Chapter 0017: The Emperor Doesn't Want to Live Anymore
Zhou Ke'er has actually been here for a while, she has been standing outside the room on the city tower for the emperor to rest, Wang Chengen sweated and whispered beside her to persuade the queen to return to the palace.
Zhu Youzhen's eyes instantly experienced a change from joy to anger, "What are you doing!" How could the queen leave the palace without permission? Wang Chengen! Dog minion! What do you eat? ”
Wang Chengen was so frightened that he knelt down and slapped himself, "The old slave should die, the old slave should die!" The old slave really can't stop the mother! Niangniang said that if she didn't bring her to see the emperor, she would ......"
Wang Chengen glanced at the three ministers and didn't continue, of course Zhu Youzhen knew that the queen was using death to threaten Wang Chengen! I was angry and reluctant in my heart, and waved my hand to the crowd, "Let's all stand down, I will talk to the queen, and don't discuss the matter of mobilizing reinforcements!" I've made up my mind! I believe that the people of Jingshi will not watch me be captured and captured! Spread the message to the capital! Exempt the people of Beijing from paying taxes for one year! ”
Qian Longxi knelt down and said, "Accept the order, my emperor Shengming, in this way, the people of Jingshi will definitely thank the Holy Heaven for his grace!" ”
Why did Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen come to this point to reduce the taxes of the people of Beijing for a year, and the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were heavy, which was directly related to the collapse of the imperial court's system! And Jingshi is an important source of taxes for the imperial court! It is almost comparable to the tax of a major province in Jiangnan!
If it is still in the hands of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the imperial court needs an additional use of one million silver, and as long as an additional tax of two million is levied on the world, it can meet the requirements! And in the hands of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, at least 40 million must be levied on the whole country, so that he can barely collect 1 million taels of silver! The Ming Dynasty has been collecting taxes for more than sixty years! In fact, the taxes that the people of the Ming Dynasty pay now are basically paying taxes for their grandchildren and grandchildren! The law of the Ming Dynasty was strict, if the emperor wanted to reduce taxes, he had to fill it with silver, and the emperor exempted the people of Beijing from paying taxes for a year, which was equivalent to taking out millions of silver to supplement this expense! And his inner money is not inexhaustible!
If you can't make ends meet, the dynasty will be corrupted, this is the most direct consequence, the emperor has no money in his hands! You can't do anything you want!
When the group of people left the room where the emperor was temporarily resting and working, Zhu Youzhen glared at the empress, "Aren't you messing around?" What's the use of you coming here, don't stay in the palace honestly! ”
Zhou Ke'er ignored the emperor, walked to Zhu Youzhen's side, and put a black robe on the emperor, "Concubines are also people, people have a strength, didn't the emperor just say that it is useless for you to stay in the palace, then the concubine, who is the queen, how can she stay in the palace at this time when the country is in danger?" The concubines are here, at least the fathers and elders of the capital, and the women can see the determination of our royal family and the capital to live and die together. ”
Zhu Youzhen sighed deeply, "But I'll be upset!" You're here, how can I rest assured, I don't want you to see me like this! Do you understand? ”
Zhou Ke'er smiled strongly, "But the concubine has just seen it, the emperor, you are not timid, you are brave, at least much braver than the ministers!" The concubines should learn from the emperor. Later, the concubines accompanied the emperor to comfort the soldiers. ”
Zhu Youzhen's nose was sour, and he gently took Zhou Keer into his arms, looking at the gray sky outside! This should be a crisp autumn weather! The war made Daming uneasy! Let the hundreds of miles around the Jingshi be devastated! His heart is bleeding! "Kerr, you have been wronged! I am not a good king, nor am I a good husband! ”
Zhou Ke'er shook his head in the emperor's arms, and looked up at the emperor's young and handsome face, which was in stark contrast to the white hair on his temples! "No, it's because the concubine is not good enough, the concubine has not been able to serve the world and solve problems for the emperor, and the concubine is not a good wife."
