Chapter 143 East Division has entered Yanjing City
"There was internal strife in the Ming army, and Sun Baigu died!"
News of Sun Chuanting's death soon spread throughout the north. Li Laiheng, who was deploying the breakout army's southern Hebei defense line in Zhending Mansion, was also extremely shocked when he heard the news.
Judging from the Tang newspaper seized by the Chuang army's detective cavalry, the Ming army generals suddenly set up an ambush to assassinate Sun Chuanting in Huailai. It seems that Wu Sangui and others had definite information about him infiltrating the Chuang army.
After Sun Chuanting was killed, the Ming Dynasty court quickly confirmed the relevant news. A few days later, Emperor Chongzhen also issued an edict to commend the general of the Guan Ning Army who killed Sun Chuanting. He also ordered Wu Sangui, the chief conspirator of Ningyuan Town, to be
Ping Xihou, Shanhaiguan Town Commander-in-Chief Gaodi was Ning Xibo, Shandong Town Commander-in-Chief Liu Zeqing was Ping Dongbo, and other miscellaneous military generals scattered around Beijing, such as Ji Town Commander-in-Chief Tang Tong were also named Dingxibo.
The generals who participated in the Huailai Incident were promoted to nobility one after another. Sun Chuanting's old Qin army of 10,000 people who had stayed in Datong was also attacked by Dorgon at the same time and was surrounded and consolidated by the Qing army.
The main force of the 20,000 Qin army in Huailai was attacked by the Guan Ning army and the Qing army, which had been premeditated. Since most of the Qin army generals and officers had followed Sun Chuanting to Huailai for a banquet, they were brutally massacred during the banquet.
Therefore, when Guan Ning's army launched a sudden attack on the Qin army, the main force of the Qin army of 20,000 troops was quickly defeated without a leader.
After a day of fighting, the Guanning Army, Changping Town and other Beijing troops, together with the Qing troops who had been ambushing the surrounding area in advance, attacked at the same time, completely dividing and surrounding the Qin Army.
The reason why Wu Sangui did not immediately imitate Dorgon and recruit the Qin army was because he knew that his direct troops were weak and was unwilling to face the Qin army's trapped beasts and pay unnecessary unnecessary casualties.
Sure enough, a few days later, Huang Taiji, who had successfully formed an alliance with Guan Ning's army and divided and eliminated the Qin army, finally realized the long-standing dream of the Manchus and led the Qing army's main force of nearly 100,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners in glory and glory.
Among them, under the active welcome of officials from the Ming Dynasty and the public, he entered the city of Beijing as a victor, rescuer and liberator.
Chongzhen was still in his dream, and he didn't know that the imperial court, Beijing, and the world of Ming Dynasty had all lost control and were rapidly falling away from his hands.
When the military, civilians, officials, and gentry in Beijing woke up, the entire city had been occupied by cavalry. Chen Xinjia, the second assistant and minister of the Ministry of War, who controlled the actual power of the Ming Dynasty, suddenly realized that the Qing army had occupied all important places in Beijing.
After waking up, he realized that he had made a big mistake by allowing bandits to invade the country.
But he didn't understand that no matter how weak the Beijing camp defending the city was and how strong the Qing army attacking the city was, the city of Beijing would not be controlled by Huang Taiji while he was still sleeping, right?
It wasn't until he saw Chen Yan, the chief minister and minister Fan Wencheng, who he had ignored, slowly walking into the study together that he finally woke up from a dream:
"Fa Sheng, you still have the job of being the chief assistant of the new dynasty..."
Chen Yan had no expression on his face. Standing next to him, Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Qing Academy of Sciences with a pigtail, smiled and said: "Where did the new dynasty come from? Our two countries are brothers, and now my emperor is dedicated to cleaning up your country.
With a group of treacherous ministers, the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner, and the auxiliary ministers are still auxiliary ministers. How can there be talk of a new dynasty?"
Guang Shiheng, who was following Chen Yan, also hurriedly persuaded: "The imperial court is employing people. As long as the Grand Sima enters the palace and asks the emperor to write an edict to kill Sun Chuanting, the Grand Sima will still be the Grand Sima."
Chen Xinjia did not expect that Guang Shiheng had also colluded with the Qing army. When he heard what Guang Shiheng said about killing Sun Chuanting, he finally understood the reason and sneered:
"So that's it... That's it... It was all my effort that Bai Gu was released from prison. Today, Datong and Yanmen have won two victories. I thought that the country had turned from darkness to light, so I persuaded the emperor to call Bai Gu back to the capital to protect him. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the opposite.
I fell into the plot of you rebels... I was the one who harmed Bai Gu!"
Chen Yan closed his eyes and advised Chen Xinjia: "Now that the matter has come to this, what can we do? The emperor only trusts Sima. As long as he issues an edict, Ming Dynasty can still be a country of brothers of the Qing Dynasty."
"Haha, a country of brothers? Emperor Gao expelled the Tartars and founded the Ming Dynasty, but I tried every means to persuade the emperor to bring the captives into the country. What happened today was all because of my own mistakes. But let me persuade the emperor to be Liu Yanyou, the puppet Qi, and to be a builder.
My dear emperor... you are really dreaming!"
Chen Xinjia and Yang Sichang were intolerant of others and used their talents in wrong ways. But when he realized that it was his national policy of "uniting the captives and suppressing the invaders" that led to the death of Sun Chuanting, he finally realized that he would never do it again.
