Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Facing the secret announced by Yuan Zongdi, everyone was shocked by the insidiousness of the little Lu Mou.

But you have to admit that even a tough and wise person like Li Zicheng can only follow his wishes under such a conspiracy.

This is a conspiracy and cannot be solved. In fact, Li Zicheng had already seen through Lu Mou's intentions at the beginning, but what could he do? In the situation at that time, he could only pinch his nose and do things for Lu Mou. There was no other way.

"Now our King Chuang is in the south and is implementing his plan, but he has not completely eliminated the gentry and royal family. Therefore, I am sure that as long as our King Chuang does not act for the little ghost king, he can completely realize his plan in the south. At that time, he would never send his troops south to fight with King Chuang. Therefore, I assert that within three to five years, we will have a period of development in the south. "

Then he looked at Gu Junen, who was deep in thought: "Master Gu, if the emperor agrees to move the capital to the south, please ask Military Advisor Gu to advise King Chuang to stop killing the rich gentry and be gentle with them. As long as the landowners are not killed. , that little ghost king will never go south to the south of the Yangtze River.

Asking military advisor Gu to advise King Chuang, Jiang, Liu Fangliang, and Li Guo's troops withdrew to the south of the Yangtze River and implemented the good strategy now being implemented by the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. The literati from the south of the Yangtze River were used to help govern the country. According to the methods of the Ming Dynasty, the original battalions of King Chuang were disrupted and reorganized, eliminating the bad and retaining the best, and creating an absolutely strong army. Please Prince Chuang restrain his subordinates and stop forcing people to pay and start collecting land from the people in the same way as the Ming Dynasty, and follow the path that a normal court should take. "

Then he stood up and knelt down to Mrs. Gao: "Queen, Madam. When birds are about to die, their cries are also sad, and when people are about to die, their words are kind. Madam, please advise King Chuang to stay away from Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance. Reuse Military Advisor Gu and reuse him. Jiangnan scribe."

Faced with Yuan Zongdi's lamentation, everyone changed their minds. Mrs. Gao hurriedly walked to him and helped him up with her own hands: "Brother Yuan, why did you say this? Get up quickly."

Yuan Zongdi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I lost Xuanda first, then Shanxi, and then Hao Yaoqi. This time I suggest giving up Shaanxi again. My sins can no longer be forgiven by King Chuang."

The implication is that I gave up the proposal of moving the capital to the northwest, and I was the one who took the blame for the king's disgrace.

"Therefore, I will lead the remaining troops to defend Weinan and buy time for my wife to move the capital to Jiangnan."

"No, no, no, brother Yuan, don't say that. Come with us to the south of the Yangtze River and make contributions to King Chuang."

Yuan Zongdi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Madam, there is no need to persuade. The current King Chuang is no longer the tolerant and tolerant King Chuang he used to be. What's more, there are still two treacherous ministers fighting for power and profit beside King Chuang. What's more, there are two treacherous ministers fighting for power and profit beside King Chuang. Whether it is King Chuang or Niu Song, they have to find someone to bear the responsibility for abandoning the fundamental sins of the northwest. If I go back, I will definitely die. Instead of being humiliated by those two traitorous ministers, why not fight and die here vigorously for our Dashun. Jiangshan can make one last contribution? Madam, I will give you at least three months to ask her to decide to move."

Gao Yigong stood up and said: "There is no need to lose a strong general just for a little time. As long as King Chuang sends a decree to allow the capital to be moved, I will burn the city of Xi'an."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zongdi directly knelt down to Mrs. Gao again: "Madam, Chang'an is an ancient capital for thousands of years. Once it is burned down, we will all be sinners through the ages. I think that when Huang Chao burned Chang'an, it is still hated by history. , we must not follow in his footsteps and leave a lasting infamy.

Furthermore, there are still about 40 people in Chang'an City. Once these people are brought into Jiangnan, they will be our absolute strength to unify Jiangnan. If we burn down their home ancestral temple, they will be resentful of our Dashun, and the gain outweighs the loss. "

Gao Yigong helped him up, with red eyes: "I was reckless. Brother Yuan, talents like you should not be lost. Guard the Weinan gate, I will go."

With tears in his eyes, Yuan Zongdi faced the only brother who was so sincere to him and shook his hand fiercely: "Everyone has his own destiny, and I dare not disobey him. What's more, in the past ten years, I’m tired of fighting and fighting, I’m tired, I don’t want to live like this anymore.”

Everyone in the hall fell silent. The reason for silence was not because Yuan Zongdi was heartbroken, but because of his despair about Dashun's future.

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At this time, Mrs. Gao took out the letter that King Chuang had sent to him some time ago. It could be regarded as an imperial edict, officially ordering the capital to be moved south.

Outside Weinan City, Yuan Zongdi and Lu Mou were sitting opposite each other.

Yuan Zongdi entered the military camp in civilian clothes and asked to see Lu Mou. Lu Mou, who was still happy at the time, walked over to greet him. He sincerely hopes that this true national hero, a versatile general in both civil and military affairs, will surrender to him. When the time comes, he will put him to good use, and at least he will become the commander of his group army.

