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Chapter 382 The final struggle, the army enters Beijing!

The rest of the people subconsciously felt that someone must be responsible for the fall of Xuanfu, and it was also true that Wu Di had deliberately delayed going to Xuanfu to take office in Beijing, so Zhang Sizhi, Feng Quan and others also followed suit.

"The war in Xuanfu was critical, but Wu Di delayed his stay in the capital. He should indeed be held responsible for the fall of Xuanfu!"

"I am impeaching Wu Di for seeking public benefits for personal gain, using the money given by the court to recruit personal staff and bodyguards, and taking advantage of the opportunity to commit corruption!"

"I think Wu Di should be arrested and imprisoned immediately, interrogated and investigated!"

"···"

Chongzhen also felt that the fall of Xuanfu was mainly due to Wu Di's delay in taking office, which delayed the war opportunity.

There was still anger in his heart that needed to be vented, so he said: "Send the order to the Jin Yiwei to arrest Wu Zong and imprison him immediately, pending trial and punishment!"

Jiang Dejing and Xu Shilin intended to say a few words to plead for Wu Zong, but when they heard that Chongzhen had ordered Wu Zong to be captured, they swallowed their words.

Now that Chongzhen was angry and had already issued an edict, even if they interceded for Wu Di, it would be difficult to have any effect. It would be better to wait for a while before Chongzhen's anger subsides, and then try to beg for mercy.

Of course, the premise is that the Ming court was not finished at that time.

After issuing an order to arrest Wu Di and imprison him, Chongzhen was indeed less angry, but he was even more panicked about the fact that the Shun army was about to invade the capital.

He frowned and glanced at the ministers in the palace and asked, "The intruders are about to attack Juyong Pass. What can you tell me?"

The cabinet ministers and the six ministers looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them spoke for a moment.

Seeing this, Chongzhen actually missed the time when Zhou Yanru was here. At that time, there was at least someone who asked him to ask specific questions.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen looked at Xie Sheng and was about to ask, but saw that Xie Sheng was dozing off and drooling on his clothes.

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment.

I thought to myself, this is too exaggerated. Xie Sheng has only been in Wuying Hall for a long time, and everyone has been talking before. How could he fall asleep? Even if you are sixty-four, you won’t be so mentally depressed, right?

Others followed Chongzhen's gaze and noticed Xie Sheng, who was dozing off.

The person who reacted slowly was naturally as surprised and confused as Chongzhen, but the person who reacted quickly was already cursing in his heart: This old guy is really good at pretending.

At this time, Chongzhen came back to his senses and couldn't help shouting: "Second Assistant?"

Xie Sheng seemed stunned, opened his eyes, wiped his saliva quickly, and said with embarrassment: "I am old and incompetent, and I have caused disgrace in front of you. Please punish me!"

The Ming Dynasty also advocated respecting the old and loving the young. Xie Sheng admitted that he was old and incompetent. How could Chongzhen punish him for this?

Even Chongzhen came to his senses at this time and suspected that Xie Shengfang was pretending on purpose.

But Xie Sheng's behavior clearly meant that he had no intention of serving the government, so Chongzhen concealed his disgust and said: "Since the second assistant is not energetic enough, there is no need to participate in politics here. Let's go home and rest first."

Xie Sheng bowed tremblingly, "Thank you for your grace."

After Xie Sheng left, Chongzhen looked at the others and continued to ask: "What can you teach me?"

The ministers continued to be silent, thinking in their hearts, can't they just pretend to be old and resign now?

Seeing that no one responded, Chongzhen looked at Chen Yan, the most trusted among the cabinet ministers, and asked, "Does the great minister have any countermeasures?"

Chen Yan gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, Tang Tong has been ordered to move to Juyong Pass, right? Perhaps he can be rewarded with a knighthood and ordered to defend Juyong Pass. The court will recruit troops and horses for reinforcements to try to block the intruders at Juyong Pass first." To the north, buy time for the troops of King Qin from all over the world to enter the capital."

Chongzhen said with an ugly face: "It is not a problem to ennoble Tang Tong, but what if he surrenders thieves like Jiang Xiang and Wang Chengyin?

In addition, now that the imperial decree is trapped in Beizhili, with enemies on three sides, where will King Qin's teachers come from? "

Chen Yan and other ministers were silent again.

Because what Chongzhen said is true.

In the current situation, no one can guarantee that Tang Tong will not surrender - if we talk about generous rewards, isn't the court's kindness to Jiang Xiang enough? But hasn’t Jiang Xiang surrendered to hypocrisy?

As for King Qin's division, except for the rural soldiers and brave men from Shuntian Prefecture and surrounding counties, there are no other troops.

However, the land of the capital has long been in ruins due to several invasions by slaves. There are not many people in these places, and there are naturally few local soldiers and local braves. On the contrary, thieves are rampant.

