Chapter 100, the decision of Emperor Chongzhen in the crossing version (II)

After discussing with Lu Xiangsheng and Wen Tiren for more than half an hour, and finalizing the specific plan for "moving to Xixing", Emperor Chongzhen, who crossed the version, ordered them to prepare for the escape quickly, and then left the Qianqing Palace himself, accompanied by Wang Chengen to the inner transport warehouse.

At this time, the eunuchs guarding the warehouse had already gotten the news, opened all the doors of the warehouse, and were about to pack up the fine and soft loading cars on the road. Emperor Chongzhen took the opportunity to inspect the interior and found that the Forbidden City's inner treasury covered a large area, with all kinds of court supplies ranging from spices to old furniture stored inside. Among them, there is a regulated and open silver warehouse, which is stored in the gold and silver accumulated by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and the official cast silver, which is cast into 50 taels and 100 taels of large silver ingots, which are neatly placed in the treasury. The "internal money" that the scholars and doctors in the court often asked the emperor to allocate refers to the silver placed here.

Looking around at the rows of empty wooden shelves in the silver vault, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh slightly - the original Wanli Emperor and later Wei Zhongxian once sent people around to urge the collection of mining taxes and commercial taxes, and once filled the inner treasury quite abundantly, and it is said that the silver deposit can reach up to 20 million taels. It's a pity that as soon as Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he exempted Jiangnan commercial taxes under the flickering of the Donglin Party, and cut off his own money. was deceived by Yuan Chonghuan and took away seven or eight million taels of internal money, and gave it to the white-eyed wolf who was not familiar with the Guanning Army in western Liaoning...... Coupled with the consumption of a series of wars after that, there are now less than two million taels of silver left in the inner treasury, and even if you count all kinds of precious stones, gold and other valuables, it is only three or four million taels of silver.

Hehe, what do you say that the royal family is rich in the world...... Even the homes of those Yangzhou salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River probably have more silver than I here, right?

Picking up a silver ingot wrapped in mulberry paper, and looking at the dim light a few times, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head with a wry smile.

Speaking of which, he is really hard enough to be the emperor of the time-traveling version, obviously there are three palaces and six courtyards around him, and there are countless beauties, but from the time of crossing to the present, there is still a woman who has never slept - at the beginning, he was cured from a serious illness, his body was too weak, and he was powerless in the affairs of men and women; Next, although the body was a little better, I was shocked to find that the situation was grim, and my net worth was about to be lost, so I really didn't have the interest to push the girl...... Alas, let's solve the problem of how to survive first! I'm also an emperor anyway, as long as I save my life, do I still have to worry about not having a woman?

Watching the eunuchs busily carrying all kinds of gold, silver, grain, rice, and dried meat, Emperor Chongzhen lamented his poor fate in his heart, but at the same time, he couldn't help but begin to wonder if the Jingshi defenders on the Desheng Gate would obey the holy decree and open the door to let them go?

Or will you choose to turn your face directly in frenzy, shoot arrows at the Son of Heaven's royal car, and start a bloody battle on the streets of Beijing?

As a pessimist, he has always been afraid to speculate on the madness of potential traitors with the utmost malice.

After all, in the spring of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in another time and space, they had really done this once.

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, and he finally had a convulsive brain, and he no longer had the heart to continue to stay in the Forbidden City to spend time, but left all the preparations for the escape to Wang Chengen, and led the five hundred internal Cao Jing Army (armed eunuchs) himself, and went straight to Deshengmen to ensure the back road - at this moment when the building is about to tilt and people's minds change, even if it is the Jinyi Guard who is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, because there are many children of officials and eunuchs, it is no longer so reliable. Only these eunuch chamberlains, whose life and death are tied to the royal family, can basically be regarded as relatively reliable people......

What this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen didn't know was that although he thought he was pessimistic enough, in fact, he was still too optimistic!

――Do you really think that as long as you escape from the dead land of Beijing, you will be able to turn the corner from danger to safety?

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On the other side, in the Wen Mansion, as soon as Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, returned home, he also ordered the people in the palace to quickly pack up and prepare to flee with the emperor.

“…… Father! Is Jingshi really unable to hold it this time? Alas, it may be better if this house is lost! It is much better for Daddy to go to Nanjing and then be the first assistant than to be afraid of thieves all day long in the siege of this Beijing division, lest thieves break the city......"

Wen Tiren's eldest son, Wen Zichen, heard this, and looked at this luxurious mansion with carved beams and paintings and a deep courtyard with some reluctance, but then he relaxed again, "...... Hehe, the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River on the Qinhuai River painting boat, as well as the scenery of the water town in Zhejiang's hometown, I have also missed it for a long time......"

“…… Go to Nanjing and then be the first assistant? Think beautifully! When I go to Nanjing, it's hard to say whether the old man's life can be saved! ”

While packing up his books and manuscripts, Wen Tiren glared at this son who slept all day long, "...... You can't make a mistake, I don't know how to think about it, if everyone knows today, being a father is the sworn enemy of the Donglin Party, and where is the nest of the Donglin Party? ”

“…… Naturally, it's Jiangnan, and Donglin Academy is in Wuxi......" Wen Zichen replied without thinking, followed by a burst of creepy, "...... In this way, if my father followed the royal driver to move south to Jinling, wouldn't he be caught in the net? ”

“…… What's the solution? Going south to Jinling is certainly a predictable future, but now the Beijing division is a dead land! ”

Wen Tiren snorted angrily -- as a concentration camp for the defeated dogs of the Ming Dynasty's political struggle, the six departments of the Nanjing Imperial Court of the Ming Dynasty were all frustrated officials who were defeated in the political struggle, and many of them were just driven down by Wen Tiren. It's only been a year since they left Beijing, but now the situation is reversed, and it's Wen Tiren's turn to flee to Nanjing to find them old enemies to eat together!

