, and the air was filled with a very harmonious atmosphere. The officers and soldiers at the top of the city flirted with the bandits under the city, and the officials and gentry in the city and the Dashun Legion outside the city were even more concerned about their lives.

When the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were selling spring in succession, the eunuchs were not idle either. The eunuchs were not very physically perfect, but their emotions were also rich. Li Zicheng's glorious image was spread in the eunuch circle, and eunuchs of all sizes were bound to suffer unrequited love.

Wang Dehua and Cao Huachun went to Luo Yangxing's mansion to drink that day, and the topic was Li Zicheng, who was fascinated by the death of being a person.

"Two sirs, Li Zicheng's army is so powerful. I think it's even more powerful than the Qing soldiers. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk

"Eunuch Cao, if you want to say that the emperor is not bad to us, but the situation is corrupt, as soon as this comes, ah! The people's hearts are dispersed and the team is not easy to lead, so I have no tricks. I don't know what kind of tricks Lord Luo has!" Wang Dehua turned his gaze to Luo Yangxing, the leader of the Jinyiwei.

"It's okay for the subordinates to take a few prisoners, but resisting hundreds of thousands of troops is like hitting a stone with an egg. Why both of you make fun of me? Alas, it's not even easy to take people these days. There are countless people who have colluded with the enemy. Who should I take? Do you dare to take them? I'm ashamed!" Luo Yangxing shook his head.

"I heard that Guang Shiheng went out of the city to contact Li Zicheng in private and prepared to surrender. This guy was a big-picking day in the court, so he swears to defend Beijing to the death and firmly opposes the migration of the capital. Look, this is the virtue!" Cao Huachun looked down on such a person. When the emperor clearly tended to plan to move south, he jumped out and strongly opposed it, clamoring that anyone who wanted to move south was a traitor, or a sinner for the eternal period. Other ministers in the court did not know whether they were confused or reluctant to leave Beijing or the fields in northern Zhili, or even other people followed the trend and opposed the migration of the south, while the chief minister abstained and agreed to move south. The other ministers in the court did not know whether they were confused or reluctant to leave Beijing or the fields in northern Zhili, or even other things. Most of them followed the trend and opposed the migration of the south. The chief minister abstained and agreed to move south.

In this way, Chongzhen became a minority. In addition to his anger, the idea of ​​moving south was so incomplete. Speaking of which, Guangshiting was just a representative figure of two-faced villains. It was also a pity that Chongzhen refused to publicly propose moving south. Everyone felt that Chongzhen agreed to moving south in his heart, but with the precedent of Chen Xinjia before, it was inevitable that people would be worried. I thought that when Chongzhen personally instructed Chen Xinjia to have a peace talk with the Qing Dynasty. After the peace talks were unexpectedly exposed, Chongzhen was worried about the clear discussion but refused to admit it. Instead, he insisted on killing Chen Xinjia, obediently doing practical things but did not repay them. Emperor Chongzhen was already out of class in the minds of his ministers.

"There are a few officials in the court who are not in conflict with the enemy! Even the chief minister is a good guy." Luo Yangxing sneered.

"I heard that Li Zicheng is quite kind and righteous, and he is waiting for the Ming Dynasty to surrender. Du Xun's bastard is also doing well there. No wonder more and more people are following Li Zicheng!" Cao Huachun was able to climb to the high position of eunuchs and had a bit of a judging the situation. As the saying goes, the ministers of Chongzhen had already set their gazes on Li Zicheng outside the city.

Wang Dehua sipped a sip of wine and sighed: "I think when the emperor first ascended the throne, he destroyed Wei Zhongxian with his hands. The whole country also had high hopes. The ministers were all in a tone of "a wise king was born and a revival was expected." Why don't you and I think so? But the emperor is still too young, the scholars are angry and impatient, and were fooled by the literati. The emperor has five big mistakes. First, the business tax should not be reduced. The Donglin party members said, "Fight for profit with the people." The emperor took the commercial tax from a proportion of originally low

From 30 to 60 to 60, the commercial tax was simply abolished, and then the father-in-law who sent Wanli to collect the mining tax and supervise the tea tax were recalled. The mining tax was gone, and the tea tax became a fraction. As a result, the national use was insufficient. Although the emperor was frugal, he even had fun and had a meal. Every time he was short of military expenses, he would have less relief. In order to save money, the emperor laid off the postman at the postman. Unexpectedly, the Shaanxi postman Li Zicheng would replace him today!"

Cao Huachun also sighed: "Your Majesty makes sense. If the emperor had made a slight improvement in the year, and if the emperor had not reduced the cost, he would have cut off the postmen at the postmen! If the postmen at the postmen were not cut off, Li Zicheng would not have rebelled. If it weren't for Li Zicheng's great talent and strategy, the bandits would have been destroyed long ago, so how could they come today!"

Luo Yangxing was a little resistant to criticizing the emperor, but when it came to layoffs, he couldn't help but say: "The emperor had even cut off the factory guards, but now the strength of the factory guards has been greatly reduced. If the factory guards are stronger, those who collude with the enemy will have to be more careful."

