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Chapter 314: Clear the Court
Just as Wu Sangui began his journey to Luoyang with the dream of becoming the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Feng also left Taiyuan to Li Guo and Fu Shan, and then rode a three-wheeled motorcycle to Xi'an to complete his nominal mission.

Build tombs for Chongzhen and Li Zicheng.

Now Shanxi has in fact been recovered. After Wu Sangui left, Xinzhou and other places surrendered. The gentry who could escape fled, and those who could not escape were robbed by the rebels and the people. After Ajige withdrew his troops, Dang Shousu recovered Lu'an, so except for Yanmen Pass, Shanxi was still under the control of Jiang Ge. Some other mountainous counties had not surrendered yet, and the rest could be said to have been recovered.

The latter is a matter of time.

After all, these places are all in mountainous areas, and it will take some time even if troops are sent to take over.

The road to Jiang Ge's place has already been marked, so it is his own choice whether he leaves or not. But even if he is stupid enough to refuse to surrender, attacking him is not part of Yang Feng's plan this time.

So his Northern Expedition came to a temporary halt, and building the mausoleum was theoretically his most important task.

Of course, time is limited now, and it is war time, so there is no need to waste manpower and money.

Just make do with something similar.

Chongzhen already had a mausoleum for Empress Zhou, but Li Zicheng did not build it seriously for him. He just made do with it, so it would be enough to modify it to meet the emperor's standards. Li Zicheng's mausoleum needed to be built separately, but everyone knew what kind of emperor he was. There was no need to build it according to the standards of a real emperor. It could be smaller. It was already enough face for him to have a royal mausoleum built for him.

Xi'an.

"Aren't the two imperial tombs a little too close?"

Niu Jinxing looked at the location of the imperial tomb chosen by King Yang for Li Zicheng and spoke cautiously.

"This saves money. If it's far away, we have to open up a separate transportation route. What's more, with so many civilians working, living, and eating here, we have to consider two places to provide support. One place like this can solve the problem. Now is wartime, so we should keep everything simple and save as much as possible."

Yang Feng said.

Well, he built the imperial tombs of Li Zicheng and Chongzhen as if they were brothers.

But his explanation is still reasonable.

Niu Jinxing and the others didn't dare to ask any more questions. After all, Chongzhen would have to live next to Li Zicheng even if he died. Are you sure you didn't do this on purpose? All they could do was to say that King Yang was thoughtful. Besides, this was indeed the most cost-effective. After all, building the imperial mausoleum required a large number of civilians and raw materials. If these were divided into two places far apart, the financial resources would definitely be much more than building two at one site. As for Chongzhen facing Li Zicheng next door every day in the imperial mausoleum, it had nothing to do with them. Besides, maybe the two emperors would like it too?
King Yang looked at the busy laborers on the two construction sites with emotion.

He did it on purpose!
Let Chongzhen and Li Zicheng be neighbors forever!

They will never be separated in three lives and three worlds, which can be regarded as letting the two of them suppress each other. King Yang has been somewhat superstitious in recent years. After all, the two majesties should have some resentment towards him. In order to prevent the two of them from causing trouble underground, they might as well be brought together to suppress each other!
"Your Majesty, when will the newly appointed officials from all over the country begin to arrive?"

Niu Jinxing said cautiously.

The imperial court has not yet sent new local officials to Guanzhong, so the current system is still Li Zicheng's. Even the Xi'an court is still retained. Niu Jinxing is the actual person in charge of Li Zicheng's territory as a grand secretary and minister of the Xi'an court.

Similar to the Nanjing court in the past.

Even Qin Wang Li Cijiong still stayed in the Western Capital.

Wang Chengen also sent eunuchs to guard the Western Capital because he was going to bring Chongzhen's coffin here.

He is still on the way.

After all, the transportation of Chongzhen's coffin is also very troublesome, especially it needs to be refrigerated. Fortunately, King Yang provided a magical device that can be refrigerated, but it needs to be powered by solar panels. If you use a few more sets, it can almost be a freezer. So His Majesty the Emperor is lying in a modified freezer, using solar panels to keep it frozen all the way, and transporting it from Shandong to here. It has now arrived in Nanjing, and then the Empress will personally carry the coffin to the Western Capital for burial. There is no other way, after all, her two younger brothers have just learned to walk and are actually in Xi'an. She has issued an edict to pardon her brother, but her brother was expelled from the Jade Book by her father, so she has no right to change this. At most, she can only let her brother give him some wealth and honor as a commoner.

