golden scales

Among the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that there is no one who does not want to change the dynasty like Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and his son.The 900 million taels of Liao's salary every year, except for the profit sharing in Beijing, most of it went into the pockets of the father and son. How could another emperor be willing to be taken advantage of?

Chongzhen was unwilling to take responsibility all his life, and hoped that the ministers below would take the blame for him and maintain his image as the Holy Emperor Ming, but in the end he was sold by Liaozhen but returned the money, and at the same time took a big blame for them.

After weighing things up and down, Wu Xiang finally let his son enter, lest the intruders really take Yanjing.In case Yanjing falls, let alone 900 million taels of Liao salary every year, I am afraid that it will still fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

Chongzhen was overjoyed when he learned that Wu's father and son were willing to join King Qin of Guan.Among them, Wang Yongji, governor of Jiliao, Tang Tong, general of Jiliao, Wu Sangui, general of Ningyuan, and Liu Zeqing, general of Shandong, were named.

Wu Sangui wanted to clean up the property outside the pass, and led the people to march for more than ten miles every day, and marched slowly into the pass.Shandong General Liu Zeqing lied that he had fallen off his horse and was unable to enter the Wei capital.Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Jiliao, rushed to Yanjing with [-] Jizhen frontier troops and stationed outside Qihuamen (Chaoyangmen).

Emperor Chongzhen hadn't seen such an obedient Bianzhen for a long time, and when he saw him, he gave him a banquet and rewarded him with money, which was very consoling.Tang Tong also expressed his "willingness to die in service, so that the culprit can be wiped out quickly."The emperor was naturally very happy, but he still sent Zhongguan Du Zhizhi as the supervisor.

This stroked Tang Tong's whiskers.He threw the things bestowed by Chongzhen on the ground, and said angrily: "Since the emperor granted me the title of grand master and made me an earl, but he used the restraint of internal officials to defeat me, I am no match for a slave!" There are too few soldiers, and the terrain outside Yanjing is too peaceful to fight, so we should defend at Juyongguan.Without waiting for the imperial decree, Tang Tong led the part to Juyongguan.Then surrendering to Li Zicheng is naturally the meaning of the question.

On March [-]th, Chongzhen issued another imperial edict and became the most diligent king in Chinese history.He also issued an edict, announcing that all the new and old salaries would be stopped. At the same time, he emphasized that only Li Zicheng's crime was unforgivable, and other civil and military false posts such as Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin were all pardoned. official position.

"I'm afraid this imperial decree won't leave the capital." Zhu Cilang sighed.

Song Hongye sat at the head of the prince, a little nervous because he hadn't seen him for a long time.This time Zhu Cihong sneaked back to Yanjing with Min Zhanlian and other bodyguards, just to take the family out of this pit of fire, and did not intend to fight Li Zicheng to the death.Although I don't know the exact strength of the Shun army, but a rough estimate shows that with Xuanda's surrender, it is not difficult for Li Zicheng to gather 10 troops.

Who else in the world can fight head-on with Li Zicheng?

"Your Highness, are the humble officials going to Shandong together?" Song Hongye asked.

"No," Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "You have to stay in Yanjing and surrender to Li Chuang."

"Your Highness! I only have loyalty in my humble heart..."

"Surrendering to trespassers is great loyalty." Zhu Cihong held down Song Hongye's words: "Son Tzu calls the 'use room', and you are the 'room' I can entrust. Not only does Li Chuang want to surrender when he comes, but whoever occupies it in the future Yanjing, you have to surrender and act as my eyes and ears."

Song Hongye heard cold sweat on his forehead, and said bitterly: "Your Highness... Is there still time to wash away this filth in this humble position?"

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "If I can regain Shenjing, I will naturally set up a table for you and wash away the filth! If I can't come back, you are no longer filthy."

"Your Highness will surely succeed in no time!" Song Hongye said loudly.

"I hope so." Zhu Cihong took a breath.

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"Master, we have no choice but to surrender."

Li Shoufeng, the commander-in-chief of Changping, looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground, and said angrily, "Chen Yiyuan! You're not guilty!"

Chen Yiyuan said helplessly: "Master, you treat me well, so I came to persuade you to surrender together. Now none of the soldiers below are willing to sacrifice their lives, and they all say they want to surrender. I can only go."

Li Shoufeng stared at Chen Yiyuan for a long time, and uttered three words: "I will not surrender."

Chen Yiyuan kowtowed on the ground and said: "Although the master is not willing, we are going." After saying that, he got up and left. There were soldiers waiting for him outside the door, and they rushed out one after another.In the blink of an eye, Li Shoufeng was the only one left in the huge barracks.

