As soon as these words came out, the head of the Ming cabinet immediately took off his black gauze hat, bowed his head with both hands, and said: "Since Your Majesty is unwilling to listen to the advice of the minister, then the minister is not worthy of discussing matters here!" Please also ask Your Majesty to take care of your health and take your leave. After saying that, he put down his black gauze hat and turned around and walked out of the main hall.

The excited Mingwen Yuange scholar: Wei Zaode, hurriedly walked out and persuaded him, "Your Majesty, Jiang Ge Lao is also for the sake of the imperial court's Jiangshan Sheji. ”

Although the first assistant of the Ming cabinet: Jiang Dejing, what he said is reasonable, but Ming Yizong still attaches more importance to the statement of letting Guan Ningtie ride into Beijing, so he did not keep Jiang Ge Lao and let him go, in fact, Jiang Ge Lao also wants to go back to his hometown, after all, he can't save the court! There's no face left here.

After calming down, Ming Yizong thought for a moment and said, "Since Elder Jiang Ge has gone, then the position of the first assistant will be handed over to Wei Aiqing." ”

The flattered Mingwen Yuange University Scholar: Wei Zaode, hurriedly knelt down and excused himself, "Oops! How dare he be the head of the cabinet! ”

But Ming Yizong insisted again and again, and the ministers in the hall also echoed: "Scholar Wei, don't shirk anymore, who would dare to compare with you in terms of qualifications?" He saw that the ministers had no opinions, so he readily agreed.

Then Ming Yizong ordered, "Spread my will to quickly transfer the general soldiers of Ning Yuanwei: Wu Sangui, Xuanhua general soldiers: Tang Tong, Shandong general soldiers: Liu Zeqing, Luzhou general soldiers: Huang Degong, Ning Nanbo: Zuo Liangyu, these five generals entered the king of Jingqin, and the governor of Jiliao: Wang Yongji, listen to the order I ordered you to go to Ning Yuanwei with the edict, I want to crown Wu Aiqing as the earl of Pingxi, and I will also seal Wu Aiqing's father, and the Chinese military governor's office is the commander of the same knowledge: Wu Xiang, who is the governor of Beijing. ”

After the holy decree was read, the governor of Ming Jiliao and the eunuch of Ming Si and the eunuch Bingbi immediately received the order, and each carried the holy decree to announce it.

Then Ming Yizong still has a problem to solve? That is the problem of money and food, after all, to mobilize these large armies into Beijing, coupled with such a huge number of troops in the south Qinwang who were mobilized before, military salary expenditure is necessary, and the treasury is currently empty, which is simply not enough to maintain the use of the army, and only by donating silver can there be a way to solve this problem.

But at present, the people are facing the heavy taxes of the "Liaodong Three Salaries", and they can't get the silver at all, and there are plagues and natural disasters in the Central Plains, so Ming Yizong had to set his sights on the civil and military officials, and for the first time he stood up and put down his high emperor dignity, coughed twice shyly and said, "I have one more thing I want to ask the Aiqing to help!" ”

What else do the ministers have to do when they hear about it? Think weird? Thought; His Majesty the Emperor usually doesn't ask for help, so what's wrong with this now?

Who knew that the next moment, Ming Yizong said: "When the army enters Beijing, King Qin needs military salaries to reward the three armies, and the inner curtain has long been empty, and there is really no extra silver, so I hope that all of you Aiqing can donate generously and donate some money, I don't know the Qing's family.... ”

As soon as the slogan of the Son of Heaven's donation came out, it was immediately criticized by the ministers, and the hundreds of officials in the audience all pretended to be crazy and stupid, first of all, there were Ming officials in the Ministry of Wen Xuan, Qing Officials Shi Langzhong: Wei Jiajun, Ming Honglu Siqing: Ding Kui, Ming Shanglin Yuan Supervisor, Zuo Jian Zheng: Wang Chengpei, and other officials stood up and cried, "Your Majesty doesn't know something!" The ministers' mansions are full of clear soup and little water every day, and they have never seen any meat and oily water, and the money they receive is also for their wives and children, and there is not much silver, so please forgive your majesty. And when he had finished speaking, he gave (30 taels, 20 taels, and 50 taels of silver).

