Chapter 238 Isn't it beautiful to enjoy national security and folk music?
After Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin committed regicide, they naturally needed to clean up the scene.
Of course, those eunuchs and imperial guards were of no use, and they had to be killed to frame them. Therefore, both Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing had to fight with weapons until the last moment until they were killed.
Fortunately for Wang Chengen, historically he accompanied Chongzhen to death. When he saw the emperor being killed, he waved a saber with dignity and rushed towards Liu Zongmin like a mad tiger: "Bitch thief! How dare you!
Regicide! None of your nine clans will die a happy death!"
The soldiers from the invading army nearby saw him attacking, and fired a barrage of arrows at him. Wang Chengen was hit by several arrows, with blood spraying from his mouth. He still took two steps forward, but was exhausted. Liu Zongmin backhanded a mace and hit him too.
His forehead was smashed, and he looked as dead as his master.
Wang Chengen didn't kill anyone, so he just gave it away.
Historically, Luo Yangxing surrendered to Li Zicheng and was severely tortured and paid. Later, he paid 30,000 taels of silver to be temporarily exempted from the death penalty and was imprisoned. Later, Dorgon broke into Beijing and released him.
He immediately surrendered to the Tatars.
But in this life, he saw something he shouldn't have seen, and of course he had no chance to surrender. He was forced to become a loyal man and fight to his death.
Hundreds of people were quickly killed, leaving only a few royal relatives.
Liu Zongmin's soldiers found Prince Zhu Cihong in the carriage. After confirming his identity, they did not dare to take action immediately.
Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he heard that the prince had also been taken away and escaped. Although he killed Chongzhen, he still hoped that the prince was a cowardly and ignorant child. He could use his life as bait to force the prince to surrender, which would also facilitate him to completely take over the capital and other places.
The territory within Northern Zhili allowed other Ming armies to surrender.
Because he killed Chongzhen in front of Zhu Cixiang, Li Zicheng didn't expect to open his eyes and tell lies, so he directly used coercion: "You know what crime your family has committed against heaven, so it has lost the world!"
Zhu Cixiang was frightened just now and was a little confused. The sudden change of life and death. How much concentration can a fifteen-year-old boy have?
But after all, he has been a prince for many years, and he still has some backbone. He probably won't survive now, so he retorts indifferently: "How can I know this! Why don't you kill me, a regicide? Today is just a death, how can I be so humble!"
Li Zicheng was a little uncomfortable with being choked like this, but he quickly came to his senses.
Over the years, many Ming officials who were captured by him were determined to fight to the death. It was clear that he had an absolute advantage in terms of force, but the other party refused to obey him.
Therefore, he was not too angry. He just sneered and said: "It seems that you are not afraid of death like your father. Do you want to be alone? You are innocent. If you are willing to surrender, I should spare your life!"
Zhu Cixi turned his head away, but remained silent, his expression was sad, and tears fell uncontrollably.
Li Zicheng was a little impatient, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times. People who knew him well knew that he had murderous intentions.
The other generals, such as Liu Zongmin, did not understand politics at all and did not care about orthodoxy. Even if they knew Li Zicheng and his mentality, they just laughed and watched the fun, wishing that Li Zicheng would order to chop up the prince.
However, Song Xiance had read some books and knew the power of orthodox status. He quickly took the opportunity to grab Li Zicheng and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry! Why bother with a coward! I have my own way to make him surrender.
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Li Zicheng still trusted Song Xiance, so he nodded: "Go and try it!"
As a result, Zhu Cixiang soon saw a half-literate man with a deer head, rat eyes, sharp mouth, and monkey cheeks approaching Li Zicheng. He had the temperament of a fortune teller and threatened him with a smile:
"Your Highness, why are you being so grand? The dead are already dead, and we have to consider the living. You ruled the world with filial piety in the Ming Dynasty. You didn't hesitate to die. Do you not care about the life and death of your mother and your concubines? Don't you care about you?
