Daming wolf ride

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang ordered Zhang Xianzhong to lead people to attack the guarding army of Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, Li Zicheng didn't expect him to bring people to Fengyang City, he couldn't help being surprised and said: "Eighth King, the guarding army of the tomb has been wiped out? "

Zhang Xianzhong laughed loudly on the horse, and said triumphantly: "Then Zhu Guoxiang is not worth it, let's burn the dog emperor's ancestral grave." Then he raised his whip and shouted towards the city: "Dog officer, surrender in Kaesong, we will keep you Live, or when the city breaks down, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"

The city heard that the bandit soldiers had set fire to the imperial mausoleum, and when they saw the fire in the southwest, who would dare to doubt it? In the chaos, some timid officers and soldiers opened the city gate, and the bandit soldiers swarmed in.

Seeing that the situation was over, Wu Zhenying fled back home and led the whole family to hang himself.

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Zhu Guoxiang, the general guarding Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, was a drunkard. When Zhang Xianzhong led the bandit army to kill him, he was still holding a wine jar. When he heard that the bandit army had arrived, he left the wine jar and organized the soldiers to resist in a panic. The bandit army came unexpectedly. Hurry up, the mausoleum guards havetily confronted, where is the opponent of the thief.Some soldiers followed Zhu Guoxiang to break out of the camp. The bandits surrounded them under the command of Zhang Xianzhong. Zhu Guoxiang was unable to break out of the encirclement.Zhu Guoxiang was so brave that he swung his sword and killed more than a dozen bandit soldiers one after another. However, he was finally killed by the bandit army because he was outnumbered. Before he died, he shouted "Kill the bandit, kill the bandit!"

As soon as Zhu Guoxiang died, except for hundreds of officers and soldiers who fled in the chaos, the rest of the officers and soldiers guarding the mausoleum lost their fighting spirit, put down their weapons and knelt down to the bandit soldiers and begged for mercy.

Zhang Xianzhong brought these thousands of mausoleum guards under his command, and then led the bandit soldiers to kill the imperial mausoleum and set fires everywhere. After a while, the imperial mausoleum was engulfed in flames.

In the fire, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to Fengyang again.

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In the yamen of Fengyang Mansion, Yan Rongxuan, the magistrate, is drinking tea and relaxing, accompanied by a maid.There are all kinds of lanterns in the mansion, and the whole mansion sits around to enjoy the lanterns, which is also a peaceful festival.I was playing with my newborn son in my arms, but a panicked guard came to report that there was a bandit army attacking the city.

Yan Rongxuan turned pale with shock, and hurriedly asked the messenger to go to the imperial mausoleum to ask the commander-in-chief Zhu Guoxiang to send troops to suppress the bandits.Unexpectedly, after the officer hesitated for a while, he turned around and ran away without turning his head. Yan Rongxuan was startled, but before he could react, the gang of sycophants who had surrounded him earlier also ran away.

All the female family members in the mansion panicked, Yan Rongxuan also lost the regulations, took off his official robes in a hurry, and escaped from the mansion without caring about his wife and children.The street is chaotic, there are panicked crowds everywhere, Yan Rongxuan ran with the crowd for a while and suddenly stopped, thinking that I can't run with these rioters, I have to find a place to hide, um, yes, hide in the prison After the thieves came in, they would definitely open the prison and release them. I happened to be among the prisoners and escaped in the chaos.

The magistrate Yan Rongxuan, who was eager to get wise, rushed into the prison immediately, got the key from the porter, entered a cell, opened the cell door and hid among the prisoners. Hiding in prison.

Yan Rongxuan's guess was right, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng ordered people to release the prisoners in the prison immediately after they broke Fengyang, Yan Rongxuan followed the prisoners and wanted to sneak out, but was pointed out by several prisoners at the prison door.

A prisoner grabbed Yan Rongxuan and shouted at the bandit soldiers: "This guy is Yan Rongxuan, the magistrate of Fengyang, he is not a prisoner!"

Several other prisoners also echoed: "That's right, he is Yan Rongxuan, the prefect of Fengyang, not a prisoner!"

A small leader of the bandit army looked at Yan Rongxuan up and down, and couldn't help laughing: "You look like a prisoner with thin skin and tender flesh, go, take me away, and go to the leader!" After finishing speaking, the two bandit soldiers left On the right, Yan Rongxuan was erected.

Seeing the majestic magistrate begging for mercy in the past, the prisoners laughed and joined the bandit army with cheers.

Hearing that the magistrate of Fengyang was captured alive, Zhang Xianzhong didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked someone to drag him out and beat him to death with sticks.

After Gao Yingxiang and other thieves first entered Fengyang, in addition to sending people to dig the imperial tomb, they also ordered people to burn down the Longxing Temple where Emperor Taizu became a monk when he was a boy, and also shot "Gu Yuan Zhenlong" The banner of the "Emperor" suddenly became overwhelming and the world was shaken.

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Thousands of miles away in the capital, the young emperor is summoning the talented Liu Zongzhou in the Wenhua Hall, and the chief assistant Wen Ti is also waiting for inquiries in the hall.

After Liu Zongzhou went to the palace to salute, Chongzhen took a look at Wen Tiren, and asked Liu Zongzhou directly: "Liu Aiqing, I heard from the cabinet officials that you are very knowledgeable. I came to ask you. Now that there are constant internal and external troubles, I really want to hear Liu Aiqing talk about using troops. The way." After speaking, he looked at Liu Zongzhou expectantly.

