When Li Zicheng came to the outside of Uncle Tian Guo's mansion, he saw that half of the alley was full of pro-army guards, and there were many sentry posts and heavy guards. In front of the gate, there is a three-zhang six-foot-high cedar flagpole, a blue silk silk is hung on it, and the center of the flag is embroidered with a red "Liu" character. There is a pair of iron lions in front of the high bluestone steps outside the gate, which was originally an old thing in Tianfu, and now it is set off by four gun-wielding warriors with bright armor and fierce eyes, this pair of iron lions is more powerful than in the past.

Seeing this scene, Li Zicheng's mood was a little complicated, Liu Zongmin's pomp was much better than him, the Emperor of Dashun.

Walking into the courtyard, the soldiers saw the emperor coming, they were stunned for a moment, and then knelt down one after another, shouting unevenly: "The little one has seen the emperor......

Li Zicheng waved his hand, motioned for them to get out of the way, and walked straight into the hall where the tortured officials were tortured. As soon as he entered, he was overwhelmed by the scorching stench that permeated the room—the smell of flesh scalded by a soldering iron, mixed with the smell of blood.

Liu Zongmin saw Li Zicheng coming, laughed and stood up, raised his wine glass and said: "The emperor is here, it just so happens that the wine is hot, our brothers haven't had a few glasses for a long time, it's better to hurry up and pour wine for the emperor......" The latter sentence was said to the woman next to him.

The two women trembled and walked over to pour Li Zicheng wine, but they were gently pushed away.

Li Zicheng frowned and said: "Lone left the matter of chasing the salary to you, why do there are frequent cases of private robbery and rape of ** women?" ”

Liu Zongmin's face sank, looked at Gao Yigong and the others who were following Li Zicheng, and snorted: "Someone complained to the emperor in private, right?" This general did his best to do his best, and the salary he received in three days was already millions of taels, as long as the silver was in hand, why bother with some small things? Scholars all say, 'When the water is clear, there are no fish', those who do big things are not informal, and you are too careful, Your Majesty. ”

Li Zicheng held back the displeasure in his heart and patiently persuaded: "Lone once said that after entering the inner city, those methods in the past must be reined in. I heard that in order to pursue the salary, more than a dozen officials have died, and the people below have corrupted military discipline, rape and plunder, and the officials and the people have complained, which is very unfavorable to Lone's ascension to the throne. You are Lone's right-hand man, why can't you help Lone be a good emperor? ”

The Dashun army entered the city too smoothly, coupled with the great power, Liu Zongmin has swelled a lot, as if he has the style of "one person under ten thousand people", and now he is reprimanded by Li Zicheng in front of his subordinates, even if the tone is quite relaxed, but he still feels very faceless, and under impulse, he blurted out: "The power of the emperor belongs to you, and the power of torture belongs to me, don't talk nonsense!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was stunned. Gao Yigong's face was red, and he felt that the lord had humiliated his ministers, and wanted to scold the other party for a few words, but Li Zicheng didn't speak, and his status was inferior to the other party, so he didn't dare to speak.

Li Zicheng was silent for a while, his face changed again and again, and finally he just dropped a sentence: "Do it yourself, don't do too much, it's not easy to explain to the subjects of Jingshi alone......" and then turned around and left.

After Li Zicheng walked, the soldiers who were executed looked at each other, and then boldly asked: "Chief Sentry Master, you will not be able to contradict the emperor like this, right?" ”

After Liu Zongmin finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, but the water that was spilled out of the words could not be recovered. He didn't want to lose his position in front of his subordinates, so he stiffened his neck and replied: "I'm afraid to ask!" Everyone fights the world together, the emperor has let him be, Lao Tzu is just doing his best, what is there to be afraid of? provoked Lao Tzu, took his soldiers back to northern Shaanxi, and everyone broke up! ”

In the alley outside Tianfu, Gao Yigong said to Li Zicheng indignantly: "He relied on his seniority and the emperor's dependence, and he actually contradicted the emperor like this, he really deserved death!" Your Majesty, give an order, take away his military power, cut him to his position, and see how long he can be arrogant? ”

Li Zicheng was silent and did not answer. Among the generals of the Dashun Army, except for himself, his abilities are uneven, and only a few people such as Liu Zongmin have the ability to take charge of themselves, and the strength of the troops directly under them cannot be underestimated. Now that the overall situation is undecided, he has not yet ascended the throne, and there are still strong enemies in the north, if he destroys the Great Wall, the whole army will be in chaos, and the situation that he has managed to fight will face the danger of collapse. Not to mention that Liu Zongmin is by no means a person who can be captured, if he wants to be captured, it will inevitably cause infighting, even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory, and the Dashun army will definitely be greatly injured.

These words are difficult for him to say, and they are detrimental to his majesty. In the face of Gao Yigong, he was speechless.

Fortunately, this embarrassing scene was resolved. A cavalryman galloped over, turned over and dismounted dozens of paces away, rushed over, and knelt on the ground to report: "Your Majesty: There is news from the Yongding Gate, saying that the Marquis of Pingnan led a large army to arrive outside the capital and ask to talk to the emperor. In addition, the horse exploration report: Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, led tens of thousands of Guan Ning Tieqi Qin Wang, is rushing to the capital! ”

Li Zicheng was taken aback: "Guan Ningjun is here?" The Joan Navy is also here? ”

Gao Yigong wondered: "Chongzhen is dead, what kind of king is still diligent?" Pingnanhou is our ally of Dashun, so what is there to be afraid of? ”

"You're thinking too simply." Li Zicheng said with a blushing face, "Even we just learned about Chongzhen's death, and Guan Ningjun may not know." As for Pingnanhou...... He originally said that with the Yangtze River as the boundary, the north would be orphaned, and the south would belong to him, but he rashly crossed the Yangtze River to the capital, but he was afraid that his appetite would not stop there. ”

Gao Yigong was shocked: "In this way, the two armies, one south and one north, are very unfavorable to Dashun?" ”

"Hurry back to the palace, gather everyone, and discuss how to deal with it."

The bell of the Xuanwu Gate echoed over the imperial city, and the generals of the Dashun army who received the summoning order came to the palace from all directions and gathered to the Qianqing Palace.

The well-informed already knew that the Qiong Navy and the Guan Ning Army had rushed to the capital one after another, and everyone's faces were very solemn, which was an unprecedented test for the newly established Dashun regime.

Li Zicheng sat on the dragon chair, glanced at everyone, and found that except for Liu Zongmin, who had not yet arrived, the rest of the people had arrived. He coughed and said, "Everyone should know the purpose of calling you here." Let's talk about how to deal with it. ”

Song Xiance was the first to come out: "The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, whether it is the Qiong Navy or the Guanning Army, they are all good people who do not come, and those who do not come are not good, if you can't resolve the hostility, I'm afraid a big war is inevitable......"

Li Zicheng said: "Why did Mr. Song say this? The Qiong Navy is finally an ally, even if it has its own small abacus, it will not be an enemy of Dashun. As for Guan Ningjun, he came for King Qin, as the head of the nine border towns, he has been deeply favored by the emperor for generations, could it be that he can still fight with Gu, the person who forced Chongzhen to death, into a jade silk? ”