Zhu Hongsan knew Chen Mingxia as a person, and he also knew what he said to Shunzhi, but he didn't know that Chen Mingxia was executed by his good student Shunzhi in history.

Ten days later, Chen Mingxia was sentenced to be hanged, and his son Chen Yechen was taken to Beijing, with 40 rods and exiled to the Northeast.

In the early days of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of relics of the late Ming Dynasty were used, so in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was still the shadow of the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was still "the north and the south are close to each other, and each is a friend", such as the dispute between the northern party and the southern party between Feng Quan and Chen Mingxia during the Shunzhi period, Feng Quan was originally a eunuch party attached to Wei Zhongxian, and Chen Mingxia was after the Donglin party. As the leader of the southern party, Chen Mingxia "pushed a large number of southerners, and they were jealous of the north." At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of old eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were used, and the disadvantages of party strife at the end of the Ming Dynasty were immediately reflected in the political situation in the early Qing Dynasty.

But now because Dolgon is dead, Feng Quan and others who are attached to Dolgon by the party have been dismissed and returned to their hometowns, and Chen Mingxia has just occupied the central government by using the identity of the emperor's teacher, so before the northerners can counterattack, Zhu Hongsan will hit Beijing.

Zhu Hongsan did not ask Emperor Shunzhi why he abandoned the city and fled, but said to Chen Mingxia: "Chen Mingxia, you are staying in Beijing, take me into the city!" “

Chen Mingxia didn't dare to delay, and quickly got up to lead the way in front, leading Zhu Hongsan and his 60,000 troops into the city.

This is the first time that the Han people have appeared in Beijing with great fanfare in recent years, and the emperor of the Han people has returned, and the entire southern city of Beijing is boiling, and everyone has come out to meet Emperor Zhu Hongsan.

The Yongding Gate that Zhu Hongsan entered was the first gate in the southern city of Beijing, which was originally a large open space, with a large amount of farmland and factories in addition to the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Mountains and Rivers, and it was a place where the lowest craftsmen lived before the Ming Dynasty. However, with the occupation of Beijing by the Manchus, they drove out all the Han people in the entire capital, gave up all the good houses to the Manchurian Eight Banners to live in, and ordered the Han people not to enter the city, and this policy continued until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

This is exactly the case in the southern city of Beijing that Zhu Hongsan sees now, where a large number of residents of the former northern city have been driven to the southern city and their property has been confiscated, so these people can only build sheds to live in the large open space in the southern city. Needless to say, the ancient sanitation was a place where people died every day.

Zhu Hongsan saw the miserable situation of the residents of Nancheng, and said to Hou Sui beside him: "Mr. Hou, your next notice to the people of Anmin will say that I promised them to return their original property to them, and try to recover the property looted by the Manchus!" ”

Hou Sui is also a person who has been an officialdom for a long time, and after hearing what the emperor said, he quickly asked people to shout out the emperor's holy decree on both sides of the road, and now more residents supported Zhu Hongsan from the bottom of their hearts.

Yongding Gate is Zhengyang Gate, here is the front door of the later generations of Dashilar, the front door business district originated in the Ming Dynasty Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty Beijing broke through the Yuan Dynasty "before the city after the city" custom, around the Zhengyang Gate and south to the fresh fish mouth, Langfang Hutong belt to form a large business district, the word Dashilar can be traced back to the first year of the Ming Dynasty filial piety Hongzhi. At that time, there was a "curfew" in Beijing, and in order to prevent thieves from hiding in the streets and alleys, wooden fences were built at the intersections of many streets and alleys in Beijing with the approval of the imperial court. During the Wanli period, a large number of artisan workshops, teahouses and theaters appeared here, forming a special market. However, it is not as prosperous as it was then, and because of the war for many years, the shops on both sides of the street have been closed.

In front is the Zhengyang Gate, where the Son of Heaven enters and exits, and the Zhengyang Gate was not open casually before. Zhu Hongsan came to Beijing in his later generations and also visited the Qianmen Tower, but at that time, there was only one city gate building left in Zhengyangmen, and Kenben could not see the majesty.

The building form of Zhengyang Gate is brick fortress type, the city platform is 12 meters high, the door hole is the five-coupon arch coupon type, it is open in the middle of the city platform, it is the city gate of the only arrow tower in the nine gates of the inner city, and it is the dragon car and phoenix chariot. The arrow tower is the top of the heavy eaves rest, and the ash tube tile is cut with green glaze. There are four floors up and down, and there are ninety-four arrow windows on the east, south and west sides for external archery. The arrow tower is four wide and seven rooms, sixty-two meters wide, five rooms out of the north hugging the building, forty-two meters wide, the building is twenty-four meters high, the door is double, the front is the jack gate, and the back is the iron leaf gate.

Zhu Hongsan has also seen the appearance of strong cities in the world in his life, such as Wuchang, Guangzhou, and Nanjing as the capital, but the city gates of these cities are not as majestic as Zhengyang Gate. Zhu Hongsan came to Beijing when Chongzhen hanged himself, but when he entered from Dongbianmen, he had no chance at all, and he didn't dare to go to Zhengyangmen to watch.