Immediately afterwards, Ming Yizong looked at the first assistant of the Ming cabinet: Wei Zaode, I thought he would repay the generous donation of the imperial court? Who knew that Wei Ge Lao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there is an eighty-year-old mother and children in the minister's mansion who need to be supported, and the minister is honest and honest, and there is no extra silver taels!" But the minister was also willing to donate 500 taels of silver as a military salary. ”

This made Ming Yizong very disappointed after hearing this, and the ministers looked at the Mingbei Town Fusi Jinyi Wei Baihu who was standing next to the steps and was wearing a "drag suit" and was known as the richest eunuch in the Forbidden City: The heart of the king, who knew that he was willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver!

But this is far from enough, the Ming Ministry of Industry in the audience: Fan Jingwen, seeing this, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the subordinate officials and staff of the Ministry of Operations: Zhao Shijin, when using the treasury silver, I found that the silver obtained this year was less than half of last year!" ”

At this time, there was a bottom in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, he thought to himself; The treasury is so empty, it takes at least 1 million taels of silver to donate silver this time, but after thinking about it, just let the officials donate silver, it is estimated that everyone will not donate? So he came up with an idea and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, rest assured, I didn't let you wait for you to donate silver taels for nothing, I promised to donate 30,000 taels of silver and the official was promoted to the next level." ”

Despite this, there were still no officials willing to be generous, but Ming Yizong didn't dare to push it too hard, so he had to collect silver taels within ten days.

The ministers also pinched a handful of sweat, and the lost Ming Yizong announced his retirement from the Qianqing Palace, and went out to the bottom of the steps very irritably, the rain still kept falling, and the wind whistled and blew on his face without feeling any cold breath.

In front of him, a man dressed in a crimson official hurriedly walked over, and saluted Ming Yizong: "Your Majesty, just now in the main hall, the minister suddenly thought of something?" ”

Ming Yizong, whose eyes were in a trance, glanced at him and asked, "What happened to Huang Aiqing?" ”

I saw Ming Shun Tianfu Mansion: Huang Tingting, and said, "I heard that Xingtaifu Temple received a lot of silver taels last month? I hereby remind Your Majesty to let the Taifu Temple donate some silver taels, and of course, the minister also did his best to take out 200 taels of silver. ”

Hearing that the income of the Taifu Temple was still good, Ming Yizong was a little tempted, but listening to the 200 taels of silver is indeed too little, in order to let His Majesty the Emperor divert his attention and pit his nemesis Xing Taifu Temple, so Ming Shun Tianfu Fu Cheng proposed, "Your Majesty, the minister also heard that the Xingtai Servant Temple: Zhou Hongjin, the son of the Riding Captain: Zhou Xian, young and vigorous, bold and unmarried, the minister dared to propose to His Majesty to marry Princess Kunxing to the Riding Captain, I don't know what Your Majesty wants?" ”

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After a burst of thunder accompanied by a drizzle, Ming Yizong, who had been silent for a long time, spoke, "Er? yes! Counting that she has reached the age when she should get married, but I have been busy with political affairs and forgot about Jiao'er, riding the captain: Zhou Xian, this person I have met once in the suburbs of the inner city, and he is not bad, okay! The matter was settled. ”

After saying that, Ming Yizong turned around and asked the eunuch of the Ming Division to choose a good and auspicious day, and after notifying the Ming Cavalry Captain: Zhou Xian, he ordered the "three media and six hires" to welcome the princess of Ming Kunxing: Zhu Yujiao, and after the marriage was decided, the eunuch was ordered to go to the announcement.

When you arrived at the time of the Northern Liaodong Division, Ning Yuan Zhongzuo Beiyu Qianhu outside the city, was covered by a heavy fog, the drizzle fell on the leaves little by little, the Ming army guarding the city patrolled twice, and found that there seemed to be a flag looming in the woods outside the city in the distance?

