Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 26
The second news is that Wu Sangui resolutely surrendered to Jiannu Dorgon on the grounds that Li Zicheng abused his father and robbed his concubine!
This is what Zhu Youjian did not expect.

He thought that by taking away Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang and his concubine Chen Yuanyuan, he could prevent Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin from abusing his family.

It also prevented Wu Sangui from surrendering to Jiannu, and gave Jiannu an opportunity to invade the Central Plains.

However, what Zhu Youjian didn't expect was that even though he, the emperor, took Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang and his concubine Chen Yuanyuan to retreat south without being too burdensome.

Even though he, the emperor, had granted him Wu Sangui the title of Ping Xibo, and ordered him not to surrender and become a slave.

Even Zhu Youjian has expressed that he can accept Wu Sangui's surrender to Li Zicheng.

But Wu Sangui still surrendered Jiannu!
I still chose to be a traitor!
Zhu Youjian expressed his incomprehension.

But after thinking about it, I think it makes sense.

Wu Sangui is a hero in the world, so it is naturally impossible for him to surrender and become a slave just because his father and his concubine were captured. The fundamental reason why he surrendered to become a slave is because Dorgon, who became a slave, gave him greater benefits.

If, as Zhu Youjian expected, Wu Sangui was already the king of Pingxi who built slaves at this time.

The thieves such as Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin just took the blame unjustly.

Wu Sangui wanted to lure the Qing soldiers into the customs, but refused Li Zicheng's surrender. He could only use Li Zicheng's destruction of his family as an excuse to obtain the support of the gentry group who was also killed by Li Zicheng.

Although Wu Sangui knew that his father Wu Xiang and his concubine Chen Yuanyuan were not in the hands of Li Zicheng, but in the hands of himself, the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

But Wu Sangui still had to use this as an excuse.

Wu Sangui can't use himself as the emperor as an excuse, after all, he was his king before, if Wu Sangui directly used himself to rob his concubine as an excuse to create his own rebellion, he would be scolded by the whole world, saying that he betrayed the master and abandoned the king .

But now he insisted that Li Zicheng had harmed his family, and he wanted to lure the Qing soldiers into the customs to avenge his father's blood and drive out the thieves for the emperor.

Zhu Youjian has nothing to do about it.

From the beginning to the end, Wu Sangui was using himself as the emperor to cover up his own shamelessness.

But the emperor himself couldn't control the general officer of Shanhaiguan.

This made Zhu Youjian feel aggrieved.

Of course, Li Zicheng is more wronged than Zhu Youjian.

From the beginning to the end, Li Zicheng did not let Liu Zongmin touch the Wu family, and the Wu family's family has been taken away by his own emperor.

But Wu Sangui beat him up, saying that Li Zicheng had harmed his family.

But all the gentry who were harmed by Li Zicheng believed it.

Zhu Youjian didn't mind that Wu Sangui played with Li Zicheng like this, but he was very angry that Wu Sangui actually used the banner of the savior King Qin.

"Your Majesty, Ping Xibo has led Jiannu Eight Banners into King Guanqin, saying that he wants to get rid of the intruders, take back the capital, and save His Majesty!"

During the incident, Wu Aoning handed the residence newspaper to Zhu Youjian with joy on his face.

It can be seen that this person thought it was good news, otherwise his face would not be filled with joy.

Not only Wu Aoning was delighted, but even Li Banghua, Minister of the Ministry of War, was very happy and said: "Your Majesty, Ping Xibo and Wu Sangui led Jiannu to enter the pass, which will undoubtedly be of great help to my Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that Li Zicheng's disciples will compete with Wu Sangui and others. And having no time to take care of us is undoubtedly a good thing, His Majesty can encourage this Ping Xibo and Jiannu Regent Dorgon a few words, and agree to fight the traitors together!"

The other ministers accompanying Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also hurriedly echoed.

These officials are all from the gentry class, and they are not interested in Li Zicheng. What's more, Li Zicheng tortured the money of the officials and gentry, and even the property left in the capital by these officials who followed him was also robbed. Therefore, when these officials heard Wu Sangui and Jian The soldiers of the Nu Eight Banners entered the pass to assist Daming in attacking Li Zicheng, and they all danced happily.

