Guan Shanyue saw that this sentence was on Chongzhen's heart, and lost no time in saying: "I believe that when the first emperor passed the throne to you, he would definitely not want to see His Majesty's self-hanging coal mountain." Since the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Shengshang is not even afraid of death, why is he afraid of living? Besides, the crown prince and the princes and princesses are young, can Your Majesty really bear to kill his own flesh and blood? ”

Chongzhen hid his face and cried, family is the only place that Daming can give this man warmth, and it is also his biggest weakness, a heart-piercing pain spread to his brain, and he choked and said: "I am cool and virtuous, and I am to blame the heavens, causing the traitors to approach the Jingshi, and all the ministers are mistaken." Now that everyone has rebelled and left, do you want to watch the Ming Dynasty perish with your own eyes? Oh, my wretched sons and daughters, why were you born into this royal family! ”

Guan Shanyue shook her head, regardless of whether Emperor Chongzhen saw it or not, "It was the group of civil officials and princes who were sorry for Your Majesty first, even if they committed suicide, they should commit suicide to thank the world, and that turn to get Your Majesty." Daning has tens of thousands of male soldiers, and he is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses to help His Majesty make a comeback. ”

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand, calmed down his emotions, and laughed at himself: "Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are useless, King Fu has 100,000 heavy soldiers, and most of the most elite nine-sided soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not used by me, why should we make a comeback?" Useless, useless ......"

Guan Shanyue took a few steps forward, slowly pulled out the sword from Emperor Chongzhen's hand, and couldn't care about any courtesies from monarchs and ministers at a very special time, almost sticking to Emperor Chongzhen's face, and asked aggressively: "Then what if these tens of thousands of male soldiers are equipped with the most advanced flint guns in the world, and are also equipped with hundreds of Hongyi cannons, thousands of tiger squat cannons, and all of them are equipped with Saiwai good horses?" I don't know what the Holy One thinks, but he has the power to fight? ”

Emperor Chongzhen's lifeless eyes rekindled a trace of life, and then frowned, and asked in a heavy tone, "What about the grain and grass?" ”

Guan Shanyue took a closer look and saw that the clothes worn by Emperor Chongzhen were full of patches, and her heart trembled, feeling that this was really an emperor who was born at an untimely time, and a burst of compassion arose, and she couldn't help but reply domineeringly: "Daning grows high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, rice, and potatoes, as well as cold-tolerant upland rice, beans, and grain is not a problem at all, it can be said that it is an unlimited supply." Not to mention supplying tens of thousands of troops, it is enough to supply 100,000 troops. In addition, Daning also buys rice from Cochin and Siam all year round and hoards it, and the grain is very abundant. ”

Emperor Chongzhen only knew that Daming still had such a feng shui treasure as Daning, he originally thought that it was a barren land, and his efforts to cultivate the nobles in Daning were just an unintentional move, who would have thought that now he would unintentionally insert willows and willows.

This also confirms Zhang Tianshi's previous prediction, but there is one thing he still can't worry about, "The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, with a population of 20,000, and the war is fought by national strength, and even more by attrition. ”

Guan Shanyue saw that Emperor Chongzhen's expression was settled, and he knew that he had been moved by what he said, although the people of Daning opened up wasteland and cultivated land, although the land endowment was extremely low, but after all, it had not been confirmed by Chongzhen himself, and some names were not right, so why not give him a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.

Thinking of this, he said unhurriedly: "King Fu has calmed the hearts of the people in Henan and Nanzhili with only two years of tax exemption, as long as the saint follows King Fu's example in Daning, the people will be grateful to Dade, and the problem of soldiers will not exist at all." The foundation of the people in Daning is not bragging about it, it is beyond the reach of any place in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, raised his head and asked, "Then why am I not more generous, directly announce to the world, and exempt the poor people from taxes?" ”

Guan Shanyue hurriedly shook her head, and said with a serious expression: "Holy Heaven, this strategy can work in Daning because Daning is a little bit of a wasteland, it was originally a wasteland that no one cultivated, and the most important thing is that all the land in Daning is state-owned." If you tell the world that you will exempt the people of the Ming Dynasty from taxes, if we return victoriously, and then collect taxes, we will become villains who have rebelled, but how to run a huge empire without taxes. Second, the current feudal officials have an ambiguous attitude, and although they have expelled the eunuchs who are guarding the town, they have not openly stood up against the saints. If you come to such a hand, it will be too dangerous, although you can win the hearts of some people, but you will push all those who hold real power into the arms of King Fu. Third, although the saint has good intentions, if the magistrate does not implement it, won't he become the laughing stock of the world? This would be a big blow to the prestige of the saints. This loss-making business can't be done, can't be done. ”

Chongzhen also felt that he had taken it for granted, but he was crying heartily just now, and now his mood is like a sunny day after a rain, and it is no longer so bad. tidied up his clothes and said seriously: "I either quarrel with the officials every day, or watch the civil and military officials quarrel with the party. Dressed in tatters, eating less, sleeping less with the queen, only sleeping five or six hours a day, and from time to time there is bad news, what Liaodong Houjin called, the people in the west beat over, the generals were killed, things were plundered by the Mongols, and so on. How can there be that group of princes in the palace who are happy with dogs and horses, but they think that being an emperor is the first-class beauty difference in the world. Hey, if it weren't for the fear of being ashamed of my ancestors and drinking the world, I really wanted to pick a son and quit, so I shook my hand and said to them: 'Whoever wants to be this emperor should be, I won't do it anyway!'" ’”

