Chapter 6: Recounting the Past That Has Not Yet Happened

All the eunuchs sent out to supervise the army defected, not to mention that Wang Chengen couldn't accept it, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't accept it either.

The people you trust the most, end up betraying them the most thoroughly.

Both of them believed that what Wang Jinlong said was true, Wang Jinlong and these people did not know anyone, and it explained everything to be able to explain the names and errands of these people so clearly.

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and trembled, in his heart, he was unwilling to admit this fact, his psychology couldn't bear it, these people were all apprentices he brought out, and he promoted and used them.

"Cheng'en, get up!" , Zhu Youzhen instructed, in fact, Zhu Youzhen's psychology is also a little unbearable, all the people he trusts have betrayed, and it is difficult for anyone to accept it.

But Zhu Youzhen knows very well that he does not complain about Wang Chengen for this matter, these people are all trusted by him, and they were also sent out by him, and they have nothing to do with Wang Chengen.

Wang Jinlong saw that Wang Chengen was kneeling on the ground and refused to get up, so he went up to pull Wang Chengen, "Old Wang, I don't blame you for this, the emperor has let you get up." ”

Wang Chengen, who was pulled up, burst into tears, "Why do you say they betrayed the emperor, the emperor has never treated them badly, and our family has not treated them badly?" ”

Wang Jinlong didn't know how to answer, there weren't a few good things about eunuchs in history, why didn't there be a few good things? Of course, it has something to do with itself, a good man, because of poverty, was cut into a man not a man, a woman is not a woman, and it has an immeasurable impact on people's psychology, entering the palace, although life is guaranteed, but they are still the lowest people, inferiority, no future, although people who can wear look like dogs, but they are still looked down upon, and they can't be buried in the ancestral grave when they die, so eunuchs generally love money and like to play with power.

Wang Chengen is a eunuch, Wang Jinlong thought about it, and felt that he should say it, he was here to help Zhu Youzhen, what if Zhu Youzhen couldn't have a clear understanding of the eunuchs and continue to reuse these people? In all dynasties and generations in history, there is no one who is not unlucky when the eunuchs are in power.

"Let me say, this is determined by the nature of eunuchs, Lao Wang, you have also read history, these dynasties and generations, thousands of eunuchs, how many good people are there? Of course, it is too absolute to say this, the three eunuchs of this dynasty, the eunuchs Feng Bao, the eunuchs Wang An, Cao Huachun, and your old king are all good people, your old king is loyal to the emperor, everyone knows this, but loyal people like you are too rare, to say that there is responsibility, it can only be said that the emperor should not trust the eunuchs too much. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little unacceptable to say this, no one dared to say that about him, but what Wang Jinlong said was not wrong, but his face was a little unbearable, so he quickly changed the topic and hurriedly said: "Aiqing, you should continue to say it." ”

Wang Chengen felt that this Wang Jinlong was young in the end, he didn't know how important he was, and he dared to say that the emperor was too rebellious, but Wang Jinlong said that he was a good eunuch, said that he was loyal, and compared him with the eunuch of Sanbao, which made Wang Chengen very moved.

In fact, Wang Jinlong can only say this realistically, don't say anything, how can he wake up Zhu Youzhen? If Zhu Youzhen can't even accept this criticism, then it's really not worth helping, so he just finds a way to sneak out of the capital and return to Shanxi, it's a big deal to continue to be a bandit.

Wang Jinlong also knew that Zhu Youzhen couldn't wipe his face, so he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, "Okay, I'll go on to say that after Li Zicheng occupied Juyong Pass, he didn't stop, and immediately waved his troops eastward, and on the morning of the 16th, he defeated Changping, and then defeated the troops guarding the imperial mausoleum, and went to the imperial mausoleum to demolish the palace, cut down trees, and prepare for the attack on the capital. ”

In fact, the real situation is like this, the reason why Wang Jinlong emphasized that Li Zicheng's troops demolished the temples of the ancestors of the old Zhu family was to stimulate Zhu Youzhen, the ancestral tomb was destroyed, and no one could stand it.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhen began to gasp heavily.

