The wind was howling like waves, and it had been all night.

There were no trees in the forbidden, and the wind was unstoppable, roaring like a giant beast trapped in a cage.

The sky was full of black clouds, and since the winter solstice, there had not been a single snow in the capital, and the land of northern China was so dry that it had cracked a palm-wide crack.

The dust, the camel bells, and the smell of animal dung, came from the sky to the ground, to the roofs, to the ground.

The whole capital seems to have turned an earthy yellow.

Even the South China Sea, which used to look silvery in the past, seems to be shrouded in a layer of haze, and there is no longer a trace of reflection of solid ice.

In other years, this is the time when the palace attendants take ice from the sea, carefully wrap it in a quilt, and hide it in the cellar. But because the ice surface is too dirty, and the long live lord said that it takes so much manpower and wastes so many quilts to hide ice every year, it is not worth it to eat a mouthful of iced sour plum soup on dog days. As a result, the year is over, and there is still no trace of people in the South Sea of Zhonghai.

At this moment, in a small room in Xiyuan, a middle-aged man with a pale face was also spinning in circles with his hands behind his back like a sleepy beast

。

He had a pale face, and although he was not very old, he had already developed forehead lines, and his beard and hair were withered, and in some places even gray.

The body is also dressed simply, a cyan robe has been washed white, and the cuffs are even patched.

If you don't know him, you really have to think of him as a tired middle-aged man who runs around all day for a living.

"One thousand two hundred and thirty." A man who looked like a eunuch stood aside, touched his forehead and screamed exaggeratedly.

"What, two hundred and thirty?" The middle-aged man stopped, his chest rising and falling slightly, and a layer of sweat on his forehead.

"Hooray, grandpa, you've turned 1,230 times." The eunuch's hand touching his forehead pressed vigorously on his temples, and exaggerated in a flattering tone: "Long live the dragon and the tiger, the slight step Lingbo, the slave and maid are mortal, and they are already dizzy." ”

That's right, this middle-aged man is the master of the current Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen. [.Lots of good]

"Gao Qiqian, you minion is very careful, you can remember how many times I turned." Emperor Chongzhen snorted.

The eunuch Gao Qiqian hurriedly took a cotton towel from a small eunuch, soaked it in hot water, wrung it out, carefully stuck the sweat on Emperor Chongzhen's forehead, and said sharply: "Long live the lord is the sky on the heads of slaves and maids, and there will be no slaves and maids without long live lords." Your Majesty's words and deeds, slaves and maids naturally have to see in their eyes and remember them in their hearts. ”

Chongzhen smiled rarely, and waved his hand: "You old slave has a heart." ”

Gao Qiqian proudly took back the cotton towel and said: "Your Majesty's dragon is not in good health, and the muscles and bones of the activities on weekdays are originally excellent, but things can be done in moderation, and they can't be manipulated." ”

"it, it...... Chongzhen's heart moved, and he suddenly sighed lightly: "I have been on the throne for more than ten years, and what I think about on weekdays is that I am a Ming dynasty in Zhongxing, and it can be said that I am brave and brave in doing things." But now that the country has become what it is today, I don't understand what is wrong with it. The day before yesterday, Yang Sichang scolded me, saying that I have no longevity in doing things, and I am a faint king. What do you say, it takes at least three to five years for a national policy to be promulgated and implemented to achieve initial results, which is like the decree of the Chongzhen Dynasty, which changes its tricks in three or five days, which is really ridiculous...... ...... yes, maybe I'm in a hurry sometimes

。 ”

"Your Majesty, that's the king of Yao Shun, Yang Ge is rude, he dares to roar in front of the king, it's really hateful!" Seeing Chongzhen's lonely face, Gao Qiqian immediately realized that this was his opportunity to invite pets, and scolded: "This Yang Sichang is pure nonsense, and his commendation hides ulterior selfishness. ”

"Selfishness?" Chongzhen became vigilant: "Tell me." ”

It is said that according to the rules of Chongzhen's early years, Chongzhen would not talk about such a major national event in front of the eunuchs at all. In his mind, eunuchs are all born thieves and villains. In all dynasties, major national affairs have been bad in the hands of this group of villains. Therefore, as soon as he ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to abolish the East Factory and take back the power of the celebrant to approve the red. （）

I thought that I had done a great deed that no one had done before, and I was also a first-class Mingjun anyway. Near the virtuous ministers, far from the villain, the Ming Dynasty will definitely reproduce the prosperity of the Hongzhi period in their own hands.

But it backfired, without the eunuchs, the country was ruined, and the result of the government falling into the hands of righteous men and gentlemen was that the country was rotten day by day. Up to now, the Jiannu forces in eastern Liaodong are getting stronger and stronger, the entire northeast has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the Guanning army has retreated to the western Liaoxi corridor. At home, the peasant army crisscrossed the mountainous, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei provinces as if it were in a no-man's land, and by now, the front of the army has threatened the important financial and tax areas in the southeast of Nanjing.

Since I ascended the throne, I can't eat more than five flavors, I can't wear clothes three times, I keep my self and keep my manners, and everything is done according to the standards of the Ming Jun in the sage's books, why has this country still become like this?

Something must be wrong, it must be?

Fengyang fell last year, and the fire in the ancestral tomb can be said to have burned Chongzhen's heart and burned him completely.

Afterwards, Chongzhen wept bitterly, and for the first time in the world, he issued an edict against himself, and mobilized troops from all walks of life, and even paid 70,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket to exterminate the thief army.

