The fifteenth year of Chongzhen to the sixteenth year of Chongzhen was really a tragic time for the Ming Dynasty. Pen · Fun · Pavilion www.biquge.info during this period of time, the main force of my Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains was almost swept away, and in October, two big bad things happened in a row, the first thing is under the pressure of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting took the Ming army and Li Luo coalition army to fight a decisive battle, the result was a complete defeat, Sun Chuanting died in battle, the Qin army was almost wiped out, the second thing is that the Jianxuan outside the pass once again entered the pass, along the way like entering no man's land, and captured more than 80 large and small cities in one breath, of which several cities surrendered without a fight, in addition to killing the king of Lu of the Ming Dynasty, plundered more than 300,000 people, more than 10,000 taels of gold, more than 2 million taels of silver。 During the entire invasion, no army of the Ming army dared to block in front of them and dare to engage in field battles with them. Therefore, the field artillery units of Uzhen Chaoha, which were originally prepared to prove the combat effect in the field, were completely useless.

Because there were no troops to fight, the Ming Dynasty could almost only let Jianxuan wreak havoc. Jingshi had three police officers a day, and Chongzhen urged the cabinet to come up with a solution, but Zhou Yanru's cabinet actually couldn't come up with any way. Under the pressure of the emperor, Zhou Yanru had no choice but to invite himself to supervise the army and face Jianyu. Zhou Yanru's courage made Chongzhen very appreciative, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to praise, surrendered, compared him to Zhaohu, Pei Du, gave Zhang clothes, platinum, Wenqi and 4 high-class horses, and also demolished the east wall to make up the west wall to make out a large number of gold silks for Zhou Yanru to reward the soldiers, stimulate morale.

However, Zhou Yanru is not Zhaohu and Pei Du after all, he does not have the same military talent as them. Zhou Yanru himself knew this, so after he arrived in Tongzhou with the army that he had put together, he did not advance, but continued to send scouts to investigate Jianxi's actions.

Zhou Yanru felt that the previous entry of Jianyan was not for the purpose of occupying land, but for the purpose of plundering people and materials, so they would not stay in the customs for a long time, as long as they grabbed enough things, they would naturally retreat. Zhou Yanru calculated, it had been several months since Jianyu entered the customs and arrived in Tongzhou by asking the superintendent to arrive, and he thought that he had already robbed a lot of things. In a little while, they themselves should retreat. And as long as he holds Tongzhou firmly and does not fight with Jianxin, when Jianshen retreats, he can naturally report that he has recovered the lost territory.

It's just that he completely avoids and doesn't fight, and he can't deceive Emperor Chongzhen; And really send troops to fight with Jianyan, in case it really attracts Jianyan's attention and lures Jianyan's army over, when the time comes, where is he Zhou Yanru's opponent? Therefore, Zhou Yanru's method was to constantly falsify war reports and report them to the imperial court on the one hand, claiming that he was commanding the army and fighting Jianyan, and he had quite a success; On the other hand, it is to send troops to the countryside to borrow the heads of those fellow villagers to report their military exploits.

In this way, he fought until the beginning of the second year, and Zhou Yanru finally looked forward to Jianyan's retreat, so he successfully returned to the court. Because for many years, the imperial court has failed in all kinds of ways, and now that the first auxiliary commander has won a great victory, it is natural to celebrate it. On the reward of meritorious deeds, add Zhou Yan's Confucian master and the scholar in the shadow, and give silver coins and python clothes. However, Chongzhen was not happy for long, and Zhou Yanru's political enemies stood up to expose Zhou Yanru's crime of avoiding the enemy and killing the good and risking the merits, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar. Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered the ministers of the government to investigate Zhou Yanru's crime of deception and prevarication. Faced with such a situation, Zhou Yanru adopted the method of retreating as advance, treating the crime as a crime, and invited himself to be exiled. This trick played some role, and with the joint efforts of his henchmen, Emperor Chongzhen ordered that "Yan Confucianism is more guilty and less guilty, and the order is exempted", and he does not intend to seriously investigate this matter.

Zhou Yanru's opponents naturally couldn't watch this opportunity miss like this, so the bombshell finally fell. Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to expose the truth, and other officials also impeached Zhou Yanru one after another. Emperor Chongzhen scolded: "I hate Zhou Yanru the most for playing tricks and deceiving me." Soon an edict was issued to force Zhou Yanru to commit suicide, so Zhou Yanru hung himself on the southeast branch.

As the so-called house leak rained overnight, the ship broke and encountered the first wind. Chongzhen's harem also had an accident. Although Tian Hongyu got rhino horn and high-grade ginseng from the Zheng family and Jin Shang, Concubine Tian's condition improved for a while, but just after the New Year's Festival, Concubine Tian's condition worsened again, and finally died in February of this year. It was Zhu Yousong, but because of Zhou Yanru's bad luck, he took advantage, and some chamberlain told Chongzhen about him, and said that Lao Fu Wang died of martyrdom, and now it has been three years, and it is time to arrange for his son to inherit the title of Fu Wang. So Chongzhen issued a holy decree and let Zhu Yousong inherit the title of King Fu.

