Iron blood Suiming

Of course, the exam set by Li Jianguo will no longer test those stereotyped writing and old diction, but will test practice.These words are a bit far.When the tiger camp soldiers knew that Li Kaiguo had decided to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, they were all stunned. They thought that Li Kaiguo would proclaim himself emperor in the future, but they didn't expect this day to come so soon.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." The soldiers of the tiger battalion in Beijing happily conveyed the news, and immediately the whole capital was full of cheers, celebrating Li Jianguo's proclaiming himself emperor.But things are far from that simple. Li Jianguo hastily decided to proclaim himself emperor. Everything is not ready yet, and now he can only speed up the process.

He immediately sent troops to the Forbidden City, and at the same time ordered that the imperial guards in the original capital camp and inner palace, as well as the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei, be temporarily detained.

As soon as this order was issued, the [-] soldiers of the Tiger Camp immediately rushed to the sky, escorting various Ming soldiers, eunuchs, guards, etc. to the designated place and confining them.Fortunately, there are three Taicangs on the side of Xinchengfang, which are just used as gatekeepers.The Beijing camp and the Forbidden Army did not resist, and they all obediently let the soldiers of the Tiger Camp escort them to Taicang.

It's not that there were no soldiers and generals who escaped, but they were all overtaken by the cavalry of the tiger battalion, and the leaders of the soldiers one by one frightened these Ming soldiers who were not much more courageous than rabbits.

I don't know, I don't know, I was shocked when I cleared, and the eunuchs alone cleared more than 1.The eunuchs stationed in the inner palace accounted for more than 7%, and there were 8 eunuchs stationed in Da Nei.Adding in the actual number of [-] guards in the Beijing camp, it is the real number of the so-called hundreds of thousands of Beijing camp, a total of [-] people, all detained in three Taicangs.It is conceivable how much water the Ming army could fight in the Beijing camp, all of which were eaten up by the ministers and generals

At the same time, Li Jianguo urgently ordered Jinan to allocate 20 nurses to Beijing immediately. Along with the urgent order, he also issued an order to hold the enthronement ceremony and the first subject of the examination three months later.

As soon as the news that Emperor Chongzhen was dead and that Li Jianguo was going to proclaim himself emperor came out, the world was boiling.Countless members of the Donglin Party and those loyalists of the Ming Dynasty all jumped out.Or yelling, or crying.Within five days, countless generals and frontier officials threatened to go to Beijing to kill Li Jianguo, rescue the crown prince, and protect Daming.

But seven days later, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun claimed to be the emperor in Luoyang, saying that the crown prince was dead and the Chongzhen Emperor was dead. As the son of Shenzong, he should be enthroned as emperor.Inherit the Great Tomorrow.Now that there is a leader, the kings of all walks of life are shameless. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Only three days later, Lu Wang Zhu Changhao also announced that he would proclaim himself emperor.Zhu Ciyu, the king of Yi, Zhu Hengjia, the king of Jingjiang, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, Zhu Changying, the king of Guiduan... also want to proclaim themselves emperors.All of a sudden, more than a dozen emperors will appear in the world.Ming armies all over the country supported the local kings one after another.Start to accuse other Fan kings of being false emperors, they are the authentic ones.

But whatever.It is not acceptable to have more than ten emperors in the world.So the kings of Tibet communicated for several months.Discussions about seniority, closeness, distance, threats...they were so quarrelsome.In the end, the kings from all walks of life also felt that there was no good way to quarrel. It is better for everyone to sit together and jointly introduce an emperor, who will be bestowed by Empress Yi'an Zhang who lives in Nanjing.Everyone obeys him.

After another month of correspondence, everyone finally reached a consensus that they would gather in Nanjing to discuss the matter.In a blink of an eye, two months have passed.These fan kings quarreled and quarreled, and actually forgot Li Jianguo who occupied the capital.Even the Allied Forces of the Five Provinces kept fighting against the rogues led by Gao, Li, and Zhang, and their food and pay never stopped. Li Kaiguo continuously mobilized military supplies from Shandong to send them.

Originally, the Allied Forces of the Five Provinces was planning not to accept them, but they couldn’t accept them. The soldiers had to eat, and the rogues had to fight. For the governors of the five provinces, they still have a lot of affection for the people and the country, so they accepted Li The military supplies for the founding of the country, but at the same time, they also explained to the envoys that they would not support Li Kaiguo's ascension to proclaim himself emperor.

