Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 21 Historical doubts: Li Zicheng and Chongzhen peace talks?
After confirming that the person Li Zicheng sent to negotiate was Du Xun, Chongzhen remembered the relevant historical materials that Aunt Zhu got from Hao Guangming yesterday.

If it is true as the historical data provided by Hao Guangming said, Li Zicheng only asked for the title of King Northwest, a salary of one million taels, listening to the instructions and not listening to the announcement, and helping him suppress the bandits and beat the slaves, Chongzhen thinks it can be considered.

As long as Li Zicheng can be made to retreat, he will have room to maneuver whether he dispatches troops from other places to defend the capital, or moves the capital to the south.

Otherwise, given the fighting power of the "soldiers" defending the inner city, they might not be able to hold on for a few days.

The inner city was breached, and the imperial city and the Forbidden City (imperial palace) could not be defended, so he could only commit suicide and die for the country as in history.

So Chongzhen immediately returned to the Hall of Martial Arts and wrote a letter, handing it to a pro-military school lieutenant, saying: "Quickly pass on Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, and Li Banghua to the Hall of Martial Arts to discuss matters, and bring Du Xun, the thief who betrayed the master, along with him." Come."

"Yes!"

The pro-military lieutenant took the order to leave for about half an hour, and Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua and Du Xun came to the Hall of Martial Arts one after another.

Of course, Du Xun was escorted here.

Fan Jingwen and the three looked expectant and apprehensive.

They all knew that Du Xun was sent by Li Zicheng to negotiate.

If the intruders can retreat through negotiation, it is also possible for Daming to pay some price.

Aunt Zhu did not carry the treasure any more, but rested in the side hall, and learned about the negotiation situation by the way.

Du Xun was probably worried about being beheaded, so when he saw Chongzhen, he fell to his knees and bowed down with a plop.

"Slaves kowtow to Lord Long Live."

When Chongzhen saw this kind of courtier who had surrendered to the intruder, he wished to draw his sword and kill him immediately. Although he didn't make a move at this time because of Du Xun's emissary status, he didn't look good.

He said in a cold and stern tone: "How dare the betrayer come to see me?"

Du Xun cried and said: "Long Live Lord, the servants surrendered under no choice..."

"It's so funny to say it outright because you are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Chongzhen laughed out of anger, and sneered.

Du Xun said: "Long live my lord, even ants steal their lives, let alone slaves..."

Seeing that Du Xun had been rambling about surrendering, Li Banghua immediately frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of city defense is tense, and I have the responsibility of ministers, so it is not good to leave for too long. Please let this traitor speak directly."

After being reminded by Li Banghua, Chongzhen came to his senses and immediately shouted: "Say, how will Li Zicheng negotiate?"

Du Xun wiped his tears and snot, looked up at Chongzhen, and said hesitantly: "Long live, the outer city has been broken, and now hundreds of thousands of intruders have besieged the inner city, and it is only a matter of time to break through the inner city." between.

Emperor Dashun said, Long Live Lord, if you still think about the people in your heart and don't want soldiers and people to be killed or injured by the war, you should have made a plan early. "

Chongzhen didn't react for a moment, he frowned and asked, "What are your plans?"

Du Xun didn't answer directly, but put on a earnest look and said, "Long Live Lord, the rise and fall of a dynasty is the reincarnation of heaven, an inevitable thing.

Even if you don't think about the soldiers and common people below, you should also think about the lives of your family. "

This time Chongzhen finally understood Du Xun's words.

But he was so angry that his eyes were wide open, trembling all over, he pointed at Du Xun and roared, "Even if I die, I will not surrender to Li Zicheng!"

Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua, and Fan Jingwen were all pale with anger.

Li Banghua directly stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty! Please behead this traitor and pass it on to the gates of the city, so as to show our determination to fight the intruders to the death!"

"Quite! Kill this dog thief!"

Du Xun probably did not expect Chongzhen and several ministers to react so violently.

In fact, the reason why he dared to come to the city to persuade him to surrender was that Li Zicheng's order could not be disobeyed, and the other was that he believed that the court was still the same as before, with Wei Dezao, Chen Yan, Zhang Jinyan and other selfish, greedy and fearful people as the leaders.

Who would have thought that Chongzhen would only call Fan Jingwen, Li Banghua, and Ni Yuanlu, three strong-tempered courtiers, to discuss matters.

Chongzhen did not agree to surrender, and these three people not only refused to persuade him, but wanted to kill him instead.

