In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the entire situation seemed to have an avalanche and could no longer be curbed. First, Shanxi fell, and then Datong surrendered without fighting.

The surrender of Datong made it difficult for the neighboring Xuanfu to resist. Wang Chengyin, the general of Xuanfu, sent people to Datong to discuss the matter of surrender, and secretly responded to more than a thousand thieves sneaking into Xuanfu.

Governor Wang Jimo of Xuanda summoned all the civil and military officials in the city to swear blood at Guandi Temple. He shouted loudly and shed tears to his heart. The others just responded silently, and the generals of his subordinates also secretly wrote letters to Dashun and requested to surrender, which almost became an open secret.

Wang Jimo was different from other trustworthy governors. Since he knew that Xuanfu could not defend it, he brought more than 100 personal soldiers to escort Kuyin and fled back to the capital. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the Tiancheng Guard, the soldiers shouted and shouted to the sky, robbed Haoma and Kuyin, and ran to the King of Break. Wang Jimo was alone and could only whine to the sky: "No soldier, one general, one civilian, and will not face the thief."

On the second day of March, Li Zicheng led the main force of the army to Xuanfu, and Wang Chengyin and the army supervisor Du Xun went out of the city to kneel down to greet him thirty miles away.

Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, personally climbed the city wall to supervise the battle, but the soldiers just stood up and refused to obey the orders. He went to fire the artillery himself, but found that the line of fire was cut off and the cannon door was blocked, which was useless. At the last moment, Zhu Zhifeng could only leave the letter and hang himself to death.

At this time, Li Zicheng's army was less than 300 miles away from Beijing, which was indeed a few days earlier than the original script of history.

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"Does Your Highness remember Xu Biao?" Sun Chuanting's voice was deep.

"Why? He also surrendered to the thief?" Zhu Cixuan felt a little incredible. He had a good impression of the governor of the three provinces and tried to recruit him to the East Palace. However, Xu Biao was also a stubborn guardian and did not give the prince a good intention. If such people surrendered to the thief, no wonder the emperor would not believe anyone.

"I just received the Tang report," Sun Chuanting said, "Li Maochun, the general who came out to guard Gu Pass, surrendered to the bandits. He passed the manifesto to Zhending. Xu Biao killed the envoy to break the cards and wanted to fight the bandits to the end. He mutinized the Biao camp, tied him up and beheaded him, and elected Xie Jiafu, the Dushi, as the deputy general, and used the pseudo Yongchang year name to order all counties to welcome the bandits."

Zhu Ciyang said "Oh" and said, "It seems that this team is chasing us very closely. Who is leading the army?"

"It was Ren Jirong and Li You who led the troops." Sun Chuanting said.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "It's Li You again. It seems that Xiao Donglou didn't completely blow him up."

"It is said that Li Chuang originally wanted to use the thief generals Ren Jirong and Ma Chongxi, but Ma Chongxi had already died in battle, so he could only use Li You. It is said that Li Chuang sighed for a long time." Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Ma Chongxi was the thief general who was captured by Xiao Donglou in the Battle of Ganzepo. Later, he was beheaded and sacrificed to the flag."

"Oh!" Zhu Cilang sighed, "I didn't expect that he was worthy of Li Zicheng. If we had known, we would have returned the head to Li Zicheng. Tsk, now I don't know which wilderness you were thrown into and chewed by beasts."

"Your Highness." Sun Chuanting smiled, then said seriously, "It must be fallen, our whereabouts may have been exposed."

Zhu Cixuan never used the banner of the Eastern Palace Guard Camp along the way, but only marched in the name of Sun Chuanting's Governor Biao Camp. Zhending was Xu Biao's residence. He did a good job in reclaiming wasteland and resettling refugees, which made Zhu Cixuan feel pity for talent, and then he met and exposed his identity.

Since those people were indeed killed by their own governor, they would definitely sell the crown prince without hesitation.

Now Zhu Cixuan is stationed in Cangzhou, and he is still four hundred miles away from Beijing. Li Zicheng's army has passed Xuanfu, and he can reach Beijing in only three hundred miles.

"Since it is exposed, then I will raise the flag and immediately set off the camp to Tianjin after resting!" Zhu Cixuan: "If there are any prefectures and counties along the way, if there are any officials who do not follow the army to follow the command, they will be treated as a thief!"

Seeing that Li Zicheng was at his fingertips, he no longer had to cover the veil of warmth. Recently, he received news of local civil and military deaths in his country, which stimulated Emperor Chongzhen and should also stimulate those "loyal and righteous" civil and military officials. Now it is no longer a problem of land loss, but a problem of the destruction of the country! If some vitality is not retained, there will be no chance of turning the tables in the future.

