With the arrival of the first messenger, there were endless messengers from all walks of life, running into the Forbidden City.

Not only are there people sent by the three major systems, but also fast riders sent by Sun Chengzong and a general surnamed Cao, holding Lubu in hand and reporting success along the way.

At this time, the Donglin Party jumped out and questioned it was a brainless person. Even the messenger sent by the civil servant system itself reported that he had personally verified the Tartars' heads.

So now the Huangji Palace Square is full of fire. Everyone is excited to discuss unprecedented victories. Including the censor who maintains etiquette, they are pulling messengers to ask questions for the first time. The solemn Forbidden City Square is rare, and it has become a vegetable market for the first time during the morning court.

It is normal for people to have this reaction.

In the previous siege battle, it can be said that everyone in the capital was prepared to be rushed in by the Tartars to massacre the city. I don’t know how many people were awakened in the middle of the night, and how many people were ready to kill their wives and daughters, and then hang themselves to commit suicide. This is especially the officials standing in the square today.

So after learning the good news today, it was like a drowning man being rescued by a firefighter. The huge psychological gap in the fight against the enemy caused the Ming officials who had been in a depressed and dark mentality to be relieved and no longer care about the rules.

The big square is like a pot, and the small circle in front of Huangji Palace is also very lively.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the dragon throne with a smile, asking a messenger under his feet.

After resolving some of the doubts in his heart, the emperor nodded with satisfaction: "Look at the reward".

Then the messenger kowtowed and left with money, and the next messenger was taken forward again. Then the emperor began to ask the same question from other angles with a smile.

At the same time, on the elixir that was one layer lower than the emperor, Old Drama Boss Wen sat on a stool, stroked his beard with one hand, and was watching the emperor play with kindness on his face.

The old actor was shaking as soon as he heard the news. But this time it was true: until last night, Old Wen seemed to be still, but in fact he had been under tremendous pressure. After being released, he could not bear it anymore.

Fortunately, Lao Wen was surrounded by smart people. After realizing who was the winner, he stretched out his hands and supported Lao Wen.

Seeing this, the emperor on the stage hurriedly took the boat, promoted the old actor to the position, and gave him a stool and sat nearest to the emperor.

The lively scene in front of the hall continued until the emperor finished asking the last messenger.

At this time, the civil servant group led by the chief minister Zhou Yanru organized the order and led thousands of civil servants to officially start kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to congratulate the emperor, the Ming Dynasty, and celebrate this shocking victory that had never been seen before.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had lost his composure many times today, was excited and accepted the congratulations from his ministers with confidence, and once again laughed regardless of his demeanor.

At this time, the ministers realized that the emperor, who had always been cold and gloomy, was still a young man!

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In the morning court that day, from the king to the ministers, many non-compliance occurred, which created a new record since the beginning of the day. However, this little thing was natural in the face of a shocking victory.

After the morning court, before noon, the Ming people who learned the truth in the capital began to set off firecrackers. For a moment, fireworks were everywhere in the city, and even the eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial city set off fireworks, making a festive atmosphere of festivals.

The young emperor, who had never spoken out since the morning, made an exception this time. He ordered the palace people to give a collective reward on this day when it was not a festival.

The same program is also performed in every household in the capital.

Except for those working-class people, not to mention princes and nobles, but whoever has slaves in their families will pay more or less joyful money, which can be said to be a celebration of the whole world.

Accompanied by the program, several nouns that were on the hot search list in the capital were spreading "Caochuan", "Person General of Zhangchao", "Green Jacket Camp", "Tianjin Yicong", "Vehicle Pulling People", "Amin", and "Shuotu".

In the next two days, the people of the capital were in a happy and nervous waiting again.

Whenever a cavalryman with a rushing banner on his back enters the city from the east, information like water waves begins to spread around: Green Aoying has arrived in Jizhen, Green Aoying has arrived in Sanhe, Green Aoying has arrived in Tongzhou, and outside the city...

Santunying is 300 miles away from the capital, and the fast horse can be reached in at most two days.

At that time, the sentry detectives from the capital met General Cao halfway. After that, because General Cao was carrying the van, the speed was slower.

It was not until the next day after the morning court, on the evening of April 6 that a large group of cavalry led by the traveling crowd passed through Tongzhou and stationed in Guangqumen, east of the capital, with a house nicknamed it.

Although some troops had already arrived outside the city before, including Sun Chengzong and other generals who had entered the city early, none of these people caused any trouble.

However, when General Cao's Green Jacket Army arrived at the station, the capital suddenly became manic. Many people left the city from Guangqumen, all wanting to see what the legendary magical soldiers looked like.

After that, seeing more and more onlookers, the crowd saw that the situation was not good, so they quickly put out the van with heads for the melon-eating crowd to visit. The troops kept their guard. In addition to Xue Haiyuan who came to meet, it was strictly forbidden for idle people to approach.

