In the countryside to the east of the capital, Chen Dalang, an oil seller, squeezed his way forward among the dense crowd, trying to get closer to the road, hoping to see with his own eyes the Tiger Army entering the city.
If you are lucky, you might be able to see Li Zhi, the new king of Daqi.
However, there were so many people on both sides of the road that Chen Dalang couldn't squeeze in. At a glance, he could only see the colorful headscarves in front of him and could not see the situation on the road at all. Chen Dalang moved anxiously from side to side, but could not take a step forward.
The vanguard of the Huben Army had entered the capital the night before yesterday. The process was not complicated. After the guards at Chaoyang Gate heard the news of Wu Qing's defeat, they did not dare to stop the Tianjin soldiers who attacked the city. There were 1,600 Huben troops.
The vanguard easily surrendered the entire capital's garrison and controlled the thirteen external gates of the inner and outer cities of Beijing.
The Forbidden City was immediately controlled by the Tiger Army. That night there were sudden gunshots everywhere in the city. Chen Dalang could not sleep all night. From time to time he heard the footsteps of soldiers on the street. It is said that some people died that night.
People. By daytime yesterday, it was already rumored that Emperor Zhu Youjian had been captured alive.
The Ming Dynasty is over.
Chen Dalang's mood was a little complicated, because he grew up at the foot of the imperial city. He never thought that one day the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would be captured alive by foreign enemies. He never thought that one day the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would be overthrown, and he never thought that he would be overthrown.
Being able to see with your own eyes such a major event as the change of dynasty.
Chen Dalang was vaguely nostalgic for the Ming Dynasty he was familiar with.
But that trace of nostalgia was too insignificant, because no matter how orthodox the Ming Dynasty was, the lives of the people were really miserable. Chen Dalang's heart was more filled with longing for a better future.
Yes, it was not the foreigners who enslaved the Han people who enslaved the Han people who destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but Li Zhi who brought light and civilization to the world.
For the situation of one town and nine provinces, the people in the capital know better than the people in other places. The changes brought by Li Zhi in one town and nine provinces are extremely enviable by the people in the capital. Originally, Tianjin was just a transit port on the Grand Canal, crowded with people.
The impoverished dock workers and the impoverished military households and soldiers. The original Tianjin was a place that was looked down upon by the people in the capital.
However, after Li Zhi ruled for more than 20 years, Tianjin, or one town and nine provinces, has become a paradise-like place.
Everyone has food and clothing, every household has more than enough, officials follow the law, and powerful people do not violate the law. For the first time in one town and nine provinces, the Han people understood what the dignity of life is.
Chen Dalang envied the people of Tianjin. Like other people in the capital, Chen Dalang hoped that he could live a life like the people of Tianjin. But in the capital controlled by civil servants and gentry, this idea was just a fantasy. No matter how the court changed the law, it controlled
The gentry at the grassroots level still have policies from above and countermeasures from below, firmly oppressing the people at the bottom.
But today, everything is over.
The new army of Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was completely annihilated, and the Huben Army took control of the city of Beijing. News on the streets said that Qi King Li Zhi would personally lead an army into the capital. There is no doubt that a new dynasty will be established, and the city of Beijing will be
Like other Chinese lands, it will be ruled by Li Zhi.
For ordinary people like Chen Dalang, being ruled by King Qi meant a prosperous life and the dignity of a straight-backed man.
The slightest bit of reluctance at the demise of the Ming Dynasty was completely insignificant in the face of the bright future that Da Qi was about to bring. Everyone rushed outside the city gate to welcome Li Zhi and this incredible ruler.
The crowds on both sides of the road suddenly burst into cheers. Apparently, troops from one town and nine provinces had arrived.
Chen Dalang really couldn't squeeze to the front of the road, but he was smart and went to the tea shop at the back to find a small shovel. He dug and piled dirt behind the crowd of onlookers, and finally piled up a half-meter-high pile.
