Outside the Qianqing Palace, a group of eunuchs and palace maids were far away, but they could still hear the roar of the Great Tomorrow, and everyone was terrified.

Zhu Cihong bowed down again and said: "The son's son is sparse this time for the righteous monarch, a famous minister, if the father is unwilling to listen, the son has no choice, the father can go out of the palace to go to Zhili to see what the current Ming Dynasty is like." ”

Chongzhen was angry, as soon as he heard this suggestion, he suddenly had some thoughts in his heart, since he ascended the throne, he has only been out of the palace every year during major events such as worshipping the Taimiao, and he has never been out of the imperial city, let alone the Beijing Division, he has never been out of the Beijing Division when he was the king of letters.

In Chongzhen's impression, the scene of Jingshi is still in the year of the Apocalypse, what is it like now?

When he was in a reverie, he heard Zhu Cihong suddenly sigh and said, "Father, the sons and daughters often have the same dream in Zhongdu. ”

Dream? It's a dream of becoming an emperor with the change of Xuanwu Gate!

Chongzhen was a little puzzled, but didn't ask.

Zhu Cihong said: "Erchen dreamed that in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty died. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "Li Zicheng has already been defeated, and even his wife and children have been arrested, how can he attack Beijing?" ”

Zhu Cihong ignored him and continued: "After Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops entered Beijing, his father ordered his mother and all the concubines to hang themselves, personally slashed and killed several imperial sisters with swords, and sent people to send his sons and third brothers and fourth brothers out of the palace. ”

Chongzhen's body shook violently and shouted, "You...... Unfilial son! ”

Wang Chengen, who was standing there "dozing off", was frightened and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, be cautious!" ”

At this time, Chongzhen was already overwhelmed by anger, and wanted to draw his sword and cut this rebel, but a flash of inspiration, if he really became the king of the dead country, this is a good solution, and he would rather commit suicide than be a prisoner, which is in line with his temperament!

"After my father hanged himself, hundreds of officials in Beijing wore prison uniforms and knelt down in front of the noon gate to present a congratulatory watch to Li Zicheng and ask him to be the emperor."

Zhu Cihong ignored Chongzhen, whose face was pale, and continued: "However, Li Thief had no way, and he roasted and plundered the princes and ministers in Beijing, and obtained a total of 70 million taels of silver. ”

"Nonsense! How could the minister of Beijing have 70 million taels of silver? ”

Zhu Cihong would not pull a list with him, and talked about the topic of who has money, and continued: "Wu Sangui surrendered Jiannu, opened Shanhaiguan, and let 200,000 Eight Banner soldiers enter the customs, and Li Chuang fought fiercely with him in Shanhaiguan for several days. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "You won't tell me that Li Zicheng defeated Jiannu in a battle and unified the world, right?" ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "Li Chuang was defeated, retreated to Beijing, and then fled to Shaanxi, and was finally defeated by Jiannu, killed on the way to escape, and Jingshi fell into the hands of Jiannu, who went all the way south and obtained the Ming Dynasty. ”

Chongzhen was shocked, and then slapped the dragon case and shouted: "It's just nonsense!" Liaodong has an ancestor who has a great life, and the Wu family has been favored by the emperor for generations, how can he open the Shanhai Pass and let the Dongguan enter the customs? What will Dongyu take to get the Ming Dynasty! How dare such a ridiculous dream speak out in front of me? ”

Zhu Cihong sighed: "Yes, who would have expected that the Ming Dynasty has been tossing for so many years, and the final winner is actually the Tartar from the north, it is really unpredictable.......

Zhu Cihong's face showed a look of grief and indignation, and said: "After the Tartars entered the customs, they slaughtered dozens of cities in a row, forced the people of the Ming Dynasty to shave their hair, keep their heads without hair, keep their hair without their heads, and wantonly burned thousands of cultural classics of our Ming Dynasty, tampered with history, fooled the people, and turned the people into slaves of the Manchu Dynasty!" ”

Rao felt that Zhu Cihong was talking nonsense, and Chongzhen also felt a chill down his spine, how different from Meng Yuan was so bad, even more cruel than Meng Yuan, it simply broke the backbone of the Han people!

