A few happy and a few sad!

On the ninth day of the third month, when the vanguard cavalry of the thieves arrived outside the capital, the nine cities of the capital shook and the city gates were closed. The defenders of the city all watched in horror at the cavalry rushing back and forth outside the city.

In the afternoon of the same day, more thieves appeared outside the city and began to set up camp outside the city, the first to be surrounded was the Desheng Gate and Anding Gate in the north, then the Xizhi Gate and Fucheng Gate in the west, the east gate of the inner city and the gates of the outer city were not surrounded by thieves until the tenth day of the first month, and there were cavalry patrolling the suburbs of the outer city. Since then, the capital has been completely cut off from the outside world.

When the 20,000 or 30,000 vanguard cavalry led by Li Guo and Li You easily defeated the thousands of Beijing battalion soldiers in Shahefang and drove to Desheng Gate, Wang Yongji, the governor of Jiliao stationed in Jieyongping, sent 100,000 urgent military secrets to Chaoyangmen, which was about to be closed, and sent them directly to the General Administration Division. When the official of Tongzheng Xitang saw that it was a military information sent by 800 miles in an emergency, he did not dare to open the seal, did not dare to delay, and sent it directly to the palace. According to Wang Yongji's secret performance, Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, had led his troops south on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and he himself would lead tens of thousands of elite border soldiers to rush to the aid of the Beijing division in the starry night, imploring the emperor to hold on for a few days to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Guanning. Wang Yongji's secret performance made Chongzhen feel that he was in a desperate situation, and in ecstasy, he couldn't help but clapped the case with his palm:

"Wu Sanguiguo is a loyal minister!"

happened to hear that the emperor had not eaten for a day, and the queen who came to deliver food to the emperor heard the sound of the emperor's case, and she was shocked that she did not hear the emperor's words clearly, so she quickly walked in, and saw that the emperor was overjoyed, and the queen who was immediately relieved asked softly:

"Emperor, why did you shoot the imperial case?"

Chongzhen said happily:

"Wu Sangui has led tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Liaodong to Qinwang, it doesn't matter if the capital is gone!"

The queen said again and again:

"I have been in the country for 300 years, and the foundation of the country is forever. Although Chengzu guarded the country with the Son of Heaven and put the Son of Heaven in danger, since Yingzong, although the capital has been besieged several times, it can always turn evil into good fortune, and this time it is the same. Please don't be too anxious from now on and damage the royal body. Please give an edict and urge Wu Sangui's rescue to come quickly. ”

Chongzhen nodded: "Call the celebrant to come!" ”

The queen immediately summoned the eunuchs waiting outside the palace, and quickly summoned the eunuchs to come. At this time, Chongzhen wrote an edict to Wu Sangui with a pen:

"Tell Ping Xibo Wu Sangui, rate the army to Beijing, and suppress the rebels to solve the danger of the Beijing Division!"

After the celebrant eunuch took this emperor's edict, he covered a "Chongzhen Imperial Pen" seal on the yellow paper, sealed it, and added the five words "Eight Hundred Miles Flying" on the envelope, registered the month, day and time of the document, and sent it directly to the military department without going through the cabinet, and immediately sent a fast horse out of the capital.

Seeing that the emperor was meditating on his thoughts, the queen thought that he had been eating abnormally for days and had not slept at night, and it was rare that he would be in a slightly better mood, so she said softly to him:

"Emperor, since there is great news, Wu Sangui is about to lead Guan Ning's elite soldiers to relieve the siege of the capital, please relax your heart a little, eat some meals first, and then rest for a while."

Chongzhen looked at the queen, but did not make a sound,

If Chongzhen was so ecstatic in the past, he would have immediately announced Wang Yongji's flying performance to the cabinet, and then the head of the yamen would announce the news to the subjects of Jingshi to calm the people's hearts. However, his current experience has made him cautious. There have been many times when his hopes have turned to despair, and his "temple scheme" has been hopeless and the overall situation has collapsed. And even many times, it was the opposite of what he expected.

It is precisely because of this that he does not dare to have great hope for King Wu Sangui Qin. Now he is worried that Wu Sangui is afraid that the "thieves" will be strong, and he will not be able to come in the starry night, and he is worried that the thieves will divide his troops to block the Guanning soldiers from coming west, and on the other hand, he will step up the siege of the city, so that the Guanning soldiers will not be able to rescue.

