Sun Chuanting drank less than half of the last bowl of sorghum porridge, and then he sat in the courtyard and wandered around.
Concubine Tian Guifei was nursing the child in the house. She did not dare to reveal her identity, even though Sun Chuanting had just helped.
"Da da da da!"
The sound of horse hooves came from the alley, and an official rode his horse and shouted along the way: "Your Majesty has issued an order. Every village in Beijing will implement the Baojia Law. Starting from tomorrow, the price of grain will be stabilized. Each village will provide grain according to the amount of Baojia! Officials below the third rank of the Ming Dynasty, or
If there are senior officials who have been dismissed and are willing to submit to the new dynasty, they will be selected as officials immediately!"
Sun Chuanting was a little surprised that Li Zicheng was short of food and sold food to the people at a low price and within the quota.
As soon as this policy came out, the city of Beijing, which was about to collapse, could immediately restore order.
"Master Sun." Concubine Tian shouted from inside the room.
Sun Chuanting asked: "Which noble family does Madam belong to? Have you ever seen me?"
Concubine Tian said: "Although you and I have never met, Governor Sun just announced his name, so we recognize him. Please invite Governor Sun into the room to talk."
Sun Chuanting stepped into the house. The baby had fallen asleep after feeding.
"This is your Majesty's youngest son, who is not yet a hundred days old." Tian Guifei said.
"What?"
Sun Chuanting was suddenly startled and asked quickly: "Do you have any proof?"
Concubine Tian Guifei said: "It is very urgent to leave the palace and there is no certificate."
Sun Chuanting frowned, doubtful.
Concubine Tian took out a bamboo flute and said, "This flute is made of jade bamboo inlaid with gold. In the whole north, only a few are planted in the palace."
After glancing at the bamboo flute, Sun Chuanting basically believed it.
Sun Chuanting did not ask about Concubine Tian's identity, and only said: "What does Madam want me to do?"
Concubine Tian said: "Just now, a traitorous official passed by. Officials below the third rank, or dismissed officials, can be hired on the basis of merit. I have taken the liberty of asking Governor Sun to serve as an official in the puppet dynasty."
Sun Chuanting became more and more confused: "Why?"
"I have no money to buy food, and Governor Sun has no money to buy food. It is important to save the prince's life." Concubine Tian's reason was simple.
"Okay!" Sun Chuanting agreed immediately.
Sun Chuanting immediately left with Concubine Tian, and the two agreed on their identity and relationship, saying that Concubine Tian and her son were the family members of Sun Chuanting's old family.
After giving his name, Sun Chuanting was quickly received by Li Zicheng.
In fact, Li Zicheng has been busy meeting with various people. He even went to the suburbs in person to communicate with the elderly nearby and promised that he would be exempt from taxes for three years.
There are also a large number of shabby officials in the capital who cannot find opportunities to commit corruption. They are all poor.
These poor officials were promoted and appointed by Li Zicheng, and they were also sent out to take over the prefectures and counties. They were given a sum of travel expenses and food, and allowed the officials to publicize the policy, and they said that the land tax would be exempted for the next three years.
Since you want to ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor, you must hold a grand ceremony.
If you want to hold a grand ceremony, there must be a large number of civil servants, otherwise the ceremony process will not be clear.
Li Zicheng quickly reorganized the system and established a cabinet with Niu Jinxing as the leader and assistant.
The Hanlin Academy was renamed Hongwen Hall, the six departments were renamed six governments, and the six subjects were renamed six government admonitions.
Hou Fangyu's biological father, Hou Xun, has been appointed as the Minister of the Military Government, that is, the Minister of the Ministry of War.
Hou Xun was forcibly recruited in his hometown, and he hunted rabbits with straw. Hou Fangyu was also recruited. It was impossible not to become a thief, otherwise he would be executed!
Sun Chuanting voluntarily surrendered and was immediately appointed as the left minister of the military government.
Even Sun Chuanting was given a house and allowed him to temporarily live in the noble house that was raided.
Next, a series of government orders were issued, and at the same time, efforts were made to rectify the public security in the capital. Several Dashun soldiers who had bought and sold by force were beheaded in public. The already very good military discipline instantly became on par with Zhao Han's Datong Army.
