Chapter 29 3.Jin Zhijun came out

Jin Zhijun failed to persuade the emperor to go south, but he himself was sent by the emperor to go north—to serve as the governor of Changping and assist in the defense of Juyongguan. This was the first step in the emperor's plan to stick to the aid. After more than ten years of being idle and neglected, the family was desolate, looking forward to the cold autumn, until today, "finally received the fate of Xinjiang", Jin Zhijun understood that the emperor really couldn't send anyone he thought suitable. At the same time when the rogues were trapped in the university, the news came that a group of elders in the capital were thinking of slipping away.Elderly Shangshu resigns; sick one asks for leave; those who have parents at home say they have no one to take care of them; Avoiding" the Duoqing theory is completely ignored.What's interesting is that the number one scholar Wei Zaode, who was appreciated by the Chongzhen government with the word "knowledge of shame", was only thirty years old, and neither "old" nor "sick" could be related. He came up with a good idea, and recommended himself in a memorial: "I would like to go to Beijing to urge the supervisor to pay."

This move disappointed Chongzhen, not to mention the disciples of the Son of Heaven, the number one scholar and the first rank, even after being an official for a few years, he was awarded a scholar of Jin University, and he was appointed as the first assistant by the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Minister, the current situation is critical, even if there is no way to get back to heaven, you should stay and share the adversity with your father. Unexpectedly, you also want to "go out of Beijing to supervise the food and pay"-in fact, you are running away.Although Chongzhen was not good at reprimanding him face to face, he insisted on staying on the grounds that "the alarm is urgent, and Qing is the leader and assistant, and should assist me to manage the maintenance".

Jin Zhijun didn't want to run away, his home was in the south, not to mention the heavy barriers, the mountains were high and the rivers were far away, and the family dragged their children and children. The adventure on the way last time also made him dare not go south rashly, so " Heaven has given great responsibility to the people of Sri Lanka." In fact, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that it was useless to send a scholar who didn't know about soldiers to Changping at this time. , there must be no accidents in the Twelve Tombs, and someone must be sent to appease him. In addition, Jin Zhijun is a southerner, and he is not afraid of him escaping, so the envoy was issued, and Jin Zhijun also served as an imperial envoy.

When he was traveling, Zeng Yinglin saw him farewell at Deshengmen. Compared with Li Jiantai a month ago, his aura as a minister and supervisor was really different, and the two couldn't help but sigh at each other. "Brother Qi Fan, the rogue bandits are about to approach the city, and you are still empty-handed, facing the way of the bandits. Why bother? Zhang Jinyan has worked with you for decades, so can't he say a word for you?" Jin Zhijun couldn't help sighing, and called Zeng Yinglin's words with a miserable expression: "Yu Shu, it's useless to blame others now, the general situation is gone, and the bandits are coming. The emperor doesn't want to abandon the capital, and is still counting Reinforcement, Yingcheng defended to the death, I can conclude that this is absolutely impossible to defend, going to Changping is to die, staying in Beijing is to wait for death. Since it is a death anyway, why should it be charged with disobedience?"

Zeng Yinglin still said a little bit unfairly: "Oh, the emperor only thought of you until today, don't you think it's too late?" Jin Zhijun sighed again and said: "Thunder, rain and dew are always a blessing from heaven. As a courtier, can't you not fulfill your duties because the trust comes too late?" Seeing what he said, Zeng Yinglin couldn't help admiring him, and held his hands to say goodbye, both of them had tears in their eyes. Along the way, the guards led him to Changping. Jin Zhijun sat on the horse and looked into the distance from time to time. Although the bandits were still outside Juyong Pass, the road was full of soldiers. In the final scene, outside the Desheng Gate, there are hungry people from east to west everywhere. They are unkempt and ragged, in groups of ten or five. Some are burning wildfires to keep out the cold, while others are yelling and surrounding Chase the hare.

Jin Zhijun looked at the group of hungry people, they seemed to be living very happily, and they didn't feel hungry or cold at all.He seemed to recall that someone had revealed to him that since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there have been too many people entering the city from the four villages, but very few people leaving the city. But no one paid any attention to it. Now that he saw this group of hungry people, he believed this statement even more. It seems that once the bandits invaded Bocheng and the hungry people responded, the capital would surely collapse without attack.

