Chapter 0116 The tide is always moving forward
"Your Majesty, Li Zicheng Kening Wuguan, more than 70,000 soldiers died before and after, with heavy casualties, and the traitors have ordered the slaughter of the city"
"Your Majesty, the traitor Li Zicheng has arrived at Juyong Pass, the eunuch Du Zhizhi and the general soldier Tang Tong surrendered without a fight, and at the same time, Liu Fangliang led the South Route Army, after going east to Guguan, Zhending Taishou Qiu Maohua and guerrilla Xie Sufu surrendered, and the scholar Li Jiantai surrendered in Baoding. ”
"Your Majesty, the traitor Li Zicheng has already crossed Changping and arrived at Shahe"
The one who kept coming in to report was a palace eunuch who spoke, with a shrill voice, limbs touching the ground, and a trembling tone.
"I ...... Know, Tang Tong, Qiu Maohua, Xie Sufu waste, and Li Jiantai, he was favored by the imperial court, surrendered without a fight, and a good Baoding city was easily occupied by traitors, it is really a shame for my Ming Dynasty" The speaker sat on a flowery dragon bed, but there were only three or five palace maids in the empty hall, as well as eunuchs who knelt on the ground.
"Order the defenders of Gaobeidian to hold on, I have my own heavy reward, Xizhimen side to stick to the city gate, I have arranged for Wu Sangui to enter Beijing, the traitor Li Zicheng can be captured just around the corner, Gonggong Cao, you go down first"
The eunuch known as Gonggong Cao repeatedly knelt down, took dozens of steps back, and walked out of the main hall, on which were written the three big characters of "Qianqing Palace".
"Your Majesty, the traitor Li Zicheng has conquered Gaobeidian"
"Your Majesty, the traitor Li Zicheng bombarded Xizhi Gate with a red-clothed cannon, and he saw that Xizhi Gate couldn't be defended."
"Your Majesty, the Pingzemen and Changyi Gates have also been broken"
"Your Majesty......"
In the middle of the night, the eunuch known as Gonggong Cao opened a gate in the outer city, and the three big characters of "Guangning Gate" were particularly eye-catching under the reflection of knives and guns and the illumination of torches.
The procession of horses and swords and guns entered this centuries-old imperial city through the Quang Ninh Gate in turn.
"Your Majesty, Gonggong Cao is also thinking about you to avoid the misery of this palace. This time, I was entrusted by King Chuang to come, just to tell His Majesty that King Chuang has no ambition to be the emperor, but only asks for the Northwest to be the real King of Chuang, and reward the army of millions, and then King Chuang should be based in Henan, as long as His Majesty decrees, King Chuang can be used as a court help, exterminate the thieves in various places, and help His Majesty attack the vassal king Huang Taiji in Liaodong.
It's just that King Chuang has a small request, although he is a courtier of His Majesty, but he does not obey the edict and enter the Hajj, and hopes that His Majesty will be magnanimous and gracious" is still "Qianqing Palace", but at this time, a few ministers in the palace surrounded a eunuch, and the eunuch was a little arrogant.
A eunuch stood up with a sharp voice:
"Du Xun, and Cao Huachun, you are all people who eat the court, how can you recognize the thief as your father, but persecute Your Majesty, the traitor broke into the king's soldiers and came to the city, ignoring the way of the monarch and the minister, this is a great rebellion, and you still want Your Majesty to be crowned king, what arrogance is this, what a great rebellion!
Your Majesty, my ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, and my king swears to defend His Majesty to the death, and guards this majestic imperial city with His Majesty."
Looking at the ministers in the main hall who were already in an orderly manner, the man in the dragon robe looked at Du Xun, then at Wang Chengen, looked around at the ministers and said:
"Ministers, what is the best plan? Does Li Zicheng really want to be the king of Henan? Or do you covet this great dragon capital city and my country? I think it is okay to be crowned the king of Chuang, what do you think?"
Silent. None of the ministers spoke. No one dared to look directly at this high king.
"You, you, you...... This is how you worry about the king, I am not the monarch of the dead country, you are all the courtiers of the dead country. A batch of rice buckets! Rice buckets!! Li Zicheng is a traitor, deceive me and no one" The man on the dragon bed roared, dropped off the dragon robe, and then turned around and went back to the harem.
"The crown prince and the princes have already left the city, right?" asked the Son of Heaven on the dragon bed with his hair disheveled and asked the eunuch beside him.
"They have all disguised themselves as civilians and gone out of the city through secret passages," replied the eunuch.
"My Ming bloodline can't be broken," the Son of Heaven looked up to the sky and roared, "Queen Zhou, you are *, you should accompany me to martyrdom, what do you have to say?"
"It's not a pity for me to die, it's a pity that you don't listen to my advice on weekdays, Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chuanting, which one is not a good general and a loyal minister, and which one is not a general who protects the country?
"Empress Zhang......"
"Your Majesty, don't bother you, I'll go too"
"Princess Changping, you are only 15 years old, Princess Zhaoren, you are only 6 years old, I wish you to live for the rest of your life, and the two princesses fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty, no one is coming, don't knock, the ministers of the court have either surrendered, or have already died in the chaos, Cao Huachun, Du Xun and their two thieves have led the thieves into the inner city, let's go quickly, put on makeup, find a way to get out of the city, stay in the green mountains, we are in Nanlongdu, and there are a group of ministers waiting for Your Majesty to come in person."
