On a dusk in the eleventh lunar month of the first year of Chongzhen, the northern land, which had not rained for more than six months, was dull and dry, and a purple thunderstorm cloud spring hovered over the entire capital, shrouding this capital with ten rooms and nine emptiness! The cloud spring is like a pillar of optimus that can dominate the wind and clouds, as if it was emanating from Bauhinia City, straight into the clouds, making people unable to see the end at a glance!

The people of the capital are cowering behind their windows, looking at this strange weather in horror, it doesn't rain in the summer when it should rain! Is it going to rain this winter? Everyone secretly said in their hearts, is this a sign of the end times? Since the new emperor ascended the throne, the eunuchs are still in power, disasters have continued in various places, starvation has spread all over the wilderness, and the displaced people have risen up one after another, which inevitably makes people have such questions.

Outside the Chengqian Palace in Bauhinia City, a rush of footsteps sounded, and the palace maids and eunuchs inside and outside the palace knew that the only one who dared to walk like this in the Qianqing Palace was the emperor's cronies and chief eunuch Wang Chengen! And, there must be something big!

"Your Majesty, the old slave has something to do." Wang Chengen was sweating profusely while kneeling outside the palace gate.

Seventeen-year-old Zhu Youzhen, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, sat on the throne with a stern expression to correct the twists and turns of various places, his handsome face was full of haggardness, although he had only been on the throne for less than half a year, but the beautiful eyes that used to have gods were now covered with bloodshot because of staying up late for a long time, and even the black hair that a seventeen-year-old boy should have seemed to be gray! When he heard Wang Chengen's words, Huo stood up suddenly, raised his eyes and looked at the palace gate with some nervousness, his expression was full of panic, "Come in and say!" ”

Wang Chengen held his knees, stood up, staggered into the palace gate of Chengqian Palace, as the emperor's companion, he has been with the emperor since Chongzhen was not born, accompanied by the emperor for more than 20 years, watching the Ming Dynasty go all the way down, in the situation of internal and external troubles, he led the big little emperor to the throne, since the throne, the emperor has worked hard all day long, so that the old eunuch in his fifties is also exhausted, but today this fact is too big, he has to report!

"Your Majesty, the border pass is urgent, Huang Taiji's army bypassed the Guanning Jin defense line heavily defended by our imperial court, detoured to Xifengkou, and rushed straight to the capital."

Chongzhen's already weak body shook twice, and inserted his pale and weak fingers into his half-black and half-white hair, although he was only eighteen years old, his hair was already young and white! I only felt that Wang Chengen in front of him seemed to be divided into four, "What? Burst! ”

A mouthful of blood gushed out! Chongzhen fainted at that time!

Wang Chengen was taken aback! Running over with tears on his face, he was burning! hugged the emperor in distress, "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and help the emperor to the top of the imperial couch!" Your Majesty, don't worry, this is a small person, don't worry, the dragon body matters! The dragon body matters! ”

Where does Chongzhen still have the strength to speak, he only feels weak, and his chest seems to be pressed like a boulder! His mind seemed to explode, and he closed his eyes in pain, and the muscles in his face began to twitch slightly.

Several palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly followed Wang Chengen to help Emperor Chongzhen, who was already unconscious, up, and everyone lightly put the emperor on the royal couch.

Wang Chengen cried and hugged the emperor, although he was crying, he didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of affecting the emperor's rest, he glared at the palace maids and eunuchs around him, and suppressed his voice, "Why don't you hurry up and pass the imperial doctor?" What are you doing in a daze? ”

Several eunuchs hurriedly lifted their skirts and trotted away without making a sound.

Yang Siqing was Wang Chengen's follower, and he didn't know what was going on in the Qianqing Palace at this time, so he hurriedly ran to the palace gate of the Qianqing Palace, poked his head out, and said softly, "Princess, something is wrong!" ”

Wang Chengen was worried about the emperor's condition, glared at Yang Siqing, and made a gesture of silence! But he knew that at this time, Yang Siqing dared to go directly to the Qianqing Palace to find him, and what he came to report must be extremely important! The mood is extremely heavy, and I feel very sorry for the emperor! What's going on again? still went out of the palace gate, "What's the matter?" ”

Yang Siqing whispered close to Wang Chengen's ear: "Father-in-law, Lu Xiangsheng, the standard commander of Shanhaiguan, is in an urgent report, Shanhaiguan has mutinied!" ”

Wang Chengen was shocked! Shanhaiguan is the most important barrier for the Ming Dynasty to resist the northern Jiannu! If Shanhaiguan is lost, Daming will die! Because the Qing army and slaves, even if they can bypass Shanhaiguan from Mongolia to attack Beijing, large-scale legion mobilization must still pass through Shanhaiguan! "Is this news reliable? What about the messenger? ”