Liu Zongzhou, just Jin Zuodu censor, is quite talented and famous, and he is also very proud. Hearing the emperor's advice, he immediately expressed his ambition, and said vigorously: "Returning to the emperor, the ministers think that the stability of the country lies in the improvement of the government, and the improvement of the internal affairs. People from far away obeyed themselves. In ancient Shun’s time, there was a rebellion by the Miao people, and Shun practiced rituals and danced to sacrifice to heaven, and the Miao people naturalized themselves is an example.”

After hearing this, Chongzhen smiled, noncommittal, and only asked Wen Tiren: "Mr. Ge, what do you say?"

Wen Tiren did not answer Chongzhen, but instead said: "Your Majesty, I think you need firearms to deal with bandits. The Westerner Tang Ruowang knows that firearms are worse than letting him come to see the Emperor."

Wen Tiren didn't support him, instead he said something about firearms, and even asked Tang Ruowang, a Westerner, to go to the palace. The way to use soldiers is the benevolence and righteousness of Tang and Wu, followed by Huanwen's temperance, and the following are all irrelevant. Do not rely on people, but rely on the state's prestige, so the day is over. Tang Ruowang's advocacy of heresy and confusion of the way is no longer tolerated in the age of Yao and Shun. Today And as a clever trick to deceive the emperor's heart, the crime is beyond reproach, I beg the emperor to release Tang Ruowang to return the country to the heresy forever!"

Chongzhen's attitude was the same as Wen Tiren's, he said: "Liu Aiqing's principle is correct, but firearms still have to be used."

Seeing that the emperor did not listen to his opinion, Liu Zongzhou said anxiously: "I think that firearms will not be beneficial to success or failure in the end. The emperor should push back the original disaster and change course instead of using firearms as a remedy. I think that the government It’s about using good people, civil servants don’t love money and military generals don’t fear death.”

After Chongzhen heard this, he sighed secretly in his heart, but smiled on his face: "I have heard all your claims, Liu Aiqing, you go down first!"

"Your Majesty..." Liu Zongzhou wanted to say something more, but seeing that Chongzhen didn't look at him at all, he couldn't help being greatly disappointed, and forced himself to retreat out of disappointment.When I got outside the hall and was blown by the cold wind, I thought to myself that the emperor is young and doesn't know how to govern the country, but he still knows how to ask me for advice, which is good.

After Liu Zongzhou retired, Chongzhen Fang said: "Old Man Ge, what do you think of Liu Zongzhou's words?"

Wen Tiren shook his head: "Back to the emperor, I thought that Liu Zongzhou had more than enough Neo-Confucianism but not enough talent. He likes to use the past to slander the emperor's shortcomings and highlight his own strengths. This is not what a courtier should do."

"It is important to listen to the principles, but what is more important is how to solve practical problems. I have observed Liu Zongzhou for many years, but he was defeated by others because he has some contacts. It seems inappropriate for me to reuse him."

"Emperor Shengming."

"You have heard what Wen Aiqing and Liu Zongzhou said. When the country is employing people, I thought Liu Zongzhou was knowledgeable but stupid. Isn't it a joke that dancing and dancing can solve the problem when the country is employing people? This kind of person can only be a censor. That's it."

Wen Tiren smiled: "Liu Zongzhou has a name but no real truth, the emperor is wise!"

"I have been selecting talents for the country. There are hundreds of officials in the court, but there are very few talents who can govern the country."

The two monarchs and ministers discussed again about the selection of talents, but the supervisor of ceremonies received a document from Liubai Li to speed up.

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The eunuch Wang Dehua, who was in charge of the official seal, got the emergency documents from Liubaili, Fengyang was trapped, and the ancestral mausoleum was burned. He stumbled and trot all the way, terrified, ignoring the greetings from Ma Yuancheng, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, and Wei Qinghui, the maid in charge of the palace. , thinking how angry the emperor would be if he found out.The treatment received for reporting good news to the emperor and reporting worries to the emperor are two different things. Wang Dehua didn't want to report to the emperor himself, but the matter was so important that he had to bite the bullet and go to the palace to report.

After entering the palace, I saw that the emperor was discussing state affairs with the chief assistant, thinking that he was talking about something happy, all the monarchs and ministers had smiles on their faces.Seeing this, Wang Dehua was even more disturbed. He didn't dare to report it directly, but handed the six-hundred-mile urgent document to Wen Tiren without saying a word. To put it bluntly, he carefully stepped forward and handed the document to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was puzzled, took the document and read it, it was like a thunderbolt exploded above his head, he stood up abruptly, then he seemed to be unable to support himself, and collapsed on the imperial couch, speechless, his hands shaking non-stop.Such silence was beyond Wang Dehua's expectation. He was so frightened that he fell down on the ground, not daring to look up.After a long time, I finally couldn't bear it any longer. My heart was beating wildly and I took a sneak peek. Seeing Chongzhen's face was pale, his eyes were closed tightly, and weeping, he persuaded in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please calm down, you still need to protect yourself." Dragon body!"

"Calm your anger? How can I calm my anger when such a big incident happened! You, you all go out and get away, I don't want to see you!" Chongzhen slowly opened his eyes, his tone was a little out of breath, but he was still very strict .

Wang Dehua waved his hand to the eunuchs and court ladies who served on his left and right as if he had been pardoned, and retreated carefully.After Wen Tiren left the palace, he hurried back to the cabinet to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss how to deal with the fall of Fengyang.

After Wang Dehua left the hall, he turned back worryingly. When he got to the eaves of the corridor, he heard the emperor's wail from the hall: "Ancestor..." Peeping through the crack of the door.

I saw stacks of documents scattered around the imperial case, and a few pieces of paper fell down from the air. Chongzhen repeatedly stomped his feet and cried: "Ancestors, ancestors...the children and grandchildren are not filial...the children and grandchildren are not filial...it is a shame and a shame! , What a shame..."