In the end, this time, which was related to the fate of the Ming Court, it could be called an urgent court discussion of life and death, which sadly and ridiculously ended hastily in a chaos.

On this day, the yin wind roared, the thick clouds covered the sky, and Chongzhen, who was scattered behind, was alone and sat in the Qianqing Palace until late at night.

It wasn't until the eunuch came to persuade him that Chongzhen got up from the chair with difficulty and went to the palace.

The moment he left the palace gate, Chongzhen looked up at the gray sky of Mo Mengmeng, and couldn't help yelling: "The ministers are mistaken, the ministers are mistaken!" I am not the king of the dead country, the ministers are the ministers of the dead country! Pity my more than 200 years of foundation of the Ming Dynasty, now it will be destroyed, and now it will be destroyed in my hands! ”

The night was vast, and Chongzhen's mournful cry quickly dispersed with the wind and turned into nothingness in the night sky.

Until the afternoon of the next day, Chongzhen, who had been thinking about it all day but had no plan, finally wrote six words in his own handwriting, driven by what kind of mentality: "I have a plan, and there is another purpose." ”

Then he ordered the little eunuch to deliver these six words to the Dashun army outside the city.

After reading these six words of reply, Li Zicheng couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

"Melon cowardice! Chongzhen is really a coward! It's all burning eyebrows, the dog is biting the crotch of his pants, and he's still putting the emperor's score, saying something that doesn't mean four or six, it's really fucking laughing to death! Let's go, give you Yangguan Avenue and refuse to go, you will come to the way of death, then I Lao Li will fulfill you! ”

After Li Zicheng finished laughing, a trace of ruthlessness flashed on his face, and he ordered sharply: "The whole army listens to the order, prepares siege equipment, tomorrow and tomorrow, immediately attacks the city from all sides, and will definitely take the capital in one fell swoop and capture that Chongzhen guy alive!" ”

"Order!"

There was a tsunami-like roar from below, like spring thunder rolling, resounding in the sky above the capital.

Even Chongzhen, who was in the deep palace, clearly heard this thunderous shout, and couldn't help but shudder.

He subconsciously felt that his own life might start with this shout, and the countdown was underway.

Finally this day has come, finally this step......

At this moment, it seems that there is not too much fear and panic, and there is more calmness.

Think about yourself, from the king of faith to the emperor, all the way to the sorrows, all the way to the hardships, struggling to support until now, and finally with the dying Ming Dynasty, to the heart of life.

Perhaps, this is fate.

Chongzhen suddenly laughed miserably, his voice was as poignant as a bird, and in the end, it turned into a person's face covering and crying bitterly.

Heaven is unfair!

Why, why did I work so hard, be so diligent, and work so hard to save the Ming Dynasty, but in the end it ended up like this!

I am not the king of the dead country, the minister of the dead country, such a damn courtier, all of them can be killed!

Chongzhen cried bitterly and sighed for a while, and gradually calmed down. He knew that he had to start preparing for the future as soon as possible.

"Go, call Gong Yonggu to me." Chongzhen said sullenly.

"Yes, slave and maid."

Soon, Gong Yonggu, the commander of the difficult horses, hurried to the Qianqing Palace.

Gong Yonggu, the word Hongtu, a native of Wanping, became a concubine because he married Princess Yong'an. This person loves to read, collects calligraphy and paintings, is good at fencing, and makes friends with all the literati who are bold and hearty, but he has the style of an ancient ranger.

Moreover, Gong Yonggu is heroic, understands some national politics and military, and is good at riding and archery, so Emperor Chongzhen trusts and values him very much, and always lets him follow him every time he travels. This letter was pampered until Princess Yong'an died of illness and Gong Yonggu married someone else.

Therefore, when the matter is urgent, the emperor's first thought is to find Gong Yonggu, a concubine, to come over to discuss matters.

In fact, some time ago, after the squire Li Mingrui proposed to the emperor to move south, Gong Yonggu also made an almost identical suggestion to the emperor.

He said to the emperor in the recital: "Now that the capital is in danger, there are no soldiers and no food, it is better to move the capital to Nanjing as soon as possible, so as to regain its strength and try to recover." And now there is still plenty of time, with my strength, it should be no problem to recruit tens of thousands of people to protect His Majesty's southward journey. Moreover, the former capital of the Ming Dynasty was in Nanjing, and the southerners have always had a lot of feelings for the Ming Dynasty and are more loyal than the northerners.

It's just that after Emperor Chongzhen saw the twists and turns, he was still hesitant and indecisive as he had seen Li Mingrui before, and finally did not listen to his suggestion to move the capital.

