"The son of the emperor greets his father!"

Zhu Youzhen personally wrote two edicts and a secret decree in a row, and he was a little tired, so he took a nap.

But just as he was squinting and taking a nap, he heard the voice of a young man.

Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes and saw that he was the crown prince Zhu Cihong, who was wearing a bright yellow four-clawed dragon robe, and he was also his eldest son.

The pink makeup of his own prince is jade, and his jewel-like eyes are clear and transparent without any flaws.

But on the day when the empire was about to end, his young prince did not have the stubbornness of a teenager of the same age, but was very quiet.

"Come here!"

Zhu Youzhen has been accustomed to substituting himself as Emperor Chongzhen, not to mention that he has also inherited the memories and emotions of Emperor Chongzhen, and there is nothing unacceptable for Zhu Cihong, a fifteen-year-old son.

As soon as Zhu Cihong came over, he gently patted him on the shoulder and said:

"My father wants you to leave the capital from today and go on a long trip, only you are accompanied by Wang Da Companion, and there is no father and queen mother to take care of you, do you dare?"

"Erchen dare!"

Zhu Cihong couldn't help biting her lip, her little cheeks were biting very tightly, and tears flowed down her eyes, but she couldn't hold back and didn't cry.

Perhaps at the age of fifteen, he already realized what he was up against.

Zhu Youzhen stroked his head, then called Wang Chengen over, took out a testament and a secret decree and said to Wang Chengen:

"Wang Chengen, this is the secret decree I plan to give to the general soldiers of Shanxi and Daizhou and Ningwu Sanguan to meet Ji!

You immediately take the prince to see Zhou Yuji immediately, hand the secret decree to Zhou Yuji, and tell him that he will immediately rush to King Qin, the capital with his elite, and abandon Ningwu Pass!

If Li Zicheng has already broken the Beijing division by the time he arrives at the Beijing Division, he will not have to enter the Beijing Division again, and directly go south with my will to help the prince ascend the throne!

In addition, tell Zhou Yuji that there are obstacles on the road, no matter who they are, there is no forgiveness! ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, he knew the importance of Ningwu Pass at this time, once Ningwu Pass was lost, it meant that Li Zicheng's army could successfully reach Datong:

One is the Ningwu Pass guarded by Zhou Yuji, and the Juyong Pass guarded by Tang Tong.

And now His Majesty directly transferred Zhou Yuji to the capital urgently, undoubtedly taking the initiative to give up a dangerous pass, intensifying the speed of Li Zicheng's troops besieging the capital.

So, Wang Chengen couldn't help kneeling down and said: "Your Majesty, no, if you transfer Zhou Yuji to Beijing, then I will not be able to hold Datong, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist Li Zicheng!" ”

"It is difficult to resist Li Zicheng with or without Ningwuguan, rather than this, it is better to transfer the only reliable army into the capital and escort me or the prince to the south, this group of damn civil officials want to hinder me and the prince from going south, isn't it just to bully me that I have no soldiers in my hands, only when Zhou Yuji comes, I have a certain amount of military power, and I may still have a glimmer of life!"

Zhu Youzhen said and directly pulled out his sword and pointed at Wang Chengen: "Don't talk nonsense, pass on the decree, otherwise I will kill you directly for the crime of resisting the decree!" ”

Although Zhu Youzhen was sure that Wang Chengen was a reliable person, otherwise he would not have been martyred for himself, but at this moment, Zhu Youzhen had to be tough in order to deter these people.

"The old slave obeys! Please rest assured that Your Majesty, the old slave will be able to take good care of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he will definitely be able to take General Zhou to the capital to rescue His Majesty before Li Zicheng! ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help but burst into tears when he said it, and at this time, Zhu Cihong was also crying at this time, and finally couldn't help yelling:

"The son is reluctant to give up his father!"

Zhu Youxiao was a little moved even if he was hard-hearted at this time, but he still held back and shouted:

"What are you crying about, the man is as dead as iron, look at the test hand, and make up for the crack! If there is an accident in Zhendan, Zhu Cihong, you are the emperor of my Ming Dynasty, and you have to bear the responsibility of my Ming Zhongxing, otherwise under Jiuquan, the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and I will not be able to tolerate you, understand? ”

"Erchen understands!"

Zhu Cihong was sensible, and after kneeling down and kowtowing to Zhu Youzhen, he clenched his fists and hurried to the Kunning Palace where his mother, Empress Hou Zhou, lived.

And Wang Chengen was called over by Zhu Youzhen and did not let him follow:

"Let him talk to his queen mother, and I will ask you, how much food is left in the treasury?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the current silver is less than two thousand taels, and we can't even afford to pay for the horses," Wang Chengen couldn't help crying.

This made Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect an emperor to be so poor!

It is also thanks to his previous life that he really believed that Chongzhen had tens of millions of taels after his death, but now it is a big lie at first glance;

Now that I think about it, my own country is no longer guaranteed, so why does Chongzhen have to keep tens of millions of taels?

Unless the brain show is funny.

What's more, after Li Zicheng occupied the capital, he didn't scavenge much money in the palace, and in the end he was forced to squeeze hundreds of officials.

This can also prove how poor the emperor is.

But if the time really comes to rely on the crown prince Zhu Cihong and Wang Chengen to go south to fight the army, it is necessary to have a sum of money to pay for the army.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but glance back at his Qianqing Palace, and pointed to the Qianqing Palace of Nuoda:

"Wang Chengen, pick it, this room is full of antiques and jade, you can pick and choose at will, pick the expensive ones and pick the light ones to pack and take them out of the palace with the crown prince Zhu Cihong."

Wang Chengen didn't expect His Majesty to directly let him take away all these royal things, so frightened that he knelt down again:

"No! Your Majesty, these are all tributes from various countries, each of which is priceless, and you can't enjoy it unless your Majesty, Your Majesty let the old slave take it away, but the old slave doesn't dare! ”

"Get up!"

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but roar at him angrily and said:

"It is precisely because these antiques and jade artifacts are priceless that I let you take them all, rather than leaving them to Liukou Li Zicheng, it is better to let you take them away, and when the time comes, you can go to Jiangnan and use this batch of property to revitalize the rivers and mountains, you don't understand!"

"The old slave understands! Whining! ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help crying a few more times, and kowtowed to Zhu Youzhen again.

"Obey the order", after Zhu Youzhen said this, Wang Chengen stumbled to his feet, came to a mallet full of antique jade, and held the porcelain of the first brother kiln in his hand.

Zhu Youzhen saw that he was slow to come over and pick up Wang Chengen's robe, directly took out four or five antiques and threw them into his arms, and threw a bunch of ancient books, calligraphy and paintings.

Soon, Wang Chengen carried a large bag of antique jade out of the Qianqing Palace, and turned to Zhu Youzhen and said:

"Your Majesty, rest assured, even if the old slave fights for this old life, he will take General Zhou's men and horses into Beijing before Li Zicheng!"

Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything except for asking Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, to say a few words.

Now there is only one month left before the city of Beijing is broken.

Now that he asked Zhou Yuji to abandon Ningwu Pass, it is very likely that Li Zicheng's troops will come to Beijing City faster, so he must race against time to make all preparations for going south before Li Zicheng breaks the city.

These ill-intentioned ministers let themselves stay in the capital and wait for the enemy army to break through the city, so that they could sacrifice themselves to Li Zicheng?

No way!