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Chapter 104, Emperor Chongzhen's horror

Child, when you were born, the entire Forbidden City knew your name: Zhu Youzhen.

Child, I watched with great worry as you and your brother grew up day by day to become a new generation of candidates for the black cauldron of the world.

You have to remember that we have always ruled this country by playing dumb and compromise.

I'm very worried that you and your brother may not know how many pounds and taels we have.

In short, the way to be a ruler is to never trust anyone -- especially the self-proclaimed "embodiment of justice."

Unfortunately, it never occurred to me to explain these things to you, because it was your brother who would succeed you.

And you, in this life, should only need to keep to yourself, enjoy the glory and wealth brought by the imperial power, and don't delusion about your brother's throne......

It's a pity that your brother, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, didn't have time to leave a descendant, and his life had already reached the end prematurely.

So, in a state of ignorance, you were finally crowned and enthroned and became the king of the new generation of black pots......

……

“…… Ahhh

With a rapid exclamation, a man let out a frightened exclamation, "bounced" off the bed, and then because he didn't sit firmly, his body was even more crooked, slipped down from the thick quilt, rolled to the floor, and froze there in a stupid posture with his hooves facing the sky...... From the dim lamp at the head of the bed, it can be vaguely seen that the man in the silk undershirt is very young. Although he deliberately wore a beard on his lips and chin to make his face look older, it could still be seen that he was not very old, and the signs of age did not appear on his smooth cheeks.

“…… Hmm, Your Majesty, what's wrong? Inside the bed where he had been lying, a woman looked up in a daze.

“…… Alas, it's okay, it's all right, it's just a nightmare......" The man lying on the floor sighed and muttered.

Next, after repulsing the eunuchs and palace maids who broke in after hearing the noise, the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Empire, Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor who is now only twenty-three years old, rubbed his back with a faint pain, got up from the floor covered with a velvet blanket, and lay back on the bed.

But the nightmare just now still made him sleepy - how could such a serious and cold thing make it so hilarious?

Alas, but now I have escaped from the dead place in Beijing...... If you don't die in this catastrophe, you must have a blessing in the future!

Emperor Chongzhen, who had already changed his soul, thought so, and couldn't help but feel relaxed again.

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After a hasty escape from the city of Beijing, the rest of the journey of the time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen was still very bumpy.

First, in the Mausoleum of Emperor Changping (the Thirteen Tombs of the later generations, but Emperor Chongzhen had not yet been buried, so there were only Twelve Tombs at this time), he successfully met the remnants of Lu Xiangsheng's more than 10,000 Tianxiong Army, but then as soon as he walked to Baozhou, he encountered thousands of pursuers of the Jurchen Eight Banners and Guanning Iron Cavalry - no matter how you look at it, it looks like someone in the capital has sent a message to the Tartars. Thanks to Lu Xiangsheng's outstanding martial arts and ability to command the troops, the Tartar pursuers traveled a long distance and the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, so the Ming army was not defeated on the spot. Next, Wang Dou, a thousand households of the Xuanfu border army, led his troops to help, and finally broke the enemy.

Although this victory did not have much strategic and tactical significance, it was like a shot in the arm, temporarily clearing away the loss and panic caused by the hasty evacuation of the Beijing Division. After cleaning the battlefield, Emperor Chongzhen rewarded Wang Dou, who was loyal and brave to save the driver, and incorporated his Shunxiang army into the palace forbidden army. Then he moved to Shunxiang Fort, where Wang Dou was stationed, and prepared to rest his troops and horses here, while gathering reinforcements from King Qin, to see if there was a chance to recover the Beijing Division.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen only rested in Shunxiang Fort for a day, and Li Zicheng also escaped from Beijing with the camp and followed into Xuanfu. After a chaotic battle, Li Zicheng took tens of thousands of rogue soldiers and left, and Xuanfu Town, which was already unstable and unstable, was completely destroyed.

Later, from the south, there was bad news that Huang Taiji had entered the Beijing Division, and the hundreds of officials left behind in the capital were vying to return. What's even more terrifying is that in order to relieve the threat of the Xuanfu border army and Emperor Chongzhen to the Beijing Division, Huang Taiji captured the Beijing Division as quickly as possible, and at the same time, he organized a crusade army known as 100,000 people non-stop, and marched out of Beijing to the north with great momentum, first breaking through Changping and Miyun, and then pressing towards Xuanfu......

