On February 26, Taiyuan fell, and on March 13, the exhausted messenger smoked the same panting Pegasus and spread the bad news to the Jingshi.

Although this is not the first big city of the Ming Empire to fall, it still shocked the entire imperial court, Taiyuan is the core of Shanxi Town, the loss here marks the loss of another province in the Ming Dynasty, and the nine sides have been broken again, and there is not much territory in front of the imperial court.

In the Yangxin Palace, the atmosphere was stagnant to the point of suffocation, Emperor Chongzhen no longer had the heart to hold a court meeting, and only gathered more than 30 important ministers in the palace, and he also realized that he must not let people talk too much to hinder the efficiency of work, and now Da Ming, he can't afford to drag it out!

However, this inner circle of power did not make Emperor Chongzhen feel the slightest difference, his face was blue, and he was like an angry lion, roaring uncontrollably in the crowd.

"Taiyuan has fallen! Shanxi is lost! King Jin is executed! Ladies and gentlemen, don't you have something to teach me? ”

Like a group of students who were taken to the teaching office without homework, the pillars of the court looked down at the tips of their shoes, as if they had discovered gravity, and no one dared to make even the slightest contact with the emperor with their eyes.

No matter how Chongzhen roars!

Also yelling tired, his eyes were red, and in Chen Yan's heart trembled, he paced in front of him, but it was extraordinary, this time Chongzhen still couldn't get angry, and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Shoufu University, the current situation, how to deal with it, please teach me!"

Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead, his head lowered and his fists were clenched, but Chen Yan was still silent.

He understood that what Chongzhen wanted him to say the most was to transfer Guan Ning's soldiers into the guard! But he just didn't dare to say it!

What if the emperor shirks his responsibilities?

"As long as the gentleman speaks, I will obey! Is the gentleman just silent? ”

Finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and grabbed his crane complement suddenly, Chongzhen roared with rage, and for a moment, he was also frightened and stunned, under the short circuit of the brain, Chen Yan simply had a weak leg, fluttered and knelt on the ground all of a sudden, and kept kowtowing.

"Your Majesty forgive your sins! The old minister is old, deaf and faint, and the old minister begs His Majesty to let the old minister go! ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned, he never expected that Chen Yan would react like this, this is the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty? This is the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty?

The life-saving silver, grain and grass are finally available, but it is the cabinet of the civilian official group that restricts Huangquan that is stuck in the Ming Dynasty to save his life! In any case, Chen Yan, Zhang Jinyan just refused to go The cabinet issued this order to transfer troops, it was really sad that he was too sad to die, he staggered two steps, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything, he walked back swayingly, and waved his hand back sluggishly while walking, signaling a group of ministers.

You guys can get out! Go home and wait to die!

But at this moment, among the ministers who had been silent, a powerful voice finally sounded.

"Your Majesty, please move the capital!"

Turning around in astonishment, Chongzhen saw Zhongyun Li Mingrui, who had crossed the Dongjiang River, suddenly walked to the middle of the queue, and under the equally stunned gaze of those ministers, he slammed his head in a black gauze hat to the ground.

"Your Majesty, now that the north has fallen, a group of thieves are rising! Heaven is not blessed, disasters are everywhere, and the imperial court is in danger of subversion! However, my dynasty Taizu originally raised troops in the south of the Yangtze River, south of the Huai River, the people are stable, and the people support it! Taxes are sufficient, and you can live in peace! In order to protect the foundation of my Daming Society, please ask Your Majesty to come to Nanjing! ”

This voice was sad and generous, but it was like a ray of light that swept away the haze in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, but history took such a sharp turn, and before Chongzhen could speak, Chen Yan, who was still kneeling on the ground and pretending to be dumb, kowtowed fiercely.

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

"The land of the ancestors cannot be abandoned, let alone the Jingshi! When Your Majesty is gone, he will be infamous for all eternity!"

"Your Majesty!"

Chen Yan's protégé, the military department gave Guang Shiheng even more violently like a hungry wolf, pointing at Li Mingrui's nose and scolding and reprimanding.

"Li Mingrui's words are heresy! Please behead him immediately!"

Moving the capital? That's a good thing to say! Your Majesty, your old man patted his ass and slipped away, it is impossible for Jingshi to be empty! Isn't it our group of cabinet ministers who are unlucky to be urged by the people who stayed in Beijing to face the butcher's knife of Li Chuang's million-strong army?

You want to run, no way! If you want to die, everyone will die together! With a bang, a total of more than 30 ministers and important ministers knelt down, and 19 of them kowtowed heavily with Guang Shiheng.

"Your Majesty! Jingshi can't be abandoned!"

"Don't lose the land of your ancestors!"

"Moving south is against the ancestral teachings!"

Li Mingrui is really a loyal minister, under the astonishing pressure of so many important ministers, he raised his head angrily and roared.

"The Song family moved south, and the foundation was guaranteed for one hundred and fifty years! Go east to the south and protect my Chinese fire for more than 100 years! You wait for the king's luck, can't you worry about the king, and still block my Ming life? ”

Li Mingrui's words also spoke to Chongzhen's heart, his face was also gloomy, and he also coldly looked at Chen Yan, and opened his mouth to reprimand angrily.