Sun Chuanting was shocked by this, but was soon disappointed.
The civil servants under Li Zicheng were actually just decorations, because the principle of employing officials was to "use force to control literature." Sun Chuanting's position was similar to that of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, but he could only assist in the management of ordnance and could not intervene in military issues at all.
In order to show his generosity, Li Zicheng actually appointed Bian Dashou as the magistrate of Daxing County.
Bian Dashou dug into Li Zicheng’s ancestral grave!
…
"Your Majesty, good news, Hong Chengchou and Ma Ke are willing to lead their troops to surrender!"
"Okay, it's a great thing!"
Li Zicheng was very happy. On the second day after he ascended the throne, Jizhen and Shanhaiguan all surrendered.
It is indeed destiny!
On Hong Chengchou's side, some generals originally had doubts.
For example, Cao Bianjiao almost killed Li Zicheng and was worried that he would be retaliated against in the future.
When the news came that Bian Dashou was appointed as the county magistrate, Cao Bianjiao immediately put down his worries. He could surrender, but he refused to give up his military power. The two parties bargained, and the deal was quickly concluded.
More than 20,000 Ji Zhen soldiers and 10,000 Shanhaiguan soldiers became Li Zicheng's subordinates.
It seems perfect, but in fact there are many problems.
The 70,000 elite troops Li Zicheng brought to Beijing did indeed have strict military discipline. But the rest of the troops were either incorporated rebels or surrendered Ming troops. Military discipline, morale and combat effectiveness were all in shambles.
At the beginning of May, Li Zicheng officially opened the subject to obtain Jinshi, allowing scholars in Beijing to directly take the Jinshi examination.
At this moment, Ma Ke sent an urgent military message: "The Tatars are advancing on Shanhaiguan. Shanhaiguan is out of food and grass, and morale is low. I request your Majesty to send troops to rescue as soon as possible!"
There were a large number of Manchu and Qing troops in Beizhili. After the fall of Beijing, Huang Taiji immediately sent troops anxiously.
Huang Taiji personally led the main force to approach Shanhaiguan. Haoge and Dorgon each led partial divisions and invaded from Lengkou and Xifengkou respectively.
Li Zicheng, who was planning to march south, had to mobilize his troops to deal with the Manchus.
Li Zicheng attached great importance to this and specially appointed a "Shanhaiguan Defense Envoy" to go to Shanhaiguan to supervise and guide Ma Ke's work.
This defense envoy is named Zhang Ruoqi.
The world line seems to have ended. Historically, Wu Sangui guarded Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng also sent Zhang Ruoqi to be the defense envoy of Shanhaiguan.
Regardless of whether he sincerely surrendered or not, Sun Chuanting could not sit idly by and ran to see Li Zicheng overnight: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ruoqi does not know how to fight, and he likes to corrupt and seize power. You must not send him to defend Shanhaiguan!"
"I know you have a grudge against him. Don't bring Ming Dynasty's party strife to my side." Li Zicheng scolded.
Sun Chuanting hesitated to speak. He was completely selfish towards Li Zicheng and was ready to take the prince south at any time.
Zhang Ruoqi was appointed and immediately left for Shanhaiguan.
One operation made the officers and soldiers of Shanhaiguan complain.
Fortunately, Li Zicheng then led troops and left only a few troops to garrison Beijing. More than 60,000 elite soldiers were left, and together with the Shanhaiguan soldiers, the total was 80,000.
On Huang Taiji's side, there are only 40,000 troops, including the civilians, which is said to be 300,000.
The confrontation lasted for several days, and the army rations were extremely consumed. Li Zicheng decided to take the initiative to leave the border and fight. He also wanted to save army rations and go south to attack Shandong.
"Report, the enemy troops have left the border!"
"Just come here and the whole army will retreat."
After finding out the news from afar, Huang Taiji was very happy and took the initiative to retreat to Yong'an Fort, choosing to defend the city.
The defensive battle at Shanhaiguan was turned into a siege at Yong'an Fort by Li Zicheng.
The battle lasted for half a month, with no outcome in sight, but Huang Taiji was completely reduced to a cowed turtle. The 40,000-strong army was divided into two, with one guarding Yong'an Fort and the other guarding the nearby mountains, forming a corner to resist Li Zicheng's attack.
