In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, in June, Li Zicheng blew up the city wall of Luoyang, led an army of 300,000 troops into Luoyang, and occupied Luoyang, the most important state capital in Henan. Diaphragm

Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of the Luoyang garrison, took advantage of the chaos to escape, King Fu's family was captured, King Fu knelt down and asked Li Zicheng to spare his life, but when Li Zicheng asked about the harvest of King Fu's mansion, he scolded King Fu and ordered someone to strip him naked, and then in King Fu's Mansion, he was cooked in a cauldron with a few deer, and shared food with the generals, calling it 'Fu Lu Banquet'.

At this point, Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng, attacked Xuzhou, went down to Ruyang, and finally took Luoyang, completed the occupation of most areas of Henan, and became the biggest thief in the world.

Li Zicheng's occupation of Luoyang caused the world to shake, the next day Sun Chuanting with 10,000 recruits, rushed to Luoyang City, but Luoyang City has been occupied by Li Zicheng, Sun Chuanting 10,000 people attacked the city guarded by 300,000 people, there is no chance of victory.

After several battles, Sun Chuanting was defeated, and was chased by Liu Zongmin, a general under Li Zicheng, for more than 30 miles, and encountered Qin army reinforcements, the old Qin camp, Liu Zongmin was defeated and fled, and Sun Chuanting had no strength to fight again, and led the army to retreat to Mianchi, waiting for reinforcements.

South of Henan, Yang Sichang's department also arrived at the news, and at this time, in Yang Sichang's camp, the marching Sima rushed in, and saw Yang Sichang and said, "My lord, it's not good." ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Yang Sichang's face was pale at this time, he was reading the marching documents, He Renlong was on the front line and Li Zicheng's Yuan Zongdi was inseparable, but the current advantage is still on his own, as long as Luoyang sticks to it, He Renlong spent more than ten days with Yuan Zongdi, Yuan Zongdi will be defeated, and when the time comes, he will go north, Sun Chuanting will go south, and the two sides will attack, and Li Zicheng will be defeated. Diaphragm

Thinking of this, Yang Sichang was still a little excited, who said that Daming would be Lu Xiangsheng a white jade pillar in the sky, and the sea purple gold beam would be erected, without you Lu Xiangsheng, I, Yang Sichang, would still be able to hold up the sky of Daming.

But just when Yang Sichang was ambitious, the marching Sima ran in, Yang Sichang raised his head, and the wind that lifted the curtain of the camp tent blew in, and Yang Sichang coughed violently, and his illness was getting worse and worse.

"Ahem...... What's up? ”

Yang Sichang raised his head and looked at the marching Sima quite weakly, and the marching Sima said with a worried face at this time: "My lord, are you sick? ”

"It's okay, tell me quickly, what's wrong?"

Yang Sichang looked at the marching Sima and said, after hearing this, the marching Sima hesitated a little and said, "My lord, Luoyang is urgent." ”

"Well, tell me what's going on? cough cough cough ...... "Diaphragm."

Yang Sichang looked at the marching Sima eagerly, and the marching Sima was holding the document at this time, and his hand trembled a little and said, "My lord, Luoyang is gone." ”

"What! cough cough cough ...... cough cough cough ......"

Yang Sichang heard this, and there was unprecedented horror on his face, followed by a cough that he couldn't help but cough, Yang Sichang covered his mouth with a handkerchief, but when he took away the handkerchief, it was all blood, and the marching Sima looked at Yang Sichang in horror and shouted: "My lord, my lord? ”

Yang Sichang waved his hand and said, "Put ...... The military reported to me. ”

When Sima heard this, he immediately handed the military newspaper to Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang opened the military newspaper, which clearly stated the causes and consequences of the battle, the thieves blew up the north city wall of Luoyang in the early morning, and the general soldier Liu Zeqing saw that he could not do anything, so he abandoned the city and fled, Sun Chuanting arrived the next day, and Li Zicheng had a big battle, was defeated, and returned defeated. King Fu's family was accidentally captured alive by Li Zicheng, and King Fu was ordered by Li Zicheng to cook in a cauldron with a few deer, and share the food with the generals, calling it 'Fulu Banquet'.

Yang Sichang looked at the military newspaper in his hand, his face became more and more red, more and more red, a pair of eyes seemed to be able to stare at blood, and finally Yang Sichang put down the military newspaper, his body was trembling slightly: "Liu Zeqing is shameless, Sun Chuanting misled the country, poof~"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, instantly staining the entire military newspaper red, and the dazzling red color was particularly eye-catching. Diaphragm

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

This mouthful of blood spurted out, Yang Sichang fell directly on his back, looking at the fallen Yang Sichang marching Sima was in a hurry, and hurriedly went up to support Yang Sichang, but at this time Yang Sichang had completely fainted, and the marching Sima shouted for help: "Quickly pass the military doctor, quickly pass the military doctor......"

