It's dawn.

The rising sun comes from the east.

The morning light reflected half of the sky through the thick clouds.

The dark Forbidden City finally saw a glimmer of light.

In the splendid Qianqing Palace, blood flowed all over the ground.

There are also traces of blood on the white marble pillar.

Zhu Youzhen walked out of the hall and looked at the blood stains flowing on the coiled dragon danqiao and the rising sun under the yellow sand.

I feel infinite emotion in my heart.

Just now.

He killed a cabinet chief, a scholar, and two high-ranking eunuchs, Zhou Kui, a relative who had just been named the Marquis of Jiading, and the celebrant eunuch.

In addition, he gave the light in the matter, Shi Heng, Zuo Yushi, Dou Ding, etc.

These heads should be enough to pay tribute to the creatures who are being devastated by the war in this world.

"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!"

Zhu Youzhen raised his hands high into the sky and read out a poem by Liu Bang.

The ministers all stood silently behind them, their faces still showing sadness.

But seeing that the king Zhu Youzhen was so heroic and confident, he was also a little settled in his heart.

Except for the traitors with two hearts!

In a short period of time, he, the emperor, had absolute control over the capital.

And this is also the best time to escape from the capital.

Think about it.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly returned to the dragon chair.

The ministers also hurriedly turned around, and they all looked at this majesty, waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhu Youzhen also knew that time was very tight now, and now he let Zhou Yuji abandon Ningwu Pass, which was tantamount to speeding up the pace of Li Zicheng's troops coming to the capital.

Although there are still fortresses such as Datong, Xuanfu, and Juyongguan.

But according to Zhu Youzhen's memory of the original history, the guards in these places are almost desperate.

Therefore, the emperor himself could not expect Li Zicheng to be blocked by the defenders in these places for a while.

Zhu Youzhen knew that he had to prepare for Li Zicheng's army to arrive in the capital in advance.

Naturally, the matter of moving south cannot be delayed!

Zhu Youxiao first asked Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, to directly act as the official of Tianfu Yin and patrol the city, and lead the soldiers and horses of the five cities to maintain law and order in the city and suppress the riots, so as to avoid chaos when the time comes to move south.

Secondly, Zhu Youzhen ordered He Xin to replace Wang Chengen as the commander of the Beijing camp, and led the 34 eunuchs he personally trained to control the Beijing camp, and cut redundant personnel, and selected 50,000 brave soldiers to be organized into the Second Guards Army.

Zhou Yuji's department was organized into the First Guards Army.

Zhou Yuji added Ning Wubo, and his wife Liu also added the crown prince Taibao, which is another female general after Qin Liangyu who was crowned with three dukes and three orphans to show his trust.

Wang Chengen's Dongchang Fanzi and Wu Mengming's Jinyi Guard, totaling more than 6,000 people, were responsible for confiscating all the property of the offending bureaucrats and gentry, but it could also be regarded as Zhu Youzhen's third army.

In addition, the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the soldiers and soldiers of the Shuntian Mansion and the counties of the capital were served.

In this way, now Zhu Youzhen is directly under the control of a total of 80,000 troops.

This will be the basis for his army to go south to revive the Ming Dynasty.

However, it is naturally not enough to have soldiers, but also to have money and food.

On the one hand, Zhu Youzhen asked the factory guards to hurry up and confiscate the property of the offending official and gentry.

On the one hand, Zhu Youzhen ordered the crown prince Zhu Cihong and Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, to take his family to Tongzhou to collect ships and prepare to load the two granaries in the east and west of Tongzhou immediately.

Fan Jingwen, the new head of the cabinet, was in charge of the overall planning of the entire southward migration, such as the collection of mule carts and horses, as well as the convening of craftsmen and scholars in Beijing, as well as the loading and advance transportation of various important materials and documents.

Wu Xian, a scholar of the Mandarin Hall and the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was responsible for organizing manpower to assist Fan Jingwen in completing the southward migration.

Zhu Youzhen's request to the two was to complete it within five days, that is, before the fourth day of the first month of March, all the loading of important materials and the assembly of important talents, including all kinds of craftsmen.

Originally, Zhu Youzhen also wanted to take all the people in the capital away.

However, it is a little overstretched to prepare important materials and talents for the southward transportation within five days, and it is naturally impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to move south with them.

What's more, in this case, it will only slow down the speed of one's southward movement.

When the time comes, it will be easy to be caught up by Li Zicheng's army.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen could only give up the idea of moving south with the people.

However, he could not give up the will of the people in the five northern provinces, although in the future, it was likely that he would cross the river with Li Zicheng or Jiannu, but sooner or later he would have to go on a northern expedition.

If you want to go on a northern expedition, you can't let Li Shu of the five northern provinces forget that he is good as an emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen issued an edict immediately after the end of the court meeting.

The content of the edict is to exempt the people of the north from all taxes and servitude! and ordered Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, to lead the hundreds of officials in the capital to post this notice all over the city.

