When Li Zhi walked to Guangqumen, the east gate of the outer city of the capital, he saw the people of the capital crowding the city walls and gates.
The people in the capital crowded every inch of space on both sides of the road, but left a spacious road in the middle. They looked at Li Zhi, the Duke of Jin, with awe, because the things Li Zhi did this time were too big.
The Tatars, who had plagued the Ming Dynasty for nearly thirty years and left hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty border troops helpless, were actually wiped out by Jin Guogong in one day.
Although the news has reached the capital for a month, the people in the capital are still in shock.
In the past ten years, the Tatars have invaded the capital three times to plunder, and several times they have sent troops to the outskirts of the capital to force martial law in the capital. People still remember the scene in the spring of the 12th year of Chongzhen's reign when the Qing army invaded the capital as if they were in an uninhabited country, attacking the city and seizing territory. I don't know how much there was at that time.
Families were ruined and many people died. At that time, the capital could only see plundered cities and burned-to-black villages. The emperor ordered the soldiers and horses of the world to Qinwang, but none of the soldiers and horses of Qinwang dared to challenge the Qing army. In the end, the governor
Lu Xiangsheng, the leader of the world's soldiers, died in battle.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign, the scene of the capital being ravaged is still before our eyes, but in just six years, the situation has been completely reversed. The Duke of Jin used his own power to fight against the Qing Dynasty, sent his troops northward, and destroyed the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. The people of the Ming Dynasty
, no longer have to live under the fear of the Tatars.
It is true that there are many children of officials and gentry in the capital. These children of officials and gentry are extremely influential in the capital. They hate Li Zhi and spare no effort to slander Li Zhi and incite the people's hatred towards Li Zhi. But the incitement and hatred of the children of officials and gentry are still there.
In the face of the Tatars' hatred of family and country, it is self-evident which one is more important.
When they first heard that Li Zhi had recaptured Shenyang, regained his homeland in Liaodong, and was named the General of the Northern Conquest by the emperor, the people in the capital were already excited and running to tell each other. The fact that he had regained his homeland made the slander of Li Zhi by the officials and gentry seem very weak.
After the army of the Duke of Jin captured Alchuka in the far north and completely destroyed the Jurchens in Jianzhou, the people in the capital fell into a carnival. The Tatars who had entered the fortress countless times to plunder and approach the capital several times were wiped out.
!From then on, the territory of the Ming Dynasty expanded to Alchuka in the far north. From then on, the Ming Dynasty no longer feared the northern barbarians!
Who doesn’t admire the hero who opened up new territories? No matter what the officials and gentry officials said, they couldn’t stop the common people from praising Li Zhi.
The people waited for a month, and finally the general of the Northern Conquest, Li Zhizhi, came to Beijing.
Li Zhi arrived in the capital at Shen time in the afternoon. Li Zhi didn't know that the people outside Guangqu Gate had been waiting here since the morning. People who arrived late had no place, so they went to the road farther away from the city gate to wait.
, in the end, people who came to see Li Zhi filled the area five miles outside the city gate.
There was a huge crowd on both sides of the road, and it was very crowded. But when the people really saw Li Zhi, they all became quiet. In front of this hero who defeated the Hulu, the people no longer crowded and pushed.
There was no longer any loud noise, and everyone bowed down to Li Zhi to express their respect.
Where Li Zhi's guard of honor was, the people on both sides bowed down one by one, leaving a wide road for Li Zhi's cavalry to advance.
However, when the prison car in which Dorgon was imprisoned passed by the people, it caused a stir.
Dorgon was wearing a muddy Manchu dragon robe, his hands were tied, and he was sitting dejectedly in the prison car.
It was the first time that the people saw the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who was still tied up. The people could not help but be filled with pride. How powerful is our Ming Dynasty? No matter what kind of barbarians they are, they will be killed no matter how far away they are! No northern barbarians dare to invade our Ming Dynasty.
One ends well!
