Unlike Li Xin who only tortured the royal relatives and eunuchs, Shunjun tortures pay for all Ming officials. A bunch of officials and nobles were arrested and tortured, and told them how much property they had and asked their families to redeem them. It was not until this time that Ming officials realized how happy it was to not live in the North City!

And soon, the torture was expanded.

Li Xin's face was gloomy and he listened to Erju's report.

"The commander-in-chief, the Shun Army arrested more than 600 people in a few days, including royal relatives, honorary ministers, ministers in the court, and ordinary ministers.

It was originally said that only officials above the sixth rank were arrested, but this restriction was quickly broken. It was also said that ministers who were honest and honest did not arrest them, but this was also broken. Most of the arrested officials were detained in the west side courtyard of Tian Huangqin’s residence where Liu Zongmin was stationed in Jie, and a small number were detained in other generals’ houses, torture and recovering stolen goods, and people kept screaming and dying in torture.

The tomb and recovery of the Shun Army caused great terror and public anger in Beijing, which disappointed the Beijing people. They believed that the Shun Army was indeed a thief and had not changed their nature and missed Emperor Chongzhen again. Some people also hoped that the commander-in-chief led his troops to attack him.

In addition, the Shun Army also began to rob, sometimes forcing the loan but not returning it, sometimes saying it was a requisition, sometimes breaking into a private house in the middle of the night, and openly robbing. This kind of thing has happened every day recently, and even the generals heard that Liu Zongmin had killed several soldiers who robbed the shop, but within a day, the robbery happened again, and more and more."

Liu Rushi frowned slightly and asked Li Xin: "It's such a big deal to enter Beijing, and so many eyes are staring at it. Does Li Zicheng know how to restrain military discipline in advance? Did he think he could massacre the city at any time like before the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Xin said lightly: "The streets and alleys are mixed with military and civilians. It is difficult to patrol and it is difficult to guard against. There are tens of thousands of people, and they are not even in good condition. There are no restrictions on them in normal times. What is the use of killing a few people temporarily?

Moreover, Beijing is a rich place, with poor households, but not common. Most people are between food and clothing and well-off life. There are several companies without ready-made gold, silver and fine jewelry. Li Zicheng also decided that Beijing was the only one. The soldiers of Shunjun knew that they would not stay in Beijing for a long time. Since that is the case, why not rob it?

The soldiers of the Shun Army followed Li Zicheng to conquer the world. After suffering for more than ten years, their dark eyes could not stand the silver. When they saw the white silver, they were particularly shiny. Who would have missed this good opportunity that they would not come again if they lost it? The military discipline that Li Zicheng had worked hard to cultivate over the past few years has disappeared in the prosperous Beijing city!”

Gu Hengbo looked at the magnificent Forbidden City and said funny: "It seems that Mr. Li had a foresight. From the beginning, he went to Gaoyou, Yangzhou, and then to Nanjing, the military discipline of the soldiers has been developed step by step."

Since the moment she entered Beijing, Gu Hengbo has been obsessed with the Forbidden City from time to time. She hopes to live in the Forbidden City and be Li Xin's concubine. Although the temporary requisition of Duke Cheng's Mansion is magnificent, how can she compare to the Forbidden City?

Li Xin smiled: "Once this kind of thing becomes a trend, even if Li Zicheng cannot suppress it, our soldiers will be jealous if they see too much. They will send orders to Luo Yangxing and ask him to ask Wu Mengming to send police forces to the front line to maintain public order, and the soldiers will retreat!"

Luo Yangxing was originally the left governor of the Jinyiwei, second to Wu Mengming, but Li Xin appointed Luo Yangxing as the Minister of the Police Department, while Wu Mengming was only the director of the Beijing Police General Administration, and Luo Yangxing became Wu Mengming's boss instead.

This is a situation that Li Xin deliberately created. If Luo Yangxing is still allowed to live behind Wu Mengming, and affected by many years of old habits, Luo Yangxing will voluntarily become Wu Mengming's subordinates. The police system will soon form a closed or semi-closed small circle like the original Jinyiwei, but if Luo Yangxing is promoted, Wu Mengming will inevitably be dissatisfied, and there will be conflicts between superiors and subordinates, which is in line with Li Xin's habit of mixing sand.

"Yeah~~"

Li Xianfeng also nodded and said, "It's so good that it's so clean that it's so clean that it's so hard to separate it. Most of the Jinyiwei are locals in Beijing. They are stationed on the front line. When they see the Shun Army robbing everywhere, they will be angry. Looking back at the area where our army belongs, we will definitely agree with it."

