In February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the spring breeze has not had time to blow the green shoots. The palace was not planted with tall trees in the first place, and it looked even more bleak at this time.

In the Dezheng Palace, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui to inquire about the urgent affairs of the imperial court. As long as this kind of summoning is a high-ranking official, there is a high probability that he will be named. Now the emperor has no master, and whoever is arrested will ask "Yukou", and if he doesn't answer seriously, he will be scolded. Answering seriously but not listening to it makes people feel that this emperor is even more difficult to serve than the master of the temple.

Zuo Zhongyun and Li Mingrui have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. He wanted to talk about the emperor's move to the south early on, but the mainstream public opinion of the foreign court had a negative opinion on the southward move.

"So please Bixia retreat." Li Mingrui said cautiously.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that Li Mingrui really had something to say, and he didn't want to spread it, so he understood that he would order the attendants to go out, leaving only Wang Chengen to be a pillar on the side.

Li Mingrui approached the imperial case and said in a low voice: "Bixia, the minister has been called, the Taoist thief atmosphere is quite evil, and he is approaching Qidian. Only moving south can alleviate the current urgency, and Xu Tu will conquer and suppress it. ”

This can be regarded as speaking to Chongzhen's heart. As early as the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen had already moved the idea of moving south. However, after he had a "secret discussion" with Zhou Yanru, this matter was not only leaked to the outer court, but even Empress Zhang in the deep palace knew about it. At that time, Empress Zhang found Empress Zhou and asked sternly: "The mausoleum of the Zongmiao is here, where to move!" Although Zhou Hou supported the southward migration, she and Chongzhen regarded this imperial sister-in-law as a mother, so they could only give up.

When Chongzhen was fifteen years old, the situation was not so erosive as it is now, and the emperor already had the heart to move south, not to mention that the thieves were approaching Jidian?

"This matter is important, it is not easy to say, and I don't know what the will of heaven is?" Chongzhen has learned the lesson of the previous time. Very cautious.

Li Mingrui said: "But life is not normal, good is gained, and bad is lost." The destiny is micro-dense, and it is all in personnel. The emperor's move is in line with the will of heaven, and the difference is thousands of miles, and he knows a few gods. The situation is so extreme that you can ignore it, and if you don't make a quick decision, you will have to worry about eating the umbilicus on another day. The authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear, the emperor's broken sacred heart, the external situation, can not be slow for a moment! ”

Chongzhen looked around at no one, and then confided in Li Mingrui and said, "I have had this ambition for a long time. No one praises it, so it is too late. Thou art the same as me, but the ministers outside don't obey, so what? This matter is important, and it must not be divulged lightly! ”

To move the entire court and the imperial court to Nanjing, it is a long way, and it is not a child's play. Chongzhen asked about specific matters such as halfway assistance. Li Mingrui is confident. Immediately presented the five routes of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Tongzhou Canal and Denglai Sea Boat, so the formation of suspicions. The emperor traveled south on a small road. At most, you can get to Huaishang in 20 days.

"King Wen is submissive, Confucius is micro-obedient, this is also called!" Li Mingrui said firmly: "Bixia but one step out, you can leap into the palm of the world." If you sit in Beijing, stick to the dangerous city. It's not helpful! ”

Chongzhen listened to the blood boiling, quite a sense of bosom friend, and ordered a banquet in Wenzhao Pavilion to entertain Li Mingrui. After lunch, Chongzhen rarely summoned Mingrui again in the inner hall, obviously feeling that it was urgent to move south. And so it goes all the way to the evening. Chongzhen still didn't let Li Mingrui leave, sat down next to him and had a long talk. By the time Li Mingrui left the palace, it was already the second watch at night.

Li Mingrui's extraordinary summons soon spread in Beijing officialdom, and everyone wanted to find out the news. Li Mingrui had to close the door to thank the guests. He also thought about whether to secretly report the right content of this recall to the crown prince, so that he was also a person who threw himself into the East Palace. But after thinking about it, Li Mingrui finally couldn't step through the hurdle of "minister of the country". Now that he has the trust of the emperor, how can he step on two more boats?

He didn't know that just half an hour after he left the palace, a small fireman wearing civilian clothes sneaked out of the palace, copied every word of the monarch and the minister, and sent it to Liu Ruoyu, the outer residence of the East Palace. Liu Ruoyu did not delay at all, and ordered someone to send it out overnight and release it out of Beijing City in a hanging basket. Wang Chengen is the commander of Dongchang, and the messenger naturally has the Dongchang waist card in his hand, who dares to ask?

