The capital division of the Ming Dynasty is not large, the structure is composed of two cities, the inner city is in the north, the outer city is in the south, from the sky to the ground, it can be clearly seen that it is convex shaped, and the protruding square is the inner city.

How big is the inner city? Actually, it's not that big, in modern terms, it is the scope of Jingshi Metro Line 2, the entire ring line. What about the outer city, the southernmost part of the outer city of Jingshi is now the location of the Temple of Heaven, out of the Yongding Gate and then outside is the suburban county of Jingshi, that is to say, the area within the second ring road of the modern Jingshi is the size of the entire Jingshi city in the Ming Dynasty.

On the 18th day of March in the spring of the 17th year of Chongzhen, on the night of April 24, 1644, the giant ship appeared in the sky, with the word "North Pole" on it, and the 200,000 elite troops of King Chuang who attacked the Beijing division to burn and rob had already turned into ashes in the lightning and silver snakes.

Li Yan, the general of the peasant army, was also stunned by the scene at that time, and was carried away by the red lady and several loyal subordinates to the west, and reassembled a team of thousands of people one after another along the way, and only then settled down a little. After that, Li Yan immediately sent fast horse spies to inquire around, and the final news made people frightened.

It is suspected that there are immortals in the Beijing Division, save the Zhu Family's Son of Heaven, and exterminate all the generals such as Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, etc., who entered the Beijing Division, and the bones of the 200,000 troops are gone, fortunately, the Son of Heaven is busy rectifying the order of the Beijing Division, and there is no Ming army in the Beijing Division, so there is no counterattack out of the city and the elimination of the Chuang Army, so everyone was able to escape safely. It's a pity that no one dares to mention the words of regrouping and attacking again, and just wants to escape from here far away, and escape as far as possible, because there is news that Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui, who is guarding Shanhaiguan, came south with 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses to Qinwang.

Li Yan knew that the Dashun Dynasty was in danger, and took advantage of the fact that the imperial court could not spare his hands to pursue him, as long as the men and horses fled back to Xi'an, there was still hope, and at the worst of all, he could negotiate terms with the army sent by the imperial court to crusade, and then surrender, and made a decision on the spot, and immediately set off to return to Xi'an. A week later, the team borrowed Shanxi, and learned that there was also a mess here, and the legend was that there was a giant ship volley, and there was a heavenly fire and thunder on it, killing the whole family of giant merchants here, and the whole family of merchants with several surnames was wiped out, and the belongings of the family were taken away one by one, and there was nothing left, and the moment was shocked.

After careful calculation, this incident actually happened on the night of the Jingshi Incident, and Shanxi Jingshi was thousands of miles away, and the theory of the immortal giant ship happened at the same time. Li Yan's face sank like water, and his heart was like ashes, should the Zhu family's life be extinguished? The team did not dare to make a mistake, so they added some grain and grass and left quietly.

Zhu Youzhen lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time.

It's been half a month, and there is still chaos in the Jingshi, and the princes and ministers have forced themselves to return their missing gold and silver property, and they can't leave the imperial city by their own decrees just by relying on the loyal 1,000 internal guards. These former courtiers have cried poverty to themselves, and they have a posture of not working if they don't pay back.

Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, also returned, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and came to return the order. The decree to save the king was sent out in early March, and this man arrived with an army in early April, and sure enough, all of them were my good courtiers. Alas, the ancestors of the Zhu family are on top, why is it their turn, this Ming dynasty will sit so difficult? !

Looking at the first time he saw Wu Sangui that day, he was surprised by the mountains of gold and silver treasures in the square outside the Imperial Palace, and the greed in his eyes, Chongzhen was worried in his heart, without the immortals, he was only afraid that he would lead the wolf into the room this time.

Wu Sangui then arranged for 10,000 Guan Ning Tie to ride into the city to firmly encircle the Forbidden City, and the other 10,000 firmly guarded the city wall of the Beijing Division, under the pretext of helping to stabilize the order of the Beijing Division, prevent Xiaoxiao from taking the opportunity to cause chaos, and grasp the control of the royal channel's daily entry and exit to purchase goods. In order to maintain the lives of these thousands of people in the palace, Zhu Youzhen had to pay a lot of money every day to buy expensive goods from the Guan Ning army.

"It's a pity that my forbidden army can't get out of the Forbidden City, otherwise, I will take the head of this fang!" Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. The immortal power left by Lei Yin Zhenren on the Imperial Palace can transform all kinds of weapons, but the effective range is only in the Forbidden City, and these thousands of guards can't go out of the Forbidden City empty-handed to meet the most elite Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body and rest early~" Queen Zhou's voice came from the pillow.

Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly, "Although the immortal came into the world to avoid the danger of the destruction of my Zhu family, but now I am like a child holding gold and covering the streets, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and the general soldiers of the border pass are all peeking at the gold and silver given by the immortals, and my will cannot get out of the imperial city." Now that the northern captives have been decided, the thieves are dead, and there are still a few anti-thieves in the world, they can't wait to persecute me, and want to confine me in this high Forbidden City. Wouldn't I be like a baby, teased by them? ”

Empress Zhou sighed when she heard this, "What Your Majesty said is very true. A few days ago, the abbot entered the palace and cried, saying that all the wealth in the family had been taken away and he wanted the palace to subsidize him. ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered, "My Jiading Bo is really a good national ruler, and the emperor's relatives who were aiming for Beijing before, as well as the princes and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and the civil and military officials, all donated silver for military expenses. Jiadingbo donated 3,000 taels of silver to his family, and I still thought his family was really innocent. Hehe, under the search of the immortals, three million taels of silver, and countless treasures, it is indeed a pure white family!"

Empress Zhou sighed, "My father Zhou Kui was usually deeply nurtured by the Ming Dynasty and favored and trusted by His Majesty, but he didn't expect to be so stingy and short-sighted. Has he ever thought about the truth that if the skin does not exist, Mao will be attached to it? Once the city is broken, how long can his family wealth be kept?" Queen Zhou was disheartened by her mother's family, and she had not yet told her husband that the 3,000 taels of silver donated by Jiadingbo before were also exchanged for her gold and silver jewelry after she secretly sold her gold and silver jewelry from the palace. Moreover, the quantity is not 3000, but 5000 taels. His good father gave another 2,000 taels from it.

The husband and wife looked at each other speechlessly, this Ming dynasty is really rotten to the roots~

Suddenly, a small yellow door whispered outside, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Have you ever slept peacefully, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youzhen frowned slightly, he knew that it was not an important matter, and there would be no little eunuch to disturb him at this moment, so he hesitated for a moment, and immediately replied, "I haven't gone to bed yet, what's going on outside?"

The little yellow door outside the door heard the reply of the Son of Heaven in the house, and immediately said excitedly, "Your Majesty! The prince of the celebrant has returned! He has become an immortal!"

"What?!" Zhu Youzhen immediately turned over and sat up when he heard this, "Chengen is back?!Didn't he go with the real person to practice? Hurry up! Dress for me, I want to see him immediately!"

Under the order of the Son of Heaven, the lights in Kunning Palace were suddenly bright, and Queen Zhou couldn't take care of herself, so she immediately got up to dress her husband.

Zhu Youzhen was anxious, hurriedly put on his coat, put on his shoes and socks and walked out, and asked as he walked, "Where is Chengen now?"

Xiao Huangmen replied, "I am waiting in the Qianqing Palace." ”

"Okay!" Zhu Youzhen's mood suddenly became transparent, since Wang Chengen can come back, it means that the immortal can come to the world at any time, and the previous difficulties are no longer a problem.

Walking quickly to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, the palace gate was naturally wide open, and the guards of the Yellow Gate had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw the arrival of the Son of Heaven, they bowed their heads and saluted, but they couldn't hide the envy in their eyes.

Zhu Youzhen looked into the palace gate, and saw a person in his twenties, dressed in a black coat and silver belt, but dressed as a scholar, and was surprised, where is Wang Chengen, could it be that his own Yellow Gate guards were dazzled?

How could this eunuch who had been by his side for twenty or thirty years not know it? This is clearly what he looked like when he was young!

"Big companion, is it really you? You have succeeded in cultivating and regained your youth?" Zhu Youzhen was thirsty in his mouth, and his voice couldn't help but change his tone when he spoke eagerly.

The scholar smiled and bowed slightly to Zhu Youzhen, "Chengen has seen the Son of Heaven, Lu Zhenren blessed his subordinates, and reshaped his subordinates through trials, which disturbed the Son of Heaven and sinned guilty. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at this eldest companion who looked younger than himself and grew up with him, hugged Wang Chengen's shoulder, and cried, "Okay, good! It's good to recover your body, Chengen, you have suffered a lot with me, I am incompetent, I am really wronged by you~"

Wang Chengen also hugged Zhu Youzhen back, "The Ming Dynasty is in danger, the lives of the children of China are in misery, and Lu Zhenren has an order to solve the urgent needs of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Okay!" Zhu Youzhen wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes slightly, "What is the best way for the immortals to solve this crisis, hurry up and talk to me." At the same time, he looked back at the little yellow door waiting on the side and said, "Let everyone exit a hundred feet outside the palace gate, and don't let one person or thing approach." ”

Wang Chengen shook his head, "It's okay~ You guys wait on the side first, I have something to say to the Son of Heaven." After saying this, as soon as his hand was raised, a clear light suddenly covered the area of ten feet around the two of them, "So they can't hear it." Then, with a spread of his palms, a jade bottle appeared out of thin air, "This is the best elixir in the master's sect, it strengthens muscles and bones, prolongs life, and hopes that the Son of Heaven will take it as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Youzhen did not eagerly take the pill, but grabbed Wang Chengen's wrist, "Big companion, don't lie to me, how can the immortals solve the danger of the Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Chengen flicked his hand again, and a pot of tea suddenly appeared on the desk. Wang Chengen poured the tea into the cup, and suddenly the fragrance of the whole study was overflowing, "It's a long story, and I hope that the Son of Heaven will report it carefully." ”

"Hmm~" Zhu Youzhen saw his big companion, after disappearing for half a month, he not only regained his youth, but also reshaped the man's body, and now there are immortal laws between his gestures, where do you not know that this is the real entry into the immortal gate and the immortal teaching. The so-called sick and rushed to the doctor, he was trapped in the Forbidden City by the courtiers, and he couldn't get out, and he didn't know the situation in the world, and he only hoped that this former companion could bring a strategy to break the enemy and save the country.

