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Outside the city of Changsha, the spring is bright, all things are full of vitality, and the fields are full of people who are busy with spring ploughing, and there are cheerful shouts everywhere.

In addition to being busy, some of the people who took a break under the shade of the trees also sang songs to express the joy in their hearts:

How many bends has the Liuyang River made? Dozens of miles of waterway to the Xiangjiang River.

What county is there by the river? Someone's wrong

Last year, Qin Mu drove out the rebels, gave relief to the people, divided the fields and land, greatly improved water conservancy, reduced taxes and taxes, and benefited hundreds of people.

This year, Qin Mu distributed grain, corn, sweet potatoes and other grains, and made great publicity, depicting a longing for a full warehouse of grain and millet to the people.

Qin Mu is like a god-like existence in the hearts of the people of Huguang, and out of trust in him, the people happily sow seeds.

In the joyful singing of the people, on the official road leading to Changsha, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and the people in the fields couldn't help but straighten up and watch;

But seeing a horse galloping over, the man on the horse was covered in yellow dust, his lips were chapped, and he was still gritting his teeth and constantly whipping the war horse, heading towards Changsha City.

It is not difficult to see that this is the messenger, and the horse is so urgent, it can be seen that there must be a big emergency, and people can't help but guess what happened? A few days ago, I heard that Lord Qin sent troops to the north to attack the rebels, probably because there was a battle report from the front.

People are very confident in Qin Jun and don't think there will be any bad news.

When the messenger galloped to the Changsha city gate, the war horse was finally so tired that he fell to the ground, the messenger took out the urgent token, and the soldiers guarding the city saw it, and hurriedly found the horses, and let the messenger change and go straight to the governor's yamen;

The people in the streets, at the sound of the messenger's roar, gave way, and then pointed at the background of the messenger and talked about it.

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In the hall of the three divisions, Qin Mu, Sima An, Liu Boquan, Shao Hua, Li Yuan, Yang Shen, Liu Meng, Huo Sheng and others sat intently.

After the messenger Li Linfa poured the whole pot of tea violently, he continued: "Three drums on the night of March 19. The Dashun army broke through the Zhangyi Gate, and the Beijing division fell. On the morning of the 20th, Li Zicheng rode a horse into Chengtianmen, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, Shangshu Song Qijiao, Yu Shangyou, Shilang Li Zhisheng, Zhang Lingran and other horseback riders. Subsequently, Li Zicheng ordered Emperor Dasuo to limit the number of officials to meet in three days;

The crown prince voted for Zhou Kui's house, Zhou Kui closed the door, and the two kings could not hide. He was captured by the Dashun Army successively, imprisoned in the palace by Li Zicheng, the eldest princess injured an arm, and Li Zicheng gave it to Liu Zongmin after waking up.

In the meantime, the palace maid Wei took the lead in throwing himself into the river, and more than 200 palace servants all jumped into the water and died in the country, the corpses were stopped, and the elephants in the elephant room all roared and wept.

Soon after, it was searched by the Dashun army. Fang knew that the emperor and queen had all been in a big way, and Li Zicheng ordered people to carry the corpse out of the palace gate, put it into the willow coffin, and place it outside the east gate in the open air. Not buried.

The next day, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, and Wei Zaode, the head of the cabinet, led hundreds of civil and military officials into the palace to worship Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng did not meet him. The officers and men of the Dashun Army humiliated Zhu Chunchen, Wei Zaode and others, poked their backbones, and took off their hats. or raise their feet and necks, wantonly humiliate, and hundreds of officials are afraid to prostrate themselves on the ground and dare not move;

The eunuch Wang Dehua scolded the ministers: The country is dead and the king is mourning, and as a minister, you don't think about burying the first emperor, but you came here first, are you still a person? Dozens of people in the chamberlain cried when they heard this.

Gu Junen persuaded Li Zicheng, and after Li Zicheng changed the emperor, he used the crown Yi Zhai and the reed factory to cover the coffin. Chen Yantian, a scholar, shamelessly persuaded Li Zicheng to ascend the throne, but he was not allowed. He ordered the crown prince to be renamed the king of Song and imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison.

Subsequently, Li Zicheng received the ministers, divided into three grades to confer official positions, the old dynasty from the fourth grade below such as Shao Zhan Liang Shaoyang, Yang Guanguan, etc. have accepted Li Zicheng's official position, three grades or more, Li Zicheng alone with the old waiter Hou Sui.

The rest of the honorable relatives, civil and military ministers, such as Zhou Kui, Zhu Chunchen, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode and other more than 800 people, were sent to Liu Zongmin's military camp to torture and loot for gold and silver, and those who had tens of thousands of gold were asked for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, and the number was slightly dissatisfied.

At the same time, Li Zicheng ordered to arrange the armor protection, with five families to raise a soldier, if there is a family of escapees, all the armor will be beheaded. If there are rich families within ten families, the Dashun army will take their own nationality, and the lower families will be plundered by the thieves. All the folk horses, mules, and bronze utensils were ordered to be handed over to the barracks, and the people in the city were exhausted."

