Chapter 9: The Past Is Unbearable

Zhu Youzhen was stunned.

Wang Chengen was also stunned, "You won't lie to us with laughter, right?" ”

Wang Jinlong glared at Wang Chengen, "Old Wang, you just said that you are a eunuch, in the middle of the night, is it fun for me to lie to you?" Besides, I dare to lie to you, do I dare to lie to the emperor? ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little anxious, "Aiqing, don't mess with Wang Chengen, tell me what happened to your cannon." ”

Wang Jinlong smiled, "Your Majesty, the current cannons generally shoot iron balls, who they hit, who they smash into meat patties, they can't hit people, that is, they smash a pit on the ground, these cannons, casually weigh thousands of pounds, and move them to the battlefield, it's really not an easy task, this artillery is finely processed, a bit like a Franc machine, it can shoot both scattered bullets and cannonballs, the shooting speed is fast, the range is long, and it is particularly light, four people lift it up and leave, plus the back of the cannonball, ten people and one cannon, the key is that the cannonball is an explosive, The shell was loaded with gunpowder, and it exploded on the ground, and the shell was blown into countless small fragments, and the lethality was naturally different, when I did the test, the first shot directly killed twenty sheep, but it made me feel distressed, and I gave this kind of cannon a name, called cannon. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed happily after hearing this, he absolutely believed that what Wang Jinlong said was true, "Aiqing, you really have two hits!" With you, I am like a tiger with wings, and it seems that you are a little condescending to manage Dongchang. ”

Wang Jinlong hurriedly shook his head, "No! No! No! It is appropriate, intelligence work is very important, the minister understands what the emperor means, the emperor can rest assured, and the minister is responsible for making artillery. Besides, the minister also has this time, the emperor thinks, I am in the intelligence bureau every day to see the collected news, arrange tasks, there is not much to do, there is kung fu, I will guide the cannon-making, besides, I also brought out a few apprentices who can make artillery, they can do it, I just occasionally go to check and guide. ”

Zhu Youzhen was even happier when he heard it, "It's too!" Also! ”

What he didn't know was that Wang Jinlong didn't want to let go of the Intelligence Bureau at all, that was the power in his hands, in this era, there was no power in his hands, nothing was there.

Of course, the later generations are different from this era, in the later generations, you don't go into politics, you can go to run a business. At this time, there are not so many enterprises at all, and there is no power to support them in doing business, and there will be no bones left in the end.

After drinking, Zhu Youzhen felt very happy, it turned out that it was so happy to sit and drink with everyone.

In this life, Zhu Youzhen really hasn't sat down with anyone and drank alcohol.

Wang Chengen suddenly remembered that Wang Jinlong said that he understood military affairs, and he didn't believe it at all, a young man in his twenties, who was a graduate student in the history department before, must have studied history, how could he understand military affairs? Then he asked, "Have you ever fought?" ”

Wang Chengen is a little jealous of Wang Jinlong now, and feels that Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, likes Wang Jinlong more than himself, it can't go on like this, you have to make some stumbling blocks for Wang Jinlong, if you dare to brag, I will expose you immediately.

Wang Jinlong is not a fool, he immediately guessed Wang Chengen's thoughts, so he smiled, this Wang Chengen, he didn't say that he was loyal to Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, but this guy is not a good type, sometimes he is quite poisonous, if anyone provokes him, he definitely wants to retaliate, and now it is because he is uncomfortable because he took away his Dongchang.

"Lao Wang, at that time, all college students had to participate in military training, and the state also encouraged college students to join the army during their school years. Let me tell you this, in my previous era, any non-commissioned officer came to our era, and being an instructor was like playing. ”

Wang Chengen began to be skeptical, "Really? ”

Wang Jinlong smiled, "It's not steamed, it's boiled." ”

Wang Chengen was stunned, and Zhu Youzhen was also stunned, what kind of steamed boiling? What does it mean? What's the sophomore year all about? And what kind of errand is a non-commissioned officer?

Seeing Wang Chengen and Zhu Youzhen's surprised appearances, Wang Jinlong also wondered, what happened to these two people? What does this look like? Then I thought that it was possible that I said something that was not of this era, this thing, I used to encounter it when I was a bandit in the mountains, and someone once said that he had a high fever and burned his head, and he couldn't say anything about it.

"Drink! Drink! I'll give the emperor another bowl. ”

Zhu Youzhen still remembered what Wang Jinlong said about Li Zicheng's attack on the capital, and he wanted to know his final ending.

"Aiqing, you just said that you opened the Changyi Gate, Zhang Jinyan surrendered Li Zicheng at night, and knelt down to welcome Liu Zongmin into the city, what next?"

Wang Jinlong is a flute, digging a groove! The Emperor remembered this, and the story didn't seem to be finished.

"Your Majesty, do you want to know your final ending?"

Zhu Youzhen's face was extremely serious, "Yes! Aiqing, you still have to tell me what happened next. ”

Wang Jinlong looked at Zhu Youzhen, "After all, the historical trajectory has changed, and those things will never happen again, but I think it's also a good thing for the emperor to listen to it, which is related to how the emperor will make decisions in the future and the future of the country." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, "You can just say it." ”

"Okay," Wang Jinlong agreed.

"The emperor once agreed with Zhang Jinyan that if it is safe, red lanterns will be hung on the Zhengyang Gate, and if the matter is urgent, white lanterns will be hung, one means danger, two represent extreme danger, and three represent that the city has been broken."