As he got farther and farther away from Beijing, he also felt that the more he walked, the more desolate, the more lonely he went.The weather in mid-spring is the busy time of farming. Near the outskirts of Beijing, it is still full of devastation. Looking around, there are many fields, but no one is cultivating. The place where wheat and bean seedlings should grow, but only thatched grass grows, and wild pheasants fly. ;It should be a village house where people lived and laughed and laughed, but now it is a dilapidated well; only four bare walls are left in a good house, and the neighborhood where chickens and dogs are acquainted is already in ruins; One or two people, either an old woman or an old man, with a disheveled face, humming and chirping, hunched over and helping each other, went to the wilderness to dig grass roots and look for wild vegetables. After traveling for more than ten miles, they did not meet a young man.

This is the location of the imperial mausoleum. Since the ancestor Cheng Zu, the twelve emperors of the Ming Dynasty were all buried at the southern foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping.To some extent, the imperial mausoleum in Fengshui is related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, and its importance is greater than that of the Forbidden City. Although Manchuria's braided soldiers took captives in this area last year, once the captives were gone, the court did not quickly Send high-ranking officials to bring money and food to deal with the aftermath?After a year, why isn't there any sign of recovery?But after thinking about it, the bandits are coming soon, so what's the use of recovering?He couldn't help laughing at himself for being too stupid.

On Changping's side, Governor He Qian, who was ordered to hear impeachment, was already waiting for him in the suburbs of Changping. He Qian was also the same year when he was in Wanli. He had a lot of contacts in Beijing, and he was a close friend. Now his face is very bleak. When he saw Jin Zhijun, it was like a savior. He bowed to the end, with tears in his eyes, and said: "Brother Qi Fan, my younger brother thought you would make excuses." Jin Zhijun hurriedly jumped off his horse to return the gift, looked at him with a wry smile and said, "Excuse me, what excuse can I have? However, I advise you not to go back to Beijing. Many people can't find an excuse to leave. Why bother?" How about Cai Weili in the same year as us?"

"Cai Weili" is the governor Cai Maode who died in Taiyuan, and Weili is his character.He was also dismissed by the emperor for his ineffectiveness in suppressing the thieves, but because the Dashun army came quickly, he had not had time to leave, so he "died himself in the line of duty".Jin Zhijun knew that He Qian's hometown was Gaoyang, Hebei, and his mother was there, so he persuaded him to return to his hometown during this time. He Qian shook his head and said: "I understand that you mean well, but I can't leave. What is this walk? Some people will say that I absconded in fear of crime, so I want to go back to Beijing and listen to the emperor's punishment."

Jin Zhijun knew that he was somewhat literal-minded, so he said in a low voice: "Are you awake? It's already a common saying: ducks cross the river and go their own way. Why are you still thinking about this?" As he spoke, he told him about the meeting of the Six Ministries and the Nine Ministers that day, and the fact that all the ministers were looking for excuses to escape.He Qian listened expressionlessly, shook his head and said: "Da Ming is really hopeless." Because there was still a long way to go to Xingyuan, the two got back on their horses, and He Qianyu immediately introduced the situation here to Jin Zhijun: At present, there are 200,000 people guarding Juyongguan, but the actual number is less than 80,000, and they are divided into four groups. One unit was the soldiers of Wang Pu, the former commander-in-chief of Datong Town. After Wang Pu was defeated and killed in Jinzhou, his remnant troops were about 15,000. There are about 25,000 people, with the worst combat effectiveness; and the third battalion guarding the mausoleum, if 15,000, led by Li Shourong, the commander-in-chief, most of them are old and weak, and they don't have much combat effectiveness; the one who can really fight is Tang Tong. There are about 20,000 soldiers. Tang Tong was originally the commander-in-chief of the three customs guards. Not long ago, he was named Ding Xibo in Jin Dynasty. Because he has the highest rank and excellent soldiers, he is the commander-in-chief. He Qian also said that at present, the number of soldiers is still second, and the most urgent thing is to owe wages.As the saying goes, if there is no food, no soldiers will gather.Soldiers come to eat food with their heads up. There are very few people who really want to gain fame and family background with a knife and a gun. Most of them still want to support their families.At present, all the armies are in arrears of wages, as long as a year. Not only are they in arrears, but they can’t even eat enough, not to mention salty vegetables and horses. The officers who are sympathetic to the soldiers and drink less blood, the soldiers can bear it. ; If you are full of bad deeds on weekdays, you will