The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 176 Proceeding according to the original plan
"These people are simply too hateful. When we were prosperous, they all followed behind us. Now they see us as unlucky, but they want to leave us!"

Huang Taiji patted the city wall in front of him, cursing non-stop.

His face was extremely ugly, and his heart was full of anger.

Under Sun Jie's successive blows, the troops in his hands have been weakened to the extreme.

If there are some accidents in this war, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although it won't cause the tree to fall and the monkeys to disperse, I'm afraid it will go back to before the battle of Sarhu.

No one can withstand the blow of taking back all 20 years of development at once.

Especially for the current Huang Taiji.

"What should we do now? What should we do now?!"

Huang Taiji kept walking back and forth on the city wall, mumbling non-stop.

Suddenly I was a little absent-minded, and suddenly I was a little flustered.

In the past, it was impossible for him to have such a situation.

This kind of him is extremely inconsistent with him.

Fan Wencheng stood behind him, not knowing what to say.

After hesitating there for a long time, he began to persuade: "Master, this time we will be able to defeat him with Ming Guo.

Although we have to pay some casualties, in the end we can still wipe out the sun thief and wipe them out completely.

After we get all his weapons and equipment, where else in the whole world can stop us? "

Fan Wencheng also felt that what he said was unrealistic, but what can he do today?

Is it possible to say that we are not Sun Jie's opponents at all?
"I hope that what you said will come true!"

Huang Taiji sighed.

He began to feel nervous for no reason, feeling that something was wrong with this battle.

From the very beginning, his confidence was severely lacking. If he really had the confidence to catch Sun Jie in one go, he might follow suit this time.

But he didn't follow this time, that is to say, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't think he could completely wipe out Sun Jie in this battle.

Like Chongzhen, his battle this time is also a gamble.

If he has been sitting in Liaodong, not caring about anything, the result waiting for him may not be good.

He knew very well in his heart that when Sun Jie completely took down Daming, he might directly target Liaodong.

At that time, what is there to survive?

How about taking a gamble, what if it happens?
The sun completely fell into the horizon, and the whole earth suddenly became dark.

Huang Taiji returned to the palace in the darkness. Regarding what Fan Wencheng said today, he has not yet thought of a suitable way to deal with it.

When the dawn of the next day appeared, he decided to let people chase Horqin.

……

The news of the defeat still came.

Zhou Yanru and the others were the first to receive the news.

Sitting in the study, Zhou Yanru was drinking tea, still holding a teacup in his hand.

He looked at the battle report that had just been delivered on the table, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground involuntarily.

"Snapped!"

The teacup shattered and the shards flew.

"How could this be? Why is this the result? Why is this?"

As if losing his soul, he didn't even bother to clean up the debris at his feet, and picked up the military newspaper on the table, his face full of panic.

It was different from the previous time.

The soldiers and horses that passed this time were almost the last property of Daming.

Now that the battle is defeated, what good result can there be?

He was obviously not the only one who received the message.

Not long after, someone came running in from outside.

"Master, Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of War, please see me!"

The servant stood in front of him and said cautiously.

"Let them in quickly!"

Shouted to the servants.

Not long after, Zhou Yanru's study room was full of people.

Different from the tranquility before, the study room at this time was as noisy as a vegetable market. These people had different opinions and chattered loudly.

"What should we do now? What should we do now?"

"It's over, it's really over!"

"What should I do now? What should I do?"

The faces of these officials were full of worry, and they talked for a long time without any structure.

If Sun Jie hadn't killed the gentry, or if the incident in Jinling hadn't happened, I'm afraid these officials wouldn't be as worried as they are today.

This is not an ordinary regime change, but Sun Jie's extermination of the gentry.

They knew very well what would happen if people like themselves fell into Sun Jie's hands.

Zhou Yanru looked at the people discussing with a sullen face.

"Everyone, don't worry, don't worry!"

Zhou Yanru kept patting the table next to him, and the violent sound finally calmed down the people in the room.

Everyone looked at him with anticipation in their eyes.

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Zhou Yanru finally spoke: "Everyone, don't forget the previous method!
We still have one last way to go, and we don't have to wait to die in the capital! "

"Indeed, we still have one last way to go!"

Wu Changshi, the most loyal dog leg, stood up and yelled loudly to help.