Li Jianguo didn't mean to really recruit them.He just sent people to tell them that if they surrendered before the day when the bandits were pacified, Li Jianguo would keep them alive, otherwise, they would be beheaded.

Fifteen days after Li Jianguo decided to proclaim himself emperor, 20 guardians arrived in the capital. The world was fighting for orthodoxy, and the coalition forces of the five provinces were entangled with the bandits. Only the soldiers and horses of Liaodong were ready to move, but they also hesitated in their hearts, because behind them, There are also Tartars and Mongols who are deterring, so they are also waiting and watching.

The capital city has become safer during this special period. Of course, this is for the guards and the common people. The original dignitaries, gentry and rich merchants in the capital city will be unlucky for eight lifetimes.For people who have always had the name and reality of honest officials, and gentry and wealthy businessmen who have always had a good reputation and good deeds, they are just frightened.For those corrupt officials, corrupt officials, common people, crafty gentry and wealthy businessmen, life is simply hell.

Li Jianguo ordered a major cleansing in the capital. Anyone who fits the name of bad officials and bad gentry and wealthy businessmen will be killed or shut down, but there is one thing, all family property will be confiscated into the officials.

Every day, the soldiers guarding the police station ransacked the house and put it into the warehouse.Then ransacked the house, put it in the warehouse again, and countless people ran to ask for help, all of which were useless, because no one could disobey Li Jianguo's determined idea.It took only [-] days for the capital to be cleaned up, but the expected days of soaring prices and people's livelihood did not come.

People in the capital found that the abandoned shops had new owners one day after the original owners were unlucky, and all of these people spoke with a Shandong accent.Of course, it was the work of those Shandong gentry and wealthy businessmen who have always supported Li Kaiguo.They are the happiest when Li Jianguo proclaims the emperor, but soon, they will not be too happy, because Li Jianguo decided to impose heavy taxes on them, and the commercial tax is ten to three, and the existing prices are not allowed to rise by one percent. penny.Although this made the Shandong gentry complain endlessly, they were still willing to accept it, because they knew that Li Kaiguo had always said one thing, and if he violated his will, everyone would stop making money and wait for death.

Originally, according to the old rules of the Ming Dynasty, March was also the day of the Imperial College Examination, but now it is April. In fact, the capital has already been full of countless candidates.Although Li Jianguo usurped the throne and caused many die-hard Ming Dynasty disciples to flee the capital, more than [-]% of them chose to stay in the capital.Take the big exam two months later.

Not only that, there are also many farsighted candidates and candidates who want to speculate are also flocking to the capital.Of the 8 people detained in Taicang, the eunuchs only selected 3000 of them, and they had to be well-behaved, upright eunuchs who did not miss the previous dynasty, and filled them into the palace.The Ming army in the Beijing camp held a big exam, and all those who could pass were distributed to the auxiliary soldiers, who were trained by Feng Guoyong and listened to.Dongchang and Jinyiwei were all handed over to Ma Ying, and Li Jianguo no longer worried about them.

The rest who are willing to return to their original places will return to their original places, and those who do not want to return to their original places will be arranged to clean up the capital.Beijing is really dirty.Trash everywhere.Originally, Li Jianguo thought that no one was willing to stay, but who knew that more than [-]% of the people stayed and began to clean up their careers under Li Jianguo's severe punishment.Thanks to the efforts of these people, the capital is almost changing every day.It took a few days to clean up, and then it showed the state of a civilized and clean capital.It's just that the pests, mice, etc. that rely on garbage to survive are in bad luck.The number suddenly dropped by [-]%.

that's all.One month after the change of owner in the capital, it passed peacefully like this.Although some people died, some cried, and some fled, most of the people saw a new dynasty.Although Li Jianguo has not yet held the enthronement ceremony, but in the hearts of the people who have obtained a safe life and benefits.Li Jianguo is already their emperor.

But Li Jianguo, who was in the Forbidden City, was only worried about it.The capital is initially set, and he has to make decisions on all matters, big and small. From morning till night, he never has a moment to spare.Fortunately, he is strong and strong.There are supernatural powers to support it, but it makes sense.As long as the scientific examination is over, it will be much easier.

