Lu Ming

At this point, those topics just now have been turned over.Theoretically, next, the monarchs and ministers should discuss how to defend the capital and eliminate the coming army of Li Ni.

However, there was an official who did not walk according to the rules: the prince of the Eastern Palace of the True Royalist Party gave a lecture, and Bu Daxing master Bu.

As soon as the emperor came out, everyone present knew that it was probably the emperor who was embarrassed to say something clearly and wanted to convey it to his subordinates.

Sure enough, Bu Daxing brought up a topic again: Emperor Nanshou.

The translation is: Chongzhen wanted to run away and moved the capital to Nanjing.

In real history, in the last days of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen actually planned to move the capital to Nanjing several times.

As a result, Chongzhen failed to move the capital to Nanjing under the opposition and reluctance of Chen Yan, Guang Shiheng, etc., the first academician to move the capital.

For the second time, Chongzhen, Zuo Zhongyun, Li Mingrui, and Zuodu Yu Li Banghua reconsidered the southward move, and asked the great scholar Chen Yan to take responsibility.As a result, Chen Yan was unwilling to take the blame, and he was dismissed shortly after.

After that, Chongzhen once again asked the son-in-law Gong Yonggu to ask the important ministers to guard the capital, and left the capital on the grounds that "the holy driver made a tour of the south and recruited soldiers to ask for it."

However, the ministers were afraid that the emperor would run away and the others would become scapegoats for the peasant army to vent their anger, so they still refused to let Chongzhen leave the capital.

Going forward... There is no going forward, Li Zicheng has entered Beijing.

Look, this is the true relationship between Chongzhen and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty in history.

But in the plane of crossing the public, because the time was advanced a few years, and the situation collapsed overnight, Chongzhen didn't have time to discuss with the ministers to move the capital again and again.

This incident, that is, when the capital was besieged a month ago, was briefly mentioned, and there was no disturbance.

But today, when Bu Daxing, the imperial microphone, once again raised the idea of ​​"southern hunting" in public, all the officials knew that the emperor was really scared.

However, facing Li Zicheng, who was about to kill him every minute, and courtiers who had already lost all obedience to Chongzhen, how could the emperor be allowed to run away at this juncture?Just like in history, the emperor whose godhead had begun to disintegrate had now become a sacrificial offering to Lao Li by his officials.Tomorrow, the emperor, you ran away, leaving us to be beheaded by Li Zicheng?

The next moment, a person in the ranks of officials stepped forward and pointed his halberd at Bu Daxing angrily: "It's absurd! This is a crisis of life and death. It's time for the monarch and his ministers to work together to drive away evil spirits and plot against Li Ni. Bu Daxing, you have no courage." Rats, how dare you run away in front of the battle, and trap the king in an injustice?"

Wow.Who is so staunch?

When the ministers took a closer look, it turned out that the one who came out and burst into anger was none other than Feng Jingjie, Zuo Cheng of Honglu Temple.

When it was too late to say it, Feng Jingjie was the first to say something, and then turned around and bowed to the king: "Your Majesty, the country has been supporting servants for 270 years, and it is today. I am humble, but I swear that I will not be with Li Ni." Let's wear the sky together. Tomorrow, I would like to personally go to the top of the city to supervise the defense and protect my emperor Ming Guozuo!"

With such a sudden appearance, the Chongzhen Emperor, who had already forgotten who Master Feng was, was immediately overwhelmed by the impassioned cynics.Opening his mouth, the emperor didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, after being scolded, Master Bu regained his composure and began to fight back.

I don't want to argue, but there are Gao Jie, the imperial envoy of Henan Province of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Liu Jue, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Hu Ping, a member of the military department, and He Zhen, the right counselor of the General Administration, and others.

As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four dogs.After several rounds of debates, Mr. Bu couldn't support himself alone, and was heckled by Bingzi and five righteous men all the way.In the end, the matter was so messed up.

……

After the two issues before and after were resolved, it was almost noon.But today's emperor seems to be reluctant to leave the court.So, the next topic started again: payment.

Now that the Guan Ning army has been decreed to come to serve the king, and the righteous men have refuted Bu Daxing's capitulationist right-leaning thought, the next step is for the monarch and his ministers to be single-minded, abandon all distracting thoughts, and defend the capital to defeat Li Ni.

So, what is the most important thing to guard the capital?

Everyone on the earth knows: pay and silver.

Without pay, no matter whether the soldiers or the people are strong, they mutiny collectively every minute, and they still keep their hair.Didn't the Ming Dynasty have fewer cities sold by the defenders over the years?

But the imperial court is now so poor that it is almost like pants, and the sleeves of Emperor Chongzhen are worn out and no one makes up, so what is the payment.So as soon as the topic was opened, the household department and the military department first cried for poverty, and then it evolved into a chorus of officials collectively crying for poverty.

There was nothing the emperor could do about this commonplace topic.In the end, the old routine was followed: calling on officials to donate money.

