Breaking into the army not only kept its promise and never killed anyone, but also had serious military discipline. "The lack of the country" records that at that time, "there were two thieves who looted the silk shop and smashed it in the city. Volkswagen is happy to announce that it has been blocked as before. " Two soldiers who broke into the army were also executed in the street for robbing shops, which is an example.
You see, at this time, on the surface, we seem to have broken away from bandits, kept our promises, and had strict military discipline. Is it the teacher of king, victory and benevolence?
It doesn't matter to the people who is the emperor. The important thing is that I have a good life. The invasion of China and the execution of robbers obviously gave the people a reassurance, and then the people happily told each other that life could go on as usual and they could continue to fry shredded potatoes when they went home.
Senior Minister Daming: At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we should strive for the first place.
Another imperial edict was addressed to Beijing officials in Beijing. In a letter to Beijing officials, he said: Now the dynasty is going to change, and the Dashun dynasty needs talents now. If a former official wants to be an official in the new dynasty, he must report as soon as possible, on a first-come-first-served basis.
How did the officials react?
Officials got up early and rushed to Chengtianmen to queue up. Because there were so many people, they had to use long sticks to drive away the soldiers who broke into the army to maintain order. Before the gate was opened, these people sat on the open ground. The soldiers who broke into the army looked down on these people, deliberately made things difficult and insulted them, and refused to eat. For this kind of treatment, some people say, "Although I am hungry, I am very happy."
Such a scene, in fact, as early as the day before, Li Zicheng has already come into view. Originally, on March 20th, the day after the fall of Beijing, Li Zicheng found three sons of Chongzhen from eunuchs. When talking with Li Zicheng, the prince said, "Civil and military officials are the most meaningless. Congratulations tomorrow."
Sure enough, the prince was right. There were more than 1300 people when the votes were counted. Seeing this, even Li Zicheng, who had already prepared, was surprised. "I sighed: This generation is unjust, and the world is not chaotic!"
Let Li Zicheng angry and laughing is yet to come.
On March 23, we began to count the surrendered officials and found several officials with shaved heads. These officials had intended to run for their lives disguised as monks, but when they heard that Li Zicheng was going to surrender, they had the cheek to report back.
King Chuang traveled all over the country, seeing thick-skinned, never seeing such a thick one, which really pissed Li Zicheng off.
Li Zicheng asked his men to pull out all the remaining armpit hair, pubic hair and leg hair from these people, and then scolded these people: "Since they have shaved, why do you have to sign up?" Then he turned to Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing around him and said, "Every official, if he can die, is a loyal minister. If the parents who suffer from physical pain dare not hurt, and the person who cuts hair is disloyal and unfilial, what can I do to keep him? "
This is a disgrace to the Ming Dynasty. If Emperor Chongzhen saw this scene, he would probably be angry and resurrected, and then he would scold, "Bah, you shameless bitch."
When the people mutinied, no one had anything to say. But the officials are all Daming elites who eat the wealth of the monarch. The country has trained scholars for 300 years, and the education of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism has grown from childhood to adulthood. On weekdays, I never leave my country and my loyalty to the monarch. How can it be so embarrassing at a critical moment?
Obviously, Li Zicheng actually despises these defected Ming officials, but out of practical needs, he needs to organize an administrative team as soon as possible. The quickest way is of course to choose among former officials.
New official of Dashun: Stop being a mortal and draw a clear line with the old dynasty.
What will happen to these lucky people who have been arranged for official positions?
At this moment, an interesting thing happened. A large group of officials rushed to the troupe to buy costumes. The price of clothing soared instantly, and a singing hat cost three or four taels of silver.
Strange, and an official, why do you want to snap up ancient costumes?
Ha ha. It turned out that when the invading army first entered the city, these officials were afraid that the official uniforms would be exposed and lead to death, so they destroyed all the official uniforms. Later, I heard that Li Zicheng was going to become an official, and I regretted it, so I crammed for clothes in the troupe.
There is no doubt that these people are happy to become officials of the new dynasty.
There is also a man named Yang who, after being appointed, happily said to his family, "By this time tomorrow, I will be a mortal." He also got the nickname "Extraordinary Man".
Besides being eager to be an official, officials in the Shun Dynasty have one more thing to do, and that is to draw a clear line with the old dynasty.
