At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the capital.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the east is rich and the west is rich, the south is poor and the north is cheap, originally, no matter what the chaos is outside, this good place is said to be not depressed, but recently it is very strange.

The nobles of Xicheng are all shrunk at home, even the female dependents do not go out to pray for a blessing or something, unless they have to go out to buy vegetables, they rarely go out a step, and most of the merchants in Dongcheng are doing the business of nobles, and the nobles of Xicheng do not come out to consume, and the rich people in Dongcheng will naturally not get rich.

And Beicheng is mainly a place where untouchables live, the so-called untouchables are some storytellers and singers, walking the streets and alleys to run errands and helping idle, from the perspective of later generations, it is probably equivalent to the tertiary industry service personnel, the rich and noble people in the two cities are not coming out, who can they serve? Is it a mud leg for farming in Nancheng?

The so-called consumption drives domestic demand, and domestic demand drives GDP, just because the nobles do not consume, the whole capital is deserted.

This has to start with a rumor, I don't know when, the emperor did not cultivate virtue and politics, so that the heavens sent disasters, resulting in the northwest and even the Central Plains drought for many years The rumors spread far and wide, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei are now surprisingly diligent.

In today's capital, no matter if you appear anywhere at twelve hours a day, you will be guaranteed to have more than one fan within a hundred meters of you, and you may pass by you all the way at any time, and if there is a problem with any sentence, you will be taken away.

Under such a rumor, neuropathy is willing to go out and consume.

Chongzhen has a headache now, very, very headache, this rumor seems to come out of thin air, but it has a nose and eyes, and what makes him even more angry is that Qin Tianjian did not help him refute the rumors but also added oil and vinegar, a few days ago, when he asked the officials of Qin Tianjian, he actually said that he was absurd, unreasonable, mean, and unkind, almost pointing at his nose and scolding, and almost said that he was alive.

Although he cut off the grandson's head as a urinal on the spot, what is the location of the capital? The gossip spread faster than the holy decree, and within three days, the people of the whole capital knew about it, and for a while, the rumor almost had an unstoppable trend.

Chongzhen is not a fool, this is obviously someone is building momentum, what is the momentum used for? I don't know, I don't dare to think about it, I can be sure that the relationship between the monarch and the minister of the Ming Dynasty has reached the freezing point, and if there is no way to ease it, I am afraid that the day of great change will definitely not be far away.

Such a large-scale rumor has only appeared twice in the history of the Ming Dynasty, once before Zhengde's death, once before the death of his brother Tianqi, a few days after the rumor, the two young emperors died inexplicably, but when they died, they didn't have a son, and now Chongzhen himself... There are no sons either!

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

Chongzhen, who was walking in the imperial garden with his hands behind his back, sniffed deeply, but did not smell the fragrance of flowers, but seemed to smell the smell of blood, and secretly sensed that the source of this smell seemed to be in the southwest direction.

At this time, facing the southwest of the Forbidden City, there is a small courtyard that does not look very beautiful, and the gate is a little dilapidated, but when you push in, you know that it is carved beams and painted buildings, and the luxury of the owner is not much worse than the late Donglin Party leader Qian Qianyi.

The owner of the house is the current squire of the military department, Zhu Dadian, the new leader of the Donglin Party!

Zhu Dadian's study is built very elegantly, not at all as tacky as his name, the bookshelves inside are all carved with fine rosewood, all the books are rare books found from various places, just looking at the study room to know that the owner of this family must be a scholarly family, an elegant home.

On the third floor of the bookshelf there is a small golden unicorn, which looks like a decoration, but if you hold the head of the little unicorn and twist it half a circle to the right, you will find that there is a hole not far from your feet, and down the stairs there is a secret room.

And at this time in the secret room, all kinds of white-bearded and black-bearded old men are crowded, if they change into work clothes, people will find that there is not even a single person who does not wear a scarlet robe, all of them are more than four grade officials, if Huang Taiji throws two gunpowder bags into the secret room at this time, the next day the Ming Dynasty will be abolished.

Because of the limited space in the secret room, these nobles who call for wind and rain on weekdays can only stand, and only two chairs are placed against the wall, one is sitting on the owner Zhu Dadian, but at this time Zhu Dadian is only sitting on half of his buttocks, and his attitude is very respectful, while the other chair is sitting with a woman, a woman with all kinds of charms, but a very strange woman dressed in leather clothes.

The woman said very lazily, "Ladies and gentlemen, how are you preparing?" ”

"Back to Our Lady, tomorrow, the south gate of the palace will be opened on time, and the north side of the palace will definitely catch fire, attracting the guards in the palace to the past, in order to kill this one-man thief, the ministers have already gathered all the domesticated dead soldiers in the house, a total of more than 3,000 people, enter from the south gate, and go straight to the Taihe Palace! Guarantee to let the lone husband and the thief, and Xun Yu, Jia Xu and other traitors cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

"Very good, if things go wrong, this immortal will be with you, and there will be heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals to meet you at any time, and ensure that nothing goes wrong. Have you chosen the new emperor? ”

"King Fu is the grandson of the Divine Sect, and he should inherit the great unification in both law and reason."

"Very good, Grandpa Gao, how are you doing?"

But I saw a dog-legged figure in the room who had been standing beside this woman and pouring tea and water, and spoke, "Holy Mother, don't worry, with the help of the ministers, our family guarantees that Lu Xiangsheng will not want to be mobilized even if he is a soldier." ”

As he spoke, the dogleg raised his head, revealing a face that the ministers in the same room still couldn't believe it, the eunuchs of the three major battalions: Gao Qi dive!

No one knows how this eunuch was bought by this woman, and no one thought before that the eunuch could still be bought? Changing the emperor has never been a big deal for the ministers, but once the son of heaven and a courtier, Chongzhen handed over the power of supervising the army to this eunuch, making him above Lu Xiangsheng, it is obvious that he trusts this eunuch, can it be that another emperor will trust you more than Chongzhen? What kind of fake wine did you drink to do such a thing!

It can be said that if there is no joining of this dead eunuch, even if they have been forced into a corner by Chongzhen, I am afraid that more than seventy percent of the people here will not join, and they are all in awe of the woman's magical methods for a while.

Suddenly, a white-bearded old Taoist priest who had been standing behind the woman frowned.

The ministers didn't notice this detail, but the woman did, in her heart, these old men were all tied together, and I was probably not as important as a single hair of this old Taoist, and hurriedly asked with concern: "Zhang Zhenren, what's wrong?" ”

"He's back. The old way can feel it. ”

The confidence that everyone had just been full of suddenly hung in the air. This woman's immortal methods have been more or less understood by everyone, and at this time it can make the immortals frown. Naturally, there are only immortals. And they have lived all their lives, haven't they seen two immortals?

National teacher Qin Hao! He.... Have you come back to help the lone thief?

"Oh? The little headhunter actually came back at this time? It's good, it's really interesting, and if he doesn't join, I'm really upset, so let me see how much he's grown over time. ”