It was Li Laiheng who tried his best to mediate. He put forward opinions to Li Guo, who was in charge of Taiyuan's public security affairs, and Gong Shangshu, who was specifically planning the founding ceremony of the Dashun Dynasty. He believed that according to the etiquette system, although the supervisor was not the emperor, he had represented the dynasty for many generations.
The imperial court exercised partial powers.
Another more critical point is that Li Laiheng and Gong Shangshu mentioned that the King of Qin, in the name of the Zongren Mansion and Zongren Order of the Ming Dynasty, could represent the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and "entrust" Chuangjun to fight for the "murdered" late emperor Chongzhen.
revenge.
In this way, in accordance with the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chuang Army could use the channel of revenge to inherit the Ming Dynasty's imperial lineage.
Originally, King Qin directly proclaimed himself emperor and then abdicated the throne to Li Zicheng, which was also a way to win over the hearts and minds of most people in the old city of Ming Dynasty. However, as mentioned by Li Laiheng, the abdication was not only firmly resisted by King Qin because he was afraid of being settled by the Queen, but also
Because of the ugly farce of concessions in history, the theory of concessions is not suitable for the new political power built from the grasslands like the Chuang Army.
Judging from the final result, Li Zicheng still agreed with Li Laiheng's "righteousness of revenge" in the Spring and Autumn Period. Of course, this was also because of Gong Yan's repeated persuasion. He explained to Li Zicheng in every possible way that he emphasized the "righteousness of revenge" and the "righteousness of winning the country" in the new dynasty.
What kind of role it will play, that is, the so-called "Since ancient times, there is no more righteous country than this dynasty. It is benevolent to raise troops for the people below, save the people from fire and water, and punish the people for their crimes; to avenge the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers above,
To avenge the country and go beyond the left of Liao Dynasty, to raise troops and hold the chieftainship, can be said to be righteous. With both benevolence and righteousness, the country can be upright. There has never been anyone better than this dynasty in ancient times."
These remarks made Li Zichen think a lot.
Sometimes he recalled the past of being severely beaten when he was herding sheep for the Ai family when he was young, sometimes he recalled the difficult years of lurking in Shang Yun after the defeat of Hanshui River, and sometimes he recalled the glorious achievements achieved in the three years since Chongzhen invaded Henan in the thirteenth year.
What I want to think about more is all the things that happened between returning to Guanzhong and relieving the siege of Taiyuan.
He even recalled the past when he recruited Bai Guangen to surrender in Guanzhong. Among all the surrendered generals, Bai Guangen had the highest rank and once commanded Sun Chuanting's train camp. His surrender led to a large number of people, including those who fought in the Han River
Zuo Guangxian, the famous general who defeated Li Zicheng and forced his army to hide in Zhuxi.
In addition to Bai Guangen and Zuo Guangxian, there was also a famous Ming Dynasty frontier general Jiang Yu who originally served as the commander-in-chief of Datong. He showed his full loyalty to the new regime in the Battle of Yanmen. After Li Zicheng rescued Taiyuan, he
Jiang Guan was summoned many times, held banquets, and prepared great gifts.
These old generals of the Ming Dynasty were surrounding Li Zicheng, which made him feel even more complacent and complacent, as if conquering the world was a matter of personal concern.
While the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was being held in Taiyuan, Luo Rucai and Yuan Zongdi, who stayed in Shaanxi, were also stepping up preparations to renovate Li Zicheng's ancestral tomb.
Mizhi had long been renamed "Tianbao County", and a hill outside the county was recently renamed Panlong Mountain. A palace was built for Li Zicheng at the foot of the mountain, with five main halls, five back halls, and ten auxiliary halls on the left and right.
The name of the main hall is Qixiang Hall, and the back hall is called Zhaoqing Palace. In addition, there are two palace gates, a new river crossing, a stone bridge on top, and three stone archways in front.
The ancestral graves previously excavated by Bian Dashou and the scattered bones scattered on the ground were now collected by the local folks, buried in the original graves, and piled on top to form a large tomb. The tombs of Li Zicheng's parents and grandparents are all
It is so large that although the name of the mausoleum has not yet been determined, it has been called "Mountain Mausoleum" by the locals.