On March 23rd, the bodies of Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou were bound and placed in a buddhist nun in Donghuamen. Li Zicheng allowed the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty to bid farewell to the remains.
"Crying and worshipping" means that there are still points of monarch and minister to the deceased; "Worship without crying" is not willing to end up with the stigma of ingratitude, but also afraid of offending the new ruler and getting burned; Proud, that is, looking sideways, of course, it is clear that it is necessary to make a clean break with the old master.
How many Beijing officials were there in the Ming Dynasty?
When the army called the roll, "about four thousand people stood outside the noon gate wearing 100 officials' prison uniforms." It can be seen that the number of officials in Beijing should be more than 4,000, and only 30 people dare to admit their loyalty to Chongzhen. Only 60 people dare to admit that they are old ministers of Chongzhen, and others should draw a clear line with Chongzhen.
Of course, this is not to say that there are no loyal ministers who died in the capital, but only a few. Some officials fled Beijing, but most people surrendered.
Surrender, when you are a good citizen, can you let them sing and dance and continue to rinse mutton hotpot?
What happened later proved that the people and these officials were too naive.
The rivers and mountains may change, but not one's essential nature You are not welcome in Beijing.
When the invading army entered the city, it was really like a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and the military discipline was purged, which reminded people of the situation that Zhu Yuanzhang led the peasant army into Nanjing about 300 years ago. Unfortunately, Li Zicheng was not Zhu Yuanzhang, nor was the invading army the Red Scarf Army.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang gain a firm foothold in Nanjing, while Li Zicheng was about to be defeated and flee after only forty days, and saw the gap within a few hours of entering the city? In the lust of dogs and horses, in the temptation of gold and silver jewelry, Pojun's discipline suddenly collapsed, and rogue temperament broke out irresistibly.
First of all, I feel that it is the city people who have been cheated. Then I watched Zhao's live report 300 years ago. There are also historical records that soldiers who violated discipline took women to the city wall to rape them. They were afraid that the passing generals would find out that they were responsible, so they threw the women off the wall.
Ha ha. The tall image of the army's kind teacher only lasted less than a day. During the day, Beijing residents were so happy and naive that they thought they could live a good life, but at night, soldiers who broke into houses began to rob women and gold, and then the people woke up. Everything they see during the day is an illusion.
Liu Zongmin, the supreme general of the army, took the lead in corrupting military discipline. The aforementioned Zhao unfortunately did not escape from the city, but was caught, which gave him a chance to witness what he had done.
What happened to the obedient officials? Hehe, they are worse than one.
After entering the city, Yan Li, the core figure of the invading army, gave Li Zicheng an idea, one of which was a memorial service. To put it bluntly, it is money, but who is rich? Of course, officials, princes and princes will be appointed.
This pursuit is not blind, but has a minimum standard. Cabinet ministers need 1 00000 yuan, Ministry of Industry officials, Jingtang, Jinyi and handprints need 70000 yuan, Ministry of Science and Technology officials need 50000 yuan, Ministry of Industry officials need 20000 yuan, Hanlin needs10000 yuan, and Cao Department needs several thousand yuan, but there is no upper limit for royalty and honor.
The way to remember is to call if you don't give it or call if you don't give it. Wei Zaode, the record was beaten to pieces and handed over thirteen thousand taels.
Yan Li, who made meritorious service, sealed up the mansion of Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of Chongzhen, and forced Zhou Kui to pay the money, which Zhou Kui gave to102,000 at a time. Yan Li said that you are a state official, you are stingy and disloyal, and then you were tortured, and Zhou Kui took out102,000 yuan. Later, I branded it with a soldering iron once, and I added 10 thousand yuan. Finally, I was burned out and took out 402 thousand. Zhou * * * took out 602 thousand yuan, plus countless rare antiques.
However, when it comes to torture, Yan Li is dwarfed by Liu Zongmin.
On April 7th, Li Zicheng went to discuss this matter with Liu Zongmin, and witnessed hundreds of people being tortured and some dying. By the eighth day of April, Liu Zongmin alone had extorted10000000 taels of silver from the princes and ministers, and other intruders finally recovered 700000000 taels of silver.
According to the calculation that 1 2 silver is exchanged for 200 yuan RMB, the invading army forcibly plundered the property equivalent to1400 million RMB in Beijing with harsh violence, which is simply astronomical.