The day before the capital was besieged and would be breached, Emperor Chongzhen saw Gong Yonggu and hurriedly came alone, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

When Gong Yonggu wanted to kneel and salute, he was immediately restrained by Chongzhen.

He said directly with a worried face: "Hong Tu, there is no need to say much about the current dangerous situation, I believe you are also very clear." I want to tell you that I have decided to die for my country, and I am determined to die, and you don't need to persuade me anymore. But my three princes, I don't want them to die in the capital so meaninglessly. I summoned you tonight, and I just want to ask you, can you recruit people now, and quickly take the crown prince, Yongwang and Dingwang out of the capital and go to Nanjing to ascend the throne? “

Chongzhen's eager and straightforward words brought tears to Gong Yonggu's eyes.

Gong Yonggu pounced, knelt on the ground, and replied in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty, if the capital has not been surrounded, then there is still certainty below, and now, now ......"

"What's going on now?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, now the hearts of the people are scattered, just trying to protect themselves, with all due respect, now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are waiting for the day when the city is broken, and they will vote for the new master. Who of these Lelu people can fight to the death for the royal family? I only hate that I am a literati, and my scheming methods are mediocre, and there is really no way to urgently recruit soldiers and soldiers. Please forgive your Majesty for being incompetent, now in this emergency, I really can't recruit anyone!"

The muscles on the emperor's face twitched in pain, and he was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Since you can't recruit soldiers, can you take your family and escort the prince to the south?"

Gong Yonggu dodged the emperor's inquiring gaze, and continued to whisper: "Just a family, martial arts are common, how can you resist robbers, and how can you kill out of the city!" Besides, I have always adhered to my duty and never raised too many family members, and the number of family members is really limited. Don't talk about the family, even I myself have always followed the emperor, and in order to avoid suspicion, I don't even have half a weapon in my hand, so I really can't fight against the thieves!"

Hearing Gong Yonggu's helpless but really reply, Chongzhen's heart was like a knife, and the two monarchs and ministers were speechless for a while, and they were relatively weeping.

Things have developed to this point, and then it is basically the same as the record in the "History of the Ming Dynasty".

In an emergency, Emperor Mi summoned Yonggu and Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing to escort him. Kowtow and say: "Relatives and ministers do not hide armor, and it is difficult for ministers to fight thieves empty-handed." They all wept at each other.

It's just that in this historical space changed by Li Xiao, things began to change differently.

Chongzhen suddenly felt that as an emperor, he was like a woman, crying relative to his subordinates, which was too incompetent and too embarrassing.

Chongzhen suddenly remembered that Li Xiao, who started as a hunter in the village, but now he is above 10,000 people under one person.

Li Xiao is a civilian, how humble his background is, and he can still rely on his own efforts to achieve such results step by step. And his own generation of emperors, in the face of the predicament, how can he not have the slightest masculinity, and secretly cry here?

Anyway, now that I have made up my mind to die, how can I show such a sad state again?

Chongzhen rose up angrily and shouted at Gong Yonggu: "Since ancient times, things have been man-made, how can I and you be children here!" Needless to say, I have decided on this matter. Tomorrow, while the thieves are attacking the city, I will lead the remnants of the armor and eunuchs in the palace to defend the palace and die in battle! In this way, I would like to provide you with a good cover for your actions. You lead your whole house, take the three princes, and go out of the city with makeup! ”

Seeing that the emperor's mind had been decided, Gong Yonggu's face also swelled with determination, and he replied loudly: "Your Majesty let go, your son will do it with all his heart, and he knows how to deal with things." ”

Chongzhen nodded, a trace of sadness flashed on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "Hong Tu, as for the future affairs of your family, I hope you can deal with it yourself, and don't leave any entanglements......"

The emperor's words were vague, but Gong Yonggu understood it when he heard it.

Two lines of crystal tears burst out of his eyes in an instant.

He bowed his hand to the emperor, bowed to the ground with his whole body, and replied in a trembling voice: "The net worth and life of the minister are all given by the emperor, and they should be loyal to the country and rest with the country." Your Majesty doesn't need to say much, you know how to do it. ”

When Gong Yonggu said this, in his heart, he was already ready, and the whole family was ready to die for the Ming Dynasty.

In real history, as recorded in the "Ming Shilu": "On the nineteenth, the capital fell. When the princess had died, she was not buried, and she tied her children with a yellow rope to the side of the coffin, saying: "This emperor's nephew is also, don't be a thief." Raise a sword to kill himself, and burn himself to death in the closer. ”

Gong Yonggu of this world also made up his mind, ready to do the same thing after bidding farewell to the emperor and returning home, so that the whole family would be martyred for the Ming Dynasty. As a result, he completely abandoned his distracting thoughts and fled out of the city with the three princes wholeheartedly.