Hearing the movement, Yang Sichang's personal guards immediately went to find the military doctor, and soon the military doctor came in with the medicine box on his back, touched Yang Sichang's pulse, and was already angry, and he couldn't see it alive.

At this time, the military doctor shook his head at the marching Sima with a pale face.

Marching Sima grabbed the military doctor's neck and said: "Do you know what you are talking about, now Da Ming is in danger, if something happens to Lord Yang, do you know what Da Ming will face, I order you, immediately, immediately prescribe medicine to Lord Yang to save Lord Yang!" ”

The military doctor's face turned pale at this time, and he looked at the marching Sima and said: "My lord, you just killed me, it's useless, my lord is a disease from hard work, and he has lived in the south for a long time, the dampness does not melt, it hurts the heart and lungs, and he has experienced great sorrow and injury, qi collapse, blood loss, and the lamp is dry, even if the Daluo Immortal is alive, he can't save Lord Yang." ”

"How can this be, is there no way at all?" Diaphragm

Hearing this, the military doctor shook his head and said, "If you want Lord Yang to wake up, the only way is to use ginseng soup to hang your life, but ginseng soup can only temporarily stabilize the adult's condition, but it does not save your life, you should understand what I mean." ”

Hearing this, the marching Sima sighed and said, "Fate, hurry up and boil the ginseng soup." ”

"Yes."

Soon the ginseng soup was boiled, and the marching Sima poured it into Yang Sichang, this hundred-year-old ginseng soup really worked, a cup of ginseng soup was down, and Yang Sichang's face was as pale as a dead man's face slowly became ruddy, followed by the red scary, the red one was even redder than normal people, and the old military doctor sighed when he saw this scene, and returned to the light!

Finally, Yang Sichang's eyes opened, touched his chest, and found that he didn't cough anymore, Yang Sichang was a person with seven tricks, and he knew that he would not live long, so he took a long breath and said: "Sima, bring a pen and paper!" ”

"Yes."

Marching Sima immediately took the pen and paper, Yang Sichang thought for a while and wrote on the pen and paper: Lang

Your Majesty

After the minister was a criminal minister, he should have died in the fields and acres, but he lived in the grass house for the rest of his life, and the poems and books were handed down, and he was a field house.

However, His Majesty does not sin against the ministers for the sins of the ministers, and enables the ministers to be between the micro ends, so that the ministers can show their will in their chests, be loyal to the court, and use the ministers to spread the net on all sides, and the plan of the four positive and six corners, but the court is cautious and cautious, and it is difficult to return.

Now Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, can not be ignored for the time being, but Li Zicheng entrenched in the Central Plains, conquered Luoyang, in order to become a great disaster for the imperial court, the minister wanted to drag the sick body to settle the Central Plains, but his life was not long, it was difficult to solve the difficulties with His Majesty, and the minister's heart was very painful.

After now, the minister can not meet His Majesty, can not share his worries with His Majesty, can not see His Majesty to settle the world, Zhongxing Daming, the minister is very regretful, tears flowing, the minister is here to say goodbye to His Majesty.

After I leave, the affairs of Henan can be handed over to Sun Chuanting, this person has military training, loyalty, military handover to this person, will live up to His Majesty's heart, can be described as the second Lu Xiangsheng of the Ming Dynasty

"Ahem, cough, cough, ......" diaphragm

Yang Sichang wrote this, he couldn't stop coughing, the light in his eyes was much less, his hands were trembling, and his mouth murmured: "Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng ......"

After speaking, Yang Sichang's body suddenly stiffened, followed by a slow fall, his breathing stopped, and he died suddenly.

"Lord Yang, Lord ......"

Seeing Yang Sichang fall down again, the marching Sima shook Yang Sichang desperately, but Yang Sichang was already as soft as a puddle of mud, probing his snort, it was already lifeless, the marching Sima was shocked, and hurriedly called the military doctor, the old military doctor probed his snort, touched his pulse, and finally said with a long sigh: "Lord Yang is gone!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was stunned, and the marching Sima looked at Yang Sichang's last masterpiece at this time, and couldn't help sighing, Lord Yang was also thinking about Da Ming before he died.

Everyone sighed when they heard this, and immediately sent Yang Sichang's suicide note, as well as the Henan military newspaper, to the capital at an expedited speed of 800 miles and to Emperor Chongzhen.

But as soon as this request came out, some people raised objections, and at this time, Yang Sichang's henchman, Dong Mingkun, pointed to Sun Chuanting on Yang Sichang's suicide note and said: "Lord Yang finally recommended Sun Chuanting as the commander of the Henan battlefield, so how should we deal with ourselves?" "Ahh

Dong Mingkun's words are very critical, Sun Chuanting has been close to Lu Xiangsheng over the years, and they are Yang Sichang's ironcore, so they are very incompatible with each other, especially in Shandong, Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng had a cold war, and they are all on the opposite side of Sun Chuanting.

turned a deaf ear to Sun Chuanting's many requests for help, and even made it difficult, at that time they made up their minds to mess with Yang Sichang, but now that Yang Sichang is dead, let Sun Chuanting take the throne, is there still their good fruit to eat?

