Zhu Youjian said in a consultative tone: "Well, Guiyi Bo's virtuous son-in-law.
I still think it is most appropriate for us to retreat to Nanjing, Yingtian Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River.
There are still hundreds of thousands of my troops there.
We are in this small city.
After waiting for a long time, if the main force of hundreds of thousands of rebels comes, even if you have elite soldiers and sophisticated firearms, tens of thousands of rebels will dig trenches, cut trenches, and fortify strong walls to besiege us.
"It's in the middle" Xia Hua smiled slightly and said: "If you look at it pessimistically, how did your majesty know that you went to Nanjing, Yingtian Mansion?
When Li Zicheng's bandit army went south, they would not repeat the scene of sweeping eastward.
Then where would your majesty flee?"
Seeing that Zhu Youjian didn't respond for a while, Xia Hua continued: "If you look at it optimistically and the rebel army is restrained by the Tatars outside the pass, then at most your majesty will become an emperor like Zhao Gou. .
The bandits were finally wiped out, but the Tatars also occupied half of the country.
Your Majesty, don’t forget that there is still a traitor in the south of the Yangtze River.
If the Tatars enter the pass and secure the Central Plains, it will be nothing more than a dream to restore the country. " These words are all Xia Hua's excuses for his own purposes.
In fact, he also knew that if he escorted Zhu Youjian to Nanjing safely and continued to order the entire nine provinces of Jiangnan with the emperor's orthodoxy, it would be difficult to say what the result would be.
But even the best results fell far short of his goals.
After listening to Xia Hua's words, Zhu Youjian thought in silence for a few breaths, then stared into Xia Hua's eyes and said solemnly: "What do you want?"
Xia Hua knew that the other party was suspicious and said calmly, "Your Majesty only needs to wait here for three to six months.
I guarantee you that the bandits will be wiped out.
However, your Majesty, don't forget that you still have Xu Chen's two " "In six months, all the Tartars and thieves will be wiped out."
"good."
"I said that as long as your two conditions are not to abdicate the throne of the Ming Dynasty royal family or to secede the territory, I will agree to you.
This is no joke.
Tell me what your two conditions are."
Zhu Youjian said seriously. said.
"One of the conditions is that I should be appointed as a general to conquer the captives, open a large governor's shogunate, conduct domestic and foreign military affairs, and control the power of the three divisions in various places during war."
Zhu Youjian was shocked.
The Metropolitan Governor's Office only existed during the Hongwu period when the Ming Dynasty was founded.
Almost all the power of commanding and dispatching troops in the country was in the hands of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.
After Zhu Yuanzhang brought peace to the world, he believed that the general in charge of the Dudu Mansion had too much power and seriously threatened the imperial power.
First of all, the governor's office was deprived of the power to discuss government affairs and mobilize troops, and only retained the power to command troops.
Then the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was divided into five, called the Five Military Governor's Mansion, which were managed by five chief officials.
Now Xia Hua's condition almost empties his imperial power.
He thought for a long time and then said with an awkward expression: "Uncle Gui Yi, I have no problem making you the general of the war against prisoners now, and there is no problem in merging the five army governor's mansions into the great governor's mansion and letting you lead it.
But this He set up a shogunate on his own, controlled all the Chinese and foreign military forces, and even controlled the three departments of the provinces.
This was something that did not happen during the Hongwu period.
This was too much.
Beyond the ancestral system.
But I have already spoken, so I will still allow you to do this, but not now.
You must at least make some achievements before I can grant you such power.
It's hard to convince everyone in the world to gain such great power with empty promises.
And I have learned from Yuan Chonghuan's mistakes, so I have to be careful."
Xia Hua had expected that he would say this, and replied: "The reason why I put this condition is not because I am greedy for power.
It is because I want to completely eliminate the bandits and suppress the captives.
Without this condition, it will definitely be difficult to complete.
But this matter is not urgent. , Your Majesty can consider it slowly."
Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Then there is one last condition."
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"This last matter will be reported to Your Majesty after I have defeated the bandits and the Tartars.
The most urgent task is to recover the three guards in Tianjin and establish contact with Yingtian Prefecture in Nanjing.
In the meantime, Your Majesty also needs to issue several edicts."
"That's very good.
You just need to submit the edict issued by me."
Zhu Youjian became energetic when he heard that he could establish contact with Nanjing.
After he finished speaking, he turned and went upstairs.
In the city of Beijing, there were screams and wailing in the courtyard of the mansion occupied by Liu Zongmin.
More than a dozen Ming court officials were being tortured and tortured at the same time.
There was a lot of traffic in front of the house.
Cars and boxes of gold and silver treasures were piled up in the courtyard.
In the room, Liu Zongmin lifted up his pants and laughed wildly and said: "The slut presented by Wei Zaode is not bad, come here."
A naked woman on the bed was shivering and huddled up.
Liu Zongmin's soldiers outside the door heard the shout and entered the door.
Liu Zongmin pointed to the innocent child on the bed and said, "This woman is the daughter of Wei Zaode.
Take her to my personal camp and give her to my sons for fun."
The soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this and said repeatedly: "Thank you, General Quan, for the reward."
The young woman heard this and cried loudly: "This little girl was given to the general as a concubine by her father."
Liu Zongmin had already thrown away his sleeves and left.
Several soldiers wrapped the woman in a quilt and carried her out.
Wei Zaode, who offered his daughter, was not spared by Liu Zongmin.
At that moment, his hands were broken under the stick, and both arms were broken.
"Tell me, if you don't tell me where the remaining gold and silver is hidden, I will cut off both of your legs."
The soldier responsible for torturing him shouted violently.
"Master Jun.
I really have no money.
I even gave away my daughter.
How can I still keep money secretly?
Please ask Master Jun to make some concessions to General Quan," Wei Zaode said with tears in his eyes.
"Just put a stick on his head."
The soldiers looked back and saw that it was Liu Zongmin himself.
"General, General, please spare my life."
The soldiers pressed the crowbar hard, and Wei Zaode's eyes popped out.
With a cracking sound, Wei Zaode's skull was cracked, and his brains dripped down the clamp.
A soldier came in from outside the door and whispered a few words to Liu Zongmin.
Liu Zongmin said with joy on his face: "Such a good thing can happen."
He pulled out a token and said: "Go and bring over Wu Xiang, the former commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and his son's concubine Chen Yuanyuan."
In the pursuit of loot and pay by the Shun Army, those who immediately led troops to surrender to the Shun Army were not spared.
Including Zhu Chunchen who donated the Qihua Gate, Zhang Jinyan and Wang Dehua who donated the Zhengyang Gate.
The first person to die under the torture of the Shun army was Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng who led the Beijing camp and was the first to surrender.
All the female family members in his family were gang-raped to death.
His wife was paraded naked through the streets after being gang-raped.
The Shunjun's pursuit of stolen goods and assistance with wages was originally the responsibility of Liu Zongmin's Pay and Town Fu Division.
However, other members of the Shun army felt extremely psychologically unbalanced as they watched the soldiers under Liu Zongmin's command enjoy a good life, fill their pockets with gold, silver and jewels, and gallop around on the road with maids from the official families who were snatched from them.
Li Zicheng's old soldiers will start "chasing stolen goods to support them" without Li Zicheng's permission.
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Once this started, it quickly expanded to all troops in the Shun Army.
When Li Zicheng noticed something was wrong, he didn't dare to take care of it even if he wanted to.
He was deeply afraid that strict prohibition would trigger a mutiny, because he himself knew how this so-called million-strong army snowballed
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