Only then can everyone feel at ease.

It's just that I never expected that this method was finally put on the agenda.

"Are you really going to go this far?" an official asked, feeling uneasy.

When Zhou Yanru decided on this method, he felt that it was too heartless.

"Could it be that you still want to be buried in the capital? If we don't leave now, I'm afraid we really won't be able to!" Zhou Yanru's voice was a little louder.

All of a sudden, everyone began to discuss in a hurry, and in the end, they still made a decision.

It's just that there is no specific plan yet a charter.

Chen Xinjia asked: "After what happened last time, Your Majesty's supervision of His Royal Highness has become more stringent. It may not be that simple to get His Royal Highness out!"

"This is not a problem, I have internal support in the palace, and I can steal His Highness the Crown Prince out!"

Zhang Zhiji, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

All eyes were on him at once.

Zhou Yanru sighed again and again: "It will not be the British Duke who has been passed down for more than 200 years. Such a heritage is far beyond comparison."

"Hmph, you don't want to say such empty words, everyone should be more careful.

The news of the defeat cannot be concealed from His Majesty, and it won't be long before he learns about it.

We must hide the news first, and get His Highness the Crown Prince away before it is completely spread. "

Zhang Zhiji said.

"Don't be afraid, I'm in order on this matter!" Zhou Yanru made a final decision.

When it comes to fighting, Zhou Yanru is not as good as others.

But this kind of thing, he is clear and logical.

It didn't take long for the men to come up with a charter.

……

As night fell, the palace was silent.

Chongzhen didn't know the news of the defeat yet, so he sat on the bed in the bedroom, thinking about how the war would go.

"Sigh, I don't know what's going on in the war, can we defeat Sun Jie?
I really hope they can fight for both sides, and I will preside over the battle in the end. "

Chongzhen sighed, full of thoughts.

The moonlight came in from the window, Chongzhen didn't feel sleepy.

Putting on clothes, she walked out of the bedroom, stood outside, quietly watching the moonlight.

Under the moonlight, the sadness on his face was like a mess.

A gust of wind blew from the east, blowing away the hair from his forehead.

The wind also brought a flame.

"Fire out, fire out, fire out!"

A burst of noisy sound came to Chongzhen's ears.

Looking for the reputation, I saw black smoke rising from the northeast.

Immediately afterwards, several wisps of flames sprang out.

Chongzhen panicked and shouted at the top of his voice, "Come on, put out the fire, put out the fire!"

The reason why I was so anxious was because the place where the fire broke out was the location of Fengxian Hall.

Fengxian Hall is the family temple where the royal family worshiped their ancestors in the Ming Dynasty. The emperors, queen mothers and various ancestors of all dynasties are enshrined in it.

In the Ming Dynasty, which emphasized filial piety, a fire in Fengxian Hall often meant unfilial piety.

He hurried back to his bedroom and put on some clothes, and ran towards the Fengxian Hall under the leadership of the eunuch on duty.

At this time, outside the Fengxian Hall, several eunuchs dressed in black threw the firelighters and the wooden barrel containing kerosene into the fire, and hurriedly fled.

Not long after they escaped, the flames began to expand.

Just halfway through, the flames completely diffused, dyeing half of the night sky red.

Chongzhen's heart skipped a beat, and he stopped walking at the same time.

He is also afraid.

Water and fire are ruthless, how can he be spared just because he is the emperor?

Chongzhen didn't have much doubts, he just thought it was an ordinary fire, and there were not many conspiracy theories.

After the palace was built, it was a very common thing to catch fire, and it would happen every now and then.

He's used to it.

Therefore, I subconsciously thought it was just a fire similar to usual, and didn't think too deeply.

Everyone in the palace was attracted by the fire, and a large number of eunuchs and guards ran towards Fengxian Hall.

He kept yelling for firefighting.

At this time, in the darkness of the palace, a group of eunuchs dressed in black hurried towards the west.

To the west is the Palace of Compassion and Ning, which is the residence of the prince.

Zhu Cihong was young, but Chongzhen, who abided by the etiquette system, let Zhu Cihong move into the palace a few years ago.

The main purpose of these eunuchs is Zhu Cihong.

It's a good strategy to attack the West.

The leading eunuch was called Du Xun, with a hemp rope hanging around his waist, and his face was full of caution.

