In the second year of Longwu in the Ming Dynasty, the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1646 AD), on the third day of December, the sky was gloomy, the cold wind was howling, and the clouds were dense.

A letter rider galloped all the way, like a gallop into the Ming Dynasty's capital Zhaoqing City, through the streets and alleys, and soon arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, at this time the armor, turban has been covered with a thick layer of dust, too late to freshen up, under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of War into the signing room.

hurriedly saluted, and then respectfully played: "Six hundred miles of urgent military report!" ”

Ding Kuichu, the secretary of the military department and the first assistant of the cabinet, sat on the official hat chair next to the bookcase, frowned slightly when he heard this, and glanced at Jin Danian, a close aide to him.

Jin Danian understood and greeted him: "Hurry up!" ”

"Yes!"

The messenger did not dare to slack off, and immediately forwarded the Tang newspaper to Jin Danian, who also hurried back to Ding Kuichu with some nervousness.

Ding Kuichu took the newspaper and waved his hand at the messenger, who turned around and walked out of the signing room, and carefully closed the door.

"Hiss......"

took off the fire paint wax seal and unfolded the military report, as soon as it entered his eyes, Ding Kuichu couldn't help but gasp, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

This expression was seen by the staff member Jin Danian, and he knew that it would never be good news, so he couldn't help but say with concern: "I don't know what kind of news makes Xiangye so out of shape?" ”

Ding Kuichu looked at Jin Danian, then looked down at the military report, and couldn't help sighing: "The Qing soldiers have captured Guangzhou the day before yesterday, and the Shaowu puppet dynasty monarchs and ministers have been captured!" ”

"Ahh

Jin Danian was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time, and his eyes widened.

"Guangzhou is only four or five hundred miles away from Zhaoqing, and the army can arrive in ten days, how can this be good?"

Ding Kuichu got up and paced back and forth a few steps, and the dim lights in the room reflected on his thin face, revealing a stinging atmosphere.

He is a Jinshi in the Wanli period, once served as the Chongzhen Dynasty military department waiter, the governor of Jiliao, Baoding military affairs, because he could not resist the invasion of Jiannu, was cut to the name, and then Ma Shiying helped, in the Southern Ming Hongguang Dynasty to recover, as the governor of Liangguang, to dominate the party, to the beginning of the Yongli Dynasty, and the inner court power eunuch Wang Kun strong alliance, won the championship in one fell swoop, as the first assistant of the cabinet.

It's just that the Ming court is declining and may collapse at any time, so he is not as good as the first assistant.

Because he was born in poverty, it is not easy for him to get to this position today, he seeks officials for thousands of miles just for money, why did he come to study hard for 20 years? Isn't it for the sake of glory and wealth, glory and glory?

Seeing that the big tree of Daming was about to fall, for the sake of the future, he felt that he had to make some plans in advance.

"Press this military report first, don't reveal the news for the time being!"

"Yes!" Although Jin Danian was puzzled, he still agreed respectfully, he has been Ding Kuichu's staff all the year round, Jin Danian is very familiar with the temperament of the master, and knows that there must be a reason for him to do this.

"The old man read the military newspaper and said that the leader of the captives who invaded Guangzhou this time was called Li Chengdong, a Han general, who was originally the chief soldier of Xuzhou Town in the Ming Dynasty.

When Jin Danian heard this, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, with a hint of confirmation in his eyes, and said, "What does Xiangye mean?" ”

"Great Xia is about to fall, and it is difficult to support it alone!" Ding Kuichu stroked his beard and sighed softly.

"My subordinates know what to do!

As Ding Kuichu's disciple, when Ding Kuichu served as the governor of Liangguang, Jin Danian was already the chief staff member of the governor's yamen.

Now Ding Kuichu has become the first assistant, and he has also been transferred to the military department with the light, hanging the rank of left squire, assistant to the Jingying Rongzheng, and the military power is in hand, as Ding Kuichu's confidant, his fate has long been tied to Ding Kuichu, one glory and one loss.

Ding Kuichu nodded, and said: "It has been more than a month since the Worship Bureau (a temporary institution for donating officials and fame) has been undertaken, how much money has you received so far?" ”

Jin Danian only calculated a little in his heart, and then replied: "More than 437,600. ”

"Excellent! Take out 200,000 taels and send someone to enter the palace with the old man, although the new emperor is cowardly and mediocre, he is not thin on the old man after all, these silver still have to be given, which is the last bit of the old man's heart! ”

Ding Kuichu swallowed more than half of the donated silver without saying a word, which made Jin Danian's heart slightly scolded, followed by a burst of joy, the more donated silver the curtain master intercepted, which means that he will get more shares.

Although Ding Kuichu was extremely stingy with the court and the emperor, he never treated his cronies and subordinates lightly, otherwise he would not be able to get into the high position of the first assistant of the cabinet.

At the moment when the two were talking, Han Cheng, who was the subject of the incident, that is, the new emperor in Ding Kuichu's mouth, was sitting alone in the attic of the side hall of the palace with a depressed face, raising his eyes to look at the dark sky, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Ever since he learned that his soul had pierced the body of Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang three days ago, he had been in a depressed mood. Who is not good to wear this, but it is actually worn on this unlucky ghost!

The Yongli Emperor in history is a famous "Son of Escape", and since he ascended the throne, he has not enjoyed a day of stability.

In order to avoid the Tartars' soldiers, they wandered all the way and wandered everywhere. After all, he still did not break free from the shackles of fate, and was captured by the big traitor Wu Sangui on the border of Myanmar and hanged alive with a bowstring.

Immediately after the Manchu Qing mixed Yuan Yiyu, the once powerful Ming Empire was declared extinct!

It is now the end of the second year of Longwu, that is, in 1646 AD, and it has been three years since the Tatars entered the customs.

The shadow of death suddenly surged into his heart, Han Cheng clenched his fists, his heart was very unwilling, and his finger bones turned white from the exertion.

finally has a second life, can he only bear the name of a "Son of Escape", eat and wait for death? In the end, wait for the big traitor Wu Sangui to slaughter himself, and then the Ming Dynasty will die?

No, he's going to resist! He is unwilling to succumb to fate!

He didn't believe that God possessed him to this "escaping emperor", just to let himself experience the taste of a dead king!

Since such an extremely outrageous thing has happened, it is not impossible to work hard and save a small life in this life in the troubled times!

In his previous life, he went from a penniless poor dick to a witty mind and a good eloquence, with empty gloves and a white wolf, to create a sales company with a market value of tens of millions!

If it weren't for a sudden illness that took his life, he would have definitely climbed higher.

It was man-made, and he believed that he still had the ability to create miracles in this world!

From now on, Zhu Youlang is me, and I am Zhu Youlang, he told himself.

As soon as the knot in his heart loosened slightly, an attendant hurriedly walked towards him and said in a sharp voice: "Lord Shoufu Ding asked for an audience, saying that there is an important report!" ”

"Let him in." Zhu Youlang subconsciously responded.