Beijing, on the night of March 18th.

The capital was hopeless and lifeless. The battlements guards were no longer ten times. Only the eunuchs in the palace stood in the city with swords, and all the gates and gates were controlled by eunuchs.

As the Minister of War, Zhang Jinyan, who actually had no soldiers to adjust, did his position as a soldier to patrol the city after the sun set.

There were a hundred soldiers, more than a dozen soldiers, or empty people. Along the way, there were seven households empty, and there were no people on the streets and alleys. There were no family open in the restaurants, shops and brothels. Some residents set up incense tables at the door, but for some reason.

A sect is about to collapse, and the end of the dynasty is about to fall.

Zhang Jinyan felt sad and remained silent. When he walked to Zhengyang Gate, he saw the city lights brightly. He couldn't help but wonder, so he asked someone to stop the sedan chair and go up to the city to observe.

When I arrived at the city, I saw a banquet in the middle of the city tower, and there was only one person sitting on the table, next to it were several eunuchs from the palace.

On both sides of the city walls, those who were guarding the palace were all gangs, so it was rare to see a few soldiers from the Beijing camp.

"It's my Soldier here!"

The eunuchs in the palace knew Zhang Jinyan, and several people came over. The man sat alone on the table but did not move at all. He only looked at Zhang Jinyan and continued to pick up food and drink.

Zhang Jinyan didn't recognize the man, and saw that the eunuch was very respectful to the man, and couldn't help but be confused and asked the eunuch who came over in a low voice: "Who is that?"

The eunuch hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I will not hide it from me, I am the governor of the city."

"What!"

Zhang Jinyan was shocked and said in a lost voice: "How can the thief general come to the city!" He was shocked and angry and wanted to let him go forward to capture the thief.

All the eunuchs were panicked, and the leader quickly said, "Don't be angry, I have a handwritten order."

"Shizi? What kind of handwriting!"

Zhang Jinyan was even more surprised.

An eunuch hurriedly took out a piece of paper, which was written on the emperor's imperial calligraphy, with four words written on it, "Talk to him again."

The handwriting is written by the emperor!

Zhang Jinyan took a breath, looked at the eunuchs, and then looked at the thief who sat upright and only cared about food and drink. He didn't know what happened.

Finally, he sighed and asked the eunuch in charge: "How did you talk about it?"

The eunuch hurriedly said that the Shun Army wanted His Majesty to abdicate, and that he could be demoted to Prince, and that the princes and other kings could be granted Dukes and marquis, and treated Shun Gong with courtesy and would always enjoy wealth and honor.

Zhang Jinyan sighed: "What did Your Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty is delaying in deciding, afraid he wants to delay. When the soldiers from the closed door come, the specific servants are not very clear about it. They are only ordered to entertain the governor under the city..."

The eunuch was talking, but he heard someone in the distance cursing him up the wall. He was afraid that he would be angry. The insult sounded loudly and cursed all the way.

When the lanterns approached, Zhang Jinyan recognized the eunuch Du Xun, the eunuch of the military supervisor, and the eunuch of the Sili. But wasn’t Du Xun surrendering to the thief, why did it appear in the city?

Zhang Jinyan was puzzled. Du Xun knew his soldiers, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he snorted and said to Wang Dehua beside him: "He doesn't know how to do it. I'll tell him back and forth a few times, which one is not for his good? If I turned it over, it was me, Du Xun, who was a traitor, wouldn't he betrayed! Such a person should put the strings and the silk sects into him and let him go. This would also help him."

Wang Dehua said nothing.

Zhang Jinyan was confused when he heard this, and stepped forward and called out two steps: "What are the two father-in-laws late at night?"

"I will go back and rest,"

Du Xun ignored Zhang Jinyan and passed by the Minister of War, and then said: "Dashun has strong troops and strong horses. There are millions of heroes outside the city. You should not take the lead. I will do it myself."

Zhang Jinyan was stunned and looked at Wang Dehua in confusion: "Where is Your Majesty?"

Wang Dehua shook his head and said nothing, but said nothing.

Zhang Jinyan also shook his head slightly, knowing that things cannot be saved.

Du Xun walked to the wine-eating general and whispered a few words. After hearing this, the latter slapped the table and went down to the city with a rope. The people in the city heard that the thief seemed to be saying that the capital would be broken tonight, and he saw that he wanted to drag it to the end.

That night, the Dashun army climbed into the city without resistance and captured the outer city.

When he heard the fall of the outer city, Chongzhen was furious and wandered around the palace, and had no plans. The inner official Zhang Yin came forward to ask the emperor to descend quickly. Chongzhen was furious and waved his sword to kill Zhang Yin. He also asked the eunuch to go to the royal family Gong Yonggu, and Liu Wenbing and others to summon the servants to protect the guards, but they all said that people's hearts had dispersed and could not be imagined.

Chongzhen still did not give up. He held a three-eyed gun and led a group of eunuchs with headless flies towards Qihua Gate. Anding Gate ran around, but they all came back. It was not that the Shun Army had arrived, but that the defenders did not allow His Majesty to leave.

As a result, dying for the country has become a foregone conclusion.

The next day, the Dashun Army was led by General Liu Zongmin from the outer city to enter the inner city of Beijing through Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate and Xuanwu Gate, with a very solemn army.

The people of the capital set up incense cases at the door, and wrote the words "Long live the Emperor of Dashun Yongchang, Long live the words "Long live the Emperor of Dashun". Some even posted the words "Shun people" on their hats, running around the capital, and everything was as usual.

Later, Li Zicheng entered the palace, and the Ming Dynasty crown prince Zhu Cilang knelt down to meet the door. Li Zicheng ordered people to help the prince up and seized King Yong Zhu Cilang and King Ding Zhu Cihuan.

The three brothers were all wearing folk ragged clothes, and the words "Sushimin" were also pasted on their hats.

"Today we will be with my son, and we will not lose our wealth."

Li Zicheng ordered people to change into new clothes for the third son of Chongzhen and told them not to be afraid. Then he handed the crown prince and the two kings into Liu Zongmin's camp to guard.

Li Zicheng was shocked when he saw Princess Zhaoren, the young girl killed by Chongzhen, the wounded concubine Yuan and the eldest princess, and the Zhou empress who were forced to hang herself. He ordered Fu Ge to treat her to recuperate.

However, he never knew where Chongzhen was. Shang Xiqing Li Zhisheng reported that Chongzhen might be hidden among the people and must be searched all over the city immediately. Chongzhen must not be allowed to escape from the city.

Li Zizhen immediately ordered the generals to send troops to search for Chongzhen in the city, and ordered the soldiers to hold a license in the city to yell the reward of anyone who could give up Chongzhen, and those who dared to hide were killed. Two days later, an eunuch found the horse riding by Chongzhen in Coal Mountain and found the hanged body of Chongzhen.

Li Zicheng came to the scene in person and found that Chongzhen's sleeves had a line of words "I have lost my country and had no face to see my ancestors, and I dared not finally sleep."

There is another line of words, which is "All officials are heading to the East Palace."

Li Zicheng ordered the coffin of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou to be removed from the palace and displayed it to the public at Donghua Gate. Thirty ministers cried and worshiped, and sixty those who worshiped but did not cry. The rest looked down upon them.

.........

Outside Huai'an City, thousands of miles away, Lu Si was suddenly restless and asked what day it was today. When he answered, it was March 19th. Lu Si was stunned and stood up and looked straight to the north.

His expression was a little sad and a little excited.

"What is the Governor looking at?"

Monk Xu rode over and looked puzzled.
Chapter completed!