Li Zicheng, whose face was ashen, threw the letter in his hand to the ground, and when he raised his foot to step on it, Liu Zongmin entered the room.

In front of Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng would not hide his emotions.

"This Wu Zongrui is so arrogant. What's so great about the Denglai New Army? Do you really think that our Dashun Army is afraid of him? Do you think that I, Li Zicheng, are afraid of him? Huh, this time I will personally lead the army to Shanhaiguan and completely wipe out the Shanhaiguan Dengguan Army."

Lai Xinjun..."

Liu Zongmin walked over, picked up the letter on the ground, and put it on the desk.

"King Chuang, in fact, I have already predicted that the Denglai New Army will not surrender to our Dashun Army. According to your request, the 400,000 officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army have made all preparations and can leave at any time."

The total number of the Dashun Army under Li Zicheng exceeds one million, but the most elite combat force, the sergeants of the Laoying Battalion, does not exceed 300,000 people. Including the Ming Army sergeants who have surrendered from various places, the total number is only about 400,000.

As for the rest of the sergeants, they are used to guard the city and maintain order, but they are just cannon fodder for fighting.

The Denglai New Army is the most powerful opponent of the Dashun Army, and it is also the biggest hidden danger for the Dashun Army to stabilize the situation in the north. Therefore, this time, Liu Zongmin gathered the most powerful sergeants of the Dashun Army to prepare for an attack on Shanhaiguan, striving to attack Shanhaiguan as quickly as possible.

With great speed, they completely defeated the Denglai New Army stationed at Shanhaiguan.

As for the Denglai New Army stationed in Shandong, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were not particularly anxious. As long as the Dashun Army defeated the Denglai New Army stationed in Shanhaiguan, the situation would definitely change significantly.

Li Zicheng was actually a little irritable. After more than ten years of conquest, he finally led the Dashun Army to break through the capital of Ming Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty. He achieved great success and could be said to have reached the pinnacle of his life. However, there was a fire in the backyard. Zhang Dongtao, deputy general manager of the Dashun Army,

They rebelled in Henan and defected to the Denglai New Army. As a result, the situation in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places also became confusing.

The capital is where Li Zicheng plans to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and Shaanxi is Li Zicheng's home base. There cannot be any mistakes in either place. When he heard the news of Zhang Dongtao's rebellion, Li Zicheng's first thought was Shaanxi, and he almost decided to lead his army back in person.

When going to Shaanxi, the main force of the Dashun Army was concentrated around the capital and Beizhili. Calming down the situation in the capital was the most important thing, so Li Zicheng suppressed his inner impulse.

Li Zicheng still had a slight fantasy in his heart, that is, the Denglai New Army could submit to the Dashun Army, so that the situation in the north could be completely stabilized. If the Denglai New Army was willing to submit, Li Zicheng could even forgive Zhang Dongtao, Li Yan and others.

After this last bit of illusion was shattered, Li Zicheng felt unprecedented pressure.

This kind of pressure never appeared even when the Dashun Army only had a dozen riders left.

Liu Zongmin acted quickly, but Li Zicheng was still satisfied.

"Zong Min, you did a good job. I wonder how well Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance have prepared. Have they almost collected enough food and grass for the army?"

Liu Zongmin did not answer. An army of 400,000 would need a lot of food and grass to go out. It would take a lot of energy to prepare enough food and grass. During this period, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance made a lot of noise in the capital.

, imprisoned many officials who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. The officials were released only after their families provided a large amount of money.

Two days ago, Liu Zongmin heard that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance reported to King Chuang that the silver taels raised had exceeded 30 million taels, which was enough to sustain expenses for a period of time. King Chuang was very happy at that time and thought that Niu Jinxing and Song

The suggestions were well done.

After waving to the soldiers standing at the door, Li Zicheng spoke.

"Let Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance come to my place..."

After the soldiers left, Liu Zongmin hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li Zicheng and spoke.

"King Chuang, it's really inconvenient for you to handle government affairs at Tai Sui Tan all the time..."

Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin, shook his head, and did not speak.

Liu Zongmin was a little discouraged. His rhetoric was not good, and it was far inferior to that of Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others. Regarding the matter of ascending the throne and becoming emperor, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance could not persuade Chuang Wang, let alone the others.

In fact, Liu Zongmin did not notice a sensitive change. In the past, when Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance persuaded Li Zicheng to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, Li Zicheng always spoke out and clearly opposed it. This time, he did not object. This is the biggest change.

Nearly half an hour passed, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance arrived at the Taisui Altar.

When entering the barracks, Liu Zongmin looked at Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and nodded slightly.

Before Li Zicheng could speak, Niu Jinxing clasped his fists and spoke.

"King Chuang, I and Brother Song have raised two months' worth of food and grass for an army of 400,000 people. There are thirty million taels of silver in the treasury. I am still working hard to buy food everywhere, but there is not a lot of food in the capital. But Chuang Chuang

Don’t worry, Wang, I will find a way to buy food from other places..."

Niu Jinxing's report made Li Zicheng very happy. He ignored Niu Jinxing's mention of the lack of food and grass in the capital. This was not a problem for him. As long as the army conquered the country with enough food and grass, it would be fine.