Li Shoufeng felt despondent, turned back to the room, thinking about the governor of Changping, He Qian, who had fled away with his own soldiers on the pretext of guarding Juyongguan, how could he stop Li Zicheng's [-] troops by himself?Feeling disheartened for a while, Li Shoufeng happened to see a rope outside the house, coiled like a snake.

He took the rope, went back to the house calmly, threw it to the beam, stood on the table and tied a dead knot, finished his armor, and threw it away.

Chen Yiyuan is not a military officer, but he is quite good at being a man on weekdays. He has a good relationship among the soldiers. When they encounter some problems, they will ask him to take the lead. After a long time, he looks like a soldier.When he left the gate of the camp, thinking of the benefits of Mr. Li, knowing that his old man must have no reason to steal his life, he couldn't help feeling sad.Until he took a group of Changping soldiers to Sanlipo outside the city, and found that the local old people and freshmen were waiting in front of the army, he couldn't help feeling rejoicing: Fortunately, it was not too late.

After a while, a group of people and horses came from the west, holding a banner with the word "Tian", wearing blue armor and dignified weapons.Chen Yiyuan rushed up first, knelt down in front of the horse, and shouted loudly: "The guards of Changping are willing to surrender to the king's division!"

A general came out of the formation, it was Zehou Tian Jianxiu.He glanced at the kneeling soldiers and civilians, and asked Chen Yiyuan, "But are you all willing to surrender?"

Chen Yiyuan lowered his head, and said loudly: "The guards of Changping are here to greet you, begging for mercy."

Tian Jianxiu looked around, and there were indeed a group of beggar-like figures kneeling not far behind Chen Yiyuan, and there were also three to five hundred people.

"The holy driver is behind." Tian Jianxiu flicked his horsewhip, ordering the army to move on and occupy Changping City.

Changping is where the Twelve Tombs of the Emperor and Ming Dynasty are located, and the mountains are mostly covered with pines and cypresses.No matter what the taboos are when you rush into the place, you only need to use firewood to cut down these pines and cypresses.Some people wanted to touch gold and turn the bucket, but they couldn't find the gate of the underground palace, so they burned the Ming Towers of Kangling and Zhaoling and the main hall of Dingling to vent their anger.

Changping was only [-] miles away from the Forbidden City. Li Zicheng set up his camp at Gonghua City in the Shahe River between Changping and Yanjing, and still ordered Tian Jianxiu to lead an army to attack Yanjing City.

Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen led the three major battalions of the capital to station outside the city. As soon as Tian Jianxiu's army arrived, he immediately surrendered, changing from defending the city to attacking the city.

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"Go and call King Ding and King Yong." Chongzhen sat at the foot of the steps, his hair was disheveled, and he no longer had the usual demeanor.

After a while, the servant brought the second king Dingyong over.When Chongzhen saw his son, he was filled with grief. His tears had already flowed down. He held back his tears and said, "Why are you still wearing these clothes? Go and change the clothes of the common people." He took the hands of the two young sons and said: " The two of you are kings today, and petty people tomorrow. In the midst of chaos, you must hide your whereabouts and hide your names. If you meet an official, the old man should call you the master, and the young one should call you the gentleman. If you meet the flat People, the elderly should be called Daddy, the young and old should be called Uncle. The scribes wearing square scarves should be called Mr., and the sergeants should be called Chief, Head of Household..."

As Chongzhen spoke, weeping uncontrollably, seeing his two sons trembling, he raised his head and sighed: "How Gu was born in the heavenly family! Escape each other, don't fall in love with me..."

Cijiong was a little older, hugging Chongzhen's arm, just crying.The same is true for Yong Wang Cizhen, who refuses to leave.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Yin, a close servant, came forward suddenly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, there is a plan for this servant!"

Chongzhen was already a drowning man, he would grab even a straw, so he got up quickly and asked, "What is the plan!"

Zhang Yin said with a smile: "If the thieves really enter the city, they just need to surrender and nothing will happen."

Chongzhen only felt a rush of reverse blood rushing straight to his forehead, he pushed his two sons away, drew out the sword from his waist, and slashed hard at Zhang Yin's neck.Zhang Yin was caught off guard, and a large blood vessel on the side of his neck was split open, blood spurted out from his neck for more than three feet, and poured over Chongzhen's head and face.Seeing Zhang Yin lying in a pool of blood, the two little princes were still twitching all over, and the father's face was covered in blood again, like a ghost.The two teenagers screamed and ran out.

Chongzhen was stimulated by the blood, with a ferocious expression on his face, holding the bloody sword, he went all the way to Kunning Palace.Along the way, none of the eunuchs and female officials knelt down to salute when they saw the emperor, and they all just cared about running for their lives. (To be continued.)