On November 14, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Beijing division was still a haze, early in the morning, Chongzhen was waiting in the main hall for the hundred officials who came to the early dynasty, he had arranged for Wang Chengen to supervise the Beijing camp, preside over the defense of the capital, and arranged the civil and military ministers at the gates of the capital, just like the previous response to the invasion of Jianyu.

He can also be regarded as a year of declining luck, after ascending the throne, continuous natural disasters, Jianyu frequently detained the customs and invaded, and the Liukou stirred up the Central Plains and the South Zhili area into a mess of troubled waters. All kinds of things have come one after another in the past fifteen years, and although he has frequently issued edicts of sin, he knows in his heart that these things cannot be solved by sinful edicts.

It's nothing more than fooling some people, but now, it's finally time to mess around.

"Wang Chengen, you are the commander of the Beijing camp to preside over the defense, what is the situation in the city, what is the morale of the soldiers, and how are the people in the city?"

Before the hundred officials arrived, Wang Chengen, who had a bloodshot eye, came. Hearing Chongzhen's question, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses in the city have been taken away by Gao Qi and dive, and the slaves and maids can only recruit brave and strong people to act as city soldiers, that is, with the Jinyi guards and internal supervisors, everyone in the city has to guard five or six battlements, which is really understaffed." ”

"There are millions of people in the capital, and they can't recruit loyal and brave people?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that there are no loyal and brave people, but ...... There is really no money, and now the people who defend the city only have fifteen wen a day, which is only enough to buy porridge to eat. ”

"Let me go where to turn silver out, I am not Nanhai Bo!"

Chongzhen almost burst into foul language. He looked at the sporadic officials in front of him, and was extremely angry in his heart, asking these officials to take out some money, they were even more stingy than the most stingy landlords, and Chongzhen himself really had no money!

Sensing his angry gaze, everyone lowered their heads.

"Where is Tang Tong, come from Juyong Pass. One day's work is enough, right? Chongzhen asked again.

"The army may not be able to march in one day, the emperor can rest assured. He must ......"

Before he could finish speaking, there was another noise outside, and after a while. The warrior in front of the hall came in, his face panicked: "Your Majesty, Chief Tang ...... General Tang was defeated! ”

"What, how could Tang Tong be defeated, he came from Juyong Pass, who can stop him?"

"Li Chuang's cavalry attacked the Tang general army at night......"

Before he finished listening to the report of the general warrior of the palace, Chongzhen felt dizzy in front of him, and the whole person stood straight and planted backwards. Fortunately, there was a dragon chair behind him, and he fell heavily into the dragon chair, and the person's eyes became wooden.

"That's not true." He thought to himself.

He didn't think he was a bad emperor. Since ascending the throne, he has been lamenting all night, diligent, never lazy in beautiful singing and dancing, and rarely extravagant and wasteful. Don't talk about the mediocre masters of all dynasties. Even those who founded the country or Zhongxing, Chongzhen thinks that he is not much inferior to them.

But now, he has come to the point of being the king of the dead country!

"No, I still have a way to go, I can move the capital, I can make peace. I can...... Can ......"

Chongzhen wanted to move the capital in his heart, and Gyeonggi had been invaded three times by Jianyu, and it was already in ruins, which was not enough to support the capital and border defense financially. Move to Liudu Nan' Jing, take advantage of the rich and prosperous land south of the Yangtze River, recuperate, and throw away the heavy burden of the north, whether it is thrown to the Jianlu or the thief, it can hold them back. Then he can recover in the south Xu Tu, anyway, he is still young, only in his thirties, even if it is ten years of life and ten years of revenge, he can come back before the age of sixty.

However, he was unwilling to bear the infamy of discarding the capital and the ancestral tombs, and a minister had to come forward to make such a suggestion to him, and then he could adopt this suggestion half-pushed and half-adopted. Naturally, after the official move south, this minister must also bear the responsibility for the loss of the capital and the imperial tomb. Chongzhen swore in his heart how many times he swore that as long as someone came forward to take on this responsibility, even if he had to belittle it for a while, he would inevitably be generous in the future.

It's just that at this time, Chongzhen completely forgot that Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng and others were dedicated to the country, and what happened to them.

At the beginning, he belonged to Zhou Yanru, and there was no one more suitable to make this suggestion than Zhou Yanru. But Zhou Yanru is determined to let Nanhai Bo come to King Qin, doesn't he know that Jianyu and rebellion are coming, and he can move the capital to avoid it, if Yu Guozhen comes, it is impossible to even move the capital!

Right now...... It's finally a dead end.

Chongzhen felt that the air in the Taihe Hall was stagnant, making him unable to breathe.

Kun Xing told him about the air in order to make him happy, and he also did an experiment to verify the existence of gas in the surrounding void. And Kun Xing saw it from some practical articles sent by Yu Guozhen's wife Fang. Yu Guozhen stresses practical learning, does not pay attention to Confucianism of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, if he comes to Beijing, he will inevitably seek to usurp the throne. No, even if you learn Confucianism of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, won't you seek to usurp the throne, all the same!

Chongzhen, who was in a semi-comatose state, was full of cranky thoughts, and he finally suppressed himself with great perseverance and did not confide his suspicion of Yu Guozhen and his anger towards the civil and military officials, he just reluctantly said "retreat from the dynasty" and fainted.

