Chapter Twenty-Six: I Will Die with You

Zhu Cihong's words were very cold, so cold that they did not contain any feelings, which made Zhu Ping'an stop in his ears, which was extremely awkward. ∮ ∮ ∮ Xiao ∮ said, X. was only a teenager in front of him, but the eyes that looked at him were already Gujing Wubo, behind the politeness that forced him to appear, Zhu Ping'an clearly felt the hostility.

The dialogue between Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Ping'an made the more than ten ministers present feel different, and they realized that the direction of things might not necessarily go according to the track in their hearts.

The Ming Dynasty's Wenchen's control of the government, from the rule of Renxuan, began to emerge, and when he arrived at the Hongzhi Dynasty, the motto of "the Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together" has been the most perfect interpretation. Since then, there has been a history of the struggle between the Son of Heaven and the civil officials for supreme power, among them, there is Zhengde, who is brave and ruthless, and Jiajing, who boasts of strategizing, and Emperor Wanli, who has not been in court for decades, but has become more and more excited. In all fairness, Chongzhen on the throne can be said to be the weaker fighting force among the emperors of the past dynasties, during his reign, on the surface, it seems that he killed a lot of officials, but in fact, he has been in an absolute disadvantage in the battle.

On the eve of the final moment, Chongzhen watched the civil official team gradually grow to dozens of people under the stairs, and the hatred in his heart was beyond words. Yes, even now, he still has the power to give an order to let all these people fall to the ground, but he also knows that he still lost in this battle, and he lost extremely completely.

Chongzhen swept the courtiers one by one with bloodshot eyes, and did whisper to Zhu Cihong: "Donglin, Chu Party, Zhejiang Party, these people are inexhaustible, Nanjing is still full of tigers and wolves, and my Ming Dynasty is destroyed in the hands of these people, after you go." Be careful, don't be a woman! ”

"Who else can you use there?"

"Who can't use it?" Chongzhen's tone suddenly became stern, "Internal officials, reckless people, which one of them knows how to be honest and loyal than these scholars!" ”

"Yes, Erchen wrote it down!" Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth.

The dialogue between Chongzhen's father and son, the courtiers did not know. But Zhu Ping'an's appearance really made them feel a threat.

Sure enough, Zhu Ping'an played first, "Now that hundreds of thousands of soldiers are coming to the city, my Beijing division has no soldiers to resist, and the minister asks His Majesty to move to Nanjing, recruit warriors, work hard, and then try to recover the lost territory!" ”

"Bastard!" "Shameless!" "Thief!" As soon as Zhu Ping'an said a word, the court was suddenly full of people. Many courtiers and civil officials couldn't even care about the system, and immediately shouted and scolded on the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

After Zhou Yanru was dismissed, he was sent to death by the Jinyi guard sent by Chongzhen on the way back to Jiaxing, and after that, the cabinet was headed by Chen Yan, a university scholar. And he was the most resolute opponent of the southward migration.

Chen Yan and his friend Wei Dezao exchanged glances, but they didn't say anything to each other, but coughed lightly, and Shi Heng, the head of the military department, immediately jumped out.

"Zhu Ping'an. I have not had the Son of Heaven move south in more than 270 years of the Ming Dynasty, are you going to trap Your Majesty in a place of disloyalty and unfilial piety? What kind of mind are you in peace? Isn't it necessary to follow the example of Cao Mengde at the beginning and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes? ”

Guang Shiheng spat everywhere, looked around, and saw that what he said was quite recognized by everyone, and couldn't help but feel a little complacent.

Chen Yan nodded at this time and gave Chongzhen a deep bow. "Your Majesty, what Guang Shiheng said is very true, my Ming Dynasty has gone through more than two hundred years, even when Yingzong toured the north and the Wara army was trapped in Beijing. There has never been a precedent for the southward migration of the Son of Heaven. Imagine if His Majesty listened to Zhu Ping'an's construction and inspected Jiangnan. But how will the history books be written in the future, and how will your majesty face the people and ministers of the world! ”

Chongzhen's face was pale, but he couldn't argue with it.

Zhu Ping'an was not angry, facing the louder and louder shouts and scolding, but there was no trace of panic, watching the courtiers gritting their teeth, eager to eat and peel themselves alive, he couldn't help laughing.

"Zhu Ping'an, what are you laughing at?" Wei Dezao asked with a gloomy face, he was firmly suppressed by Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru for five years, and now he has only been promoted to the second assistant, seeing that he is getting closer and closer to the position of the first assistant, but every time he thinks of Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang's domineering and exclusion of himself, the clan is hateful, and now, seeing Zhu Ping'an, who was once Zhou Yanru's confidant, is naturally resentful.

Zhu Ping'an ignored Wei Dezao's question, but confidently looked at the ministers around him who rolled up their arms and sleeves, and was about to pounce on the ministers who beat him, and said slowly: "Please forgive your majesty for the rudeness of the ministers, the ministers just think it's funny, all of you are the ministers of the imperial court, why are they like people in the market, saying one thing and doing another!" ”

One sentence set off an uproar at that time, and the courtiers were furious, "Zhu Ping'an, you are a martial artist, how dare you humiliate the important ministers of the court in court!" ”

Zhu Ping'an touched his nose innocently, "Don't forget, my lords, the trade zone is in Dengzhou, and it is the jurisdiction of the lower officials......!" ”

After saying this, Zhu Ping'an looked around with a smile on his face, but the surroundings became silent in an instant.