To establish slaves and help the rulers:
"The emperor is brave and resourceful. The only way for you to control the capital is regicide. After regicide, do you still want to use the Ming Dynasty as a pseudo-Qi to realize your dream of restoring the Jin Kingdom? Don't even think about it! The intruder... Li Zicheng takes possession of it.
The Qin and Jin Dynasties spanned Henan and Chu, and their power was far superior to Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei, and Chai Rong. Whoever controls the world must not be a captive!"
"The rebels will kill me today. I will hang my eyes above the Desheng Gate of the capital. I will watch the incoming troops!"
After saying this, Chen Xinjia grabbed an inkstone next to him and rushed towards Fan Wencheng. Fan Wencheng shook his head, and two Manchu soldiers immediately drew their sabers, grabbed Chen Xinjia, pushed him to the ground and chopped off his head.
Fan Wencheng turned around and said to Chen Yan and Guang Shiheng, who had actively surrendered to the great cause of friendship and support between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Chen Xinjia is dead. From now on, you and other ministers will also be responsible for the government of the Ming Dynasty."
Guang Shiheng immediately said with great joy: "Thank you, Prime Minister!"
Chen Yan frowned and asked: "What a temper the emperor has, I'm afraid he won't cooperate with the Qing Dynasty."
Fan Wencheng snorted coldly and said: "You must control Emperor Chongzhen and not let him seek death. Everyone in the palace must also be arrested. No accidents should happen to the prince or the princess. After Chongzhen was put under house arrest, he immediately issued an edict to Jiangnan and ordered him to
King Lu supervised the country in Nanjing to fight against the intruders, and appointed King Fu as the governor to lead the military affairs in Nanjing and lead the troops in the north of the Yangtze River."
Guang Shiheng was surprised and said: "According to the preface, the emperor will be crowned prince. Both the emperor and the prince are in Beijing. If the ministers who stayed in Nandu heard about the changes in the capital and established a new emperor, according to the preface, Prince Fu must be established."
Fan Wencheng laughed and said: "This is Hong Heng's ninth strategy... The capital immediately sent an edict to Jiangnan by sea, with Lu Fan supervising the country and Fu Fan as the governor. The two vassals are in control. Who dares to claim the throne and proclaim himself emperor? After the Qing army takes Shandong, Jiangnan will
Still mine."
"The prime minister's wonderful plan is to bring peace to the world!"
Fan Wencheng waved his hand: "Drag Chen Xinjia's body out first. There will be many ministers in the capital planning to cause chaos. I need your help in the past few days to help Heng Jiu and I stabilize the situation in the capital."
Chen Yan and Guang Shiheng looked at each other and bowed together: "The Ming and Qing Dynasties are friendly and support Zhongxing. The thieves must be eliminated. Anyone who dares to conspire to cause chaos in the capital should be punished immediately."
"Okay, okay. The Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were originally countries of brothers. After the destruction of the bandits, both of them had high officials and generous salaries. After all, they are countries of brothers. Hahaha."
While Fan Wencheng, Chen Yan, Guang Shiheng and others were finalizing the strategy of imprisoning Chongzhen, the officials and gentry trapped in Beijing gradually became aware of the Qing army's entry into the city.
Soon the news of Sun Chuanting's death also reached Beijing, and then the Eight Banners soldiers surrounded the Forbidden City. Emperor Chongzhen's life or death was uncertain, but new edicts were sent out from the Forbidden City one after another.
Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, some bureaucrats who were keen on official careers immediately approached Chen Yan and Guang Shiheng to inquire about the news. Some bureaucrats who were on the sidelines went to the Yamen to do business as usual, as if the incident in the capital had never happened.
Those who are usually old-fashioned, clever, unfaithful for their literary talents, sharp-tongued, and high-spirited all have their heads lowered and their eyebrows lowered, standing like puppets, allowing the Qing Dynasty to ridicule them without daring to speak out.
The few people who shave their hair and become monks are considered extremely courageous.
But among these tens of thousands of people standing in silence, there are also some upright and strong people. For example, after Fan Jingwen, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, discovered that Qing troops had entered Beijing, he immediately summoned his servants and rushed to the Forbidden Palace in an attempt to rescue Emperor Chongzhen from the palace.
It's just that this group of helpless people were certainly no match for the Qing army, and they were easily killed and scattered by the Eight Banners soldiers. Fan Jingwen, already a sixty-year-old man, was first shot and wounded by the Eight Banners soldiers, and then escaped into Shuanghuang under the protection of his servants.
Ta Si, because he was completely despairing about the state affairs of the court, finally committed suicide by jumping into the ancient well.
There are dozens of cases like Fan Jingwen's in Beijing today, where they organized their own servants, yamen officers, and Beijing camps to resist the Qing army. There were civil servants, royal guards, honorary relatives, eunuchs, and even some without official positions.
An ordinary businessman.
However, their resistance was so fragile, and in terms of total number, they were so few compared to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the noble relatives who had retired with the country.
Finally became a straw that was crushed.
However, there are still undercurrents surging in the city of Beijing. Other gentry officials who are determined not to see Hu Qi control the city are lurking quietly. After this day, in their hearts, the Ming Dynasty has died, and died at the hands of the Donglu...
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They would rather break into Beijing to expel the Tartars than see the barbarians on the streets of Beijing again.
Zhang Jiayu, who was then a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, returned home and quietly wrote a long letter to his old friends Fang Yizhi and Chen Zilong.