Some officials even suggested that there is no need to go south, as long as Ping Xibo and Jiannu Eight Banners destroy Li Zicheng's army, then maybe His Majesty can return to Beijing in advance.

"What's the matter! This is called luring wolves into the house! Not only can't we stop going south, but we have to speed up our southward retreat!"

Zhu Youjian immediately denied the fantasies of a large number of civil officials including Li Banghua.

"Since ancient times, people who are not of my race must have a different heart. Dorgon, the regent of the slaves, has always had the ambition to conquer the world! Li Ziben is a family thief. Even if he is unreasonable, he is also a descendant of my Chinese. Even if the country changes color, My Han people are still the masters of this world; but let Wu Sangui let Jian slaves enter the pass, so that the regent Dorgon has the opportunity to seize the world. If the land of Shenzhou sinks in the future and the world is occupied by the Hu people, what can we Han people do? Survival, the training of the Southern Song Dynasty is not far away, do you still want to be a fourth-class citizen again?"

Zhu Youjian's questioning made all the officials fall into silence.

As the saying goes, the ass determines the head. As the gentry, these officials naturally have a deep hatred for Li Zicheng. When they heard that Wu Sangui led the slaves to enter the pass to exterminate Li Zicheng, they took it for granted that this was a good thing. Li Zicheng, who had lost all his wealth.

People always think in an optimistic direction, and these officials are no exception. Class limitations make their thinking fall into a narrow situation.

And Zhu Youjian's words were undoubtedly a Jiao Lei, which rang in their ears, making them deafened.

"Your Majesty is right. Since ancient times, Han thieves have been at odds with each other. When Li Zicheng got rid of it, he introduced Jiannu, a more vicious thief. You must also know the strength of the Jiannu Eight Banners. Before there was Shanhaiguan, the Jiannu Eight Banners Not one step closer to the Central Plains, now Wu Sangui, a big traitor, has surrendered to Jiannu and even brought Jiannu into the customs. Doesn’t this put me in a more dangerous situation where I have to face both trespassers and Jiannu Eight Banners? !"

Zuo Zhongyun and Li Mingrui stood up and were the first to choose to support Zhu Youjian's point of view.

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also came back to his senses at this time, and suddenly realized that this was indeed a very dangerous signal, and he knelt down in a panic, "I am so stupid and guilty, I almost harmed your majesty, and I, the Great Ming Jiangshan Sheji , now that Jianu has entered the customs, please hurry down to the south, Your Majesty! Don't stop any further!"

Zhou Yuji and other officials also hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, please go south quickly!"

Zhu Youjian was very disappointed. Few of his civil and military affairs in the dynasty had strategic thinking. Everyone listened to the wind and it rained. When they first heard that Wu Sangui led the Eight Banners soldiers into the pass to attack the Chuangjun, everyone was very happy. Now Hearing what I said, I was so flustered.

Zhu Youjian really didn't know if he could lead this group of pig teammates to make Daming rise again.

Fortunately, there are still a few people in the court who understand, at least they are not stupid, and they can understand a little bit.

There are no generals in the country, so Li Banghua can only be Minister of the Ministry of War.

"It's right to speed up the southward retreat, but you can't be calm? Now Wu Sangui and Jiannu have just entered the pass, and they are still fighting fiercely with Li Zicheng. You are so panicked, don't think about it, the Shandong border that is about to enter There is also Liu Zeqing who listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement, if this person comes to coerce the emperor to order the princes, where will you be trapped!"

When Zhu Youjian shouted and asked, the ministers realized that they were indeed impulsive this time, and did not think further.

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, prostrated himself on the ground in shame: "I am incompetent!"

"The ministers are incompetent!" Other officials also echoed. Now they really have to admit that they are incompetent. They retreated all the way south from the capital to here. Apart from offering sacrifices to the dead officials and civilians in Tongzhou and playing a role in the reorganization work, most of the civil officials have no Make a little contribution.

(End of this chapter)