Thinking of this, everyone asked questions, and the marching Sima looked at everyone and said this, sighed and said: "You are all Lord Yang's henchmen, you know some things, Lord Yang has grievances with Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, but now that the world is in turmoil, is it you Dong Mingkun who has the ability to turn the tide, or can you generals turn the tide?" ”

"Lord Yang is thinking about Da Ming in the end, and he does not hesitate to recommend his enemies, as Lord Yang's henchman, how can you not understand the truth here, do you want to see Lord Yang's Dan heart fall into the dust?"

Hearing this, everyone was silent, and the marching Sima attached Yang Sichang's masterpiece to the military newspaper in an envelope, sealed it with fire paint, and then called his henchmen and sent it to the capital in an expedited manner for 800 miles.

At this time, the generals were hindered by Yang Sichang's residual prestige, and the insistence of the marching Sima, and in the end, they could only watch, and the most important thing was that they felt that Yang Sichang was dead now, and in the next Henan battlefield, no one except Sun Chuanting could take on this big responsibility.

In fact, there is a high probability that the imperial court will also choose Sun Chuanting to rule the Henan battlefield, but Yang Sichang's letter will turn the probability to more than 90%, which is almost a certainty. Diaphragm

Therefore, the generals want to oppose it, but now it is useless to oppose it, and the generals can only think of their own ways, anyway, even if Sun Chuanting becomes the commander, it is not a simple matter to want to control this fragmented Henan battlefield, after all, the military power is still in his own hands, and he can do a lot more operations.

Henan intelligence was immediately sent to the capital,

Late at night, in the imperial study, Chongzhen was watching the twists and turns of the various ministries, only feeling uneasy, the capital has been very stable recently, those arrogant and domineering nobles have also restrained themselves, and the civil and military generals of the court have also stopped attacking each other, and the whole court seems to be happy.

Zhou Yanru even reported that the rain in Hebei this year is good, and the grain may usher in a small harvest, and the harvest will be one percent more than that of the next year.

But Chongzhen understands the meaning of happiness and sorrow, the war in Henan is unresolved, Chongzhen's heart has been hanging, and he does not dare to slack off.

Empress Zhou saw that Chongzhen was watching the folds, and walked in with a bowl of soup.

Chongzhen knew that it was Queen Zhou when he heard the voice: "The queen is not sleeping at this time?" "Ahh

"Your Majesty doesn't sleep, and your concubines can't sleep either."

The queen said and brought the soup to Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, let's drink a bowl of soup and watch it again." ”

Chongzhen frowned slightly when he heard this: "Haven't I already made an order to stop eating in the palace?" ”

When the queen heard this, she said, "I know. ”

"I know that you will bring me the soup, take it away, and I will not drink it."

"Your Majesty~"

"Queen, don't you understand? Our palace family has a big business, everyone eats a mouthful of supper, which costs a lot of silver, and if we all save a mouthful, the soldiers on the front line can eat more, don't you understand this truth? "Ahh

When the queen heard this, she looked at the stubborn Chongzhen, as well as the patches on Chongzhen's robe, and her heart was dripping blood, this BJ city, except for you, the emperor, who is so economical, the rest of the civil and military officials, how can any of them eat worse than you, the emperor, others don't know, just his father Zhou Guozhang, there are twenty dishes every night, and you can eat five or six dishes at dinner, and Chongzhen is a dignified emperor, and he is reluctant to drink a bowl of soup!

This is so ironic, but the queen can't say, that's the abbot, her own father, the abbot is like this, as for the rest of the adults, it is said that the life of Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, is better than that of Zhou Guozhang, and even the queen has heard the abbot say more than once that Zhou Shoufu's family is the life of people!

The officials of the whole Ming Dynasty are all doing their best, and the emperor is frugal alone, which is a drop in the bucket for the entire Ming Dynasty, what is the use?

The queen's eyes were full of pity, and she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this soup is not for the court, it is a soup made of tomatoes that I personally planted in the back garden, you can take a sip." ”

Chongzhen heard this, looked at the red soup in the bowl, took a sip, and then looked at the queen and said, "It's really bitter for you." ”

Hearing this, the queen smiled and said, "Marrying Your Majesty, the concubine is not bitter." ”

Chongzhen took a sip of soup again, then pulled the queen to sit on his lap, pointed to a piece of music on the table, and said: "Zhou Shoufu said that Hebei is ripe this year, and the grain can increase by one percent, which can solve the urgent need of our Ming Dynasty......."

Chongzhen said with a smile, although the queen was not interested, she still listened with a smile, and for a while she was happy, and a smile appeared on the face of the big eunuch Wang Chengen who was standing on the side.

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But at this moment, a discordant voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Lord Yang Sichang of Henan Province is in a hurry!" ”