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Another night, under a whale oil lamp, Chongzhen was reading the concertans from all over the place, which were basically all bad news as usual. In a blink of an eye, it was time to be a child.

"Your Majesty......" Wang Chengen stepped forward and said.

"What's wrong?" Chongzhen frowned.

"The queen mother has brought you ginseng soup." Wang Chengen said.

This ginseng soup was left by Concubine Tian, and after Concubine Tian's condition deteriorated again, she knew that her time was running out, so she handed over the remaining ginseng and rhino horn to the queen, and told her that the emperor worked hard day and night, and her body was afraid that it would be easy to have accidents, so she could use it to regulate Chongzhen's body. Concubine Tian has always been on bad terms with the queen, she did this because she really cared about Chongzhen, and secondly, for the sake of the son she still left.

"Oh. Let her in. Chongzhen nodded. Thrifty by nature, he actually wanted to exchange the medicines left by Concubine Tian for silver, but the queen repeatedly emphasized that this was Concubine Tian's last wish, so Chongzhen could only obey.

Wang Chengen retreated, and after a while, Queen Zhou came over with a small porcelain bowl.

"The concubines see the emperor." Queen Chow Road.

"Excuse me." Chongzhen put down the piece he had received.

Empress Zhou came up with a small bowl and said, "Your Majesty, it's late at night, please use this bowl of ginseng soup to replenish your body." ”

Chongzhen smiled, reached out and took the small bowl, drank it all, put down the bowl and said, "It's hard to be the queen." ”

"Where Your Majesty said, this is originally the duty of a concubine." Empress Zhou said with red eyes, "Seeing Your Majesty working so hard and losing weight day by day, the concubines are also distressed." ”

"Alas......" Chongzhen also sighed. If it is just worry, Chongzhen is actually not afraid, the ancients said: Worry can rejuvenate the country. If you can really rejuvenate the country, you can work hard, or lose weight day by day, what is it? He remembered an allusion to Tang Xuanzong in the past, in the past, Tang Xuanzong took Han Xiu as his face, Han Xiu was straightforward, and Xuanzong's behavior was slightly worse, so he was often criticized by Han Xiu. The chamberlain said that since Han Xiu became the prime minister, the emperor had lost a lot of weight. persuaded the emperor to depose Han Xiu. Emperor Xuanzong said: "Although I look thin, the world will be fat." "Now that I have lost weight, the world is not fat, but there are many signs of the loss of the country. To be honest, Chongzhen doesn't think much of Tang Xuanzong. Emperor Xuanzong did not love the country and loved the beauty, which led to the decline of the Tang Dynasty, which was a negative example in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen. But now that I think about it, Chongzhen is very envious of Tang Xuanzong: Emperor Xuanzong has met Yao Chong and Song Jing in his life, and he has met some important people who have no character, and they can only brag and deceive people if they have no skills, not to mention that they are far inferior to Yao Chong and Song Jing, and they are far inferior to Han Xiu, and even, they are far inferior to Li Linfu, Li Linfu can at least suppress An Lushan. Why did God treat him like this?

Chongzhen sighed, and saw that although Queen Zhou put away the small bowl, she didn't salute and withdrew, just looked at herself, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to say it.

"Is there anything else going on with the Queen?" Chongzhen asked.

Queen Zhou listened but did not answer, but handed the small bowl in her hand to the maid beside her, and said, "You go out first." ”

The maid saluted and went out first, and Wang Chengen followed. Empress Zhou knelt down and kowtowed to Chongzhen.

"Queen, what are you doing here?" Chongzhen asked with a sinking face.

Empress Zhou said: "Your Majesty, according to the etiquette law, people in the harem are not allowed to talk about government affairs. Today's concubine has a sentence that she can't help but tell Your Majesty, so she pleads with Your Majesty first. ”

"Say it." Chongzhen stared at Queen Zhou.

Empress Zhou knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes: "The concubine heard that the official army has been defeated repeatedly, and now there are no soldiers to fight near the capital. But he has been exposed to the front of the rogue and Jianxuan, and he is in danger. Your Majesty should now think of a way out, in case there is something that you can't bear to say, so that the country will not be in chaos. The concubines know that since the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, there have been two capitals in the north and south, both of which can be the national capital. Your Majesty, why don't you go south to Nanjing, first, to be safe, so that the officers and soldiers will no longer be affected by the safety of Beijing, and second, to be closer to where the money and food are, and can also save a lot of expenses. The concubine knows that this is not something that the harem should say, and the concubine, as the head of the harem, has committed this, which is really a great crime, please punish Your Majesty. ”

"You! You think I'm here! Chongzhen stood up suddenly, glared at Queen Zhou, and after a while, he sighed again and sat down. After a long while, Chongzhen said to Queen Zhou: "I know that you are also loyal. But the affairs of the government are not something that you and other women can understand, and it is not something you can manage! Speaking of this, Chongzhen may have felt that his tone was a little too harsh, so he said, "How can I not know what you said?" But...... Alright, I don't blame you this time, but don't say that again. Alright, you go back! ”

Queen Zhou seemed to want to say something, but when she heard this, she could only sigh, kowtow a few more times on the ground, and retreated.