Chongzhen has been seventeen years, and there has been no auspiciousness since the beginning of the year.

On the first day of the first lunar month, a strong wind shook the house in Beijing, flying sand and stones, and there was no daylight at hand. At that time, everyone thought it was ominous, and there were even rumors that rose with the wind, saying: This wind starts from the cadre position, the main riot army breaks the city, and the subjects are not blessed.

Emperor Chongzhen got up early in the morning, worshiped heaven and earth, wore a crown, and went to the Huangji Hall to receive congratulations from the ministers, but there was only one person on duty in the palace. The bell of the court had already sounded, but there was no one to go to the court. Chongzhen's face was pale at that time, his lips were blue, and his heart was blank, thinking that the ministers no longer took him as the emperor in their eyes.

The imperial history and the emperor Bixia looked at each other, and it took a long time before he reacted, and said: "Bixia, it must be windy outside, and the ministers have never heard the bell ring, thinking that the holy car has not come out." Please order the bell to ring again and open the East and West Chang'an Gate. ”

Only then did Chongzhen recover his strength, spit out the word "may" from between his teeth, and then said: "The bell rings often, and it is not allowed to stop." ”

After a while, the civil and military officials entered from the east and west Chang'an Gate one after another, but saw that the emperor was already sitting in the palace, and under the face of heaven, he was afraid to pass through the middle gate. So the civil official directly broke into the martial class, crouched down from under the mantle, and bowed down into the eastern class. Wuchen can only follow the same example, squatting from Wenban to Xiban stationing. Originally, it was just a temporary embarrassment, but it turned out to be crazy outside, and it was rumored that the civil and military forces were not subordinate, and there would be a disaster within 100 days.

On the 9th day of the first lunar month, the military department received an ultimatum sent by Li Zicheng, writing the name of the Yongchang year of Dashun, agreeing on a decisive battle in Shunming, and declaring that the army would inevitably arrive at the military division on March 10. Emperor Chongzhen was so anxious about this that he couldn't eat a mouthful of food for a few days. In this way, the idea of the imperial conquest arose, and under the persuasion of the cabinet ministers, he gradually calmed down, but he always felt that some of the ministers learned from Zhou Yanru and deliberately deceived him.

The nineteenth day of the first month. The eight-hundred-mile urgent military report was sent to Chongzhen from the shore of the Yellow River, which was the good news of the battle on the river, and also mentioned the burning of tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass for the thieves. In the letter of the prince's family that followed, he mentioned the battle of Hanseong, the blowing up of gunpowder by the thieves, and the burning of Hajin Castle. "The elite of the Li thief is half gone". - This is certainly an exaggeration, but it can also be regarded as a consolation to the Sacred Heart.

However, at this time, Chongzhen had been tortured by the thieves day and night to the point of madness, and Feng Yuanbiao could no longer comfort the Sacred Heart by "not judging victory or defeat by one city and one place", so he had to resign because of the loss of Shaanxi and the Yellow River.

On the day Emperor Chongzhen deposed Feng Yuanbiao, he returned to the inner palace and fidgeted. The emperor, who has never said much about ghosts and gods, can only hope for heavenly spirits. Let the Taoist priest in the palace help the divination. Who knows that the Taoist priest doesn't know if he really has the ability to communicate with the heavens, or if he has the intention to make the emperor's heart more blocked, and presents the true immortal language, but it is written:

"The emperor asked about the affairs of the world, and the officials were greedy and asked for money.

Seven places in all directions, ten stoves and nine smoke-free.

Li Min suffers in the midst of suffering, and the situation is upside down.

From now on, don't think about the peaceful year. ”

Chongzhen was hit one after another. At dinner, I got an urgent report from the Ministry of War, saying that the army of Li Thief was approaching Pingyang Mansion. Pingyang guard Chen Shangzhi retreated to Niyuan Mountain. The prefect of Pingyang, Zhang Xuanran, opened the city to surrender thieves.