"It's all about time! You and the others are still friends with the party, and it is all the crime of the court to have it now!"

"Light Shiheng! Blocking my southward migration should have been beheaded, but now is the time to employ people, temporarily send your dog's head! Stand down!"

"Li Mingrui, go back and get a detailed excerpt, I want to take a look!"

Emperor Chongzhen made a strong decision, and Li Mingrui kowtowed violently with great excitement.

"Obey the order!"

The haze came out from the pupils of Chen Yan, Wei Zaode, and Li Jiantai, and they looked at each other a few times, and the ruthlessness and irrepressible mutual expression was revealed.

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In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, this is unprecedentedly efficient, after the discussion in the afternoon, Li Mingrui took out the charter in the evening, such as how to mobilize the protection of the Beijing camp, first go to sea from Tianjin to Shandong, stationed in the Qing Palace, and then how to walk the Huai River, and at the same time like the Jiangnan officials issued a reception order.

He didn't sleep all night, and Emperor Chongzhen was also full of excitement, following the route of the staff to move south, making preparations, however, before his excitement passed, the hundred officials of the court gave him a blow to the head, and smashed him with gold stars in his eyes.

Early in the morning, the roaring hustle and bustle sounded, and he couldn't withstand it, Chen Yan was very shameless and played a trick, calling people!

The civil officials of Daming, who are becoming more and more serious in party strife, really live up to his hopes, regardless of whether it is a life-saving strategy or not! As soon as they heard that they were going to move south and abandon Jingshi, these scholars and Confucians were all blown up, and they also seduced and implicated the students and scholars of Jingshi, and for a time tens of thousands of people knelt in a pile at the gate of the palace, shouting slogans and protesting.

"Keep me! Fight to the death!"

"Li Mingrui's gossip confuses the public, please behead him!"

"Kill this traitor!"

This righteous indignation, rolling his arms and sleeves, if it weren't for the fact that Li Zicheng entered the Beijing Division in history, a group of guys surrendered, and then immediately turned his head and knelt down to lick the Qing army that entered the customs in the north, I really thought that the Ming Dynasty had how many loyal ministers!

The vast majority of managers, nobles, and nobles have their roots rooted in Jingshi, and their industries, wealth, and land are all gathered in Gyeonggi Hebei, and the imperial court can run away, but these things can't be moved, who is willing? Isn't it unheard of the dispute between overseas Chinese and native dwellings in history, and they went to Jiangnan to send people under the fence to see people's eyes? No way! The excited Ming court officials were so excited that they almost broke through the palace gate.

On the eve of the fall of the empire, this trouble broke out again, wasting precious self-help time in infighting, forcing the palace to kneel until the afternoon of the next day, before being dispersed by the brocade guards, and a few days ago more than 30 important ministers were once again carried to the warm heart hall by Emperor Chongzhen.

Li Mingrui paid the price for his loyalty, for more than a day, he was beaten by those dissatisfied ministers, and now his face was full of bruises, and he almost lost his life, and on the other hand, although he lowered his head and looked at his shoes, Chen Yan and Wei Zaode could obviously feel a sense of pride.

Things are so troubled that it is impossible to move south! Even if Chongzhen is the emperor, he has to be respected by hundreds of officials, no one supports him to go south, and the farthest trip since he was a child is to go out of the palace to Changping to worship his ancestors.

A pair of gloomy eyes seemed to be about to choose people to devour, he stared at these ministers in front of him fiercely, and for a long time, the emperor asked lazily.

"What do you gentlemen have to say about the current matter?"

"Your Majesty, the matter of moving south has been obstructed by the ministers, and it has come to naught, but the ministers have a plan, I hope Your Majesty will agree!"

This time, it was Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, who stood up and bowed heavily in court.

"The minister thinks that before the thief arrives in Beijing, the cabinet will support the prince to go south and sit in Nanjing, so as to protect my Ming Guozuo!"

The corners of Chen Yan's mouth couldn't help but hook slightly, but in the same second, Emperor Chongzhen's face was completely cold.

You will keep the crown prince to Nanjing to be the emperor, and let me defend the capital to the death? After the shame of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, Chongzhen of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong did not know it, not to mention that now he already hates these ministers in front of him! Let them escape by themselves? No way!

The most ruthless imperial family! As for whether this can give the prince a way to live, Chongzhen has never thought about it.

However, this time, the emperor did not get angry, but only waved his hand lightly.

"I have been running the world for more than ten years, but to no avail, what has the prince done for a child like this, gentlemen should study the countermeasures of the war as soon as possible, and the rest does not need to be talked about!"

Once again, the way of moving south was strangled to death by Chongzhen and the courtiers below! The bright light in Chen Yan's pupils also dimmed suddenly, and he couldn't suppress his emotions, Li Mingrui slammed his fist on the ground, and Li Banghua retreated gloomily, but what can be done? The entire Heart Cultivation Hall was as silent as an ancient tomb, and no one could say a word.

Once again, the Ming Dynasty fell into a state of waiting for death......

(End of chapter)