Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 19 Li Yan Persuades to Surrender

The musketeers standing behind the parapet lit their matchlocks one after another.

"Stop!" Chongzhen yelled, "You are not allowed to fire the gun."

In any case, there is no harm in getting in touch with the thieves first, maybe they can fool the thieves and let them fight the Mongolian cavalry first?

For my IQ and eloquence,
Chongzhen has always been very confident.

The musketeers extinguished their matchlocks one after another and put down their guns.

Seeing this scene, the riding thief immediately speeded up and came to the trench.

But it stopped when there were about thirty steps left.

Obviously, this riding bandit is also very familiar with the accuracy of the Ming army's firearms, and his safety is still guaranteed thirty steps away.

"Under Li Yan, the right army division of the Dashun army and the general of the central government's pro-military system." The thief shouted loudly, "I have a heartfelt message that I want to listen to, and I invite the emperor to come and meet me."

"You are Li Yan?" Chongzhen stepped forward and said.

It was Li Yan who came here, which surprised Chongzhen, he is a fierce man with all talents in civil and military affairs.

Li Zicheng was a bandit before he got Li Yan's help. He only knew how to run around and rob houses all day long. In just a few months, a separatist regime was established in Henan Province.

When encountering such characters, Chongzhen would of course have to meet for a while.

Wang Chengen and Jin Xuan were worried about Chongzhen's safety, so they quickly protected him from left to right.

"I'm right here." Li Yan cupped his hands on the horse's back and said again, "Li Yan pays homage to the Holy Majesty."

"Excuse me." Chongzhen stretched out his hand to help him up, and said again, "Li Yan, I heard people say that you are also a scholar, and you have learned Chinese. Is this true?"

"True." Li Yan nodded.

He also said: "Now you may as well tell the truth, my original name is Li Xin, I am a native of Hanoi, a scholar at the age of fifteen, a scholar at the age of seventeen, and my master who followed me at the age of nineteen, and then I have today. .”

Chongzhen nodded, and then said: "Since you are also a scholar, and what you read is moral articles and the righteousness of the spring and Autumn period, how can you be willing to degenerate and become a thief?"

Li Yan said: "When the Holy Majesty talks about the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, then he will talk about the Spring and Autumn Period. There is a cloud in the Lu family's Spring and Autumn Period. The world is not ruled by one person, only the virtuous live in it. The Ming Dynasty has enjoyed the country for more than two hundred years. The blessings of the ancestors have been exhausted. Now The world is full of turmoil, and the world is in turmoil. My lord accepts the will of heaven and responds to the hearts of the people. It is God's will to establish this on behalf of the Ming Dynasty."

"Helping my lord accomplish great things, this is an act of obedience to the heavens and the people."

"Where do you come from to say that you are willing to degenerate and bow yourself to being a thief? I do not agree with the words of the Holy One."

Chongzhen almost applauded, thinking that Li Yan's eloquence was just a little bit less than that and he would be [-]-[-] with me.

But Jin Xuan said angrily: "Confucius said to be benevolent, Meng said to get righteousness, you read the book in my Ming Dynasty, the style in it, the one who taught you is my master of Ming Dynasty, and the one who takes you is the official of Daming, here you go It is my court of the Ming Dynasty who provided the opportunity to learn, and you can be regarded as a person who has received the favor of the country. You have received favors but betrayed them. Isn’t it inhumane and unrighteous? Such a villain’s behavior is worthy of age?"

Li Yan smiled and said: "Since this lord has talked about Confucius and Mencius, let's talk about Confucius and Mencius. Mencius has a saying that Junzi Zhize was killed in the fifth generation. It has been twelve years since the Great Ming was handed down by Emperor Gao." In this world, the blessings have already been exhausted, since you all claim to be disciples of Confucius and Mencius, why do you refuse to accept the teachings of the saints?"

"Distorted!" Jin Xuan said, "You are distorting, distorting the words of the saint!"

"It's you who misinterpret it." Li Yan said with a smile, "Qin lost its deer, and the world chased after it. If my generation of scholars only know how to stick to the sage's words and don't know how to change it, then Liu Han Dynasty Qin, Zhao Song Dynasty Zhou, Ming Dynasty Replacing Dayuan should also be resisted by scholars all over the world, how dare you call yourself Hanchen, Songchen and Mingchen?"

Wang Jiayan said in embarrassment: "After the Qin Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty had no way, and the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty did all kinds of perverse actions in the Central Plains. Being replaced by Liu Han, Zhao Song, and my Ming Dynasty is a righteous act in response to the will of heaven and the hearts of the people!"

"Well said!" Li Yan applauded, "Then today, there is no morality, the royal clan is useless to the country but wastes money every day, officials at all levels are incompetent in governing the country but greedy and contemptible, and the military generals in the border town are afraid of building slaves like tigers The common people have done so much harm, so the replacement of such a cruel and corrupt court by the new dynasty is not an act of righteousness in response to the will of heaven and the hearts of the people?"

"Ah? This!" Wang Jiayan was immediately speechless.

Hearing this, Chongzhen resolutely gave up the idea of ​​arguing with Li Yan.

This guy Li Yan is obviously a badass, and arguing with him is a waste of time. It's better to be straightforward with this kind of person, and there is no need to play around.