not be able to suppress it.This time the mutiny was Ma Dai's soldiers, led by a six-rank general manager, and hundreds of people shouted and robbed several shops in Beiguan.Unexpectedly, these companies all had backgrounds, and two of them were opened by the emperor's relatives, so they immediately sued the imperial court, and the emperor blamed them. As the governor, he naturally could not be exempted from the responsibility. "How did you deal with the aftermath?" Jin Zhijun asked hurriedly. "What's the aftermath? What's the future of this situation?" He Qian smiled wryly, "I can only speak nicely to the leader. You must know that the current situation is like dry wood and fire, can you be brutal? Tell you, you dare not even mention the return of stolen goods. , the emperor's pursuit of competition can only be hardened by my brother, how can the superiors know the difficulties?" Jin Zhijun couldn't help being surprised, and said, "So, those leaders have never been punished?" He Qian spread his hands, tilted his head and looked at him, and said, "Qi Fan, do you really not understand, or what? Right now, many people in the army have secretly communicated with the rogues. Some rogues have even sneaked into the army Among them, as far as my brother knows, this group of people manipulated the mutiny. They have already eaten the blood wine of the rooster. If something happens, they will live and die together. So can you punish them? Even though you know there are so few people, you can only watch Then, otherwise, are you arresting him or is he arresting you?" The two of them walked side by side, and a large barracks appeared not far in front of them. The sergeants did not go to the drill, they walked around in the barracks, and three or five groups walked out of the gate. He Qian introduced that the new soldiers stationed here were The Shanhai Customs Defense Force came. Jin Zhijun found that facing the barracks, there was a long string of shacks on the side of the main road. One side was open, and three sides were covered with thatch. Inside, there were vague figures wriggling, and some had thatch on their heads but were also painted The young woman looked out with a very haggard face, not wanting to avoid it at all; some half-pile dolls, both male and female, stood naked and watched the commotion.Jin Zhijun was puzzled and asked He Qian: "Why are there these shacks after the customs, and what do these women do? Also, why are such big girls still naked?" He Qian said hesitantly: "Here, this is the shopping street. These people are driving the big camp. They specialize in the business of soldiers. It is convenient for soldiers. Girls don't wear clothes, so they are always poor." Jin Zhijun couldn't help being suspicious, and said, "In these days, what can be bought and sold? Besides, I only see people, and there are no counters or goods." He Qian saw that he asked poorly, so he had to smile wryly and said: "I don't know, my brother, the straw nest in this shack is the counter, and the women are the goods. Although there is no food, clothing, or usefulness to sell, you can sell meat." Jin Zhijun suddenly understood that these women were all prostitutes.So many camp prostitutes are placed on the side of the road, not to mention unsightly, and it is also not conducive to military discipline, but I am just a governor, I just care about the place and don't care about the army, besides, these soldiers will not obey my management.Thinking of this, he said angrily: "It's really shameless." When He Qian saw what Jin Zhijun said, he couldn't help but sighed and said: "Brother Qi Fan, you live in the capital, so you probably don't know what's going on outside. Let's just talk about the Kinki area. Over the years, there have been continuous natural and man-made disasters. How can ordinary people live a peaceful life?" Unripe grains are called hunger, and unripe vegetables are called famine. They even eat all the weeds that can be eaten, let alone grains and vegetables? In this situation where the children are crying and the mother is crying, is it for the skin or the stomach? Notes They are human too!" Li Shourong, the commander-in-chief, rushed over after hearing the news.Li Shourong was responsible for defending the imperial tomb, so he should be restrained by the local government.He is usually self-disciplined and has some means of restraining his subordinates, but this time, his pacesetters participated in the mutiny, so when he heard that the new governor had arrived, he felt a little guilty.After saluting, before Jin Zhijun asked him, he asked rashly: "Your Majesty assumes the new position, and when His Majesty gave his speech, did the Emperor assign any salary?" This question was difficult for Jin Zhijun to answer.He could only say ambiguously: "The quarrel over wages this time has already reached the sky. When things have come to this point, the emperor will always find a way. Presumably, there will be some wages to allocate within a few days." But Li Shourong was not satisfied with this answer. He murmured for a long time, and finally said: "My lord, in the past when your lord went to his superiors to demand payment, he also said the same thing when he answered. Now the brothers have learned how to be good, and it is not easy to dismiss them with a few