Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 26 The thief attack, the food problem

On the tower of Zhengyang Gate.

The people around looked at the stereo next to Chongzhen, and their eyes widened, showing expressions as if they were seeing ghosts and gods.

After listening blankly to "Zhu Yuanzhang" scolding Li Zicheng three times, some people came to their senses and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the speaker.

"The Great Ancestor has appeared!"

"Our Daming is saved!"

"Taizu, Taizu, woo woo woo..."

Some eunuchs, soldiers in brocade clothes, and guards of the city thought of the crisis in the capital and the pain of the Ming Dynasty in these years, and even couldn't help crying.

In such a situation, even if Chongzhen and Zhu Yu knew that the words in the voice were spoken by Hao Guangming, they couldn't help being affected by the atmosphere, and their eyes turned red.

What's more, to Chongzhen's ears, the sound in this stereo is thick and thick, like the voice of a 50-[-]-year-old superior, which is different from Hao Guangming's voice.

Coupled with the various miracles shown by Hao Guangming, he suddenly came up with an idea: Could it be that the Taizu really appeared and sent Mr. Hao to help Daming?
Even Aimee Zhu couldn't help thinking: This sound is not about Taizu appearing, but what about giving me the adventure of going to Mr. Hao's world?Maybe it's really Taizu's manifestation?
Just when the father and daughter were thinking about it with red eyes, they suddenly heard the sound of drums.

Boom boom boom...!
Although the sound of the drum was not as loud as the sound, it still shook the capital.

What followed was the sound of shouting and killing like a tsunami from the mountains below the city.

"Kill it!"

This movement finally brought back to their senses the people above the city gate.

"The thieves are about to attack the city!" Wang Chengen exclaimed, and then said to Chongzhen with a pleading face: "Your Majesty, this place is dangerous, why don't you drive back to the palace?"

Chongzhen stubbornly said: "No! I'm not going anywhere!"

Wang Chengen was so anxious that when he saw Aimee Zhu next to him, his heart moved and he winked at her.

Auntie Zhu felt her scalp tingle when she saw thousands of intruders below rushing towards Zhengyang Gate.

Speaking of which, this was the first time she had seen the battlefield.

Destined to see Wang Chengen's wink, she hesitated for a moment and said: "Father, this speaker has already been used, and it seems that it has angered the intruder. Why don't we go back to the palace first and then worry about it."

However, Chongzhen looked at the xenon lamp in Zhu Yuxi's hand, and then at the slightly westward sun, thinking that if the intruders attacked, would the xenon lamp be able to defeat the enemy under such a bright sun.

Boom boom boom!
Suddenly, several cannons were heard from below the city, Zhu Yu followed the sound and saw several black spots coming straight to the Zhengyangmen tower!

'Danger! '

When this thought appeared in her mind, her nerves were tense, goosebumps stood up, she couldn't move for a while, she couldn't even think!
bang bang bang...

The sound of collisions came one after another, and the city tower shook slightly.

Auntie Zhu finally regained her ability to think, only then did she realize that those few shells hit the city wall and did not hit the tower.

She subconsciously looked to her side, only to see that Chongzhen had just come back to his senses, and there was a look of fear in his eyes.

thump!
Wang Chengen knelt down in front of Chongzhen, and cried anxiously: "Your Majesty, this place is really dangerous, you should go back to the palace."

Chong Zhen looked at Wang Cheng'en when he heard the words, and then at Aimi Zhu. Seeing his daughter's face was pale, he finally spoke with difficulty: "Go back to the palace."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked down the tower.

Aimee Zhu came back to her senses and hurriedly followed.

Wang Chengen didn't follow, but got up and let the brocade-clothed thousand households carry the stereo, and then sternly scanned the surrounding guards.

At this time, the sound of cannon fire came one after another, but it was the second round of shelling by the intruders.

It's a pity that the intruders didn't have cannons that could threaten the inner city wall. Even if they foamed repeatedly, they could only provide cover for the intruders who were attacking the city, and could not cause much damage to the defenders on the city wall.

If the defenders of the city were elite soldiers, they would naturally not frown in such a situation.

It's a pity that there are not enough troops on the inner city wall, and they are all weak soldiers who have not been through the battle.

Although they were not as scared out of their wits as Chongzhen and Zhu Yuxi who faced the shelling for the first time, they were also very nervous.

Seeing the intruders rushing towards the city, shouting and killing, I became more nervous, even fearful.

If it hadn't been for receiving a lot of silver rewards from Emperor Chongzhen in the past two days, some people might have abandoned their weapons and fled at this moment.

