Ming Empire

Chapter 311 A new era is about to start

As a result of the final discussion, it was decided to chop off Dodo's head.

This is a person who hates Daming extremely, and is unwilling to surrender until death. If such a person stays in the world, it will only cause more instability.Duoduo is not a symbol of Jiannu. Several people with the highest status in Jiannu, including Fulin, Bumbutai, and Zhezhe, have surrendered to Daming. It doesn't matter whether Duduo surrenders or not.More importantly, killing Doduo can warn those who still want to continue to fight against Daming. Doduo's fate is their future. If they continue to resist, they will wait for the day when they will be decapitated.

After discussing and making a decision, Duduo and other captured slave nobles were taken to the Ming Mausoleum to offer sacrifices, and they were asked to kneel before the ancestors of the Ming emperor to atone for their sins.Later, Duoduo and other high-ranking Jiannu officials who fought against Daming to the death were beheaded at Caishikou.

After being beheaded, Duoduo's head was spread to nine sides, and then sent to Nanjing to be dedicated to Emperor Chongzhen's mausoleum.

Afterwards, Cao Yue also escorted Zhu Cijiong, Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhu Wei and other high-ranking Ming officials back to Nanjing by water.

On the way back to Nanjing, Cao Yue also discussed with Zhu Cijiong, Sun Chuanting and others about returning the capital to Beijing.

The Ming court is planning to move back to the Forbidden City in Beijing at the end of next year. Beijing will continue to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Nanjing and Xijing Chang'an will continue to serve as accompanying capitals.It's just that there are no longer six departments in these two capitals, only the officials who stay behind.

It's just that the specific plan has to be formulated after returning to Nanjing.

After walking on the road for more than [-] days, the huge pilgrimage mission arrived at Nanjing Yanziji Wharf just before the Chinese New Year.

This year, also spent in a joyous.

At the court meeting before the year, the little emperor listened to the opinions of his ministers and decided to change the year name, replacing Chongzhen with Yong'an, and next year will be the first year of Yong'an.And use the Ming Dynasty and the Yellow Emperor's year, and require the foreign domain to also use the Yong'an Year, the Ming Dynasty and the Yellow Emperor's year.

Jiannu was destroyed, Li Zicheng's bandits were also maimed, Emperor Chongzhen's revenge was avenged, and the young emperor Zhu Cijiong had been on the throne for several years, so the change of the reign name was a natural thing.

After the New Year, at the time of the Lantern Festival, good news came from Chang'an.According to Hong Niangzi's report, after several months of pursuit and suppression, Li Zicheng was killed by his subordinates when he had nowhere to go. The remaining "Dashun" troops surrendered to the government and the army, and Shaanxi was flattened.

While Hong Niangzi rushed Li Zicheng's head to Nanjing, she also requested to continue to lead the army to fight in Sichuan.

It's just that the red lady's request was rejected by Cao Yue, so the court ordered the red lady to return to Beijing and reward her for her merits.His department was led by Cao Jie, and he was going to enter Sichuan to suppress the rebellion and wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's department.

The red lady received Cao Yue's private letter, and then received the imperial edict. She also immediately accepted the new arrangement, and handed over the army under her command to Cao Yue's most trusted general, Cao Jie, and brought her relatives The guards returned to Nanjing.

After returning to Nanjing, the imperial court also gave the red lady a generous reward, and named her Mrs. Anguo, a first-rank imperial order, and granted a marriage in the name of the imperial court to marry Cao Yue.At the same time, countless rewards such as money, silver and property are given, as well as a private house.For Hong Niangzi, all rewards are forthcoming, and she is satisfied if she can marry Cao Yue and give her a title.

While ordering Huang Degong and Cao Jie to lead the army to attack Sichuan and put on a posture of overwhelming the territory to eliminate the last separatist forces, the Ming court also sent a mission to Chengdu to persuade Zhang Xianzhong to surrender.Gu Yanwu and Zhang Cangshui, Cao Yue's confidantes, went to Sichuan to persuade Zhang Xianzhong to surrender.For persuading Zhang Xianzhong to surrender, Cao Yue didn't have any expectations. He believed that only force could solve the problem of bandits and separatists.

The purpose of sending out missions to persuade them to surrender is only to achieve the utmost of benevolence and righteousness, so that everyone in the world has nothing to say.

But to Cao Yue's surprise, the young Gu Yanwu and Zhang Cangshui, with their courage and reputation, persuaded Zhang Xianzhong's trusted general and adopted son Li Dingguo with their three-inch tongues, and made Li Dingguo want to submit to the imperial court. .They persuaded Zhang Xianzhong through Li Dingguo to submit to the imperial court and ended their struggle with the imperial court.

Cao Yue had heard of Li Dingguo's name in later generations, and he also knew that Li Dingguo was now the most capable general under Zhang Xianzhong, and he knew Li Dingguo's reputation in the original history.This is an out-and-out hero, very strategic and capable, and it turned out that his feat of resisting the Qing Dynasty in history won the respect of future generations. Of course, he wanted to win over this celebrity.

Gu Yanwu and Zhang Cangshui actually persuaded Li Dingguo, and through Li Dingguo, persuaded Zhang Xianzhong, making Zhang Xianzhong finally make a decision to surrender to the imperial court, which Cao Yue never thought of.He was naturally very pleasantly surprised, and immediately ordered Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo and other high-level figures of the rogues to come to Nanjing, and promised to give good arrangements to all those who surrendered.

This credit was also credited to Cao Yue, and the little emperor Zhu Cijiong rewarded him generously, making him King An and promoted him to the rank of prince.Cao Yue couldn't refuse again and again, but in the end he could only accept it.

In mid-August of the first year of Yong'an, when sweet osmanthus was fragrant, the surrendered Zhang Xianzhong and his four adopted sons Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and other high-level officials from the former "Daxi" regime all arrived in Nanjing.

Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting personally led hundreds of officials to Yanziji Wharf to welcome Zhang Xianzhong and his party.At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was seriously ill due to injuries and depression, and couldn't even ride a horse.However, Zhang Xianzhong was also relieved to receive such "favorable treatment" from the imperial court.

After Zhang Xianzhong and his party arrived in Nanjing, the young emperor Zhu Cijiong also gave them a generous reward, making Zhang Xianzhong the king of Dingxi, and his four adopted descendants Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi were dukes of the state.Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were selected by Cao Yue to serve in the staff department, and Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi were also entrusted with important positions, serving as Ministers of the Ministry of Industry and Ministers of the Household Department respectively, but they were deprived of military power.

It was beyond the surprise of Zhang Xianzhong and others to receive such a generous reward from the imperial court. Especially Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were selected into the staff department as actual military officials. They really admired Cao Yue's mind.Originally, they thought that it would be impossible for them to be in charge of the army after they belonged to the imperial court. The imperial court pardoned their crimes, and it would be pretty good to be able to find a vacant job for the rest of their lives.

Zhang Xianzhong died of illness two months after arriving in Nanjing, and the court gave him a generous funeral.

With Zhang Xianzhong attached, the world is almost peaceful, only outside the pass, the troops led by Cao Bianjiao are still fighting against some tribes who are unwilling to submit to Ming Dynasty.Under such circumstances, at the end of the first year of Yong'an, the young emperor Zhu Cijiong led his ministers back to Beijing.

After returning to Beijing, under the leadership of Cao Yue, new political and military reforms also kicked off.

A brand new era is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)