The two were talking in the tavern room, not noticing that there was an eavesdropper outside the door.After talking about speculation, the two sat down again and continued to talk.Li Yan said: "The hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the King of Dashun are approaching the Yong Pass, and it is a foregone conclusion to break through the pass and enter Beijing.And Emperor Chongzhen has not fought so far, has not surrendered, and has not been in harmony.Outside Beijing, except for Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry in Shanhaiguan, there were no soldiers to fight.If Emperor Chongzhen transferred the Guanning Iron Cavalry Garrison Division, the Guanning Air Defense would be weak, and the Tartars would take the opportunity to break through the Shanhaiguan, and the situation would be more complicated and unpredictable. ”This Wang Shuo knew that Chongzhen did order Wu Sangui to rush into Beijing to help, Wu Sangui was estimated to be no longer optimistic about Chongzhen at this time, and had the heart to take refuge in Li Zicheng, and led the army to ink near Shanhaiguan, and when Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, he returned to Shanhaiguan.But with a person like Li Yan with a keen mind and developed thinking, he directly said the results without evidence, and it is estimated that he did not believe it, but he seemed shallow.He thought for a while and said, "I think it is not a trivial matter to lead an army into the customs, and Dorgon will definitely consider the consequences.Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of King Chuang came to Beijing, and the momentum was amazing.Although Dolgon is shrewd, he does not know much about the strength of King Chuang.The Manchu Qing had few soldiers and had never fought against King Chuang, so he must have been worried about whether he could defeat the Dashun army.Under such circumstances, he did not dare to easily lead his troops into the pass.If King Chuang can subdue Wu Sangui, then the north should not worry too much. ”What Wang Shuo said made a lot of sense, and Li Yan couldn't help but nod.Wang Shuo wondered, Beijing was already in danger, this Mr.
Chongzhen, knowing that he couldn't beat him, why didn't he run away He told Li Yan the question in his heart, and Li Yan couldn't understand.It is said that Li Zicheng only occupied the banks of the Yellow River, Chongzhen still has half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River to rely on, and at this time Jiangnan is far richer than Jiangbei, he still has a chance to turn the book, he did not go to Nanjing to organize the army to counterattack, but was lazy to wait for death in Beijing, which is really funny and weird.Wang Shuo also hoped that Li Zicheng could hold Beijing and prevent Dolgon from entering the customs.No matter how undisciplined Li Zicheng's army was, it was much better than the Manchu Qing who still had a barbaric atmosphere of coming in, burning, killing, and plundering.He tried his best to tell the reasons for Li Zicheng's failure in the history he knew, so that Li Yan knew to remind Li Zicheng in case of trouble.But modern history is very different from what he experienced when he came into this world, and who knows if it will work or not, and it is better to prevent than to do nothing.Anyway, Li Yan wanted to go back to Li Zicheng to pick up his wife.Besides, from the perspective of being a person, Li Yan is a person who demands perfection and likes to do things well from the beginning to the end, and if the things here are not done, he will not return to the northwest with Wang Shuo immediately.He said to Li Yan: "Whoever succeeds in the emperor's first position, it is necessary to win the hearts of the people and stabilize the overall situation."
As long as King Chuang can treat the people of Beijing well, do not arbitrarily disrupt the rule of the existing officials, let the existing officials perform their duties, and then try to reform when the capital is secured, the overall situation in the world should be stable.As for what will happen in the future, no one can predict.But as long as King Chuang stabilizes Jingshi, no matter what happens in the future, he will have a chance to free up his hands to solve it.Otherwise, if the Jingshi is unstable, all kinds of dangers will exist in the future. ”Wang Shuo said this because history says that after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he roasted and plundered officials and merchants, causing civil strife in Beijing, which led to Wu Sangui's rebellion, and finally fought with Li Zicheng, giving the Manchus a chance to enter the customs.Unexpectedly, when Li Yan heard Wang Shuo say this, his face turned gloomy and said: "I and Song Xiance Song Junshi have thought of this, and Song Junshi also proposed ten strategies for entering Beijing, including the officials to resume their duties, the army does not enter the inner city, and the people do their own business."