Guan Shanyue saw that Emperor Chongzhen actually joked with himself, and the stone hanging in his heart finally fell, as long as he didn't commit suicide, this country must still be Han, "What did you say, you are the Son of Heaven, standing at the height of the ancestors, you have to give the world a splendid Ming to be regarded as a generation of Ming Jun." May I ask your Majesty, when have you decided to deign to move to Daning? ”

Emperor Chongzhen glanced back at the yellow dragon chair behind him, "This is still a good opportunity for God to give me a chance to cut the domain for 10,000 years, these bloated vassal kings have reached the point where they have to be governed, and they are all overwhelmed, but this has to be considered in the long run." As for the departure, without further ado, I will leave for Daning in two days. “

Guan Shanyue admired it in her heart, but she didn't expect Emperor Chongzhen to see the opportunity to cut the feudal domain in the midst of many crises.

Obviously, Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood now, he paused, and then said: "Chengen, it is unrealistic for all the people to bring Daning, you go and gather some elite Jinyi guards, and then select those shrewd and capable eunuchs and palace maids to register and bring to Daning." Let the rest stay in the Forbidden City, and tell them that they are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and we will come back after all, and this huge Forbidden City must have some people of its own. Dealing with the unjust cases during the Wei Zhongxian period, Cao Huachun rehabilitated Zhaoxue more than 2,000 cases, Yu Donglin Party has kindness, they will not treat him like this, just stay in charge of this matter. Tell him that whoever enters the Forbidden City, I will allow him to act cheaply. Remember to act in secrecy, and don't let the wind leak and startle the snake. ”

Wang Chengen saw that Emperor Chongzhen had regained his self-confidence, and his heart was as happy as marrying his daughter-in-law, and he shook the dust in his hand and said beautifully: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, who turned around and walked towards the outside of the Jinluan Palace, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Chengen, your tens of millions of silver must be brought to Daning." ”

Wang Chengen, who had his back to the two, trembled, pretended not to hear, quickened his pace, and walked towards the door in a gloomy manner.

Emperor Chongzhen was very frugal, and there was no underwear worn inside that was not patched, which also created the characteristic of his slow walking, because when he walked a little faster, he would reveal the torn clothes hidden in it and float out.

This is different from Emperor Daoguang's clothes in the Qing Dynasty, which made people go to patch them, cost fifty taels of silver and say that cheap is two different things, which is completely a loser.

Emperor Chongzhen was lying on the dragon couch, holding his head in both hands and leaning on the soft golden dragon pattern pillow, and discussed with Queen Zhou with great interest about going to Daning. When he returned to his dormitory, he took off his strong disguise, and at this time he was no longer the king of a country, but the husband of a little woman.

"I originally had the heart of death, but I didn't expect that the sky would not die, and there was a Daning outside the fortress for me to make a comeback, which was really the protection of my ancestors."

Seeing that her husband was no longer as lifeless as before, the gentle Empress Zhou was happy from the bottom of her heart, pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and quipped: "You have heard what the concubine said, and we can only rely on this Guan Shanyue and Daning for today's plan, but Your Majesty's decision this time the concubine is all in favor of it." I heard from the prince that he was of good character and a loyal general. Unlike those ungrateful wolf ambitions around him, he is full of benevolence and morality on weekdays, but at the critical moment, he only has interests in his eyes, and the concubine first congratulates His Majesty on finding a good minister. ”

Emperor Chongzhen gently glanced at the naughty Empress Zhou, his eyes were full of pampering, knowing that his wife was extremely dissatisfied with his short-sighted father's family, and asked in a consultative tone: "I don't know when I will return to Beijing, how about we take the Guozhang family with us?" ”

In the harem, Queen Zhou, who did not apply powder, was originally patching Emperor Chongzhen's worn socks with a quiet face, but when she heard that Emperor Chongzhen was going to Daning to take her father with her, her face was full of anger.

"I can't take my family with me, a few days ago, His Majesty asked him to fund the recruitment of the militia, but he only took out a few dozen taels of silver, how much glory and wealth His Majesty gave him, and he was so stingy at a critical moment, it was a big joke. He completely ignored the principle that "if the skin does not have hair, it will be attached", and with such an immoral person, he could not afford to mutiny halfway. Besides, he values money outside his body so much, he will never go to the bitter cold land with His Majesty. I advise Your Majesty to die of this heart. ”

Empress Zhou almost lost her temper, and Emperor Chongzhen sighed, and then stopped insisting, "Okay, I will follow you." Set off two days later, the queen, as the head of the harem, still has to inform Empress Zhang, and by the way, tell the harem concubines not to bring too many useless things. I listened to what Ai Aiqing said, that Daning is not the bitter cold place that ordinary people imagine, what the Beijing master has, Daning also has, and some aspects are better than the capital. ”

Empress Zhou bit the thread with her silver teeth, nodded, and smiled at Chongzhen, "Your Majesty will go wherever you go to that concubine, and it doesn't matter if it is a bitter cold place, as long as you can accompany Your Majesty, I will not frown even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire." I'm going to make arrangements, I'm tired all morning, Your Majesty will take a break, and the imperial meal will be delivered in a while. The concubine went to inform the imperial sister-in-law first. ”

Familiarly lit incense and covered Chongzhen with a thin quilt, Empress Zhang was like a dexterous lark, and took the palace maid out of the palace to get busy.