But those concubines left behind by Emperor Chongzhen wanted to make trouble for him.Since the Forbidden City has been busy dealing with important matters, although the eunuchs and guards have been dealt with, the concubines and maids in the palace have not been dealt with, and they have been living in the original place for a month.The mourning hall of Emperor Chongzhen is located in the Hall of Renzhi. Every day, Empress Zhou brings her concubines and former prince Zhu Cihong, three sons Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cizhao, and the one-year-old Zhu Cihuan to cry. All the women in the Forbidden City are Baixiao.

It may be that Li Jianguo's connivance gave these women courage. Li Jianguo was busy all day and was about to go to bed in Qianqing Palace. Suddenly, the maid he brought from Shandong came in and reported that Empress Zhou was kneeling with a group of concubines. Outside the Qianqing Palace, he asked to see Li Kaiguo.

Only then did Li Jianguo remember that these women have not been dealt with yet.It just so happens that their fate will be decided tonight, and they will be dealt with tomorrow, so an order is sent to let them in.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have many concubines, and only a dozen concubines came in.There are only nine records in later generations, and several titles are unknown, but in fact there are thirteen concubines.Empress Zhou was dressed in filial piety, without any jewelry on her head, not even makeup, but she was extremely pretty.If you want to be pretty, you should be filial, this sentence couldn't be more correct.

Seeing Li Jianguo again, Empress Zhou didn't look directly at her, she slanted down on the ground, and led the concubines to bow down, Li Jianguo didn't sit down, and said lightly: "I'm very busy, if you have anything to do, you can go straight explain."

Empress Zhou said sadly: "The late emperor passed away, and he has been dead for a month. Please send officials from the Ministry of Rituals to make a funeral ceremony. When the late emperor was alive, the state affairs were busy, and there was no mausoleum built. I also ask the emperor to issue an order to build a mausoleum for the late emperor. .”

It is a reasonable request to ask for a decent funeral for Chongzhen. It is nothing to build a mausoleum. Li Jianguo readily agreed, saying: "Although I personally killed Zhu Youjian, I will never let him die in a miserable way. After all, he is still a diligent emperor. Do you have anything else to do?"

When Queen Zhou and the concubines saw Li Jianguo's immediate agreement, they all breathed a sigh of relief.Taking advantage of Li Jianguo's easy talk, Empress Zhou said again: "We are all widows, and it is not appropriate to live in the palace for a long time. Please let the emperor let me become a nun after the late emperor is buried. And the four sons of the late emperor, please also let the emperor Since they are young, let them out of the palace." What matters is the last sentence, the key is whether the four sons of Emperor Chongzhen can be kept, this is the most important thing.

Li Jianguo was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's fine, I'll let you out of the palace. You don't need to just be a nun, I'm not afraid of what you guys do. Mrs. Zhou, I was going to kill you, because you once wanted to murder me. At this time, you have lost your heart and become a widow. You still have a young child to raise, and you have a happy time with me, and I will spare your life. You all remember what I said, and you must never make me angry again. It’s not something you can imagine. Also, you can freely choose where you want to go, whether it’s going back to your natal family, getting married, keeping festivals, or staying in the palace, I will never force you to. I'm going to rest, you all back down."

Empress Zhou was in a cold sweat when she heard that, first she was frightened when she heard that Li Jianguo was going to kill her.Later, I heard that Li Jianguo actually told about the rape between them.urgent.At this time, Li Jianguo said that he could retire, and immediately took his concubines to retreat.It's just that as soon as he left the Qianqing Palace, all the concubines stopped talking, and everyone was silent.

Everyone understood just now that Li Jianguo said that he had a one-night affair with Queen Zhou. 'Happy One Night' is that and that.Originally, when Chongzhen was alive, the concubines were fighting for favor and love, fighting non-stop.Now it turns out that Emperor Chongzhen has just died.Empress Zhou caught up with the new emperor.

It was the two concubines surnamed Wang who usually respected Queen Zhou very much, and now they looked at Queen Zhou with different meanings.Concubine Tian Gui stepped forward reluctantly and said: "Sister, you have worked really hard. It is enough for the late emperor to have our sisters guarding him. Please do your own thing. Sisters, let's go."