Zhu Hongsan stopped at the Zhengyang Gate, looked at the city tower more than 20 meters high, and said with emotion: "Mr. Hou, there is no stronger city in the world than the North and South Erjing, but look at it, the North and South Erjing have held on for a day?" This was the case when the Liukou came, Nanjing was still like this when the Manchus went south, it was like this when I occupied Nanjing, and it is still like this when I occupy Beijing, it seems that the city wall is strong, and the people who guard it can't do it without the heart to defend the city! ”

Hou Sui didn't know that Zhu Hongsan was so emotional here, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true!" ”

Zhu Hongsan turned his head and said to Yao Qisheng: "Xizhi, you use the name of the Military Aircraft Department to give your Cabinet a holy decree, saying that after years of war in the north, I will stay here for a while, and let them come to Beijing to assist me in handling government affairs!" ”

Hou Sui's heart moved when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, and he knew that the emperor had the intention of building the capital in Beijing. However, Hou Sui did not raise objections, Hou Sui was born in Henan, not a southern scholar, although he has a close relationship with the Donglin Party, but also hopes that the imperial court will stay away from the nest of the Donglin Party, Nanzhili, and now the emperor wants to build the capital Beijing, which can just suppress the power of the southerners in the central and southern parts of the DPRK, which is exactly what Hou Sui wants to see, so Hou Sui did not say anything.

But Hou Sui only understood the surface, and did not see the essence of today's emperor's holy decree. Hou Sui did not understand the political operation system of the Shenwu Dynasty, and the Military Aircraft Department was a military institution at the beginning of its establishment, directly responsible to the emperor, but had no jurisdiction over the cabinet. And today, Zhu Hongsan passed the holy decree issued by the Military Aircraft Department, and the Military Aircraft Department was listed above the cabinet, and there are some doorways here.

After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he said to everyone around him: "Let's go, everyone has credit for the success of this Northern Expedition, walk this Zhengyangmen with me!" ”

Zhengyangmen is the gate of the Son of Heaven, and everyone else has to enter through the side door, but today the emperor has an order, and some officers are very happy in their hearts, and they ride horses and pass through Zhengyangmen with the emperor.

Entering Zhengyangmen is Qianbu Lane, which is the location of the offices of various departments of the central government, and the specifications are similar to the Nanjing Forbidden City, but the scale is larger than Nanjing. There is no place here in later generations, and the approximate location is Tiananmen Square in later generations, so you can imagine how big the area of Qianbu Lane is.

After the Thousand Steps Lane is the Chengtian Gate, that is, the Tian'an Gate of the later generations, and after passing here, you will enter the imperial city. Further inside is the Duanmen and Wumen, which are the places where the Ming Dynasty read out important national policies, and are also one of the main gates of the imperial city.

Entering the noon gate and passing through the Jinshui Bridge is the Taihe Gate, which is the three major halls, the place where the emperor holds important state affairs.

Zhu Hongsan wore a military uniform and entered the gate of the Taihe Palace, some eunuchs and maids in the palace hurriedly knelt and kowtowed, and now there are more than a thousand eunuchs and maids in the palace, and the others have already fled.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the golden dragon seat on the main hall, and sighed with emotion in his heart, Lao Tzu was born and died in this life for today? Now I finally got what I wanted.

Zhu Hongsan stepped forward and threw the original bright yellow backrest to the ground, he didn't want to use the one used by Emperor Shunzhi, Zhu Hongsan sat directly on the bare board dragon chair, although he was a little embarrassed, but he was still very excited in his heart.

Zhu Hongsan saw that in addition to those civil servants, the generals who came with him were afraid one by one, standing at the gate of the Taihe Hall and looking around, not daring to come in.

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "What's wrong with you guys? Why don't you dare to come in? ”

Zhao Guodong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, we are all rough people, where have we seen this kind of momentum, I still won't go in!" ”

Zhu Hongsan laughed when he heard Zhao Guodong say this: "You guys also know how to be humble? Come on in! This country was fought down by you and Lao Tzu together, and you also have credit! ”

Hearing what the emperor said, Zhao Guodong and the others walked in with a smile, looking east and west, they completely looked like a turtle in the countryside.

Hou Sui's heart moved when he heard the emperor say this, now that the national war is over, these Qiu Ba have heavy troops in their hands, they must not be allowed to go on like this, they should find an opportunity to suppress it. However, Hou Sui has an identity and status, so naturally he can't do it himself, Hou Sui looked at Chen Mingxia who was smiling on the side, and thought that someone could replace him.

Chen Mingxia didn't know that someone was worried about him, he saw that the emperor was happy, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the Manchu pseudo-Emperor Shunzhi left a princess before leaving, she is the twelve daughters of Huang Taiji, and Shunzhi wants to dedicate this daughter to Your Majesty!" ”

Got a woman? Zhu Hongsan's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Quick!" Send it up, let me see how about the beauty? ”

Chen Mingxia hurriedly asked Yatu to lead Yatu to the main hall, Yatu was wearing a Manchurian dress today, with a pale pink cheongsam, flowerpot high heels on his feet, and a pearl flower on his head. Flower pot heels are very difficult to balance, and Yatu has to shake her waist in one step, giving people a graceful look.

The generals in the house are all big guys, and they treat women as if they take off their pants, where have I seen such a graceful woman, and their eyes have grown when they look at them.

Zhu Hongsan's first glance at this woman is not bad, although she is not as beautiful as his main wives, but she is very good at interracial customs.

Zhu Hong nodded a little and asked, "This woman, who are you?" ”

Yatu knew that she had become a victim, and she didn't dare to show the arrogant and unreasonable appearance of the princess, so she had to bow down pitifully and said: "The concubine is the twelfth daughter of the emperor, and the eldest princess of Shuo Gulun Yatu!" ”