Wang Xiuchu, a man from the time, recorded the tragic situation of the day in his "Ten Diary of Yangzhou": a full army of soldiers carried swords in front to guide, a full army drove away from behind, and a full army was in the middle and guarded left and right of the team to prevent escape. The three full army drove dozens of people like dogs and sheep. If they were not moving forward, they would beat and beat them up or killed immediately. The women were also tied to their necks with long ropes, and the ropes were dragged like beads. Women fell down because their feet were difficult to move, and they kept falling, and they were covered in mud and fell step by step. At this time, the streets were full of abandoned babies, either trampled by horse hooves or trampled by human feet, and their livers and brains were covered in the ground, and the sound of sobs was filled with tears. Passing through a ditch and a pool, they saw piles of corpses, their hands and feet were piling together, and blood flowed into the water, turning into colorful, and the pond was filled with corpses.

The bloody and stench were everywhere, and the bodies were damaged. Those who jumped off the walls and tried to escape either broke their thighs or fell into the hands of gangsters and scoundrels and scattered soldiers. They arrested and tortured them and asked them to hand over their treasures. In the city, some people hid in the garbage dump and covered their bodies with mud and dirt, hoping to avoid people's attention. However, the Qing soldiers occasionally stabbed the garbage dump with spears until the figures inside

The animals started to wriggle, and blood flowed out of the wound. The fire spread. Those who were still alive because they were hidden in the house or in the basement were either engulfed by the ruthless fire, or ran to the streets with fear and were killed by the Qing soldiers who were still massacred. Even those who were let go by the regular Qing army, wandering naked on the street, lonely and helpless, were stopped by groups of scattered soldiers and beaten to death.

After the war, according to the records of the corpse burning book, there were more than 800,000 people who died in this massacre, including those who fell into a well and jumped into rivers, closed their doors and burned themselves in remote places. The tragic massacre made the prosperous Yangzhou City, which had been in chaos for several generations, instantly turned into a ruined place. The famous towns in Jiangnan became a hell on earth overnight, which later generations called it "Yangzhou Ten Days".

The Qing Dynasty massacre in Yangzhou was very useful. The entire Nanming Dynasty had seen such cruel wars. The spread of the two sides of the Yangtze River was even more bizarre, such as the Qing army was eight feet tall, eating human flesh, etc. Such terrifying rumors scared the emperor and ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty, which was also one of the main reasons for the subsequent edicts from all over the south.

When the four towns in Jiangbei saw that Yangzhou was defeated in a few days, they were so scared that they surrendered one after another. Duoduo later mentioned that after occupying Nanjing, he received 238,000 surrendered troops from the Southern Ming Dynasty at one time, which was not the case with the left soldiers who surrendered later. In other words, the Yangtze River defense line of the Southern Ming Dynasty, which was the Great Wall, was completely defeated.

The news of Yangzhou City Po and Shi Kefa's death to the country reached Nanjing, which scared the timid Zhu Yousong. He immediately convened a court meeting and discussed with the ministers what to do.

At this court meeting, the Donglin Party had no electricity at all. They did not expect that Zuo Liangyu they found would die of illness on the way, and things also developed beyond their expectations.

At this time, Ma Shiying showed his loyal nature and suggested defending Nanjing. This was also a safe idea at that time. There were cities in the entire Nanzhili that were stronger than Nanjing. When Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital, he invested a lot of money.

However, after Ma Shiying said passionately, he found that all the civil and military officials bowed their heads and said nothing, and Zhu Yousong, who was sitting on it, said nothing. He didn't study anything at this dynasty meeting, so he had to part in a bad mood.

Zhu Yousong, who returned to the harem, was anxious. The Qing army was in Yangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It took only a few days to arrive in Nanjing. It seemed that it was important to run away quickly. In the next few days, Zhu Yousong did not tell anyone, and actually fled from Nanjing with a few eunuchs wearing makeup.

On the tenth day of May, Zhu Yousong escaped from Nanjing late at night. The minister only received news of the emperor's escape after dawn. The chief assistant Ma Shiying paused his feet repeatedly, but he had no choice but to this point. Ma Shiying made up his mind and went to the palace to kidnap the empress dowager and ran out of Nanjing.

The emperor and the prime minister both ran away, and the Donglin Party group could not run away because their home was in Nanjing. On May 11, Grand Secretary Wang Duo, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and other leading figures from Nanjing gathered at the home of Donglin Party leader Qian Qianyi to discuss what to do?

Grand Secretary Wang Duo said: "Brother Muzhai, the Qing army is now in Jiangbei. What should we do?"

Qian Qianyi also said nothing.

These ministers discussed and decided to surrender.

Qian Qianyi sent away all the ministers and returned to the back house to meet Liu Rushi.

Liu Rushi asked, "What should I do if the master is going to do?"

"Oh, Shi Xianzhi resisted fiercely in Yangzhou, but after the city was broken, he was implicated by hundreds of thousands of innocent people. So we agreed to offer the city for the sake of the millions of people in Nanjing!"

Liu Rushi had nothing to say, and after a while, he said, "My master's decision is not opposed, but what about the future? Will the master bear the eternal infamy?"

"What can I do? The world is so big that there is a place where I, Qian, can go!"

"Master, you have offered the city for the safety of the people and died for the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this an opportunity to keep it in history?"

Qian Qianyi heard Liu Rushi persuade him to die for the country, thought for a long time and said, "But what about you, Chen does not tolerate you. How can you live if I am not here?"

