Again, the clock echoed above the city at the noon gate.

In the past, civil and military officials would rush to the palace one after another when they heard the bell, but today, Chongzhen was disappointed, and few of the panicked ministers paid attention to the bell, and even a few ministers such as Li Banghua chose to die for the country.

For all this, Chongzhen did not know, he had already made a decision, he was going to announce an edict to the ministers. After leaving the Fengxian Palace, Chongzhen sat in front of the imperial case, and wrote the edict in the bell. While drafting the draft, he whimpered and wept, and tore up the edict, tore it up, and so on.

Although he has written numerous edicts over the past seventeen years, today's edicts are very difficult to phrase.

Throughout the ages, which emperor has ever issued such a holy decree?

Except for him, Zhu Youzhen, there was no one else.

Dead country!

The ancestors can't keep it!

What to do?

fled in a hurry, life and death were unpredictable.

Are there any other options?

Yes, it is necessary to keep the ancestral country. It is necessary to keep the ancestral temple.

As the ancestor said in his dream, the ancestor's country was not left to him alone.

In addition to him, the emperor, the Ming Dynasty also has so many clansmen. Among those clansmen, there are not people who have the power to turn the tide.

Therefore, he wrote this edict, but he had to write the wording in a high-sounding manner, not only could not damage the emperor's identity, after all, this edict was passed on to future generations, not only could not become his reputation, but did not let future generations see how powerful he was as an emperor.

Yes, but it's a holy decree to be passed on! Well, people all over the world have been watching it for generations! So he changed the draft several times, but he always felt not satisfied, and every word was repeatedly considered. It was not until the bell stopped for a long time that Chongzhen prepared the draft of the edict. Finally, after reading it several times, he nodded with satisfaction.

Chongzhen had just left the red pen, and Wang Chengen came in. He is now the only confidant of the emperor's side. Now that he heard the curtain ringing and saw that it was him who came in, Chongzhen immediately asked:

"Wang Chengen, the thieves have entered the outer city, do you know?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied:

"Your Majesty, the slave maid heard that the thieves had entered the outer city, so they quickly left Qihuamen, first to Zhengyangmen, and then to Xuanwumen......"

Surprisingly, Chongzhen just responded lightly, and then said to Wang Chengen.

"Wang Chengen, look at the edict I just prepared!"

After receiving the edict from the emperor, Wang Chengen saw that the emperor wrote with a red pen:

"I bow down with contempt, inherit the inheritance of my ancestors, and descend to hundreds of millions of trillions in all directions, and seven out of ten are here. If the government is not repaired, the chaos will come. Or is the saint in the lower position? As for the wrath of the heavens, the resentment of the people, the naked son became a thief, and the fertile land turned into hazelnut; The mausoleum was shocked, and the prince slaughtered. There is nothing worse than this in the disaster of the country. Now besiege Jingshi and break into the outer city......"

When Wang Chengen looked at the edict, at first, he thought it was a guilty edict, but soon he realized that he was wrong. Then he was stunned by what the edict said. At this time, Chongzhen suddenly stood up and walked around in the warm pavilion. After a while, he asked Wang Chengen:

"You're done? Is this edict feasible? ”

In the face of His Majesty's inquiry, Wang Chengen said in a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty is the Lord of the Ages, and this edict is for the Ming Dynasty!"

This sentence came from his heart, and even in his opinion, if His Majesty had the current belly in the past, Daming would not have fallen to this step, even the emperor himself, and it would not be like this.

It's too late to say anything. That's all there is to it. Let's hope it's still too late.

Hearing him say this, Chongzhen nodded, and then said.

"I've already asked people to invite Pingliao Bozu to celebrate his birthday, I originally heard that he has hundreds of families, and he is the father-in-law of General Pingliao......"

After a pause, Chongzhen spoke.

"So I'm going to give him a great credit, but he has to do something!"

Chongzhen, who was already determined to die for his country, looked at life and death, he looked outside again, and then said.

"Let's go, let's go with me to meet Zu Dashou!"

At this time, Chongzhen only had Wang Chengen to follow, a eunuch leading the horse, and he had never walked so far at night in his seventeen years of emperor's career. Thinking that he has worked hard to run the world for 17 years, he has never been slack off in political affairs, and he has fallen to the end of today: the temple is not guaranteed, and the society is lost!

