When the Eight Banners Army attacked the city of Beijing, Chongzhen had already thought of his own way out, although the sky in the capital was still full of war, and the smoke of gunpowder was dispersed, but there was an ominous meaning mixed with the flying dust, the palace guards, eunuchs, and palace maids were anxious one by one, and in the lively street market in the capital, many rich businessmen began to dig cellars to hide the people's fat and ointment they had looted all their lives in the cellars, and the big families also began to secretly clean up the softness, and the capital was crowded with people who fled in a hurry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

What made the city of Beijing panic was the rumors flying in the sky, first some people said that Li Zicheng's army had opened out of Guanzhong and entered the border of Shanxi, and would soon reach Beijing; There are also rumors that a serious earthquake occurred in Fengyang, Anhui Province, the hometown of the Ming Emperor, which shook the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty. The most terrifying thing in the rumor is that when someone passes by the main gate of the Forbidden City at night, they often hear the noise and wailing of ghosts, who seem to be the former imperial relatives of the Ming Dynasty. In a word, the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its qi.

Compared with the panic in Beijing, the palace seemed to be much calmer, on this day, that is, the third day of the first month of 1644, Emperor Chongzhen met with a minister in the palace, this day's reception was extremely secret, no one except Chongzhen himself knew what topic was going to be discussed. Before the conversation, Chongzhen asked everyone to withdraw, and one lord and one minister talked from early morning to dawn the next day, so that the matter could be discussed clearly.

So what was the content of Emperor Chongzhen's secret meeting? When we mention this matter, we must first look at the situation in China at that time.

At that time, China can be said to be a chaotic era, the Ming Emperor Chongzhen, whose capital was Beijing, was no longer the only emperor of China, and there was a Qing army in Shenyang, east of Beijing, and a peasant rebel army led by Li Zicheng in the west of Beijing. During the 17 years of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, these three forces had been rising and falling, but by 1644, the original equilibrium was broken. At the beginning of this year, Li Zicheng, the former grass coward, founded the country in the ancient city of Xi'an, with the country name Dashun, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, Li Zicheng's first decision was to advance into the Central Plains, and the spearhead was directed at the city of Beijing. In the face of such a situation, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty at that time were also discussing, there were the main peace, there were also the main battles, there was a minister named Li Mingrui, his suggestion was more creative, it was to advocate the thirty-six plans to go up, that is, to escape, of course, people did not say so at the time, his original words were to suggest that Beijing should move the capital, the so-called stay in the green mountains are not afraid of no firewood, as long as we are long lived, sooner or later we can fight back.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Emperor Chongzhen summoned this Li Mingrui, and the topic of discussion was of course about the relocation of Beijing. But why did the emperor summon the minister to be so mysterious? This is also necessary to understand Chongzhen's mind first, which is a long time to say.

It is said that seventeen years ago, at that time, the identity of Emperor Chongzhen was still King Xin, and the emperor at that time was Chongzhen's brother, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse. The Emperor of the Apocalypse has no culture, he is basically illiterate, but he has many hobbies. One of his most famous hobbies is his beautiful carpentry work, which can be heard in the palace every morning, sometimes in the middle of the night. Because he was busy making furniture every day, the Emperor of the Apocalypse handed over the affairs of the court to a eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and handed over the affairs of the family to his nurse Keshi, these two people are said to be nominal husband and wife, since you handed over the affairs of the world to others, then the people are not welcome, and regard the Ming Dynasty as their own home, as long as it is possible to hurt their family, there is only one way - death In the end, the political affairs of the Ming Dynasty are smoky, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself is also gone. Emperor Tianqi had a short life, and died at the age of 22, and his only younger brother Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which had the most people in the world at that time.

Emperor Chongzhen, who ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, moved from the Xinwang Mansion to Ouchi, and in the first few days of his life in the palace, he ate dry food that he secretly brought from home every day, and he did not dare to touch the things prepared in the palace at all. People estimated that this little emperor would not last long and would die in the hands of Wei Zhongxian, or become Wei Zhongxian's puppet in another way, but they didn't expect what happened later to surprise everyone. After Chongzhen became the emperor, he treated Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family quite politely, but Wei Zhongxian was not down-to-earth. His strategy was to send some beauties to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen had a characteristic among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, that is, he was not very lustful. Come to think of it, under the trembling mentality at that time, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally even less interested in beauty.

It is said that in order not to arouse Wei Zhongxian's worries, Emperor Chongzhen kept all the stunning women he sent, but carefully searched the bodies of these women. It turned out that on their bodies, they all had a small pill tied to it, which was called "ecstasy incense" in the palace, which was an aphrodisiac that could volatilize naturally. Wei Zhongxian's purpose is obvious, to bring Emperor Chongzhen badly, and finally become his puppet like his brother. Emperor Chongzhen threw away the aphrodisiac, but he remained silent to Wei Zhongxian, and still praised him constantly.

When Wei Zhongxian thought that his crisis had been resolved, Chongzhen first forced Wei Zhongxian to resign through the twists and turns of a minister, and finally let this desperate eunuch kill himself. From then on, the tree fell and scattered, and the liquidation of Wei Zhongxian's remnants of the party was soon carried out. At this time, five drums were beaten, and only the eunuch Wang Chengen was left alone by Emperor Chongzhen's side, and the two walked hand in hand on Jingshan Mountain, and arrived at the Shouhuang Pavilion on the top of the mountain. Looking around, Emperor Chongzhen probably only had two words left in his heart: despair. In the early morning of March 18, when the east had just revealed a touch of morning light, Zhu Youzhen, the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, committed suicide by suicide in a begonia tree next to the Shouhuang Pavilion.

On the placket of Emperor Chongzhen, he left such last words:

One line is: I have been on the throne for 17 years, and the traitors have approached the Beijing Division. I have no face to see my ancestors in the ground, go to my crown, cover my face with my hair, let the thief split the corpse, and do not hurt the people. The other line is: All the officials go to the East Palace.

When Wei Zhongxian thought that his crisis had been resolved, Chongzhen first forced Wei Zhongxian to resign through the twists and turns of a minister, and finally let this desperate eunuch kill himself. From then on, the tree fell and scattered, and the liquidation of Wei Zhongxian's remnants of the party was soon carried out. At this time, five drums were beaten, and only the eunuch Wang Chengen was left alone by Emperor Chongzhen's side, and the two walked hand in hand on Jingshan Mountain, and arrived at the Shouhuang Pavilion on the top of the mountain. Looking around, Emperor Chongzhen probably only had two words left in his heart: despair. In the early morning of March 18, when the east had just revealed a touch of morning light, Zhu Youzhen, the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, committed suicide by suicide in a begonia tree next to the Shouhuang Pavilion.