Wang Jinlong was very satisfied with this effect, so he continued, "On the morning of the 17th, Li Zicheng's men arrived at the capital, defeated the Gyeonggi guards in less than half an hour, and then besieged the city on all sides. ”

"The three armies of Gyeonggi, the 3,000 battalion, the 5,000 battalion, and the Shenji battalion are all the main forces of the dynasty, why was they defeated by Li Zicheng so quickly, except for the plague that spread in Gyeonggi last year, nearly half of the officers and soldiers died of illness, and many of the remaining people were sick, which is related to Li Guozhen's blind command."

What he said is true, but Wang Jinlong also began to play purposefully, in the end of the Ming Dynasty, the nobles were corrupt and bent the law, and did misdeeds, which was the most harmful to the state power, and Zhu Youzhen must be allowed to see clearly who the people he used were, since there was such an opportunity, why not use it well? Let's give Li Guozhen some eye medicine first.

"This Li Guozhen is not even as good as Tang Tong, he is purely an idiot, when it comes to fighting, it is the truth, but in fact, it is purely on paper, just think about his background, he is purely a shadow attack of Xiangcheng Bo, a son of a gentleman, not as good as Ma Kuo."

"He managed the Gyeonggi troops for a long time, and the Gyeonggi troops suffered from the plague and died in large numbers, didn't he know? This is not counted, if he thinks that the Gyeonggi troops can fight, it is one thing to concentrate the troops together to start a war with Li Zicheng, and it is a good tactic to concentrate the advantages and break each one, but he actually scattered the troops outside the various city gates to meet Li Zicheng, I don't know what it means, it is completely a taboo for soldiers, who has ever seen such a military arrangement? Even Li Zicheng's grass coarse, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and it is impossible to disperse the soldiers and use them like this! Isn't it a joke that Li Guozhen is arranging troops like this? Disaster to the country and the people, pit the emperor! ”

"Isn't there anyone in this huge capital who understands? Absolutely! But why didn't anyone stand up and point out that Li Guozhen had a problem with the deployment of troops? I'm afraid it's the reason why Li Guozhen is usually arrogant and domineering and used to retaliating. There is no way to compare the city and population of Kaifeng City with the capital, but Li Zichengsan has not broken down the lockdown when he opens the city, why? , because the defense of the city is well arranged, there are a large number of troops to defend each section of the city. However, as soon as Li Guozhen did this, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Gongwei Beijing Division were gone, how could this huge city be defended? The emperor had no choice but to send the pro-army Jinyi guards and the eunuchs in the palace to the city, a total of 158,488 battlements in the capital, the Jinyi guards and the eunuchs guarding the city add up to only 10,000 people, and one person guards ten battlements are still short of manpower? Do you still have the confidence to hold the city? Thanks to the tall and sturdy walls of the capital, otherwise, Li Zicheng would not have been able to enter in half a day. ”

"Someone suggested that the citizens should be recruited to defend the city, but Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the white hat, spoke, and the common people had never fought, and one person panicked, all of them panicked, it was useless, hehe! I don't know how he said such a thing? Could it be that the eunuchs have fought? Could it be that the eunuchs are stronger than the common people? Could it be that all Jinyiwei are heroes? The reason why Kaifeng is guarded is not the city guarded by the citizens and ordinary people gathered by Zhou Wangye? ”

Wang Jinlong began to give Wei Zaode eye medicine.

After this circle, he not only clarified the process of defending the city, but also focused on making fun of Li Guozhen and Wei Zaode, and beat Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen also understood that Li Guozhen and Wei Zaode could no longer be used.

Wang Jinlong continued: "Li Zicheng can also be regarded as an understanding person, he knows that even if the capital is defeated, there are still people in the old Zhu family, as long as someone stands up and raises his arms, the world is definitely not his, and he doesn't know how long he will fight in the future, so the next morning, he sent Du Xun into the city to negotiate, and proposed that as long as the emperor crowned him as the king and gave him Shaanxi and Henan to split the country, he could listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement, help the court to suppress the traitors and build the emperor outside." ”

"Huh! He was originally a thief, and he was about to start treating others as thieves, can the emperor promise him? Definitely not, the people of our old Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty do not cut the land, do not pay compensation, do not make peace, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies, and the descendants are extremely respectful. ”

"In order to gain time and seek reinforcements, the emperor sent Lao Wang to negotiate with Du Xun, Lao Wang gritted his teeth with hatred for Du Xun's rebellion, and wanted to kill Du Xun, but he couldn't, one is to delay time through negotiations, and the other is that the city is still tied to the King of Jin and the acting king who were captured by Li Zicheng, kill Du Xun, these two princes will die, it is really a grievance to the old king."

