Among the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that there is no one like Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's father and son who do not want to change the dynasty. The annual salary of nine million taels, excluding the profit in Beijing, most of it goes into the pockets of the father and son.

Chongzhen was unwilling to take responsibility all his life, and hoped that the ministers below would carry the black pot for him and maintain his image as the Holy Emperor Mingwang, but after all, he was sold by Liaozhen but returned the money, and at the same time carried a big black pot for them.

After weighing left and right, Wu Xiang finally let his son enter the customs, so as not to let the thieves really take Beijing. In the event of the fall of Beijing, let alone 9 million taels of liao per year, I am afraid that it will fall into a situation of being attacked by the enemy on its back.

Chongzhen was naturally overjoyed when he learned that the Wu father and son were willing to enter the King of Guanqin, and at the same time spread the word to the world and summoned the world's soldiers to enter the King of Jingqin. Among them, the names are Wang Yongji, the governor of Jiliao, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Jiliao, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong.

Wu Sangui wanted to clean up the industries outside the Guan, and led the people to travel more than ten miles a day, slowly marching towards the Guannei. Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, lied that he had fallen from his horse and could not enter the Beijing Division. Tang Tong, the general soldier of Jiliao, rushed to Beijing with 8,000 Jizhen border troops and stationed outside Qihuamen (Chaoyangmen).

Emperor Chongzhen has not seen such an obedient border town for too long, and when His Majesty saw it, he gave a banquet and a reward of silver, and he was comforted. Tang Tong also said, "I am willing to sacrifice my body to repay the service, so that the culprit will be annihilated quickly." The emperor was naturally very happy, but he still sent the lieutenant Du Zhizhi as the supervisor of the army.

This stroked Tang Tong's tiger whiskers. He threw the things given by Chongzhen on the ground, and said angrily: "Since the emperor added me the title of Taishi and named me an earl, but he turned against me with internal official moderation, I am not a minion!" He immediately said that his soldiers were too small, and the situation outside Beijing was too peaceful. It is not conducive to warfare, and it should be defended at Juyong Pass. Without waiting for the imperial court to issue an order, Tang Tong led the troops to Juyong Pass. and then surrendered Li Zicheng, which is naturally the meaning of the topic.

On March 12, Chongzhen issued another edict against himself, becoming the most diligent king in Chinese history. He issued another edict. It was announced that all the new and old salaries were stopped, and at the same time emphasized that only Li Zicheng was guilty of unforgivable, and other civil and military hypocrites such as Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin were all pardoned, as long as they were concerned with the royal family, they were not investigated in the past, and they were reinstated.

"I'm afraid this holy decree won't come out of Gyeonggi." Zhu Cihong sighed.

Song Hongye sat under the crown prince, a little apprehensive because he hadn't seen him for too long. This time, Zhu Cihong led Min Zhanlian and other personal guards to sneak back to Beijing, just to take his family out of this fire pit. I don't plan to fight with Li Zicheng. Although I don't know the exact strength of the Shun army, a rough estimate shows that with Xuanda's surrender, it is not difficult for Li Zicheng to gather 100,000 horses.

Now who else in the world can fight hard with Li Zicheng?

"Your Highness, are you going to withdraw to Shandong together?" Song Hongye asked.

"No," Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "You have to stay in Beijing and surrender to Li Chuang." ”

"Your Highness! There is only loyalty in the heart of the lowly ......"

"To surrender to a thief is to be loyal." Zhu Cihong held down Song Hongye's words: "Sun Tzu's so-called 'use room'. You are the 'room' I can entrust. Not only is Li Chuang coming to surrender, no matter who occupies Beijing in the future. and thou shalt return, and be my eyes and ears. ”

Song Hongye heard it in a cold sweat, and said bitterly: "Your Highness...... Is there a time for the lowly to be cleansed of this filth? ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "If I can recover Shenjing, I will naturally build a table for you and wash away the filth!" If I can't come back, you're not dirty. ”

"Your Highness will be able to succeed immediately!" Song Hongye said loudly.

"I hope so." Zhu Cihong took a breath.

……

"Master. We had to go down. ”

Li Shouhua, the chief soldier of Changping, looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground and said angrily: "Chen Yiyuan! Aren't you sorry? ”

Chen Yiyuan said helplessly: "Master, you treat me well on weekdays, but it was I who persuaded the master to come down together." Now none of the soldiers below are willing to give their lives, and they all say that they will surrender. I had no choice but to go. ”

Li Shouhua stared at Chen Yiyuan for a long time. Spit out three words: "I don't descend." ”

Chen Yiyuan kowtowed on the ground and said, "Although the master refuses, my generation is going to go." After that, he got up and left, and there were already soldiers waiting for him outside the door, and they all roared out. It's just a blink of an eye, and only Li Shouhua was left in the huge barracks.