After my father's death, what about the reputation of his wives and concubines?"
Song Xiance spoke in a soft voice, but these sinister words made Zhu Cixang speechless. The place was eerily quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of war horses snorting and scratching their hooves in the cold winter.
A few seconds later, a scream was heard from the carriage behind Zhu Cihong, followed by the screams of a bunch of women.
"Concubine Yuan Guifei committed suicide!"
Zhu Cixiang became more and more panicked when he heard the noise in the group of carriages behind him. Due to an oversight, he was quickly restrained by Liu Zongmin and removed his sword.
Zhu Cixiang was frightened and angry, and scolded Song Xiance: "Beast! You are a thief, you want to threaten Yu Gubu with a woman's reputation?"
Song Xiance was also a little confused. He originally just wanted to threaten him verbally, but he didn't expect that a woman in the carriage behind would be so fierce and committed suicide. This made him lose a bargaining chip: "This... was not my intention, why is it like this?
Woolen cloth."
A woman's cry could still be heard from the carriage behind: "Sister Hutu! Even if you don't want to offend His Majesty, what's the use of committing suicide at this time?"
After a moment of panic, a young woman finally stood out from the carriage behind her. She put on a temporary curtain hat and opened the curtain. She made the conditions to Li Zicheng, Song Xiance and Zhu Cixi without being humble or overbearing:
"Intruder! I am the late Emperor Tianqi, Queen Yi'an! What you want is not to hold Xun'er hostage and make him obey your mercy. When Wu Sangui King Qin's troops arrive, you can take Xun'er to shake the morale of Wu Sangui's army.
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It turned out that this woman in her thirties was Zhang Yan, the queen of Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was four years older than Chongzhen. When Chongzhen died, his widowed sister-in-law was only thirty-six or seventeen years old, and of course she was still alive.
Historically, Zhang Yan, like Empress Zhou, hanged herself before the Forbidden City was breached. In this life, Chongzhen did not give up the idea of escape. Naturally, he would not kill his wife and sister-in-law first, so he took them with him to escape, and ended up like this.
Song Xiance was a little ashamed when he heard that the beautiful woman had discovered his plot. He thought to himself: "I didn't expect that such a knowledgeable woman around Chongzhen could be so calm. The queen and the prince were all panicked people."
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He had no choice but to agree first, admitting that Zhang Yan had seen through his plot.
Zhang Yan snorted coldly and continued to negotiate terms with them: "You rebels will eventually die a happy death! But today I have succeeded, and I won't be able to escape your clutches even if I want to come."
I have something to say. If you are willing to obey, I would like to advise Xun'er to deign to follow you for a while! Otherwise, I, the Ming Dynasty Emperor, will only die if you are dear to me and have the blood of the Tian family!"
Zhang Yan's words were somewhat overreaching. She actually directly decided the life and death of the crown prince with her own words. The way she lived for a period of time in the following period must be said to be too overstepping. If it were normal times, she would definitely be impeached and punished.
But now that she dared to say these words, it was already a dead end, and she couldn't care less about life and death.
After hearing this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but look stern. Song Xiance was even more awe-struck, and couldn't help but bow his knees: "Your Majesty has such knowledge, I will listen attentively."
Li Zicheng frowned and glanced at Song Xiance with disdain, but didn't say anything. This man had never seen the aura of a naturally noble person, so he got used to kneeling for a while.
But who can blame Song Xiance? People who have been in power for a long time really have such a thing as aura.
During the Hou Jing Rebellion in the Southern Liang Dynasty, Hou Jing rushed into the Taicheng Palace and faced Liang Emperor Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan was already an eighty-six-year-old decrepit old man at the time, but he just glanced at Hou Jing.
I couldn't help but feel my legs go weak, and my whole body was covered in sweat. It was obvious that Xiao Yan had been the emperor for nearly fifty years, and he was still the founding emperor, so his aura was extraordinary.
