Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 16

After crying and laughing, Chongzhen finished venting, drank another glass of wine, and asked: "Is there any other news about Cihong and the others? Tell them all, I can bear it."

Seeing Chongzhen's look of hopelessness, Zhu Wei sighed inwardly, but still said: "Father, from now on, there will not be much news about the emperor and the two younger brothers, and my daughter only found out their possible ending.

Among them, Cizheng has the most detailed information. It is said that after being separated from the raiding army, he fled to Henan with a general surnamed Mao and farmed for a year.

Later, the Qing court investigated the "traitors", and the general surnamed Mao escaped, so Cizhen could only wander alone. Fortunately, he met a man surnamed Wang in Fengyang. He thought of the emperor's kindness and adopted him at home. Renamed Wang Shiyuan.

A few years later, Wang Ji died in an accident, and Cizhen was forced to wander again, and met an official surnamed Hu in Zhejiang.

Mr. Hu is also a person who misses his homeland, so he betrothed his daughter to Cizheng. Since then, Cizheng has been teaching in Yuyao for a living.

In the 47th year of Kangxi, oh, Kangxi is the grandson of Huang Taiji of the Qing court, and Cizhen is already 75 years old. It is said that there is a big family with one wife and one concubine, six sons, three daughters and one grandson.

It's a pity that when Cizhen named his son, according to the rules, the last word was always surrounded by the word earth.

In addition, at that time, a monk played his banner in the eastern Zhejiang uprising, which made the officials of the Qing court suspect him, and his family suffered a catastrophe.

It's ridiculous that the Qing court clearly wanted to kill members of our Daming royal family, but on the surface they still claimed to be kind to the royal family members, so when they hunted and killed Cishang, they still claimed that it was a fake. It's really guilty and ridiculous. "

After Chongzhen listened, his mood calmed down.

"He can live to be 75 years old, he is considered a long life, but unfortunately he is so stupid, he refuses to completely forget his identity, it is pity for his descendants."

After expressing his emotions, Chongzhen signaled Aimee Zhu to continue talking.

"In addition to the case of the false crown prince in the north and south, Brother Huang, there have been many times since then that the rebels against the Qing court used his identity and name, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

Later, the most reliable version of the emperor's whereabouts was that he lived in seclusion in Luanchuan Laojun Mountain for more than 30 years.

His identity has never been revealed until the Qing Dynasty fell nearly a hundred years ago, that is, Mr. Hao's dynasty, and people speculated based on his tombstone on Laojunshan.

Another theory is that the emperor's brother fled to Guangdong with Li Shichun, one of the servants of the East Palace.

There are also many proofs for this statement, and it is even considered more reliable than the statement that the emperor's brother hid in Laojun Mountain. "

After listening this time, Chongzhen couldn't help showing a look of disappointment, and said: "That is to say, although Cihong survived, she never recovered from her crimes in her life?"

The reason why Chongzhen was disappointed was because Zhu Cihong was both the eldest of his sons and the prince, so it can be said that he placed high hopes on him.

Knowing that Zhu Cihong hid it so well, and even lived his life in obscurity, he was inevitably a little disappointed.

Aimee Zhu has a different view on this matter because she knows more about the later generations.

She sighed: "Father, how do you know that Brother Huang has never recovered? Maybe it was due to repeated failures and escaped by chance.

In addition, the historical materials I mentioned are only speculations by later generations after all, and may not be true.

Maybe... the emperor died in the chaos of war, or maybe he was one of the northern and southern princes? "

Chongzhen frowned, obviously not willing to accept Aimee Zhu's statement, and asked again: "Where is Cijiong? How did he end up?"

Aimee Zhu said: "There is less news about Cijiong in later generations. Some people say that because Concubine Tian entrusted Cijiong to her aunt to take care of her, her aunt and her whereabouts have become a mystery.

It's just that there is a more reliable statement that the aunt also hanged herself under the order of the father.

In addition, it is said that Cijiong has been hiding in Guizhou and has united with the local natives to resist the Qing court.

In addition, there are as many as 75 recorded civil uprisings against the Qing court in the name of the third prince Zhu.

It's just because the folks don't know the royal family's sequence of teeth, some say that the third prince Zhu is Cijiong, and some pretend to be Cihuan. "

After hearing this, Chongzhen frowned even deeper.