Since the Chuang army entered the outer city last night, they have not only bombarded the inner city walls to deter the Ming army, they have also filled up several sections of the inner city moat.

So amidst the thundering drums and the roaring cannons, many invaders rushed to the wall carrying simple ladders and began to attack the city.

At this time, the Ming army also began to fight back under the command of the general.

Most of the methods of defending the city, such as firing cannons, shooting arrows, rolling stones, rolling wood, and golden juice (boiling dung water), were used.

Although the quality of the generals and soldiers of the Ming army was not as good as that of the Chuang army, the four-foot-high city wall and many defensive equipment temporarily blocked the Chuang army who were attached to the ants.

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Not long after Chongzhen and Zhu Yuxi returned to the palace, Ni Yuanlu came.

Since being appointed as a cabinet minister by Chongzhen yesterday, Ni Yuanlu quickly took over the work of Wei Dezao, Chen Yan and others, and it was barely finished until this afternoon.

But he found a huge problem, so he hurried to meet Chongzhen.

The situation was urgent, and after saluting, Ni Yuanlu said directly: "Your Majesty, there is no food available in the inner city. If it is not resolved in time, not only the people in the inner city will not be able to buy food tomorrow, even the military food will not be guaranteed."

Chongzhen became anxious when he heard it, and frowned tightly and asked, "How could this be?"

Ni Yuanlu said: "The food in the city depends on the supply of granaries outside the city, and the reason why the grain storage in the capital is mostly in the outer city, there are only three granaries in the inner city.

This morning I went to check, only to find that the grain storage in the three granaries had bottomed out, and most of them were old grain, which was only enough for tonight at most. "

Hearing this, Chongzhen couldn't help clenching his fists, his knuckles turned white, and said, "Chen Yan should be responsible for this food matter before?"

Ni Yuanlu said: "Chen Yan was in charge at first, then he was dismissed by His Majesty because of the disadvantage of trespassers, and Wei Zaode was responsible later."

Having said that, Ni Yuanlu stopped.

There was one thing he didn't say - it wasn't long before Wei Zaode took over as chief assistant, only about a month.

Of course, since Wei Zaode was in charge of this matter, he cannot escape the responsibility.

Chongzhen didn't expect this, but remembered that Chen and Wei surrendered to Li Zicheng later, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth and said: "These two fatuous and incompetent people have really failed my trust!"

After hearing this, Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Although he didn't like Chen Yan and Wei Dezao either, he didn't think Chongzhen's words were right.

It is not that Chen and Wei are without talent, but they are not the talents of Zaifu. It is because Chongzhen, the emperor, failed to use them in the right place.

After walking around quickly for a few steps, Chongzhen looked at Ni Yuanlu and asked, "Does Aiqing have a plan to solve the food and wages?"

Ni Yuanlu said: "For the current plan, we can only borrow food from the rich households and honorable households in the inner city who still have surplus food."

"Borrowing grain?" Chongzhen recalled the previous two borrowings from his ministers, and he could not help but snort coldly, "What kind of grain do you need to borrow at this point? In my opinion, all the grain in the inner city should be forcibly confiscated." Already!"

"Absolutely not!" Ni Yuanlu showed panic, then knelt down with a plop, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, those who have grain storage in the inner city are almost all honorable and wealthy households, and they all have servants and courtyard guards. If your Majesty forcefully conscripts Food, causing people to resist, involving the defenders of the city, I am afraid it will be taken advantage of by the intruders!"

Ni Yuanlu's words were very clear.

It's not that food can't be requisitioned by force, but that the timing is wrong, and Chongzhen doesn't have enough soldiers and horses.

Although Chongzhen was angry and impatient, he understood this truth after being reminded by Ni Yuanlu.

However, instead of expropriating grain, we just borrow it. Can we get it?

Even if you can borrow it, how much can you borrow?
At this moment, Zhu Yu who had been listening in suddenly said, "Father, my daughter has an idea, but it's not good to say it in front of Elder Ni Ge."

Naturally, Ni Yuanlu had already noticed Aimi Zhu.

Originally he didn't care.

But at this time, hearing that Aimee Zhu intended to participate in political affairs, he couldn't help frowning.

However, before he could say anything, he heard Chongzhen say: "Ni Aiqing, please come outside the hall later, and I will have a few words with Aimee."

Chongzhen opened his mouth, and Ni Yuanlu naturally couldn't say anything more, so he bowed his hands and retreated.

But he frowned even tighter.

If it was Prince Zhu Cihong who was following Chongzhen to participate in military and political affairs at this time, he would think it was very reasonable.

But now it's Princess Kunxing, Aimee Zhu, which makes him puzzled.

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