The reason why the Chongzhen Dynasty later fell into a situation of being tragic and corruption was in addition to the fierce party struggles, more importantly, it was also that the vitality was consumed from Wanli. The failure of Emperor Wanli to attend court did not affect his control over the country and the court, but the failure to appoint officials caused the emperor who ascended the throne to the throne to be completely in a dilemma of no one available.

It should be noted that a country's prime minister is by no means born. It requires local experience and polishing by the central government. Even famous ministers like Zhang Juzheng have polished it for nearly thirty years before they can finally take over the authority of this empire. If there was a real prime minister in the Tianqi Dynasty, it would never have been possible to let the Donglin Party dominate the dominance, and it would not have been possible to allege the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and Fujian parties to form an alliance with Wei eunuchs. If there was a real prime minister at the beginning of Chongzhen's ascension, it would have been impossible to start a "rebellious case" party struggle that lasted to the Southern Ming court.

This root is broken in Wanli.

Zhu Cixuan did not inflate to thinking that he could truly and perfectly control this huge country. After all, he lacked experience. However, as a professional, he knew the importance of the talent echelon. As long as he was clear-headed, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not fall apart in his hands. However, to ensure that the next emperor did not do stupid things, he had to build a team ladder from now on and cultivate ministers who assumed various roles. The future prime minister should be these prefectures and county officials today.

When Zhu Cixuan walked out of the Central Army camp, he suddenly remembered the Chang'an magistrate Wu Congyi for no reason. If it weren't for this national crisis, the strongest Ling might have become an excellent censor.

...

"Mother," Princess Kunxing approached Zhou Hou and said excitedly, "I saw the willow trees by the lake sprouting. I thought it would sprout even in such a cold day. There must be something good."

Zhou Hou gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, looked at the two children and a daughter under his seat, and knew that this was the one whom Queen Yian was afraid that she would think about it alone, so she deliberately called her to accompany her. Although these three children were young, they were not young. They knew that their mother was worried about her brother's affairs, and they always found good things to say, and never took the initiative to mention things outside, as if they were completely ignorant.

King Cijiong of Ding stepped forward and gently shook Zhou Hou’s knees and said, “Mother, let’s take us to the garden to play.”

Zhou Hou pulled out of his sorrow and soon returned to his mother's role, with a stern face: "I know how to play and have you memorized your homework? Brother Chun is never playful at your age, and he can write well. Even the ministers of the outer court are amazed." She said unconsciously that her eldest son Ci Yang was in pain again, and she felt a sense of depression. She wished she could rush straight to Wuying Hall in the outer palace, grabbed her husband's collar and asked him: "Where did my son go?"

King Ding was so choked by his mother that he didn't say a word, and he deeply regretted that he had hit the gun.

Kun Xing coughed dryly, and was about to distract from the topic, he suddenly heard the sound of soft cloth shoes rubbing against the floor tiles. When she looked back, Aunt Liu, who had always been gentle and dignified, was jogging in with panic on her face.

Liu Gongzheng worshipped Zhou Hou and said quickly: "Empress, there is news about Brother Chun!"

Zhou Hou immediately stood up and stepped forward and grabbed Liu Gongzheng's hand: "Where is Brother Chun? How are you okay?" She said, tears couldn't help but shed.

Liu Gongzheng hurriedly said: "It was someone from the outside court who impeached Chun Ge'er, saying that Chun Ge'er abused the civil service and used the guard camp to wrap up officials from prefectures and counties along the way. He had arrived in Tianjin."

"Is he okay?" Zhou Hou asked nervously. She did not think about what "abuse of civil servants" and "stranded officials" meant. She just wanted to know whether her eldest son was healthy and safe.

"Brother Chun is afraid that there will be no trouble, so he has so many officials around him." Liu Gongzheng quickly counted: "What I heard is the prince's guest Wu Yan, the governor of Shaanxi Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shanxi Cai Maode, and the governor of Tianjin Zhou Yingqi... they are all high-ranking officials. Who else can suppress them except Qiansui Master?"

Zhou Hou stroked his chest and finally let out a long breath, saying repeatedly: "Thanks to the spirit of ancestors in heaven, God and Buddha, my brother Chun is fine."

Liu Gongzheng quickly smiled and said, "Grandma, please relax. Brother Chun is the stars in the sky. What a fortune it is! Where can I get something wrong? That day I heard that the people from the Lingtai were asking if there were any strange phenomena when Brother Chun was born!"

Zhou Hou smiled softly: "Just these people have many people, how can there be any strange phenomena? Not... Hey, after saying that, I had a strange dream when I was pregnant with Brother Chun..." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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