Li Zicheng originally estimated that after the continuous shelling, even if Zhou Yuji still had the heart to resist, the soldiers and people in the city would lose the will to fight, and if nothing else, the city could be broken tonight.

However, he miscalculated!

The soldiers of the Mukden camp were indeed unhindered at first when they shouted and rushed towards the city walls, but their shouts awakened the defenders of the city, and as they approached the city walls with a ladder, the Ming army reappeared at the head of the city.

Without any temptation, the two sides started a fierce fight at the beginning, and the Mandate of Heaven Army started with the surrender troops along the way, they lost nearly a thousand companions yesterday, and some of their companions were killed or injured today, originally thought that it was the time to repay the blood debt.

But they were facing a targeted Ming army, starting from Zhou Yuji, the general soldier of Shanxi, almost all the sergeants had the idea of martyrdom, they hated the same enemy, regarded death as home, and ignored death!

The soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army who climbed the ladder suddenly fought with the Ming army, swords, swords, shadows, human flesh flew sideways, and the city seemed to be raining blood...... Soldiers on both sides shouted and cheered for themselves.

The Ming army's huge advantage in terrain was soon reflected in the battle situation, although the number was less than that of the besieging Mandate of Heaven Army, but it was suppressed that the Mandate of Heaven Army's offensive was not balanced until the gunners of the 6th Battalion assisted in strafing the defenders on the city.

The battle is at a stalemate!

Li Zicheng looked at the battle ahead through the telescope, and he was also very surprised in his heart, could it be that the Ming army was all copper and iron, and could avoid such dense artillery fire?

Since it can't break the fighting spirit of the Ming army, there is only one way to attack, fortunately, the Ming army's Franc machine artillery did not appear, maybe it has been destroyed by artillery fire, so it's okay, there is no Franc machine artillery, which can reduce the casualties of the Mandate of Heaven Army!

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In the Imperial Hall of the Beijing Division, Zhu Youzhen drooped his head, and the news of the Ming army's defeat and retreat in Shanxi made him so anxious that he didn't sleep well for three days in a row, but when it came to the current situation, the ministers stood solemnly one by one, and even the officials were rarely silent.

After a stalemate for a long time, Zhu Youzhen was about to retire from the dynasty, when Li Mingrui, the left middle of Zhan Shifu, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Liukou has occupied most of Shanxi, and the west gate of the Beijing Division has been lost. ”

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, playing with Zhang Yan on the dragon bed, he made up his mind, the only thing lacking is the support of the ministers, even requests, so that the name will be justified, and future generations will not bear the pot.

He glanced at the ministers, and saw that the faces of the ministers were all indifferent, and he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart, looking at their faces, it was obvious that he did not have the intention of "revising the death" to move the capital, and it seemed that whether he could move the capital or not had nothing to do with them.

Even if it has nothing to do with you, won't you want to share my worries?

Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly and reluctantly said: "What does Li Aiqing mean, what do you think?" ”

Silent!

As Zhu Youzhen expected, the court was still silent as last time, and the ministers neither expressed support nor explicitly opposed it, as if waiting for him to "make an arbitrary decision"!

The pain in Zhu Youzhen's heart, could it be that he made an arbitrary decision once that he violated the ancestral teachings and would be scolded by future generations......

"Moving south?" At this moment, Chen Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, slowly came out of the ranks, the last time Li Mingrui proposed to move south, he thought about it, if the imperial court moved south, the floating wealth could be taken away, but what about the shops and fields of the Beijing Division? Also, when I arrived in Nanjing, there was another set of people, could I keep the position of the first assistant? He stared at Li Mingrui viciously and said, "'The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies', may I ask Lord Li, have you forgotten your ancestral teachings for your own selfish interests?" ”

"You ......" Li Banghua is just a six-grade petty official, how dare he confront the head of the dynasty? He avoided Chen Yan's gaze and said, "Everything the lower officials said is for the ...... of the imperial court."

"For the court? It's a high-sounding statement! Chen Yan sneered: "Liukou is still in Shanxi, there are Yanmen, Ningwu, Juyong Zhuguan along the way, as well as Datong and Xuanfu military towns, the shadow of Liukou has not yet been seen, and Lord Li is going to move south?" This official really doubts Lord Li's intentions, hum! ”

Chen Yan obviously didn't know that Xiong Tong had already dedicated Yanmen Pass to the Heavenly Mandate Army, and Ningwu Pass, where the Shanxi Military Town was located, had fallen into the heavy encirclement of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and at this moment, the general soldier Zhou Yuji had fallen into a bitter battle.

Li Mingrui sorted out his mood and said, "Lord Shoufu, if Liukou enters the Gyeonggi Stronghold, even if he moves south at that time, will there be a way to go south?" ”

"The Tartars have committed Gyeonggi several times, and the Gyeongshi is not good?" Chen Yan sneered: "Besides, if we wait for the king's luck, we should share the emperor's worries, in case the capital is not guaranteed, we can only die in the city to repay the king's kindness, what else to talk about moving south?" He lowered his head and glanced at Shiheng in the middle of the matter.

Guang Shiheng immediately came out of the queue and played: "Your Majesty, the soldiers in front are fighting bloodily, Li Mingrui doesn't want to serve the court, but he blindly thinks about the inevitability, let the soldiers in front know, doesn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers?" He bowed his hands to Zhu Youzhen and his ministers, and said: "If you don't kill Li Mingrui, it's not enough to calm the people." If you don't kill Li Mingrui, how can you rule the sky? ”

The first assistant of the cabinet opposed the southward move, and there was a speech that the official Guang Shiheng impeached Li Mingrui, and the court was in chaos for a while, and most people were against the southward move and advocated abiding by the ancient precepts of the Yongle Emperor.

Zhu Youzhen's face was purple with anger, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Li Banghua, the imperial historian of the left capital, saw that the court was more chaotic than the vegetable market, so he stood up and proposed a compromise plan, "Since the emperor refuses to leave the capital and swears to be with the Beijing master, he can follow the old practice in the Yongle period and let the prince go to the southern capital to supervise the country and avoid turmoil in the southeast!" ”

Zhu Youzhen understood in his heart that Li Banghua was saving face for himself, when would he be willing to stay in Beijing? It's not that I don't want to move south, but I can't! It's all these uneyed ministers, especially Shoufu Chen Yan, who trusts him so much in vain......

It's not bad to let the prince go to Nanjing to supervise the country, Nanjing is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, there is a basically complete official system, in case there is a change in the Beijing division, the six departments of Nanjing can assist the prince, and the Ming Dynasty can still maintain half of the country, the Zhu dynasty will not collapse, and he will not be shameless to see his ancestors!

Li Banghua's proposal is not only a compromise, it is more practical than moving south, the crown prince is in charge of the state in Nanjing, in fact, it is a kind of backup for the Ming court, if the court can tide over this difficulty, the prince can be revoked in the future, and the country will not fall into disputes because of this, in case...... The crown prince can carry the burden of the Ming Dynasty.

Thanks to Li Banghua being able to come up with such a way to achieve both, it seems to be more reasonable than Yan'er's proposal to move south! Zhu Youzhen and Li Banghua cast an approving gaze, and then said slowly: "Do you Aiqing have any other opinions?" ”

The ministers all understand the emperor's thoughts, just now Li Mingrui proposed to move south, the emperor's intentions are obviously willing, and now Li Banghua proposes to let the prince go to Nanjing to supervise the country, establish another court, look at the emperor's face, that is a thousand willing,

If the emperor's thoughts are repeatedly refuted, maybe someone will be unlucky.

However, such a big event......

Zhang Xuanyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, felt that this was a good idea, let the prince go to Nanjing to supervise the country, and the imperial court would have no reason to move south, and he was about to speak out in support, when he suddenly thought of Chen Xinjia's matter!

Chen Xinjia, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, held peace talks with the Tartars outside the Guan, and the information was accidentally leaked, Zhu Youzhen did not take responsibility for Chen Xinjia, but complied with the will of the official, and did not even give a chance to defend himself, and directly beheaded Chen Xinjia at the entrance of the vegetable market.