The courtiers suddenly lost their stumbling spirits, and unconsciously retreated a few steps back one by one, and even Chen Yan and Wei Dezao were embarrassed.

Zhu Ping'an took a few steps forward, his shoulder was slightly forced, and he suddenly knocked Guang Shiheng who was blocking him to the side, Guang Shiheng snorted in pain and touched his shoulder, but he didn't dare to say a word more.

Zhu Ping'an walked straight in front of Chen Yan and pointed at Guang Shiheng, "Elder Chen Ge, I heard that this surname is your doorman?" ”

Chen Yan coughed twice, "This official never forms a party for personal gain, so why do you say it?" ”

"That's weird!" Zhu Ping'an said with a smile: "Then why is Chen Ge Lao's business in the trade zone, every time this surnamed Guang sends someone to take care of it!" ”

"This ......!" Chen Yan was speechless for a while. "How can there be such a thing, Zhu Ping'an, don't talk about it!"

Zhu Ping'an fell to the ground apologetically, "Oh? Is it? It seems that the lower officials made a mistake! In this way, in order to show the innocence of the old man, the lower official ordered someone to confiscate the six stores on Nancheng Street, including Jiayi and Jiawu, and arrest the dog who pretended to be the shopkeeper of the old man, torture him, and find out the conspiracy behind this! ”

"Don't ......!" Chen Yan and Guang Shiheng blurted out. The rest of the courtiers were even more trembling, and none of them dared to speak lightly.

Chen Yan secretly regretted that this Zhu Ping'an was covering the sky in Shandong, he was not interesting to himself, how could he get on the bar with him.

Zhu Ping'an snorted coldly, turned around to look at the rest of the people, and the courtiers hurriedly lowered their heads, not even daring to look at each other.

Chongzhen smiled bitterly, and his voice unconsciously rose, "Look, this is the minister's minister, one by one, they are like this, the ministers misunderstand me!" The Ming Dynasty can have today, and it is all thanks to you! ”

The ministers hurriedly bowed to the ground, and even said that they were terrified.

Chongzhen smiled, stood up, walked down the imperial steps, and paced back and forth in the main hall, looking nostalgically at the decorations and plants and trees in the main hall.

"Don't worry, I don't plan to leave Jingshi! Now, what you want is fame, how can you ever care about my life and death! I also know that many of you are ready to change your court, and the only person in this world who cannot descend is me. Jingshi has been captured, you people are just a new errand early! ”

The ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to intervene in an answer.

"Since your team is so affectionate and friendly, then I can't be ashamed of your friendship!" Chongzhen waved his hand, and Wang Chengen and Huaide took out some volumes from the warm pavilion on the side of the main hall, and put one in front of each of the ministers who participated in the court meeting.

Zhu Ping'an was also very strange, he was still waiting for his turn to see what kind of name Chongzhen was. But in the end, it turned out that none of these scrolls had their own.

Chongzhen said: "You don't have to kneel anymore, get up and take a look, there is no problem, just sign your name!" ”

The ministers looked at each other and opened the scroll in front of them with suspicion, but at a glance, they were in distress.

"This is the edict that I drafted after thinking about it for a night, and all the members of the cabinet are here today, and there is no shortage of officials from the six departments, and there are also a lot of other imperial histories and things, so I will do this matter together!"

"This edict is my stated will, and I will swear to fight the rogue thieves to the end, and I would rather die than surrender. Since you ** Qing did not agree to move south, I was greatly moved, and decided to stay in Beijing, and together with all of you, I fought to the death with the thieves, and I will not rest until death! From now on, you will be assigned the responsibility of guarding the nine gates of the capital division. This edict, which is also my last edict, will be announced to the world, and will also make the name of your ** Qing Qing forever in history! ”

The courtiers had a bitter face, after reading this edict, everyone was shocked, in addition to Chongzhen clarifying his own intentions, he also scolded Li Zicheng, He Renlong, Zhang Xianzhong and the like.

Such an edict, but also the courtiers each sign their own name, such an edict that scolded the eight generations of ancestors of the Liukou spread out, the name of the history is certain, I am afraid that as soon as the army enters the city, the courtiers will all be beheaded by the door, and what to talk about the new dynasty, wealth and wealth will always be maintained!

Wang Chengen finished issuing the edict with a smile on his face, "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty is sympathetic to the courtiers, at this time, it is still you who are worried about it!" The old slave is not talented, and he has long said that he wants to follow His Majesty, and he will not give up in life and death, but he does not have this blessing, and he will leave a mark in my Ming Dynasty's history books! ”

As he spoke, Wang Chengen clapped his hands, and more than 100 murderous eunuchs with knives and guns suddenly poured in outside the hall, without saying a word, but their eyes were fixed on everyone in the hall.

The courtiers complained bitterly, only feeling that what they were holding in their hands was not an edict, but a reminder for everyone.

Chongzhen smiled coldly and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, which made the killing intent in Zhu Cihong's eyes beside him suddenly flourish.

"You don't want me to live, I will die with you!" (To be continued......) R640