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Qian Weide heard that when the Shun Army first entered the city, they distributed money to the poor people. Unfortunately, he did not know about this at the time and did not know where it was distributed, so naturally he did not benefit.

Even so, Qian Weide still believed that the establishment of the new dynasty would make life easier for a poor man like him.

Unexpectedly, the Shun Army first launched a "pursuit of stolen goods and subsidies" against the nobles and ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the capital - at that time, he had a theatrical attitude toward this matter.

After all, in the past, those Ming Dynasty dignitaries were aloof and enjoyed themselves all day long, regardless of the life and death of ordinary people like them. Even though he considered himself a scholar, he was not less jealous of those powerful lords. When he saw the lords suffering, he naturally felt very comfortable.

He even watched and applauded from the street when a few notorious dignitaries were taken away by the army.

Unexpectedly, Shunjun's "chasing stolen goods to provide payment" soon got out of control, and even robbed the homes of ordinary wealthy households.

Although his family belongs to a poor family, seeing the rich and wealthy households who used to work as helpers being arrested and tortured by the Shun Army at random, and having their property confiscated, it was inevitable that they would be afraid of being harmed.

This gradually out-of-control "chasing stolen goods to support wages" did not last long. Only half a month later, Dashun Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng took Liu Zongmin and other Shun army generals and most of the Shun army to Shanhaiguan to attack those who were unwilling to surrender to Dashun. Wu Sangui.

Not long after, Li Zicheng fled back in embarrassment and ascended the throne again in the capital. Later, Qian Weide found out that the Shun army was defeated by Wu Sangui and Qinglu at Shanhaiguan and wanted to abandon the capital and flee back to Shaanxi. go.

In those one or two days, Qian Weide finally saw the fierce side of Shunjun as thieves in the past - they no longer looked for excuses, but went directly to the homes of some big and wealthy households to rob them; when they encountered people who didn't like them, they also beat and scolded them wantonly. ; There were even a few shun soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to enter people's houses, rape and humiliate women, kill people and steal money.

The various actions of the Shun Army made Qian Weide completely disappointed with the so-called Dashun, and he thought he had seen the true face of these people who claimed to be "official soldiers" after taking over the capital - they were bullying the weak from the beginning to the end, the so-called Weeding out the strong and supporting the weak, not paying for food, and sharing wealth and honor are just deceptive slogans.

Therefore, when Qinglu took control of the capital, Qian Weide became extremely low-key, and did not have any good expectations for Qinglu's rule.

For the sake of safety, he even asked his mother to hide in a dark cellar at home, relying on the dry food and grains he had stored in the past to survive.

The house outside was disguised as an owner's house that had been searched and robbed many times.

As expected, not long after the Qing captives took control of the capital, they also began to loot the remaining people inside and outside the city. The Qing captives were not as picky as the Shun army. Regardless of whether it was a wealthy household, a wealthy household, or an ordinary commoner's home, as long as the house was still intact, they would rush in. Search.

If you see a strong man or woman, you will kidnap him directly; if you don't like the elderly or children, you will kill him directly!

Within a few days, the remaining people in the capital either went into hiding like him, relying on their familiarity with the capital; or they escaped from the city through some channels; as for most of them, they were kidnapped or It's killing!

Therefore, there are actually not many people in the capital today.

In addition, he had experienced two major disasters, when the Shun army and the Qing rebels took over the capital. Even though yesterday he heard troops beating gongs along the street to announce that the Qing army had driven away the Qing rebels and took over the capital, and that Emperor Damei would be arriving today. In the capital, Qian Weide didn't dare to come out in a big way.

Although there were previous rumors in the capital that the Wei army treated the people better than the Shun army - but he had already seen the true face of the Shun army. Who knew whether the true face of the Yi army was like that of the Shun army?

Due to this idea, Qian Weide was not prepared to come out even if the Wei army said that they would give out porridge in the city.

What if it was a trick by the Yi army to lure him out and capture him as a hard laborer?

