Just over ten days ago, Zhu Lang also listened to a Ming history class at an internal training meeting, which actually talked about why efficient organization and management can't resist external shocks after rigidity, and whether respect for human values should be given priority in management thinking.

Zhu Lang felt that he had benefited a lot, and he also ridiculed himself in addition to studying, thinking that if he could travel back to the Ming Dynasty and become Chongzhen, maybe with this training, he would be able to save the Ming Dynasty from the time of collapse.

Now Zhu Lang has not become Chongzhen, but has become Zhu Cihong, and he has seen the collapse of an old dynasty only overnight. What about the man? Did the collapse of faith also happen overnight?

There is such a sentence that he always remembers: history is the human nature that is printed, and these people ...... Zhu Chunchen, Zhou Kui, Wei Zaode, Zhang Jinyan, Li Jiantai, Cao Huachun, Du Xun, etc., as well as Ni Yuanlu, Fan Jingwen, Li Banghua, etc., all these familiar people, they are not just names printed in history books, but living existences, in his Zhu Lang's world.

Never before in his life has he understood the word 'humanity' so deeply. Yes, human nature is indeed fragile, that is, it cannot withstand temptation and blows, but human nature is also very tenacious and simple, and from others, he also sees the universal sense of justice in the depths of human nature.

Ten days and nights, tossing and turning every night, should I be sad? But not a single tear has been shed. He no longer wants to pursue the so-called historical truth, in the troubled times, people are like ants and their lives are like grass mustard, should they live? Or the rules of rebuilding civilization? As Zhu Cihong......

This is also a torture of his humanity.

Zhu Cihong was always alone for a long time without speaking, and the eunuch Wang Chaogui looked at the young master so silent, but he had lost his appearance for more than ten days, and he was extremely anxious, the young master seemed to have changed a person, what if it went on like this?

Hopefully there will be some good news......

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On the second day of April, Li Yan was recalled from Tianjin.

That night, the rescue operation was initially successful, Wu Xiang and Chen Yuanyuan were taken out of the Iron Lion Hutong, and ran directly to the Datong Bridge outside Dongbian Gate without stopping, joined Zhu Cihong and his party, and then took a boat straight to the stone dam of Tongzhou Wohu Bridge.

The rainfall for several days has caused the water of the Yuhe River in the upper reaches of the Tonghui River to swell, and it has also made the Tonghui River abundant, greatly improved its navigation capacity, and the boats have been able to pass through the five gates smoothly. Or perhaps the world has been in turmoil, the world is pouring out, and there are only a few ships passing on the busy waterways in the past, and even the opening and closing of the gates are not managed, and they are only allowed to come and go at will. Fortunately, the river is surging, and it can still carry boats to pass, otherwise the five gates alone can put Zhu Cihong and his party in a huge predicament.

The Tonghui River is like a straight line connecting the Datong Bridge and the stone dam, when the cao boat arrived at the stone dam and joined the fleet that had been waiting for many days, Zhu Cihong and his entourage moved from the cao boat to a larger boat, and after a short rest, they set sail again with the faint light before dawn and set sail to Tianjin.

In the gloom, the river is like a huge black hole, devouring everything, and the loss of direction makes people feel inexplicably panicked, and the surrounding scenery shows a slightly blurred outline in the faint light, but the strange appearance inadvertently adds another layer of fright.

Wu Xiang was helped by his subordinates to ask for a meeting outside the main cabin, Zhu Cihong saw that he was staggering, presumably he had received some punishment, and said to him: "In extraordinary times, there is no need to be formal, sit down and talk." ”

Wu Xiang responded: "Thank you Your Highness for your compassion." ”

Zhu Cihong said again: "I call you Mr. Wu, and you don't have to call Your Highness." ”

"Then dare to call a son," Wu Xiang hurriedly said.