vernacular words." Yes, ordinarily, on the first day of my lord's appointment, I should not have said these things, but I have to say that in the minds of this group of people, the eldest is the mother. Come." Jin Zhijun had already made up his mind, and he didn't feel strange when he heard this, he just said: "Could it be that they want to dig up the imperial tomb to meet the bandits?" Li Shourong neither shook his head nor nodded, just said: "My lord, I've reached the end of what I said under the banner—this is the end of the matter, anything can happen, and I can't blame the undersigned for not predicting." The soldiers guarding the imperial mausoleum were no longer reliable, and the emperor's forbidden army also secretly informed the rogues.Hearing this, Jin Zhijun felt his whole body trembling—in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits fell into Fengyang, Taizu’s land of Longxing and Fengyang’s imperial mausoleum were destroyed, all officials below the governor He was sentenced to death, and even the dead eunuch who guarded the mausoleum was killed. He thought, will he be killed by the bandits, or will he be kidnapped to the West Market because he fell into the imperial tomb? Here Jin Zhijun took office, and the camp at Juyongguan had already received news. Tang Tong hurriedly said to Du Zhizhi, "At this time, Chongzhen actually sent this person. Eunuch Du, I'm afraid this kid won't leave the teaching." Du Zhizhi leaned back on the back of the grand master's chair, and said confidently: "Wang Dehua sent someone to greet me, saying that this person is very annoying in the military department, and my soldier Zhang Jinyan didn't like him so he was thrown here. People are not salty, vinegar is not sour, we are afraid of him being a bird. Besides, he is new here, forgive him for not daring to provoke us, even if he wants to get in the way, how long can he toss around for a few days?" Tang Tong nodded and said, "It's good that the military supervisor knows it well." As the two were talking, a messenger had been sent from Datong, led by Luo Dai, the general soldier. Luo Dai was still at the second gate, and Luo Dai said loudly: "Master Supervisor, Master Tang, Emperor Dashun's soldiers are only three miles away Ten miles away." Du Zhizhi and Tang Tong who were in the room came out hurriedly, Tang Tong said: "Ah, so fast?" The messenger hurriedly knelt down, presented a letter, and said, "This is a letter from Eunuch Du Xun to Lord Supervisor, please do as it says." It turned out that after Jiang Guan surrendered in Datong, he recruited Yanghe and Xuanfu to surrender, and now he is sending messengers here, the purpose of which is self-evident.Du Zhizhi didn't care about these things. While receiving the letter, he said to the messenger in a pleasant manner: "Work hard, work hard, get up quickly." The messenger stood up and told the story of Xuanfu's surrender: Jiang Guan of Datong followed Li Zicheng's order and wrote a letter asking Wang Chengyin, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, to surrender. , the seniority of the general soldiers under him is almost the same as his. If they surrender, this group of arrogant soldiers may not all follow. The most taboo is Du Xun, the supervising army. , then not only will things be impossible, but you will not be able to protect your leader.Seeing that the Dashun Army was approaching the Xuan Mansion, and the battle was imminent, he had to make a decision, so he took the opportunity to visit the Supervising Army. First, I would like to ask Lord Superintendent if he knows the news that the rogues have captured Datong?Du Xun didn't want to, but said: "I know, I know, it wasn't the bandits who took Datong, it was Jiang Yu who surrendered." Wang Chengyin pretended to be surprised and said: "Accept surrender? I'm afraid this news is not true. As the commander-in-chief, Jiang Tuan is deeply trusted by the emperor. He has dealt with the rogues for many years. It is because he intends to surrender. Can the rogues not retaliate?" Not wanting to, Du Xun sneered and said: "Master Zhentai, the current situation is obvious. The rogues are respectful and corporals are recruiting and accepting rebels. The soldiers guarding the land in the Ming Dynasty all surrendered, even Chen Yongfu who shot Li Zicheng's right eye blindly. , Chongzhen has reached the point where he leaned against the wall and crooked against the wall, and now all the courtiers are ducks crossing the river, and each has his own way." Wang Chengyin made up his mind to surrender. He thought that the biggest obstacle was Du Xun, but he opened his mouth unexpectedly, but the Master Superintendent spoke like this, which made him a little panicked. At this moment, Du Xun squinted his eyes again, tilted his head, and with just one sentence, directly pointed out the secret communication between Wang Chengyin and Jiang Yu: "My Lord Wang, doesn't Jiang Yu have a book? You and I Since you are a colleague, you can't hide good things from me, share the blessings, and share the difficulties." Wang Chengyin first heard "Jiang Yu has a book" and he was nervous, and instinctively touched the handle of the knife with his right hand. After hearing it, it seemed that the dark clouds of the day had all dispersed, and he couldn't help saying: "Oh, don't say it, Mr. Du, You keep talking about where you are and what's going on, how dare I hide it from you." The two coincided with each other, and in the name of Du Xun, Wang Chengyin recruited several other military officers to discuss with them. Everyone was willing to listen to the two of them, and only the governor Zhu Zhifeng was kept secret. of. This Zhu Zhifeng was from Daxing in the suburbs of Beijing. After being a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi, he once worked in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and later served as a local official in Shandong. His official reputation was acceptable, but he was a bit bookish.He didn't know that the chief general and the supervising army had already made money with the bandits, and when they heard that Datong was welcoming the surrender, they even summoned the generals to the tower, hung the statue of Ming Taizu on it, and asked the generals to pledge their blood as an alliance and swear to defend it to the death. The generals couldn't help laughing at this moment, but Du Xun told him plainly that they had already communicated with Emperor Xinshun to ask him to surrender together. When Zhu Zhifeng got the news, he even scolded Du Xun, saying that he was shameless, what kind of face did he have? To see Emperor Chongzhen. When Du Xun arrived at this time, he didn't bother to bother with him, so he just took people out of the city to meet him.Zhu Zhifeng lingered on the tower, feeling very disappointed, when he saw the Dashun army approaching from a distance, he asked the sergeants around him to light fire and set off cannons, not wanting the sergeants to believe him.So, he lit the fire himself, not wanting that the fire door of the red cannon was nailed to death at this time, and his family members were still dragging his elbows behind. Zhu Zhifeng couldn't fire the cannon, so he couldn't help crying loudly at the top of the city. Here, the Dashun Army entered the Xuanfu smoothly without hurting a single soldier. The whole city was greeted with lanterns and festoons, and no one paid any attention to Zhu Zhifeng. Motivate soldiers.Then hanged himself. After Du Zhizhi listened to the introduction, he also read Du Xun's letter to him.In Du Xun's letter, he asked him to seal up the treasury and government office before the arrival of the Dashun army, to prevent the loss of books and records, to ensure the security of the whole city, to restrain the soldiers, not to take advantage of the disorder to rob, and to arrest officials who did not want to surrender. , out of the city to welcome the Dashun Army. He handed the letter to Tang Tong, saying: "The tortoise in front climbed the road, and the tortoise behind followed suit. If you follow this letter, you can still be your Dingxibo, and your prosperity and wealth will remain the same." After reading the letter hastily, Tang Tong couldn't help cheering up, and said: "Okay, okay, it's true that there is no place to stay here, and there is a place to stay here." In fact, Luo Dai was the first to hear the news, and now he is also happy, and volunteered to say: "Hmph, it's easy to catch officials who don't surrender, and I'll leave it to my town." Du Zhizhi and Tang Tong were making a little difficulty for this matter - although they were willing to surrender, it was still a bit difficult for them to go and arrest the governor. Jin Zhijun did not expect that he would become a prisoner only one day after he took office, and it was not the rogues who captured him, but the officers and soldiers wearing the uniform of the Ming Dynasty. That day, after hearing He Qian's introduction, he had a premonition, but he didn't expect that the rogues would come so quickly, and Du Zhizhi and others would attack before the rogues arrived, making it too late for him to be in the middle of life and death. Making a choice on the road, he was taken prisoner in such a daze. "The thing that should come has finally come. This is predestined. It is a disaster that cannot be escaped. It is not a disaster to escape." While comforting himself in his heart, he cooperated with Luo Dai's soldiers very well, let them tie them up, let them tie them up, Let them take everything, in fact, there is nothing of value.As the saying goes: Debt depends on the clerk's seal, but he, the governor, doesn't even have a seal, because He Qian hasn't had time to hand over to him, so naturally he didn't hand in the seal.However, he did not carry the imperial decree and the official certificate issued to him by Emperor Chongzhen, but put it in the governor's yamen where He Qian still lived. Luo Dai's soldiers didn't make things difficult for him, although they only had King Li Chuang in their eyes right now, but after all, they were newcomers, and they were facing the old officers, so they wouldn't change so quickly, so he was escorted to Luo Dai After entering the big camp, he immediately untied him, and Luo Dai didn't come out to see him.Jin Zhijun understands that Luo Dai really doesn't need to see a prisoner like him, but should put on a sweet smile to meet his new master—it's the same as Du Xun's surrender. Ten miles, welcome to His Majesty the Emperor Dashun. Therefore, Jin Zhijun stayed in Luo Dai's camp, and he could walk around in the camp, with only one