I gather power with my gift of God and build the heaven.

Since Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng neither wanted to be ordinary people again, nor did they want to surrender to the Salvation Army.

Then their best choice would naturally be to rush in and leave Ming Dynasty.

Now that they have made this decision, they will act much more unscrupulously.

Not to mention Li Zicheng, after Zhang Xianzhong invaded Qufu, Shandong, he was ruthless towards the Kong family of Qufu and looted and killed them on a large scale.

They are all leaving anyway, who cares whether you are the descendant of a saint?

With Zhang Xianzhong's bloodthirsty character.

Don't give? If not, then rob.

During this period of time, Wang Chao had led his army across the Yangtze River and quickly occupied Southern Zhili.

Zhang Xianzhong headed eastward, through the Korean Strait, and led tens of thousands of soldiers into northern Kyushu, the Japanese island.

Moreover, Li Zicheng also believed that he was not inferior to others. The fact that the Li Dynasty could not resist the attack of the Later Jin and Qing dynasties did not mean that he could not resist either.

After receiving the news, Chongzhen's expression kept changing, crying and laughing, and finally became distorted and hideous.

Faced with the encirclement and suppression of the two men, Li Zicheng and his men were no match at all and could only run around Shandong, circling around the officers and soldiers everywhere.

On this day, Chongzhen confiscated the property and exterminated the families of more than ten ministers on charges of corruption, bribery, dereliction of duty and treason, and obtained millions of gold and silver.

Old Kuli had about nine hundred taels of silver, which he prepared specifically for defending the city.

On the ninth day, Wang Chao captured Lugou Bridge in the northwest of the capital. Chongzhen confiscated the property of several nobles and dozens of ministers, and obtained eight million taels of silver.

Faced with this situation, how could Chongzhen not despair?

At the end, Chongzhen was in extreme despair, and a hint of cruelty and madness gradually appeared in his eyes.

Then being a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty would naturally not be a problem.

Others, whether they were local princes, high-ranking officials, or wealthy businessmen, were much richer than him.

Afterwards, the two agreed to help each other, and after each left behind part of their troops, they parted ways.

Most of Shanxi, most of Henan, and most of Shandong have been occupied by the Salvation Army, and are advancing rapidly.

However, facing the combined forces of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, whose strength had greatly increased after their extensive looting in Shandong, the small number of Japanese troops on Tsushima Island did not hold out for long and were quickly captured by the two.

In May of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army took advantage of the dynasty to attack cities and seize territories. Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were wreaking havoc in Shandong, and the Ming army was distracted and had no time to take care of the border.

Under the threat of killing and the provision of food, the Japanese slaves not only had no thoughts of rebellion, but they knelt down in submission, conquered cities, seized land, and killed people. Their forces were three times stronger than the army led by Zhang Xianzhong.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou and others were also capturing cities and seizing territories in Yanzhou, Shandong.

All the soldiers were slaughtered, not taking any prisoners, and any resistance and useless civilians were also killed.

According to the Records of Chongzhen, the inner treasury during the Wanli and Tianqi years had already been completely emptied.

Then I will grant your wish.

At that time, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had established their footholds in Korea and Japan respectively.

Chongzhen also arrested more than a dozen ministers and obtained three million taels of silver.

At the very beginning, Chongzhen, who discovered through the national destiny that the People's Salvation Army was launching a full-scale attack, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

However, the dynasty had not yet sent out troops.

After receiving the news, the capital was once again placed under martial law. Chongzhen immediately issued an edict, ordering Lu Xiangsheng and garrisons from various places to enter the capital for protection.

He ordered Chen Qing, Chen Mo, and the surrendered Hong Chengchou to attack Shandong.

However, that was just a kind of vassal state.

Wang Chao had also occupied Guide Prefecture in Henan Province, and led his army across the Yellow River into northern Zhili, occupying Dagang, Dushengji and other places, heading straight for Shuntian Prefecture, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

He immediately summoned Lu Xiangsheng, who had just entered the border area and rescued thousands of civilians, to return for help, and ordered all places in the country to come to the capital to defend the king.