However, the war went very unsmoothly, and after the peasant army returned to Shaanxi, Hong Hengjiu had no strength to fight back, so he could only retreat in Xi'an and other big cities and did not dare to go out of the city to engage in the battle. Seeing that the whole of Shaanxi was about to fall to the enemy, Gao Jie, the general of the Chuang Army, was suddenly recruited and took away a large number of troops of the Chuang Army.

This Gao Jie is a character, and in just a few battles, he drove the army out of Shaanxi, and the situation in the entire northwest suddenly stabilized.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen used the word "ecstatic" to describe it, and he also personally drafted the decree and praised Gao Jie greatly

。

I thought that after the peasant army was driven out of Shaanxi, it had become a tree without roots, and its demise was imminent.

But I didn't want to, just after the Spring Festival, the thief army actually concentrated 300,000 troops to kill Nanzhili, and the edge was directed at Chuzhou.

Thanks to the poor means of communication in this era, Chongzhen only received an eight-hundred-mile rush four days ago and knew the news.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen was still unimpressed. But as soon as he took out the map and remembered Taizu Long's great achievements, he suddenly poured cold water on his head.

Chuzhou is only two hundred miles away from Nanjing Dasheng Pass in a straight line, and it is condescending, if Chuzhou falls, the army of thieves will arrive in the morning and evening, and it can hit the city of Nanjing at any time.

This is also the method of Emperor Taizu when he started his business, because he took this place, and then took Nanjing, and was able to sweep the world based on the wealth of the southeast.

Now the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty have been eroded to the point of being out of control, let alone paying taxes, and the imperial court can't even take out the silver to help the victims. If the southeast is lost, the Ming Dynasty will be finished.

Because he was too nervous, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt hesitant, and he was like a trapped beast in a cage all day long, constantly circling around an invisible circle.

Hearing the emperor ask, Gao Qiqian said cautiously: "When Yang Ge Lao was a foreign superintendent before, he had a monopoly on power, and he could be described as a prince, and he didn't know how nourishing his life was. But this time he returned to Beijing to take up the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, and he entered the cabinet as the prime minister, which is said to be a noble. But this old Yang inevitably muttered in his heart, and he also felt very unhappy. ”

Chongzhen: "You slave, I know it, and I like to speak ill of others behind my back, hurting others and not benefiting myself...... Tell me, why is Yang Ge always unhappy? ”

Gao Qiqian was shocked when he heard the emperor's reprimand before, but when he heard him ask, his heart was relieved, and he said: "The members of His Majesty's cabinet change every year, and long live the throne for ten years, and the slaves and maids can't remember how many cabinet members the cabinet has." It is estimated that Yang Ge Lao is also worried that this auxiliary minister will not be able to be in office for a few months, so he will be masturbated by you, and this time he deliberately said that Long Live Lord will use political manipulation. In fact, it is to accuse His Majesty of employing people too suddenly, and remind Long Live Lord to let him, the elder, do more days. ”

"I see, you slave has a point." Chongzhen couldn't help laughing: "Words of punishment, don't talk nonsense in the future." I ordered him to enter the cabinet and lead the post of secretary of the military department, and what I valued was his military methods. By the way, Chuzhou uses soldiers, what does he say? ”

Gao Qiqian had a bitter face, and couldn't help but say bad things about Yang Houchang

。 He has such a temperament, he can't see the good of others, and he always likes to arrange others behind his back. Regardless of whether this person has a grudge against him or not, he has such a hobby anyway: "What else, Your Majesty probably doesn't know, Yang Ge is discussing with several important ministers in the court to impeach Lu Xiangsheng these days?" ”

"Impeachment of Lu Xiangsheng, why?" Chongzhen was taken aback.

Gao Qiqian: "Lu Xiangsheng is very capable of fighting, and he is the supervisor of His Majesty's imperial pen point." This Yang Ge Lao is also a person who can lead soldiers, and he is probably jealous, and wants to take out Master Lu and replace him with his own people. According to the slave maid, the thief army invaded Chuzhou, and Yang Ge Lao may not be secretly happy. ”

Chongzhen frowned and shouted, "Good slave, what kind of tongue to chew." The major affairs of the imperial court and the military state are also something you can interject, get out! ”

"Yes." Gao Qiqian was so frightened that he was covered in a cold sweat, and he jumped back with his head in his arms.

Looking at his back, Chongzhen's heart suddenly became irritable. Indeed, Lu Xiangsheng is a talent he single-handedly raised, which can be described as high hopes. If Lu Xiangsheng's battle is fought well, it will also be his face.

But if Chuzhou fails, as the governor of the five southern provinces, Lu Xiangsheng will not be able to escape the blame, and in the end, he will inevitably be impeached by the ministers, and even he Chongzhen is a great shame.

Thinking of the scene when the time came, the ministers shouted and shouted at Lu Xiangsheng to kill, and then scolded himself for being a faint king, Chongzhen was worried for a while, and even slightly afraid.

At this time, a eunuch outside came to report: "Elder Yang Ge is here." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a personable Zheng Erpin official walk in.

If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, Yang Sichang suddenly came running, could it be that something happened in Chuzhou?

Chongzhen panicked in his heart: Yes, it must be, Lu Xiangsheng only has 20,000 on hand, Zu Kuan has 3,000, and even if you add the entire army in Nanjing, it will not exceed 70,000. But the thief army has 300,000, 300,000...... Lu Xiangsheng was disappointed...... Damn, damn it, I'm going to rip you off!

"Yang Ge Old ......" Chongzhen's voice was imperceptibly trembling.

"Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!" Yang Sichang's face was happy: "Great victory, unprecedented victory!" ”

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