While the two of them were talking, a hard crossbow struck the door frame of the emperor's door, making a bang, and it was still shaking violently for a long time.
"Go back to the palace, I am grateful for your heart! But you're here again, it's too dangerous, it's going to distract me, you know? "Zhu Youzhen is really angry! This is not the time to linger~!
Zhou Ke'er also came with a stubborn temperament, "Your Majesty, if you are now in charge of the army, the concubine can be said to be unreasonable, but now the enemy has come to the city, and now it is my Ming Jingshi who is besieging it!" It's a threat to the life and death of my Daming! The concubine is with the emperor, this is the duty of the concubine, if you don't like it, kill the concubine. ”
Zhu Youzhen nodded helplessly, "Well, without my order, you are not allowed to leave this room." ”
Zhou Ke'er smiled, "Then the emperor also has to promise his concubines, and when he works in the army, he must take his concubines." ”
Zhu Youzhen was just about to speak, and there was a violent shout of killing outside! The vanguard of the Eight Banners Army has already climbed the city wall!
Zhu Youzhen shouted angrily, "Stay here honestly, don't go anywhere!" Wang Chengen! Let the eunuchs protect the queen, if the queen has a little mistake, everyone will be buried with her! ”
Wang Chengen was so frightened that he agreed loudly, and panicked and let dozens of eunuchs guard the door of the hall!
No matter how much Zhou Ke'er yells, the emperor will never look back! He still has the burden of the state in his heart!
Zhu Youzhen took out his sword and rushed out! I saw that the Eight Banners Army of about 100 people rushed to the city wall, and this wave of offensive of the Eight Banners Army was very fierce! There are tens of thousands of people shouting and climbing the city wall! Seeing that the capital is about to be unfortunate!
Zhu Youzhen seemed to see a hundred years of humiliation and depression echoing in front of him, and he couldn't control himself anymore at this time, where did he remember what kind of king he was, he was just the most depressed man in the world! Ah shouted, "I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Dog stuff! All for me! As he spoke, he broke away from the protection of the guards with an arrow step, rushed into the enemy formation, waved Shang Fang's sword, and killed two Eight Banner soldiers in an instant!
The people on both sides of the fight were startled, this dramatic scene also made the people in the city who helped transport stones and timber see clearly, no one thought that the emperor would come on the field in person, everyone yelled wildly, "Don't hurt my Emperor Ming!" Kill everyone! ”
Tens of thousands of people frantically poured onto the city walls! Everyone was so excited that they couldn't restrain their souls! This reminded Zhu Youzhen of a game advertisement in later generations, our rage, you can't control it!
Zhu Youzhen's eyes were red, and he was slashing fiercely! At this moment, all the cells around his body began to burn! I only feel that my soul that has been suppressed for a hundred years has danced in this blood and fire! If he can't change history, he would rather say goodbye to his country at this moment! This way! At least it's ten million times better than hanging yourself! Great China has never lacked brave people, what is lacking is only a promising court, and what is lacking is a promising king!
Lu Xiangsheng roared angrily, "The old and young masters have all fought hard!" "Kicked an officer of the Eight Banners Army off the city tower more than ten meters high!
A soldier who had just enlisted in the army for only a day, originally shrunk in the pile of dead and pretended to be dead, and at this moment, he didn't know where he got the courage, and rushed over to a general of the Eight Banners Army who was going to release cold arrows to Emperor Zhu Youzhen, hugged the enemy, and roared angrily! This young man, who had just turned twenty, fell under the tall city walls with the enemy! He was smiling when he was dying, and blood gushed from the mouth of the Eight Banners generals beside him! Looking at this young man in disbelief, he slowly closed his eyes!
Even though Zhu Youzhen is a man in two lives, looking at the tens of thousands of red-eyed Ming people, he can't help but cry bitterly! Wielding his sword, he had to rush into the enemy formation again, and was hugged by a few brocade guards!
Zhu Youzhen shouted angrily, "What are you doing with me!" Kill me! Kill all the dogs for me! Sons of the Ming Dynasty! I live and die with you! Kill everyone! ”