Binh Duong fell.

Taiyuan was completely exposed to the bandits.

In Kunning Palace, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan were relatively speechless.

After a week, his eyes were red and swollen, and he cried day and night. When the news of the prince's victory came from the front, she wanted to weep with joy; When the news came that the army was approaching step by step, she had to worry about her son again, and she would even wake up crying in her dreams. Zhu Cihong has been on the expedition since these days. Zhou Hou has already taken off her human form, and even Chongzhen can't bear to look at her.

"! The emperor is here. The palace maid hurriedly came in and reported: "It's already at the palace gate." ”

"Got it." Weeks later, he wiped his tears.

Empress Zhang and Empress Zhou were not able to greet them, but Concubine Yuan had to come out alone, and before she could reach the door, Emperor Chongzhen, who was almost rushing in, bumped into it.

Chongzhen threw the red book (Song Shu) in front of Zhou Hou. Furious, he said, "This is your good son!" My good prince! The thief has already hit Taiyuan Mansion, he is defeated and retreated, and he dares to lie about the good news! The emperor's pent-up emotions completely exploded, and sure enough, it roared like thunder.

Zhou Hou opened the song and took a look, it turned out that it was the Shanxi Governor Wang Zongyou who impeached the Shanxi Governor Cai Maode for abandoning the river and not guarding it, and even the thieves easily crossed the river. Although he did not scold Zhu Cihong, he solemnly pointed out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince "neither knows soldiers nor has the heart to fight".

"I just said, how can there be a reason in the world to win one battle after another, but retreat step by step!" Chongzhen was furious, if it weren't for Empress Zhang sitting in the hall, he really wanted to demolish this Kunning Palace!

After the week, a woman's family naturally couldn't say the words "space for time". Even if Feng Yuanbiao said this, it was useless. Now there are rumors in the outer court arguing about moving south or the prince going to Nanjing to supervise the country, and some people propose to transfer the Ning Tieqi into the pass to defend Kyoto. All kinds of discussions, falling in Chongzhen's ears, are all words of the country.

"Bixia is so angry!" Empress Yi'an's willow eyebrows were upside down, and she pressed one hand on the knee of the sobbing Zhou Hou, and said angrily: "Could it be that the emperor only believes in outsiders, but not in his own family!" ”

Chongzhen's anger that had just been vented was blocked back by Zhang Hou's words, and his heart was burning, and he was confused and confused: Who is lying to me? It's everyone who is lying! I don't live up to the people of the world, why should everyone in the world be responsible for me!

The emperor could no longer stay in the palace, turned around and ran out, looking up to the trombone.

This small turmoil in the Great Inner Palace, within two hours, has been written and embarked on the road to Shanxi.

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Zhu Cihong sat on the main hall of the Jin Palace, looking at Cai Maode at the bottom. There is also a reason why this method of reception was chosen. To put it simply, Cai Maode rejected Zhu Cihong's solicitation and insisted on staying in Taiyuan.

"You have been dismissed as the governor of Shanxi, why do you need to stay!" Zhu Cihong really had some difficulty understanding this stubborn ascetic.

Because of Wang Zongyou's performance, Chongzhen was greatly stimulated, and the first order he issued was to dismiss Cai Maode and appoint Guo Jingchang as the governor of Shanxi. It stands to reason that even if Guo Jingchang did not arrive in Taiyuan, Cai Maode could no longer take charge of affairs as governor, and could only properly prepare for the handover of government affairs.

However, Cai Maode swore silently in Taiyuan that he would live and die with Taiyuan City.

Zhu Cihong has few eye-catching officials, and now he finally found a good governor, but he would rather die than leave, how can he be calm? With the way of receiving the monarch and the minister, it is Zhu Cihong's glimmer of hope: he hopes to use the authority of imperial power to pressure Cai Maode to follow him.

Cai Maode just hung his head and said calmly: "The minister should die to seal the territory." (To be continued......)

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