Liu Rushi stood up and said, "Master, although I am from a fair and honest family, I still know that I will be married and follow my husband. I decided to die with the master!"

At this time, Qian Qianyi was also excited by what Liu Rushi said and said, "Okay, let's prepare a small boat and we go to the lake."

The boat was ready soon, and Mochou Lake was behind the Qian family, which was very convenient to jump into the lake. However, after Qian Qianyi got on the boat, he changed his mind.

Qian Qianyi saw the rippling lake water, and said in a vague manner: "Madam, this water is too cold and should not be jumped!"

When Liu Rushi heard Qian Qianyi say this, he was so angry that he was so angry that he said, "Okay, since the master doesn't dance, then I'll dance." After that, he jumped into the lake. Of course, Qian Qianyi couldn't let her die, so he quickly asked someone to go down to save the person.

On the fifth day of the fifth month, the huge Yangzhou was killed like a ghost. Duoduo saw that the killing was almost done, so he ordered various departments to seal the swords and found hundreds of monks in the temple outside the city to collect the corpses.

Duoduo led his army south to Yizhen, preparing to cross the Yangtze River.

The one who guards the Yangtze River now is Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhibao. This pirate with a reputation was also frightened by the Qing Dynasty. He abandoned Yizhen without fighting and fled to the sea in a panic.

On May 10, Duoduo crossed the Yangtze River. On the 14th, dozens of cavalry of the Qing army vanguard arrived directly outside Hongwu Gate. Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and Baoguo Duke Zhu Guobi took the surrender letter from the city wall to the Qing camp to contact the surrender matters.

On May 15, Duoduo led the main force of the Qing army outside Nanjing. Zhao Zhilong, Zhu Guobi and Duke of Wei Xu Jiujue, Duke of Longping Zhang Gongri, Grand Secretary Wang Duo, Cai Yichen, Minister of Rites Qian Qianyi, Left Censor Li Zhan and other more than 30 high-ranking officials opened the city gates and went out to welcome the suburbs. After the Qing soldiers entered the city to search for warning, Duoduo entered Nanjing on the 17th, and then drove out all the Han residents in the middle and northern regions of Nanjing to establish a whole city for the Qing army to live.

After Nanjing was occupied, it was simple. Duoduo issued a letter to the surrounding prefectures, and Nanzhili basically did not resist much and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

In the eyes of local people, the Qing Dynasty came in just a change of emperors, and it was not like before that the literati and farmers farmed, and there was no big change from before. Therefore, there was no trouble everywhere and the Qing Dynasty ruled.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty had not adapted to the strange nation of the Han people. The Han people were a nation that valued family. Anyone who could be an emperor could do it, but once it violated my own interests, I would fight to the death with you.

After writing a letter to Dorgon, Duoduo decided to go north to Beijing because Nanjing was too hot and could not adapt to the residence of Manchus outside the pass.

On June 15, Dorgon from Beijing issued an edict, and more than 30 former Ming officials who surrendered immediately went to Beijing to become officials. Qian Qianyi was appointed as the Minister of Rites. At the same time, there was an order, which was the "Shaving the Clothing and the Sharpening Order".

After ordering to Nanjing, the surrendered literati immediately became furious, "the body, hair and skin are my parents." How could I say I just shave it? Isn't that a beast? At this time, Qian Qianyi stood up and said, "Everyone, sit down first. My scalp is very itchy, I'll go clean it up."

At that time, the Ming people kept their hair full, but they didn't shave their heads after they were born. Due to the sanitary conditions at that time, they should have some dandruff, parasites, etc. So these civil officials didn't think much about it, and thought Qian Qianyi was really cleaning his hair.

Unexpectedly, Lao Qian will come back soon, and he "brides in" - shaved on his forehead, which is so shiny.

But what Duoduo did not expect was that the upper literati and officials had shaved their heads, but the lower ranks disagreed. After the shaving order, Nanzhili, which had already been stable, immediately warred fire everywhere, and charity flags were erected everywhere. Duoduo's plan to return to Beijing was also vain, so he had to act as a firefighter and quell the rebellion everywhere.

At this time, Zhu Hongsan from Guangdong was also in a state of great anxiety, but it was not because of rebellion, but because of the literati and officials under his command.

Nanjing fell and the news that Hongguang was arrested was spread to Dongguan by intelligence agencies on May 20th. Zhang Jiayu, who was the first to receive the news, jumped happily. This news was so good.

Zhang Jiayu immediately showed the news to Zhu Hongsan. Zhu Hongsan looked at it without comment and put it aside.

Zhang Jiayu was also very surprised and asked: "Prince, now Nanjing has been captured and the emperor has been captured. The King of Yan's lineage is directly in the imperial court. Isn't this a good time for the prince to climb the high ground and fight against the Central Plains?"

Of course, Zhu Hongsan knew that twenty years ago he knew that the Southern Ming Dynasty would perish in May this year, but now is not the time. Zhu Hongsan set a strategy to slow down his reign. It is not good to emerge in this chaotic world. Let others take over first and make a fortune in the back. The right way is to make a fortune in a quiet voice.

But these words cannot be said to Zhang Jiayu. Zhu Hongsan just said perfunctorily: "I am deeply grateful to the emperor. How can I take the blame at this time? Don't say such words again in the future."

When Zhang Jiayu heard Zhu Hongsan behaved so perfunctorily, he was so angry that he didn't scold him. How could you be grateful for your ruthlessness? It seems that you are a person who is careless and you have to discuss this with Ma Mingyuan.
Chapter completed!