Li Zicheng's slogan to win the hearts of the people is: When the king comes, he will not pay for food.

And now that the Ming Emperor is exempted from the taxes and servitude of the people in the north, it can naturally be regarded as saving the hearts of the people he has lost in the north.

For the common people, the most direct benefit is the payment of taxes and forced labor.

He was deeply bewitched by scholars and doctors, and repeatedly increased taxes, causing the people to lose their hearts, which was the reason for Li Zicheng's growth.

Now, it is natural to redeem it.

Of course, there is no loss in giving up the money and grain taxes in the north, after all, he is about to lose half of the country, even if he is not exempted, he will also lose it.

The move south is finally on the agenda.

Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know when Li Zicheng would appear in the North 0 Capital, although he had already sent many people to investigate.

But there is no definite news yet.

The entire capital was still dead and in a state of panic.

However, fortunately, as the emperor, Zhu Youzhen used his power to suppress some officials who were about to move, and he, the emperor, had made clear his decision to move south.

Therefore, although the capital panicked, it did not panic.

Officials are preparing in an orderly manner for the move south.

But there was a small incident in the palace.

Zhu Youzhen had just met with Fan Jingwen and other ministers, who were preparing for the southward move, but when he returned to the inner palace, he heard that Empress Zhou had hanged herself.

Zhu Youzhen, who has only traveled to this time for more than ten days, is busy cleaning up people's hearts and moving south, and he has not yet taken the energy to know enough about the married couple in his life, that is, the queen Zhou.

Now that he heard that Empress Zhou was going to hang herself, he hurried to Kunning Palace.

When Zhu Youzhen came to Kunning Palace, he saw Queen Zhou sitting on the bed with a haggard face, her yellow face was not powdered, and her tears were still there, so she couldn't help but get closer and hold her hand:

"Why are you doing that?"

Queen Zhou turned her face away, sobbed again, and then knelt down directly and said: "I don't know why my father disobeyed Your Majesty, and actually caused Your Majesty to cause him to die!" ”

At this time, the crown prince Zhu Cihong also came out: "Yes, father, grandfather, he is just greedy for money, why do you want to kill him." ”

"Bastard! Did I let you speak, get out! ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that Zhou Kui was a close relative to the queen and the crown prince, and killing him would definitely make them resist, but as the emperor, he had to think more about the people, seek benefits for the world, and save his royal family, so he could only execute Zhou Kui, a relative who had failed him, otherwise it would not be enough to deter other relatives.

Empress Zhou, as Zhou Kui's daughter, can have complaints about herself.

But the crown prince Zhu Cihong, as the future prince, cannot be trapped by personal feelings, he must be able to understand his words and deeds as an emperor, and if he can't understand it, he must obey it!

Now, the words of the crown prince Zhu Cihong are equivalent to making Zhu Youzhen see his weakness, so he can't help but scold angrily.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong had no choice but to retreat.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen took out a secret letter from between his sleeves and handed it to Queen Zhou: "Take a look for yourself, this is your good father, my good father-in-law wrote to King Li Chuang, saying that when the time comes, he will offer our children to beg to preserve the wealth, with this ruthless and unrighteous father-in-law, I can not kill, if I don't kill, how can I suppress the hearts of the scattered people!" ”

After Queen Zhou saw it, she was silent for a while.

But just when Zhu Youzhen suddenly turned around, the queen suddenly cried again, and then said: "The concubine is guilty, you shouldn't blame Your Majesty, my father is guilty, and I have the grace of God, if it is in danger today, the concubine is a delicate body, and I don't want to drag down Your Majesty anymore, now please cherish Your Majesty!" ”

Saying that, Queen Zhou was about to crash into the beam pillar and commit suicide.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly hugged her, he knew that the current Queen Zhou was heartbroken and lost her mind, while she was sad because of her father's death, and she was also angry because of her father's betrayal, and he didn't know how to face his husband who killed his father and chose to commit suicide, so he knew that it was impossible for him to persuade him.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to shout in a commanding tone: "You are my queen, listen, without my will, you are not allowed to die!" Now the southward move is imminent, the people's hearts are a little at ease, if the mother of a country has another accident, it will inevitably cause panic in the capital, from now on, you Haosheng will lead the people in the palace to prepare for the southward migration, no more suicidal love, when taking into account the overall situation, do not abandon the country and the community! ”

Queen Zhou has always been smart and virtuous, and when she heard Zhu Youzhen say this, she also regained some senses, sat down, and did not speak again.

And Zhu Youzhen lost his mind and pounced because he touched her still charming skin just now, and when he saw her crying, he lost his mind and pounced.

Showing his majesty overnight, Zhu Youzhen did his duty as a husband, and after tasting the joy of fish and water, Queen Zhou lost the idea of suicide even more.

It's just that Zhu Youzhen asked too much last night, so that Queen Zhou had to rest for a few days, and asked Yuan Guifei to help dismiss the palace and prepare for the southward move.