"It was dark, the emperor took Lao Wang to the coal mountain, looking at the sky-wide beacon fire outside the city and in the area of Changyi Gate from afar, just sighing and wandering speechlessly. The eunuch Wang Lian came to report urgently, saying that the outer city had been broken, and you were very helpless, and sighed: "Bitter for my people!" "The eunuch Zhang Yin persuaded you to surrender, and was stabbed to death by your sword. You know that you can't hesitate any longer, so you decided to take someone out to move the rescuers, but there are still relatives of the emperor in the harem who can't bring them, so the emperor took the old king to the harem, first arranged for people to escort the prince and the king of Yong to hide at Zhou Guozhang's house, escorted King Ding to Tian Guozhang's house to hide, and then wrote an edict, ordering Zhu Chunchen, the prince of Chengguo, to lead the army and assist the prince Zhu Cihong, and then urged Queen Zhou to cut herself, Queen Zhou was virtuous, just said a word to the emperor, and hanged herself. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked urgently: "What words?" ”

"The queen said to the emperor that the concubine had been married to the emperor for 18 years, and the emperor never refused to listen to the concubine's heartfelt words, so that today, the emperor let the concubine die, how dare the concubine not die? The reason why the queen said this is because the queen had previously told the emperor that Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru could not be reused, both of whom were traitors, and also hinted to the emperor that there is still a home in the south of us. ”

Queen Zhou Yufeng said that she didn't say that Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru were traitors, Zhu Youzhen didn't remember, but two days ago they discussed whether to go to Nanjing or stick to Beijing, Queen Zhou did hint that he had a home in the south, Zhu Youzhen remembered deeply, "You said it well!" ”

"Then, you said to Yuan Guifei that you should also go with the queen! Yuan Guifei cried goodbye, and also hanged herself, but the rope was broken, Yuan Guifei experienced a hanging, and she didn't want to die, you cut Yuan Guifei three swords, Yuan Guifei fell in the blood wave, one of which pierced Yuan Guifei's body, you thought Yuan Guifei was dead, in fact, Yuan Guifei was not dead, woke up a few days later, Li Zicheng ordered Liu Zongmin to arrange for the imperial doctor to treat Yuan Guifei's injuries, and later Jianyu entered Beijing, and treated Yuan Guifei well, Yuan Guifei lived to be seventy years old, and never left the house where she lived in her life. ”

Then, you summoned the fifteen-year-old Princess Kunxing, and said with tears in her eyes, "Why did you come to the emperor's house!", after saying that, you covered your face with your left sleeve, pulled out a knife with your right hand and slashed her left arm, and then cut her right shoulder, Princess Chang Kunxing fainted, and then, you swung your sword and stabbed your daughter, Princess Zhaoren, who was only six years old. ”

"It's just that Princess Kunxing didn't die in her life, after Jianyu entered Beijing, she ordered to find Zhou Shixian, and held a wedding for the two of them, after this tragic upheaval, Princess Kunxing missed her parents day and night, and died of depression a year later, and the poor princess was already pregnant when she died."

"Empress Yi'an bowed to you a few times through the curtain and hanged herself, this is an official record, I don't know if it's accurate or not. Yeshi has another version, saying that after Empress Yi'an hanged herself, the rope was also broken, Li Zicheng's people rushed into the palace and wanted to plot against Empress Yi'an, Li Zicheng's deputy military division Li Yan rushed over to disperse the thieves, there are several versions, one said that Li Yan served Empress Yi'an in Cining Palace to hang herself, and preserved the reputation of Empress Yi'an, one said that Li Yan escorted Empress Yi'an to Marquis Zhang's house, and Empress Yi'an hanged herself there, and there is also a saying that Li Yan sent 300 troops to escort Empress Yi'an back to Henan Xiangfu, and Empress Yi'an committed suicide in her hometown. ”

This story is so tragic that Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen both shed tears.

"Then, you hold a three-eyed gun and dozens of eunuchs rode out of Donghua Gate, blocked by random arrows, and then ran to Qihua Gate, Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen went to the banquet to drink, the black light was blind, the soldiers didn't know that it was you, thought it was a panicked citizen, so they shot arrows to block, you turned to Andingmen, the defenders here have been scattered, the gate is deeply locked, and the eunuch can not split it with a sharp axe, you think that God is going to die Daming, this is your life, and you will take the old king back to the palace, at this time the sky will be bright, you ring the bell in the front hall to convene a hundred officials, but no one comes, You said, 'The ministers have been mistaken, and the king has died, and once the world is abandoned in the two hundred and seventy-seventh years, it will be mistaken by the traitors, so that it is so. In the end, you took Lao Wang up to Jingshan, hanged himself on a crooked neck tree, died with his left foot, and his right foot wore a red shoe. ”

Zhu Youzhen shuddered violently, and subconsciously glanced at his feet, fortunately, he was not wearing red shoes on his feet today.

"What's next?"

"After Li Zicheng entered the palace, he didn't know that you had been martyred, and issued a notice to offer a reward to the marquis to find you, only to find out on the 21st that you had been martyred on Jingshan, they moved the coffins of you and Queen Zhou out of the palace and showed the public at Donghua Gate, and the history recorded: "Thirty ministers wept and worshipped, and sixty people worshipped without crying, and the rest were ignored." Houzi Palace is temporarily housed by the river in the north of the Forbidden City. It was the common people who buried you together in the tomb of Tian Guifei. After the Qing army entered the customs. You will be buried in Siling, called Huaizong, and later changed to Emperor Zhuanglie. The Southern Ming regime called you Emperor Sizonglie, and later changed your name to Yizong. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jinlong's heart was also very uncomfortable, so he didn't say anything more.