......

The guards outside the Qianqing Palace quietly opened their heads to visit the palace, and the prince and the great emperor who had returned from becoming immortals were shrouded in a layer of clear light, and the sound could not be made for a moment.

The two talked for a long time, and after a while, a small yellow door rushed out and beckoned Queen Zhou to come. The husband and wife swallowed a pill together, the white hair on the head of the Son of Heaven quickly disappeared, and the person was much younger, no longer in the shape of premature aging, and Queen Zhou was also young and beautiful, and she was suddenly shocked in her heart, this is the immortal medicine given by the prince who became an immortal?

At the same time, there was also some hope in my heart, would I, the heartfelt guards, also have the opportunity to be given the elixir if they made meritorious contributions to the Son of Heaven in killing the enemy? Thinking of this, the guards couldn't help but shake the moonlight knife and thunder scale gun in their hands, these weapons that could be changed at will, which increased their infinite courage.

"So, the meaning of the immortals is to let our three realms complement each other's strengths and weaknesses?"

"Yes, this matter is unstoppable and imperative, and it is only a month away. ”

"The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and the matter has come to this point, I am ready to set off to see what is so magical about the land of China three hundred years later. ”

"The Son of Heaven Shengming, there are all the sons and daughters of China, and I am of the same origin and race, the number has reached as many as 1.4 billion, and most of them are Han people, it is really not to be underestimated, with its power, it is natural to let all the countries here come to the court, and it is not impossible to surpass Taizu and Chengzu. ”

"There are only 60 or 70 million people in our dynasty, and they are so large that they are coming in droves, how can they not turn against the guest?"

"The Son of Heaven doesn't have to worry too much, that place is overpopulated and has a lot of problems of its own, all because the terrain is small and there is nowhere to develop. I have land all over the world, and many of them are borderless lands, and it is too late for them to rejoice. And when they come in, they can break the government controlled by scholars, wealthy merchants, and literati, and let the world return to the heart of the Son of Heaven, which is the foundation of the Zhu family. ”

"They have a lot of people reading there?"

"The literacy rate there exceeded 9.7 percent, almost eliminating the number of illiterate adults, the number of officials at all levels of the imperial court alone was 12 million, the imperial decree could spread to every small village within half an hour, and the number of other teachers, doctors, soldiers, etc., who needed to be supported by the imperial treasury had reached 50 million. ”

"Oh my God! With such a huge number of officials, wouldn't the income of their country be terrifyingly high?" When Empress Zhou heard the conversation between the two, she couldn't help but ask if she didn't care about the ancestral precept that the harem could not interfere in politics.

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly, "Last year, the treasury income of the imperial court there was eighteen trillion Huaxia yuan, and according to the conversion ratio of the seventeenth year of the current Ming Chongzhen, it was close to seven hundred billion taels of silver. ”

"Annual income of 70 billion taels of silver?!" Zhu Youzhen was already stunned, he really couldn't think of where so much silver taels came from, this is that the silver rain in the sky can't drop so much money.

The immortals gathered the wealth of the ministers of the capital and the gold and silver collected by the thieves, plus the destruction of several wealthy merchants in Shanxi, and remitted them into the palace, which is only a wealth of more than 200 million taels, which has caught up with the century-old tax of the dynasty, and now I heard that the tax income of the descendants of the Chinese in the world has reached six or seven billion taels of silver in a year, and suddenly Zhu Youzhen's nostrils began to breathe.

"Recruit, you must recruit people to come! My country should not be like this! My people should not be like this!"

"Okay! Cheng En will form a state visiting group and prepare to contact Di Zhuang Xingjun to arrange the itinerary. ”

"Visiting delegation?" The Zhu family and his wife were stunned again, what kind of new term is this, and what is the use?

Wang Chengen explained that this was the suggestion of the Earth Zhuang Xingjun who was in charge of that world, and that there were many celebrities in the Ming Dynasty who were idols worshiped by the descendants of the Chinese in that world, and calling them to visit that world together could win more benefits for the Ming Dynasty and attract better talents.

Well, Zhu Youzhen, who had already broken the jar, immediately agreed to Wang Chengen's proposal, money, money, money, everything is for money and talents.

A clear shadow rose from the ground, looking at the big companion who rode a huge beast away, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, the immortals are coming to the dynasty and changing the mortal situation, is it really good?