On the afternoon of May 24 of the first year of Chongzhen, in the capital, the cavalry came out, and the Jinyi Guard, who had been honest since Chongzhen ascended the throne, ushered in the first large-scale sortie. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Seeing such an abnormal situation, the people of the capital discussed a lot in private, and even the business of the teahouse and wine shop in the city became popular.

In a teahouse in Nancheng, there are also a large number of tea customers, the scene is very hot, the guys in the teahouse are very busy, and the shopkeeper of the teahouse even said a lot of good things to his wife, and his brother-in-law also came to help.

The people in the teahouse talked loudly and chatted very happily. It's just a pity that it's May, if the watermelons are ripe in July, while eating melons, while watching the excitement, wouldn't it be more lively?

"You know what? Your Majesty is going to do it! A rugged man arched his hand in the direction of the Imperial City and shouted, and a large crowd of people immediately surrounded him, all of whom pricked up their ears to listen to what he was saying.

Seeing that there were so many people watching, the man was very useful, and then cleared his throat and said: "Today's emperor is not ordinary, as soon as he took the throne, he disposed of Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, Wei Zhongxian has so many henchmen, how can the emperor let them go?" The son of my second aunt's brother-in-law is on an errand in Jinyiwei, and he secretly told me a few days ago that there was going to be a big move recently, so I didn't talk nonsense. Today, the Jinyi guards in the city are in a big move, and the emperor must have decided to attack the remnants of the eunuch party. ”

"What this little brother said is reasonable, those gang of eunuchs, their cheeks are thicker than the walls of the capital, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, they lined up one by one to recognize a eunuch as a godfather and grandson, lest they fall behind others, I really don't know where they have read the books of sages full of sages. Now that so many Jinyi guards are out together, it's not to rectify these people, what else can it be? An old man next to him agreed with the man's opinion, and he originally planned to speak first, but he didn't straighten it out in one breath, so that the man took the lead and was in the limelight.

After listening to their words, everyone also felt that it was very reasonable, and the atmosphere of the entire teahouse became more enthusiastic. Suddenly, a group of people who were talking loudly heard a cry: "Yang Gong! Zuo Gong! All the Donglin seniors are in the spirit of the sky, you can look at it! It turned out to be a down-and-out scholar, crying and constantly pouring wine into his mouth. Everyone remembered Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others who were killed for impeaching Wei Zhongxian, and they sighed one after another, and no one cared about the scholar drinking in the teahouse.

At this time, the stall leader of a brocade guard led a few fans into this teahouse, and everyone was shocked when they saw it, could it be that there was a eunuch who hid here, was discovered by the brocade guard, and is now about to be arrested?

Everyone's focus was on these brocade guards, and they looked around after seeing a few fans enter the teahouse, as if they were looking for someone, which confirmed everyone's thoughts even more.

"Found it!" A brocade-clothed guard suddenly grabbed a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman, and the onlookers suddenly gasped: What a remnant of the eunuch party, he actually disguised himself as a businessman with makeup!

The head of the Jinyi guard heard the shout, walked over to take a look, and nodded: "That's right, it's this person." ”

The merchant was so frightened that his face turned white at this time, although he didn't know what they were looking for him, but he was targeted by the Jinyi guard, what else could be good?

I saw the head of the brocade guard and said, "The emperor has a will." The fan next to him knelt on the ground with the bewildered businessman, and the head of the stall continued: "The emperor asks you, how old can a person who chokes to death live?" ”

Everyone in the audience thought in their hearts: Jinyiwei is really ruthless, and he actually thought of the idea of choking the eunuch to death......

"Small, villain doesn't know." The merchant was directly asked stupidly, feeling that his life was not guaranteed, and he was so frightened that he couldn't hold back his urine.

"Hmph, don't hide it from me, you wear this, how can you not know?" The head of the stall pulled the string of beads worn by Shang Jia's neck and said, "The emperor said, since you are wearing this, you must know, why don't you answer quickly, how old can a person who chokes to death live, do you want to resist the decree?" ”

"Little, the villain thinks that since it is choking, it must be caused by the old and frail person who cannot swallow, because, therefore, the villain thinks that the person who chokes to death can live to be at least sixty years old......" The merchant replied tremblingly.

"What a shame!" "Sure enough, it's the style of the eunuch party!" All the people despised the merchant.

"Got it, brethren, let's go." After listening to the businessman's answer, the stall stopped talking to the businessman and was about to leave with the fans.

As soon as a few people walked to the door, they were suddenly stopped by the down-and-out scholar who had poured a lot of wine and was drunk: "If you don't arrest this eunuch back, you will let him escape when you turn around, but what is good?" ”

The head of the stall pushed the scholar away: "Who said that what eunuchs should be arrested?" We are just asking questions, and now that the questions are over, this person is naturally fine, so don't listen to rumors. With that, he left with people, leaving behind a large shadow in his heart, a businessman with wet pants, and a group of onlookers who did not know the truth.