Wang Chengen was very happy when he heard this, Wang Jinlong, this kid is saying good things to him!

Then what Wang Jinlong said was not right, "But Lao Wang made a mistake, after the talk, Du Xun should be asked to hurry out of the city, Lao Wang did not do this, Du Xun took the opportunity to go to the city and sat on the head of the city with a few good leaders and eunuchs and drank a pot of wine, the result was that several eunuch leaders guarding the city gate began to waver, historical records, I heard that the city was broken, and the nine gates were opened for a while, who opened the city gate, the emperor and the old king should understand." ”

Wang Chengen's heart is really not good, just now Wang Jinlong, this kid also said good things to him, and turned his face to ridicule him.

In the afternoon, Liu Zongmin continued to drive his troops to attack, and when it was almost dark, someone opened the Changyi Gate for Liukou, who opened it? There is a lot of controversy in history, the official history says that Cao Huachun opened it, and he studied history below, thinking that it is impossible, one is that Cao Huachun returned to his hometown six years ago, he should not know what happened in the capital, and the other is that there is a shortage of people around the emperor, and it is impossible to call Cao Huachun back, Cao Huachun is a eunuch, he is very old, what can he do to help the emperor when he comes? The third is that Cao Huachun is a good eunuch, since he came back to participate in the defense of the city, he will never open the door to Li Zicheng's people, and the fourth is that the history of the Ming Dynasty was written by people in the Qing Dynasty, they summarized the history of the Ming Dynasty, and believed that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was caused by the reuse of eunuchs, so they were willing to splash dirty water on the eunuchs, and the sin of opening the city gate was inexplicably pressed on the head of Cao Gonggong, do you think my reasoning is reasonable? In addition, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there was a writer named Ji Liuqi, who wrote a book quoting the memoirs written by Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, saying that the one who opened the city gate was Hui Hui who lived in the Yan Pavilion. ”

When Wang Jinlong said this, Zhu Youzhen was stunned, he didn't understand two questions, one was what happened in the Qing Dynasty? The second is that the city gate is guarded by soldiers, how can you open the city gate when you go back? What did the generals who guarded the gates eat? Do you also want to surrender Li Zicheng? If this is the case, it is really a betrayal of relatives.

"Huh! The Qing Dynasty was the regime established by the Jianyu of Liaodong. Wang Jinlong explained.

Zhu Youzhen was shocked, "You said that Jianyu seized the Daming Dynasty?" What about Li Zicheng? ”

Wang Jinlong said twice, "Hehe! Li Zicheng knocked down the capital and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but he did not have the ability to sit on the country, and began to be severely punished and asked for wages within a few days of entering the city, and the soldiers began to spoil the people, and the troops were suddenly denatured, and forty days later he was defeated by Jianlu and fled from the capital in a hurry, and half a year later he died on Jiugong Mountain in Tongcheng, Hubei, and there is the story of Wu Sangui. ”

"What? Wu Sangui? Could it be that Wu Sangui surrendered Jianyu? ”

"Not bad! Therefore, Wu Sangui has also become the biggest traitor and traitor in history, and people in later generations say that people are bad, and they say that this guy is a bit like Wu Sangui. ”

Hey! Wang Jinlong gave Wu Sangui eye medicine again.

What's going on? It's a mess! Zhu Youzhen still didn't listen and understood very clearly.

"What about when you go back and open the gates?" , Zhu Youzhen wants to know his ending, death must be death, Wang Jinlong has already said just now, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the prince guards the country, the king dies Sheji, the Son of Heaven guards the country is talking about his ancestor Yongle Emperor, and the king must be talking about him.

"Li Zicheng's people entered the outer city, which does not mean that they can enter the inner city, at night, Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department who was responsible for guarding the Zhengyang Gate, surrendered to Liu Zongmin, and the history books say so, Zhang Jinyan knelt down to welcome Liu Zongmin into the city."

Get! Wang Jinlong gave Zhang Jinyan eye medicine again, needless to say, Zhang Jinyan was about to be unlucky.

Zhu Youzhen was very angry, why did the people he reused betray him in the end?