Emperor Chongzhen didn't hear the eunuchs at all, he was prostrate on the ground, his whole face buried in the carpet. In the trembling of his whole body, he struggled from between his teeth with a hoarse and bitter wail:

"Emperor Shenzongxian...... Emperor Shenzongxian ...... Grandpa—"

After a few consecutive sounds, Emperor Chongzhen's volume decreased, so small that it gradually fell silent, and was replaced by the breath of the eunuchs - several young and strong eunuchs lifted him up, helped him to lie down on the imperial couch, and fed a bowl of ginseng tea into his mouth while distributing people to pass on the imperial doctor.

However, in spite of their large numbers, rich experience, and neat movements, the eunuchs could not help but neglect a little thing—all of them were so busy serving Emperor Chongzhen's body that they forgot to pick up for him the piece that had fallen to the ground and hurt his mental state.

But now it doesn't matter anymore, because the first few words are enough to destroy Emperor Chongzhen's self-esteem that has gradually swelled these days.

Emperor Chongzhen's head tilted and he fell unconscious.

When he was in a daze, he vaguely dreamed that he saw his grandfather Emperor Wanli wearing a yellow robe, standing straight in front of him, and countless figures overlapping behind him. Emperor Chongzhen himself knelt on the ground, looking up at this row of figures, the great sense of oppression made him breathless, his whole body trembled, and cold sweat was like rain......

When Emperor Chongzhen woke up, he immediately opened his eyes and didn't even dare to close them again. As soon as he closed his eyes, the majestic and angry look of Emperor Wanli appeared in front of him, as if he was accusing him:

"Unworthy descendants, they actually destroyed the imperial tomb in the hands of the enemy-"

The sound was like a roar and a cry. The shock made him tremble all over, so. Emperor Chongzhen wept bitterly again. But crying and crying, his body bounced again as if injected with evil spirits. A loud cry came out of his mouth: "Who? Who is among the unworthy descendants? Give me all the ones - someone! Where is Jinyiwei? Take down a prisoner for me! ”

……

The news of the destruction of the Dingling Xiang Temple soon spread to Tongzhou.

Zhang Zhang immediately called Gao Yuanliang, after all, this matter had too much impact, which was completely unexpected by Zhang Li.

In the council hall of the Imperial Guard's Hall, Zhang Li and Gao Yuanliang were both bowing their heads in contemplation, and the atmosphere was slightly dull. After a long time, Zhang Li sighed heavily and said: "Yuan Liang, I really didn't expect Jiannu to make this move-this is to force the Ming army to go to Changping to fight a decisive battle!" ”

Isn't it? Now that the Tartars have destroyed the ground enjoyment temple of Dingling, the next step is probably to dig the underground palace, right?

If the coffin of Emperor Wanli was really excavated from the underground palace, the blow to the Ming Dynasty would undoubtedly be huge and disastrous.

Zhang Li's eyes deepened, the Dingling Tomb of the Wanli Emperor in later generations was opened in the seventies, and no one went to dig the Dingling Tomb in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. However, in this time and space that I have traveled through, many historical processes have changed. It is not impossible for the Tartars to take a risk to dig the Dingling.

However, the excavation of the imperial tomb was a very huge project in this era when there were no directional explosives. There are no months to open a grave at all.

The imperial tomb is not like an ordinary mausoleum, and experienced tomb robbers also need a lot of time to find out where the tomb entrance is, and then spend a long time digging a robbery hole. And the Tartars obviously do not have the technology of "ghost blowing the lamp". If they want to dig up the tomb, it will be a thief. It also requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

Thinking of this, Zhang Li's eyes deepened: "Yuanliang." I think the Tartars are using a strategy to encircle the point and send reinforcements. They may not really want to dig up Dingling, they just want us to go to Changping to fight them in the field. ”

Gao Yuanliang nodded, and also agreed with Zhang Li's opinion: "My lord, just now an official from the Beijing Division came to give an order, and the imperial court has ordered all the soldiers and horses to go to Changping, and be sure to recapture Changping before the Tartars dig up the Dingling!" ”

Zhang Zhang went to Lu Xiangsheng for a follow-up visit before, and he had already woken up, but he was still very weak and couldn't speak for a while, but it should be okay to recuperate for a while. Now when Zhang Li heard Gao Yuanliang talk about the orders of the imperial court, he couldn't help frowning.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Li said slowly: "Yuan Liang, don't worry about him with the orders of the imperial court, just say that we have suffered a lot of losses in the battle of Tongzhou, and we are resting." At present, the main task of our Tuanshan Army is to transfer materials, and these things must be transported to Tuanshan Fort so that we can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

After a pause, Zhang Zhang glanced at Gao Yuanliang meaningfully, and then said: "Let's see how the situation develops in Tongzhou!" ”

Gao Yuanliang smiled knowingly, nodded and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

……

The early dynasty discussed for most of the day, except for strictly ordering the army of King Qin from all over the country to quickly assemble in Changping, no minister could come up with any good way.

This kind of thing, if there is no strength, how can the Houjin Kingdom obediently listen to the words of the Ming Dynasty? Therefore, a military strike becomes the only option. As for whether the fight is won, no one in the court cares, and it is not the battle itself anyway......

Emperor Chongzhen's mind is not on the military attack at all, perhaps, deep in his heart, the army went to Changping to find Jiannu to fight, or to attack the city, I am afraid it is also more auspicious, right?

Therefore, as soon as the court came to the court on this day, Emperor Chongzhen immediately instructed the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the ceremonial superintendent, and the Xuanguo master Taixu Zhenren to come to the temple to give the tablet of the Wanli Emperor to do things.

On this day, there was a deformed liveliness in the entire Daming Imperial Palace -- the Taoist ceremonies that were often held in the palace during the reign of Emperor Yuejong Jiajing reappeared.

Emperor Jiajing's worship of Taoism deserves to be the first in this dynasty, not only did he not go to the court to govern for decades, but he was busy with a group of Taoist priests to practice alchemy, and even the officials had to cooperate with his religious beliefs in order to have smooth sailing on the eunuch journey. At that time, Yan Song, the minister of power, was also very important because he was good at writing the "green words" burned to the Jade Emperor for him, and he monopolized the power for decades. At that time, the palace and the "West Garden" where Emperor Jiajing later moved out to live were crowded with Taoist priests every day, and they were full of Taoist utensils......

After the death of Emperor Jiajing, people of insight in Taoism also realized that they could not allow some people with ulterior motives to wear the cloak of Taoism and seek their own glory and wealth. Therefore, at that time, the enlightened masters admonished their disciples a lot to try not to participate in state affairs.

However, all this changed because of one person.

Because of this person, he saw through the heart of Emperor Chongzhen. He is the Taixu real person who was the national teacher of the dynasty and once sat with Zhang Zhang to discuss the Tao. (To be continued.) )