"It turned out that it wasn't a eunuch."

"Then what are so many brocade guards doing when they come out? What do they mean by 'choking to death'? ”

"Isn't there a relative in the family who is a brocade guard? Just ask him, and you'll know? Everyone remembered the man who bragged here at the beginning, but when they looked back, the man had long since disappeared.

"Oh no, I don't know who stole my money bag! Catch the thief! The whole teahouse was in chaos.

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Similar dramas were being staged everywhere in the entire capital, but Xiao Mu naturally didn't know about these things.

Thinking of the method of calculating the year, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi were greatly boosted, regained their confidence, and continued to exchange and sort out historical knowledge. On the paper in front of Xiao Mu, some names such as Huang Taiji, Yuan Chonghuan, Hong Chengchou, Li Zicheng, and Wu Sangui were gradually written.

Neither of them had deliberately studied this period of history before, so they only knew some major historical events, and often did not know the specific time of these events, and finally got a very rough timeline.

How rough is this timeline? It is a piece of paper, drawing a line to represent the direction of time, which is briefly divided into four parts, and then Xiao Mu and Lin Yi add content to it according to their recollections:

In the early years of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen got rid of Wei Zhongxian and settled the eunuch group - which happened now. Then Huang Taiji took the Houjin army into the pass, and the soldiers came to the capital, and later Yuan Chonghuan led the troops back to King Qin, and then Huang Taiji retreated, and Yuan Chonghuan was killed. As for when Huang Taiji came and why Yuan Chonghuan was killed, Xiao Mu and Lin Ye didn't know. In fact, they only know that this history is very controversial in later generations, and even why it is so controversial, neither of them knows very much.

In the middle of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji took the Houjin army to the pass to loot several times, and at the same time, the peasant army became stronger and stronger. Similarly, what specific events occurred during this period, when did these events occur, and in addition to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two famous leaders of the peasant army in later generations, which other leaders of the peasant army were there? Neither of them is clear.

At the end of Chongzhen, what both of them knew was that Hong Chengchou took all the last elite troops of the Ming Dynasty to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army - at this time, Houjin had changed the name of the country to Qing, as for when it was changed, hehe, of course, I still don't know. As a result, the war was unfavorable, the Ming army ran out of food and was surrounded by the Qing army, Wu Sangui and they fled in advance, Hong Chengchou was captured, and then surrendered.

Later, after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, Wu Sangui released the Qing troops into Shanhaiguan, and finally Li Zicheng failed, and the Qing army occupied a large area of the northern territory, and then the Ming Dynasty established some political power in the south. Not surprisingly, the two of them basically don't know anything about Nanming's regime, at most they only know some celebrities such as Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo.

Throughout the process, the entire timeline is characterized by a continuous harsh climate, accompanied by sharp social contradictions, and natural and man-made disasters everywhere.

By the time the two of them put these things in order, the sun was already in the west.

"Well, it seems that I can only sort out this information, which is a lot worse than I expected." Xiao Mu said,

In his opinion, the result did not meet expectations at all, and after some communication, the two of them failed to achieve the effect of each having two apples, and it is estimated that there are only one or two apples per person now, and even half of them are not more: most of these things are either known by two people, or neither of them know.

"Do you know what a valuable resource you're wasting?" Xiao Mu asked sadly again, "What event organizer over there has prepared so many detailed materials for you, why don't you take a good look at it!" ”

Lin Yi spread his hands again: "You are embarrassed to say me, if it weren't for your influence, how could I be trapped here and not be able to go back?" ”

Xiao Mu knew that it was useless to complain about this now, and sighed: "Hey, I didn't expect to have any gold fingers, but I still hope to have a copper finger, I don't want a silver finger, as long as I can have a copper finger, I will be satisfied." But now it seems that we don't even have a copper finger, at most a wooden finger, which is probably not as good as a stone finger. ”

Lin Yi disagreed, and said: "Being a man is important in contentment, we know enough, if the original historical Emperor Chongzhen could know the information written on this piece of paper, maybe the Ming Dynasty would not have perished." ”

"Well, what you say is reasonable, if the things on this piece of paper are known to Huang Taiji, it is estimated that I, the emperor, will not be able to be the emperor for a few years." The more Xiao Mu spoke, the more terrifying he felt, and hurriedly picked up the paper and tore it to pieces, "We all know the things on it, and there is no need to keep it, if you let Houjin's spies get it, it will be all over." ”

Lin Yi rarely agreed with Xiao Mu's approach, and then expressed her opinion: "The top priority is to prepare for the battle with Huang Taiji in the capital, although I don't know the specific time of the war, it is better to prepare early." ”

"It is reasonable, and we must understand Yuan Chonghuan's situation clearly." Xiao Mu said.