Wang Dehua raised his wine glass, met him from afar, drank another cup, and then said, "The second is to misconception that Yuan Chonghuan had pacified Liao in the five years. It was a big mistake! Not to mention that Sun Chengzong's strategy of repairing the castle was purely a waste of money. Yuan Chonghuan governed the queen of Ji Liao. First, he still repaired the castle and wasted money. Second, he was acquainted with Jiannu and invested in the enemy to indulge the enemy. Third, he killed Mao Wenlong and destroyed the Great Wall by himself. He did not succeed in defeating the situation! The emperor smashed a lot of money, and the Liao affairs became even worse. Yuan Chonghuan talked about war on paper. The emperor should not believe it easily, and he harmed the emperor!"

Cao Huachun nodded: "The emperor had just cut off Wei Zhongxian at that time. The Donglin Party was flattering. The emperor was full of energy. Yuan Chonghuan liked what he liked. The emperor believed this arrogant and arrogant words. Now it was incredible!"

Luo Yangxing drank a glass of wine and said, "The emperor should not believe in Yuan Chonghuan, an arrogant scholar, but now it seems that everyone's knowledge is not as good as Xiong Tingbi. If he retreated to Shanhaiguan early and restrained Mao Wenlong and North Korea on the eastern front, the vitality of the Ming Dynasty would never be damaged. After shrinking the defense line, it would save money and food and troops, and the bandits would not take advantage of the situation. The strategy of pacifying Liao in this dynasty, the Tianqi Dynasty, laid the root of disaster, and the emperor was incited by an arrogant scholar, and his mind became hot, causing the Liao affairs to become corrupt. Alas!"

Wang Dehua continued: "Thirdly, Yang Sichang's 'must settle the internal affairs first' was good, and the emperor did this strategy at first. However, he had just suppressed Li Zicheng's momentum, and before he could fully settle the internal affairs, the emperor raised 130,000 elite troops to Hong Chengchou, hoping to fight the Qing army. As a result, the defeat of Song Jin was completely too hasty, it was a pity!"

Cao Huachun shook his head: "Sun Chuanting said that he could not transfer the Qin soldiers who encircled and suppressed the bandits, and bluntly said that it was the 'removal of the bandits'. The emperor ignored Sun Chuanting's opposition and insisted on allocating Qin soldiers to Hong Chengchou to fight with the Qing soldiers, which would have lost all the elite Qin soldiers. If he had a little patience, he insisted on going first and waiting for the bandits to be destroyed and the rear was stable, then Huang Taiji was already dead. Then he would have devoted all the troops from the whole country to the Qing soldiers to fight with the Liao soldiers. There might be a time to succeed in pacifying Liao."

Wang Dehua's eyes were a little wet, and he continued: "Fourth, Li Zicheng rose again. The emperor invited Sun Chuanting out of prison, which was originally a very wise move. However, he should not have ignored the new recruits who had not yet been trained and forced Sun Chuanting to respond hastily. If he had defended Tongguan, why would he be so embarrassed today!"

Cao Huachun interjected: "At that time, Zhang Fengxiang, the Minister of War, persuaded the emperor that 'Sun Chuanting is all elite soldiers and generals in the world, and the emperor only has this kind of family title, so he should not be moved easily.' The emperor just refused to listen until he lost all his last family title. Alas!"

Luo Yangxing couldn't help but move and said sadly: "It's also God doesn't bless Daming! Sun Chuanting had already defeated Li Zicheng twice, just waiting to take advantage of the victory, but he saved Li Zicheng for days of storm and rain. Henan has been drought and disasters over the years, but once Li Zicheng was defeated, God even rained heavily. God doesn't bless Daming!"

After hearing this, Wang Dehua choked up and continued, "Fifth, the emperor should not kill Chen Xinjia. If Chen Xinjia is killed, all those who know the inside story will be disheartened. The emperor has lost his responsibility. The ministers have no responsibility. If the ministers kill Chen Xinjia, who is loyal to doing things, no one is afraid of following in the footsteps! Therefore, the ministers are afraid of being punished for the 'move south', and the emperor has no responsibility and cannot make arbitrary decisions, which will lead to a disaster!"

When Cao Huachun heard the sadness, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"If the emperor decides to move south, he may not be able to reorganize the mountains and rivers with the wealth of Jiangnan. In this situation, it is too late to say this, too late!"

Wang Dehua wiped his face, smiled bitterly, and said, "The times created heroes, which made Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng has some advantages. First, he can tolerate, almost completely destroyed the entire army and make a comeback; second, he knows the army, and the battle with the official army becomes stronger and stronger. In today's world, he is worried about internal and external troubles, and does not know that soldiers are not enough to rule the world; third, he is respectful to the wise and the inferior, and is good at winning people's hearts; fourth, he can listen to people's words and have a good understanding of both; fifth, he is not good at women and does not love wealth."