The prerequisite is to find her brother.

Zhu Cilang disappeared during the Qing army's great defeat in Huaixi. After all, the situation was so chaotic at that time, so it was normal for a few people to go missing.

Anyway, I can't find it.

Several officials from his small court were found, but they didn't know where Zhu Cilang was, and they all ran away. They are still looking for him, but they have not found him yet. But they haven't confirmed that he is dead either. He just disappeared like that.

And Zhu Cixiong became Li Cixiong.

Therefore, she, the eldest daughter of Chongzhen, was the only one left among his children who could preside over her father's funeral.

She will carry the coffin to the west.

It has to be said that even if Chongzhen died, he would have been very miserable. But for the empress, she could either dig out her mother or let her father be miserable. After thinking about it, she decided to let her father be miserable! So Chongzhen had to continue traveling west in the freezer, especially after arriving in Xiangyang, he had to travel by land. How to keep him frozen at that time was still a problem, after all, a bunch of solar panels powered the freezer.

The mountain roads are narrow, so you can't play as freely as on a boat.

Of course, these had nothing to do with Yang Feng. He was responsible for building the mausoleum for Chongzhen.

As for Niu Jinxing...

"Don't think too much. Your Xidu court will not withdraw in the short term, and your original jurisdiction will still be your jurisdiction."

Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, I am just worried that I am not up to the task and have failed the Queen's trust."

Niu Jinxing said quickly.

Of course, this way they can have peace of mind.

In fact, Yang Feng never really thought about restoring the court's direct jurisdiction over this area.

Now Guanzhong, including the northwest that was subordinate to them, is no longer the same as it used to be. The interests of all parties are involved. If the court kicks them out and replaces them with a new group of local officials, it will be really troublesome. Now the guards in Guanzhong are gone. The original military registration has all been changed to civilian registration. Instead, there are camps similar to the prefectures of the fubing system. The camp households and civilian registration are mixed in these camps, and local officials can only manage civilian registration. In fact, it is similar to the guards in the past, but smaller than the guards, and indeed more like the prefectures of the fubing system. Then there are the generals and generals. The generals are in charge of each camp, and the generals control one side and command each general. Including Longyou and northern Shaanxi, these places also have this system, but Guanzhong is Li Zicheng's direct generals, and other places are surrendered official troops. Li Zicheng's imperial camps are concentrated around Xi'an. Some places don't even have civilian registration, so some of the prefectures and counties in the past are only place names.

Not to mention local officials.

For example, Gansu is basically full of battalion soldiers.

Even if the imperial court took over, it would be troublesome to sort out the situation next, and Yang Feng didn't want to cause trouble for himself now.

This system is also very good.

At least it's easy to do big projects.

Wherever there is a big project, just give orders to each battalion to send out young and strong men.

It's all militarized management.

Especially in the northwest, where the land is vast and the population is sparsely populated, the population is basically concentrated in a few river valley oases. The old system of literati and gentry has long been destroyed. Now there are military generals who are equivalent to vassal states and militarized camps. This system is equivalent to restoring the militarization of this area.

The northwest must be militarized. After all, they will have to start with the outside world. In the past, Li Zicheng relied on extorting the south of the Yangtze River and then subsidized them with silver and food. Although the court will not ignore it in the future, it is unlikely to do the same as Li Zicheng, after all, Li Zicheng gave them a lot. Then we can guide them to go out, whether it is to engage in business or to go out to rob. In short, we can encourage them to go out. There are good things outside. Trade with the Western Regions, trade with Mongolia, and even mining salt in Qinghai can bring in a lot of money.

Green salt is a high-end product.

So the Queen's court really doesn't need to interfere with them too much.

They had no ability to fight against the imperial court and were just small vassal states.

"As long as you are loyal to the Queen, everything else is just a small matter. In the past, the civil officials of the court did not manage this area well. In recent years, the military officials have been in charge, and it has not been worse than before. In this case, let's continue like this! The Ming Dynasty is already like this now, we just need to be paperhangers and maintain it. This natural disaster will eventually pass, and everything will be fine after we get through it."

Yang Feng said.

Since he wants to be a paperhanger, everyone will be satisfied.

Then a group of old bandits began to sing praises for King Yang.

Beijing.

Midnight, outside Guangning Gate.

Wu Sangui, who had rushed all the way here from Taiyuan, was looking proudly at the battlefield ahead...

His run was very successful.

