After Li Zicheng brutally executed the Fuwang Zhu Changxun, he did not let the others go.

On 14 May, the Chuang army convened a meeting in front of the Zhou Gong Temple to celebrate the conquest of Luoyang, and announced the crimes of Lu Weiqi, the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Li Fengxian, the governor of Henan, Kang Menghui, the prefect, and Wang Yinchang, who participated in the government. There were also more than 400 officials and large landowners in Luoyang City and surrounding prefectures and counties.

Li Zicheng announced in public: "These officials and big households are sucking the blood of the poor, eating the flesh of the poor, and they are innocent of death. ”

The soldiers who broke into the army naturally applauded loudly, and the onlookers also coaxed: "Kill corrupt officials, kill big families!" ”

Although on the day of the city break, the army burned and looted, and there were countless casualties, but most of the victims were large households, and most of the ordinary people were lucky to escape the catastrophe.

Li Zicheng waved his hand: "Kill!" ”

Hundreds of executioners raised their knives and fell, blood rushed to the sky, and their heads rolled to the ground, and the blood flowed like a river outside the Zhou Gong Temple, and the corpses were thrown into the newly dug pit to the west of the gate of the Zhou Gong Temple.

It was the first time to capture such an important city, and the army was full of joy, and for a while it felt that the court and the officers and soldiers were just like this, and it was not difficult to compete for the world. Liu Heizi saw that Li Zicheng and the generals were very interested, and took the opportunity to make a statement according to Xia Nan's plan: "The successful capture of Luoyang proves that King Chuang is the destiny of heaven, why not establish himself as the king, gather the heroes, and attack the capital?" ”

"Self-established king?" Li Zicheng was a little hesitant. It's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't be sure if the time is right.

Liu Zongmin was in high spirits, and nodded again and again when he heard the words: "Although I have been looking at you unpleasantly, this proposal is good." He said to Li Zicheng, "King Chuang, now we want money and money, food and food, and there are enough people and horses. Brothers, follow you and enjoy the blessings! ”

The rest of the people also wanted to be the ministers of the dragon, and they said: "King Chuang, set yourself up as a king!" Let's go to the capital together to pull Chongzhen down, and the throne will sit for you! ”

Li Zicheng's heart jumped and asked, "You all think so?" I'm from a clay-legged background, can I really be an emperor? ”

Liu Heizi continued to bewitch: "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning? The Taizu of this dynasty is just a cowherd baby, and he is not more noble than King Chuang. Now that the imperial court is corrupt and incompetent, the officers and soldiers are weak, and the eight kings who can be compared with King Chuang are still surviving in Sichuan, which is a good opportunity for King Chuang to show his talents. If Zhang Xianzhong and others are allowed to enter Beijing to take the lead, the emperor may not know who will do it......"

Li Zicheng struggled for a while, and finally broke through the concerns in his heart, patted his thigh, and said loudly: "Since the brothers said that the forehead is done, the forehead will be done, and the forehead is not hypocritical." But what should I name it? ”

Everyone is a big man who doesn't know a few big words, and it's a little difficult for them to think about the name, so they scratch their ears and cheeks one by one, and they didn't hold it back for a long time.

Liu Heizi was confident, smiling and silent. Before leaving, Xia Nan had already explained everything related to Li Zicheng to him, and he almost didn't write a handwritten life story, and he naturally knew what his name was, but it was not good to say it too early, it seemed abrupt.

When everyone thought about it for a long time and found nothing, Liu Heizi pretended to rack his brains to come up with an idea, and asked tentatively: "Since King Chuang entered Henan, it has been smooth sailing, and the capture of Luoyang has been smooth, how about calling it 'Dashun'?" ”

"Dashun?" Li Zicheng thought about it, but it was quite smooth, and it was auspicious to listen to, so he nodded and replied: "Yes, then it is called Dashun." From today on, we will be the Great Shun Army. ”

Gao Yigong suggested: "Chuang Wang, you can't eat a fat man in one bite, you can go step by step, first call the generalissimo, then call the king, if the war goes well, before entering Beijing, it is not too late to establish yourself as the emperor." ”

Li Zicheng said with satisfaction: "Yigong is good, then let's call it generalissimo first." Why don't you call it 'Generalissimo Fengtian Advocate Righteousness'? ”

Everyone applauded: "Very good, it is mighty and domineering when you listen to it." ”

At noon, Liu Zongmin announced to tens of thousands of people in front of the Lingxing Gate of Zhougong Temple that Li Zi had become the "Generalissimo of Fengtian Advocating Righteousness", proclaimed himself the "King of Xinshun", and the army was renamed "Dashun Army", and would march to Beijing, and told the people: Follow the king, do not pay grain, and have land to plant. At this time, the people of the world are troubled by the increasingly heavy taxes, Henan drought year after year, it is even more miserable, this simple program is put forward, poked the pain points of the people, the hungry people of the whole Henan spontaneously came to Luoyang with flags, for a time "hungry people near and far, the flag and the response is like water, day and night indecisive", in just one month, the Dashun army expanded from 200,000 to more than 500,000.

After the Dashun army looted the property and granaries in Luoyang City, especially after emptying the Fuwang Mansion, the harvest was gratifying, the food was sufficient, and the soldiers were strong and strong, and the plan to go north to the capital was put on the agenda, and leaving Luoyang entered the countdown.

Liu Heizi is very appreciated by Li Zicheng because of his repeated contributions, although he is an outsider, he has a lot of prestige in the Dashun Army, and his words also have a certain weight. One day, he secretly exchanged information with Chu Shengchang and others who were lurking in the Dashun army, and sent someone to deliver the news to Lingao, and then returned to Zhougong Temple. At the gate, he accidentally saw a forty-year-old literati and the soldier at the gate talking about something, and out of curiosity, he casually asked, "What is this doing?" ”

The soldiers all knew this celebrity in front of King Chuang, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu, there is a poor and sour talent here, Mao Sui recommended himself, I want to see King Chuang, and seek an official and a half-position in our Dashun army......"

The middle-aged literati hurriedly corrected: "Niu is a serious person, not a talented ......"

The soldiers smiled and said, "Yes, yes, it's still a man...... man."

Liu Heizi became alert and asked, "This brother is surnamed Niu?" What is the name......"

The middle-aged literati saw that he looked easy to speak, and hurriedly introduced himself: "The next surname is Niu Jinxing, the word Juming, a native of Baofeng County, Henan, and a ...... in the seven years of the Apocalypse."

Liu Heizi was born as a half-hung scholar and had a good memory, so he suddenly remembered the general's explanation before leaving.

“…… In addition to beguiling Li Zicheng to attack Luoyang and going north to the capital after the fact, he also had to pay attention to several people: one is called Li Yan, the other is called Niu Jinxing, and the other is called Song Xiance. As long as any of these three people appear, they will do everything they can to get rid of them, and they will not let Li Zicheng know. These people are all stumbling blocks for us to manipulate Li Zicheng, don't ask me why I know, just do it......"