Since the three major battalions broke up in Shahe yesterday, he has suppressed the fear of losing the country in his heart, and he only hates that no one in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can share his worries. Because of this despair, he refused to rashly announce the news of King Wu Sangui Qin to his subjects, and walked around the palace alone, and finally sat down and thought about it with a sad face, and then sighed deeply, not even noticing that the queen had been standing there.

The queen has never left, she just stood there quietly, she was not at ease with the current national affairs, worried about the ancestors' country and the emperor.

Hearing the emperor sigh deeply, she asked in a soft voice:

"Emperor, great news has come, why are you so worried?"

If on weekdays, Chongzhen might wave his hand to make the queen withdraw, even in front of the queen, he would never say a word to her. But now that the disaster of the country is in front of him, Chongzhen's attitude has changed. He was annoyed that none of the civil and military ministers were angry, and there were even many people waiting to surrender to the "thieves" and be the officials of the traitors.

In his heart, he also hated ordinary affairs, big and small, and the courtiers were always arguing, but at the moment, no one came into the palace to offer him emergency measures!

Is this the official of the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but burst into tears. The queen's heart tightened, and she choked up with tears when she was worried that the tragedy of the country was coming:

"May God and our ancestors bless the country."

Chongzhen couldn't help but hold the queen's hand and said:

"If I am blessed by heaven and ancestors, I can keep the capital, after the matter is decided, I will be in the crown prince, these years, I may really have misled the country, I can't figure it out, why I am so diligent, the Ming Dynasty is still to this step of the field......"

When he said this, how could he not be able to why he was so diligent and ended up in such a step?

Why is the eldest brother like that, but the result can barely maintain the situation.

God, is there such a reason?

Looking at the emperor who was trembling slightly, the queen said in a trembling voice:

"The emperor's diligence and government are well known to the world, and today's situation is really ......!"

The queen, who really didn't know what to say, whimpered and cried bitterly. Chongzhen understood that the queen's whimpering contained the pain of the imminent death of the country, and she also sighed and shed tears.

At this moment, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the master of ceremonies, came in. He has just been appointed as the governor of the capital camp and the chief of the city guards. Seeing the empress, he directly put the emperor's edict to Wu Sangui on the imperial case, knelt down and reported:

"Emperor, now all the city gates are besieged by rebels, and there are many thieves patrolling the suburbs, and I heard that there are many thieves going to Tongzhou, and the edict to Wu Sangui can't be sent."

Chongzhen was shocked and said:

"Dongzhi Gate and Qihua Gate are surrounded?"

"Even the Dongbian Gate and Guangqu Gate in the outer city were surrounded by an army of traitors. The slave maid went to Qihuamen to inspect and met Zhang Jinyan, who returned the edict given by the emperor to Wu Sangui to the slave maid and brought it back to the palace. ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen's face was miserable, and he was silent, he understood that Wu Sangui's rescue army had no hope, and the troops defending the city were so empty, and the tragedy of the loss of the country was approaching, although he had long expected that there would be this day, but he was still shocked into a cold sweat, and he could hardly control himself with trembling.

My Ming is dying!

The ancestors are about to be lost!

But with his strong personality, he quickly returned to normalcy and sighed.

"The change of civil engineering, Yingzong fell into the enemy. The first army was in full swing, and the British soldiers came to the city, thinking that the capital was within reach. At that time, the country was in such a critical situation, but Yu Qian was there in the court, and the remnants of the Beijing battalion met the enemy and repelled Yeguang, so that my Ming Dynasty turned the crisis into safety. Now I am not the king of the country, but in the past 17 years, the Manchu Dynasty has been full of civil and military affairs, and no one is a loyal minister of the country, if there is half of Yu Qian in the court, how can there be today! ”

After saying that, he could no longer control his inner emotions, and immediately cried bitterly. Yes, not because he was incompetent as an emperor, but because there were no loyal ministers in this court.

It was those people who caused themselves to lose their ancestors.

Wang Chengen knelt down and said:

"This is the number of gas, and it is also the fortune of the country, please don't be sad."

Chongzhen choked up and said hatefully.

"Although it is said to be the fortune of the country, if it were not for the mistakes of the ministers, how could the fortune of the country come to this! It is only said that in the past 20 years since the apocalypse, the country has not had any talents and no side talents. It is because most of the ministers in the court hinder merit and ability, deceive the lord, obstruct the plan, and frame the loyal and good, so that talents are not only often useless, but also cannot be killed. Starting from Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong of the Tianqi Dynasty, to Yang Sichang and others in this Dynasty, they all attacked it in groups without showing their ambitions, causing the imperial court to destroy the Great Wall, and there is today's disaster. I am not the king of the dead country, but when I encounter the death of the country, I will not be blind to death! ”

After saying that, Chongzhen burst into tears again, hiding his face and whimpering.