However, King Chuang didn't listen to it at all.He said, everyone worked hard with him to come to the Beijing Division, not to let the soldiers enter the city to enjoy the prosperity of the Beijing Division, how to explain to the leaders that the military discipline has begun to corrupt since the breakthrough of Tongguan, and all departments are not allowed to restrain it, so far it is impossible to control such a soldier into the Beijing Division, this century-old ancient capital, will face a catastrophe caused by the turmoil, it is really difficult to predict, I have persuaded King Chuang many times, and Chongzhen made peace, so as not to be in this big chaos "Wang Shuo has seen the chaos of King Chuang's army many times, and his heart is compared to his heart, knowing that Li Yan has exhausted his donkey skills at the moment, If you can't return to the sky, you will come up with this policy of making peace with Chongzhen.It seems that the catastrophe in Beijing is no longer avoidable.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shake my head and sigh.At this time, Li Yan asked Wang Shuo: "I don't know who the general wants to visit when he enters Beijing" Wang Shuo remembered that when he was in Lanzhou, Hu Lianqi listed the Beijing official list for him, and immediately found it from his arms and handed it to Li Yandao: "Northwest talents are scarce, I just want to recruit some useful talents." ”Li Yan took the watch and looked at it, and said with a smile while looking at it: "These people are just mediocre.Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, is timid and afraid, only promised, and is a fool Zhou Kui is a miser.Chongzhen ordered him to take the lead in donating money to alleviate the country's difficulties, but he had no money to spare.His daughter, Empress Zhou, gave him 5,000 taels of silver and asked him to hand it over to the treasury, but he paid 3,000 taels and only paid 2,000 taels.This Chen Yan, who was originally the first assistant, has been dismissed by Chongzhen.This person specializes in flattery, befriending the lieutenants, finding out the questions asked by the emperor in advance, and then asking someone to answer them well, dealing with the emperor, is really a shameless person Wei Zaode, a person who has no talent and no virtue, and tends to be a person who tends to be inflammatory.He inherited the title of his father Luo Sigong, and in the past few years when their father and son were commanders, Jinyiwei rarely abused his power and arrested and killed indiscriminately.The rest of the people are really not worth seeing. ”Li Yan refutes the Beijing officials in the table, but there is no usable talent.Finally, he sighed and said, "The court, the wise men stay away.In the Chongzhen Dynasty, those who had a good name often did not die well, which was chilling" Wang Shuo originally suspected that it was a stupid idea for him to go to Beijing to find talents, but hearing Li Yan say this, he was even more interested.Moreover, if he got such a talent as Li Yan, even if the Beijing master didn't come in vain, it didn't matter if he couldn't enter Beijing at the moment.Wang Shuo was thinking about how to persuade Li Yan, and now he would go back to the northwest with him, but he heard Li Yan say: "Yan has been following King Chuang for a long time, from its initial prosperity to now having millions of troops, Yan has experienced it.The period is detailed, and Yan also remembers them one by one.Even if King Chuang rises and falls in the future, Yan doesn't know it.It's still early today, Yan wants to talk to the general about the gains and losses of King Chuang, maybe it will be of some use to the general in the future, I don't know if the general is willing to listen to Yan's ramblings" Wang Shuo's face became serious.He knew that Li Yan had been with King Chuang recently, and he must have felt uncomfortable watching King Chuang step by step towards failure.At the same time, he wanted to say this, undoubtedly because he was worried that Wang Shuo would be carried away by temporary victories in the future, just like King Chuang, and eventually embark on the same path of defeat as King Chuang.Wang Shuo could understand Li Yan's current mood, and said to Li Yan with a solemn face: "The son is willing to speak, Shuo can't ask for it, and he is willing to listen." ”: