"Secret talks?" Zhu Youzhen frowned, "What secret talks?" With whom do you meet secretly? ”

Wang Dehua approached Zhu Youzhen and whispered a few words.

Zhu Youzhen was furious, raised his right hand, and was about to give Wang Dehua two slaps, but the sound of cannons in the inner and outer cities removed all his strength, and his raised right hand also slowly hung down, and together with his left hand, overlapped behind him, "What does he want to say?" Will he quit Jingshi? ”

"In this case, it is impossible for them to withdraw from the Beijing Division," Wang Dehua had a solemn expression and whispered: "Don't hide it from the emperor, the Xizhi Gate has been broken, and the rest of the city gates are also in danger and can be ...... at any time."

"Ready to break?" Zhu Youzhen's expression was very calm, maybe he already knew such a result, and his bearing capacity in his heart was slightly stronger than usual, from the moment Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, urged him to get out of the city, he may have already known in his heart that the destruction of the capital city was inevitable!

"Your Majesty?"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Dehua, then let Lord Shoufu Wei and Master Zhang of the Book of Soldiers come over!"

Wang Dehua's heart was sour, at this time, the emperor could not be arbitrary, and he still had to count on the courtiers...... He searched everywhere, maybe the eunuchs were all on the city, and they couldn't see any of them in sight, so he had to ask the palace maid to go and pass the edict.

Du Xun returned to the Qianqing Palace with Zhu Youzhen and Wang Dehua, where he was very familiar with and longed for, and then revisited the old place, the Qianqing Palace no longer has any sense of sacredness for him, and it will not be long before this place will change hands.

Taking advantage of the fact that Wei Zaode and Zhang Jinyan had not yet arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen secretly met with Du Xun in the Dongnuan Pavilion and asked Li Zicheng what his requirements were.

Du Xun bowed slightly, looking very humble, "Emperor Huaxia said that it is inevitable that the capital will break the city, but the Mandate of Heaven army is subject to heaven, and the emperor is merciful, and he is unwilling to make more killings......"

Zhu Youzhen didn't know the bottom in his heart, he only wanted to hear Li Zicheng put forward the conditions for the talks, and when he heard Du Xun being so verbose, he waved his hand and drank: "Don't be long-winded, pick the key points!"

Du Xun knew Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, so he coughed and said: "Emperor Huaxia said that he has only one condition, hoping that the emperor will issue an edict of abdication and let the emperor ......."

"An edict of abdication? Abdicate? Zhu Youzhen sneered: "Li Zicheng has a good calculation, he is obviously a thief usurping the country, with my abdication edict, he established a new dynasty, and it is justified......"

Du Xun didn't dare to speak, he hung his head and stood in front of Zhu Youzhen, he knew Zhu Youzhen's temperament, and Zhu Youzhen needed time to digest this huge gap in identity.

Wang Dehua heard a hint from Du Xun's words, and was busy: "You mean, as long as the emperor gives up the throne, he can save his life, and even be crowned a marquis?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glared at Wang Dehua and said angrily: "The Ming Dynasty is gone, I am ashamed to do it to the ancestors and ancestors, what do you want to do with that life?" Then his eyes became hollow, as if he was talking to himself, "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies!" When the city of Jingshi was broken, I had only one death to thank my ancestors and ancestors......"

"The emperor's determination to martyr the city, the slave really admires it tightly, it is the emperor of Huaxia, and he also thought of it," Du Xun bowed his hand to Zhu Youzhen, and said: "The emperor of Huaxia said that as long as the emperor abdicates and gives way, he will not only keep the emperor's princely position, but also the princes, and he can also be preserved," paused, and said: "Although the slave's words are not listened to, they are considered by the emperor, the emperor thinks about it, there have been dynasties in the past, how many emperors and princes can save their lives?" The Huaxia Emperor is not jealous of the emperor, as long as the emperor agrees, the emperor and the prince will still be rich and noble......"

"You ......" Zhu Youzhen felt like eating a fly in his heart, but he had nowhere to vent his anger, Du Xun was right, if he could save his life and the prince's life, it would indeed be the best result, otherwise once the city of Jingshi was broken, with the character of a rogue, the people of the royal family would be slaughtered.

Such stories have happened countless times in history.

Whether Li Zicheng is sincere or false, he has no choice, the key is whether he can hold the Jingshi.

No need to be reminded by others, Zhu Youzhen understands the truth in the middle.

Agreed to Li Zicheng's request, the Ming Dynasty is gone, the prince can save his life, if Li Zicheng is refused, then there is only one way to break the net, either to hold the Beijing division and drive Li Zicheng out of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty may be able to survive for a while, or the city of Beijing is broken, and he and the prince, as well as all the royal family members, will be killed......

The crux of the matter, can Jingshi hold it?

Whether it is Wang Chengen, Li Guozhen, or Wang Dehua in front of him, there is no general who guards the city, who can firmly believe that the Beijing division is not lost, everything they do, in addition to expressing loyalty, the only meaning is to delay the pace of the Liukou entering the city!

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Du Xun and said, "How does Li Zicheng plan to settle me and several princes?" ”

"The meaning of the Huaxia Emperor is to give the emperor and the princes the title, or stay in the Beijing Division, or a piece of land outside the Beijing Division," Du Xun arched his hand and said: "If it is outside the Beijing Division, it cannot be a prosperous place like Suzhou and Hangzhou, it should be a foreign land, where is the specific place, you can negotiate again!"

"The Outer Lands?" Zhu Youzhen said angrily: "Could it be that I want to go to the outer land? ”

Du Xun lowered his eyebrows, but said in his heart: But the king of the dead country, what is still angry? If it weren't for the emperor's mercy, he would have been beheaded, and even the prince would not have been spared......

Wang Dehua looked at Du Xun and said suddenly: "Du Xun, you mean that it is possible to leave the emperor in Beijing?" ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that Wang Dehua was reminding himself, but what was so good about Jingshi, it was not under Li Zicheng's nose, it was like being in prison, and it was not good to be in a place outside the country, did I want to live with the wild people outside the country? If you can be a rich man in a rich land......

Zhu Youzhen thought like this, and suddenly woke up, what is wrong with him, has he accepted Li Zicheng's conditions for peace talks? Even the country is gone, what do you care about?

However, what if you don't accept it, does the court still have any hope of reversing it? As soon as the Jingshi is broken, there is nothing......

It happened that Wei Zaode came, but the palace maid who was looking for Zhang Jinyan just now came to talk back, and the military department and Zhang's mansion had searched for it, but they didn't find Zhang Jinyan's shadow, and I don't know if they went to the city.

It's good that Wei Zaode is here, he is the first assistant, and he needs to take ideas about these things!

Zhu Youzhen was unwilling to bear the infamy behind him, so he drank tea on the side and asked Wei Zaode to talk to Du Xun, and Wang Dehua seemed to act as a liaison between the two, interjecting a few words from time to time.

Wei Zaode was obviously very surprised by Du Xun's proposal, he didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen, who could not even move south and the crown prince to go to the southern capital to supervise the country, could leave Du Xun to talk secretly in the Qianqing Palace.

Maybe the sound of artillery outside the city made Zhu Youzhen change his mind and let Du Xun stay in the Qianqing Palace, which in itself can explain Zhu Youzhen's attitude, otherwise, with the emperor's temperament, he would not have killed Du Xun, the eunuch who betrayed the court?

Now that the emperor has agreed, and asked me to talk about a fart, do you want me to take the blame for the peace talks?

It's already very excessive, what if the emperor is testing himself? The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and until the end, no one knows what the emperor really means.

Could it be that the emperor is willing to abdicate? If you agree today, you will regret it in the future......

Wei Zaode made up his mind, no matter what, he can only be a witness today, and he will be scolded by the emperor for a few words, as long as the emperor does not cut off his head, he cannot take the blame for the emperor......

Zhu Youzhen really didn't expect that Wei Zaode just understood what Du Xun meant, and he didn't bargain at all, he was completely a microphone role, or the character of the mud bodhisattva.

He looked at Wei Zaode and felt angry in his heart, he knew that this was the case, when Chen Yan was dismissed that day, he should have put Wei Zaode together, I don't know how people who share worries for the country and the monarch can be the first assistant?

Angry is angry, such a thing is closely related to the royal family, and it has a great relationship with the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, since Wei Zaode is pretending to be deaf and dumb, Zhu Youzhen must make up his mind.

He was still reluctant at first, after all, it was the abdication of Zen to make such a loss of self-esteem, but after glancing at Wei Zaode, his heart was even more angry, these courtiers were more hateful than the thieves, the thieves clearly wanted his country, and these courtiers were all obedient on the surface, but in fact they did something frustrating and didn't think about "sharing worries for me" at all!

The Ming Dynasty was defeated at the hands of these people.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Wei Zaode and decided to throw the black cauldron at him, "This matter is urgent, and you can decide it." ”

When Wei Zaode heard this, it was bad, the emperor really wanted me to take the blame, he did not hesitate at all, and habitually knelt forward, lowered his head and buttocks, and lay on the ground without saying a word.

Wang Dehua glared at Wei Zaode's back and gave him a look of contempt.

Zhu Youzhen's anger is broken, today's bad mood, one after another, even if the rogue is forgotten, even his own people are blocked, he was excited, and asked Du Xun to tell Li Zicheng: "I am a plan, there is a purpose!"

This is to clearly agree with Li Zicheng's proposition, and did not put forward his own conditions, Du Xun was overjoyed, he went to the envoy this time, and he successfully completed the task, kowtowed to Zhu Youzhen and said goodbye, and left the palace happily.

Zhu Youzhen waited until Du Xun left, only then did he feel that he was too hasty just now, such a big matter, he was alone in the gang, but this time Du Xun had already gone away, and there was no chance to regret it, so he used Wei Zaode as a punching bag, pointed at his nose and scolded, and even pushed the dragon chair to the ground, but fortunately Wang Dehua persuaded him, Wei Zaode escaped from the Qianqing Palace in disgrace.

Li Zicheng received the message from Du Xun, and he was very happy, the change of dynasty, must the emperor and clan of the previous dynasty be killed? An abdicated emperor who has lost the support of the people and hundreds of officials cannot turn the storm at all.

In his heart, he was already thinking that if Zhu Youzhen's father and son were unwilling to stay in Beijing, they could not be allowed to receive Huaxia's Yulu for nothing, and they had to be allowed to expand their territory for Huaxia......

If Zhu Youzhen issued an edict of abdication, should he accept it immediately and ascend the throne as emperor in Beijing in time, or should he shirk it?

Do you need to wait for the persuasion of your subordinate courtiers like Cao Pi usurped Han? It seems that it is unnecessary, he has already established Huaxia in Xi'an and ascended the throne as the emperor......

Li Zicheng waited outside the West City for more than two hours, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, and he had not yet received Zhu Youzhen's edict to pass on the throne, and there was no news in the palace, he was furious in his heart, and he ordered all battalions: attack the city overnight and take down the crumbling Jingshi as soon as possible!