So the soldiers defending the city reported to Ming Ningyuan, who was on the city tower, Gu Lingen, "Lord Qian, please see, the flag three hundred steps away from the city, isn't that our army's 'Sifang Flag' and 'Tiger and Leopard Flag'?" Could it be that it is also the Liaodong Frontier Army? ”

Ming Ningyuan, who didn't dare to be careless, hurriedly ordered: "Close the city gate quickly, there must be no mistake!" After hearing this, the soldiers hurriedly went down to the city tower to close the city gate, and the marching army was very fast, and also came to the city, in front of a general wearing chain mail and wearing a Wanli helmet stepped forward and shouted: "I am the general soldier of Xingshan who was sealed by the imperial court, and I have just fought fiercely in the east captive, and now the food is insufficient, so I have come to borrow food from the thousands of households, and I also ask the brothers to report to the thousands of households in Ningyuan." ”

This sounds like nothing wrong, but think about it, a general army with a large army to borrow food? Obvious bad intentions? Therefore, the general of Ming Ning Yuanzhong Zuo Qian in the city immediately refused, and asked rhetorically, "Since the chief soldier is here to borrow food, then the general should open the city to greet him, but recently the eastern and northern captives have often come to attack, and they have also mixed into our army in case the general wants to implore the general soldier to take off the Wanli helmet and let me wait to see it." ”

The general who clenched his fist under the city slowly raised his hand to take off his helmet, while the soldier next to him whispered, "Lord Commander, are you sure you want to take it off?" He's insulting you! ”

Despite this, he still took off his Wanli helmet, revealing the straight hair on the top of his head, and when he saw this scene, the Ming soldiers in the city felt that they had wronged people, and hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened and let them in.

The generals under the city put on Wanli helmets and rode into the city quickly, and among the soldiers standing at the gate of the city, there was a person who was very familiar with the generals on horseback? But he didn't think much of it! He grabbed the soldiers who had entered the city and asked, "Hey, brother, may I ask if your commander is Ning Yuanwei?" It seems to be the surname ancestor? The soldiers ignored him.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a soldier riding a horse in the woods in the distance, and the Ming army in the city saw that someone was coming again, so they thought it was strange and ordered a few soldiers to go out of the city to stop him.

But the other party rode quite fast, and suddenly came to the soldiers under the city, gasping for breath, and asked, "What about the commander of the Tashan Guard just now?" ”

When the soldiers around him heard this person asking, was it the commander of the Tashan Guard? Immediately felt that the situation was not good, and it happened that the soldiers at the gate of the city suddenly remembered, and the general soldier who had just passed seemed to be (Daming Guangning Right Tun Guard: Zu Dale? ）

But the soldiers were not sure, because Zu Dale had already surrendered to Dongyu Jiannu at the time of the "Battle of Songguang" in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and he also persuaded his cousin Ming Guangning Zhongtun Guard to surrender: Zu Dashou, surrender to the Qing together, so how could he appear here? Could it be someone who looks the same? But the soldier thinks it's unlikely? Because he is also a fellow villager of Ning Yuanwei and Zu Dale, the only explanation that makes sense now is that this group of Ming troops should have been sent by the Eastern Tatars to seize the city?

The soldier didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly shouted, "The one in front is Lord Zu Zongbing?" As soon as these words came out, the soldiers who entered the city immediately turned around and slashed him, and the rest of the soldiers in the city also took out bows and arrows and sabers to attack the Ming army.

The leading general picked up a trident and stabbed a Ming soldier to death, stood tall and said, "That's right, this general is the former Ming Guangning Right Tun Guard: Zu Dale, I didn't expect that there are still people who can remember the name of this general, the Ming soldiers in the Qianhu Institute heard that the general is now the general of Songshan Fort in the Qing Dynasty, and came to attack Ningyuan Zhongzuo Reserve and Tashan Wei on the order of His Royal Highness the Regent, Ningyuan Zhongzuo Beiyu Qianhu and Tashan Wei, if you know each other, you will surrender obediently, otherwise you will be killed." ”

I saw that this group of Han soldiers with yellow flags fiercely slashed and killed the Ming army, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty white flag armor in the army: Gulijia Kumoshuo, picked up the giant spirit axe and slashed at the helmets of the Ming soldiers, and the helmets were cut and deformed, and the blood on the heads of the Ming soldiers also fell to the ground and died!

The excited Manchu Qing Dynasty White Flag Jia Lae Zhen also cut off the heads of several Ming soldiers horizontally, and when he picked up a head, he held it high and showed off, "Jurchen language: The soldiers of the Ming court are vulnerable, hehehe!" ”