These thieves can only welcome King Chuang, but they will not be the mentor of King Qin of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chongzhen couldn't help but look disappointed, even desperate. Fortunately, at this time, Xu Shilin sighed and said: "Your Majesty, if it really doesn't work, we can only transfer Wu Sangui to King Qin in Beijing.

I heard that Wu Sangui now has between 30,000 and 40,000 elite soldiers, including more than 3,000 elite cavalry.

He could be ordered to leave a general and more than 10,000 troops to guard Shanhaiguan, and transfer the rest of his troops to the capital, King Qin. "

Wu Sangui?

Chongzhen showed hesitation.

First, the Shanhaiguan Pass guarded by the Guan Ning Army led by Wu Sangui was too important and was the main barrier to the establishment of slaves. If the number of troops is small and Jiannu has insight, he will most likely take the opportunity to seize the pass and enter the pass.

Secondly, although Chongzhen felt that he had treated Wu Sangui well before and had been very kind to the Wu family and his in-laws, but with Jiang Xiang and Wang Chengyin in front of them, it was difficult for Chongzhen to fully trust any of the border town generals. .

What if Wu Sangui also wanted to surrender and transfer him to the capital, but Wu Sangui directly captured him and dedicated him to Li Zicheng?

Seeing Chongzhen's hesitant expression, Xu Shilin guessed something and simply continued: "If your majesty has any doubts about Wu Sangui, you should first confer a knighthood and a heavy reward, and order him to lead troops to the capital to protect him. If you agree with him as a prince, you will definitely order him to do so." He is loyal to protect the country!"

Although Chongzhen still had doubts, he felt that there was no better choice except to transfer Guan Ning's army to King Qin.

Then he sighed and said, "That's all. I've drafted an edict to confer Wu Sangui the title of Ping Xibo, and add the title of Governor of the Left and Prince Shaobao. After receiving the imperial edict, Wu Sangui immediately led most of his troops to the capital, Qinwang, in addition to leaving 10,000 people to guard Shanhaiguan." !”

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In the land of the capital, things are changing.

The Xunfengwei spies hiding here quickly sent the news to Ruyang through the channels established in the past one or two years, and then the telecommunications team in Ruyang forwarded the news to Nanjing by telegram.

October 1642, the first year of Qianyuan ().

Nanjing, Forbidden City, Tianxin Palace.

Not long after Liu Sheng received the news that "Xiao Yifu led the Fujian Yi banner to surrender" from the telecommunications team of the First Division, Bai Yu, the leader of the telecommunications team, sent another telegram forwarded from Ruyang.

Liu Sheng couldn't help sighing after reading it, "Tang Tong has indeed surrendered."

He had already received the information that Wang Chengyin of Xuanfu had surrendered, as well as the information that Emperor Chongzhen had sent Wu Gang and Zhou Yanru to supervise the divisions, and also transferred Guan Ning's army to King Qin.

But these things all happened nearly ten days ago.

Therefore, Liu Sheng speculated that if nothing unexpected happened, Wu Sangui would deliberately slow down King Qin's entry into the capital after receiving the imperial edict, as happened in history.

In the end, the city of Beijing will be easily breached by hundreds of thousands of Shun troops.

It can be said that Liu Sheng has recently paid more attention to the situation in the north than the three provinces of Sichuan, Guangdong, and Fujian that the Yi army is attacking.

It's not that Liu Sheng doesn't care about his own affairs, but that the Yi army's attacks on these three provinces are currently going smoothly.

After He Lianyue led the main force of the West Route Army to capture Chengdu, most of the state capitals in Sichuan were determined by propaganda. Only a handful of states and counties, because their chief officials were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and had certain abilities, still carried the banner of Ming Dynasty.

Most of these prefectures and counties have few soldiers and few generals. At most, they are located in remote locations and are inconvenient to attack. It is only a matter of time before they are captured by the Yi army.

In the south, Guangdong and Fujian successively surrendered to Wei under the leadership of their respective governors - the influence of the governor taking the lead in surrendering was greater than that of the Wei army conquering the provincial capital.

Therefore, there were fewer states and counties in these two provinces that remained loyal to the Ming Dynasty and partially surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

On the whole, it can be regarded as being taken over peacefully by Damei.

Now that the war has gone smoothly, the situation will naturally not change much, and it is difficult for Liu Sheng to pay too much attention. The appointment and dismissal of provincial officials and the implementation of governance policies are all step-by-step in accordance with Da'ei's established rules.

On the contrary, in the north, the situation is changing rapidly. It is very similar to the history Liu Sheng knows, but it may change differently at any time.

Therefore, he paid more attention to the situation in the north, and even specifically ordered the North's Xunfeng Guard to send back the latest information as quickly as possible.

A few more days passed, and on October 28th, the Xunfengwei in Beizhili once again sent back important information.

Nine days ago, on October 19th, Li Zicheng led the Shun army to capture the city of Beijing!

　Make an update.

　　Good night~

　　

　

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