Cao Huachun nodded and continued, "Li Zicheng was beaten by the government army and almost destroyed the entire army. He rose up with 18 cavalry and fought for the world. As Lord Luo said, when he was defeated by Sun Chuanting, he had to help the heavens and block the pursuit army. This is God's will! It cannot be resisted by human power."

Luo Yangxing was stunned when he heard this and said, "As far as he goes, is Li Zicheng really the destiny of heaven?"

Wang Dehua and Cao Huachun looked at each other. If they said that even a few brainless people now concluded that Li Zicheng, the wise and powerful Li Zicheng would naturally replace the unpopular Chongzhen. Chongzhen was stubborn and killed his ministers, wanted to save face, and was in trouble. In this way, how could he compare to Li Zicheng who was expected to be the best, and the spring breeze and rain, and the protection of God!

"Yes, now that the market is circulating, the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted. Li Zicheng is the true emperor, and some even say that the gods descend to the earth to save the people from water and fire. The words of the gods are of course nonsense. However, people's hearts are no longer directed towards the emperor, but towards Li Zicheng. Not to mention that the ministers in the court are planning to be high-ranking officials!" Cao Huachun did not hide it, as well, is there any need to hide it at this time?

"There is no point in resisting now. It is not that we are unfaithful to the emperor. If the emperor moves south, we will naturally follow us firmly, but if we want to sacrifice for the emperor, I will not be able to follow us. We think we are not loyal and wise men, so we have to let the emperor down!" Wang Dehua's words are not a lie. When the disaster comes, most people are like this!

"No wonder the few cannons on the top of the city were all empty cannons, and even Eunuch Wang thought that resistance was meaningless, so how could anyone really defend the city?" Luo Yangxing was a little unscrupulous.

"Mr. Luo doesn't have to do this. Eunuch Wang is also sincere. Lord Luo must have died to repay His Majesty!" Seeing Luo Yang lowering his head dejectedly, Cao Huachun continued: "Is resistance really meaningful? The destiny of heaven has changed, the people's hearts are in chaos, and the soldiers have no desire to fight. There must be brave men under heavy rewards, can we get paid? Do we have to pay for our own money to inspire morale? Even if we want to pay for the money ourselves, what about others, expect others not to destroy the situation! Lord Luo, as you said, resistance is like hitting a stone with an egg, which only increases killing. What's more, Beijing is a majestic city with a majestic palace and a place of victory. Once it is destroyed by war, it will always need to be rebuilt. Isn't it a waste of people and money!"

Cao Huachun's words raised non-resistance to the level of "harmony" and "love the people". Luo Yangxing originally had a three-point resistance, but now that he has lost the generosity of serving the country with death, he has already grown into three-point intention to follow the trend.

"In fact, even if our family and Eunuch Cao are obedient, they will never have any glory. This is the fate of the eunuch! We are reluctant to give up this head. If we surrender to Li Zicheng, we will just live a life of silence! But Lord Luo may have a great future if he surrenders to Li Zicheng." Wang Dehua paused and continued: "From our eyes, I think that even if we can guard Beijing for a long time, we will eventually be unable to escape the disaster of breaking the city. Wu Sangui was ordered to serve the king, and the border was empty. If the Qing soldiers took advantage of the opportunity, wouldn’t it be a fight between cranes and clams, and the fisherman gained benefits! I am bold, our family thinks that Li Zicheng can be a heroic lord of a generation. Since the Qing soldiers outside the pass are eyeing each other, the people are not alive. It is better to offer the city as soon as possible to avoid killing and destroying the city, and let the world return as soon as possible. Li Zicheng only needs to surrender Wu Sangui, so as to face the Qing soldiers calmly, so as to use the power of thunder to clarify the world, and it is a major plan for the world."

"Eunuch Wang's words are shocking, but they are the words of loyalty to the country. We only know not to resist, I am sorry to the emperor. Now, after listening to Eunuch Wang's words, we understand the general trend of the world. What do you think, Lord Luo?" While Cao Huachun admired Wang Dehua, he suddenly realized that he did not have to carry the burden of betrayal too much.

Luo Yangxing sighed and drank it all, saying, "Time! It's the momentum! The words of the king and the emperor seemed to be a big rebellion at first, but when he thought about it carefully, he was enlightened. The emperor's luck was not good, and the weak minister was powerless to turn the world back, so what else did he say!"

There are countless discussions in the capital that judges the situation and the discussions at tea stalls and wine shops. In a variety of tones that conform to the times, the Dashun army, which is known as hundreds of thousands and millions of Beijing soldiers and civilians, conveying collective calls for "co-building harmony". So the soldiers were not bloody and the nine gates were opened, and Beijing announced peaceful liberation.

Legend has it that Li Zicheng only shot an arrow on the city wall in the entire guard battle of Beijing, but this arrow was by no means showing off his strength. It is said that it was also for the sake of "harmony". The general meaning of this arrow is to support the army and love the people, burn and kill the plunderers!

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