Chen Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, returned home and asked people to call his two sons.

"You are ready to prepare, leave Beijing immediately, and go to Nanjing." Chen Yan sat on the Taishi chair and squinted his eyes to the two sons.

"Daddy, in such a hurry, is there something going on?" The eldest son asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that the current situation in the imperial court is a little dangerous, so my father wants to send you out first." Chen Yan said very calmly.

"Are the thieves really coming?" The youngest son asked nervously, "Then why didn't Daddy leave?" ”

"Daddy, as the head of the imperial court, where can he leave at such a time?" Chen Yan opened his eyes, "Now the Jingshi is indeed dangerous, but the thieves may not be able to know the truth of the Jingshi, so they may not dare to come." Moreover, the imperial court has begun to urgently transfer Wu Sangui to lead troops into the guard. Move faster, the Jingshi guards a little, and there will be reinforcements, so what's so scary? ”

"Huh? Isn't Daddy opposed to the transfer of Wu Sangui? Moreover, since there is no danger, why did Daddy let the child and others go to Nanjing? The eldest son asked in surprise.

"At this time, at that time, Xuanda was still there, so naturally there was no need to mobilize the border army into the Beijing division. Since ancient times, it has not been a good thing for the border army to enter the Beijing Division. Maybe it's going to make a mess. You tell Chungshun to contact Kaishen's people and ask them to escort you away, and bring all the money and land deeds with you. Chen Yan shook his head and said, "Long live summoned me today, saying that someone proposed to move the capital. What a traitor! In the current situation, if the saint leaves first, the Jingshi will suddenly be unable to clean up. Even if you want to move south, you can't be so hasty! In the imperial court, there are so many civil and military officials...... Where do you say you can move away if you move away? ”

Chen Yan is very opposed to moving the capital, but the reasons for this are not only what he says now. First of all, Nanjing is the territory of Donglin and Fushe, and if he really wants to move the capital to Nanjing, then he is a northerner, how can he still keep the position of the first assistant there? Secondly, the so-called "there are so many civil and military officials...... It is said that if you move away, you can move out" does not actually refer to official institutions. I basically have a complete set of institutions in Nanjing. What can't be moved here for a while also includes the furniture of those civil and military officials in Beijing. It's Chen Yan himself, and his family also has tens of thousands of taels of silver in vain, as well as fields and businesses from all over the country.

In fact, in the original history, Chen Yan was dismissed from the post of first assistant because of the delay in summoning Wu Sangui to Beijing to escort him, and he planned to leave Beijing and go south, but there were too many things at home, and before he could transport them out, Li Zicheng surrounded the city of Beijing, and then he guarded the silver, waiting for Li Zicheng to enter the city. Then it fell into the hands of Liu Zongmin, who was first stripped of 40,000 taels of silver, and later killed by Li Zicheng.

"Then Your Majesty is going to move south, what is Daddy's attitude?" The eldest son asked again.

"I said to Your Majesty, 'Since ancient times, has there been a man who can restore the country that has migrated south?' His Majesty was speechless for a long time. I also said: 'What happened to those dynasties that crossed Nandu in the end, and how people in later generations will evaluate them, don't your majesty know?' At the time of the original Tumu Fort, if Emperor Jingtai had crossed to the south, what would the Ming Dynasty look like now? If His Majesty and the civil and military officials are gone, there will be no reason why Beijing City can still be held. As soon as Beijing was lost, the Guan Ning army, which the imperial court spent a huge amount of money every year, was left alone, and when the time came, they would either surrender to Jianxuan or to the thieves. In this way, the country is really out of control! His Majesty listened, and only sighed, and did not look as resolute as he had been when he had just mentioned the matter. Tomorrow, I will guide the ministers to speak against the south, even if Your Majesty wants to move south, you can't just go your own way, right? Chen Yan said.

For getting the support of the ministers, Chen Yan is quite sure. This is not only because the emperor guarding Beijing is the political correctness of my Ming Dynasty, but also because most ministers also have the same needs as Chen Yan. Even if they were to move south, they would need more time to move their personal property.

"Daddy, I see."

……

Chongzhen returned to the harem with a pale face, and Queen Zhou greeted him.

"Your Majesty asked the concubine to pack her luggage yesterday, and the concubine has already arranged it. I don't know ......" Queen Zhou said this, and suddenly saw that Chongzhen's face was wrong, so she stopped.

"Don't rush yet, prepare slowly." Chongzhen said, "Today I have issued an edict to transfer the army of Shanhaiguan to the Weijing Division. Perhaps, we don't need to hurry away. ”

……

Datong, the general military office.