Although he had already looked down on life and death, Chongzhen's eyes still rolled out tears again, and he cried out one after another in his heart:

"Oh my God! O God! ”

Chongzhen, who was full of sorrow, came to the steps in front of the palace, looked around, and couldn't help but shed tears again.

The ancestors of the country......

The descendants of the unscrupulous will definitely keep this country!

After waiting for a while, a minister personally came in to report: Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, and Gong Yongtuan, the commander of the horses, entered the palace and were waiting for the summons.

Hearing this, Chongzhen said softly;

"Call them in!"

At this moment when the disaster of the country has come to the moment, Chongzhen originally hoped that after the bell rang at the noon gate, the civil and military ministers who lived closer would come to the palace as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that even no one would come until now. He usually hates "the ministers misleading the country" in his heart, but at this moment he sees that he has been running the world conscientiously for 17 years, and there is nothing wrong with morality, but in the end he is so lonely and helpless.

"I'm the only one with these two reliable people now!"

With a sigh in his heart, after passing them in, Chongzhen, who looked sad, ordered them to be exempted from courtesy, and sat down, and then said:

"You have come just in time, and you will be a witness in a moment, I have a will to be made."

Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, who was summoned to the palace, and Gong Yongtuan, the commander of the horses, all looked at the emperor in surprise, what did the emperor want them to witness?

At this moment, only the report of the internal official was heard.

"See you outside the Pingliao Bozu Dashou Palace."

Finally, Zu Dashou arrived, and after he saw the ceremony, Chongzhen first said that he was exempted, and then gave him a seat, and then said.

"Zuqing's family, I asked you to come over because I want you to do something."

"Your Majesty, please do your best, and the minister will do his best to do a good job."

When looking at Zu Dashou, Chongzhen suddenly thought of another thing, since he knew that Zu Dashou was a famous general in the army, why didn't he let him guard the capital in the first place?

Hey, it seems that I am really not a qualified emperor. That's it, that's it, I hope that kid can turn the tide.

"Zuqing's family, you are a brave general in the army, now the capital is besieged, and the outer city has been broken, and the inner city is also in danger. I have a letter that needs to be sent, and I want you to send this edict out of Beijing and to General Pingyu! ”

General Pingyu!

The emperor's words made Zu Dashou's heart tremble, and he thought in his heart.

What does this mean, Emperor? What is he going to give away?

"Wang Chengen, take the edict to Zu Dashou."

Don't wait for Zu Dashou to refuse, Chongzhen said.

"Zu Qing's family can read the edict first and then make a decision!"

Unfolded the edict and looked at the beginning of the edict, the same as Wang Chengen. Zu Dashou also thought that this was an edict, but when he looked back, he almost didn't throw the edict to the ground.

“…… Emperor Taizu founded the foundation and destroyed my hands, but the ancestors are not owned by me alone, and all the domains and sects should jointly protect the ancestors. Zhu Ciying, the son of the German Domain, has a valuable character, can resist the enemy externally, and can secure the people internally, and will be able to overcome the unification and protect the ancestors. Zhu Ciying, the son of the Virtue Domain, succeeded me to the throne, that is, the emperor's throne ......"

This, this is clearly ...... Just when Zu Dashou looked at the edict and his heart was pounding, the emperor's words floated over again.

"Zhuqing, the ancestors are not the business of my Zhu Youzhen, but the ancestors who beat down the country with a knife and a shot, I can't protect the ancestors for my own personal harm, and the temple is not protected. All feudal clans should jointly protect their ancestors, so I have decided to pass on the emperor's throne to Zhu Ciying, the son of the German domain, so that he can live a good life and protect his ancestors,......"

When the words came out of Chongzhen's mouth, Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, and Gong Yongtuan, the commander of the horses, were all taken aback, although they were dumbfounded, but looking at the emperor, they also knew that this might be the last choice.

The emperor can no longer protect the Ming Dynasty. Maybe the general can still keep the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of this, they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Oh, yes.

There are so many elite soldiers under the general, and even such a powerful Donglu is not his opponent, let alone a rogue,

Hey, that's a pity. If only the emperor had figured it all out earlier. Why did you fall to the current field?

Thinking like this, everyone's hearts are full of bitterness.

After all, they didn't have to die in the first place. And now......

Ignoring everyone's surprise, Chongzhen continued.

"Zu Dashou, are you willing to send this edict and jade seal to General Pingyu for me?"