At this time, the new troops of the People's Salvation Army had completed training and began to be converted into regular troops. They were continuously transferred to the Shaanxi border. Sichuan troops were transferred to Yingtian Prefecture, ready to go north at any time.

At this time, Tsushima Island was still occupied by Japan.

However, they did not do so.

Although today's Korea has already submitted to the Qing Dynasty.

He and several officials counted the property in the Jieshen Treasury and found that there were only more than 2,300 taels of silver in the new treasury.

Even if Chongzhen was frugal, how much could be saved?

Emperor Chongzhen once told Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang: "There is only 70,000 gold in the inner treasury. If you search all the gold and silver items to make up for it, you can get 200,000 or 300,000 taels."

However, as time passed, Chongzhen could only see through the country's destiny that pieces of territory were lost from the west, south, and southwest, and it quickly turned into an unobservable black hole.

After all, the high-ranking officials in Yingtian Prefecture did not have a good fate after surrendering.

The high-ranking officials in the entire Shuntian Prefecture were in a state of panic.

And these are just a dozen or so ministers.

Huang Taiji sent Dorgon, Hauge, Abatai, Dudu and others, divided into four groups, and attacked the interior from Gubeikou, Heiyuguan, Qiangziling, Jiangjunshiguan, Qingshankou and other places.

By the time Lu Xiangsheng arrived, the Qing army had already retreated. Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to go out of the border to rescue more than 7,000 prisoners and return after reaching Muye Mountain.

This bunch of damn termites, all of them cried poor and acted miserable. His palace treasury could not even afford a few taels of silver, and he even had to take the gold and silver artifacts in the palace to the craftsman bureau to melt them down.

"Miscellaneous Notes of Sorrow" records that Wu Luzhong, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, once asked Chongzhen for money.

Well, that's normal in his opinion.

He didn't care how many Japanese prisoners died, but the tens of thousands of soldiers he brought from the Ming Dynasty were his foundation. It was better to avoid casualties if possible.

Because it was located in the western part of Wa Island, and in order to commemorate the Ming Dynasty from the west, Zhang Xianzhong established the Daxi Kingdom, called himself the King of Daxi, and called his army the Daxi Army. He actually established an institution and proclaimed himself king in northern Kyushu of Wa Island and began his bloody rule in northern Kyushu.

How ironic that millions of taels of gold and silver could be seized from the homes of these poor and miserable people?

Although some people in later generations said that Li Zicheng copied the 70 million taels of silver from Chongzhen’s treasury.

This shows to what extent the imperial treasury had been depleted.

From the outside, he could only see a bright yellow color that was similar to the destiny of the Ming Dynasty, but clearly different from it.

They wanted to surrender, but were afraid of being liquidated by the Salvation Army.

The author of "Jiashen Chronicle" was Zhao Shijin, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Works.

"I once requested to release the treasury, but the emperor ordered me to come forward and secretly tell him that there was no money left in the treasury. I burst into tears."

Even though most of the soldiers have already cultivated their true Qi, their speed is far beyond that of ordinary people.

At this time, the dynasty had already approached Shuntian Prefecture.

During this period, the Qing army galloped across the capital area for more than a month, winning more than 50 battles of varying sizes and capturing a large number of people and livestock.

In July, they completely occupied Yanzhou Prefecture. Hong Chengchou led his troops into Qufu. Kong wanted to surrender, but was beheaded.

All the money here and there is only more than four thousand taels of silver.

He was able to create such a huge momentum in the Ming Dynasty and capture cities and territories.

Time passed quickly. After half a year, Wang Shi, Li Shu, Li Yu and Chen Ying had led their troops to occupy Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, and were preparing to attack Guangdong and Fujian.

"I heard that the grace of a saint will be cut off after five generations."

On August 1, Wang Chao captured Baoding Prefecture, and on the next day he occupied Zhuozhou in Shuntian Prefecture.

