Starting from March 22, the first year of Dashun Yongchang, the red-backed and black-lettered military flag of King Chuang has been flying everywhere in the inner and outer cities of Beijing and over the imperial city. Although it was three days later than in history, Li Zicheng still got his wish and became the master of Beijing.
On the third day after the surrender of the three loyal ministers who guarded the Zhengyangmen Urn City, that is, on the 24th, Li Zicheng held a grand entry ceremony under the arrangement of Song Xiance, the founding military advisor. It is not from Yongding Gate to Zhengyang Gate and then to the Imperial City - this route from south to north is unlucky, because most of the history of China was from north to south to conquer the world. Basically, if you occupy the north, you will be the master of the world.
Therefore, after Li Zicheng captured the Zhengyang Gate, he returned to the Diaoyutai Palace from Yongding Gate. The soldiers who were waiting to enter the city first organized the militia to clean up the dirt and debris blocking the Desheng Gate, the north gate of Beijing's inner city. It was not until March 24 that we chose an auspicious time to enter the city through Desheng Gate. However, after entering the city, you cannot enter the imperial city through Bei'anmen. Bei'anmen is the back door. How could the new emperor use the back door? Isn’t this the backdoor emperor? The new emperor must enter the imperial city through the main entrance. Therefore, Li Zicheng's route into the city on March 24 was very complicated.
On that day, Li Zicheng, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials and his imperial troops, entered Deshengmen and headed south, then turned east from Xidan Archway and went up West Chang'an Street. Then go south from the access road between the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and Jinyiwei, turn to the front of Daming Gate, and then enter the city through Daming Gate. Everywhere we passed, there were "police guards" along the way. Every ten steps, there were soldiers on foot. The atmosphere was solemn, except that there was no loess paving.
Martial law was enforced wherever Emperor Dashun entered the imperial city, and it was extremely quiet. Along both sides of the street, every house has its doors closed, and at the same time, incense tables are set up outside the doors. On the tables are yellow paper tablets with the words "Long live Emperor Yongchang, long live the Emperor Yongchang" written on them. Yellow paper and red paper were pasted on the doors of each house, with the word "obey the people" written on them. People from various families also went out to welcome the new Lord. They all knelt down beside the incense table, not daring to raise their heads or make a sound. They also had the word "obey the people" written on yellow paper on their heads... All of the above. It was Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance who discussed the etiquette for the people of Beijing to welcome the new Lord.
However, they did not expect at this time that this set of etiquette mastered by the people of Beijing would be useful in the near future!
Of course, Li Zicheng did not expect that he was actually a successor to the emperor, and that he received a bad deal that even Zhu Cihong could not do anything about. So when he entered the city, he was still very proud. Riding on a tall dragon horse, he tried hard to maintain a solemn expression. His only eyeball was bright and looked forward without turning his eyes. But in my heart, I couldn't help but think of Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Cixiang.
Just before Li Zicheng entered the city, Tang Ma sent by Li Guo and Li Laiheng arrived at Diaoyutai and brought two pieces of good news to Li Zicheng.
The news sent by Li Guo was about setting up an ambush in Tianjin to capture Chongzhen and his son... He had sent a brigade of Dashun old battalion cavalry led by Hao Yaoqi to contact Tianjin Bingbei Daoyuan Yuzong. Prepare to ambush Chongzhen and his son in Tianjin City, and either capture or kill them!
Li Laiheng had better news, saying that he had captured Emperor Chongzhen's two sons, a concubine, and a loyal eunuch named Wang Cheng'en who had surrendered.
According to Wang Chengen's account, Emperor Chongzhen was not on this road, but Chongzhen's crown prince Zhu Cixiang was indeed on this road! Moreover, the eunuch Qiu Zhizhong, the Royal Horse Supervisor, and Zepu, the ancestor of Qianhu, the Jinyiwei, had already broken through and fled to Yongping. After Li Laiheng ordered his subordinates to escort the captured son of Chongzhen, his concubine Yuan Shi, and the loyal eunuch Wang Chengen back to Beijing, he personally led the cavalry to continue the pursuit.
In other words, Zhu Cixi also has a double... I don't know if he is in Tianjin or if he went to Yongping?
If it were okay in Tianjin, even if Hao Yaoqi and the Ming Dynasty surrender officer lost their hands, Li Guo, Tang Tong and more than 10,000 people would still be afraid that they would not be able to capture them as long as they arrived in Tianjin in time?
But it will be difficult to go to Yongping... The prince Zhu Cixiang is difficult to deal with, and he is much more harmful than Chongzhen Li. Although Chongzhen was known as a wise emperor, he was actually a foolish emperor. But his son Zhu Cixi is too treacherous! It's so outrageous that he can even think of such a destructive trick as a "certificate of loyalty". I don’t know how Chongzhen taught his children?
