The new home was specially built by Zuo Menggeng for Zhang Yan, Zhu Cixiang and other children.
Everything has been considered in detail.
The new residence is located on the west side of the Xia Palace. It looks ordinary on the surface, but because it is located in the core area of Xia's rule, it is actually loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
In this area, even a fly has to announce its gender. We are not afraid of people with ulterior motives sneaking in and causing trouble.
The interior layout of the new home is very clever, using various new technologies.
Zhang Yan has a separate courtyard of her own, next to her are Zhu Aona and Princess Zhaoren, Zhu Achan.
Because Zhu Achan was still young, she lived with her sister.
In order to take care of her younger sister, Princess Zhu Ainao had to mature as soon as possible.
The courtyard in front belongs to Zhu Cixiang and his younger brother Zhu Cizheng.
After moving in on the first day, the family got familiar with the various uses of their new home with the help of Li Yanling.
It was not until the next day that Li Yanling formally informed Zhang Yan of the various procedures.
"His Royal Highness King Xia said that if the children are still young and cannot read and write, they may not be able to survive in the future. I have already helped them complete the admission procedures."
Zhang Yan took it and looked at it carefully and felt very satisfied.
Because Zhu Cixiang was the crown prince, he had always been trained as a prince, so he was very attentive to education.
Although what he studied was different from that of Xia Guo, because of his early maturity, he was able to enter middle school and continue studying.
Zhu Cizheng and Zhu Achan were placed in a nearby primary school.
You only need to go out and walk a few hundred steps to get there.
There is no doubt that those who can attend such a school are the children of dignitaries, and they are also within the scope of safety precautions.
Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Ainao.
"Does this child also want to study?"
Li Yanling nodded.
"Of course."
She went outside and pulled in a girl about the same age as Zhu Yuluo.
"This is Park So-yeon. Her sister Park Jing-yeon is Princess Wen's secretary. You can just follow her and report to school today."
Zhu Aao looked at Pu Suyan carefully, and Pu Suyan did the same.
As a Korean, my feelings towards Ming Dynasty are naturally very complicated.
Thinking that the girl of the same age in front of her was actually the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, Pu Suyan couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Don't be afraid, school is very interesting."
"Aunt, I'll take my leave then."
Zhu Yuluo is a young girl who has long been fascinated by the outside world. Now you can step into it yourself and don’t want to wait for a moment.
】
The last thing Li Yanling explained was the family's food and clothing expenses.
"His Royal Highness King Xia has set the specifications. The monthly expenses for you and the children are two hundred yuan. Here are the accounts. I have handed over the relevant finances."
Seeing that it was not silver, Zhang Yan was a little unsure.
"Secretary Li, can you tell me in detail?"
Li Yanling knew her doubts.
"The banknotes issued by our Xia Kingdom are used now. According to the current prices, the annual expenditure of an ordinary family of three will not exceed thirty yuan."
That's enough for this purpose.
Zhang Yan and her four children spend as much money in one month as an average family spends in six years, which proves how tolerant Zuo Menggeng is to them.
Zhang Yan was filled with gratitude and began to wonder whether she should agree to Xu Ruolin's invitation and do her little bit.
In this way, you can feel a little more at ease with the money.
After settling Chongzhen's family, Zuo Mengeng didn't think this matter was very important.
On the contrary, the military information coming one after another put Xia Guo into a state of tension.
After about half a month of back and forth testing, the negotiations between Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui finally broke down completely.
When Wu Sangui walked to Yutian County, he finally learned what happened to his family in the capital.
He hadn't completely surrendered yet, Dashun was treating his family so harshly. After surrendering, wouldn't it mean that everyone is a knife and you are a slave, and I am a fish?
For warlords like Wu Sangui, the only factor in considering their stance is their own interests.
Sensing danger, he immediately led his troops back to Shanhaiguan after being furious.
Gao Di, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, colluded with him and returned to the division together.
Tang Tong, who was sent by Li Zicheng to accept Shanhaiguan, had no idea that Wu Sangui would come back.
As a result, Tang Tong was caught off guard by Wu Sangui's sudden attack, and his eight thousand troops collapsed completely.
Only Tang Tong led the remaining defeated soldiers and retreated to a stone. At the same time, he quickly sent a message to the capital to report the situation.
"It's because you didn't know the importance of it that you forced Wu Sangui to rebel. Everything we said fell on deaf ears."
After receiving the news, Li Zicheng cursed Liu Zongmin.
"Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial and must be handled properly as soon as possible."
Niu Jinxing was very anxious and had a premonition that the situation was not good. As a result, he didn't pay attention to his attitude when speaking, and he had a vague intention of complaining about Li Zicheng.
In fact, speaking of it, Li Zicheng is indeed to blame.
He went on a large-scale pursuit of salary in the capital, and the people below him naturally catered to the holy will and went out of their way to do their best.
The people below did not know the importance of Wu Xiang, which led to Wu Sangui's rebellion.
Li Zicheng felt angry in his heart and could only ask: "What good plan does the Prime Minister have?"
Niu Jinxing worked hard and came up with solutions.
"Wu Sangui's rebellion was all due to misunderstanding. First of all, Wu Xiang should be appeased and asked to write a letter to Wu Sangui explaining the whole story."
Seeing that Li Zicheng was a little unhappy, he quickly added.
"However, when things have reached this point, Wu Sangui will obviously not give in easily. For the current plan, only by approaching the city with troops can he understand the general trend."
Li Zicheng's face looked a little better this time.
"In that case, let's do what the Prime Minister wants. We will personally lead the army to meet Wu Sangui."
When they heard that Li Zicheng wanted to go on a personal expedition, many people below had some doubts and felt that it seemed inappropriate.
But over the years, everyone was used to Li Zicheng being present in front of the battle every time there was a war, and they couldn't say anything at this time.
Another thing is that many people don’t know the reason why Li Zicheng planned to fight in person.
One is that Li Zicheng had a premonition that Wu Sangui was likely to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and then lead the Qing army into the pass.
Although Li Zicheng had never fought against the Qing army, he still knew how powerful the Qing army was. Only by fighting quickly and blocking Shanhaiguan as soon as possible can this situation be avoided.
Secondly, the plague is now rampant in the capital, and people are dying. Many people in the Shun army have lost their combat effectiveness. Li Zicheng is a little scared.
For fear that he might be infected with the plague, he would give up his great country to others before his buttocks on the throne were even hot.
Only when you leave the capital can you feel a little more at ease.
In the early morning of April 13th, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin personally led the army to Shanhaiguan.
Niu Jinxing and a small number of ministers led 10,000 troops to guard the capital.
Li Zicheng also brought Wu Xiang with him, hoping to use the relationship between father and son to force Wu Sangui to submit.
He never thought that this trip would be the beginning of the fall of his glorious life.