He asked: "It is said that Hu has no national destiny for a century. Could it be that the Qing court's control over the Central Plains is very strong, and so many uprisings by the people have not overturned it?"

Aunt Zhu smiled bitterly when she heard this, and said, "Father may not know that the Qing court would have ruled for 296 years if counting from Nurhachi.

Even counting from the entry of the Qing court, it has been as long as 268 years.

With less than a million people, it is naturally difficult for them to rule hundreds of millions of people in China.

However, the Qing court drew on the experience of the Yuan and Jin dynasties and united the gentry and landlords, so that the rule could be consolidated.

In fact, after the Qing court invaded the Central Plains, the main force going south was basically the descended army of our original Ming Dynasty.

These surrendered troops were defeated for thousands of miles when they faced Jiannu, but when they went south, they were all brave and brutal, not counting the capture of the city, and even collaborating with Jiannu to massacre the city repeatedly, killing millions of our Han people! "

When she said this, Auntie Zhu recalled the bloody records of massacres she had found on the Internet. Even though she was a woman, she couldn't help being filled with anger and her eyes turned red.

Seeing this, Chongzhen couldn't help looking at Aimee Zhu in amazement, for a moment it was difficult to understand why her daughter spoke like this.

In the final analysis, he had never seen the specific figures recorded in those massacres, so it was difficult for him to empathize with them.

After pausing for a while to calm down, Auntie Zhu continued: "Actually, in the late years of Kangxi's reign under the Qing court, there were already many disadvantages, the government was corrupt, and the people were in dire straits.

It is a pity that Kangxi gave birth to a good son, and his successor, Emperor Yongzheng, clarified the administration of officials and carried out several major reforms. Coupled with the help of gentry and landlords, he continued his life for the Qing court for another hundred years.

Nearly a hundred years later, there was another Taiping Rebellion, which swept nearly half of the Qing court.

At that time, the Qing court was powerless, but it was suppressed by our Han gentry and landlord regiments united. "

Chongzhen's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "How is this possible?"

You know, right now he is about to be destroyed by the uprising of the peasant army. How come he has been swept away by half of the country in the Qing court, and he can still be suppressed by the gentry and landlords?
Hearing Chongzhen's question, Auntie Zhu said a little ashamedly: "When my daughter read these materials, she swallowed them whole. She didn't investigate deeply, and I don't know why."

Chongzhen said: "Then contact Mr. Hao and ask. He must know about it. It just so happens that he needs to know about the breach of the outer city."

Auntie Zhu nodded, and immediately sent a Weixin video invitation to Hao Guangming.

Although it was past 11 o'clock in the evening, Hao Guangming didn't go to bed because of Auntie Zhu, so Hao Guangming didn't sleep, so he got connected when he saw the video invitation.

"What's the matter?" Hao Guangming asked proactively.

Aunt Zhu said: "Sir, the outer city was still breached. It was the returning residents of the city who joined forces with the intruders and broke through the Guangning Gate."

"So that's the case." Hao Guangming frowned.

History is often hidden in dust and smoke, and it is not easy for future generations to pry into it clearly.

But Hao Guangming didn't think that Chongzhen could hold the capital with his guidance—after breaking into the army and besieging the city, the destruction of the capital was inevitable rather than accidental.

Even if they didn't come back to help the Chuang army break through the Guangning Gate, maybe there would be other forces, or simply ordinary people who listened to the saying that "Chuang Wang didn't pay the food when he came" and helped the Chuang army break the city.

Therefore, Hao Guangming went on to say: "Since the outer city has been breached, the inner city and the imperial city will not last long. You should make another plan."

"Cough." Chongzhen coughed softly, walked to Zhu Yuxie's side, and said to Hao Guangming on the phone: "Mr. Hao, I have something to ask."

Immediately, Chongzhen told about what Zhu Yu said just now that the Qing Dynasty was almost overthrown by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but was helped by the gentry and landlord regiment to settle it.

After Hao Guangming listened, he pondered for a while, and then said to Chongzhen: "Have you ever thought about why Daming came to this point? Or why did Ming fall?"

[For collection, for follow-up. 】

(End of this chapter)