When he came back to his senses, Du Xun immediately yelled in a sharp voice: "Long Live Lord, if the two countries are at war, come here!"

Chongzhen became even more angry when he heard this, and cursed angrily: "Li Zicheng is a traitor, you are a traitor against your master, and you are also worthy of being called a messenger? Shameless!"

Du Xun realized that he would definitely die this time, so he yelled: "Chongzhen, you stupid king, you can't live for two days if you kill me! I'll wait below... um!"

Du Xun couldn't finish his scolding, because Chongzhen took out a sword next to the imperial case, rushed down and stabbed him to death.

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It was around ten o'clock in the morning when Hao Guangming drove a borrowed electric tricycle to the gate of Zhulin Old House.

He opened the door, went in and didn't see Aimee Zhu, but found that there were more gold, silver and jewels.

'It seems that we have to dig a cellar later, or get a big iron cabinet to hide these treasures.Otherwise, what if a thief comes in and sees these gold and silver treasures, he will die of joy? '

After muttering something in his heart, Hao Guangming went outside and moved all the things on the tricycle into the house.

When he finished moving and was about to send the tricycle back to its original owner, he saw Auntie Zhu appearing suddenly in the hall with a bundle in her arms, with an ugly expression on her face.

Seeing this, Hao Guangming asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you going to fall asleep again?"

Aunt Zhu looked at Hao Guangming and said, "Li Zicheng sent someone to negotiate."

Hao Guangming was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and then said joyfully, "He really sent someone to negotiate?"

Because "Li Zicheng sent people to negotiate with Chongzhen and demanded that the king be granted the Northwest" was recorded in folk historical materials in the late Qing Dynasty, and the content was very confusing, so Hao Guangming thought it was mostly fiction.

Hearing that Li Zicheng sent someone to negotiate at this time, he was naturally surprised.

As for surprises - if Li Zicheng really proposed the request of conferring the king to the northwest as stated in the folk historical materials, it would be a good opportunity for Chongzhen to come back.

In this way, Hao Guangming naturally wants to be happy for the old man.

Aunt Zhu smiled wryly and said, "Li Zicheng sent Du Xun into the city to negotiate, but he didn't make the request that Mr. Wang said before, but he persuaded my father to surrender."

"what?"

Hao Guangming couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

But soon he showed a dazed look.

Previously, Hao Guangming searched for relevant information, and there were many folk historical materials that recorded Li Zicheng's sending people into the city to negotiate, but there were different opinions on the content of the negotiation.

Du Niang used the statement of "demanding the title of king to the northwest, and a salary of one million yuan, etc.".

That's why he told Aimi Zhu this way before.

But according to the normal logic, Li Zicheng broke through the outer city, and the inner city's defense force was not strong (the results of the later war also showed this point), so Li Zicheng had no reason to propose any more "Fengwang Northwest, Outer Screen Liaofan, Inner City". Squeeze the group of thieves" request.

If he really proposed it, it is impossible for the daimyo monarchs and ministers trapped in the capital to refuse to agree.

Some historical materials say that Li Zicheng was not confident at this time, and felt that it was not time to be emperor, so he wanted to grab a shot in the capital and leave.

As long as you have a little understanding of Li Zicheng's performance in the battle to break through the capital, you will know how unreliable this statement is.

First of all, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor and Jianyuan Yongchang in Xi'an-he has already proclaimed himself emperor, and he returned to be the king of the Northwest?If he is willing, the group of people under him may not be willing either.

Secondly, more than one historical record records that after Li Zicheng broke through the capital, he was quite effective in restraining the soldiers, and the Chuangjun did not plunder at the beginning.

So is it like grab and go?
This is obviously to replace Zhu Ming and sit firmly in the world.

Therefore, as it is now, it is the most likely and logical thing for Li Zicheng to send Du Xun into the city to persuade Chongzhen to surrender.

When Hao Guangming was emotional because he knew the historical truth, he heard Zhu Yu say: "Mr. Hao, my father said that if Li Zicheng's persuasion fails, he will definitely attack the city with all his strength. With the current strength of the inner city, I am afraid it will not last long."

Hao Guangming saw Aimee Zhu's frowning eyebrows when she spoke, obviously worried, and said, "I found a few things, which may be of some help to your father."

Aimee Zhu asked anxiously after hearing this, "What is it?"

[For collection, for follow-up. 】

(End of this chapter)