Li Shouhua's heart was gloomy, and he turned back to the house, thinking that He Qian, the governor of Changping, had already fled with his own soldiers under the pretext of guarding Juyong Pass, and he was alone, could he stop Li Zicheng's army of 100,000? Disheartened for a while, Li Shouhua happened to see a rope outside the house, coiled like a snake.

He took the rope, calmly returned to the house, threw it to the beams, and stood on the table and tied it to death.

Chen Yiyuan is not an officer, but he is quite good at being a man on weekdays, and he has a good fate among soldiers. When he went out of the camp, he thought of the benefits of this Master Li, and knew that his old man must have no reason to steal his life, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. It wasn't until he took a group of Changping soldiers to Sanlipo outside the city that he found that the local old people and students were already waiting for the army, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: fortunately, it was not too late.

After a while, a group of people came from the west, waving the banner of the word "Tian", with blue clothes and blue clothes, and the instruments were lofty. Chen Yiyuan hurriedly went up first, knelt down in front of the horse, and shouted: "The Changping guards are willing to surrender to the king's division!" ”

A general came out of the formation, it was Sawahou Tian Mixiu. He glanced at the soldiers and civilians kneeling to greet him, and asked Chen Yiyuan, "But are you all willing to surrender?" ”

Chen Yiyuan hung his head and said loudly: "The guards of Changping are all kneeling here to greet them, begging for mercy from the master." ”

Tian Jianxiu took a look, and there was a group of beggar-like figures kneeling not far behind Chen Yiyuan, and there were also three or five hundred people.

"The Holy Driver is behind." Tian Jianxiu flicked his horsewhip and ordered the army to continue to move forward and occupy Changping City.

Changping is the place where the twelve tombs of the emperor and the Ming Dynasty are located, and the mountains are full of pines and cypresses. Everywhere the soldiers are crossed, where to care about any taboos, as long as they use firewood to cut down these pine and cypress trees. Some people wanted to touch the gold bucket, but they couldn't find the gate of the underground palace, so they burned the Ming Tower of Kangling and Zhaoling and the main hall of Dingling to vent their anger.

Changping is only eighty miles away from the Forbidden City, and Li Zicheng set up a line in Gonghua City, Shahe, between Changping and Beijing, and still ordered Tian Jianxiu to lead a large army to attack Beijing.

Li Guozhen, the commander of Xiangcheng, led the three battalions of the Beijing Division to garrison outside the city, and as soon as Tian Jianxiu's army arrived, he immediately surrendered, turning from defending the city to besieging the city.

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"Go and call the king of Ding, the king of Yong." Chongzhen sat at the bottom of the steps, his hair was scattered, and he no longer had the same bearing as before.

After a while, the chamberlain came over with the two kings of Dingyong. When Chongzhen saw his son, sadness came from it, tears had already flowed, and he couldn't hold back his crying: "Why are you still wearing this clothes? Hurry up and change the color of the people's clothes. He took the hands of his two young sons and said, "You and you are kings today, and tomorrow you will be small people." In the chaos, you should hide your tracks and hide your name. If you see an official, the old man should be called the master, and the young man should be called the prince. If you see a flat person, the old man should call him father, and the strong man should call him uncle. The scribe who wears a scarf should be called sir, and the sergeant should be called the chief and the head of the household......"

Chongzhen said and spoke, crying silently, seeing his two sons trembling, he raised his head and sighed: "Why are you born in heaven!" Escape to your own lives, you don't have to love me......"

Cijiong was a little older, and he hugged Chongzhen's arm and didn't let go, just crying. Yongwang Cizhi is the same, refusing to leave.

"Emperor!" The attendant Zhang Yin suddenly stepped forward: "The emperor doesn't need to worry, the slave and maid have a plan here!" ”

Chongzhen was already a drowning person, even if there was a straw, he had to grasp it, and hurriedly got up and asked, "He Ce!" ”

Zhang Yin said with a smile: "If the thieves really enter the city, they only need to surrender and they will be fine." ”

Chongzhen only felt a rush of blood rushing to his head, pushed his two sons away, pulled out the sword at his waist, and slashed at Zhang Yin's neck. Zhang Yin was caught off guard, and the large blood vessels on the side of his neck were split, and the blood in his neck spurted out more than three feet, drenching Chongzhen's head and face. The two little princes saw Zhang Yin lying in a pool of blood, their whole body was still convulsive, and their father's face was covered with blood, like evil ghosts. The two teenagers screamed in horror and ran out.

Chongzhen was stimulated by the blood, his expression was hideous, and he carried the sword that was still dripping blood, and went all the way to Kunning Palace. Along the way, the eunuchs and female officials, seeing that the emperor no longer knelt down to salute, and only cared about fleeing for their lives. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm going back to my hometown today, and I don't know if it's too late at night...... Thank you for your support!