The emperor's words set off waves in Zu Dashou's heart, what is this edict?

It's the glory of the ancestral family!

As long as this edict is sent out, after the general succeeds to the throne, the ancestral family will really make a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty!

Why did the emperor let himself send this edict out? It's not because of the relationship between the ancestral family and the general.

With this edict, how is it necessary to ......

Again, Zu Dashou remembered the plan he had made with Liu Zhenqi before. Is that plan still needed?

No more!

With this edict, the general will be able to ascend the throne and become emperor in the future.

Escorting this edict and jade seal out of the capital's main house is the first hero of the new dynasty.

"Minister, minister......"

In the face of this great achievement, Zu Dashou didn't even know how to speak for a while. This is the first time the emperor has done this, and of course it is also the first time for his ancestor to live on his birthday.

What should I say now?

Do you want to be grateful?

Of course, you can't say that, even if it's just a big credit. I can't thank you either. Because when he received this edict, it was equivalent to watching the emperor die.

Our ancestor Dashou is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can he say such a thing.

Just when Zu Dashou was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, he only listened to the emperor continue.

"Zuqing's family, in addition, I have another thing to ask for, that is, to ask the Qing family to send a few princes out of Beijing, I have decreed the abolition of the crown prince's throne, and only the general of Pingyu can protect the ancestors today, as for them...... I hope that in the future, I can be a happy prince after protecting the country......"

Looking at the emperor with tears in his eyes, Zu Dashou immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, even if the ministers are broken bones, they will definitely save several princes and send the edict to the general......"

Well, now there is no need to be embarrassed, after all, in addition to the edict and the jade seal, there is also a task to send the princes out.

Well, it's our group of big trees that throws the emperor here and ignores it, but because he also undertakes a more important mission.

That's right!

We are loyal ministers, and we did not leave the emperor here. I am doing what I am told!

Yes, by order!

Looking at Zu Dashou who was kneeling on the ground, Chongzhen nodded slightly.

"In this way, I can leave with peace of mind......"

Now Chongzhen has made up his mind, just like Li Banghua said, even if he escapes from the dust now, what can he do in Shandong?

What if it causes civil strife and allows the thieves to take advantage of the opportunity to take over the world?

The ancestors are not alone!

That's it!

Just pass it on to the son of De Shizi, with this edict, I think he will definitely lead the elite soldiers under his command and desperately exterminate the thieves, so that the ancestors' country can be preserved, and I will not be shameless to face my ancestors in the future.

The only thing that reassures Chongzhen is how to get his three sons out of the palace. Only Zu Dashou can take them out, of course, the prince must be abolished, I only hope that they can live as ordinary royal relatives, of course, this depends on the meaning of General Pingyu.

Even if Emperor Chengzu didn't leave the Jianshu people, besides, he still directly gave the throne to Zhu Ciying, in order to show orthodoxy, he Zhu Ciying would leave the lives of the three princes anyway, and even crown them as princes, otherwise, how could he win the trust of the world?

As for Zu Dashou, he must not dare to do anything to the three princes, he can clearly distinguish the importance of the three princes.

As for Chongzhen himself, he has no illusions of escaping at the moment, nor is he afraid of suicide, he can think more calmly, and he can calmly arrange everything as if he were dead.

"Zhu Ciying, although it seems that it does not conform to the ancestral system and does not conform to the family law. What is the ancestral system? What is Family Law? ”

After that, Chongzhen, who was full of tears, said regretfully.

"Ancestry! Family Law! I didn't expect that I had respected the heavens and ancestors for 17 years, and there would be the disaster of destroying the country today! This ancestral system and family law also need to be flexible and expedient, so as to protect the Ming Dynasty forever......"

Again, Chongzhen couldn't help but whimper again. The two royal princes and Zu Dashou fell to the ground together and wept silently. It's over

"I'm determined!"

After a moment, Chongzhen suddenly said:

"I decided to commit suicide in the palace and die in Sheji, I hope Zhu Ciying can protect the ...... of her ancestors."

Liu Wenbing, who was lying on the ground, choked up and said:

"The emperor was martyred, and the ministers will die for the emperor, and they will never steal their lives."

And Zu Dashou kowtowed to the ground.

"The ministers are edicted to go out of the city, and even if they are crushed and their bones are broken, they will save the ...... of several princes"