Privately making peace with the Tartars is definitely not Chen Xinjia's idea alone, Chen Xinjia is just a secretary of the military department, and he does not dare to send someone to negotiate peace with the Tartars privately.

Without the emperor's permission, even if there is a result of the peace talks, how will it be implemented in the future?

The emperor must have known about the peace talks in advance, if it wasn't for the emperor's instructions, it was the emperor who acquiesced in Chen Xinjia's behavior!

When the matter was exposed, the emperor put all the responsibility on Chen Xinjia, causing Chen Xinjia to be a scapegoat! The emperor did not give Chen Xinjia a chance to defend himself, which shows that the emperor knew in advance......

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanyan didn't dare to speak anymore, and hurriedly swallowed the words he was about to say back into his stomach, lowered his head slightly, and stood with his mouth closed.

The dispute in the court stopped suddenly, it was not that Li Banghua's words were too sudden, these were all human spirits in the court, and as soon as Li Banghua's suggestion was finished, they thought about countermeasures.

The best countermeasure is to keep your mouth shut, so as not to get into trouble!

In the court of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers all know the truth that "silence is golden", if you can not speak, it is best to let others say it.

All of them had the same thoughts.

Zhu Youzhen saw that the court fell into a desperate silence again, and his heart was already cold, but Li Mingrui and Li Banghua both suggested in public, no matter what, they must give an answer, even if it is "discuss it later".

He glanced at the ministers, as far as his eyes could see, as if they had been rehearsed, and the ministers lowered their heads in unison, lest they be questioned by Zhu Youzhen in the court.

Zhu Youzhen was annoyed in his heart, knowing that the proposal of "the prince went to Nanjing to supervise the country" was difficult to pass in the court today, but he really refused to give up this suggestion, so he sighed and said: "This matter will be discussed another day, and the secretaries will go back and consider it carefully!" Just as he was about to disperse, he suddenly remembered something, looked at Chen Yan, and said: "Last time, the Liao soldiers entered the king of Beijing Qin, where is Wu Shangui today?" ”

Chen Yan was suddenly shocked, the last time the emperor was arbitrary, and wanted to transfer Wu Shangui's Liao soldiers to King Qin, he did not agree, Wu Sangui entered Beijing, what should Shanhaiguan do? Do you want to let the Tartars break through the Shanhaiguan?

The Tartars are more ferocious than the Rogues, and if they are allowed to enter the customs, the consequences will be unimaginable......

So he secretly disobeyed the emperor's will, and did not transfer Wu Sangui into Beijing, after these days, he has long forgotten about this matter, today the emperor asked in the court, his head suddenly burst out of fine beads of sweat.

Zhu Youzhen felt that the situation was wrong, and said strangely: "Chen Aiqing, I asked Wu Sangui where he was, don't you know?" ”

Chen Yan hurriedly knelt down, prostrate on the ground, and said in a crying voice: "Back to the emperor, Shanhaiguan is the first military important place of the Ming Dynasty, once the Liao soldiers are withdrawn, in case the Tartars smell the message and take the opportunity to send troops to capture it, the Ming Dynasty will always be under the threat of the Tartar cavalry, and if you are not careful, the Tartars will invade the capital division......"

"Bold!" Zhu Youzhen shouted, he really didn't expect that Chen Yan would dare to intercept his holy decree in private, such a major matter, Chen Yan refuted the holy decree, and dared not report it.

Last time, it was clear that he was dictatorial and had already made a decision.

He suddenly felt dizzy, and there was also a sense of powerlessness in his body, he raised his right hand and pointed at Chen Yan with his index finger, but he couldn't speak.

Chen Yan knew that after refuting Zhu Youzhen's thoughts today, Zhu Youzhen must have been unhappy in his heart, and he turned out Wu Sangui's matter at this node, he was too shocked in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The minister's judgment is improper, and the crime deserves death!" ”

"You are innocent of death!" Zhu Youzhen finally relieved his breath and said directly to Chen Yan: "Chengen, I plan to drive Chen Yan out of the court, and I won't hire him again!" ”

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