"Be careful this time, the guards of the Compassionate Ning Palace have already been bribed by me, and they are waiting for us to go there now.

When you get there, don't worry about what the prince asks, just put it in a sack and leave, remember, don't ask a single unnecessary word, or I will die for you. "

Du Xun whispered while walking.

This guy is not a good guy, he was the eunuch who was in charge of Shangshan during the reign of Chongzhen.

Although it is not as good as the supervisor of ceremonies, in the palace, he is also a famous number one figure.

In the last years of Chongzhen, before the Jiashen State Coup, Li Zicheng led his troops into the Xuanfu and approached the capital.

At this time, Chongzhen dispatched Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, as a supervisor to lead all the soldiers and horses to retreat from the enemy, and then sent the eunuch Du Xun to supervise the army.

However, this Du Xun is not a good guy, he is just a good guy.

Li Guozhen's army had not yet met Li Zicheng, and had just walked out of the capital, they broke up on their own.

This Du Xun also ran away, but was caught by the vanguard troops sent by Li Zicheng to attack the capital.

Because of his status, he was sent to Li Zicheng later.

After seeing Du Xun, Li Zicheng didn't kill him and asked him to send a message to Chongzhen.

After Du Xun went back, he told Chongzhen that the conditions offered by Li Zicheng were to cede the territory in the northwest, divide the country into the king, and pay a million taels of compensation from the Ming Dynasty.

As long as these conditions can be agreed, it can even help the Ming Dynasty attack Jiannu and pacify Liaodong.

But for unknown reasons, an agreement could not be reached.

This matter is recorded in "Jiashen Chuanxinlu", "Liehuang Xiaozhi", "Jiashen Chronicle", "Ming Dynasty Beilue" and so on.

But not believable.

At that time, Li Zicheng's specific hegemony had been completed and only the last step was left, so there was no reason to do so.

Besides, even if he wanted to, his subordinates might not.

They are all waiting for him to achieve hegemony and seal his wife and son, how can he let it go?
Besides, if Li Zicheng's conditions were really mediocre, Chongzhen would have no reason not to agree.

It may be that Li Zicheng did send people into the house to contact Chongzhen, but the content is not as above.

"Ming Dynasty Beilue" has another statement, which is more authentic: "(Du Xun) Sheng said that 'the thieves are strong, the front is unstoppable, and the emperor can make his own plan', so he added the strings and ribbons (implying Chongzhen's suicide), The eunuch raised up suddenly. Shen Zhixiu, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum, sent down the bandits from Changping, and he also went to see him, and prepared for the thieves' crimes. Please abdicate, and the superiors reprimanded them."

But no matter the history book, this Du Xun is not a fun thing.

At this time, he completely disregarded Chongzhen's safety, and only thought about what Zhang Zhiji told him:

"Now that the elite officers and soldiers have lost the hands of bandit soldiers, how can they defend the capital? How can they protect themselves if they don't make plans early?!"

He is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. After hearing Zhang Zhiji's bewitching, he was so scared that he would die in an instant.

Finally, under Zhang Zhiji's instructions, he decided to take the risk and "steal" the prince Zhu Cihong.

The palace ban in the late Ming Dynasty was useless, and the palace was locked with thousands of locks, but it couldn't lock people's hearts.

The three major cases at the end of the Ming Dynasty have already had clear evidence.

Du Xun took a few deep breaths, and under the cover of night, he finally arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

The guards patrolling around the Compassionate Ning Palace had already made preparations, and after the password was correct, they brought Du Xun and the others inside.

A guard said as he walked, "Your Highness had some snacks before going to bed, and there were some medicines for calming the nerves and nourishing the brain, and he was sleeping soundly."

The implication is that Zhu Cihong is sleeping very fast now, so there is no need to worry at all.

"That's good, that's good. Follow me out of the palace later, I won't treat you badly!" Du Xun said with a smile.

The guard was too naive, thinking that he could survive such a thing.

Du Xun looked at the guard's back, and a fierce light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Not long after, the guards brought Du Xun and the others to the door of the bedroom of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Screened away the surrounding guards and walked in with Du Xun.

As soon as you enter the door, you can hear a faint snoring.

In this quiet night, it is exceptionally clear.

Du Xun walked towards the bed step by step, and his breathing became disordered.

(End of this chapter)