However, when facing Yuan Zongdi and hearing Yuan Zongdi's request, Lu Mou was speechless.

"I have persuaded my queen to move the capital south and return the entire northwest to you. But this will take at least three months. I need to stick to Weinan to buy time for the capital move."

"I am very pleased that you have decided to move the capital and give up the northwest to me. But I will not let you empty out Xi'an. Not only do I need the northwest, I also need the population of the northwest."

Yuan Zongdi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is the reason why I came to you. I understand your thoughts, and I also understand your plan. For the eternal peace of the people in this world, I do not object to you using the help of our King Chuang to do this. You clear the obstacles. This time, my Dashun country is just hanging on by moving the capital south, and it is impossible to realize its ambition of dividing the river. ""Why?"

"Because since ancient times, only the north has unified the south, and the south has not unified the north. If your ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang had not taken advantage of the soldiers, who had not yet been worn down by the gentle countryside in the south of the Yangtze River, and still had a spirit of determination to retake the north without stopping, At that time, as long as there was a pause of two or three years, Ming's unification of the north could only become a dream. "

Lu Mou expressed a deep understanding of this conclusion.

"And I also understand your ambition. You will never see the empire split, and the battle for reunification will definitely proceed. No matter how hard our family, King Chuang, changes his past and works hard, it can't change your determination. And as long as you leave a few nails in Jiangnan, our Dashun will have no future. "

"What you said makes sense. I hope you will continue to clean up the local wealthy landowners for me. During this period, in order to reduce my pressure to unify the South, I hope your soldiers will continue to degenerate. So I will spend three to five years. I am not planning to attack you. My next goal now is the Manchus. Only after I have solved the Manchus can I unify the south wholeheartedly.

I hope that the war for southern reunification will not bring more tragic harm to our nation. "

"So I don't want to go to the south to continue the war. I took the initiative to ask Ying to stop you in Weinan and buy time to move the capital. Without my decisive decision, Gao Yigong and Gu Junen had already decided to burn down the city of Chang'an. Yes. I used my death in exchange for their promise to empty Chang'an instead of completely destroying it."

Lu Mou silently raised his hand to Yuan Zongdi.

"I don't want to fight anymore, and you don't want your soldiers to suffer heavy losses due to my desperate resistance. So this time I took the risk and came to see you. I am planning to dedicate Weinan to you in three months. You, let’s not let the tragedy of Chang’an’s destruction happen again, and don’t let our soldiers on both sides lose their lives innocently for something meaningless.”

Lu Mou looked at him for a long time: "You took such a big risk to come here and ask me for this. Do you think I will agree?"

Yuan Zongdi smiled calmly and said sincerely: "Although I know that you, a person with a dark mentality, can use the hands of our army to eliminate your huge burden of the royal family, which can be said to be extremely ruthless. But I know even more that you do this. The purpose is to serve the people of the world, and you are a people-loving person, so I believe you will agree with me. "

Lu Mou stood up and said: "It is March 3th now. Before June 15th, I will never attack you, and I will never send troops to stop you from moving the capital south. But the premise is that I will only allow you to transfer the gold and silver in Xi'an City Treasures and supplies, as well as your family members, will be withdrawn from Xi'an. You will never be allowed to destroy any city or take away any northwest people except your family members. This is my bottom line, otherwise I will send out troops. Wu Sangui's cavalry group bypasses Weinan and blocks your way south. Do you agree to my terms? "

Yuan Zong smiled for the first time: "Our Madam Gao is a strange woman. She has the same mind as you. When she came, my Madam Gao had already predicted your conditions, and she authorized me to promise you The conditions and promises will never be violated, but we also have a unique condition.”

"tell me the story."

"That is, if there are any people in Shaanxi who are willing to follow us south, you must not stop them."

Lu Mou smiled and said, "It's going to rain. If my mother wants to get married, let them do whatever they want."

Yuan Zongdi stood up and high-fived Lu Mou: "It's a deal."

A big hand and a small hand clapped three times in succession: "It's a deal."

Mrs. Gao moved the capital, taking with her more than 400,000 people from the northwest. Lu Mou walked into Weinan City on June 15th.

Most of the Weinan garrison followed Mrs. Gao southward.

In the Weinan garrison hall, it was quiet. Yuan Zongdi was sitting on the hall holding his beloved iron whip, and he had died long ago. A generation of famous generals and a generation of heroes have fallen.

Lu Mou ordered to choose a place with excellent scenery next to Huashan Mountain to build a cemetery for a grand burial. He applied to Chongzhen in Beijing and posthumously awarded Yuan Zong the title of Marquis of Zhongyi. Let him enjoy all the sorrow and glory after death.

He gave his wife and children a manor, contracted him a thousand acres of land, and exempted him from service fees, so that his descendants would have no worries about food and clothing.

His eldest son Yuan Kewang was allowed to join the army. Later, he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and made many military exploits, reaching the rank of commander of an army. (End of chapter)