When the prison car passed by, the people became excited one by one and pushed forward on tiptoes, trying to get a clear look at Dorgon inside the prison car.
When the excited people saw Dorgon's appearance clearly, they were all extremely ecstatic. Dorgon's tall and thin figure seemed to prove the power of the Qing Dynasty and the greatness of Duke Jin's expedition.
The Tatars ravaged the capital three times. Some people in the capital had relatives who were taken away by the Tatars. Now they knew that their blood feud had been avenged, and they couldn't help but burst into tears. Those relatives were taken away by the Tatars and then treated as packages.
Clothes slaves, unable to eat enough in summer and clothed warmly in winter, are worse than animals and are often tortured to death by the Tatars in a few years. Today, the Duke of Jin captured these despicable Tatar emperors and avenged the blood of the people.
What a joyful event this is?
Among the silent and ecstatic crowd, suddenly an eight or nine-year-old child picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at Dorgon in the prison car.
Dorgon was hit on the shoulder by a stone, his body shook, and he looked helplessly at the child who hit him.
Seeing Dorgon's weak appearance, the cavalrymen who were guarding Dorgon laughed. Seeing the cavalrymen who were holding the prisoner laughing, the people suddenly relaxed and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.
I don’t know which common people took the lead, but the people in the capital began to wave their fists and shout:
"Dong Jin!"
"Dong Jin!"
"Dong Jin!"
Amid the thunderous cheers of the people, Li Zhi entered the capital from Guangqumen with a guard of honor. There were already huge crowds of people on both sides of the road, and the paths and roofs of houses on both sides were full of people. The people saw Li Zhi's
The Duke's honor guard became excited, and they became even more excited when they saw Dorgon in imperial robes in a prison car.
Along the way, the people raised their arms and shouted:
"Dong Jin!"
"Dong Jin!"
The common people waved their arms towards Li Zhi and the soldiers. The scene was so lively that the cavalry following Li Zhi all turned red with excitement. They wanted to wave to the cheering common people, but when they saw
The Duke in front looked like he was lifting his weight with ease, but they didn't dare to make unnecessary moves.
Amid the tsunami-like cheers of the people, Li Zhi passed through Zhengyang Gate and Li Zhengmen and entered the imperial city.
As soon as he entered the imperial city, Li Zhi was suddenly surprised to find that there were thousands of civil and military officials from the capital standing on both sides of the road.
Probably the emperor issued an imperial edict, asking all civil and military officials to go to both sides of the road in the imperial city to welcome Li Zhi in triumph.
The nobles and military attaches in the capital all admired Li Zhi very much. They all led troops. Who has seen such a fierce character like Li Zhi? These nobles and military attaches really admired Li Zhi. They stood on both sides of the road and stared.
His big eyes looked at Li Zhi on the horse, as if he wanted to understand why Li Zhi was so fierce.
The civil servants were very reluctant. They were wearing court uniforms but had serious faces, as if they were doing something helpless.
However, at this time, Li Zhi's contribution was too great, and the emperor issued a strict decree, so the civil servants had to come out to greet him.
Lu Jiude, the supervisor of the Beijing Camp, and several young eunuchs were waiting under the main gate of Li. When he saw Li Zhi, he smiled and said, "We are here to lead the way for the general again!"
He looked Li Zhi up and down a few times and said with a smile: "The general has worked hard on the expedition and is a little thinner than the last time I saw him!"
Lu Jiude was able to supervise the army in the capital camp and was also a popular figure around the emperor. Li Zhi bowed his hand to him and said with a smile: "Thank you, father-in-law!"
Lu Jiude laughed loudly and waved to an eunuch beside him. The eunuch raised a copper hammer and struck a small copper bell hard.
The sound of the bell is melodious and can be heard far away.
When the civil and military officials on both sides of the road heard the sound of the bell, they all bowed and saluted in the direction of Li Zhi. Li Zhi raised his eyes and saw only patches of black hats with "beam crowns" on them.