After being frightened for a while, Chongzhen suddenly said coldly: "I know that you have a strong ability to make up stories, if you want to say that your political vision is really average, what do you want to tell me through this story full of loopholes?" ”

Zhu Cihong knew that he didn't believe it, in this era, no one believed these words, and the development of history was completely out of the routine, and the history of the late Ming Dynasty was even more tortuous.

Huang Taiji, Lin Dan Khan, Dolgon, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Zheng Zhilong and even Zuo Liangyu all have the conditions to achieve hegemony and change the dynasty.

Zhu Cihong said: "Erchen just wants to remind his father that Li Zicheng is a scourge and has to be prevented, Shaanxi and Henan are the hardest hit areas of the displaced people, and we must step up governance, especially the problem of corruption, the imperial court should carry out a major purge of the local officials in the two provinces, abolish the guard system and re-recruit troops in Tuntian, only if the people live and work in peace and contentment, there will be no civil uprising, and only then can I have a Ming dynasty." ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly and said, "Purge thousands of officials in the two provinces? I really didn't expect that your young methods would be so ruthless, not to mention the effect, do you know how many people will be involved during this period? ”

Zhu Cihong said loudly: "If my father is unwilling to offend them, my son is willing to inspect Shaanxi and Henan on behalf of the heavens, and kill him personally!" ”

Chongzhen said angrily: "If you are a monarch who blindly kills, how is it different from a tyrant? If you really want to do it for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, transfer your people out of the imperial city and be your prince honestly! ”

In the dispute, Zhu Cihong hated this way of talking about him the most, and he frowned and said: "As the old saying goes: Establish the Son of Heaven as the world, and not the world as the Son of Heaven; The monarch of the country is the country, and the non-monarch is the king; The legislator thinks that he is an official, and the non-legislator thinks that he is an official, why is his father obsessed with imperial power and subverts the priority? ”

Is there such a lesson for Dad? Chongzhen was so angry that he jumped up on the spot and began to look around for a sword.......

Wang Chengen slammed his knees in front of Zhu Cihong, kowtowed a few times, and cried: "Your Highness, the old slave begs you not to make the emperor angry!" ”

Zhu Cihong also felt that it was not interesting to talk any longer, the words were almost finished, and they both knew what both sides meant, so it depended on how much they could accept.

He said: "Shu Erchen can't transfer the Yongwei Battalion out of the imperial city, Erchen needs to have the ability to protect himself, and Erchen retires." ”

After speaking, Zhu Cihong walked away, and quickened his pace, lest a sword fly behind him.......

To put it bluntly, Zhu Cihong killed corrupt officials to make money, and by the way, he brought back the prestige of the imperial court in Shaanxi and Henan, which were the hardest-hit areas, so that he could not only use dirty silver to relieve the disaster, but also make Li Zicheng have no place to show his ability, and the problem of displaced people will be self-defeating.

Chongzhen didn't want to do this, he was worried about the retaliation of the scholars, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is a living example, killed so many corrupt officials, and they were all killed in batches, the triennial imperial examination recruited hundreds of people as officials, and they were basically killed in a few years, and they were cleaned up with all kinds of cruel torture.

It is this kind of holy act of eliminating harm for the people that has aroused the resentment of many scholars, and many people secretly wrote books to smear Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that he was a tyrant.

At that time, the people may not believe it, but this generation has been passed down from generation to generation, and most people have begun to believe it, which is equivalent to saying that the brocade clothes will bring disaster to the country and the people.

Jinyiwei is mainly aimed at officials above the third grade, why is it a disaster for the country and the people? The country and the people here are forcibly represented by the officials.

Chongzhen not only loves face, but also loves his reputation, although he hates corruption, but he does not dare to deal with it excessively, which is also something that most emperors know about corruption but are unwilling to do.

In many cases, most of the corrupt officials killed were politically incompetent, a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and killed in the name of corruption.......