What if he was asked to run to Yongping to join the Guan Ning Army Brigade?
Just when Li Zicheng was complaining in his heart that Chongzhen, an honest emperor, did not educate the prince well, he had already arrived in front of the Xidan archway.
Li Shuangxi, who was escorting him, jumped forward on his horse and handed Li Zicheng a carved bow and three feathered arrows with their arrowheads removed. He said softly: "Father, it's time to take the oath of three arrows!"
Only then did Li Zicheng remember that the show time had come!
He hurriedly reined in the dragon and horse, took the bow and arrow, fired three arrows at the back, and then recited a limerick prepared by Song Xiance: "When the soldiers enter the city, don't be surprised. Every house opens its door and goes about its business as usual. Soldiers of the three armies, return home soon." Military camp. Harassing the people will not be tolerated!"
Immediately after reciting the limerick, an edict officer repeated it loudly with a voice as loud as a bell. Before the limerick, the title "Long live the purpose, the army and the people obey it" was added.
Then, the surrounding soldiers and kneeling people all cooperated and shouted long live the mountain...
This is the support of all people!
The little cloud in Li Zicheng's heart was suddenly swept away. He laughed a few times and then rode forward on his horse.
Beijing has been secured, the north has been almost pacified, Dashun is what the people want, and the Ming Dynasty is doomed... All the military advisers have calculated it, and the only obstacle is the Donglu Tatars. As long as the Donglu Tatars are defeated, He, Li Zicheng, is the common master of the world.
No matter how talented Zhu Cihong is, he can't save the Ming Dynasty!
After walking for about half an hour, Li Zicheng finally walked around Damingmen and appeared in front of Chengtianmen, which was later known as Tiananmen.
At this time, the great military advisor Song Xiance jumped forward on his horse and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, please shoot arrows at the Gate of Chengtian to get rid of the imperial spirit of the red thieves."
Li Shuangxi once again handed over the carved bow and arrows, but of course he did not remove the arrowheads this time. Li Zicheng laughed, raised his bow and arrow, and hit the "Gate of Chengtian" plaque with just one arrow. The civil and military ministers and escorting troops who followed him cheered again.
"Long live! Long live!"
Li Zicheng laughed and said: "From today on, I am the master of the world, and Dashun is the orthodoxy of the world!"
His declaration was not wrong. From now on, he is the common master of the world, Dashun is the orthodoxy of the world, and Chongzhen, Zhu Cixiang and his son are the thieves!
But he didn't expect that his co-lord of the world would have a probation period!
The trial period is one and a half months! If Dorgon can be defeated within a month and a half, he will become the official co-owner of the world, and the Dashun Dynasty will be stable.
If Dorgon cannot be defeated, then Zhu Cixiang will have to take up the post again and lead hundreds of millions of Han people in the world to save the country and fight against the Qing Dynasty... During Li Zicheng's probation period as emperor, Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang were very dangerous.
Because the people of the world have not yet recognized Li Zicheng's true face of not resisting the emperor, it is the general trend to abandon the Ming Dynasty and surrender.
The good mood of Li Zicheng, who became the probationary emperor, did not last long, because on the second night, two pieces of bad news related to Wu Sangui reached the Forbidden City in Beijing at the same time.
"Your Majesty... I have just received two reports of Wu Sangui!" The person who walked into the Wuying Palace where Li Zicheng was stationed and reported to him was the commander-in-chief Li Yan.
Li Yan was one of the few capable men in Li Zicheng's army who was both civil and military. He was from Henan and had a reputation as a civil servant. Probably because he was handsome, he was robbed by a rebellious female robber named Hong Niangzi, and then they fought with each other and died together. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he took refuge with Li Zicheng. Now he is the commander-in-chief of Li Zicheng's old camp and is Tian Jianxiu's deputy.
Tian Jianxiu had the power to take charge of all armies under Li Zicheng, similar to the chief of general staff. Military information reported by various ministries was first summarized to him and then reported to Li Zicheng.
Now Tian Jianxiu is busy arranging the troops stationed in the city, and Li Yan is responsible for the military affairs.
"What's wrong with Wu Sangui?" Li Zicheng glanced at Li Yan and asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty, Li Laiheng reported that he encountered a large group of cavalry led by Wu Sangui near Yutian on the 25th and had to give up the pursuit. Zhu Cixiang has now arrived in Wu Sangui's army!"
"What?"
Li Yan then added: "Bohou Ye (Li Guo) also reported that on the 25th, Wu Sangui led a thousand Yiding cavalry and rushed into the Tianjin Acropolis, ruining our major event. Hao Yaoqi's three or four hundred All the brothers from the old camp are in Tianjin..."