He didn't faint for long, and he had already woken up before the imperial doctor entered the main hall. It's just that when he woke up, the hall in front of him was empty, and only a few inner prison maids were still there. Facing Wang Chengen's concerned face, Chongzhen saw that this originally white and chubby face had become old, and he muttered: "Wang Companion, why are you so old......"

Wang Chengen suddenly lost his voice and cried bitterly.

"How's Tang Tong doing?" After settling down, Chongzhen realized his current situation, and he asked.

"The emperor can rest assured, there is no major event, there is no ......"

"Wang Banban, do you also want to learn from those civil servants who bully the king?" Chongzhen struggled to support his body and waved his hand to let the imperial doctor leave: "This situation is ...... What else is there to hide, I am going to lose the country, and I must always be a clear ghost, so as not to be unable to answer when I see my ancestors and ancestors underground. ”

Wang Chengen's tears came out again.

He cried not only because of the defeat of Tang Tong's army, so that the closest support army to the capital was gone, but also because of the eunuch Du Xun of the Xuanda Eunuch Army, who actually surrendered to Li Chuang!

Li Zicheng's battle was really his most proud handiwork, and before the war, Li Yan decided that Chongzhen would definitely abandon Yongguan and transfer the defenders of Yongguan to aid the capital. Therefore, whether it is to eliminate the reinforcements in the capital, or to avoid the capture of Jianyu from taking the opportunity to enter the Great Wall to collect the benefits of the fishermen, it is necessary to eliminate the Ming army in Juyongguan first. After confirming this, Niu Jinxing suggested that Gao Yili lead the cavalry of the army to the north with one person and three horses, and Li Zicheng also adopted this suggestion, and sure enough, he intercepted Du Xun, the eunuch of the Xuanda Eunuch Army, and Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Juyongguan, halfway. In the night attack, Du Xun was first captured, and Tang Tong led his own soldiers to be punctual according to the danger, Du Xun surrendered to the invasion army, and was ordered by Gao Yigong to persuade him to surrender. Forced by the situation, Tang Tong could only surrender.

Lian Duxun...... All thieves? ”

Hearing the news, Chongzhen suddenly realized that he seemed to have betrayed his relatives.

He froze and said in a low voice: "Wang Companion, you say, is there anything else to be done?" ”

"The emperor, the slave is the inner prison, the slave of the emperor's family, the slave and the slave...... The slave and maid really don't know! ”

When Wang Chengen said this, the pressure on his body was pressed down together, and he sat on the ground, crying loudly. Chongzhen looked at him, couldn't help but tears drooped, and then let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Just when he was panicking in his heart, the commander of the Jinyi guard made Luo Yangxing run in in a panic again, and he cried with a sad face: "Outside the Fucheng Gate, I suddenly saw a rebel detective!" ”

"How many, how many?" Chongzhen asked with a blue face.

"There are hundreds of riders...... It's only two miles from the city. ”

The army came so quickly, let Chongzhen know that if he didn't make a decision now, there would be no chance to make a decision. He was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "Proposed decree, declare that Namhae Bo will enter the king of Gyeonggi Qin!" ”

"Emperor, Nanhai Boyuan is in the east of the mountain, and at this time I am going to pass the decree, but I am afraid that it will be too late!" Wang Chengen was in a hurry, got up and said, "Emperor, far water can't quench your thirst!" ”

Chongzhen said irritablely: "Then what do you say!" ”

"This matter should be discussed by His Majesty's ministers......"

Chongzhen was silent for a moment, in this case, there should be some people among the courtiers who can see the situation clearly and know that it will not work if they don't move south. He was in good spirits, and the rebellion was only a striker arrival, and if it went well, he could still move south!

"Ring the Jingyang bell and gather the ministers for me!" He instructed Luo Yangxing.

So the bell of Jingyang Bell echoed again in the sky above the capital, and the bell was as fast as the wind, blowing back and forth, but not even a single leaf was rolled up, let alone bringing a person. I waited for half an hour, but I didn't see a single minister arrive, and even Ni Yuanlu, who Chongzhen usually trusts the most, didn't show up!

At this time, Chongzhen's face was already as dead as ashes.

"Emperor, what should I do?" Wang Chengen was also desperate, if Chongzhen hesitated like this, he really couldn't get out.

"What else can I do...... Summoned the prince and his brothers, and drove them to ...... Go to Zhou Guozhang's Mansion! Chongzhen laughed miserably: "Okay, I think I will take this responsibility, then I will take this responsibility, just ask Zhou Guozhang to save his grandson for the queen's sake, hide the prince and his brothers, and send them out of the capital." ”

Soon, the three princes and brothers were brought to Chongzhen, Chongzhen looked at the three of them and sighed: "After you escape from the capital, don't learn from your father, go and learn...... Go and learn from Nanhaibo, and after learning his skills, you must be kind to the people......"

Of the three sons, except for the eldest prince, the other two burst into tears. The slightly older prince also held back his tears and saluted respectfully: "The sons obey the order...... Father, why don't you ...... with your sons"

"Hugh, Hugh." Chongzhen interrupted him, took his hand, and let out another long sigh.

There are still some eunuchs in the palace, Wang Chengen took them to carry the Son of Heaven over his shoulder, Chongzhen pulled the prince to sit on it, and he had to explain some words to the prince alone.

(To be continued)