Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 3 The Deviation of the Civil Service Group

As soon as Zhu Youjian said this, these officials couldn't help but bury their heads. They didn't expect that His Majesty would ask him for money again.

But in their view, Daming now has no hope of survival, and there is no need to waste the money he has worked so hard to save as an official for so many years.

Therefore, these officials once again kept silent tacitly.

On the contrary, a few officials wanted to pretend to donate some family assets, but Wei Zaode stared back at them, and they all backed away.

This is the current status of Daming officialdom.

Officials no longer have one mind with the court, and are making their own plans.

Even the loyal ministers remained silent at this time, not daring to oppose the entire civil servant group.

In other words, the king himself can no longer give them any protection.

Let them have to abandon their own king.

Helpless!

Zhu Youjian had no choice but to roll the roll himself, and said:
"Wei Aiqing, you are the chief minister of the cabinet, and your family is a giant merchant in Tongzhou. You have thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the money and food have already reached a million. Can you donate one or two to the imperial court to repay the imperial court's kindness in promoting you over the years."

Wei Zaode felt quite depressed, his family is rich, but there is no need to make funeral objects for your Zhu Dynasty!

Therefore, Wei Zaode said directly:
"The family your Majesty mentioned is actually the family of Wei Zaofu, brother of my minister;

But as early as a few years ago, Weichen and his elder brother had separated. Weichen's family was only 200 acres of Susukida, three old servants, and the silver deposit was only a hundred taels. This money is used to treat the sick old mother at home. Now that the country is in dire straits, I am willing to use all the family resources of [-] taels to pay for the army! "

Zhu Youjian can clearly remember that when Li Zicheng later broke through the capital and copied Wei Zaode's house, he copied 7 taels of silver alone!
But now this Wei Zaode is crying poor in front of him!
Take 200 taels to fool yourself.

At this time, several other officials also stood up and said that they had no money to donate, and they were either crying poor or miserable.

Zhu Youjian didn't expect these people to really help him with their money, so he didn't continue to ask: "

"Since there is no money, besides inviting Wu Sangui to join King Qin of Guan, is there any other good strategy?"

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, the officials remained silent again.

At the end of the day, Zuo Zhongyun and Li Mingrui, who was still the most humble official, stood up:

"Your Majesty, apart from Gyeonggi in the north, most of Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi have fallen into enemy hands, and the land of Shandong has also been devastated by soldiers and bandits, and there is no danger to defend;

Fortunately, there is no rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and the hearts of the people are still there. The grain and silver accumulated can also support the operation of the court, and when the ancestor established Nanjing, he also planned to leave a way out. That's why there are six ministries in Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, five temples and The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Your Majesty can move south before the army of rogue bandits arrives, imitating Song Gaozong's establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, as a contingency change, and wait until the future to revive the flag and drums, and the Northern Expedition to recover the land of the capital! "

Finally, a minister suggested that he go to Nanjing.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian also somewhat agrees, after all, the northern region cannot be defended.

However, at this moment, Li Mingrui had just finished speaking.

Guang Shiheng stood up and shouted angrily, "No way, Your Majesty! The emperor guards the gate of the country, the monarch dies in the country, and he also invaded the capital first. Yingzong went north, and my Ming Dynasty can still fight to the death without retreating." , Keep the capital without losing it, now it's just a mere bandit, so why worry about it!
Kuang Jingying still has an army of [-], how can it be impossible to fight against the bandits, those who suggest moving south are really greedy for life and fear of death, bewitching the morale of the army, His Majesty should immediately kill this person to win back the morale of the army! "

At this time, Dou Ding, the censor Zuoqian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also stood up: "Please behead Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, please behead Zuo Zhongyun and Li Mingrui immediately!"

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen officials came out to threaten Zhu Youjian to kill Li Mingrui, and even Zhang Huangyan, the Minister of the Ministry of War who held the military power, and Li Guozhen, the commander of the Beijing Camp Xiangcheng Bo, and others.

Zhu Youjian naturally understands that the only really effective way now is to go to the south of the Yangtze River. Only by going to the south of the Yangtze River can he have a chance to make a comeback, and staying in the capital can only wait for death.

And this is where Li Mingrui told the truth.

On the surface, other officials want to defend the capital by themselves, but in fact they have hidden evil intentions, because as long as they are still in the capital, they can push the historical responsibility for the fall of the capital and the demise of the Ming Dynasty to themselves, and capture themselves alive on the day Li Zicheng breaks the city. Dedicated to Li Zicheng, in order to gain Li Zicheng's favor.

What's more, although there are still [-] soldiers in the Beijing camp, most of them are old and weak and vulnerable. In history, Li Zicheng was easily defeated as soon as he arrived in the capital. It is impossible for him to count on these large troops of the Beijing camp!
In other words, the current self can't count on anyone at all, including these civil servants in front of him!
Now they even dare to threaten themselves to kill Li Mingrui.

But if I want to live a few more days now, I have to obey their wishes.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to wave his hands and said, "Preach my will and send Li Mingrui to Jinyiwei Prison!"

"Your Majesty, I dare to make a statement. What Li Mingrui said is not unreasonable. Even if your majesty cannot move south, you must let the prince stay in Nanjing. Otherwise, my Ming Dynasty will have no chance of rejuvenation! Your Majesty must not listen to these gangsters." The words of a traitor!"

Ni Yuanlu also stood up at this time.

However, Guang Shiheng also stood up:

"Your Majesty, Ni Yuanlu intends to coerce the crown prince to go south to stand on his own, steal our Ming Dynasty, sow dissension, frame Zhongliang, and have ulterior motives. Your Majesty, please decapitate this owl!"

"Your Majesty, please decapitate this owl!"

Another group of officials followed Wei Zaode to agree. They neither wanted Zhu Youjian, the emperor himself, to leave the capital for Nanjing, nor did they want the prince to go to Nanjing.

Although Zhu Youjian knew that what Li Mingrui and Ni Yuanlu said was really thinking of himself and Daming.

But now he can't turn his face against most of the civil servants who are no longer loyal to him, so he can only order: "Just dismiss Ni Yuanlu and send him to jail!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Wei Zaode and Guang Shiheng had smug smiles on their faces, and saluted Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian's heart is bleeding, and now he can't wait to kill all these hateful officials who threaten him!
But now he doesn't have any power, even the Jinyiwei is no longer reliable, because he just saw the commander of the Jinyiwei, Luo Yangxing, also followed Wei Zaode and others, and he also knew that Luo Yangxing did surrender to Li Zicheng later, and later surrendered Jian slave.

As soon as the angry Zhu Youjian retreated, he continued to think about how to escape from the capital, how to control a certain amount of troops, and have another chance to stand up!
Naturally, Wu Sangui could not be relied on. This person marched for half a month and did not reach the capital, and even asked for money and food. He was obviously afraid of Li Zicheng and did not want to save himself. He was waiting and watching.

Tang Tong, who guarded Juyongguan, would also surrender to Li Zicheng in history, and he was not reliable.

The only one who can rely on now is Zhou Yuji, who later defended Ningwuguan.

He can only recruit Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses to the capital first, maybe he will have a chance to turn the tables, and rely on Zhou Yuji to evacuate the capital and go directly south!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian immediately told Wang Chengen:

"Wang Cheng'en, go and call the crown prince Zhu Cihong! And the son-in-law Gong Yonggu, call me too! I have something important to ask!"

With that said, Zhu Youjian took out the yellow silk himself, and took out a vermilion pen to write down his will.

Although there is still a month before Li Zicheng enters the capital, and he may still have a chance to escape from the capital, he should make early plans in case of accidents.

(End of this chapter)