Concubine Tian gave an order.All the concubines walked towards the Hall of Renzhi silently.Empress Zhou's face turned pale. She did not expect that this would be the end result.Despondent, she wished she could be killed immediately, but she thought of Zhu Cihong.She became strong again, and then went to the Hall of Renzhi by herself, knelt down at the side, and kept watch for Emperor Chongzhen, ignoring the strange eyes of the other concubines.

Li Jianguo did what he promised. On the second day, officials from the Ministry of Rites came and tried their best to comfort the widows.

Listening to Wei Chuping's excited report, Li Jianguo said, "Your Majesty, I have just checked the silver in the treasury, and now it has been put into the warehouse, including jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and there are about 8000 million taels. But the silver is only about 7000 million taels. Others have to find a way to realize it.”

Li Jianguo nodded, and then said: "Now the official department will be handed over to you first, and you first use a few people to build a shelf. I will soon send troops to pacify Hebei, and the local officials, gentry and landlords in Shandong will be cleaned up. Fan, you send more people to watch and transport all those belongings to Beijing."

Wei Chuping replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. It's just that if we take such a large sum of money from people, it's tantamount to killing their parents, and most of the relatives of these powerful gentry are still alive. If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome." gone."

Li Jianguo smiled faintly and said: "I will promote the enemies or relatives of the people who have been cleaned up to new gentry, but they will lose their privileges. At that time, these people will help us keep a close eye on these people, and there will be no troubles." .By the way, have you prepared the food, grass and weapons that I asked you to prepare? And those craftsmen in the craftsman village, where have you gone?"

Wei Chuping said: "Your Majesty, one day later, the first batch of food and grass will be ready, and the Liao army can start tomorrow. As for the craftsmen, Hai Dongguan has sent a letter, saying that they will arrive in Tianjin Wei in three days. Your Majesty, please send troops to meet him."

Li Kaiguo immediately said: "Send the tiger camp, [-] cavalry, and ensure the safety of the craftsmen. Also, you tell Cheng Yi, don't always stare at Shandong, I will immediately pacify Liaodong, Liaodong The land is very suitable for farming, but the Tartars are all pig heads, wasting the good land, and the grain production there is nearly double that of Shandong."

Wei Chuping was silent for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, Cui Lie hasn't heard from him until now, should we wait for Ma Ying to send someone to investigate before marching?"

Li Jianguo smiled slightly and said: "No need, Cui Lie has reported his progress to me every day, and now he has fought with Huang Taiji to a place only two hundred miles away from Shengjing. In ten days or so, the Tartars will definitely give up. Shengjing, go to their ancestral land."

Wei Chuping was taken aback, and only then did he realize that the emperor in front of him was not a mortal, but a divine man with the ability to receive telegrams.Wei Chuping smiled and said, "The minister can rest assured."

On the second day, Li Jianguo issued an order to order 15 Eagle Camp and [-] Wolf Camp, a total of [-] people, to wipe out the cities of the Ming Army in Liaodong.On the day of departure, Li Kaiguo sent a decree to Liaodong. When the decree arrives, the original Ming army must be prepared to surrender. Anyone who refuses to surrender when the escort arrives will be executed by all the generals in the city. No mercy.

Of course, the Liaodong soldiers and horses scoffed and ignored them at all. Everyone in Chen Bingcheng was going to give the guards a hard time.However, after only one day of displaying the battle strength of the guard, the soldiers and horses of Liaodong were scared out of their wits.Shanhaiguan was the first to bear the brunt. The Shanhaiguan guard refused to open the door when the guards arrived. It took only a quarter of an hour for the guards to break through Shanhaiguan and beheaded 210 former Ming army generals on the spot. Blood flowed all over the floor.

Needless to say about the rest, the 15 guards almost broke through the cities defended by the Ming army at a rate of several cities a day, and the fleeing figures of the Ming army were everywhere on the land of Liaodong. General and governor of Jiliao, governor of Liaodong, etc. all fled, and the 15 guards almost effortlessly broke through all the defenses of Liaodong that the Tartars had not defeated for decades.

The Ming generals killed almost reached more than 600.It’s not that the generals are suddenly not afraid of death and refused to surrender. In fact, once Shanhaiguan was breached, some generals wanted to surrender. It’s a pity that they even wanted to take advantage of surrender, such as negotiating with Li Kaiguo. A little benefit or something. (To be continued..)