Qin Mu and the others listened silently, their expressions were solemn, and they didn't say a word, the Ming Dynasty, which had been three hundred years old, was destroyed, and the bodies of the emperor and empress were thrown on the side of the road, no one buried them, and it was indescribably sad.

After a long time, Sima An said quietly: "There are many people who compare Li Zicheng to Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, it is true that Liu Bang was also born in Caojiao, when he first entered the Guanzhong, he also had some contempt for scholars, and when he met Li Shiqi, he actually sat on the bed and asked two women to wash his feet, and Li Shiqi said to Liu Bang: If you want to destroy the tyrannical Qin, you shouldn't see an elder like this." After Liu Bang heard this, he immediately stood up and tidied up his clothes, and asked him to sit on it! ”

It is no wonder that Sima An sighed like this, Li Zicheng's practice after entering Beijing is not worthy of lifting shoes for Liu Bang.

The rise and fall of the dynasty is the general trend of the world, and no one can do anything about it. But as a new dynasty, what it does is not as good as the old dynasty, how can the world return to its heart?

Open the door to meet the king, and the king will not pay for the food.

Maybe there were still people singing such a ballad a few days ago, which is really a great irony, King Chuang is now here, not only asking you to pay for food, but also for your life.

Before everyone could get out of their sad mood, Qin Mu suddenly said: "Immediately announce the news of the fall of Jingshi and the death of the emperor." In addition, the official ordered that the officers and soldiers of the three armies and the officials of the state government should immediately start to mourn for the emperor and queen, and there must be no mistakes. And set up a mourning hall in front of the governor's yamen, set up a dojo, and prayed for the emperor and queen to be blessed. ”

"Whoa!" Li Shi outside the door responded and left.

Qin Mu said in a deep voice again: "Yang Shen, you immediately draft a document to criticize Li Zicheng's contempt for insulting the body of the first emperor and queen, and reveal the atrocities of the traitor Jingshi. ”

"Yes, sir."

"According to the official order, all generals are not allowed to leave the camp, control the army, and don't cause chaos. Military officers should do a good job of caring for lieutenants, persuade soldiers to turn their grief into liliang, and strengthen training to cope with the changes in the world. ”

"Yes, sir."

"Passing on this official order, all state and county officials, except for the chief official who stayed to worship the emperor of Daxing, all the other officials visited the people, calmed the people's hearts, and told the people that no matter how drastic changes in the world, our army has the ability and determination to ensure the stability of Huguang and Jiangxi, so that the people do not have to panic and cultivate with peace of mind. Well, Yang Shen, you will write a notice with this content in the name of your own official and post it in all states and counties to appease the people. ”

"Yes, sir."

"Mr. Sima, order all the members of the General Staff to prepare, and after the memorial, immediately move to Wuchang with the official to guard the northern gateway of Huguang."

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will do it."

As Qin Mu issued orders one after another, notices were posted one by one, first the sheng song in Changsha City was finished, the whole city was vegetarian, the monastery rang the bell to report the funeral, and the dojo was quickly set up in front of the governor's yamen.

Then the prefectures and counties followed one after another, and the chief official set up a dojo in the yamen to pay tribute to Chongzhen and Queen Zhou. Tongzhi and county officials visited the people to appease the people.

In the barracks in various localities, the military officials who were responsible for propaganda and pacification recruited officers and men one after another to publicize Li Zicheng's evil deeds in Beijing, and analyzed in detail the reason that Li Zicheng's actions were unpopular with the people and that he was bound to be defeated. At the same time, in the name of Qin Mu, he called on the soldiers to train hard, in order to calm these ghosts and ghosts in the future.

The mourning hall in Changsha City is solemn and solemn, and the senior monks and Taoist leaders of nearby temples and Taoist temples are invited to hold a grand memorial ceremony. Qin Mu was also vegetarian all over his body, and took Sima An and others to the memorial in person.

Ten thousand people in the city sacrificed together, and there was a cry.

The feelings of the people are very simple, and Chongzhen has repeatedly paid them, which may have brought them heavy disasters, but Chongzhen is the father of the monarch after all, and he is the heaven in the hearts of the people, and now, the sky has collapsed. The panic in the hearts of the people can be imagined.

The reason why Qin Mu was so solemn was nothing more than to appease the military and civilians in Huguang and Jiangxi.

You must know that until the later fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, ordinary people were still so panicked, they did not know what to do without the emperor, if the Chinese have faith, then the emperor is undoubtedly the faith of ordinary people, when faith collapses, we must be good at appeasement, otherwise chaos will occur.

Fortunately, the people of Huguang and Jiangxi have long had a new belief in Qin Mu, and they believe that with Qin Mu, Huguang and Jiangxi will be able to continue to ensure stability.

Qin Mu issued a large number of documents and proclamations, ordering all states and counties to set up mourning halls, all kinds of measures are to show his existence to the soldiers and civilians in Jiangxi and Huguang, and tell the soldiers and the people that although the Ming Dynasty is dead, the emperor needs to die, and he Qin Mu is holding up this sky, so don't panic.

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(To be continued......)