However, now that he knew that Emperor Dawei was going to enter the capital today, Qian Weide was inevitably curious. He hid in advance on the second floor of a relatively hidden house more than two hundred steps away, and secretly looked through the cracks in the window at the distant street.

His eyesight has been higher than that of ordinary people since he was a child, so even from a distance of more than 200 steps (about a mile), he can still see the scene on the street relatively clearly.

I saw that even though the Yi army was walking in the deserted streets, the team was still extremely organized, surpassing not only the Ming army and the Shun army, but also the Qing army.

Even the cotton armor worn by the Yi army looks much better than that of the Ming army, Shun army, and Qing army. It seems to be more sophisticated - in fact, at this time, the Shun army mostly used Ming army cotton armor. The cotton armor of the Qing army was originally imitated by the Ming army and was very similar. On the other hand, the cotton armor of the Yi army, although it can be seen that the shape is still derived from the cotton armor of the Ming army, but it is less cumbersome and bloated.

Finally, Qian Weide set his sights on the general riding on a tall horse among the Yi army. Although the general's armor did not look much different from other Yi army generals, judging from his position, Qian Weide still had a vague feeling that that person was probably Emperor Damei.

It's a pity that only a side face with a short beard under the chin can be seen.

Just as Qian Weide was sighing secretly, the door on the second floor of this inconspicuous building was suddenly knocked open, and then several extremely agile soldiers of the Yi army rushed in. Before Qian Weide could react, they killed him Press it to the ground!

"Don't move! Be honest!"

Qian Weide was immediately horrified, as if he had fallen into an icy hell. Although he did not believe the rumored good reputation of Wei Jun, under the threat of death, he still held on to one ten thousandth of hope and shouted tremblingly: "Don't Kill me, I am a son of a good family in the capital. I heard that the emperor is coming to the city today, so I took a peek here out of curiosity."

These people are all outstanding soldiers of Shengjie Guard, and they are responsible for the security and defense work when Liu Sheng enters the city today.

There are about 500 steps on the street from Yongding Gate in the outer city to Zhengyang Gate in the inner city. They checked it twice yesterday and this morning. As long as they found the people who were still in this area, they had basically identified them. identity.

Today, the two brigades of victorious soldiers gathered around him to ensure that no one would do anything wrong to Liu Sheng.

Unexpectedly, after a long search, I found a person hiding and peeping here.

Although these Shengjie guards were a little angry, no one violated military discipline. The captain immediately said: "Tie him up first and take him back to verify his identity."

Seeing that Wei Jun did not take action directly, Qian Weide finally breathed a sigh of relief and gained a little trust in Wei Jun, and then he announced his home: "I am Qian Weide, the former owner of the grocery store in Dahuaishufang, and my family also lives there. There are some neighbors hiding over there who can prove my identity for me..."

Several Shengjie guards ignored him.

They are only responsible for arresting people, and the more professional Xunfeng Guards are responsible for interrogations.

Qian Weide did not do anything wrong, he just hid and took a peek. The people below would naturally not alert Liu Sheng until the facts were found out.

But at this time, Liu Sheng was sitting on horseback, looking at the shops on the left and right and the houses in the alleys, but his face was solemn.

He knew that the people of the capital would suffer from Li Zicheng's attack on the capital, but he never imagined that it would become so dilapidated and desolate.

This reminded him of Luoyang at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chang'an at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and Bianliang at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. They were all the largest cities in the world at that time, with millions of people. However, they were all destroyed by repeated wars in the last years of the dynasty, and their prosperity failed. Again, countless people died.

Wasn't this the case in Beijing and Nanjing in the late Ming Dynasty?

As for the history, after the Qing army entered the customs, they occupied the capital, expelled the people from the inner city and even the outer city, and then went on to encircle the land in various places. The disaster caused was probably no worse than the current scene.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng still hated Qinglu even though he came from later generations.

However, for this former capital of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing that the Wei army needs to do now may be to gain the trust of the remaining people and then understand their situation... (End of this chapter)