It is conceivable that when Wen Tiren, the old enemy of Donglin, fled to Nanjing, those old enemies would welcome him "warmly"!

What's more, in addition to the Nanjing Imperial Court, the Donglin Party's power among the people in Jiangnan is even larger, and its financial resources and influence are simply suffocating!

“…… However, it is precisely because of the strength of the Jiangnan Donglin Party that the saint must reuse his father to prevent the court from being dominant! ”

Although he is recognized as a greedy and lustful gentleman, as the son of the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Zichen still has some political sensitivity," ...... If all the government and government fall into the hands of the Donglin Party, without the power of checks and balances, the saint will be reduced to a puppet! ”

“…… Of course, the emperor wants to keep the old man, but after the court is lucky, even if the emperor has the heart, he may not be able to keep the old man! ”

Wen Tiren shook his head and sighed, "...... Do you know what is the backing behind the Donglin Party? The squires, powerful families, and wealthy families in the entire south of the Yangtze River! The court will levy grain, and the fields will be in the hands of these people; The imperial court wants to recruit soldiers, and the strong men are in the hands of these people; The court wanted officials, and the scholars were still in the hands of these people; The imperial court wants to collect commercial taxes, which sea ship in the south is not the property of these people, and which business name is not in the name of these people?

Such a behemoth, even with the royal prestige, is very difficult to suppress - as long as the ministers of Donglin in the southern capital work together to cut off the tax money and grain paid by the imperial court, this great tomorrow will collapse immediately! When he was in Beijing, the imperial court could barely deter Donglin from rebelling against the party by virtue of years of prestige. But if the imperial court moves to Nanjing, first, the hairy phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and second, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, even if the Son of Heaven has the intention to check and balance, unless he can catch an elite soldier in his hand and intimidate the gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise, even if it is the respect of the Son of Heaven, it can only be at the mercy of the Donglin Party? ”

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren's eyes became more and more gloomy, "...... I don't know if His Majesty knows in his heart that Beijing today is a dangerous place, there are spies in the city, and the morale of the army has been lost, but as long as the emperor is in the Forbidden City for a day, he will still be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty until the enemy soldiers break through the city; But if the emperor's royal car leaves Beijing, will the people of the world still regard him as the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty? Hey, what an unpredictable future......"

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On October 23, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven decided to abandon the Beijing division and run away. From that night to the next day, the car drove out of the palace. When the ministers in Beijing heard the news, they rushed to the Shenwu Gate, wanting to cry and advise the Holy Driver not to leave the Beijing Division lightly. Unexpectedly, the Son of Heaven had already changed his clothes, and led the Jinyi Guards and the Neicao Pure Army to Deshengmen, take over the city defense, and open the way for the team to go out of Beijing. Only Empress Zhang (Emperor Chongzhen's sister-in-law, Empress of Emperor Tianqi) got off the bus outside the palace gate, weeping and persuading the ministers to disperse.

So the ministers went to Deshengmen again, and saw the Son of Heaven standing at the head of the city with his helmet and armor, and Chen Yan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, stepped forward, crying and playing: Please don't abandon the mausoleum of the temple, and be laughed at by the world. The ministers are willing to lead the army and the people to fight bloodily, and repay the king's kindness with death! The emperor said: Aiqing's courage of blood and blood, although it is valuable, but the Beijing division has become a lonely city, there are no reinforcements outside, there are spies inside, what is the difference between sticking to the Beijing division and committing suicide? Instead of reverting to the Northern Song Dynasty Hui and the Second Emperor of Qin, let the Tartars abuse them, and sit in the well to watch the sky in the five cities of the Northern Hunt, it is better to go south to grasp the land of wealth, raise salaries and train soldiers, and refresh the rule of officials, so there may be a chance for Zhongxing!

In addition, the nobles of Jingzhong led their soldiers and the patrol of the soldiers and horses of the five cities to rush to confront the inner Cao Jing army on the city wall, as if they wanted to seize the door to block the royal car. The emperor was very angry and reprimanded: Mo Feier and others have fornicated with the East and want to kill the king and vote for Tatar? The soldiers of the noble family trembled and retreated when they heard this. The emperor then ordered the scholar He Wusu to stay in Beijing, and together with Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, he was in charge of the armies in Beijing, and ordered the gates of the inner and outer cities of Beijing to be opened, and the people were allowed to flee. Immediately, the emperor went out of the city, led the queen, the imperial concubine, the prince, the palace maid, the courtiers and the escort soldiers and horses totaling more than 10,000 people, out of the north of Beijing to the Changping Emperor's Mausoleum.

At that time, when the Guozi priest heard the news, he had mobilized hundreds of prisoners and Jingshizi, holding the tablet of the Holy Ancestor, and wanted to go to Deshengmen to block the royal car. Unexpectedly, most of the prisoners were weak and walked slowly, and when the sacrificial wine led the beings to arrive at the Desheng Gate, the Son of Heaven had been out of the city for a long time.

On October 26, he drove to Changping, joined the Tianxiong army of Lu Xiangsheng's department, and then transferred to Xuanfu. On the 30th, the Guanning rebels and thousands of captives chased after them, and the emperor ordered Lu Xiangsheng to lead the troops to the palace, and fought fiercely for a day, and the Xuanfu general Wang Dou led his troops to help, and then broke the enemy. Yujia and even Shunxiang Fort are temporarily resting...... R1148