This guy is stalling for time. His two partial divisions must take a detour across the Great Wall and insert themselves directly into Li Zicheng's rear.
The outcome of the war has actually been decided long ago.
Li Zicheng did not take the Manchus to heart, and did not even release detailed information. He only sent sentries to inquire about the enemy's intelligence.
Huang Taiji had spies everywhere, knew Beizhili very well, and his military plans were very targeted.
At this time, Huang Taiji was not dead, and the Manchu and Qing troops were at their peak. They were not the Qing troops who came to attack Shanhaiguan after internal strife.
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Cold mouth direction.
Tang Tong, who had surrendered to Li Zicheng, was drinking and having fun in the city.
After the Ming Dynasty died, everything was easy.
Tang Tong had run out of military supplies, and he didn't want to think about anything now. He just wanted to wait for Li Zicheng to win the battle and come back to pay him, otherwise his soldiers would mutiny.
"Headquarters, it's bad, the Tatars are coming!" The guard rushed in to report.
"Let's go!"
Tang Tong was so frightened that he ran to the stable in a hurry.
While running, I suddenly came to my senses. How could Li Zicheng's group of bandits defeat the elite Tartar soldiers?
Tang Tong defeated the bandits many times and was defeated by the Manchus many times.
He despised Li Zicheng and was afraid of the Manchus. At the critical moment, he immediately felt that the Manchus were going to win.
What's more, the Manchu and Qing armies have already come to kill them, and they will definitely not be able to resist them.
Even if Li Zicheng could win the battle, he would most likely be held accountable for losing the cold words, so he might as well surrender now.
Tang Tong mounted his war horse and ordered the whole army: "Follow me to welcome the soldiers into the stronghold!"
"The enemy has surrendered!"
"Haha, the Han people are still so courageous."
Haug laughed loudly, he was not surprised by this.
When the Manchu and Qing dynasties came to attack the Great Wall Pass, the Ming Dynasty defenders all fled after hearing the news. The only difference was that they fled before, but this time they surrendered.
After accepting the surrender, Hauge encouraged him and said to Tang Tong: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. Don't delay. Lead troops immediately with me to fight against Jizhou!"
Tang Tong came up with an idea and said: "General, I think we can attack Qian'an first."
"Why do we need to move to Qian'an first?" Haug asked.
Tang Tong explained: "The guard general of Qian'an is Bai Guangen. He was originally a bandit and was recruited by the Ming Dynasty to become the general soldier. He was a thief himself, and he killed thieves ruthlessly. He had a big feud with Lieutenant General Li Chuang's army.
Moreover, this man was a bandit, and although he was highly appreciated by Hong Chengchou, he had many conflicts with other generals in Jizhen. Now that he is forced to submit to Li Chuang, both Li Chuang's people and Hong Chengchou's people may come to settle old scores with him."
Hauge smiled and said: "There are no human beings outside here."
"It is true," Tang Tong said with a smile, "Bai Guangen is anxious and afraid of revenge from all parties. As long as the generals arrive, this person must surrender to the Qing Dynasty!"
Hauge said: "If Bai Guangen surrenders to the city, I will give you a great reward!"
"Thank you, General, for your appreciation." Tang Tong was overjoyed.
The Manchu and Qing troops joined forces with Tang Tong and marched forward. As soon as they arrived at Qian'an City to persuade them to surrender, Bai Guangen ordered his soldiers to open the city gate.
Before a battle was fought, Hauge had 8,000 more soldiers and then sent his troops to kill Jizhou where Hong Chengchou was stationed.
Hauge was lucky on his side, but Dorgon hit the wall.
Dorgon also made a surprise attack and captured Xifengkou, but was immediately counterattacked by Cao Bianjiao.
Cao Bianjiao led his servants in a night attack and fought all the way to Dorgon's tent. Fortunately, they were all elites. Not only did the Qing army not collapse, but they were able to gather troops to encircle them.
Cao Bianjiao successfully broke through, led his troops to Jizhou, and joined forces with Hong Chengchou's pacesetters to defend the city.
Hong Chengchou was embarrassed, having troops but no food.
(Sorry, something happened, so the update is late.)