Zhu Cihong nodded lightly: "Then you have a big problem?" ”

Wu Xiang smiled bitterly: "I can still carry it, thank you Gongzi for remembering." ”

After a pause, he said, "If it weren't for the son's action, I'm afraid I would have ...... Lost his life here. ”

"Do you know why?" Zhu Cihong asked suddenly.

Wu Xiang lowered his eyes, and soon, he raised his head and looked directly: "Is it because of my son?" Because of Guan Ningjun? ”

Zhu Cihong looked at him coldly: "Wu Xiang, let me ask you, in early February, the first emperor came to you to discuss the plan of transferring troops, hoping that the Guanning army would enter the king of Guanqin, you know that the national treasury is empty, but you still report a million military salaries!" Why? ”

Unconsciously, the words gradually became stronger: "You still say, 'A million is probably not enough'!" Could it be that you still want to take the opportunity to make a fortune? Or did you Guan Ningjun deliberately make excuses because he had the intention of surrendering? ”

The thought of Wu Xiang's calculation made him feel disgusted, and the last sentence was quite unkind, Zhu Cihong felt that the evil breath that had been blocked in his chest was turning over the river and the sea again, so he had to clench his hands, his nails also sank into his palms, and slowly leached blood, and he couldn't feel the pain anymore.

Wu Xiang was shocked when he heard this, and he wanted to kneel down as soon as his legs and feet were weak, but Wang Chaogui next to him quickly stepped forward to help, which made him sit down again.

Wu Xiang looked painful and said, "The minister never meant that!" It's just that...... It's just that the Guan Ning army has not been paid for 14 months, and besides, as soon as the Guan Ning army withdraws, the people of Ning Yuan will follow together, how can the ministers abandon them? Many of them are family members of Guan Ningjun! If you want to settle them, even if you want to settle them, you can only get a mere one or two taels per person, but the minister can't even make up 100,000 taels. ”

Zhu Cihong had no intention of asking the teacher at this time, he just wanted to hear Wu Xiang say a reason, and the breath he had been holding back all this time still spit out, and his body seemed to drain his strength...... But then he sneered, thinking that Li Zicheng's torture and plundering and subsidy had made up 70 million taels of silver, which was really a great irony, a great irony! One must build on a firm foundation?

Everyone is so mercenary, no wonder Chongzhen said that when he was dying......

The silence made the whole cabin seem to have an invisible pressure, and it made people feel like they were stabbed in the back. Wang Chaogui was very uncomfortable with this atmosphere, he turned his head slightly, and listened to the sound of paddling coming from outside the cabin, and the occasional whisper, which made him feel more comfortable.

After a long time, Wu Xiang asked out loud: "Childe, what will you do next?" ”

After a while, Zhu Cihong replied: "In your opinion, which force has a chance of winning now?" ”

This question was asked ambiguously, Wu Xiang guessed for a long time, and said: "With all due respect, judging from the current situation, Li Zicheng has a better chance of winning, but I can still use the Yangtze River as the boundary, draw the river and rule, and after stabilizing the south, I will try to recover my homeland." ”

"What about Dorgon?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"The Manchu Dynasty has been eyeing my Han people for a long time, and Dolgon's iron cavalry is powerful, but the men and horses are still less than one-tenth of my Ming army, although the battle with the Dashun army is a continuous defeat, fortunately, there are Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong in the south...... And Shi Kefa, who has a million people under them......"

"Hah...... Haha......" Zhu Cihong couldn't help laughing, and he was out of control, as if he had heard a very funny joke.