Instead, he was thinking about whether he could escape from the capital with his family property and then live as an ordinary citizen.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, but just saluted heavily according to the training during this period.

After entering Northern Kyushu, Zhang Xianzhong immediately carried out a massacre in the city. Whether they were Japanese soldiers or ordinary civilians, they were all killed by him.

In total, at least 30,000 people were massacred.

By this time, Chongzhen was completely in despair.

By the time Zhang Xianzhong left Qufu, there were not many relatives of the Kong family left.

Then they would enslave other obedient civilians, build cities, help them capture cities and so on.

Moreover, such a state, which was once a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, is easier to conquer.

However, when Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly fought with the troops of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in Shandong, it was more than a month later when he arrived in BJ.

Li Zicheng led his army into Korea. He felt that since everyone had the surname Li, the King of Korea was a suitable candidate for him.

The sentence "There is nothing left in the inner treasury, so I shed tears" makes people feel sad, and when we think of Jingshan's suicide later, we can't help but feel sad.

When Chongzhen received the news, he had to issue another decree, ordering Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting to go to Shandong to suppress the bandits.

Before leaving, Wang Chao said lightly.

The fact was just as he thought. In just a few days, he captured Geoje Island and landed in Korea.

Wang Chao naturally agreed to this.

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou paused.

But now, Chongzhen had confiscated millions of taels of silver from the homes of his ministers. One can imagine how he felt.

After smelting the gold and silver objects in the inner treasury and the imperial palace, the total amount of gold and silver was only about 200,000 or 300,000 taels.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was in Jiangbei, which was quite far from the capital.

This made Zhang Xianzhong very satisfied. He began to let the soldiers he brought from the Ming Dynasty supervise and take charge of the Japanese army, and the matters of attacking cities and seizing lands were gradually dominated by the Japanese army.

He then headed westward into Henan and headed straight for northern Zhili.

In addition, there were some clothes and jewelry confiscated from criminals, with a value of about one thousand taels of silver.

This time, Wang Chao did not show much disgust.

That was a real killing spree. It seemed that because he was forced to flee overseas, Zhang Xianzhong was filled with depression and anger.

Chongzhen lamented that it was not that the Ming Dynasty had no money and food, but that the Ming emperor had no money and food.

After all, the dynasty doesn't really like those fence-sitters who sway with the wind.

Give? Even if you give, you still have to kill.

How many ministers and dignitaries are there in the capital?

On August 5, Wang Chao crossed the Liuli River and occupied Fang County and Liangxiang.

Especially the ministers in the court, they are still attacking each other, as if they cannot see that the country is about to be destroyed and death is approaching.

In June, after receiving the news that the Salvation Army was attacking Shandong, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng immediately led their troops on boats and headed east to sea while Sun Chengzong was leading his troops to intercept them.

Afterwards, they discovered Zhang Xianzhong's resentment and began their normal siege and conquest of cities.

By the end of July, when Lu Xiangsheng, who was pursuing the Qing army, received the imperial edict and prepared to return, Wang Chao had already led his troops to approach Shuntian Prefecture in the capital.

But according to records from many other places, this is certainly not the case.

It stands to reason that faced with this situation, they must be united in their hatred of the enemy and would most likely fight to the death.

He also dispatched Yang Zonghan, the general of Wuping and Yulin in Shaanxi, to lead troops to attack Henan and Shanxi.

You all want to escape, right?

You aren't afraid of death, right?

Afterwards, Hong Chengchou wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that the Kong family in Qufu had been massacred by Zhang Xianzhong, and that the emperor hoped that the emperor would send officials to take over the sacrifices in the Confucius Temple, as well as the hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land left behind to be rented out to the people.

After setting out to sea, the two sailed all the way to the northeast and arrived at Tsushima Island in the Korean Strait.

At this time, Chongzhen was completely numb, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had only one thought in his mind.

I am not a king who has lost his country, but you are all ministers who have lost your country. Since you have received the emperor's grace for generations and will perish with the country, then you should perish with the country.

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