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184 Blowing sand and walking thousands of miles (17)

Looking at Cai Maode who was unable to get into the oil and salt, Zhu Cilang suddenly had an illusion, and always felt that it was very similar to the bloody TV series in the previous life. The rich and handsome man used his family to oppress the poor and beautiful girl, and the beautiful girl would rather die than follow the poor boy... It seems that a good memory may not be a good thing.

After Cai Maode's attack, the second attack followed one after another. Emperor Chongzhen issued a clear decree, ordering the crown prince Zhu Cilang to return to Beijing, which was equivalent to announcing the removal of the power of the crown prince to personally expedition on behalf of the emperor. At the same time, he appointed Li Jiantai, a Grand Secretary who had just entered the cabinet last year, to go to the battle with great courtesy, and personally gave Li Jiantai off. When Yang Sichang went on the battle, the emperor only said, "Eat a meal with him." When Zhu Cilang left Beijing, he only had a family banquet.

"The emperor ordered his son-in-law, Wan Wei, to sue the Taimiao, and wrote the four big words "On my own expedition" in the hall. Tsk tsk, the emperor has not given any words to his ministers for several years, and this time he gave it to him a treasure like a elixir book!" The official from the palace who came to send the edict to pass the imperial edict was erect and explained the situation that day to Zhu Cixuan in detail.

He was Liu Ruoyu's confidant, and he was not afraid of his boss. He said vividly: "Along with this handwritten book, there is also Dragon Festival, and Shangfang each has one. At the time of Si, the sage was on the Zhengyang Gate Tower and personally presided over the farewell banquet. The officials of Guanglu Temple were stunned! The scenery was really, tsk, the flags lined up from the Meridian Gate to outside Zhengyang Gate! The civil officials sat on the nine tables in the east, the military officer sat on the nine tables in the west, and the imperial mat in the middle, and the nineteen seats were put together.

The emperor used the Jintai Jue, which was inlaid with a large gem! That was a heavy weapon that was used occasionally during the ceremony! The ministers also used the golden cups. The emperor gave Li Jiantai three cups of wine and gave him the golden cups. I remember that at that time, the Honglu Temple praised the ceremony, and the emperor said to Li Jiantai, "Sir, I will go here, as if I have personally gone." He also said, "You are me, I am you." After Li Jiantai finished drinking three cups, he gave him this imperial edict."

Zhu Cilang just listened to the middle sentence intermittently. His thoughts were on this "Imperial Grant of the Supervisor and the Supervisor". Li Jiantai's original imperial edict was written by Chongzhen, and the one in his hand was just a pirated copy copied by eunuchs in the inner palace. The fonts were different, but the content was good.

After reading it carefully, Zhu Cilang had already made a comparison in his mind. He was like Yang Sichang and other supervisors going to war, but the scope of the special decision was limited to "civil officials supervise the army, military preparations, tax offices, prefectures and county officials, etc.; military officials were deputy, and participated below." For senior civil and military officials, such as governors, governors, generals, etc., they could only participate in the report. The emperor's ruling was followed. There was no such restriction in the imperial edict to Li Jiantai. No matter who, as long as "the true love and crime are true, they will be engaged in the Shangfang", and it also clearly emphasized that "all dispatches, rewards and punishments between the industry will not be subject to the system."

This authority has exceeded Zhu Cilang's previous edict, and it can be seen from this that Emperor Chongzhen had already been looking for life-saving straws everywhere.

"The emperor still stood in Zhengyang Gate Tower and watched Li Jiantai leave the capital." The eunuch was still chattering.

Zhu Cixuan passed the edict to Wu Qi. Wu Qi finished reading it at a glance and gave it to Sun Chuanting. After Sun Chuanting finished reading it, he interrupted the eunuch and asked, "Where did Li Jiantai go?"

The eunuch just paused and said, "I went south to Baoding. The court ministers believed that there were heavy troops in Xuanfu and Datong areas. Li Zhe would definitely not go to the north and would definitely go to Baoding along the Yellow River. In this way, as long as you defend Baoding and use Xuan's troops to help, it can become a barrier to the capital."

This eunuch has a good idea, but it is also a question and answer. It makes the matter clear.

Zhu Cixuan asked the eunuch: "Your name is Wu Qingchen?"

"It's a slave." Wu Qingchen said with a compliment.

Zhu Cixuan waved his hand and ordered him to retreat: "When there will be a reply letter to take it back to Liu Ruoyu, you can go and have some food first. Don't drink alcohol."

"I obey the order, thank you Qiansui for the reward." Wu Qingchen hurriedly bowed and withdrew.

When there were only three people in the study, Zhu Cilang finally smiled helplessly and said, "This time I can't catch Cai Maode."

"Oh, it's fine for Cai Maode." Sun Chuanting also sighed: "I'm afraid Li Jiantai will let the emperor down."