Faced with the approach of the Tartar army, as well as the persuasion letters sent by the other side through various channels, the border army of Xuanfu became more and more unstable, more and more civil and military officials began to harbor evil intentions, and all kinds of mutinies broke out frequently. In the end, even the general soldiers of Xuanfu, who were ordered to be escorted by elite soldiers, were blasted out of Xuanhua Mansion by a group of chaotic soldiers, and there were even rebel generals who took refuge in the Tartars in order to seek great success, and actually led their cronies to attack the emperor's imperial car......

It seems to be a repetition of the scene in the Beijing Division, in this desperate situation of rebellion and separation, and the trees are scattered, Emperor Chongzhen had to continue to flee westward, first through Juyong Pass, retreated to Datong, and got the protection of the Datong border army, which completely got rid of the pursuit of the Tartars. However, Datong was located on the border, the land was barren, transportation was inconvenient, and neither food nor taxes could sustain the expenses of a small imperial court. So the emperor set out again, and fled to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province in late November, where he set up a camp and settled the civil and military officials who fled with them, and barely settled down.

-- At this time, the north was already freezing and snowing heavily, and the roads were difficult to navigate, and the emperor's imperial car could not continue to Nanjing.

At this time, Taiyuan City had just been washed in blood by Shaanxi Liukou in the summer, and the governor, prefect, general soldier and King Jin were all killed or missing, vacating many houses and official positions. Later, after being recovered by the official army, he did not have time to reappoint. So the emperor and his eunuchs happened to stay in the palace of the king of Jin - although the liukou had already looted all the gold and silver in the palace before evacuating, and set fire to many houses, but at least most of the buildings were still intact, much better than camping and sleeping in the heavy snow, as for furniture and other things, they could be reluctantly scraped together.

And the civil and military officials who drove west also lived in the vacant yamen in various places in Taiyuan City, and finally set up a shelf for the exiled court.

It was only at this time that His Majesty's life was somewhat calmed down - although the iron cavalry of the Jurchen Eight Banners continued to advance wildly on the North China Plain, and even a small group of rangers crossed the frozen Yellow River and slaughtered all the way to the city of Kaifeng, which is said to have caused a panic in Henan Province. But as of now, the Tartar soldiers are still separated from Taiyuan by a Taihang Mountain, and they will not hit Emperor Chongzhen's side for the time being.

The Shaanxi Liukou was also injured in this year's Gyeonggi Rebellion, and although it is difficult to eradicate, it should not be able to become a climate in a short period of time.

Therefore, for the current situation, the Chongzhen Emperor of the crossing version is basically quite satisfied - although the Jingshi and almost the entire Beizhili have fallen to the enemy, but for himself, he has successfully jumped out of a dilemma, and as far as the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it is also a big financial burden. Next, as long as the spring flowers bloom and the road is smooth, his imperial drive will continue to go south to Jinling, re-establish the imperial court in Nanjing, master the land of Jiangnan wealth, refresh the government and government, and calmly raise salaries and train troops. Then the advance may be able to organize the army in the Northern Expedition and re-clean the rivers and mountains; Even if it is not good, he can rely on the Jianghuai natural danger to keep the situation of partial security like the Southern Song Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty - how can I say that I will not do worse than Song Gaozong Zhao Gou!

Well, however, those "thieves" who are entrenched in a corner of Hainan Island and are suspected of being traversers still have to be more vigilant and pay attention, I hope they don't have the delusion of changing the dynasty, otherwise they can only be eradicated. In addition, Huangshi, the general soldier of Fujian, seems to have also raised troops to rebel, I don't know how the war is going on there now? According to the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen, this general, who is also suspected of being a traverser, was invincible in Liaodong during the Apocalypse, and it seems that it is not easy to deal with...... However, with Jiangnan's financial resources, even if you use silver bullet tactics, you should be able to suppress it!

-- Although this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen thought well, he seriously overestimated the deterrent power of "orthodoxy". Moreover, his own ability may not be worse than that of Song Gaozong, but the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty scholars is completely incomparable with that of the Song Dynasty scholars, and the degree of death skills and stupidity is far beyond that of his predecessors......

In short, if there is anything that this time-traveler emperor is particularly dissatisfied with recently, it is that at this time, he has not been able to talk to Emperor Chongzhen's concubines once! But this really can't blame the concubines for their unsatisfactory service, it's completely his own problem - before in the Forbidden City, this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen woke up from a serious illness, and his body and bones must be abnormally deficient, so naturally he can't have sex. Then, before he could recuperate, the rapidly deteriorating war situation forced him to stand up, and under the pressure of the Manchu civil and military forces, he tried to arrange the escape. On the next journey, not only did he not eat well or sleep well, but he also had to face all kinds of open guns and hidden arrows, beware of the long-distance pursuit of the ill-intentioned local officials and soldiers and the Tartar Liukou, the physical strength and energy of this cross-section version of Emperor Chongzhen had already been overdrawn.

