Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 620 Showdown
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't believe his ears.

This traitor, this bastard, bastard, sycophant, he, he actually talked to himself like this, he could no longer keep his face calm, the bloodshot, weak and vicious emperor stood up in shock, trembling looked at Song Qingshu.

"What did you say?"

"Let's talk about it again, the king of subjugation!"

"Damn you!"

Just like a cat that stepped on its tail, Chongzhen jumped down screaming, yelling in his most vicious voice. However, if his threat was still useful ten years ago, a year ago, he could only threaten the capital But now, he can't even control his own destiny. Song Qingshu unceremoniously threw the rushing emperor to the ground, and then slapped the horrified Wang Chengen away. , also filled with anger.

From the early years of Chongzhen to the 17th year of Chongzhen, he was also a witness of this era. He watched the empire step by step to where it is today, and grabbed Chongzhen's collar suddenly. Song Qingshu stared into his eyes and asked. .

"Am I wrong?"

"17 years ago, when Ru ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was a complete Ming Dynasty, and there were at least 150 million troops. The border of Liaodong was also outside Shengjing. Alright, look at Daming today!"

"From the northernmost Jiayuguan to the southernmost Panyu, almost the entire Ming Dynasty was caught in the flames of war. Shaanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, and Hebei fell, and the capital did not keep it! You have already destroyed the Ming Empire. In this history, the king of subjugation You can't escape the sum!"

Song Qingshu had held these words in his heart for a long time, but they were also what Chongzhen feared the most, his face changed from fury to panic, and he shook his head like a madman.

"It's all the ministers who misled the country! The ministers mistaken me! It's a rebellious minister like you who ruined my Ming Dynasty!"

"Hehe, who promoted the ministers again! Chongzhen, you are well-learned in history books, have you ever heard of acting like a master?" Finally loosening the emperor's collar, panting heavily, Song Qingshu took a step back, still angry Staring at him, that look made Chongzhen feel like being stabbed in the body.

"Look at what you have done in the past 17 years? Changing orders from day to day! In the Liao division, Yuan Chonghuan was first given full power. He just let go of his hands and feet, and you killed him again, making the situation in Liaodong rotten to the extreme. You fattened Jiannu!"

"In Guanzhong, under the severe drought, we little people in Dousheng are already waiting to be fed. When it comes to changing children to eat, the people are all dead on the side of the road. What did the court do? You keep supporting Yang He to appease! But you brought Here comes a blank sheet of paper."

"I have issued one hundred thousand yuan in cash..."

"I will give you 10 taels of silver, and you will try to feed me a few million people?"

Just as Chongzhen was about to argue, he was interrupted by Song Qingshu roaring like a lion, pointing at the emperor's nose, Song Qingshu also growled like a madman.

"My people were accused by you of being traitors and thieves just to survive, and the army strangled them, and then continued to impose heavy taxes, forcing more poor people who were struggling on the verge of bankruptcy to join this troubled world. You forced Li Zicheng's million-dollar army Get up!"

"That's those corrupt officials..."

"You are the emperor, why don't you deal with these corrupt officials?"

Chongzhen's rebuttal was rendered speechless by Song Qingshu's questioning, but he did not continue arguing on this issue. Song Qingshu changed the subject and tapped his finger on his nose again.

"Okay, you said that the commander-in-chief is a traitor, so let's talk about what happened after the commander-in-chief became this minister! There are 3 people on the roster of my department. After recruiting for seven years, I received a total of 3000 taels of salary! A single soldier in the Seven Years' Army can't even get half of his salary, and the imperial court has no favors for me, why should I work for you? Why do you want to mobilize the soldiers under my command?"

"Let's talk about what I've seen. Jia Zhuang and Lu Xiangsheng were sold for the sake of your plan for peace talks with Jiannu. In the icy and snowy winter, he wore filial piety and fought desperately with the Tartars. Even so, he still believed in you! But after all, the peace talks will come true." You have achieved results, but you turned your back on it again, triggering the Songjin War, and ruined the elite of the Nine Borders in one fell swoop!"

"That's Chen Xinjia leaking the secret..."

"You are the emperor! You don't even dare to take this responsibility, what kind of world are you?"

The more you talk, the more angry you become. As a descendant of Huaxia, who is not proud of Huaxia? But in the last ten years of the Ming Dynasty, at the crossroads of world development, a good empire was torn apart, and finally fell into the hands of barbarians. Jiaqing The Three Massacres, the Ten Days of Yangzhou, and the cruel literary inquisition dragged China, which had finally ushered in some dawn, into the abyss of backwardness, so that talking about Chinese became synonymous with ignorance. All of this began with the hands of Chongzhen, He died in Meishan, leaving the world with a mess that cannot be repaid, pointing at Chongzhen's nose, Song Qingshu yelled at him.

"Since you came to power, apart from changing the order from day to day, you have killed governors one after another. You call yourself a little Taizong, but Emperor Taizong dares to bear the responsibility of the world, and knows how to endure. Even after experiencing the shame of Weishui, he can restrain himself. Anger, recklessness and bravery, only after three years of hard work under all circumstances, can I come to see the shame, this is the responsibility of the world."