"That's good, that's good." After listening to Gong Yonggu's reply, his eyes were full of tears, and he muttered: "Who has not died in life since ancient times, and he has left Dan to be sweaty." Life in the world, horizontal and vertical is only a few decades, and there is a big difference between early death and late death. Tomorrow, when I fight the thieves to the death, I will not leave any trouble. I will also take care of all the affairs of the harem, and I will not let them fall into the hands of thieves and be humiliated in vain. ”

"Your Majesty! ……”

Gong Yong was frozen on the ground, crying silently.

Chongzhen had tears in his eyes, he walked over slowly, helped him up with his own hands, and comforted: "Hongtu, don't say anything." You go home and prepare first, and when you are ready, you will bring your family to the palace, and I will hand over the three princes to you with my own hands. “

Gong Yonggu nodded again and again and wept. Chongzhen watched his figure disappear outside the palace gate, and two lines of turbid tears suddenly burst out of his eyes.

"Go, call my three masters."

"The slave obeys."

The so-called "master" is the title in the palace, which is his three sons - the crown prince and the king of Ding and the king of Yong.

The three sons, the crown prince Zhu Cihong, the king of Dingzhu Cijiong, and the king of Yong, Zhu Cizhao, all came to the Qianqing Palace in a hurry under the leadership of the palace people.

Looking at the three children of different heights in front of him, Chongzhen's heart was full of love and sentimentality.

He walked over slowly, touched their faces one by one, patted them on the shoulders, and asked the palace maid to fetch the old clothes that had been prepared.

After the clothes were delivered, Chongzhen personally changed them and helped them get dressed, tie their belts, and put on their hair hats.

"Father's ......"

Seeing his father like a woman, carefully dressing and hatting the three brothers one by one, the crown prince Zhu Cihong mourned in his heart, and tears kept flashing in his eyes. Dingwang Zhu Cijiong and Yongwang Zhu Cizhao also sobbed quietly.

Chongzhen slowly looked around the three of them with extremely loving eyes, and then waved his hand, signaling that they didn't have to cry. After the three of them calmed down, he said slowly: "Three children, you are still the prince and prince today, but after the city is broken tomorrow, you will all be ordinary people." My father has made arrangements to let Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, take you out of the city and go straight to Nanjing. Tomorrow, you can escape for your lives, if you can get out of the city smoothly, arrive in Nanjing, and then ascend the throne and revitalize the dynasty, then it is really the ancestors have a spirit, and the emperor has blessed ......"

He paused, and then continued: "Son, you don't have to be nostalgic for me, I must die for Sheji, otherwise I will not see my ancestors in the ground." You don't have to miss your mother, they will all be properly arranged by your father, you just have to leave with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about anyone......"

When Chongzhen said this, his voice was choked, tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn't hold back the tears. The three children began to sobb quietly again, especially the youngest, Zhu Cizhao, the king of Ding, who was just ten years old, cried the most sadly.

Chongzhen wiped his eyes, choked up and said, "Children, you must be cautious on the road, everything is arranged by Gong Yuma." If you meet someone who is an official, the old one is called the master, and the young one is called the father. If you meet a commoner, the old one calls Daddy, and the young one calls Buddy. The literati are called gentlemen, and the soldiers are called chiefs. You have to remember that once you leave, you will be ordinary people, and you must not pose as a prince, so as not to add trouble and cause trouble, have you remembered? “

"Father, don't worry, the children have remembered."

Hearing his father's repeated instructions like a chattering woman, the crown prince Zhu Cihong sobbed and nodded in reply.

Chongzhen patted him on the shoulder lovingly, but his face changed suddenly, and he said in a loud voice: "Hong'er, if you can successfully reach Nanjing, you must never forget to avenge your parents in the future!" If in the future, if you can avenge your parents and the giant thief, then I will return to the ground, which is enough to smile at Jiuquan. “

When the three children heard this, they nodded their heads together and cried together.

Chongzhen's throat surged, tears fell like hail, and the long-suppressed mood finally erupted violently at this parting moment.

He raised his head, his eyes bloodshot like two red lights, like a seriously wounded lion, and roared loudly at the sky: "How unfortunate it is for you to wait for the three of you, born in my emperor's house!" “

After saying that, he no longer cared about the dignity of the emperor and the face of the Son of Heaven, and covered his face and cried like an ordinary person who had no way out.

At this time, the attendants on the left and right were all moved by this scene of life and death, and they cried bitterly, and in the Qianqing Palace, there was a miserable cloud and mist.