For things like donations, according to the standard routine, everyone must first look at the leaders, and then downshift according to the number of leaders.

Therefore, Zhou Kui, the father of the Empress Dowager Zhou, the number one rich man with the highest theoretical level on the scene and well-known in the capital, was the first to be picked out as a "happy loser".

However, if the country is about to perish, there will be idiots everywhere.

Zhou Kui, the fortune-teller who relies on his daughter for his position, is the same as King Fu who was boiled with bone soup before. At this juncture, he has no shame and cries poorly.

In the end, there was really no other way, so Zhou Guozhang agreed to pay 4000 taels of silver.

So the ministers followed this example and pledged donations one by one.

To be honest, this is already a little bit better than it has been in history.In real history, Zhou Kui has always been indifferent.In the end, he took 5000 taels of silver from his daughter Queen Zhou's jewelry sale...and then plucked another [-] taels of hair from it. In the end, Zhou Guozhang only handed over [-] taels of silver to the court.

These idiots don't even think about it, just like them, the royal relatives who can only rely on the old Zhu's family to dawdle, once the dynasty changes, will the money in their hands, including their own lives, survive?

Finally, under the sky covered with dark clouds, the last great court meeting of the Ming Dynasty came to an end.

……

Taking the first step out of the imperial city, Mr. Feng Jingjie, who was at the front of the queue, looked up at the gray sky and let out a long sigh.

For some reason, the officials who left the palace today have lost their usual chatter.Everyone hurried away in silence.

The same is true of Master Feng.I saw him swinging the sleeves of his official uniform, walking all the way like a car.Not long after, Master Feng Shi Shiran came to the door of Lu's Shaobing.

There is a side street on the side of Lujia Biscuit Shop.At this moment, at the corner of the side street, there is a half-old old-fashioned carriage parked.

Lifting the curtain, Master Feng quickly rushed into the car.

"coming?"

"coming!"

"Have your sister and Heping'er settled down?"

"It's very good. I live in the hotel of Master Mei's family in Tianjin. The food and lodging are good, and the nephews are also good!"

"Then hurry up and go."

Brother-in-law Tang San, who was already waiting in the car, was wearing a suit of unremarkable coarse cloth and short brown.Seeing his son-in-law getting into the car, Tang San hurriedly handed over a set of ordinary robes, and waited for his son-in-law to change: "If you leave today, the court will meet tomorrow, the emperor will not look for you, right?"

"There will be no court meeting tomorrow."

After making the attributive statement in a melancholy tone, Master Feng, who hastily changed his clothes, had a very complicated expression, not only mixed with three points of shame, three points of anger, but also three points of reluctance: "Even if there is, a fool like me For my generation, the emperor would probably not be able to remember the fact that he would eat a vegetarian meal every day."

Uncle Tang didn't hurt so much.After a while, seeing my uncle changed his clothes, he got out of the car, whipped his horse, and went straight east.

It took about half an hour for the carriage to go through the streets and alleys, and finally stopped in front of the Dongbian Gate at the corner of the outer city.

Before that, Dongbian Gate was also one of the city gates where people from the outer city used to come in and out.But now, due to military operations, the two convenient gates in the east and west of the capital have been closed for a long time.If you want to leave the city, you can only go to the four gates that are open for a limited time. However, the inspection of the four gates is extremely strict, and it is not easy to enter and exit.

Reining in the horse, parking the car, Tang San helped the uncle out of the car.Immediately afterwards, the two hurried forward, and then Tang San took out a round wooden sign from his arms, and gave a glance to the lazily leaning patrolman on the city wall.

After the watchman saw this thing, he shook his head indistinctly, motioning Tang San to go to the inner side of the city gate, the cave where the watchman is on duty.

Without further ado, Tang San led his uncle into the small brick door.

In theory, the cave should be dark and gloomy, but because of the relationship between two kerosene lamps, it is very bright.The faces of three or four patrolmen inside were clearly photographed.

After entering, Tang San showed the sign again.Then, a chubby young man dressed as a patrolman opened the booklet on the wooden table and began to check:

"Codename."

"Run 33."

"ID code."

"12315."

"Well, but Honglu Temple Feng Jingjie and Tang San?"

"Exactly."

"Just wait." After checking, the little fat man said, "Let's go together when the others come."

Having said that, the fat man thought about it and made arrangements: "Give them some dry food and water, and then go to someone else to dispose of the carriage."

Master Feng waited until nightfall in the Cangbing Cave.During this process, the five righteous men of the court meeting came to the Cangbing Cave one after another, and several masters met again in another way.

Not long after dark, a gap was opened at the east gate, and a group of people sneaked out.On the outer wall of the city, the chariots and horses that have been prepared will transfer the guests to Tianjin overnight.

Standing at the top of the city, Liu Wang, who watched the carriage leave with infrared binoculars, returned to the cave of Tibetan soldiers.

At this moment, he is no longer wearing patrol uniforms, but has changed into a patched coolie outfit.