He stood on the mound of dirt.
There were many Tianjin secret guards in the crowd, and they were wary when they saw Chen Dalang holding the iron tool. However, after seeing clearly that it was a shovel with no offensive power, the secret guards left.
Although it was more than thirty meters away from the official road, Chen Dalang could clearly see the scene on the road while standing on the mound.
Groups of Tiger Soldiers were walking on the road.
Different from the vicious Ming Dynasty soldiers, these soldiers from one town and nine provinces are real soldiers. They wear black military uniforms, step on Cheng Liang's leather boots, carry new carrying equipment on their backs, and carry beautiful backpacks on their shoulders.
Rifles. The eyes of these soldiers are full of confidence and determination, but there is no trace of tyranny and contempt for the people.
If the Ming army had walked through the official road like this, the people around would have been scared away. However, in front of the Huben army, no Han people would feel the slightest fear. The advanced equipment and the unruly expressions of the soldiers shocked the people.
What it brought was only a sense of security, a sense of security that the people of the Ming Dynasty had never felt before.
Chen Dalang looked at the neatly organized Tiger and Ben troops and admired them. Only such an army can protect the extraordinary territory established by King Qi.
Chen Dalang looked at it, shook his head and sighed, but suddenly he saw a large group of cavalry approaching in front of him.
This group of cavalry were the guards of senior generals and the personal soldiers of the King of Qi. These elite soldiers controlled the speed of their horses and rode on the official road with their heads held high.
Then Chen Dalang saw Zhenbei Bo Zhongfeng riding a big red horse.
Chen Dalang didn't recognize Zhong Feng's banner, but the scholar in front of him knew how to read. The scholar suddenly started to tremble, shrunk, and whispered that Zhenbei Bo Zhong Feng was here, so everyone nearby knew that he was the marshal of King Qi.
One of them arrived. No one dared to make any noise anymore, and they only paid respectful attention to Zhenbei Bo.
The next ones to pass were Ping Dongbo Zheng Kaicheng and Dingxing Bo Li Xing.
After Li Xing passed by, Chen Dalang became a little nervous and stared at the distance of the road.
Sure enough, Chen Dalang saw Li Zhi riding a big brown horse.
Li Zhi did not wear the princely guard of honor given to him by the Ming Dynasty. Now that Li Zhi has gained the world, he is no longer prepared to follow the rules of the Ming Dynasty. As a time traveler, Li Zhi prefers simple guard of honor.
Four strong personal guards were arranged behind him, holding four golden banners with the word "Qi" in them.
Four big flags are enough to show the difference between Li Zhi and others, and more gorgeous ceremonial guards are meaningless.
Li Zhi was riding a horse, looking quietly at the Beijing city wall in front of him, thoughtfully. People around him could not see a trace of joy or excitement on Li Zhi's face, only the awe-inspiring silence.
Li Zhi did not look like a new king who had conquered the Ming Dynasty, but like an administrator who had received a new task. He seemed to be thinking about various things in the new territory.
Chen Dalang was guessing what King Qi was thinking. He was thinking about how to bring the prosperous civilization of one town and nine provinces, even better than the prosperous civilization of one town and nine provinces, to the capital and to the entire Ming Dynasty?
Li Zhi's indifference made the people around him worship the new king who was about to lead the Han people even more.
Wherever the maroon horse went, the people in the capital in shabby clothes knelt down like devout believers. Men, women, old people, children, everyone put their heads on the ground and shouted long live.
The mountains roared and the tsunami roared.
Chen Dalang looked at Li Zhi coming over and seemed to see his own future. He seemed to see himself on Li Zhi's big ship, cultivating hundreds of acres of wheat fields in North America, Oceania or India, leading his five-person team every day.
The two children herded and farmed, living a life that they had never imagined before.
Two lines of hot tears suddenly burst out of Chen Dalang's face. He suddenly knelt on his mound and shouted in unison with the people around him:
