Aspiration

Chapter 146 Entering the Forbidden City
Suddenly, Beijing was under siege.Comparing the [-] troops with the [-] old and weak, the situation in Beijing is clear at a glance.

"Brother, my thin bones are not enough to fit their teeth." The guards on the city were trembling, each of them had to guard five battlements, how could this be a city defense?
A veteran who was almost 50 years old said to an older soldier, "Uncle, tell me, let's slip away, take off this skin, and mix with that family as a servant, so we won't be able to tell."

"Well, eat food and eat food, and this food is exhausting. I have eaten food for 35 years and received military pay for 35 years. Now I can't do anything. How will I live in the future?" said the older soldier.

There are several people discussing in another place.

"We'll get mixed up with the rebellious army later, let's go to Yao Si's house and grab it. I know where their money is hidden." A soldier who looked like a ruffian said.

"Hey, silver? Hey, who doesn't know that you have a crush on someone else's girl? You are going to rob someone, not silver?"

"Hey, no, really not, their family's silver is hidden in the cellar, I know the entrance. Are you going or not?"

"Go and go, whether it's robbing money or robbing people, why not go? It's rare to meet a few times in times of chaos."

This kind of discussion is not in one place, almost everywhere, even those who are military officers did not stop them. They know that it is better not to cause public anger at this time, and they themselves have this intention. At this time, no one can do it. Early birds.

Li Zicheng did not attack the city.Zhang Nai fired three cannonballs, the shells hit far away, and roared through half of the city, scaring the soldiers and civilians in the whole city to tremble.

There was even more panic in the Forbidden City.

"Didn't we all agree on the Zen seat? Why are you still attacking the city?" Chongzhen asked the eunuch Wang Chengen.

"Your Majesty, this is not a siege, but a test of artillery." Wang Chengen replied.

"Threat! This is a threat!" Chongzhen said in an aura.

Of course it's a threat.

What is the alliance under the city?This is the alliance under the city.

Du Xun entered the Forbidden City as agreed.He had already conducted basic negotiations with the chief minister and the representative of Chongzhen's royal family, and now he checked with Chongzhen again, and asked him to sign the abdication letter and stamp the emperor's seal.

Chongzhen carefully looked at the terms of the abdication and the reasons for the abdication.

Chongzhen was not in a hurry to see what preferential treatment there would be after the Zen position, but he looked at the most boring reasons for the abdication first, and the reasons written on it made him furious.

"What! Am I virtuous and incompetent? I don't care about the common people in the world? I don't respect the heaven and the earth? I disobey the will of the heavens? Do I harm the people?"

How could Chongzhen not be angry when he saw so many of his crimes written in the abdication book?Since he ascended the throne, which day has he not worked hard for state affairs?Well now, write him as bad as this, and he has to write it in his own tone and announce it to the people of the whole country.

He can't take it.

"Your majesty, it doesn't matter how you write it. That's what it means. Anyway, you must write that you have committed a heinous crime. It has been like this since ancient times. Your majesty, don't argue, as long as you can save your life." Du Xun said.

"I don't want this life!"

"But, there is still the prince, and the queen mother, the queen"

"No more! I killed them with my own hands!"

Chongzhen threw the Zen bit book on the ground and stamped his feet on the ground angrily.Du Xun was silent, and Wang Chengen remained silent. They waited for Emperor Chongzhen to calm down.They knew he would be calm.

Sure enough, Chongzhen picked up the Zen book by himself, and read it again. This time, he was looking at what terms he asked for.

First, all tombs in the Ming Dynasty were properly protected, and the activities of the priests were carried out as "Duke".This is a good one. It is the greatest blessing that the ancestors' mausoleum can be kept safe.The second article is to confer the title of "Duke" on Chongzhen, known as "Ming Gong", and inherit it from generation to generation.This day is not bad either. The hereditary "Duke" is at least a prominent family. From ancient times to the present, no one has ever seen a country that has really lived for tens of thousands of years.Article 21: To build the "Minggong Mansion" in the south of the Forbidden City, the empress dowager, empress, concubine of the imperial concubine level, the prince's children, etc. are protected, and other women who have passed through Chongzhen will be sent back home, or serve as official slaves, court ladies Ten eunuchs and eunuchs were reserved for Chongzhen to drive, and all others were left in the palace for disposal.This is fine too, if there are too many slaves, there is no money to support them, so many slaves are enough, besides, having more women is not necessarily a good thing.Article [-], all kinds of silver and grain are equal to "Duke" and shall not be discriminated against.Alas, I'm afraid the days ahead will be tight.There are also Articles [-], [-], and up to Article [-]. He didn't read any further because his conditions were basically met.

