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Chapter 384 Dashun wants to inherit the political legacy of the Ming Dynasty

Li Zicheng's emotion was not pretentious.

At his level, he has already realized that the sufferings suffered by people like him in the past few years are not entirely due to Chongzhen, but are related to the entire Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Li Zicheng's family had a very difficult time when he was a child.

It was still the Wanli period, and northern Shaanxi had been experiencing successive famines. However, the government not only refused to provide relief, but also did not reduce taxes at all. Unable to survive at home, he was given to a small local temple to become a monk named Huang Lai Seng.

Being a monk inevitably involves work and suffering, so he made a living by herding sheep for Mr. Ai in the village.

Then he lost his mother when he was a teenager, and his father soon after, leaving him helpless, so he applied to work as a postman at Yinchuan Station.

I thought that becoming a non-staff civil servant in the Ming Dynasty would give me an iron rice bowl, and my life would be easier.

At first, his life was indeed better than before, and he was even able to borrow money to marry a wife. I thought that by relying on the salary from the post station to pay off the debts owed to my wife, I would be able to let my wife have children and live a good life.

Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long. Within two years, Emperor Chongzhen streamlined the post stations (not abolition, but reform of the post station system to improve efficiency and save expenses. Of course, after the policy was adopted, the actual operation of the officials was another story. thing).

Because his relationship was not strong enough and he unfortunately lost his official documents, he was laid off and returned home without a job.

Without a job, the money I borrowed from Ai Juren for my marriage would naturally not be repaid on a monthly basis.

Because he failed to repay his debts, he was sued by the Aiju people to the county government, paraded through the streets, and was about to die in the shackles (standing in the shackles was not a death penalty, but prisoners often couldn't hold on and died as a result).

Fortunately, his nephew Li Guo and several relatives and friends rescued him.

Later, out of anger and other reasons, several people killed the creditor Ai Juren.

Back home, he unexpectedly encountered his wife Han Jin'er committing adultery with Gai Hu, a gangster from the same village! At that time, Gai Hu couldn't catch up, so he killed Han Jin'er in a rage!

There are two lives at stake, one of which is the Juren Master. If he continues to stay in the village, he will definitely be arrested and executed.

So he changed his name to Li Zicheng and fled to Ganzhou to join the army.

Life as a frontier soldier was also hard, but Li Zicheng really didn't want to rebel at that time - the Ming Dynasty was so big, and the Zhu family emperor ruled the world for more than two hundred years, how could it be so easy to overthrow it?

What's more, in the early years, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, had a good reputation among the lower class people.

Unexpectedly, not long after he joined the army, he encountered a slave invader (the first slave invader in the second year of Chongzhen), and his border army was transferred to the capital Qinwang to rescue him.

This is a good thing to have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

As a result, the superiors were already owed two or three months' salary and did not pay anything. Before setting off, they were not even allowed to eat a meal. Food was often withheld on the road, and the soldiers were often hungry.

So when we walked to Yuzhong, some low-level officers launched a mutiny, killed the generals and the local county magistrate, and started the rebellion.

Li Zicheng was coerced at the time, but later he discovered that although rebellion was dangerous, life was much happier than before.

He simply refused to tell the truth.

But at that time, he never imagined that one day, he would be able to lead hundreds of thousands of troops into Beijing, forcing Chongzhen to hang himself on an old tree with a crooked neck. And he, who was once a monk from Huang Lai, a shepherd boy, a soldier at the post station, and a soldier in the frontier army, actually sat on the dragon throne of the Nine Five-Year Plan!

How can it not be emotional?

Naturally, he had deeply hated Chongzhen, but when he conquered Beijing and learned that Chongzhen had hanged himself, he no longer had any hatred for Chongzhen.

As for the three sons of Chongzhen, the oldest Prince Zhu Cixiang is only fourteen years old, Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong is ten years old, and Prince Yong Zhu Cijiong is only nine years old.

The three people were originally arranged by Chongzhen to hide in the palace of Zhou Kui, a national warrior. There was also Zhu Yuyao, a princess of Kunxing who was slashed. The original intention was to let Zhou Kui save the lives of the three of them and try to send them out of the city. Unexpectedly, Zhou Kui was greedy for life and feared death, and refused to recognize his relatives, so he took the initiative to hand over all four of them.

Princess Kunxing was still lying on the bed because she was seriously injured, so she was not called for questioning by Li Zicheng.

After sighing in his heart, Li Zicheng thought of business, so he looked at Zhu Cihong and said: "Although I can spare your lives, I can't raise you in vain, but as long as you are willing to openly surrender to me, Dashun, I can protect you brothers for several lifetimes." Wealth.”

Although Zhu Cixiang was only fourteen years old, he had been influenced by Confucianism for many years. Although he was nervous and frightened at this time, he still frowned and said: "I am the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, how can I surrender? If you want to be killed or beheaded today, please do as you please. It's just me. My brother and sister are still young and ignorant, I hope you can spare their lives."

Li Zicheng sighed after hearing this: "You are a man of character, and so is your father - it's a pity that he doesn't know how to govern the country."

After saying that, Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Come here, take them down and take care of them. No one is allowed to touch them without my order!"

"As ordered!"

Several Dashun guards in the hall responded and took the three brothers away.

Li Zicheng then looked at Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Wang Linchen and other civil servants in the palace.

"Although this Zhu Cixiang is young, he has backbone. If he is forced again, he may really seek death. What do you think we should do next?"

Li Yan looked a little dazed at this time and remained silent for a while.

Niu Jinxing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is easy to handle. All you need is for your Majesty to issue an imperial edict and announce it to the world, conferring Zhu Cihong a virtual title.

In this way, in the eyes of the world, Zhu Cixiang must have surrendered to me. How could he be knighted by His Majesty? "

It turns out that the reason why Li Zicheng wanted Zhu Cihong to publicly surrender was because Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others suggested that Zhu Cihong's identity as the Ming prince could be used to allow Dashun to inherit the Ming Dynasty Zuo, which was the political legacy.

The Ming Dynasty has ruled the world for more than two hundred years and has been raising scholars for more than two hundred years. There must be many people who still yearn for the Ming Dynasty.

Niu Jinxing and others felt that if Dashun could inherit this political legacy, they could win over many gentry and landowners with great ambitions.

On the surface, this is a quite clever strategy, and Li Zicheng thinks so too.

It's a pity that Li Zicheng forgot how he got into Beijing - not the gentry or landlords with Ming dynasty, but the poor people!

Although Li Zicheng had developed some political vision in the past two years, he could not see this at all. None of the civil servants under his command, even those as smart as Li Yan, could not see this.

Naturally, no one reminded Li Zicheng.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng heard Niu Jinxing's words, he burst out laughing and said: "Prime Minister Niu has a brilliant idea. In this case, I can't be stingy anymore. Since he is a Xujue, let's make him the King of Song."

A strange look flashed in Niu Jinxing's eyes at first, and then he praised: "Your Majesty is so generous. When Zhu Cixiang learns about it, he will definitely shed tears of gratitude and thank you for your kindness!"

But Li Yan frowned slightly and hesitated to speak.

Because as long as you are not a fool, you will know that it is ironic that Li Zicheng named Zhu Cihong the king of Song Dynasty.

The Han dynasty before the Ming Dynasty was the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was destroyed by foreigners, but the Ming Dynasty was established by expelling the Tartars. Now Zhu Cixiang was named King of the Song Dynasty by Dashun. Isn't this ironic?

　Second update.

　　Good night~

　　

　

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