Erju looked at Li Xianfeng in surprise and thought that the old guy was indeed good. He said again: "Robbery is only one aspect of the corruption of military discipline. Sword-shaped women also occur from time to time. A 14-year-old girl was pulled to the top of the city and died. Some women refused to follow her death, cursed her and killed her on the spot. Now, all the capitals are rumored that more than 300 women who jumped into the well and hung beams overnight in Anfu Hutong. After inquiring, it was confirmed that there were more than 100."

"Damn it!"

Li Xianfeng and Gao Mingheng cursed together!

"Damn it!"

Li Zicheng also heard Gao Yigong come to report and was furious!

He then shouted to Liu Zongmin, "You are the head general of the Tiying camp, why don't you restrict military discipline?"

Liu Zongmin had a special status in the Shun Army, so he was not afraid of Li Zicheng. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, we haven't stayed in Beijing for long. We are busy with tombing and recovering stolen goods every day, and we have to urge the generals to perform the *** throne ceremony. Li Xin is in the south city, staring at him covetously. Although I have to rectify the military rules, I really can't give you too much energy to take care of it!"

Hao Yaoqi also said: "I have been in the army for three years and saw the sows competing with Diao Chan. Moreover, when we entered Beijing, our soldiers followed the emperor to fight, left their hometowns, and ran thousands of miles away, which was also hard enough!"

Li Zicheng said sadly: "Look at the opposite side, what did Li Xin do? He only tortured the nobles and royal relatives on the grounds of being the same as the country. Because the eunuch is a slave and is not worthy of owning huge industries, he tortured the eunuchs by the way, but never violated civilians. We have already tortured more officials than him, so why can't we restrain military discipline?

Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people won the world, but the lonely soldiers entered Beijing, robbed the brute and committed all kinds of evil, which ruined my good reputation. Now the people in Huguang, Henan are still living in dire straits and storms. Without a good life, we quickly lost the hearts of the people after we arrived in Beijing. If this continues, how can the lonely country stand firm? How can we establish a unified iron-building country?

Beijing is not a small village hidden in the mountains, nor a mountain village in Funiu Mountain. People across the country are looking at Beijing. Whether or not they can win the hearts of the people in the country is very important. Whether it is good or bad, it will be spread to all places immediately. Now you are only saying words to me praise me. If it weren’t for one’s merit, who would dare to speak out to me bluntly?”

The generals were trained to have nothing to say, but the military discipline was indeed unrestrained. The key was that the enemy army was next door and killed people fiercely. Maybe someone would take the risk, defect to Li Xin, and even lead troops to come.

There is a mess now that no one can clean up.

Gradually, Li Zicheng also understood this truth, but he was still angry. It was not that he cherished the lives of the people in Beijing, but that he repeatedly emphasized military discipline since the beginning of his troops. But this was good. It was a few days after entering Beijing. Who would take him as the emperor seriously? He even heard rumors: If you come to Beijing to live in your country, I will make your own fortune. Let's recognize you as the emperor, and don't stop me from making money!

"Ahem~~"

Niu Jinxing coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, the soldiers have indeed plundered the people in private, but as far as the current situation is concerned, bad things may not necessarily turn into good things."

"oh?"

Li Zicheng looked over.

Niu Jinxing said: "On the surface, the soldiers plundered the people and were unwilling to the hearts of the people. In contrast to Nancheng, the people will praise Li Xin's goodness, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to me.

But the emperor should not forget that the Lord in the Forbidden City is still there. Can't he see through the changes in Beijing? For him, the life and death of the people in Beijing is nothing to do with him. How to resolve the current crisis is the top priority. If I did not expect it, I am afraid that the edict to recruit people is on the way."

Li Guo said in confusion: "Prime Minister, we are here to take his country and take his life. If Li Xin hadn't been tortured, he would have turned into a pile of ashes in the Ganqing Palace. Li Xin is his benefactor, how could he come to comfort us?"

Niu Jinxing stroked his beard and smiled: "The royal family is the most affectionate, especially Chongzhen, who is famous for being mean and ungrateful. It is worth saving his life. In his opinion, it is the right thing to do. In his eyes, he only has the Ming Dynasty, and the rest can be let go.

Li Xin saved him, but the army was disciplined and won the hearts of the people. The threat to him was greater than that of the emperor. Chongzhen was a wise man and would take the opportunity to surrender the emperor and work together to deal with Li Xin.

I think the emperor may as well give in vain. After all, in terms of reputation, Chongzhen is still the lord of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty is not over, the emperor can use Chongzhen to summon the world to serve the king and Yi army, and then secretly connect with Wu Sangui, Shanhaiguan, and jointly attack Li Xin. Once this thief is defeated, the emperor will be the regent to take charge of the government. After a while, he will force Chongzhen to abdicate and abdicate, and the world will still belong to the emperor."
Chapter completed!