Wu Xiang looked dazed, and he didn't know why he laughed: "Childe? ”

laughed until his face was red and his breath was unstable, and then Zhu Cihong said: "Let's put it this way, one, Li Zicheng can't do anything, and the Dashun army is a group of rabble; Second, you said that there are still a million soldiers and horses in the south, I believe this, then let me ask you again, when Li Zicheng went all the way north into a no-man's land, he only received a wave of decent resistance in Ningwu, could it be that the people in Pingyang, Taiyuan, and Datong disappeared? ”

turned his eyes sharp, and said: "No, they didn't disappear, they surrendered without resistance!" How can you be sure that the 'million' army in the south will be able to drive out the Tartars by then, rather than choose to surrender? It's really pitiful to think about Zhou Yuji...... is loyal and brave, even his wife died on the battlefield! What about Jiang Hao, what about Wang Chengyin, what about Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Ma Ke, they must be glad that they chose to surrender too correctly now, right? ”

"This ......" Wu Xiang was speechless for a while, and then said: "Okay, let's not talk about the south, but Li Zicheng has already occupied the capital, why can't he succeed?" ”

"What was the slogan that Li Zicheng preached at the beginning?" Zhu Cihong asked rhetorically.

"Hey, it's 'to meet the king, not to pay food', this is exactly what makes him smart, he has won the hearts of the people and the world, so the Dashun army has been like a bamboo."

"Hmph," Zhu Cihong sneered again: "One sentence has cut off the formal financial source, is this called smart?" How can you feed the army without food? By robbery? Don't talk about how he used to be, just look at what he did after entering Beijing? You don't know? Which dynasty in history was established by 'robbing big households'? ”

"But ......" Wu Xiang was speechless again.

After a while, he said: "Gongzi must be going south to Nanjing this time, now the capital has been occupied by Dashun, take 10,000 steps back, even if Dolgon covets my Daming Jiangshan, it is also to fight with Li Zicheng first, I Daming can take the Yangtze River as a natural danger, cut off the canal, base on the south of the Yangtze River, plan and then move." ”

"You all underestimate Jiannu's ambitions, and you have been working hard for decades, are you just ruling for the sake of rowing the river?"

When Wu Xiang heard this, his heart was shocked: "Could it be that Dolgon still wants to follow the example of the Mongols to destroy the Song Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Cihong sighed faintly: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, but it was only a matter of time ......"

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Zhu Cihong stood beside the side of the boat, looking at the dawn on the edge of the sky, and suddenly remembered a poem: The black night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find light.

Wu Xiang had already returned to the cabin, getting old and seriously injured, and he had long been tormented from exhaustion. When Zhu Cihong saw him leave, he was thinking in his heart, did saving Wu Xiang and Chen Yuanyuan change the historical trajectory of Wu Sangui this time? Like instigated butterfly wings?

Li Ziwei had a chance, but he did three things wrong, one was to plunder the capital; second, killing Li Yan by mistake; Three radicals against Wu Sangui. History is still fair, but when he did these three things, in fact, the balance of victory was already in favor of Dorgon.

There was a rustling sound behind him, and Zhu Cihong looked back and saw that it was Chen Yuanyuan, walking towards the side of the boat. Dressed in coarse clothes and cloth shoes, but it is difficult to hide her beauty, looking at a famous beauty so closely, Zhu Cihong is still a little dizzy.

One step away, Chen Yuanyuan stopped, then bowed and said: "The concubine was rescued by Zhu Gongzi, such a great kindness, the concubine remembered it in her heart, it is really impossible to ......repay it" The voice was like a warbler's voice, but with a choked voice, I couldn't say it for a while.

Zhu Cihong didn't know what to say...... He saved her, naturally because of Wu Sangui, and her influence on Wu Sangui was even greater than Wu Xiang, this is her value. But for herself, she didn't actually think about what she had in mind, and it seemed that beauties didn't need any ideas.