Facing a group of subordinates who also changed their clothes, Liu Wang arranged the final task: "The last group of people has also been sent away. Now I have the highest rank in the capital. I now order everyone to follow the No. [-] plan and start lurking." .”

"Yes."

"Attention, in the days to come, you must maintain your status as poor peasants... three generations of poor peasants. During the incubation period, pay attention to the surrounding environment, and stay in the slums, and don't join the rich and noble families."

"Yes."

"The last days are here, and we will succeed if we get through it, everyone, work hard!"

"Captain Liu, take care!"

"All scattered and retreated."

After arranging this group of action team members who were about to lurk, Liu Wang rushed to the safe house outside the palace city... There was already another group of team members on standby waiting for him.

As for why I came to the imperial city at this time... top-secret mission, it is inconvenient to disclose.

……

The long night is gone.

The people in the capital didn't know what happened in the night.Everyone was asleep and waited until the dawn of the next day.

Today, October [-], [-], on this plane, the Ming Empire ushered in its final conclusion.

In the early morning, the military newspaper that came quickly brought the latest news: Li Ni had arrived in Zhuozhou.

The capital immediately closed the nine gates and put the city under martial law.

In the afternoon, the military newspaper that came quickly brought the latest news: Thief Li had arrived in Fangshan.

In the evening, the military newspaper that came quickly brought the latest news: King Li Chuang had arrived in Fengtai.

At this time, the defenders standing at the top of the city could already see the galloping enemy cavalry.

And just before nightfall, the high-moralized Chuangjun began to try to attack the Xizhi, Pingze, and Desheng gates with flying ladders.The defenders either fled or surrendered.

Then, a scene similar to history appeared: Zhengyang Gate guarded by Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Xuanwu Gate guarded by eunuch Wang Xiangyao, opened the city one after another.

The Chuang army who had already begun to occupy the outer city of the capital clashed with some defenders overnight.In the middle of the night, there was a fire in the city, and the flames reflected the sky.

Standing in front of the palace, looking at the bright red light in the sky, the 25-year-old Chongzhen Emperor knew that something was wrong and was extremely depressed.

So in the following time, the emperor drank all night in the palace and said: "It's hard for my people."

Seeing that the emperor was depressed, the eunuch Zhang Yin stepped forward to persuade the emperor to surrender, but was stabbed to death with a sword.

In this way, October [-], which heralded the fall of the Ming Dynasty, ended when Li Zicheng began to occupy the outer city of the capital.

Another dawn.

Morning, October 21, [-].

The emperor went to court as usual.Wearing twelve rounds of Longming yellow dragon robes, he sat on the dragon chair in front of the Huangji Hall, quietly waiting for the courtiers of the empire to come to discuss matters.

There are very few people around the emperor today.Except for the eunuch Wang Chengen, the supervisor of ceremonies, there were only a group of low-level eunuchs left.There is no trace of the big clang in the rest of the palace.

Soon after, the courtiers from the upper court finally came.

In the empty square, a lone figure, wearing a full set of Ming Dynasty uniform, slowly came to Majesty Dan along the usual route of court officials, knelt down and saluted: "Your servant wakes up, please see my emperor, long live, long live. "

"Hahaha."

Looking at the only courtier who came to support him, the emperor finally broke his guard: "Huanghuang Daming, but you and I are the only ones."

Pushing away the case table, the emperor, who looked a little crazy, strode to the front of the hall, raised his arms and pushed the cone, and rang the Jingyang Bell with his own hands, summoning all the officials.

The distant sound of the bell rippled and spread to every corner of the capital without stopping for a long time.

However, no matter how hard Ren Chongzhen rang the bell, after a long time, in front of the empty hall, there was still only Bu Daxing, a lone courtier standing there.

"Dead, after all, is dead!"

The Chongzhen Emperor, who seemed to be insane, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, then cried three times.Immediately, he pulled out the sword that he didn't usually wear at his waist, and strode towards the harem.

All the eunuchs hurriedly followed.

At this time, the country will be overthrown, the universe will be reversed, and Bu Daxing, who is already ready to die for his country, will no longer follow any palace etiquette.So one of his foreign ministers hurriedly followed behind the emperor.

In this way, a group of people went straight into the harem.Not a moment later, the emperor first stepped into the inner hall of Kunning Palace.

In the inner hall, Empress Zhou, who had a premonition for a long time, was already wearing the queen's formal attire. She sat quietly on the seat with Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan, who had been favored in the past, waiting for the arrival of the emperor.

Standing in front of the queen, there were three young men: Prince, Yongwang and Dingwang.

The emperor, who had a ferocious face, couldn't help but soften after seeing this scene.He slowly walked up to the prince Zhu Cihong, touched the crown of the prince's head, and then ordered the eunuch to take the third son to the apse, find some poor clothes, change them, and send them to their relatives' homes.

After arranging these, the emperor began to perform the next procedure: in order to avoid being humiliated by the rebels, he asked the queen to commit suicide.