Emperor Tianwu did not be a monarch of partial peace, which greatly boosted the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, especially the words that our emperor said in front of the soldiers of the three armies were more imposing.

Before I heard it, it was even rumored that "the ascension to the throne is a decisive battle, and the battle is decided!" This kind of domineering words, all kinds of literati and writers were greatly infected, and began to write poems to praise the spirit of our emperor.

The 300,000-strong army crossed the Yangtze River to the north, and it took two days just to cross the river, and the news rolled in all directions like thunder.

"What? Sending millions of troops to the Northern Expedition? ”

In the city of Beijing, Li Zicheng suddenly stood up from the dinner table, and asked the military advisor Song Xiance with a shocked face, and even the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground.

Song Xiance fiercely held a piece of information, and his face was equally ugly.

Li Zicheng glanced at the meatballs that fell on the ground, and said to Song Xiance: "Military advisor, is this news true?" ”

Song Xiance nodded and said seriously: "Confirm it without a doubt......."

Song Xiance was named the founding army division, because of his short stature, disabled legs, and limping walking, nicknamed "Song Shorty" or "Song Child", and he was in charge of Li Zicheng's thousands of murderous child soldiers.

As early as a month ago, Song Xiance received information that the Ming troops of various departments in the south of the Yangtze River began to assemble in Nanjing, saying that it was to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne and hold a big parade.

Because Jiangnan's Lijia system is too strict, especially the plague two years ago, the control and organization of Jiangnan has become more powerful, and the Shun army sent to Jiangnan does not know how many people have died, and the Dashun court has always been blind to the situation in Jiangnan, and Song Xiance can only rely on sporadic intelligence to guess.

At that time, he guessed that the Ming Dynasty should be going on a northern expedition, and he said this in court at the court meeting, but Prime Minister Niu Jinxing didn't care, saying that this was nonsense, how could there be a new emperor in history who was going to go on the expedition as soon as he ascended the throne?

Niu Venus quoted scriptures, and also according to the analysis of the season, since ancient times, the northern barbarians mostly sent troops to the south during the autumn sowing, and the Central Plains Dynasty was generally after spring ploughing, what time is it now? During the New Year, spring ploughing has not yet arrived, and they will not farm for the New Year?

At that time, Li Zicheng felt justified, so he put the matter aside, and even he came up with the idea of sending an envoy to Nanjing to congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne and ease the tension between Dashun and Daming.

Now Da Ming suddenly went on the Northern Expedition, which was completely unexpected by Li Zicheng, and also made him faintly afraid in his heart.

In the first battle of Fengyang Mansion back then, Li Zicheng had suffered from the Anwu Army and the Tianxiong Army, and now the Dashun Army has already played high, in the face of the Ming Army that poured out, can you still be sure to win?

Li Zicheng's brows fell deeper and deeper, and he said to the eunuchs on the left and right: "Summoning the ministers, God bless the palace to discuss the matter." ”

Tianyou Hall is also the Huangji Palace, after Li Zicheng ascended the throne, he changed the name of the palace, changed the Huangji Hall to Tianyou Palace, changed the Daming Gate to Dashun Gate, and changed the four characters of "Respect for Heaven and Ancestor" written on the plaque in the Qianqing Palace to "Respect God and Love the People" and so on.

In the palace of Guozhang Tian Hongyu, it is full of laughter and laughter, and a group of noble generals of the Dashun Army are here to prostitute themselves and have a good time.

Since the Shun army invaded the city of Beijing, Li Zicheng rewarded the palace maids, the general Liu Zongmin and the general Li Guo each rewarded thirty, and the six government civil officials such as Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance each rewarded three or five.

The generals of the Shun army forcibly broke into the mansion of Tian Hongyu and Li Guo occupied the mansion of the Zhou family when they saw Gaomen Dadi, Liu Zongmin occupied the mansion of Tian Hongyu, and Li Guo occupied the mansion of the Zhou family.

Tian Hongyu had already run away with part of his family property before the siege of the Shun army, and Liu Zongmin only got part of the money, which was okay.