"Cheng'en, you also said that the Son of Heaven guards the country and the king dies, I am also the descendant of Taizu, how can I escape from the battle, how can I give this great country to the thief, how can I let the traitor humiliate ??? face to face the queen and the princess have already gone, and death is death, what is there to fear? I went underground to meet them, what is the suffering???" The man known as His Majesty threw down the drumstick, and there seemed to be blood stains flashing between his hands, and the three big characters "Jingyang Palace" were faintly visible in the background.
"Your Majesty, Wang Chengen is willing to accompany Your Majesty to complete this last part of the road, Your Majesty wants to descend, I am willing to serve Your Majesty for the rest of my life, Your Majesty is going to die, I am willing to accompany Your Majesty to death"
"Cheng'en, accompany me to the coal mountain, remember to dress decently, don't lose our royal dignity" The dragon robe was covered in blood, and the man who got down from the dragon chair and the dragon bed no longer had the usual majesty, but was full of the helplessness of fate.
In the firelight, firelight, firelight, the old locust tree on the coal mountain has just sprouted green buds, and the begonia tree has just begun to have a little spring color, but in the firelight and fighting, at the moment when a eunuch and an emperor unfastened the silk belt of their robes and tied them into knots, this imperial city was about to change its new owner.
With the light of the fire and the two men on the coal hill sticking their heads into the knot, the scene changed again-
"How many years have passed, and there is still no news of Zhu Yunwen, did my nephew really die in the martyrdom of that year? Or did he really become a monk?" spoke a tall man in a dragon robe.
"Your Majesty, it's been ten years, whether it's the Kyushu lands, or the Three Treasures going to the Western countries, there is no news of Zhu Yunwen again, and your prestige has been swallowed all over the world, and these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains have been owned by Your Majesty, what is a little Zhu Yunwen afraid of?" spoke a monk dressed in black.
"Young Master, please don't be polite, although I raised troops in the name of Jingnan and Qingjun, but after all, my father is in Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yunwen is the eldest son and eldest grandson after all, and the first prince is deeply favored by his father. Once Zhu Yunwen's wildfire is not exhausted, I am worried that there will be another sword soldier in the world, and I will inevitably be a little anxious."
"Hehe, Your Majesty's capital of the Son of Heaven, the people's details are all investigated, and the people's sufferings will become an emperor through the ages. And whether Zhu Yunwen lives or dies, it has nothing to do with the overall situation," said the black-clothed monk.
"The young master is now reluctant to enter the court again, and I have nothing to say, the "Yongle Grand Canon" is to be cultivated, and the young master wishes the green lantern ancient Buddha as a companion, and I promise it, but the temple life is inevitably bitter, and the young master has been wronged" The man known as His Majesty faced the monk in black, and his attitude was very sincere.
"Dao Yan has been bitter since he was a child, and the coarse tea and light food are enough to get by, but the palace maids given by His Majesty are all things outside the body, and I have all returned to the cabinet or dismissed, I hope Your Majesty will not blame your subordinates"
"The young master is really not a mortal, but I still don't know anything, according to what you said, after the establishment of the dragon capital, you and Liu Ji sealed the dragon vein, and according to Liu Ji's statement, there is no dragon vein in the southern dragon capital, and the original treasure land in the south can no longer produce a king, I don't know if it's true or not?"
"Your Majesty, the saying of ghosts and gods has existed since ancient times, but the emperor should regard all living beings as the world, and the country is righteous and the heart of heaven is smooth. Although I am not talented, but I also know a little about the hundred schools of thought, but compared with Liu Ji, it is much inferior, Liu Ji's pedantic celestial, according to Liu Ji, this great dragon capital city and the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have thousands of sons and grandchildren, Your Majesty why worry?"
"Ten thousand sons and grandchildren, may the first emperor bless and bless all the people"
At this time, a eunuch hurried from outside the palace:
"Your Majesty, the Three Treasures of Zheng He have returned from overseas countries, bringing back countless treasures, as well as the relics of the Buddha, saying that they are to be dedicated to Your Majesty, please come to the "Yinghua Palace" to have a look"
"Then let's go and see, young master, do you want to go with me to have a look?"
"Your Majesty, no need, Dao Yan has no interest in yellow and white things, so I will leave first, there will be a ritual in Qingshou Temple in the afternoon" The black-clothed monk nodded and retreated.
The scenes are vivid, as if history is right in front of him, and Cui Ning looks at the scenes all of them are the past hundred years that have happened in this old palace city.
According to historical records, Concubine Zhen was thrown into the well, after the death of Shunzhi, the council of the kings of Beile Ye elected a new emperor, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, the last days of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di moved the capital from the southern capital to Longdu, including Liu Bowen to establish Longdu...... The past is like a dream.
However, it seems to be performed backwards in chronological order, it really looks like a movie with a montage technique of flashback, including the grand scene of the construction of Longdu City in the back, as well as the legendary Taoist technique of Liu Ji to establish Longdu City, and the city gates are gradually connected into four or nine gates, Longdu City is from small to large, and the grand scene of worship by the ministers.
Cui Ning really wants to see what Zhu Yuanzhang looks like, after all, according to history, Zhu Yuanzhang should be a vision, but Zhu Yuanzhang's face in modern history and textbooks is really not complimentary, presumably the Qing Dynasty deliberately scandalized the emperors of the previous dynasty.
But because Zhu Yuanzhang built the capital is not the dragon capital, including the fact that there is no portrait of the emperor in the imperial city at all, presumably the place where the portrait of the ancestors was really hung in that era was not the main hall, the main hall is generally the portrait of the sages, for example, in Cui Ning's perspective, the portrait of the emperor can not be seen at all, but Confucius, Guan Yu and even the gods in folklore, etc., presumably every emperor has an inner awe for heaven and earth.