Li Zicheng sat in the hall of the General Military Mansion with a big grin, and smiled at Liu Zongmin beside him: "Jiang Jiu of the dog day, it is not good to fight, and it is not good to train soldiers, but this mansion built is a mess." Look at it, this dog's mansion is not far behind the big fat man of King Fu. ”

"I don't think it's as good as King Fu's mansion." Liu Zongmin said, "But compared with the average palace, it's really not bad." It's no wonder that this guy's soldiers are all of this kind of virtue, and the money is spent in this kind of place. Grandma's, if it weren't for the fact that there are such dog officials all over the world, we wouldn't have ...... back then."

"If it weren't for these dog officials, we wouldn't have a time to fight for the world. Hahahaha! Li Zicheng laughed, laughed and laughed, but tears flowed out again, "My whole family was starved to death by these dog officials." If Lao Tzu hadn't rebelled, he wouldn't have known where to bury it! Dog's day, tax every day, tax every day, said to raise soldiers to fight Tartars, fight once lose once, I still think that this Tartar is really three heads and six arms, now I think about it, there is no way to win, all because the money has been spent by these dog officials in this kind of place! Otherwise, with the size of the world, how could he not be able to defeat such a small Dongxuan! ”

"If you want to say that my family, my brothers, two of them died of starvation, two of them were killed while grabbing food from large households, and one one, I don't know the news now, most of them are dead." Liu Zongmin said suddenly, "So I saw Jiang Jiu for the first time that day, saw the enjoyment of his family, saw the unsightly soldiers under him, and remembered that it was such a bunch of dogs and things that made the world like this, I almost couldn't help but want to cut him down at that time!" To say, Zhou Yuji, who was killed by us that day, is still a good official, the place where he lives is in tatters, and his soldiers are all full. It would be nice if all the officials in the world were like him. ”

"If all the officials in the world were like him, we wouldn't be here." Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled.

"If it's all like him," Liu Zongmin sighed, "then we really won't be able to get here, but we don't need to be here." Your Majesty, you will sit in the world in the future, but you must keep your eyes bright, you can't raise a group of such officials like Chongzhen! ”

"That's nature." Li Zicheng said, "Let's think about what we do next." ”

"Your Majesty, I think it's better for us to go to Beijing." Liu Zongmin said, "The nests of these corrupt officials are all in Beijing, and I don't know how much money there is in Beijing, and I heard them say that there is no army in Beijing at all. ”

"It takes time to train soldiers." Li Zicheng smiled and said, "But ...... Actually, it's nothing, it's a big deal to withdraw from Beijing. That place is not our foundation anyway. If you can keep it, you will keep it; It really doesn't work, just take a turn and we'll be back. ”

……

Wu Sangui had just received a holy order from the imperial court to transfer him to lead his troops into the Weijing Division. For the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui at this time was definitely loyal, because at this time, except for the Ming Dynasty, no one could give him millions of taels of silver every year, and no one could allow him to control a large area of land and people in Liaodong.

So when the news of Li Zicheng's breakthrough in Xuanda came, Wu Sangui began to prepare for entering the Weijing Division, but it was not easy for the army to go out, and it was not a trip to find a lot of preparations. Besides, when the army goes out, there must be some money, can Wu Sangui come up with the money himself? Although the Wu family does not have this money, if this money is released this time, will the court think that it is okay to pay Liao or something, and play Baitiao? And even if Wu Sangui comes out by himself, it will take time to raise money and food. Therefore, although the holy decree has been received, it will take time to send troops.

"The capital city is high and deep, and it is not so easy to attack. Even if Li Zicheng's soldiers arrive first, they should be able to support until our army arrives. Wu Sangui thought so.

……

Kaishen dart line, dart head Sha Zilong was listening to Zheng Zhixiong assign tasks to them.

"Li Zicheng's army has already set off from Datong and is heading towards Beijing, and I estimate that there will be about half a month before Li Zicheng can come to the city of Beijing. Li Zicheng now has hundreds of thousands of troops, and everyone knows the situation in Beijing. Some time ago, there was a plague, and everyone knows a little bit about what the situation is in Jingying. So this Beijing city, I think it's going to be over. Zheng Zhixiong said, "So, you see, most of us who do other business in the right way have closed their doors and left, haven't they?" That is, those of us who do business in troubled times are still here. Now, it's time for us to get to work. As I just said, the people in the shops are leaving, these shops, as well as the houses of the shopkeepers, are in relatively key positions, and when they leave, we will be stationed there, nominally to help them guard the shops and houses, now we will assign ......"