The current situation is dangerous, and Zhu Youzhen also knows that Guang Shiheng and these officials have long since missed him as the emperor in their hearts.

So, he can only endure it now!

He could only accept Guang Shiheng's proposal to postpone his two sons to go to the south to become a vassal domain.

Zhu Youzhen could see that these officials wanted to trap themselves in Beijing!

Not only trapped himself, but also trapped his son in the capital!

But now Zhou Yuji's army is still coming, and he doesn't know if Zhou Yuji can reach the capital before Li Zicheng.

But as emperor, he had to be prepared for the worst.

There are few people he can trust now.

Even, he didn't dare to summon Fan Jingwen and Li Banghua and other ministers who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Because, he can guess that his own every move will be known by the ministers.

Zhu Youzhen summoned the concubines, eunuchs, palace maids and others in the palace to the platform.

Although most of these people are women, they are all their own family members.

It is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to abandon them, and it is impossible for these people to abandon themselves, they are almost facing the same fate as themselves.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen gave an explanation to these people at the end.

"Everyone must have seen that the capital is going to be broken, half of my country is going to be gone, and before long, this Forbidden City, every tile and every brick here will not be mine."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, the people below whimpered.

Even Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan could only look at Zhu Youzhen in silence.

Under the gloomy sky, no one is not shivering, not sobbing.

"What are you crying about!"

Zhu Youzhen roared directly, the residual power of his generation of emperors is still there, at least these people in the palace are still afraid, and they all raised their heads and looked at His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who was already full of vicissitudes.

"It's just half of the country, if it's gone, it's gone, and it doesn't mean that my country will die!"

Zhu Youzhen commanded: "Now I want to take you to Nanjing, go to the south to regroup, you go back immediately to pack up your gold and silver, bring as much as you want, and after packing, you will come to my Qianqing Palace, everyone will live together, and wait for the opportunity to escape!" ”

"Do you understand?"

Zhu Youzhen asked loudly.

The palace people replied one after another, "Understood", and then ran back to their respective residences to pack up the gold and silver.

Three days later, except for those who had already decided to join the new dynasty to welcome King Chuang, hundreds of palace people gathered in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen found that Wang Dehua and Zhang Yin, the two eunuchs who were the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuchs, did not come.

It can be seen that these high-ranking eunuchs have also betrayed themselves.

However, Zhu Youzhen doesn't care very much now, but fortunately, there are dozens of eunuchs and eunuchs who remain here.

Although these people have no parts to reproduce, they used to be men, and their physical strength is stronger than that of the concubines and palace maids in this palace.

At that time, Zhu Youzhen himself will have to rely on these people if he wants to escape.

Zhu You checked the names and found that there were a total of thirty-five eunuchs, and the highest official position among them was only Shangyi Supervisor He Xin.

"He Xin, from now on, you are the Imperial Horse Eunuch and Eunuch Commander Jingying, but I don't have any soldiers for you now, you can only be the commander of these thirty-four eunuchs now, take them to the treasury to find good weapons, and from now on, my safety will be handed over to you!"

Zhu Youzhen patted He Xin on the shoulder.

He Xin nodded: "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will live up to Your Majesty!" ”

In the following days, Zhu Youzhen ate and slept with He Xin and other 35 eunuchs, and even ran and drilled every day, and would also send people to investigate the situation of hundreds of officials and the defense of the capital.

Zhu Youxuan was no longer as frugal as before, he almost took out all the fish and meat in the stock, and everyone in the palace ate it to his heart's content to accumulate physical strength.

……

"What, Chongzhen and the people in the palace are packing up the gold and silver, and they still want to escape?"

The military department gave the matter to the light Shiheng couldn't help but ask the little eunuch who came to report the news.

And Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help sneering after hearing this: "I still want to escape, the world is so big, where is there a place for him to Chongzhen Emperor." ”

"He can't escape! Now the defense of the palace city is in the hands of our Jinyi guard, if it weren't for the eunuch Wu Mengming who guarded the nine gates insisted on refusing, the lower officials would have ordered someone to detain Chongzhen and Zhou Hou, so as not to cause extraneous trouble! ”

Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to hurriedly walk up to Wei Zaode and say.

At this time, Zuo Du Yushi Dou Ding also stood up and said with a smile: "It is reported that King Chuang has already hit Shanxi, now it will be half a month soon, and the army will be able to come to the capital in a month at the latest. ”

These officials who were plotting to defect to the new lord Li Zicheng couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, remained silent, and only after everyone stopped laughing did he ask, "Have our people contacted the person who broke into the king?" ”

"I have already contacted Prime Minister Niu Cheng under the command of King Chuang, King Chuang has promised that as long as we open the city gate and surrender, we will be promoted to one level, and Yuan Fu will directly be the first Zaifu of Dashun!"

The eunuch Zhang Yin said with a smile.

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has the power to transfer troops, and at this time he can be regarded as the only civilian official in the capital who holds the power of the army.

But it's just that Zhang Jinyan has already chosen to take refuge in Li Zicheng, so Zhu Youzhen may also rely on him.

At this time, Zhang Jinyan listened to the answer of the eunuch Zhang Yin, the eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi, and nodded after listening, and said:

"Now we have to hurry up and let Li Guozhen, the commander of the Beijing camp, guard the gates inside and outside the capital, and at the same time, let Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, guard the imperial city, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities will closely monitor the officials and people in the inner and outer cities, so as to prepare for the opening and closing of the king at that time.

At this time, Zhou Kui, the Marquis of Jiading, who is also the father of Queen Zhou, also stood up: "I don't care what you want to do with my son-in-law, but you have to hand over my three grandsons to me at that time, so that I can dedicate it to King Chuang, and I can kill my relatives with righteousness, or I can keep the family business that my husband has accumulated for decades." ”

……

Zhu Youzhen also knew that he was in a deep predicament now.

From the Beijing camp to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, there are also the Praetorian Guards guarding the Imperial City and the Jinyi Guards guarding the palace city.

Zhu Youzhen doesn't know their loyalty now, but he is sure that most of them are already waiting to join Li Zicheng.

Now it is Wu Mengming who controls the safety of his emperor.

This Jinyi guard guarding the palace is in charge of the edict and the defense of the palace city.

But this person is a well-known corrupt official, and he is famous for accepting bribes, and Zhu Youzhen doesn't know if this person will still stand on his side as the emperor at such a critical moment.

However, judging from the current situation, Wu Mengming did not take action against himself, which shows that he is still wandering, and he has not completely chosen to take refuge in Li Zicheng.

Of course, even so, Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to rely on him as a confidant, he could only continue to wait for Zhou Yuji's arrival.

Just ten days later, Wang Chengen finally appeared in front of Zhu Youzhen:

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yuji's department has been ordered to arrive in Beijing, and now it is outside Chaoyang Gate!"