Zhou Shixian naturally went here to repay his merits, and at the same time, he also went to "ask" Emperor Chongzhen. Of course, he wouldn't really obey Emperor Chongzhen's blind command, but on the surface, this matter had to be done.

After all, Zhou Shixian is a concubine, in a sense, he is powerless, and he should not be powerful, and now he is just taking advantage of the chaos to trespass.

Therefore, if he wants to maintain his power, the most critical step is to be a "loyal minister", win the trust of Emperor Chongzhen, and use the other party's orthodox status to complete the inheritance of power.

And this is the most important point for Zhou Shixian to change the situation, if he can't quickly gain extremely high power, he can't complete the anti-Qing preparation of the Southern Ming Dynasty within a year.

You must know that no matter whether history has changed because of Zhou Shixian's butterfly wings, and whether the Qing army wins or the Shun army wins, in April and May next year, the victorious side will inevitably go south to attack Jiangnan.

Unless the two sides are deadlocked, but such a possibility, Zhou Shixian does not dare to bet, his shoulders are now the entire Ming Dynasty, and it can even be said that it is the main body of Eastern civilization.

The money and grain of the Ming Dynasty are in the south of the Yangtze River, the army is in the north, and the side that won the battle of the Shunqing Dynasty in the north must go south to the south of the Yangtze River in order to support the huge army, otherwise it will collapse financially if it does not last for a few years.

The various problems of the Ming court, to a certain extent, are not also financial problems? In this era, it is necessary to raise a strong army, but it costs a lot.

In other words, why Zhou Shixian chose Chongzhen instead of the crown prince Zhu Cihong was not because he was reluctant to let go of the daughter-in-law who had not passed through the door and looked like a fairy.

But Zhu Cihong's strength is not enough, a sixteen-year-old crown prince has no power in his hands, and he has to rely on the local military head and civil officials to become the emperor in the south, otherwise he is very likely to become a "fake prince".

Well, that's right, Zhu Cihong, the upright crown prince, will become a "stand-in". It's not surprising that something like this is happening these days.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen still has extremely high political value at present, as long as he can be escorted to Nanjing to rebuild the imperial court, there is still hope for the Ming Dynasty, and there is still hope for Shenzhou.

Zhou Shixian came to the side of Emperor Chongzhen's holy car, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Xue Changfu, the general banner of the Jinyi Guard, led his troops to kill thirty-five thieves, and Zhang Hong, the hundred chief of the five military camps, led his troops to kill two thieves and sentinels, and the checkpoint ahead has been broken by us." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. This seems to be the first news of victory he has heard since the beginning of this year. Although the beheading was only thirty-seven, it was of great significance to Chongzhen at this time.

"Xue Changfu, Zhang Hong, I have written it down, and when I get to Nanjing, I will be rewarded." Emperor Chongzhen paused, and then glanced at Wang Chengen, who was serving beside him, and the other party immediately lifted the curtain of the carriage, Emperor Chongzhen raised his eyes to look at Zhou Shixian, and said:

"Shixian, if you want to talk about merit, your strategic merit is the greatest, I remember it in my heart, it is her blessing to have a husband like you, and it is a blessing for me to have a courtier like you."

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare." Zhou Shixian hurriedly shirked it, this kind of trick of pushing openly and secretly is still inevitable. "Loyalty to the country, that is the duty of the minister, to be able to protect the holy car of the heavenly family, the holy lord of the Ming monarch, that is the glory of the minister."

"Yes, yes!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was even more overjoyed in his heart, "With such loyal ministers and talents, there is still hope for my Daming." Shixian, when you arrive in Nanjing, I will never thin you. ”

Zhou Shixian still inevitably pretended to shirk as usual, which also won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen, after he reported to Emperor Chongzhen, he naturally had to take a step back to see the frightened mother-in-law, and the daughter-in-law who was also in a carriage.

Besides, Queen Zhou had already woken up at this time, and found that she was not dead, and her two daughters were fine, so she was crying with joy, and now her eyes are still a little red.

"Minister Zhou Shixian, meet the queen, Her Royal Highness the princess." Zhou Shixian soon came to Empress Zhou's carriage.

"But Shixian?" There was a surprise in the carriage immediately, and then a milky female voice: "Who is Shixian?" ”

"Shixian is a colt."

"Who's the colt?"

"Ah, sister, don't ......"

As soon as Zhou Shixian heard it, he knew that it was the little princess Zhaoren, and it was still a very serious matter to visit the queen mother, after all, there were many royal rules.

But now that this girl asked like this, Queen Zhou answered like that, and Princess Kunxing covered Xiao Zhaoren's mouth again, the atmosphere instantly became relaxed.

Zhou Shixian also took advantage of Queen Zhou's body to create a good image for himself, and then reported the good news of Chongka's victory by the way, and Queen Zhou was even more happy after hearing it.

"Shixian, come over here." Empress Zhou said in the middle of the carriage.

Zhou Shixian was slightly stunned, but he still approached the curtain of the carriage, and then heard a female voice with a somewhat nervous tone, but a very sweet tone:

"You, you, you have to be careful, if there is a fight, you remember to hide, but don't get hurt......"

Princess Kunxing seemed to be a little shy, and she was hesitant to speak, but in the end, she took out the power of the princess and said sharply: "This is the queen's will, if you dare not obey, this princess will never spare you in the future." ”

Listening to the threat of his daughter-in-law who had not passed the door, Zhou Shixian only felt funny, but he still readily agreed, as long as he fought, he would immediately become a deserter and never rush forward.

The convoy quickly passed all the checkpoints, and Zhou Shixian immediately returned to his position, and he had to coordinate and command the actions of the entire team, as for being a deserter, it was even more impossible.

However, breaking through the level of the Shun army in this way was something that Zhou Shixian never expected before, and Li Zicheng's carelessness exceeded his expectations.

can only say that if it weren't for this, how could Li Zicheng have been defeated so quickly in the original history? Half of the country laid in 16 years was wiped out in just 14 months.

But now is not the time for Zhou Shixian to think about this, his plan to go south has just begun, the journey from the capital to Nanjing is more than 2,000 miles, and there are countless difficulties and obstacles waiting for him to solve.

According to Zhou Shixian's plan, after breaking through, the next stop was Yongqing County, and then through Wen'an, Dacheng, and Qingxian, where he got a ship heading south.

Yongqing was located between the capital and Tianjin, and was not yet controlled by the Shun army. Not only Yongqing, but also the main forces of the current Shun army are deployed in the capital, the two cities of Tianjin, and the surrounding canal hubs, and these intermediate areas have not yet had time to be controlled.

Zhou Shixian has been in this time and space for two whole months, so he has naturally sent people to find out the route clearly, and asked people to prepare the food, grass and ammunition needed for the army to continue to move south in Yongqing City.

Otherwise, how could he be able to transport so many belongings with ease. If you don't drive lightly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through.

After Yongqing was resupplied and rested for a short time, the armor convoy had to continue south, heading towards Qingxian in Hejian Province, the entire Beizhili was not safe now, and Zhou Shixian's speed had to be fast.

If you are accidentally entangled by the soldiers and horses of the Shun army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

When Zhou Shixian was thinking about these things, behind them, the suspension bridge of Zuo'anmen creaked and was being slowly lowered, and many fires lit up on the city tower.

At the same time, several places in the capital were also on fire, and the city was in a commotion.