After a long time, he spoke: "I heard that you are very good at singing, so let's have a while, and I should thank you." ”

Chen Yuanyuan's eyes were full of tears, and he swallowed: "Okay, the concubine will sing a song." ”

The black night gives me black eyes, and I want to use them to find light...... At this time, the dawn on the edge of the sky was even more prosperous, and in this tranquility, Chen Yuanyuan opened his mouth lightly and sang:

"The heavy door Zhu Hu, just away from the heavy door Zhu Hu, the deep boudoir is empty. Zhengqionglou danced, and Qixi stopped singing. Change new makeup, look for kites, and don't swing in the west. Samsung is on its way again. Luan drove over, magpie drove to the river, holding the talisman for fear of who would come to ask. Wei Ji stealing the talisman, it is clearly Wei Ji stealing the talisman. The potential of the rooster crow, the potential of the rooster crow, listen to the jade pot leaking in the building. ”

After singing this paragraph, he changed his voice and continued: "In the middle of the night, whoever buttons the firewood has to turn his clothes upside down and try to look at the ditch. Ah, it turned out to be a young man in purple, why did Dai Xing come in a hurry? Isn't it the first time under the moon to throw the fruit car? ”

"I'm a Huatang girl."

"Why are you here?"

"How strange the appearance of the merciful monarch is, I am willing to sing with him for the rest of my life."

These sentences are one person playing two roles, and after that, Chen Yuanyuan pretended to be a horn and said: "Suddenly I was surprised to see that the joy was unbearable, and the good fate of a hundred years old was instant." Houmen is like a sea barrier, and it is not easy for the Jun family to get together. How to get the intestines of the sheep, so as not to be chased by the horses? ”

changed back to Danjiao: "Yang Gong is a reckless man, how can he be out of the red and pink bushes?" The slave escaped and did not chase after him. I'm with you, just calmly plan to go to other states, don't know before you smile......"

Zhu Cihong doesn't know much about opera, but listening carefully to the song, he guesses that it tells the story of the Red Whisk Girl and Li Jing. Thinking of the reason, I couldn't help but bend the corners of my mouth, and a smile spread on my face.

"Yikes! It turns out that Miss Chen has a dream of a heroine hidden in her heart? ”

"Poof," Chen Yuanyuan burst into tears and smiled when he heard this, his blushing face was as moving as the morning glow, and Zhu Cihong was moved......

It turns out that in this world, even the most humble and small life will have dreams.

"Hey," he sighed with a smile, and said, "As long as people have dreams, they are not afraid, the road to the future, walk well, it is still long...... Let's go back and rest, the wind before sunrise is cold to the bone. ”

The tears in Chen Yuanyuan's eyes burst out again, and he choked up again: "Much, thank you son." ”

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From the second night to the evening of the third day of the Lunar New Year, after a day and night of non-stop sailing, the fleet finally arrived at the Sancha River Wharf in Tianjinwei. The wharf is in the northeast of Tianjin, spanning a pontoon bridge to connect the north-south canal and the north gate of Tianjin. Both sides of the pontoon bridge are full of fast boats and horses, which is much more prosperous than Tongzhou, but it is still less than the feeling of 'white rice thousand bells turn to the boat, and the sound of the moon is even the bright moonlit night'.

The west side of the Sancha estuary is the beginning of Zhu Di's martyrdom, there are two archways of 'dragon flying' and 'ferry' on the bank, Zhu Cihong stands on the boat and looks westward, and sees that the archway in the sunset faintly has purple gas lingering. The origin of the legend of Tianjin is related to the celestial phenomena, Tianjin is located in the north, corresponding to the north palace on the celestial phenomena, the seven houses are fighting, bull, female, virtual, dangerous, room, wall. "Jin Shu Astronomical Chronicles" cloud: Chang Chen Seven Stars are like a complete state, in the north of the emperor's throne, the Son of Heaven guards the five ben people, in order to set up the imperial ...... That's why Tianjin was born.

Zhu Cihong secretly laughed at himself: Also going south to Nanjing, Zhu Di had Liu Bowen and Yao Guangxiao back then, while I just had a group of old and sick people...... He was martyred, and I was really a refugee!

On the third night of the first month, Zhu Cihong met Feng Yuanyang, and it was another night of long talk.

Feng Yuanyang asked Zhu Cihong why he saved Wu Sangui's family? And he thought about it and said, bet, bet on Wu Sangui's final bottom line is......