The East Palace has long been deducing Li Zicheng's next march route. As long as Li Zicheng still maintains his usual mentality and vision, he will definitely divide his troops and advance together. This can expand the occupied area, reduce the pressure on the food supply, and avoid the problem of inconvenience in the army and the inability to change direction.

Especially in the Battle of the River, Li Zicheng would not put more than 100,000 troops in one direction. What's more, the "Xuan Da Power Brigade" that the court believed was only on paper, and the number of soldiers would be only one-third or even less than the number of registered places. And only one-third were the number of soldiers. Most of them were the servants of the main generals, and the rest were the servants of the main generals who could protect their lives on the battlefield and fight for power and profit in the officialdom.

"Mr. Wu," Zhu Ciyang shook his head repeatedly, "Father ordered me to go back, what do you think?"

"That depends on how brave your highness is." Wu Qing always looked calm when he was nervous.

"It's big." Zhu Cilang said decisively.

"Then I won't go back." Wu Qing said bluntly: "Shanxi cannot be defended, Xuanda cannot be trusted, and the breaking of Beijing has become a decisive situation. Now the court is arguing about moving south again. Whether it is moved or not, returning to Beijing is unnecessary."

"According to my understanding of my father, moving south cannot be achieved." Zhu Cixuan originally wanted to say "the king and the lord died in the country", but he was afraid of scaring Wu and Sun Chuanting, and said tactfully: "The strong and courageous father has been ranked first for three thousand years, and he is definitely unwilling to be humiliated by the lower classes."

So the emperor could only die in Beijing!

Wu Yan could naturally hear the unspoken voice and hesitated: "Your Highness, it is urgent to seize Shandong as a foothold. But there is Beijing..."

"Your Highness," Sun Chuanting has been leading the army for a long time and has become more straightforward. "The ancients said that 'a king and a marquis die in the country', but the emperor is the example of the people after all and should not be abandoned easily. Now the towns are as separatist as they are, but they still have to be taken over by the emperor on the surface. If Your Majesty dies in the country, the world will inevitably fall apart and people's hearts are disintegrated."

Zhu Cilang nodded to express his agreement. In the original script of history, Chongzhen did hang himself on the southeast branch, setting off a frenzy of "revenge" for the whole country. Even for a long time, Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass and was regarded by people at that time as a clever plan to "borrow the enemy to pacify the enemy". The Hongguang regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty was even willing to thank the Qing army for entering the pass, and Shi Kefa also wrote a letter to Dorgon, expressing his willingness to provide food, grass, cattle and sheep to reward the Qing army.

If you only read historical books, Zhu Cilang felt that this was the ignorance of seeking a flaw with a tiger. However, after living in this era for more than ten years, standing at the height of the crown prince, Zhu Cilang did not believe in words like "aggressing the revenge of the Lie Emperor" in any case.

The death of Chongzhen may have won sympathy for a hundred years, but at present, neither the small court in Jiangnan nor Wu Sangui had truly mourned the young emperor for more than half of his condolences. King Fu only wanted to firmly hold on to the country and win people's hearts. Wu Sangui also used this to cover up his shameful behavior of shaving his head and becoming a captive, and at the same time planned to turn the land outside the pass into private property. If Li Zicheng could generously confer all the outside of Shanhai Pass to Wu Sangui, even if Chongzhen was cut alive, Wu Sangui would not have led the Qing army into the pass to avenge him.

Moreover, because the throne was empty, the Zhu Ming royal family suddenly saw the hope of ascending to the great treasure. The warlords with ulterior motives also developed ambitions. No matter how they rob a royal family first, they ascend the throne once they have the chance, and they transformed into a powerful minister like Yi Yin and Huo Guang. Zheng Zhilong is a model, and after doing it, it does not prevent him from surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.

If Chongzhen did not die, all the internal friction caused by the throne would naturally no longer exist. From this point of view, the opportunity to restore the country was naturally much greater. I think that after several internal frictions, the Thirteen Kuidong families could gather 200,000 people to fight the whole country with a corner, and persisted until the third year of Kangxi, which had been twenty-one years since Jiashen. If there was no internal friction, what a shocking thing these people would do?

Zhu Cixuan was not a sentimental person in his past and present life, and he could even be said to be indifferent to family affection. However, even a cold-blooded animal could not see his relatives who were together day and night in this life. "If the father insisted on not leaving, I wouldn't mind the military advice." Zhu Cixuan spoke out a plan that had been prepared in his heart: to kidnap the emperor in the disguise of the royal guards, and coerced his mother, brother and sister, and others to go with him.

Wu Yan and Sun Chuanting had guessed it long ago. The crown prince likes strong and sleek, and will not patiently and meticulously persuade the emperor as a minister. He will inevitably use the chips at hand to solve the problem in the most direct way.

"Your Highness, what?" Wu Yan asked.

Then let the emperor abdicate as the Supreme Emperor and the Crown Prince ascend?

Or is it that he is using the emperor to command the princes, and he is still a "virtuous and filial" crown prince? (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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