However, the Zhou family was not so lucky, since Zhou Kui was given death by Zhu Cihong, Chongzhen in order to appease Queen Zhou, Zhou Kui's four sons and nephews were all arranged in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies as the governor, as a result, as soon as the Shun army came, the four people were taken care of, and they were roasted in the edict prison, and they did not even have a single hair.

In Tianfuzhong, the generals of the Shun army sat together to push cups and change lamps, staggered with each other, and there were singers on the side.

After three rounds of drinking, the scene was already very enthusiastic, and the generals who were originally a little unfamiliar with each other began to hook up and call each other brothers.

But no one paid attention to Wang Zhen who was sitting on the side, because he was too cold, he didn't drink, and he was a boring person!

Stimulated by the alcohol, the decibel of the generals' speech was also inadvertently doubled.

Blowing from Shaanxi to Henan, and then blowing from Henan to Beijing, who is my good buddy, we have fought together, prostituted together, and so-and-so is a ball.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

At this time, Wang Dehua, the eunuch who passed the decree, entered the scene with the holy decree, but the people inside would continue to eat and drink, ignoring him at all, Wang Zhen in the banquet did not drink, but kept serving vegetables like a foodie, as if no one was there.

Compared with the founding monarchs of previous dynasties, Li Zicheng, the Yongchang Emperor, has too poor prestige to suppress these generals under him.

Wang Dehua was a little embarrassed, he glanced at the generals, found the main seat Liu Zongmin, and said, "Marquis Ru, Your Majesty has a will." ”

Liu Zongmin ignored him at all, hugged a beautiful singer with his left hand, and beckoned the brothers around him with his right hand to continue eating and drinking, and snapped his wine glass.

Wang Dehua, who passed the decree, couldn't insert a sentence if he wanted to, because Ruhou Liu Zongmin was drunk, his thinking was a little confused, his speech was slurred, and he could repeat a sentence eight times. ”

The more Wang Dehua listened, the more he couldn't listen to it, but he couldn't listen to it, he was here to deliver the message, so he couldn't just go back.

He wanted to leave directly, and he was worried about disturbing the fun of these generals, and Ruhou had a temper and killed himself, after all, Ruhou was not even afraid of the emperor, and dared to smash the bowl and raise the bar in front of the emperor......

Wang Dehua stood behind Liu Zongmin like a subordinate, trying to find a time to read out the will, he never expected that Liu Zongmin would hold his hand from time to time and ask repeatedly: "Am I right?" ”

How the fuck do I know what you said?

Wang Dehua was depressed in his heart, but he still kept a smile on his face, and said, "What Ruhou said is so right! ”

Finally, it was finally the end of the banquet, Wang Dehua saw the opportunity and said: "Marquis Ru, Your Majesty announced that you and the generals have entered the palace to discuss matters, and there is an important military ......."

Liu Zongmin waved his hand casually and said, "Got it, get out!" ”

He leaned against the wall and slurred his words to the guards around him: "Prepare the horses! ”

.......

Wang Zhen rode his horse into the imperial city and went to the palace, only to see that there were generals running around him, and he completely regarded the imperial city as a racecourse.

Li Zicheng was a general, and Hou Bozi was awarded nearly 200 people with the title of fourth-class man, and Wang Zhen was also one of them.

In front of the noon gate, Wang Zhen dismounted and walked into the Forbidden City, but saw Liu Zongmin and other generals galloping from behind, crumbling along the way, which made people worry.

Liu Zongmin drove his horse all the way into the noon gate, and then crossed the Jinshui Bridge, until he was in front of the imperial steps of the Tianyou Palace, and then he dismounted and patted his ass and approached the main hall.

Wang Zhen sighed that the legendary Forbidden City was heavily guarded, prohibiting ordinary people from approaching, and court officials were not allowed to enter without permission, let alone walk freely in it, riding horses and sedan chairs.

However, at this time, not only Liu Zongmin, Marquis of Ru, but also Liu Tichun, the Bo of Guangshan, Li Laiheng, the Viscount of Pucheng, Gao Yigong, the Baron of Linqu, and others all rode in without any sense of awe.