Chongzhen said: "So what do you want to tell me?"

Li Yan said: "I want to say to the Holy Majesty, Daming is exhausted, and it is the general trend for me, Dashun, to replace Daming. The Holy Majesty's Lianzhang will not get rid of the calamity of swords and soldiers brought to the people and the disaster of extermination of the Zhu family. There will be no more There are no other gains, so I advise the Holy Majesty to follow me back to the capital immediately and abdicate the throne of the emperor to my lord."

"shut up!"

"presumptuous!"

"Shut up nonsense!"

"No reason!"

"How dare Huangkou Ruzi do this!"

Before Li Yan finished speaking, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, Gong Yonggu and other officials were already furious, and Jin Xuan couldn't help but want to shoot Li Yan to death with an arrow.

The Lord worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and the Lord humiliates the ministers to death!
His Majesty was so insulted by the thieves, what a disgrace to these courtiers!
Li Yan turned a blind eye to this, and said: "If the Holy Majesty can take the Zen position, the billions of people in the world will be very lucky, the Zhu family can also be preserved, and the Holy Majesty can also be a rich and idle king. Isn't it better than Suye sighing now?" , Thinking hard, but still can only watch the bleak days of the country's decline day by day?"

I have to say that what Li Yan said still has some truth.

Putting aside the standpoint of the Zhu family, from the standpoint of the nation, it is indeed the best choice for Li Zicheng to be given the Zen seat.

It's a pity that Chongzhen is a time traveler, he knows what kind of guy Li Zicheng is, and he is actually a dou who cannot be supported, and he has been emperor for a total of 42 days.

Giving the throne to Li Zicheng is to give it to Jiannu for nothing.

Therefore, it is impossible to abdicate the throne. In the future, after the bandits are wiped out, Li Zicheng can be considered as the head of the General Post Office. Well, that's it.

At that moment, Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Li Yan, do you really believe that Li Chuang can make things happen?"

Li Yan smiled and said: "My lord, this is no longer something I believe or not, but that my lord has already accomplished something. My Dashun dynasty has already occupied half of China and has a million soldiers! There is half of the south of the Yangtze River, but the civil officials only know how to fight among themselves, and the generals only know how to eat empty wages and drink the blood of soldiers, so they can't last for a few years at all."

Chongzhen nodded and said: "It seems that it is impossible for you to abandon Li Zi and become my servant now."

As if he had heard the funniest joke, Li Yan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is joking, not only now, but it will also be impossible in the future, and it will never be possible. I will never turn my back on the Lord."

Chongzhen said: "Then you go back, you will not betray the Lord, and I will never admit defeat, let history and time prove whether my Ming Dynasty is really exhausted, and whether your Dashun's replacement of Daming is really Shuntian Obedience."

Li Yan said: "I still hope that the Holy One can think carefully, because this is the last chance. Just now, the Mongols have sent a large number of flying cavalry to the northwest, north and northeast. If there is no accident, They should have gone to fetch reinforcements from other troops."

"Once the Mongolian army arrives, our army can only avoid it for the time being."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the Ming army lined up inside the protective wall, and said: "I really don't underestimate the more than a thousand cavalry under the command of the Holy Majesty, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for even half a day, so if the Holy Majesty Walking with me at this time will not only save my life, but also protect the wealth of the Zhu family. I ask the Holy One to see which is more important."

"I still say the same thing." Chongzhen said sarcastically, "I won't admit defeat."

"That's how I bid farewell." Li Yan cupped his hands, reined in his horse, turned and left.

Watching Li Yan walk away, Wang Jiayan suddenly said in a low voice: "My lord, can I take a step to speak?"

Although what Li Yan said just now made people angry, but Wang Jiayan listened to a saying, that is, the Mongols have sent fast horses to rescue soldiers. When the cavalry arrived, their monarchs and ministers would really die, so if they wanted to survive, they had to find a way as soon as possible.

Chongzhen said to Wang Jiayan: "The royal family has no selfish affairs, and there is nothing about my affairs that cannot be said in front of others."

Wang Jiayan said with a dark face: "Since this is the case, I dare to speak out. Due to the wrong judgment of the Holy One, you and my monarch and ministers are trapped in this military desperation. There are no less than four thousand horses from the bandits and Mongolia. It is impossible to break through!"

Chongzhen's face became a little embarrassed, Wang, you speak so directly.

Wang Jiayan turned a blind eye and said: "For the current plan, only the ministers lead the main force to break through to the west or north during the night, as suspicious soldiers to attract thieves and Mongolian cavalry to chase and kill, and then a general will lead a few cavalry to protect the saint. If Yanshan returns to Suncheon, and then goes straight to the south of the Yangtze River day and night in Qiaozhuang, there may still be a glimmer of hope for my Daming."

In fact, Wang Jiayan wanted to say this for a long time, but he just couldn't find the opportunity.

What a surprise, going north to Changping, and then crossing Yanshan Mountain to come to the Chahar Grassland, this is all nonsense.

If they had gone south directly after Chaoyangmen broke the siege, they might have reached Nanzhili by now, so why would they need to walk on thin ice and be precarious now?
(End of this chapter)