Now that you agree, sign it.Of course, this was only initialed. This clause was negotiated by Du Xun and had to be agreed by Li Zicheng again.

However, Chongzhen hesitated again, and did not sign for a long time, so he began to cry.Because, he couldn't figure it out, why did this country perish in his hands?
"Your Majesty, it's getting late. Tomorrow is the [-]th. It's the day they planned to attack the city." Du Xun reminded.

Chongzhen didn't answer, he continued to cry, he went out, and went to Fengxian Hall, he also wanted to explain to his ancestors.

When he came to Fengxian Hall, Chongzhen kowtowed nine times in front of Chengzu's portrait. He felt sorry for Zhu Di, because he told him more than 200 years ago that Nanjing was also their home. Now, he put the two homes together. All lost, ashamed of the ancestors.

He thought about self-immolation again.

He also remembered the matter of Emperor Jianwen becoming a monk. "How about I also become a monk?" he asked himself.

A lot of thoughts popped up in his mind, and he couldn't take it anymore. He felt like he was going to collapse and was exhausted. In the end, he sat on the ground with a portrait of Chengzu in front of him.

Gradually, he became a little stunned. In a haze, he saw Chengzu walking out of the portrait and said to him: "The kingdom is not your fault. I am exhausted. This is God's will. Here is a kit, you accept it. When you are in a hurry, you can act according to the plan in the kit." Chongzhen quickly got the kit, and Ming Chengzu returned to the portrait.Chongzhen cried even more sadly.At this time, he heard the sudden disorder of footsteps outside Fengxian Hall, and there was a lot of noise. It turned out that Li Laiheng rushed in with a shining knife and led people in, shouting: "Where is Zhu Youjian? Where is Zhu Youjian? I am I came to kill Zhu Youjian under the order of Emperor Dashun Yongchang." When Chongzhen was shocked and panicked, Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, if you don't open the bag that Emperor Chengzu gave you at this time, what are you waiting for?" When is it time to open it?" When Chongzhen heard this, he hurriedly opened it to take a look, and was startled, it turned out that what was contained in this kit was a painting of a hanged ghost whose hair was disheveled and whose face could not be seen clearly.Next to him, there was another person who was also hanging himself. This person's face was clearly seen, and he was Wang Chengen.

Chengzu wanted me to hang myself?

"I don't want to die! I don't want to hang myself!" Chongzhen cried.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Wake up!"

Chongzhen was awakened.It turned out that he was dreaming.

The next day, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, that is, on March [-]th of the first year of Yongchang, Li Zicheng's troops attacked Beijing as scheduled.

In fact, the city of Beijing was not invaded.On the second day of the siege, Cao Huachun and others responded to Li Zicheng's call, and under Li Laiheng's specific arrangements, all the gates of Beijing were opened.Now only the inner city is left without entering.

According to the plan, the Forbidden City was Qingcheng on the [-]th.Because Emperor Chongzhen agreed to the Zen position, he had to spend a day cleaning up his daily belongings.According to the agreement, before taking the Zen throne, he temporarily lived in Wenhua Hall.Before the palace was completely cleaned up, Li Zicheng's office did not enter the inner palaces such as the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but was arranged to work in the Hall of Wuying.In this way, the two emperors, one on the left and the other on the right, lived at the forefront of the Forbidden City before the official Zen throne was held.

nineteenth.The Chongzhen family lived in the Wenhua Palace.Li Shuangxi went to Bauhinia City to take charge of the Qing Dynasty.It turned out that the officials in the palace of the Ming Dynasty restrained their own personnel and waited for arrangements in the palace.

Li Shuangxi was ordered by Li Zicheng, the women were divided into three groups, one was sent out of the palace, they were either old, or they had been blessed by Chongzhen; they stayed in the palace together, from now on, they will still serve in the palace; Together, it is Li Zicheng who is going to reward the meritorious ministers.As for the eunuch, stay here first, and then decide to stay after screening.

The progress of the Qing Palace was relatively smooth, and the four thousand women who were going to be rewarded to meritorious ministers had already been selected, and Li Shuangxi, the most beautiful among them, arranged them in another place, this is the women for the generals.

Although Li Shuangxi is already 25 or [-] years old, he hasn't dared to touch any other woman except Mrs. Gao selected a beautiful personal bodyguard to be Li Shuangxi's wife a few years ago.Now, Mrs. Gao is not here, he thought, this time he has to be close to the water, and choose two to sleep with him.However, when he saw a few beauties, he became timid. He felt that he would never dare to mess around without waiting for Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others to choose.

A few women didn't get dazzled.

For example, Fei Zhen'e, Dou Meiyi, etc. Li Shuangxi's heart trembled even after looking at them more often.

(End of this chapter)