staff member accompanying him and two small soldiers guarding him.From this staff member, it is known that He Qian has escaped - he is more familiar with the surrounding situation than Jin Zhijun, when Luo Dai started, he had already climbed over the wall of Fuyuan, wiped oil on his feet, and slipped away, Jin Zhijun couldn't help it Secretly rejoice for him. Luo Dai's camp was set up on a leeward hillside, Jin Zhijun stood in the camp, and he could see the troops of the Dashun Army entering Juyongguan.It was really chariots, horses rustling, flags flying, and knives shining. He looked at these soldiers from a distance with extremely complicated emotions. Women in garrison uniforms, followed by groups of beggars.One wave after another, with different banners and different costumes, they walked for a whole day, and the team has not yet finished. At dusk, another very strong cavalry team appeared, wearing apricot yellow banners and riding yellow pumas of the same color. Everyone on the horses was wearing gold helmets and armor.Suddenly, a yellow umbrella appeared in the crowd, and a person under the umbrella looked very mighty and energetic from a distance. He thought that this person might be Yingyun Hongyou's new owner.But the twilight was dim, and he couldn't see clearly what kind of face this person was. Of course, he didn't want to know this, he just kept thinking, the capital is over, Daming's country is over, and his family is also over. The day passed like this, and no one paid any attention to him.At night, a huge fire ignited in the direction of Tianshou Mountain in the east, illuminating half of the sky red. In the flaming fire, there were intermittent drums, horns, and people shouting excitedly.The aide who watched him told him in a low voice that this was Emperor Dashun's pro-army, and they were setting fire to Xiangdian in the imperial mausoleum. It wasn't until this moment that Jin Zhijun suddenly remembered, where did Li Shourong, the general guarding the imperial tomb, go? Could it be that he also surrendered to the bandits?The rogues set fire to the imperial mausoleum and did such an act of destroying the laws of nature. Before that, many people secretly rumored that the rogues were teachers of benevolence and righteousness. Since they were teachers of benevolence and righteousness, why did they destroy the tombs and set fire to them? He looked back at the staff member. When this person was watching him during the day, he had a gloomy face all day long. Now his tone is so low and gloomy. It seems that this person's conscience is not lost, and he probably has no choice but to follow the thief.So he sighed a long sigh and said to himself: "Hey, if he is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, he shouldn't destroy people's tombs, let alone the imperial mausoleum. Zhu Ming has owned the world for more than 270 years. Isn't there any kindness for people to think about? It's worth such a cruel hand ?” Hearing what he said, this person quickly patted him on the shoulder with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Lord Jin, please don't make random comments. Didn't they burn the Fengyang Emperor's Tomb, and also burned the top of the tomb?" Have you pierced through it, the Twelve Tombs are naturally going to be burned, and Li Zhentai, who guards the tomb, went to stop it, and was chopped into several pieces on the spot." Only then did Jin Zhijun realize that Li Shourong had been killed, and he thought to himself, if the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, he is about to follow in Li Shourong's footsteps, and the family is trapped among thieves, so there is no one to carry the bones?Then I thought, as the saying goes, where is the body, where is the price, at this moment, I can't pay attention to it, what is a five-foot body, people can be buried in loess everywhere, and bones are piled up, how can I know where my home is? where.Thinking of this, he made up his mind to let him go. As soon as he relaxed, he fell asleep in the middle of the night.The next morning, a group of people rushed to his tent. At this time, he was up, washed, and was eating breakfast brought by the soldiers who watched him. This group of people is no longer in the uniforms of the officers and soldiers, and the uniforms on their chests are the characters of Dashun Army. They are much more fierce than Luo Dai's soldiers. As soon as they entered, they kicked him to the ground without any explanation, and then tied him up, cursing and swearing. There were all kinds of bad words, while kicking him away step by step. He thought, this is to kill, so let's kill it. But this group of people did not kill him, but pushed him all the way to the Zongbing Yamen.Along the way, he saw that the shops on the street were open as usual, and the brothels were still full of feasting and feasting. Except for the addition of a lot of soldiers, the pedestrians were still bustling, as if nothing had happened.When he arrived at the Zongbing Yamen, he looked up and saw several people sitting in the lobby, looking at him with angry eyebrows. He thought, who is Li Zicheng?At this time, the little boss who caught him stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "Report to Lord Liu, and the dog official Jin Zhijun will bring it to you." As