After standing up, Li Zicheng picked up the letter on the desk.

"Huh, Denglai New Army, I will lead the troops to destroy you..."

Niu Jinxing looked up at Li Zicheng and clasped his fists again.

"Why, Niu Jinxing, do you have anything else to do?"

"I do have something to do, please King Chuang and you must listen to it."

Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing and did not continue to ask.

Niu Jinxing looked at Song Xiance and Liu Zongmin, and spoke calmly.

"King Chuang, the Denglai New Army stationed at Shanhaiguan is the most powerful opponent of our Dashun Army. I believe that King Chuang personally leads the army to attack and will be able to completely defeat the Denglai New Army and stabilize the situation in the north."

"However, in what name did King Chuang lead his troops to conquer Shanhaiguan? I don't quite understand."

"King Chuang led the soldiers of the Dashun Army and captured the capital, thus destroying the Ming Dynasty. Now that the whole world has returned to their hearts, they are all waiting for King Chuang to stand up and give the order. In this way, the world will surrender."

"I, Sir Song, and General Liu sincerely request King Chuang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Only in this way can he command the world. In this way, the morale of our Dashun army will be greatly boosted. They will definitely move forward and completely defeat Denglai's new army. To say the least, if Denglai

The new army continues to resist stubbornly, and my emperor can encourage everyone in the world to fight against it."

Having said this, Niu Jinxing took out a stack of memorials from his arms and knelt down.

"This is a memorial written by the civil and military ministers of the DPRK. They are all pleading with King Chuang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor..."

Li Zicheng frowned slightly and was about to speak when Liu Zongmin stood up and knelt beside Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance.

"King Chuang, what Mr. Niu and Mr. Song said are all true. If King Chuang is not upright, everyone in the world will have no backbone, and our Dashun Army will also have no backbone. Moreover, our Dashun Army will soon conquer Shanhaiguan.

At such a critical moment, when King Chuang ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, our Dashun army conquers the Denglai New Army. It is just and justified, and the soldiers will fight to the death to defeat the Denglai New Army..."

A large stack of memorials in Niu Jinxing's hands had been delivered to Li Zicheng by his own soldiers.

Li Zicheng didn't speak, and slowly looked through the memorials.

Five minutes later, Li Zicheng let out a long sigh.

"Actually, I don't want to ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor. The situation in the north is still very complicated. The most powerful opponent of our Dashun Army, the Denglai New Army, is still eyeing Shanhaiguan. Zhang Dongtao has also rebelled. The situation in Henan, Shaanxi and Shanxi is also unstable, but

What you say makes sense. Now that I have ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor, I can boost the morale of the Dashun Army and command the world. I can legitimately attack Shanhaiguan and attack the south. That's fine. You can arrange this matter."

Niu Jinxing's face instantly showed an expression of ecstasy, and she knelt down and kowtowed to Li Zicheng again.

"Long live my emperor, long live long live..."

Song Xiance and Liu Zongmin also followed Niu Jinxing in kneeling and kowtow.

Li Zicheng raised his arm.

"You all should be fine. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance will mainly handle my enthronement and proclaiming the emperor ceremony. The ceremony should not be too complicated. It is designed to boost the morale of the Dashun army. After the enthronement and proclaiming the emperor ceremony is over, I will personally lead the generals.

Follow the army and conquer Shanhaiguan..."

...

When Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance returned to the Governor's Mansion, their order was fulfilled.

Li Zicheng decided to ascend the throne as emperor in Wuying Hall, named the country Dashun, established Yongchang, and made his wife Gao the queen.

The arrangement of court officials followed the Ming Dynasty, but it was slightly different. There was still a cabinet, six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were the prime ministers. Liu Zongmin was the military commander of the world. The cabinet was headed by Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance was the assistant.

Zhu Ci, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, is the king of the Song Dynasty. Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Ci will not be rewarded for the time being, but they will follow Dashun's army to Shanhaiguan for conquest.

Li Zicheng proposed a list of other ministers of the cabinet, as well as the ministers of the six ministries and the left and right envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance can handle it according to this list. There is no list of officials under the six ministries. At that time, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance will handle the list.

Just provide suggestions and propose suitable candidates, and Li Zicheng will issue the order.

Li Zicheng did not forget some of the imprisoned eunuchs. These eunuchs will also enter the palace to do things in the future, but they will never be able to interfere in politics. The eunuch organization was also established according to the old system of the Ming Dynasty, but there were no eunuchs holding pens and eunuchs holding seals.

After Niu Jinxing received the order, he immediately discussed with Song Xiance. They invited officials from the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty who had surrendered, specially calculated the auspicious days of the zodiac, and set the day for Li Zicheng to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor on the first day of April.

The capital immediately became busy. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance focused their main energy on the enthronement ceremony and put aside the matter of raising food and grass for the time being. Liu Zongmin was still in charge of many matters of the Dashun Army.

Some carefully selected sergeants entered the Forbidden City and began to clean and clean it seriously. Some places were damaged and needed repairing, but the people in the capital did not pay special attention.
Chapter completed!