In the Ming Dynasty Jinan defense battle, Shandong patrol Song Xuezhu personally went to the city to fight, "do not untie the belt, do not hand over the eyelashes, hair is white", stick to the city wall day and night, inspire the soldiers to live and die with the city, after the city was broken, Song Xuezhu was tied to the city gate tower by the Qing soldiers and burned to death.

Deng Qian, who participated in the politics of Jinan, held on the city wall for ten days and nights, personally set up artillery to bombard the Qing army, until "the arrows were exhausted", after the fall of the city, he still shot many Qing soldiers with a bow, and was killed by the Qing army after being wounded.

In addition, there are many people who scattered their wealth and recruited their neighbors to form township soldiers to resist the Qing army until they died in battle, composing a heroic and tragic song of fortitude.

After the city of Jinan was broken, the history of Buzheng and the prefect of Jinan were all killed, and when the Qing army retreated, the city was set on fire, and the entire Jinan was burned and looted, and the economy, culture, and other aspects of Jinan Mansion caused serious damage, and the labor force was greatly reduced, and its destructiveness was almost unprecedented.

After Dolgon broke through the city of Jinan, he slaughtered and plundered in the surrounding prefectures and counties, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, avoided the battle, and Zu Kuan, who was ordered by the imperial court to rush to the aid of Shandong, also waited and watched.

After the Qing army had plundered, they began to hurry north, because they learned that Sun Yingyuan was leading tens of thousands of Tianwu troops to kill.

Chen Xinjia led 50,000 Ming troops to besiege the Qing army in Cangzhou Mansion, where the Qing army must pass, but he was defeated in successive battles.

Chen Xinjia, Liu Zeqing, Zu Kuan and others led nearly 100,000 Ming troops to follow behind the Qing army, but they did not dare to take the initiative to attack, but followed all the way.

The situation is erosive, the emperor is still in a coma, several important ministers in the court are heartbroken, and Xue Guoguan, Yang Sichang and other cabinet ministers are even more anxious.

After intense discussion and discussion, the cabinet and the celebrant jointly issued a joint order to let Yulinwei move his defense and lift the confrontation, on the condition that Zhu Cihong ordered the Tianwu army to stop going north and divert to encircle the Qing army.

It was rare for these people to get acquainted with each other, and they did some personnel, Zhu Cihong decided not to bother with them, and the two sides reached a consensus to solve the problem of Tartar first and then discuss others.

However, even if the two Tianwu armies were flanking and besieging the Qing army, the left wing army led by Dolgon was mostly Manchurian and Mongol soldiers, with many cavalry and strong marching ability.

A few days later, Chongzhen finally came to his senses, and he endured the pain and read the report about Shandong again.

One of the reports: "The minister went to Jinan, but saw that the city was burned and killed, and the corpses were burned and buried...... Weeping about the slaughter of millions, the whole family was wiped out......"

On the same day, the Qianqing Palace handed down a decree to escort Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, Yin Chen Zubao of Shuntian Mansion, and a group of civil and military ministers such as Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen, Chen Guowei, Ni Chong, Sun Maolin, etc., to Jingshi West City, and beheaded them on the street.

For a while, the government and the opposition were shocked, among this group of officials who were killed, there were not only governors, but also several general soldiers, the level was so high and the number of people that it had broken the record of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and I am afraid that only the period of Emperor Taizu Hongwu could be compared.

"No wonder the prince is thirsty for killing, it turns out that his son is also such a person, there is really a father and a son, a tyrant!" Some ministers secretly commented.

"Your Majesty slaughtered his ministers like this, the dynasty is unfortunate!"

"This is a rare event in our dynasty and even in previous dynasties......."

Some imperial historians began to make trouble, and they all accused the emperor of cruelty, and the angry Chongzhen almost fainted again.

Zhu Cihong felt sorry for him, this emperor is really not good, his methods are gentle and he is called a holy monarch, but the people under him don't do anything, and his methods are tough and bluffing, and he is scolded as a tyrant.

Zhu Cihong didn't go to Chongzhen, he wanted him to rest for a few days, and then ask him to go to the front line after the Yuan Festival.

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Since the Han Dynasty, after more than 1,000 years of development, the Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival) has been very prosperous in the Ming Dynasty.

