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After this battle, Donggong gained a lot, and established a "reform through labor camp", which belonged to Chen De's engineering battalion, to make up for the shortage of coolies. .

General Guo Yi was sentenced to death for treason.Such serious crimes don't have to wait for the next autumn to be punished, and they will be punished immediately in the guard camp.Seeing the applause from the surrounding Donggong soldiers, Zhu Cihong believed that beheading and sacrificing flags in ancient times could really boost morale.

Li Zicheng's loss of these 500 people and a general Guoyi is really heartbreaking.However, both Gu Junen and Niu Jinxing advised him to establish a foothold in Xi'an first, and then send troops to solve Yansui Town in the north and Gansu, Ningxia, Xining and other places in the west, and finally calmly oppress the east with a large army and march into Yanjing.

Seeing that his homeland was right in front of him, Li Zicheng also had the idea of ​​returning to his hometown in brocade clothes, and finally declared the founding of the country under the persuasion of the internal proclaiming emperor faction—mainly Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen, Song Xiance and others.With Dashun as the country name, the Ming and Qin palaces as the palace, the ancestors below the great-grandfather were honored as emperors, and the mother Lu's family was the queen mother.He also canonized his wife Gao as the queen and Chen as the imperial concubine.So Xi'an was changed to Xijing, and it was announced that it would be changed to Yuan Yongchang next year.

Although I arrived in Xi'an a month later than in the original historical script, everything that should have happened and what should not have happened still followed the habitual surname of history, and there was no delay in changing the year and calendar.

The Dashun regime immediately changed the official system and announced that it would continue to use the Tang Dynasty system.In fact, in the current social form, it is not only unwise but also unrealistic to restore the old system of the Tang and Song Dynasties.Li Zicheng's counselors changed the cabinet to the Tianyou Palace, and set up a university scholar to Pingzhangjun and state affairs. In terms of succession, Niu Jinxing took the post, Song Xiance served as the military adviser, but Gu Junen went to the government to serve as the minister because of his lack of qualifications. .

In order to suppress Gu Junen again, Niu Jinxing set up a central system of six government axes, but when Xiangyang was established, each of the six government axes had only one servant, but now a minister is added as the official of the department, and the assistant is the assistant.Its subordinates were changed from Langzhong to Zhonglang, and the main job was to engage.The Hanlin Academy was changed to the Hongwen Museum, the Sixth Division was the Adviser Doctor, the Yushi was the Direct Instructor, the Shangbao Temple was the Shangqisi, the Taipu Temple was the Yanma Temple, and the Tongzheng Division was the Zhizheng Envoy.

After this toss, the local government also added Jiedu envoys, which were comparable to the governors of the Ming Dynasty.In imitation of the Xunyan censor system, the Xunyan was set up to directly command and envoy.Other roads, prefectures, prefectures, and counties set up defense envoys, imperial envoys, prefects, state herdsmen, county magistrates and other officials, just like the Xiangyang system.

After setting up such a large framework, Li Zicheng naturally faced a problem: the selection of officials.

So Li Zicheng issued an edict to start a course in the spring of the first year of Yongchang.

As a grand ceremony for the country to recruit scholars, it is the most important event for scholars in the world.Zhu Cihong did not participate in the imperial examination in his two lifetimes—there was no imperial examination in the previous life, and there is no need for imperial examination in this life.It is really difficult for him to understand the psychology of scholars in this era, as if all of them suffer from imperial obsessive-compulsive disorder.As long as there are imperial examinations, no matter who organizes them, they can't help but participate.Not only did people want to participate in the camp-occupied area, but even people from other provinces rushed over.

Zhang Xianzhong also held imperial examinations when he was in Wuchang, and even the farce-like imperial examinations were rushed by people.

On the one hand, Li Zicheng prepared politics, and on the other hand, he also let the literati of the Hongwen Museum issue letters everywhere, demanding that the local guards surrender.He also doesn't believe that the whole world can spread the call, and after the call, there will be a large army.This is also because he knows that the Ming court has no army capable of fighting, otherwise he would not dare to disperse the main force in this way.

All of a sudden, the entire northwest land was filled with "Shun" flags flying back and forth, as if the world had been decided.Guards from all over the country scrambled to surrender, lest they fall behind.Even so, given the vastness of the western part of China, it would take several months to completely acquire the western provinces.

Amidst the shouts of surrender, there was still a trace of noise.

Yulinwei, Shaanxi, that is, Yansui Town in Jiubianzhong, did not surrender.

Li Zicheng sent debater Shu Junrui to bring 5 taels of silver to recruit the generals in Yulin, and ordered Li Guo and Liu Fangliang to lead an army of [-] to set off afterwards. If they failed to persuade them to surrender, they would attack by force.After making these arrangements, Li Zicheng built an ancestral grave in Mizhi, killed several villagers who participated in the digging of the grave, changed Yan'an to Tianbao Mansion and Mizhi to Tianbao County, and returned to Xi'an.Gao Jie, who originally fled to Yan'an, had long since fled again, crossing the Yellow River from Jiazhou and entering Shanxi.

