Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 159
"Sincerely, Mr. Li Yan, I, Zhu Youjian, said that Xi Zu'en was able to inherit the great rule of the world. I thought that I was extremely stupid, and I was not as good as Taizu. However, I have not slackened a little in the past 18 years. I have worked hard, like walking on thin ice, but there is nothing outside. Hulu, there are treacherous ministers inside, the weather turns cold, countless hungry people, so that the country is lost, and the people are displaced. Now I heard that Mr. has a talent for economics, so I would like to ask you to help me, maybe you can help me to faint, so that I will not be fooled by traitors , seek well-being for the common people, seek peace for the world, destroy Jiannu, and revive our Han dynasty!"

After Jin Yiwei's Qianhu Lan Guanwei said, he handed the invitation card written by Zhu Youjian earlier to Li Yan.

Li Yan saw that the emperor Zhu Youjian personally posted a post for himself, and he directly called himself Mr. Li Yan was quite moved in his heart. Looking at the content of the letter, it was also the sincerity of an emperor. Thinking about himself and Zhu Ming now The purpose is indeed the same, that is to resist the Qing Dynasty, so I was a little moved, and asked: "Is Zhu Youjian recruiting me alone or recruiting my brothers from the entire Dashun Army?"

"As for the Shunjun brothers, His Majesty has already made a decree to appease you. If the emperor of your country, Li Zicheng, is willing to join the Ming Dynasty, put aside the past suspicions, and join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty, he has already told the governors and governors of the provinces that if Shunjun surrenders, he must accept it with courtesy and not neglect Before the order of the imperial court is issued, the official positions in the Shun court will be reserved, and the treatment will be equal to that of civil and military officials of the same rank in the court. If you are willing to bring hundreds of thousands of brothers from the Shun army to Ming Dynasty, His Majesty will naturally be very moved!"

When Lan Guanwei said this, Li Yan nodded and said: "You wait first, and I will discuss it with all the soldiers."

After a while, Li Yan ordered Li Gui to beat the drums and recall the generals.

"Military Master, what's the matter? Could it be that Jiannu is calling again?" Gao Yigong asked.

"It's not a long-term solution to go on now. Our army is short of horses and food. In my opinion, how about a military adviser leading us to the Ming court?" Many generals in the army have already been influenced by Zhu Youjian's order For example, Liu Tiren had not waited for Li Yan to open his mouth to talk about Zhu Youjian's recruiting, and he first had the intention of submitting.

In the past, when Li Zicheng was still alive, no one dared to clearly express his purpose of joining the Ming court, but now that Li Zicheng is dead, and Zhu Youjian's intention to appease the Shun army has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, some generals naturally can't wait to return to the Ming court. Returning to the Ming court as an official, after all, in many people's minds, Daming is still the orthodox court, and they are still rebels. It seems a wise and good thing to return to the Ming court.

Dang Shousu, Yuan Zongdi and other generals also followed suit.

Li Yan saw that everyone wanted to join him, so he nodded and said: "Today, when Li summoned you, someone from the court came to appease you. Li didn't dare to make a claim, so I asked you brothers what you mean. Now that your majesty has just left, the dragons have no leader. , the death of the Qing army, our heart is not dead, and now the Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty is exempt from taxes and money, and many of them have changed their past mistakes and sympathized with the people's livelihood. Returning to the court is indeed the only choice today. I will not say anything else, but Li still asks, if there is anyone who is unwilling to accept the imperial court's appeasement, please stand up, Li Yan and the brothers will not force it, and we should avoid it when we meet in battle in the future."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one stood up. After all, everyone knew that it was completely meaningless to choose to fight alone. They had to choose to join the Manchus or the Ming court. The combination of bureaucrats and warlords has a natural hostility to the peasant army and is a foreign race, so they are all willing to accept and belong to the Ming court.

"Since all the brothers intend to join the Ming court, Li Yan doesn't need to say anything more, but we are also princes after all, and we can't belittle ourselves. If the court wants to appease, it must show sincerity to appease, and let someone do it. Recruit us, we accept the conditions of recruiting, everyone can mention it."

When Li Yan said this, Dang Shousu stood up: "I heard that Lu Xiangsheng is very powerful, a great hero with all talents in civil and military affairs. If you want to recruit us, you have to be this kind of person, or let him come."

"Gong Lu has long been killed by the eunuch and died at the hands of Jiannu." When Li Yan said this, the other generals of the Shun Army couldn't help but sigh.

Then, Yuan Zongdi said: "I remember that there is another person named Yang Sichang, who seems to be the elder of the court. His four-pointed, six-cornered and ten-faced net made us suffer a lot. Why don't we let this person come?"

"Elder Yang Ge also committed suicide because of his failure to suppress Zhang Xianzhong." When Li Yan said this, everyone couldn't help but sigh again.

"There is also a man named Hong Chengchou who seems to be very powerful, why don't you let him recruit us?"

Li Jin also said.

Li Yan couldn't help but asked in a cold voice: "Hong Chengchou has surrendered to become a slave in Songshan. If you want to vote for Hong Chengchou, don't you want to become a slave?"

"Grandma, the two officials in front of me deserved to die, why did Hong Chengchou become a traitor, how could we vote for him!"

When Gao Yigong said this, the other generals of the Shun Army also scolded Hong Chengchou.

"Everyone! Let's listen to Li, what do you decide? Which court official to send to appease me? It's just to see whether the court values ​​me. We are attached to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, not to any official. He is also not qualified to lead us. Therefore, Li is appointed as the official. Among the recruiting officials, the civil servants must be at least the governor and governor above the assistant minister, and the military officer must be above the general soldier. It is best to be our brother Liu Fangliang. I heard that he is now under the command of the Ming Emperor. Commander-in-Chief of the Guards, my brothers are naturally easy to talk about, what do you think!"

Li Yan asked.

The generals of the various ministries of the Shun Army hurriedly echoed: "That's great! That guy Liu Fangliang can be the chief soldier now, we can't be worse than him at least, don't you think so!"

"That's right! Those bird eggs in the imperial court can be the general soldiers, we can't be worse than them."

Li Yan couldn't help smiling, and pressed his hands: "Everyone, listen to Li, for our conditions, Li believes that at least the following points should be made: First, I will bury the emperor with honor, and I will be buried with the emperor's ceremony. Turning over the old accounts, the grievances between the late emperor and us and the imperial court will be written off, and the imperial court will not be able to pursue it; secondly, after you all return, civil and military officials at all levels in Dashun shall not be degraded and arranged, and military power shall not be taken away; , not to accept anyone's command, only to obey the Ming Emperor; [-]. We have a sworn hatred with the Tartars, and we accept the imperial court's appeasement to fight against the Qing Dynasty together. Waiting for leisure, we are willing to fight to the death for the imperial court and the Qing army, in order to avenge the late emperor and the dead brothers!"

"What the military adviser said is very true, everything is according to the military adviser's arrangement!"

"Yes, everything depends on the military division."

Everyone joined in.

Li Yan couldn't help but smiled wryly, thinking that these people were roasting themselves on the fire, how could the Emperor of Ming tolerate me after hundreds of thousands of Shunjun troops were attached to the imperial court.

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