Zhang Yan didn't care about Song Xiance's reaction at all, but simply stated her conditions openly: "You will allow me, Queen Zhou, and other concubines to go to the Tonghui River and throw themselves into the river by bouldering! No salvage is allowed.
Corpse! As long as we wait until there are no bones left, we will not damage the reputation of the late emperor and His Majesty. When the time comes, Xun'er will naturally follow your mercy!"
Zhang Yan thought clearly that committing suicide in the carriage like Concubine Yuan did would not help at all. They were both beautiful women. Even if they died, would these crazy beasts let the bodies go?
To use a common saying from later generations, these beasts will probably take advantage of the heat!
They originally fled from Tongzhou along the Tonghui River. Now it is impossible for them to leave alive. The only way to keep their bodies intact is to throw rocks into the river. Jump into the river, and others will look for them.
There is no way to humiliate someone without a corpse.
Li Zicheng and Song Xiance thought about it for a while, and actually felt that what Zhang Yan said made sense.
Liu Zongmin, the arrogant man next to him, was a little unhappy. He smiled lewdly and said: "Your Majesty, why are you talking to these women? You want me to tell the brothers to have fun first, and then they must stop thinking about death and then die."
Okay! We have been licking blood for so many years, but we have never tasted the emperor’s woman..."
Liu Zongmin was obviously the most intelligent person in the army, otherwise historically he would not have raped Chen Yuanyuan.
Now Chen Yuanyuan is not in the capital at all, and has been taken into the back house by Zhu Shuren for four or five years. Liu Zongmin didn't get anything. He only saw that the two queens of the late emperor were still alive. How could he endure it?
In particular, Chongzhen had just been killed by him. After killing the emperor, he then raped his wife and daughter. I am afraid only Genghis Khan could experience this kind of enjoyment frequently!
He, Liu Zongmin, will have a Genghis Khan addiction today!
Fortunately, Song Xiance must be much calmer than him, and quickly advised Li Zicheng: "General Quan, calm down! Don't ruin the king's important affairs! Where can you find beautiful women? After the two queens drown themselves in the river, the maids next to you will not be yours."
Manipulating?"
Liu Zongmin was already in a state of disbelief. He scratched his neck and yelled: "You sour and sour gossip, I am the one who brought down the world with our swords and arrows! What's the use of you! Chongzhen is dead, so what else do you have to worry about?"
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Liu Zongmin knew very well that he and Li Zicheng were the only ones in the world who had no way of turning back. If the Ming Dynasty really overturned it one day, he and Li Zicheng would both die. Who would let him kill the king with his own hands? And Song Xiance even had a chance to surrender.
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Precisely because he has a clear understanding of his own risks, Liu Zongmin is now the one with the most carpe die mentality. He is drunk today and drunk the next. Even if he encounters an accident in the future, he has enjoyed the emperor's woman before his death and has tasted this kind of treatment.
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A real man deserves his time in this world! That’s enough!
Li Zicheng felt slightly unhappy when he saw his old comrade in such a state, but he was tolerant and endured it. He also knew very well that Liu Zongmin was just a little reckless, but the more he behaved like this, the more he became tied to him.
A grasshopper on a rope cannot betray himself.
The first requirement for the generals under his command is loyalty, betrayal is impossible, and other character flaws can be tolerated.
Li Zicheng personally accompanied the smiling face and persuaded in a low voice: "Why should Zong Min be angry? Mr. Song also made the decision for my Dashun. Now that everything is in vain, it is time to unite!"
You don’t want to watch the world being settled, and your subordinate Pao Ze will still fight with Wu Sangui until the blood is flowing. Being able to force Zhu Cihong to cooperate with Gu will be very useful in ensuring that Wu Sangui is captured!
How can I be stingy when my brothers are short of women? After returning to Beijing, I promise to let you choose first among the concubines left in the Chongzhen Palace as long as they don’t commit suicide!"