soon as he heard that he was called "Master Liu", he thought that this person was Liu Zongmin, not Li Zicheng, but before he could finish thinking, someone kicked him hard on the knees from behind, and his legs went limp , he knelt down straight, and someone raised his head again, and looked into the eyes of the person sitting in the hall. In fact, this person was not Liu Zongmin. Liu Zongmin had a lot of things to do at this time, and he didn't bother to interrogate the prisoners. Therefore, Li Zicheng temporarily appointed Liu Fangliang.At this moment, Liu Fangliang let out a "hum" in his nostrils and asked: "what name?" With a glimmer of hope for survival, Jin Zhijun replied, "Jin Zhijun." "Which official was he?" "Governor of Changping." After Liu Fangliang finished his answer, he impatiently flipped through a thin book in his hand, read it for a long time, and then said to himself: "What, Governor Changping, isn't Governor Changping's surname He?" At this time, someone from the people standing on both sides immediately said: "General, He Qian has been removed from his post for investigation. This kid has a fate, and he ran away over the wall. Jin Zhijun is new, and he has only been here for a day." Before Liu Fangliang could speak, several officials sitting next to him grew impatient and poked him on the back one after another, saying in a hurry: "An official who became the governor must be a corrupt official. I don't know how many people's fat and people's anointing he collected. I cut off this dog's head and made it a chamber pot!" "If the governor doesn't kill anyone, kill him!" "This kind of dog officer is a waste of food if he keeps it, so he will chop it down!" Liu Fangliang was about to wave his hand, at this moment, out of the corner of Jin Zhijun's eyes, he seemed to see someone beside him waving his hand to Liu Fangliang, and said in a low voice, "Don't be in such a hurry." So, Liu Fangliang nodded slightly, and he was lifted up and pushed out again. This time Jin Zhijun paid attention, when he walked past that person with his head down, he suddenly turned his head and looked at that person seriously, finally, he found a familiar face - Lu Zhiqi. Lu Zhiqi is a native of Pinghu, Jiaxing. Wanli has not been a Jinshi. He was once an official in Shaanxi. Shun Jun, the incumbent Zuo Tang of the criminal government of the Dashun Dynasty, is equivalent to the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the Ming Dynasty, and naturally participated in the interrogation of prisoners.He thought, it seems that Lu Zhiqi intends to save him, but he will inevitably persuade him to surrender, how can he surrender to the bandits?If he didn't surrender, he would still be beheaded. He couldn't help thinking of his wife and children who stayed in the capital. The two soldiers who escorted him were like wolves and tigers, they didn't allow him to slow down at all, they pushed him outside the gate a few times, and made him stand aside without letting go, as if waiting for something, at this time, there were more than ten soldiers Three officials who refused to surrender were taken in. Most of them were civilians, including several staff members of the governor's yamen and the magistrate of Changping County.At this time, roars and scolding came from the hall immediately, more than a dozen people were interrogated for less than a bag of cigarettes, probably only asked about their names and official positions, and then they were taken out, but they were not as lucky as Jin Zhijun, and they were pushed out. Outside the gate, not far from Jin Zhijun, they were beheaded one by one. In just a moment, fifteen people were beheaded. In an instant, the heads were rolling and the blood was flowing. It was faster than killing a chicken. Jin Zhijun couldn't stand it anymore, his calves were shaking constantly, but facing the killing field, he didn't dare to show the slightest disgust, so he had to close his eyes, but the murderer's rough scolding, the murdered The yells of generous martyrdom and the pitiful, desperate begging still entered his ears, and the smell of blood rushed to his face, and he almost fainted. "Brother Qi Fan, I have wronged you." A voice called him, and he couldn't help opening his eyes, only to see Lu Zhiqi standing in front of him, bowing his head and cupping his hands, and immediately, the soldiers guarding him untied him.At this moment, he really had mixed feelings, and he ignored Lu Zhiqi who was beside him, he only gently stroked his tied and painful hands, and sighed long. "Let's go, let's have a good talk." Lu Zhiqi didn't care, and still invited him politely. There were more than a dozen corpses lying beside him, and if he didn't go this way, he had to go that way. Jin Zhijun seemed to be seriously ill, he was so weak that he couldn't move his legs.Lu Zhiqi saw it, and immediately signaled to the pawn beside him, the attitude of the two pawns changed immediately, they supported him left and right, helped him to the place where Lu Zhiqi lived, and helped him to sit on the grand teacher's chair, the pawn stepped back Finally, Lu Zhiqi poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, and said in a low voice: "Did it scare you just now?" Jin Zhijun still didn't open his mouth, but he took a sip of the tea and moistened