Wang Chengen, who knew that the tragedy of the country was coming, knew that the fall of the city was also within these two days, and he couldn't help crying on the ground, but he didn't know what words to comfort the emperor, let alone how to deal with it now, he was an honest man, and he didn't know what to do at all.

The eunuch who was standing outside the window with bated breath heard the master and slave sitting on the dragon chair and the other kneeling on the ground, whimpering against each other.

After a while, Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to get up and asked:

"Is there a way to send an edict to Wu Sangui and urge him to fire the cavalry to save the Beijing Division?"

Wang Chengen hesitated for a moment, then bowed down and replied:

"There is no way for the military department to send the emperor's edict, please allow the slave to go to the secret discussion with the factory ministers at this moment, and give a generous reward, no matter what, you have to send a loyal and daring person to rush out of the city, go to Yongping and Shanhaiguan, and send the emperor's edict to Wu Sangui's army."

Chongzhen knew that even if his edict could be sent, it would already be far away from the water and unable to save the near fire. But even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he will never give up. He looked at Wang Chengen, rolled out tears, choked up and said:

"Hurry up!"

After Wang Chengen left, Chongzhen, who was sad from his heart, cried out again.

"I am not the king of the dead country, but when I encounter the death of the country, I will not be blind! Death is not blinding...... The ministers mistook me, and the ministers misunderstood me......"

The queen standing on the side, listening to the emperor's cry, spoke persuasively.

"Your Majesty, this has happened, why bother, blame, blame, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be too tolerant of your subordinates......"

Although the queen just said it casually, in the ears of Chongzhen, who could hear it, he immediately agreed.

"That's right, that's exactly the case, if I am like Emperor Gao, like an ancestor, then even if I am like Zhu Ciying of the German Domain, killing people at every turn, acting arbitrarily at every turn, how can this be the case, the ancestors are ......"

Suddenly, Chongzhen's words stopped abruptly, and he said excitedly as if he understood something.

"What kind of ministers are there in this court? All of them are people who hinder merit and harm ability, only know how to deceive the Lord, obstruct the great plan, frame the loyal and good, so that talents are useless, and even cannot be killed. Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, and then Yang Sichang, not all of them were attacked by these jealous and capable people, causing the imperial court to destroy the Great Wall, so that there is today's disaster. Why is he Zhu Ciying domineering? Why do you kill people at every turn, and make decisions? It's not that he is so performant, but in fact, the court is full of traitors, and he wants to protect his ancestors, so he has to do it...... I'm wrong......"

Suddenly, as if he had figured out something, Chongzhen sat down on the chair decadently, unable to speak for a long time.

At this time, he forgot about everything else, forgot his jealousy of Zhu Ciying again and again in the past, and forgot the idea of wanting to kill him as soon as possible.

At this time, all that was left in his mind was regret, regret for why he hadn't figured it out earlier.

"Hey, Zhu Ciying of the German Domain can see that the court is full of traitors from afar in Jinan, why can't I see it when I'm in it?"

Authorities fan?

It's not just the authorities' fans, it's clear that they are working together to deceive themselves, otherwise how could they ......

Why didn't anyone debunk them? Just like those officials, shouldn't they impassionedly expose how those people deceived the king?

The hateful officials are the same as the ordinary civil officials, but they are still empty talk, and now that I think about it, many things have been bad for these crows in the past seventeen years, which is very hateful!

It's a pity that it's too late to understand all this now.

Seeing that the emperor was silent there, the empress spoke.

"Actually, there is still General Pingyu here, no matter what, he is the descendant of Emperor Gao, and he will definitely not watch it. The rivers and mountains that the ancestors have taken away from those rogues will definitely do everything possible to restore the ancestors' rivers and mountains. ”

The queen's words fell on Chongzhen's ears, making her feel extremely harsh. But at this time, he couldn't say a word to refute it, and even regretted it in his heart, why didn't he hang him to level the thief in the first place?

If so, why then? It's all because those people were against it in the first place, if they weren't against it.

How could it be that we ended up in this step today. Speaking of which, it was those people who ruined the Ming Dynasty.

Hey, it's too late to figure it all out......

Facing the queen, he was speechless for a while. If he had figured out all this a day earlier, why would he have thrown away the country left by his ancestors like this.

Even in the future, in the future...... Can he restore the country left by his ancestors?