Yulin's battle report soon spread to the Prince's army following Gao Jie's rout.

When Li Zicheng captured Yan'an, Wang Ding, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, took his confidant Ding to abandon the city and fled.Daodu Ren of Yulin, Lieutenant General Hui Xian, General Liu Tingjie and others contacted Liju Generals You Shiwei, Wang Shiqin, Wang Shiguo, Hou Shilu, Hou Gongji, Wang Xueshu, and former Yansui General Li Changling. Recruit warriors to defend the city against thieves.

Shu Junrui talked in the city for two whole days, and finally the talk broke down, and the Chuang army began to attack the city.At this time, the equipment of the Chuangjun was better than that of the officers and soldiers, except for building a take-off building and shooting against the guards on the city.He even sent the train seized in Jia County to bombard the city wall with cannons.After seven days and nights of fierce fighting, all the old and weak, women and children in the city fought on the city wall, and finally died in the king's affairs.

"I didn't expect the Yulin Guards to have backbone." Zhu Cihong sighed, "If I knew they were so loyal and brave, I should have issued an order for them to abandon Yulin and come to Shanxi for use."

"Your Highness, even the Holy Majesty would not dare to rush into the matter of abandoning the land." Wu Tong explained: "It is precisely because of these loyal and brave martyrs that my Emperor Ming has the martial arts and martial arts that are not inferior to Tang and Song Dynasties."

Only the backbone of the nation!

Zhu Cihong nodded silently, expressing his agreement.

Sun Chuanting also sighed: "Your Highness, this You Shiwei is really a pity. The three brothers of the You family, Shigong, Shiwei, and Shilu, all have outstanding meritorious service. Especially this You Shiwei, an official from Tianqi Zhongji to Jianchangying General, transferred to guard the Great Wall at Qiangzi Road. In the seventh year of Tianqi, he moved to the mountains and seas to be the deputy general. In the battle of Ningyuan, he followed Mangui to the aid and made great contributions to the east of the city. In the second year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the general officer and guarded Juyong and Changping. Song Wei As the general officer of Shanhaiguan, he accumulated funds to be the governor of the left. In eight years, he went out with the governor Hong Chengchou to hunt for thieves.

"Because Shiwei's subordinates are all strong troops, Hong Chengchou and Xu Laichao were stationed in Yongning and Lushi Mountains to guard the dangers of Lancaochuan and Zhuyangguan in Luonan. Later, when Hong Chengchou entered the pass, the bandits went south to avoid them, and then from Lantian Go to Lu's. Blocked by Shiwei, they can only go back to Shang and Luoshan. The 3000 people of Xu Laichao's troops refused to enter the mountain, making a lot of noise. When the bandits came, Xu Laichao fled to watch the wind, and the whole army died. But You Shiwei stayed on the mountain alone for too long At that time, a great epidemic broke out in the camp, and he lost the battle with the bandits.

"In the tenth year of Chongzhen, it was a pity that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, went to the court and asked for employment. The emperor ordered You Shiwei to serve in Xiangsheng's army. Xiangsheng died in battle, and he was dismissed and returned to his hometown. .”

Zhu Cihong looked at the military newspaper in his hand, and thought to himself: This has just been delivered, and Sun Chuanting must have been unprepared, but he was able to speak so clearly and fluently the general's allusions. This kind of experience and memory is really admirable.

Sun Chuanting immediately mentioned the resumes of several other people mentioned in the military newspaper, such as Wang Shiqin and Shiguo Brothers, who were also veterans of the border town.Wang Shiqin was once the commander of the Shanhai Left Division, and he also fought with Hong Chengchou to suppress bandits, and later returned to his family.Shiguo also acted as the commander-in-chief of Liugou.

Sun Chuanting has been in the army for a long time, and the allusions of these characters are all personal experiences, and it is inevitable to be mixed with personal emotions.

"I just thought that Yansui Town was just a border town with skilled frontier soldiers. I didn't expect Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to have so many Liju old men." Zhu Cihong regretted: "What a mistake!"

Especially You Shiwei, this kind of senior veteran who has defended the Great Wall, conquered Shanhaiguan, defeated Jianlu in Liaodong, and suppressed bandits in the Central Plains... in the hands of Man Gui, Hong Chengchou, and Lu Xiangsheng, the most capable fighters in Ming Dynasty, It is really a loss to the country to die at the hands of Li Chuang!

Wu Tong is not familiar with the military, but he has also heard about You Shiwei and others, and he was moved with emotion.The three of them were talking, when suddenly there was a report from outside the door: "The intruder, Jianxi, has been captured!"

Zhu Cihong was quite surprised: "This is not the first time, why did you report it?"

The soldier blushed and said: "Your Highness Bing, here is a letter that I want to submit to Your Highness."

"Bring in the letter." Zhu Cihong said to the two assistants, "Let's see what Li Zicheng wants to tell me." (To be continued.)