As a result, after the group ran to Taiyuan and finally settled down, he immediately fell seriously ill again, and it was not until two days ago that he gradually improved.

At the moment, although the queen and the concubine are already sleeping, they are just chatting under the quilt. Even if you occasionally have a lustful heart, you face the queen or the concubine and say, "You don't want to die?" After all, he himself knew that he was indeed very weak, and he finally crossed over to become an emperor, if he actually died of a stroke because of excessive eagerness, it would be a great loss!

In the midst of all this thought, it was already bright outside, and there were bursts of rooster crows. So His Majesty the Emperor summoned the palace maid on duty and served him to get up and dress and wash. And in the flower hall outside, a beautiful breakfast has already been set up - although the royal car is difficult to fall outside, and the conditions are not as good as in the palace, there are also more than 20 pastries and side dishes, porridge cakes and soups, and more than a dozen palace maids are lined up to serve and add rice and cloth......

Looking at so many respectful and respectful flower-like beauties around him, Emperor Chongzhen's mood couldn't help but be happy again.

What is called wealth and honor, what is called one foot out of eight feet, what is called the taste of being a human being, this is it!

-- Wherever you go, there are a large number of people who follow you, and if you want to eat something with a glance, someone will give it with a flattering smile, and someone will take care of what you want without opening your mouth...... This is the life that a successful person should really live!

Thinking about the days when I bent my waist for five buckets of rice in the modern world, came and went in the wind and rain regardless of cold and summer, had to work overtime for free from time to time, and was secretly stumbled by my colleagues and wore small shoes by my boss, it made this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen shed tears of sympathy for his past self.

Even if it's just to continue to enjoy such a leisurely life, he must sit firmly on the throne under his ass.

Unfortunately, in the current storm of empire collapse, this selfish dream is destined to be nothing more than extravagant hopes.

-- Before Emperor Chongzhen's breakfast was finished, he saw his henchman eunuch Wang Chengen rushing over, his face full of fear:

“…… Emperor! Emperor! Woe to you! I'm afraid I can't go to Nanjing! The rebel ministers in the capital actually want to support the new emperor! ”

“…… What the?!! How dare they do such a rebellious thing?!! ”

As if his mind exploded with a "buzz", Emperor Chongzhen suddenly jumped up in shock, and he didn't even notice that a bowl of hot millet porridge had fallen on the placket of his clothes, "...... Among the civil and military ministers of Nanjing, who was involved in this matter? Which of my relatives do you want to be the puppet emperor? ”

“…… Emperor, the news from the south is not very clear now, only that Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Zhang Pu, the leader of the Fushe, and Qian Qianyi, the head of the Donglin Kui, are all involved in this matter. And the puppet emperor they tried to support was Zhu Yihai, the second son of King Lu. Wang Chengen replied.

“…… The second son of King Lu? Emperor Chongzhen's expression was very strange for a while," ...... How could he be in Nanjing? What about King Lu and the prince of Lu? ”

“…… It is said that King Lu's mansion was broken by the demons of the Wenxiang Sect, and neither King Lu nor the prince escaped, only the second son Zhu Yihai ran to Nanjing. ”

“…… I know, and then this guy hooked up with the Donglin rebels in Jiangnan......" Emperor Chongzhen sighed, sat down dejectedly, and was confused for a while - for the factors that may threaten his throne in this time and space, from the Jurchens, Shaanxi Liukou to various rebels, and those who are suspected of being traversers, he has carefully considered it many times in these days, and thinks that he can come up with some countermeasures. However, he never expected that Nanjing would dare to support the new emperor while he was still alive and blatantly depose his own throne!

-- When he heard the names of Zhang Pu and Qian Qianyi in the rebel group, this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen already knew that the mainstream forces of the Donglin Party today, as well as the Jiangnan gentry and wealthy merchant group standing behind the Donglin Party, may have abandoned themselves as emperors......

What should I do? Without Jiangnan's money and food, what should he use to feed the court and rule the world?

Moreover, with this bad start from Nanjing, who knows what the civil and military officials in other provinces will think? Will it be the same?

Next, as if God didn't think he was frightened enough, Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, hurried in with a new piece of bad news:

“…… What the? There is also movement on the ground in Luoyang? King Fu is contacting the civil and military officials in Henan, and it seems that he wants to plot evil?!! ”r1148

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