Chapter Twenty-Four: Declaration, Exchange for Food!
"That's right!"
Song Xiance nodded immediately.
"He must have a special purpose in keeping Li Shuangxi, otherwise according to his previous actions, he will definitely be killed with one sword! And I now suspect that General Liu Zongmin was also assassinated by him. ”
Li Zicheng frowned and muttered, "What the hell is he going to do?" ”
Song Xiance took two steps forward, crouched on the table, and stared at the map of the capital with his eyes.
"The Ming Dynasty was corrupt, and there were already spies who reported it, and the thirteen granaries in the capital 'five altars and eight temples' all had no grain."
"Now the outer city is still in our hands, and the population of the inner city is also 100,000, plus Chongzhen's tens of thousands of troops, the daily consumption of food alone is close to 5,000 stones......"
The more Song Xiance said, the brighter his vision became.
Li Zicheng is not a fool, and instantly understood what Song Xiance meant.
The reason why Chongzhen did this was probably because the city was running out of food.
"Military means...... He's going to change food? Li became a self-enlightened man.
"Yes, I think it's a good opportunity!" Song Xiance smiled slightly and looked at Li Zicheng.
There was a different kind of sparkle in his eyes.
"King Chuang, why don't we take the initiative to exchange food for people, Chongzhen will definitely agree, and then he can secretly Chen Cang, hide people in the grain cart, and then cooperate inside and outside, and take the capital in one fell swoop."
"Good!"
Li Zicheng slammed the table.
"Just do it according to the military advisor!"
……
On the second day, the temple of Jinluan.
Chongzhen, dressed in a robe, sat on the dragon chair and silently glanced at the officials below.
At this time, in the Jinluan Palace, only a few people stood here.
can still stand here now, all of them are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
Regardless of ability, at least there is loyalty!
Fan Jingwen, a scholar, knelt on the ground, his eyes were extremely excited, and he looked at Chongzhen with tears.
"God bless the Ming! Long live our emperor! ”
Three days ago, he was ready to be martyred, but he didn't expect Chongzhen to turn the tide.
It's just God bless!
At this time, everyone else in the hall was also infected by this excitement, and they all fell to their knees.
"Long live my emperor!"
Many old voices came into Chongzhen's ears, making him excited.
It is these people who support the backbone of the Ming Dynasty and the backbone of the Han people!
"Flat!" Chongzhen Road.
These people wiped their tears and trembled, completely immersed in excitement.
It's so exciting!
Chongzhen smiled helplessly and gave Wang Chengen beside him a look.
Wang Chengen immediately shouted: "All the ministers are flat!" ”
At this time, these ministers reacted, and they all took a deep breath, straightened their official robes and stood up.
Chongzhen glanced at everyone, then at the Super Exchange System.
Today, order was restored and the court began, and the people's morale soared.
At this time, the exchange points of the realm in the super exchange system have accumulated a lot, and they have reached 8,000 points, which is enough for one exchange.
He pulled the exchange catalogue back and looked at the grain seeds.
Chongzhen had already seen the granary of the capital before, which had long been hollowed out due to the plague and mutiny.
Now that the capital is surrounded, although he has raided the homes of many rebel ministers and obtained a large amount of gold and silver, he has only received 50,000 stone for food, and I am afraid it will not last long.
"50,000 catties of potatoes, 3,000 points needed to exchange it!"
"50,000 catties of sweet potatoes, 3,000 points needed to exchange for them!"
"One hundred catties of super chemical fertilizer, after use, can ensure that the grain of five acres of land will mature within three days, and the exchange needs 1,000 points!"
Chongzhen looked at these two options and couldn't help but be speechless.
It's also too expensive!
These two items alone can deplete the realm exchange points he has accumulated.
Chongzhen sighed and swept Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household under his eyes.
"Ni Shangshu, how much food is there in the capital now?"
When Ni Yuanlu heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he covered his face with his sleeves with shame.
"Back to the emperor, now the grain in the granary of the capital is only 9,000 stones!"
What the!
When the surrounding ministers heard this, their faces were all heavy.
In the past few days, the inner city has been blocked, and the people's food stocks are estimated to be almost exhausted!
At most, tomorrow these people will come out to find something to eat.
And now there is only such a small amount of food, and even the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are not enough to eat, let alone the people of the inner city.
"Your Majesty, the army outside the city is surrounded, and the minister thinks that he should supply the military horses in the city first, and wait for the soldiers and horses of King Qin!" Li Banghua, the imperial history of Zuodu, frowned, and stepped forward to admonish.
His meaning is self-evident, that is, to supply all the soldiers and horses.
Fan Jingwen immediately said angrily: "How can this be done, you must not do this, this will definitely lose the hearts of the people!" ”
"But now that we have no food, will we let the soldiers and horses starve?"
Li Banghua didn't let in at all, glaring at Fan Jingwen angrily.
"Enough!"
Chongzhen slapped the dragon chair violently, making a thumping sound.
His sharp gaze scanned the two of them, and they were immediately shocked and did not dare to speak.
"Who says we don't have food?"
Chongzhen slowly got up, walked down to the center of the main hall, and said, "Now I pray to the heavens, let the heavens rain down food, and protect the Ming!" ”
The sound is sonorous and deafening!
Chongzhen's words echoed in the ears of these people, and they were stunned when they landed.
The meaning of the emperor's words seems to be to sacrifice to the sky.
But what's the use of worshipping the heavens now?
Could God really be able to drop food?
Chongzhen walked to the front of the hall and turned his head to look at the ministers.
"Come, gather the people of the city, and everyone will follow me to the Forbidden City."
Not much.
At this time, the people in the city had already gathered here, and they were all looking at the huge Forbidden City from afar.
"What do you say the emperor is doing? I'm still getting ready to buy corn! ”
"Yes, I'm going to buy food too, but I've heard that many grain stores are short of food!"
"I guess the emperor must have come to solve the food matter!"
Under the Forbidden City, people stood together crowded, muttering to each other.
Fan Jingwen and other ministers stood at the front, their faces full of doubts.
They are also full of puzzlement, not knowing what the emperor is going to do?
Chongzhen stood on the Forbidden City Wall, looking down at the tens of thousands of people below, his eyes serious.
He had already sent Yan Yun Eighteen horsemen to rob the road to burn grain, and they brought three days of dry food.
It is estimated that it will be successful soon, and it will be up to who can delay it longer.
But now I have to give the people in the capital a booster!
"Quiet!"
Chongzhen pulled out the sword in front of him and held it high to the sky.
Suddenly, everyone below closed their mouths and looked at Chongzhen with wide eyes.
"If there is chaos today, the people are not able to make a living, there are thieves who go north to rebel against the chaos of the dynasty, and there are also slaves who invade Xinjiang and invade the south!"
"At this time of great danger in the Ming Dynasty, there is no food in the city!"
As soon as he said this, all the people were immediately shocked and a little panicked.
There is no food in the city, what now?
And Fan Jingwen and the others groaned, patted their thighs, and looked at Chongzhen in dismay.
How can this be said, why is the emperor so confused!
Unless the emperor has a backhand, these people will definitely be in chaos!
But is it possible?
At this time, Chongzhen's next sentence slowly came out.