In fact, it was not until they left Zijing Pass that local officials reported to the capital. After all, the Qing Dynasty had reached this point, and no one cared about what he did unless it was related to their own interests. He Zhizhou's family was in the capital, and the capital had been ravaged by Yang Feng, Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng, and the Jianlu, and it was already miserable.

Excluding the crops that were brought into the city, only one in ten original residents remained. It is only in the past few years, with the Qing Dynasty making it the capital, that the city has recovered a little.

Therefore, these gentry in the capital are truly grateful to the Qing Dynasty, and they do not want Wu Sangui to destroy their hard-earned peace.

Wu Sangui came to Beijing to plunder.

This isn't the first time this bastard has done something like this.

Of course, He Zhizhou quickly sent someone home. Even if he didn't tell Hauge, he had to tell his family to make preparations as soon as possible.

But if he is not one of the Han local officials in the capital, who would care what he does?
Therefore, no one from Lingqiu, Guangchang and other places along the way reported to the capital. It was not until they passed Zijing Pass that local officials reported to the capital. But by then, it was too late for Haoge to do anything...

He just received the news this morning!
Then Wu Sangui arrived in the evening, with a style quite similar to Dorgon who marched 200 miles to Shanhaiguan in one day.

In the light of countless torches on the city wall, Wu Sangui's elite servants were quickly climbing up the city wall. As for the defenders on the city wall, they were also shooting out in confusion and panic, but most of them were old and weak, and there were even a lot of women, and they were simply unable to stop these powerful soldiers. Although their blocking did cause some losses to the latter, the latter, under the personal supervision of Wu Sangui, still quickly climbed up the city wall, and once they stepped on the city wall, it would be like cutting melons and vegetables.

Completely crushed.

"Damn it, why are there only women? Haoge can't even find men who can fight in the war now?"

A servant on the city wall held down a guard and cursed him.

The latter's helmet fell off, revealing the hair underneath, and it was obvious that she was a woman.

And she was still screaming in terror.

The servant twisted her face, spat in her face in a disgusting way, and then chopped off her head with a knife.

"It's so ugly, just die!"

He also cursed.

Then he roared and rammed into another defender.

The obviously young boy was knocked away by the weight of more than 200 kilograms of armor, and his back hit the parapet, with his back bent at an odd angle. The servant came forward and grabbed his neck, looking at his obviously young face.

"Oh my god, these are the warriors of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. How did the Qing Dynasty become like this?"

The servant howled exaggeratedly.

Then he lifted the Eight Banners warrior with one hand and threw him directly out of the city.

The other servants who climbed up the city wall were also like vicious dogs ravaging a flock of ducks, using various weapons in their hands to kill the Eight Banner warriors on the city wall, but most of the latter were old and young, and there were also women who were already crying. Of course, Wu Sangui's servants didn't care what they were. Not to mention those with weapons, even those without weapons, they would kill them without hesitation, so various weapons fell without hesitation. In a blink of an eye, the city wall was already full of dead bodies, and the subsequent servants continued to climb up the city wall, and some went down to open the city gate. The cavalry who had been waiting outside for a long time swarmed in and rushed forward quickly on the streets of the outer city.

But at this moment, flames spurted out from the walls of Xuanwu Gate.

The shells instantly hit the cavalry.

Of course, this is normal. After all, the outer city wall is not the main line of defense. The inner city is. Wu Sangui did not expect to capture the inner city as easily as the outer city. He still needed more cannon fodder.

Immediately afterwards, the King of Pingxi of the Qing Dynasty rode into Guangning Gate on horseback amid the sound of cannons.

He reached out and took a copper-wrapped trumpet from the servant...

"Listen, people of the capital. Jirgalang has deceived your majesty into abandoning the interior of the country and driving the people of the capital back to Liaodong, making them slaves. I cannot bear to see the people suffer, so I have come to the capital from thousands of miles away to kill Jirgalang and remove the rulers. You must bring your weapons immediately and follow me to open the inner city. You can take all the money and food from the treacherous officials in the city!"

he shouted.

Then he threw the megaphone to the servant.

"What Yang Feng can do, we can do too. Isn't that just being generous to others?"

He sneered haughtily.

At this time, the people in the houses next door who were peeking out looked at each other in bewilderment...

"Quick, come out, open the inner city and rob the money, food and women!"

"Quick, come out and clear out the emperor's entourage!"

……

The servants rushed into the alleys, smashing down the doors on both sides and shouting.

Soon young and strong people poured out. After all, the iron-clad farmers in the inner city were all fat sheep, and they followed the King of Pingxi and rushed in to make a fortune.

(End of this chapter)