"But you? If you hadn't been urging the war, Hong Chengchou wouldn't have made rash advances and was made dumplings by Jiannu. The battle in Zhuxian Town wouldn't have been defeated by Li Chuang's troops. If it wasn't for your urging, Zheng Chongjian wouldn't have left the customs rashly. If we are not sure about annihilating the entire army, with Shaanxi to restrain us, the capital will not suffer from the disaster of swords and soldiers!"

"Chexiangxia, you are indecisive, Gushan, Fangxian, do you think of mercy? Time and time again, you used your impatience to bring the Ming Dynasty into decline, and then shifted the responsibility to the subordinates, making the entire Ming Dynasty pay for your mistakes. You have killed and demoted all the ministers who were willing to take responsibility, and the rest are Chen Yan, Wei Zaode, and others. It was you who hacked the Ming Dynasty to the brim with anger, jealousy, and suspicion. Now they are all ruined. You have already killed us all, what else do you want?"

In the eyes of many people in later generations, if the last emperor of Ming Dynasty was not Chongzhen, or even Emperor Tianqi had not died, the Ming Dynasty would not have been destroyed so tragically. Indeed, Wei Zhongxian was in dictatorship, but this eunuch could at least maintain the Ming Dynasty with blood and cruelty. Majesty, but Chongzhen used his irresponsibility time and time again to completely lose the majesty and trust of the central celestial dynasty.

No one has ever scolded himself so sharply and bluntly, and even cruelly. Even those officials who scolded the emperor most fiercely dared to make oblique comments, instead of so sharply pointing fingers at himself for his whole life. Song Qingshu A messy scolding like the last sentence of Zhuge Liang's "Teacher's Biao", full of tears and not knowing what to say, made the Emperor Chongzhen speechless, dumbfounded, unable to refute a word.

Tired of scolding him, Song Qingshu really didn't bother to continue talking to Chongzhen when he looked at Chongzhen again as if he had aged a few years, and finally let out a foul breath, Song Qingshu waved at him boredly.

"Mencius said, the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the lightest! What I said is this. It is because the people of the world need an order, so that there is a community, and the community needs a leader, so that there is a monarch. The world is not built around The self-centered Jie Zhou and Sui Yang who you turned to have all died in the eternal infamy, use the rest of your life to think about what you have done!"

After scolding the emperor, he felt refreshed, and Song Qingshu didn't intend to stay here any longer. He kicked the stool blocking the way, turned his head and walked outside, but within a few steps, his trouser legs were grabbed He turned around in astonishment, but it was Wang Chengen who was pulling his robe pitifully, and fell limp on the ground.

"But your majesty is the emperor after all! Marshal Song, as a subject, how can you judge your majesty?"

"Hmph, didn't Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty abolish the incompetent Changyi king just like that, so that Xiaoxuan Zhongxing can be achieved?"

Looking back at the decadent Chongzhen again, Song Qingshu finally shook his head with rare pity, and said with a sigh.

"Chongzhen is no longer suitable to be an emperor. I have already agreed with the shogun to send him to Kyoto, to be with the Emperor of Japan, and enjoy his life! The officials in the south of the Yangtze River will welcome the new emperor in the clan and lead everyone to defeat the emperor. Thieves, regain the rivers and mountains, and finally destroy Jiannu."

"You, rest and rest!"

This time, Song Qingshu really left without looking back, and just behind him, Chongzhen was completely paralyzed with eyes wide open. For him, death is not the most terrible thing. This stems from his refusal to leave the capital. It can also be seen that after the subjugation of the country, he committed suicide by martyrdom. What really frightened him was the stigma of the subjugated king, and Song Qingshu exiled him here. This is the cruelest punishment.

After the showdown that night, Emperor Chongzhen didn't make any struggles anymore, as if he had lost his soul, he stayed in the carriage all day long.Song Qingshu really didn't put any thought into him anymore. On the last day, he escorted the car that had arrived in Chongzhen to Kyoto, paid respects to the Emperor, offered some presents out of intention, and immediately brought the downcast emperor's family together. And it was delivered to Ping'an capital, so that the two downcast emperors who had lost their power could be companions of each other, and they didn't care about it anymore.

However, compared with history, the fate of Emperor Chongzhen’s family is pretty good. At least the family is complete, so that they will not be displaced, and they will not be like the historical King Yong who was hiding in Tibet in his 70s. He was also known as benevolent and righteous Kangxi ordered the whole family to beheaded.

However, Chongzhen can let go and live his retirement life, but Song Qingshu can't. There is still a huge mess in the world that needs him to clean up and settle down this subjugated king. Even Nanyang's Cao Sanxi and Qu Boju were not left behind.

More than a dozen major shareholders sat around the big round table, which is indispensable everywhere. It seemed that these people also had a premonition of something. Everyone looked at themselves with piercing eyes, and met everyone's eyes, with a surging mood. It was the first time that Song Qingshu's words came out since he took charge of the West India Company.

There was a rare tremor in his speech, Song Qingshu pressed his hands on the table as usual, and first cleared his throat heavily.

"I believe everyone has heard about the recent events. This time we are here to discuss the next important investment of the West India Company!"

After a pause, Song Qingshu just continued to say those two words.

"The world!"

(End of this chapter)