Yang Siqing wiped his sweat and nodded, "Reliable, true, father-in-law, that Lu Xiangsheng is the standard commander of Shanhaiguan, he said that as soon as he arrived, he received a report from the rebels that the governor of Ningyuan, Bi Zi, and Lord Bi had been arrested, and the rebels said that if the imperial court did not pay off the arrears of one year's military salary within ten days, they would collectively rebel and take refuge in Huang Taiji outside the Guan!" Cheng Jiming, Qian Longxi and Yu Dacheng are all waiting outside the palace gate. ”

Wang Chengen's old eyes bulged, and he took a deep breath, "So, it's all true!?" The treasury is empty! How could the emperor be willing to take the silver out? The emperor values silver the most on weekdays! But if you don't take the silver out this time! It's going to collapse! ”

Yang Siqing had never seen Wang Chengen's solemn expression, and he was so frightened that he wept on the side, "Father-in-law, the emperor is sick, and the Ming Kingdom has come out one after another to do these things, you must take care of yourself?" If you fall ill at this time, the minion really doesn't know what to do. ”

Wang Chengen came back from his fright and waved his hand, "You go down first, let the three adults, and that Lu Xiangsheng wait on the platform, and say that the emperor is suddenly sick, and when the emperor wakes up, the old man will immediately report the matter to the emperor." ”

"Yes." Yang Siqing wiped his tears, stepped back and walked out respectfully, Wang Chengen, whether he was in the palace or outside the palace, he had a lot of weight! The emperor is sick, and the Ming Kingdom can still turn as usual, but if the prince is sick, there will really be a big mess, and seeing that the prince has returned to normal, Yang Siqing's heart has also settled down a little.

Wang Chengen let out a long sigh and looked at the purple thunderstorm cloud spring in the sky outside the palace, getting heavier and heavier! It seems to swallow the whole world! You can't see a human figure within five steps! I can't help but sigh in my heart, could it be that what this celestial phenomenon suggests is the end of my Ming Dynasty? Of course, Wang Chengen knows the emperor's character better than anyone else, and he also knows better than anyone the silver in the palace, although there are more than 3.7 million taels of silver, but the Ming Kingdom is already in danger at this time! Where is the need for money? There are many disasters and plagues in the world! Even at the most critical moment, the emperors of all dynasties were reluctant to move this silver lightly! If he can't convince the emperor to take out Ouchi's deposit money this time, he is already ready to donate his old bottom to the emperor! Although this may make the emperor jealous of him! thinks he is an insatiable corrupt official, but for the emperor, for the emperor's world! He had to! When he was still in the palace, he had already saved 70,000 taels of silver.

Wang Chengen was still in a hurry, and the eunuchs under him came to report again, "Princess, it's not good!" ”

Wang Chengen was depressed in his heart, wanting to have a seizure, but he was afraid of waking up Emperor Chongzhen, so he hurriedly walked over and slapped the eunuch on the shoulder, "Do you know what place this is?" Shocked, your 10,000 heads are not enough to cut off! ”

The eunuch was reprimanded by Wang Chengen like this, nodded and returned to normalcy, pinched his throat and said, "Prince, the three sides are in an emergency, the governor Yang He is in a hurry, and the peasant army Wang Zuogui rebels!" ”

"What?" Wang Chengen is really the first one with two big! Why is everything in time today? The peasant army rebelled, and the border was in an emergency! Any one of them is enough for the emperor to worry about his nerves!

Wang Chengen's understanding of Emperor Chongzhen, that understanding of Cheng dù, can be said to be more than Emperor Chongzhen's understanding of Cheng dù about himself! He knew that although Emperor Chongzhen was ambitious, hard-working, well-fed, and would bow down to everything, he had neither the strategy of governing the country, nor the art of appointing others, he ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, lived in a greenhouse since he was a child, and rarely had contact with the people to deal with the affairs of the court, plus he was strict, suspicious, and suspicious, and often reprimanded the ministers, asked for guilt, beheaded and Ling Chi, if he really let the little emperor who had just taken over the unification to deal with these thorny tasks! Its cruelty and ruthlessness are likely to be as good as Wei Zhongxian's. And does he have what it takes to solve all of these priorities? Thinking of this, Wang Chengen's heart couldn't help but sink suddenly!

"Grandpa Wei has arrived." Just when Wang Chengen was anxious and worried about the emperor, another report came from outside the Chengqian Palace, and Wang Chengen knew that Wei Zhongxian, who held the power of the world's soldiers and horses, had arrived!