There were more people at this moment. If it weren't for a team of officials riding horses that dispersed the natives, Guangqumen would probably have been blocked today.

This team of officials was the theoretical boss of General Cao and sent by the Ministry of War to issue an order, which was mixed with several officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The person responsible for delivering the order was the doctor of the Ministry of War Military Selection Department.

He knelt down to receive the order, and the next moment, the ancient words that were upset and ups and downs came out of the doctor's mouth.

Zhang Dongdong has been in and out of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom in the past two years and has already pointed his ancient Chinese skills to the level of specialization, so he understood the will without much effort.

The content of the imperial edict is very simple: Chongzhen first praised General Cao for his hard work, and then gave wine and meat to the Green Bag Camp.

The imperial edict finally said that the soldiers should have a good rest. Tomorrow morning, a ceremony for prisoners will be held in the capital!

After kowtowing to receive this order, the War Department doctor who switched from the emperor's spokesperson to an ordinary official smiled. While holding a relationship with General Cao, he commanded his subordinates to unload the wine, meat and food from the carriage to work hard.

At this point, the mission of the Ministry of War officials was over, and the next step was to the Ministry of Rites officials.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites were even more enthusiastic: the boss above them was thanked by General Cao this time and was about to enter the cabinet, so the subordinates assigned by Wen Tiren were all from the people who came to avoid any trouble.

There are two things in the Ministry of Rites. One is to communicate with General Cao about the process of tomorrow's ceremony, and the other is training.

What to train? Face Saint Liturgy.

Like the new Jinshi, General Cao also came to Beijing for the first time to meet the saint, so the Ministry of Rites sent people to train overnight, so that General Cao and the rest of the people who wanted to meet the saint knew the rules and etiquette.

In this way, General Cao hurried over the first night when he arrived in the capital.

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When the rising sun rose on April 7, Guangqu Gate slowly opened, and the last major task of the travelers leading their troops north this time: to enter Beijing to offer prisoners, kicking off.

In fact, today's event is no longer "dedicating prisoners" but "dedicating heads".

A team of cavalry wearing Ming army uniforms first entered the city with a shocking convoy. The original van removed the side panels and turned them into a chariot, and 4,000 heads were neatly placed on the chariot.

As the knights and a long list of carts advanced, the natives in the capital on both sides of the main street were already crowded with them, and they couldn't wait to cheer.

The Ming people in long robes shouted, staring at the clear-looking and extremely ugly heads on the cart, revealing eyes of hatred and fear.

Not long ago, these heads were still raging outside the city, turning the Jingyuan area into a white land. After a few months, almost every indigenous family in the capital had filial piety, from princes and nobles to grass-roots people, suffered heavy losses.

Now that I saw these robbers awarding the heads, the natives were all happy. Not long after the convoy moved forward, there were tragic crying from women in the crowd. If it weren't for the obstruction of many yamen runners and soldiers, the heads on the street would have been snatched home to vent their anger.

A long convoy entered from Guangqu Gate to the east, headed west, crossed half of the outer city, and then arrived at the central axis of the capital, the junction between the outer city and the inner city: Zhengyang Gate.

This location is probably near the later Hero Monument.

At this moment, both sides of the road, including the shops, windows and roofs facing the street, were filled with Ming people of men, women, young and old. Moreover, starting from the inner city, the clothes and complexion of Ming people have been significantly improved, and it is worthy of being a city with the richest people in the Ming Dynasty.

From here, the convoy turned north at a right angle and walked towards the direction of the Imperial City.

Behind Zhengyangmen, there is a square square surrounded by stone railings. During the Ming Dynasty, it was a downtown street, commonly known as "Quspan Street".

After crossing Chessboard Street, the convoy finally arrived at the terminal.

There is a horse-drawn monument here, and civil servants get off the sedan chair and military officers get off the horse. And a towering city gate opposite is the gate of the Ming and Qing dynasties symbolizes the Ming Gate.

The Daming Gate is the south gate of the Imperial City of Beijing. It was called the Daqing Gate in the Qing Dynasty and the Zhonghua Gate during the Republic of China. In later generations, this place was converted into a memorial hall.

Inside the gate is the royal road. Except for the emperor, empress, and empress dowager, the others can only walk through.

Seeing the convoy coming, a large number of soldiers who had already been waiting here stepped forward and took off the heads of the cart.

These soldiers were quick and skillful in cooperation. They used the heads of the Tartars to start to pile up pyramid-shaped props for the Han people to boast about martial arts.

At this moment, another shocking cheer erupted from Guangqu Gate far east: the large army led by Cao Chuan, deputy general of Zhangchao, began to officially enter the city.
Chapter completed!