his thirsty lips——until then, he regained his composure. "Brother Qi Fan, you saw the scene just now, so you probably won't blame me for it." Jin Zhijun sighed for a long time, and said: "In this troubled world, who can be blamed, if you want to blame, you can only blame fate." Lu Zhiqi then let out a sigh of relief and said, "That's it. Besides, throughout the ages, there has been prosperity and there has been failure. I, Emperor Dashun, should follow the prophecy and follow the people's will—" When Lu Zhiqi was in Beijing, like him, he also said that he was loyal, filial and strong, but today he seemed to be another person. Jin Zhijun sounded very strange, especially when he called Li Zicheng "I am the emperor of Dashun". Jun immediately thought of last night's arson and today's murder, and he couldn't feel disgusted, he shook his head quickly, and interrupted Lu Zhiqi: "Brother Zhiyuan, please don't talk about these things. I'm already satisfied if the Menggui army doesn't kill me. If I show you extra kindness, let me go back to Beijing to meet my family, and then retreat to the forest. I'll be sure. Kowtow, burn incense in the morning and evening, and pray for the old man." Lu Zhiqi was about to speak with great interest, and he didn't want to be interrupted by Jin Zhijun, so he felt a little unhappy. Hearing what Jin Zhijun said, he couldn't help showing embarrassment, and said: "Although the capital has not been captured yet, But it has been surrounded by our army like an iron barrel, Asuka is sad, if Emperor Chongzhen insists on defending to the death, the two armies will definitely go on a killing spree, under this situation, my brother wants to see his family, isn't it difficult for a strong man?" Jin Zhijun thought, this is true, so he sighed and said: "There are only so many soldiers in the capital, and sooner or later they will not be able to defend it. Since my brother is reused, why don't you speak to your emperor and do more good deeds and kill less?" When Lu Zhiqi heard it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Qi Fan, I don't need you to entrust this. Since the uprising, Emperor Dashun has determined to do justice for the heavens. In the past, not only did he not commit any crimes, but he also loved the people like a son. His benevolent government is well-known.” As he said that, he talked about the great deeds of benevolence and righteousness in the journey of King Chuang, such as pity for the poor and the poor, and giving relief to disasters, like the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva. Among them, it is natural to talk about the famous ballad, that is, " Chuang Wang came and didn't pay the food." Jin Zhijun thought it was funny, so he said coldly, "If you don't pay the food, what will your army eat?" Lu Zhiqi was taken aback, and quickly changed his words: "It's three years without payment." Jin Zhijun said, "What about three years later?" Lu Zhiqi said: "Three years later, the country will be stable, and the payment of grain and taxes can be discussed." After hearing this, Jin Zhijun couldn't help showing a meaningful smile.Lu Zhiqi saw his attitude in his eyes, and warned: "Brother Qi Fan, right now the officers and men of our army hate the officials and relatives of the Ming Dynasty to the bone. As early as in Chang'an, everyone agreed that after the capture of Beijing, these corrupt officials must not be forgiven. One wants to kill the other. Yesterday, the emperor gathered his ministers at the meeting. Everyone reiterated this proposal. The chief sentinel, Mr. Liu, is even more geared up, saying that he will do a lot of work after entering Beijing. Just now, in order to save you, my younger brother has already killed you in front of General Quan Liu Fangliang. I praised you well, saying that you have never been let go, that you are an official in the court, that you are upright and honest, and that you have economic talents. General Liu doesn't like "economic talents", but I heard that you are "upright and honest", In addition, he was my same year and fellow countryman, so he nodded. However, this matter has not been reported to the higher authorities, so my brother's future is still uncertain. So I advise you to restrain yourself. Don't bow your head, isn't my brother still thinking about the whole family?" Hearing what he said, Jin Zhijun couldn't help but heaved a long sigh, and said: "It's rare that you are so considerate, but you have spent so much effort to save this poor life, what's the use? What have you learned from reading the books of sages every year? How can I explain this to Jiangdong's elders?" Lu Zhiqi had already learned about Jin Zhijun's appointment as governor of Changping from Du Zhizhi, Tang Tong and others. He sympathized with Jin Zhijun and wanted to persuade him to contribute to the Dashun Dynasty. Now when he sees him open his mouth, he mentions a sage.是反感，不等他说完，便连连摇手说： “岂凡兄，你若这样想，就是走弯路了。古往今来，圣贤关于兴亡的道理说得很多，我兄想必熟知，所谓桀之所乱，汤受而治之；纣之所乱，武王受而治之。眼下朱明自万历以来，当皇帝的只知搜刮百姓，却从无半点体恤小民之心；崇祯即位后，开始虽用了一些手段，但随后就仍重用宦官，对臣下刻薄寡恩，一点也不行自责，几个有作为的臣子，像袁崇焕、卢象升、杨昌嗣辈，不是惨死在西市，就是被他逼死在战场。宰相换了一个又一个，宦官提升一批又一批，黄道周、刘宗周等直臣锒铛下狱，王德化、曹化淳等佞幸左右弄权，就拿仁兄的遭遇来说，若不是杜之秩这种小人，能有今日吗？眼下连三岁小孩也知道，朱明气数尽了，崇祯已是回天乏术了。我大顺皇上'受而治之，'这是上应天命下顺民心的大好事，我兄是有抱负的人，应该识天命、知变通，又何必死下一条心，去为崇祯殉葬，这值得吗？” 金之俊闭目端坐，既不反驳，也不点头，由着陆之祺侃侃而谈，就像是一尊木菩萨。