Li Zicheng personally gave him face like this, and Liu Zongmin's lustful mood, which was drunk now, was somewhat restrained, and the two parties reached a tacit understanding.
After a while, Zhang Yan gathered Queen Zhou and others, as well as Concubine Yuan's body, and Princess Kunxing, who had fainted from fright, into a carriage. She also found a stone for each of them to hold, and the one who fainted would be carried by others.
Tie stones on his belt.
She also ordered her personal maids to drive the carriage to the Tonghui River. Then she asked several unrelated maids to get off the carriage and run for their lives. Some of the maids knelt down and cried and begged, saying that they did not want to be humiliated by the bandit army and would rather die for their lord.
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Zhang Yan was a little moved, so she did not chase her away, and directly let the palace maid who was willing to die for her lord control the direction of the carriage. Zhang Yan pulled out the dagger that Concubine Yuan used when she committed suicide just now, and stabbed the horse directly in the butt.
The horse he was driving neighed sadly, was frightened in pain, and ran wildly. It lost the instinct to avoid the river water, and rushed directly into the river in a panic.
The soldiers of the intruder army tightly sealed the scene and watched these women drowning in the river. They also scanned the river surface repeatedly for a few minutes and confirmed that no living people emerged from the lower reaches of several hundred feet and no corpses re-floated. Only then were they disappointed.
The alert is over.
Liu Zongmin still cursed and muttered a few words, cursing secretly that it was a waste of money, so many stunning beauties were wasted.
Under the guidance of Song Xiance, Li Zicheng turned back to discuss with Zhu Cixiang. Song Xiance helped him and said: "Your Highness, our king has kept his promise and has not damaged the reputation of your father and uncle after his death. You'd better follow us to see Wu Sangui.
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Otherwise, it will make my king very angry. No matter how hard we try, we will launch a large army and try to fish the body out of the river! Whether your father's body can be buried is all within the discretion of His Highness!"
Zhu Cixiang's eyes almost burst into flames, but there was nothing he could do. The other party threatened him with the innocence of his mother's body after his death and whether his father could be buried. How could he not cooperate?
That night, Zhu Cihong was brought into Tongzhou County by Li Zicheng. He stayed overnight in Tongzhou to find out the situation.
Li Zicheng will return to Beijing to deal with other important matters. All the officials in the court are still waiting for him to receive it. Chongzhen's body will also be taken back, falsely claiming that he committed suicide and announced to the world.
Song Xiance, under Li Zicheng's order, compiled a letter and sent it to the Shanhaiguan Army, informing Wu Sangui who was still on the way:
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has committed suicide for his country, and the prince has surrendered to me, Dashun. I ask Wu Junmen to take care of themselves and surrender as soon as possible to respond to the old master. If he surrenders with courtesy and surrenders, he still does not lose his position as a prince. The country is safe and the people are happy. Isn't it wonderful?"
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I thought that I had been having a cold for five or six days and that it was about to pass. The power of Yang should be similar to that of a cold. Who knew that the symptoms of rhinitis and pharyngitis had passed before I had a fever... I didn't follow the routine.
In addition, the reason why I have written this chapter up to this point is... In fact, not a single word of the last word has been saved in the manuscript. There is only an outline, which can still be adjusted.
The purpose of letting those women throw themselves into the river and leave their bodies intact is to see what everyone thinks about whether one or a few of them will be rescued and fished out by Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Mingzhen's reinforcements from Dagukou. Or they can all be drowned.
I haven’t nailed it here yet. If you have any ideas, please spread rumors below this paragraph, or like other people’s rumored opinions. I will make statistics. (Anyway, these women don’t have much role even if they are alive. They only have one or two sentences to explain, especially the queens.
There is definitely no drama. At most, when discussing who should be the new king, the two queens can say a few words and provide some orthodox opinions)