A new tomb of 138 feet was built outside the tomb of Li Zicheng's father, Li Shouzhong. There is a Xiang Hall in front of the tomb and an imperial road in front of it. The royal road is 18,927 steps long and there are stone steps at a slightly steeper slope.
, there are four pairs of civil and military stone figures on both sides, two pairs each of stone unicorns, camels, lions, tigers, horses, and sheep, and two stone archways. The "mountain mausoleum" and the palace were proposed by Luo Rucai, who stayed in Xi'an after the rebels entered Xi'an.
Then many civilians and craftsmen were used to repair it.
Although the stone carving craftsmanship of "Shanling" is rough, when viewed from a distance, it looks solemn and majestic, as if it is a royal style.
In a daze, Li Zicheng seemed to see various scenes of the new dynasty in the next few hundred years, but the situation in Li Laiheng's eyes was completely different. He was also worried that a decisive battle between the Chu army and the Qing army was about to break out.
Fang Yiren took a step forward, grabbed Li Laiheng's sleeve, and whispered: "Master...it's begun."
Li Laiheng raised his head. On both sides of Taiyuan Avenue, it was no longer the group of rural amateur players summoned by Liu Tichun, but a group of musicians who belonged to the royal class of the Ming Dynasty specially recruited by the Li government from the palaces of various vassals. Now they were playing together.
Start music.
Woo, woo——
Thousands of warriors standing on the city wall of Taiyuan also blew their horns vigorously, and the sound of drums and horns shook the whole city. Then came the sound of musicians playing beautiful music, including silk, bamboo, and copper bells.
With the sound, gold and jade resounded together, and the whole city seemed to have entered another mysterious atmosphere.
Countless yellow paper towels and small yellow caps were fluttering in the wind. Due to the refraction of the sun, Li Laiheng sometimes had the illusion that even the continuous clouds in the sky were slowly turning into a golden color.
Honglu Temple had not yet been established in Youqian, so the chanting was performed by an official with a loud voice from the Li government. King Qin officially served as the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty and the Zongren Order of the Zongrenfu, preparing to control the national destiny and destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
It was transferred to Li Zicheng, asking him to "revenge" Emperor Chongzhen. After Li Zicheng saluted for the first time, another official who spoke clearly read the article.
This article promotes the great destiny and denounces the Eastern captives for causing harm to the country. It also mentions from a perspective sympathetic to Chongzhen that "the king is not very dark, isolated and blind; the ministers do their best to be private, but they are more loyal than the party."
few".
This edict was of course written by Gong Shangshu. The edict denounced the corruption of the Ming Dynasty court and clearly pointed out that all the wealth in the world fell into the hands of the gentry, princes and eunuchs, but "heavy levies" were taken from the common people, resulting in
"The fat of Lu Zuo has been exhausted". This forced the people to rise up and fight against them. This is the so-called "people have the hatred of dying together".
Then, Li Zicheng announced: "I got up from my cloth and witnessed the haggard figure and the pain of pangs all over my body. I remember that the whole world leads the earth, and I am suffering from poverty; I have endured the changes of water and Yanshan, and the water and fire have not been solved."
In order to win the hearts and minds of the old officials of the Ming Dynasty and attack the traitors and scum of Huang Taiji and Guan Ning and other tribes who surrendered to him, the edict also mentioned the past events of the Eastern captives entering the pass and causing harm to the world, as well as the fact that they killed Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and other loyal officials of the Ming Dynasty and placed them under house arrest.
And finally "forced" Emperor Chongzhen to death.
"Sihao Tian is so poor in benevolence that he causes the people to suffer from disasters."
"What a good article by Gong Shangshu."
Li Laiheng couldn't help but praise Fang Yiren so much. Fang Yiren, who was also proficient in literature, naturally replied with a smile: "Qi Weng has these new enemies in the center. He probably won't have much energy to cause trouble to the palace master in the future."