The length of the Shangyuan Festival has developed from one day in the Han Dynasty to three days in the Tang Dynasty, then to five days in the Song Dynasty, and finally to the Ming Dynasty.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the city is in the middle of the capital during the day, it is very lively, and there are colorful lanterns hanging everywhere, which is magnificent.

In some small lakes, there is an endless stream of people, they put the lanterns in their hands into the lake, praying for the new year's wishes, and more people silently pray in their hearts that the world is peaceful and there will be no more wars.

In the evening, when the sky is getting dark, lanterns and candles are lit all over the palace, illuminating the somewhat dim palace as bright as day.

Lights are hung everywhere inside and outside the Imperial Palace, and a lot of decorations are hung, and colorful fireworks are also set off on the square outside the Imperial Palace.

Although Chongzhen asked the Shangyuan Night Banquet to be as simple as possible, it still created a festive and lively atmosphere.

The Forbidden City is wide and magnificent, extremely magnificent, under the reflection of the lights, the dragon pattern ring pillar is towering, the glazed blue tile gold coin is brilliant, and the carved fence and jade are fluorescent.

The music in the Imperial Palace is melodious, the mist is swirling, the ground is covered with red carpet splendor, solemn and solemn, the cicada curtain and bead curtain are hung in front of the window sill, the extravagance is compelling, just like a festive court ukiyo-e painting.

The royal family and nobles, civil and military officials gathered together, and the palace ladies and ladies with thousands of manners shuttled in the meantime, serving and welcoming back and forth, and the palace was full of laughter and laughter, without the slightest sorrow about the urgency of the war ahead.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

With the shouting of the court ceremonial officials, the hall where there was talk and laughter immediately fell silent, and the civil and military officials stood on both sides of the golden steps in shifts, standing with their hands down, greeting the emperor's royal car.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, surrounded by a large group of palace eunuchs, walked in slowly from the main gate of the Imperial Palace.

In front of the road are eight eunuchs and eight palace maids, on the left and right are the eunuch Wang Dehua and the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, and behind them are two palace maids playing feather fans and eight eunuchs in front of the palace.

The old lady did not come, Zhu Cihong and Empress Yi'an followed behind the royal car, followed by two harem concubines, namely Yuan Guifei and Tian Guifei.

For this kind of major celebration banquet, the queen usually accompanies the emperor to attend, and the attendance of the concubine is also in line with etiquette, but they cannot sit at the same table with the emperor, and no matter how low the concubine is, he cannot see anyone.

After Chongzhen and the concubines sat down, Zhu Cihong also began to sit down, he looked around, a little surprised, not only the two concubines came out, but even several princes and princesses also arrived.

Generally, the concubine and the princess who have not left the cabinet have no chance to contact and meet the minister, and now that the family has come out, Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, he got the news that this banquet was arranged by the old lady and Queen Zhang, and I think it should be a few women who ran out to persuade them again.

However, I have to say that this grand gathering has not been common in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and Zhu Cihong is also the first time to meet several "members of his own family".

Tian Guifei Zhu Cihong knew her, he saw her a few years ago, and saw her dressed in a gorgeous palace dress, with a light rouge powder on her face, which made her look dazzling and charming. In the past two years, Tian Guifei has given birth to another prince, and now she is sitting on the right side of Chongzhen, which shows that she is indeed being favored.

Next to Queen Zhou is Queen Zhang, and next to Queen Zhang is Yuan Guifei, who also looks like a big beauty, and at first glance she is a good-tempered, typical classical beauty.

All the existing children of Chongzhen: crown prince Zhu Cihong clocked in, Princess Kunxing clocked in, third prince Zhu Cijiong clocked in, fourth prince Zhu Cijiong signed in, fifth prince Zhu Cihuan signed in, sixth prince Zhu Cican is still a nursing baby, absent, Princess Zhaoren is still young and absent.

The first three princes were born by Queen Zhou, the second prince Zhu Cixuan was born shortly after birth, buried in the plain of Cuiwei Mountain, Queen Zhou gave birth to a total of three sons and two daughters, there is already a son and a daughter, the first princess, Princess Kunyi died early.

The last three princes were born to Tian Guifei, and Yuan Guifei only gave birth to one princess, named Princess Zhaoren, who was less than a year old.

Seeing that the emperor's family attended, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, and the ministers looked at each other, and the rumors that the prince was going to force the palace some time ago were self-defeating.