But he also got Wei Zaode's letter of surrender. Li Banghua's face looked slightly complicated when he heard the news.
After all, he has been working with Wei Zaode for a long time. Although Li Banghua has never liked Wei Zaode, he is very good at maneuvering and likes to cater to his superiors.
He had many conflicts with Li Banghua.
But now that he suddenly heard about this kind of thing, Li Banghua still felt very complicated.
"well!"
Li Banghua sighed slightly, and ordered the few Jinyi guards next to him to post all the details about Wei Zaode's surrender form and how he exploited the common people.
"good!"
When the people watching saw Wei Zaode's house being ransacked, they all applauded, and some even started to applaud.
Soon, a rumor began to spread among the people.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the reincarnation of Ziweixing, who came to save the Ming Dynasty and has the ability to predict the future.
Wei Zaode, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, and Cheng Guogong are just a starting point. The future Crown Prince will clear away all corrupt officials in the world and create a bright and prosperous world for the people!
The legend is very true. Thanks to word of mouth, many people believe it to be true.
Emperor Chongzhen, who was already decadent in the palace, naturally received the news from Jin Yiwei, and he also got the surrender form written by Wei Zaode himself.
Chongzhen looked at the content on the table in front of him and was trembling with anger.
It was really hard for him to believe that the minister he trusted the most secretly wrote a letter of surrender at this time. This feeling of betrayal made Chongzhen tremble with anger.
“Where’s that Wei Zaode!!!”
Chongzhen roared angrily at Wang Chengen who was standing aside.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Wang Chengen quickly said to Emperor Chongzhen in front of him.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already escorted Wei Zaode to the palace!"
After hearing Wang Chengen's words, the anger on Emperor Chongzhen's face slowly calmed down.
He pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Chengen in front of him and asked: "By the way, how is the prince doing to consolidate the city defense when he leaves the palace?"
Upon hearing Emperor Chongzhen's question, Wang Chengen suddenly smiled on his face.
He smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen in front of him: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done a good job. His people are following his instructions in an orderly manner to reorganize the city defense, especially the imperial guards under him. They are really better than the others.
, not only outstanding in ability, but also very loyal.
It played a huge role in setting up the city defense! Moreover, they ransacked Cheng Guogong’s house and seemed to have obtained a lot of silver. Now His Royal Highness starts recruiting people with ten taels of silver per head, so he finally doesn’t have to worry about the people who will defend the city!”
“Ten taels of silver per person??”
Chongzhen couldn't help but said to Wang Chengen who was standing aside.
He was almost driven crazy by the money, but on the other hand, his son just ransacked the house of a traitor, and he dared to spend such money. It was really...
Chongzhen's heart was somewhat complicated.
Unfortunately, time is running out!
Chongzhen knew that time was running out, and Zhu Cixiang certainly knew it too.
Because he had the battle report from the front line in his hand, his expression was very complicated.
I don’t have any more time to reorganize the city’s defenses!
"There is no time for Wu Xiang to rectify his situation! Let him take the Shenji Battalion directly to the city wall for reinforcements! Take out all the firearms and all the gunpowder!"
Zhu Cixiang said with a solemn expression to the several Jinyi guards on the side.
Several Jin Yiwei around quickly dispersed.
When Zhu Cixiang continued to issue orders in all directions.
Li Zicheng's army was already heading straight for Beijing.
"Beijing City should not have any city defense now! It seems that our siege should be simpler this time!"
Li Zicheng stretched himself on the horse and said lazily.
Although he looked lazy on the surface, Li Zicheng was slightly excited in his heart.
Ahead is the city of Beijing!
"kindness!"
Liu Zongmin on the side had a smile on his face, looked at Li Zicheng and said, "Earlier, Duke Cheng Guo sent a letter of surrender to open the city gate for you."
Hearing Liu Zongmin's words, Li Zicheng's heart moved slightly. He turned to look at Liu Zongmin and asked, "What do you think should be done about this Zhu Chunchen?"
"Of course I'll kill him! It's very dangerous to stay with a person like this who licks his face and betrays his master! Since he can betray his current master, of course he can betray us too!"
Liu Zongmin said calmly.
"The military advisor is right!"
Li Zicheng smiled.
"This kind of villain should be squeezed clean and then chopped into pieces! But for now, it's better to stabilize his heart first!"
As he spoke, Li Zicheng showed a smile on his face.
At this time, Liu Zongmin looked at the people coming and going, and his expression suddenly changed slightly.
"Something's wrong."
"What's wrong? Military advisor?"
Li Zicheng was slightly stunned. He looked at Liu Zongmin in front of him curiously and asked.
"King Chuang, look, there were a lot of people coming and going around us before. Why are there suddenly so few people around us now? It feels like almost all the people coming from the capital are gone!"
Liu Zongmin's expression changed slightly and he said to Li Zicheng who was standing aside.
Li Zicheng took a look, and his eyes gradually became serious.
"That's right! It seems like our scouts haven't sent back any news for a while!"
"Attention everyone!"
At this time, Liu Zongmin shouted loudly to the people on the side.
"Liu Zongmin, you only know how to confuse the morale of the army!"
Niu Jinxing on the side glanced at Liu Zongmin in front of him with some dissatisfaction and said: "What are you afraid of? Didn't Qiu Maohua and the others say that? Now in Beijing, there is not even a slightly usable army. Even if they want to resist stubbornly, they can't."
We don’t have the capital!”
"It's better to be careful!"
When Liu Zongmin heard Niu Jinxing's words, he felt slightly uncomfortable. He and Niu Jinxing had never dealt with each other very well.
At this time Niu Jinxing wanted to say something else.
"Report!!!!"
At this time, the scouts exploring the road ahead shouted and hurried over on horseback.
"explain!"
Li Zicheng asked the scout in front of him.
"All the gates in Beijing are blocked! Some of our scouts are blocked in Beijing. Now Beijing is completely cut off from the outside world. We have no idea what is happening in Beijing!"
The scout panted and said to Li Zicheng in front of him.
"Sealed?"
Li Zicheng frowned slightly, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.
"It seems that our idea of taking over Beijing without a fight has come to nothing!"
A cold light flashed in Liu Zongmin's eyes.
"Notice down! Divide your forces! Capture Beijing City!"
Li Zicheng shouted loudly to the troops behind him.