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"Li Mingrui is a scholar's opinion." Zhu Cihong got the secret report and didn't think so. After Sun Chuanting and Wu Fu circulated it, Zhu Cihong said: "He can figure it out, the five suspicious soldiers, and the father and emperor will take the road to Huaishang. Hehe, where do the soldiers come from? Along the way, the officers of the two departments of the household soldiers must lead the troops to guard, how many soldiers and horses can those people drive? ”

Wu Fu also shook his head when he saw it: "It's really a matter of course." ”

"Since you want to leave, you have to have the determination of a strong man to break his wrist." Zhu Cihong said: "I am not willing to do this, then I have to take care of it, can I still do it?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Li Mingrui is also not familiar with general affairs, but he said: 'Those who do not make side merit are not allowed to be selected with the sub-meritor, and they are not allowed to be selected by examination'. ”

"That's true, but after all, his talent is limited." Zhu Cihong sighed: "You see, Li Banghua is much more sophisticated, he wants to suggest that I go to Nanjing to supervise the country, and he will go to the Qiben to ask my opinion in advance. In this way, whether I agree with it or not, let's all hear from you! Li Mingrui acted rashly, and I couldn't even save him when he was attacked. "Zhu Cihong has no special control over the East Palace Party, and there is no close connection between the officials of the East Palace Department. What Li Mingrui is willing to say is his own business, but the inconsistency of the call makes Zhu Cihong a little worried.

"This is all a trivial matter, no matter how fierce Jingshi is, at most he will go to prison, and he will not be easily beheaded." Sun Chuanting looked at Wu Fu, laughed at himself, and said, "Your Highness, let's go out of Taihang Mountain to Hebei." Whether to go north to Shenjing or east to Shandong, the army will also have to make a decision. ”

The Donggong Brigade has already passed Yangquan, and will soon enter the Taihang Mountain, pass through the Guguan and leave Shanxi.

After Li Zicheng occupied Pingyang, he did not immediately attack Taiyuan, but waited for Li Guobu in northern Shaanxi to lead his troops to cross the river from Jiazhou, and invited the Xiongtong troops who were guarding the crossing along the river to cut off the aid of Taiyuan. At the same time, Liu Fangliang was sent to lead a large army to march east along the north bank of the Yellow River, occupy Huaiqing Mansion (Qinyang) in Henan, Lu'an Mansion (Changzhi) in Shanxi, and then go east to Weihui (Ji County) in Henan, Zhangde (Anyang) Erfu, and Beizhili Daimyofu, and then go to Handan, Xingtai, and Hejian to capture Baoding until Jingshi.

Liu Fangliang's established route of march bypassed the Taihang Mountains from the south and strategically formed an encirclement. If Beijing's move to the south is not implemented immediately, it will not be able to leave even if it wants to. Zhu Cihong was able to obtain such confidential military information, but unfortunately there were no troops to deploy. It's like watching a thief empty his home from a camera, but there's nothing he can do.

With Liu Fangliang's road map, it will also be possible to launch Li Zicheng's own marching route. He must have led the army north, going through Taiyuan, Ningwu, Datong, Yanghe, Xuanhua, and passing through Juyong Pass to Beijing. This is from the north of the Taihang Mountains, and forms a situation of echoing and pinching with the southern line.

Perhaps, there will be a large army from Taiyuan to divide the troops, go directly to the east to Guguan, and from Zhending to the northeast to Baoding. This is also Zhu Cihong's eastward journey.

"I will only take the Thousand Headquarters of the Chinese Army back to Beijing," Zhu Cihong said, "and the rest of the troops will be handed over to Xiao Donglou to take to Shandong." The attendant office also went directly to Shandong to recover Yanzhou. When Zhu Cihong said Shandong, he couldn't help laughing.

Xu Dian and Luo Yukun actually led the "Dashun Army" with 5,000 Sichuan soldiers to capture Yanggu County without blood.

Yanggu County is under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou, but I don't know how Yanzhou will react in the face of this bandit. Zhu Cihong decided to let Xu Dian send Yanzhou first and ordered him to surrender. If Yanzhou is determined to resist, then the only way to let the Donggong guard battalion as a backing and let the "thieves" attack the city.

Yanzhou is the fief of the Lu Dynasty, and I don't know how much wealth has been accumulated since the founding of the country, which must not be given to others. There was a "thief soldier" first, and then the prince recovered it, who can say anything? The only thing that is more troublesome is the land, but you can also let King Lu "donate" it, thinking that in order to survive, things outside the body can still be discarded.

Zhu Cihong didn't know that Xu Dian and Luo Yukun's team in Yanggu County was expanding every hour. Many peasant households who lost their land and went bankrupt heard that King Chuang was coming, and rushed to join them with their families, just asking for a bite to eat. Many nearby states and counties have also sent people to contact and want to return to Shun Dashun. Looking at the letters that said Li Zicheng as "Pei Gong is reborn, Taiyuan Gongzi", Luo Yukun could only be "dizzy" all day. (To be continued......)

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