Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 39 The King Does Not See the King
"Where are Liu Lishun and Gao Wencai?" Chongzhen asked angrily.

Liu Xiaolian held Liu Weitong's hand tightly and said: "Your Majesty, my father should have committed suicide and died for the country at this time."

Gao Shengqi's eyes were still red, his teeth were clenched, and he couldn't speak.

Yi Jinyi, who brought him back, said to the army: "Your Majesty, Gao Qianhu died fighting with the intruders. Before leaving, ask Mr. Gao to be loyal to His Majesty on his behalf."

Chongzhen closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Then he opened his eyes and said, "Zhang Sheng, Li Cheng, Lu Yan, Shi Zhicheng, and Wang Daban stayed behind, Fang Zhenghua, Gao Shengqi, Liu Xiaolian also stayed, and the others waited outside the hall."

Except for the four people who were named, the Jinyi soldiers who had stayed in the hall left one after another.

Liu Xiaolian said: "Your Majesty, my little sister..."

Chongzhen glanced at the little girl whose eyes were red from crying, and said, "Let's stay too."

When all the people who were supposed to leave had arrived outside the hall, Wang Chengen closed the door of the hall.

It was only then that Chongzhen said to Fang Zhenghua and the others: "I have sent Princess Kunxing out of the city, she is sure to be safe at this time.

In addition, I have ordered her to be the supervisor of the country. No matter who succeeds the emperor in Ming Dynasty, as the supervisor of the country, she will shoulder the important task of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, I hope that you can try to save your own lives, go out of the city, and then meet Princess Kunxing at the Tongzhou Canal Wharf to assist her.

This is a sign of contact, so please read it carefully and remember it. "

With that said, Emperor Chongzhen took out a piece of paper with strange symbols drawn on it, and showed it to Fang Zhenghua and others by candlelight.

Although several people remembered this mark, they were all puzzled.

Liu Xiaolian asked directly: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, why is it Princess Kunxing? Where is the crown prince?"

Apparently, Liu Xiaolian believed that Zhu Cihong, as the prince, was more suitable than Zhu Yuxi to shoulder the important task of revitalizing Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen looked at Liu Xiaolian and said, "Because I can be sure that Princess Kunxing is absolutely safe, and I can also be sure that she has the ability to revive Ming Dynasty.

As for the prince, I don't know if he can escape the capital alive, or if he can shoulder the heavy burden of Ming Dynasty. "

Hearing this, several people were even more puzzled.

I thought to myself, could it be possible that Princess Kunxing is more capable than the Crown Prince in His Majesty's heart?

Even so, does being a woman diminish many of its advantages?
What's more, there has never been a princess supervising the country in the past 200 years of Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen saw that several people still had doubts, so he said in an orderly tone: "I don't care what you think, if you are still loyal to Daming and to me, then accept this secret order and assist the princess wholeheartedly."

All the people looked at each other.

Immediately, Fang Zhenghua knelt down and worshiped: "I obey the order!"

Originally, Fang Zhenghua was just one of the eunuchs of the Lijian Supervisor, but Chongzhen ordered him to be the admiral of the East Factory yesterday, and Wang Dehua was assigned the right to supervise the East Factory.

A great eunuch like this is equal to the emperor's internal minister, so he can call himself a minister.

The four selected Jinyi soldiers (actually Chongzhen's bodyguards) also knelt down and said: "The last general obeys the order!"

Then, Liu Xiaolian and Gao Shengqi also knelt down and said, "The grassroots obey the order!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said to Wang Chengen, "Help them arrange a reliable hiding place."

"Yes, Long Live."

Not long after Wang Chengen left the palace with Fang Zhenghua and others, the shouts of killing outside became louder.

But the Chuang army finally began to attack the imperial city in an organized manner.

Although the walls of the imperial city are tall, there is a serious shortage of troops at this time, so naturally they cannot stop the invading army for a long time...

In 1644 AD, the 17th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, the first year of Yongchang in Dashun, and the first year in Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, on the night of March [-], under the onslaught of the Chuang army, the inner city and the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty were destroyed successively.

Soon the Forbidden City also fell.

Li Zicheng stepped into the Forbidden City with several generals and guards, but he was not so happy.

Because the magic lamp in his hand suddenly went out when he stepped into the Forbidden City, and he couldn't turn it on no matter how hard he tried.

He thought it was a bad omen.

There were also practical problems that bothered him.

"Your Majesty, this time we are attacking the city at night, although there are magic lamps in front to help, the casualties are not too great.

But after the soldiers entered the inner city, they lost their restraint and scattered all over the city like herding sheep, making it difficult to give orders.

If something unexpected happens at this time, we will be in danger. "

Li Zicheng frowned and said: "Should I say something like this? You and Liu Zongmin led elite troops to patrol, and anyone who disobeyed orders and behaved recklessly will be dealt with by military law!"

With that said, Li Zicheng took out two order flags from a guard and handed them to Li Guo and Liu Zongmin respectively.

"Decree!" Li Guo took the order and left.

Liu Zongmin received the command flag but couldn't help saying: "Eh, the brothers finally broke into the capital, and there are other brothers leading the army guarding outside. Why don't you let the brothers who entered the city relax?"

Li Zicheng glared at Liu Zongmin and asked, "What are you holding?"

"Ling Qi." Liu Zongmin responded first, and then noticed the cold light in Li Zicheng's eyes, and then suddenly woke up, clasped his fists and said: "Design!"

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly left with his subordinates.

Not long after Li Guo and Liu Zongmin left, Li Zicheng and the others wandered around the Forbidden City like Grandma Liu was in the Grand View Garden. Zhang Nai brought an eunuch to find him.

"Your Majesty, this eunuch said that he was the admiral of Daming's Dongchang, and he brought people down at Deshengmen."

Hearing Zhang Nai's words, Li Zicheng looked over and saw the eunuch kneel down towards him with a plop, and shouted: "The former admiral of the Daming East Factory, Wang Dehua, pays homage to the Lord Long Live!"

Influenced by public opinion, Li Zicheng didn't like eunuchs, but he still felt at ease seeing Wang Dehua bowing down.

He said: "Since you are the chief eunuch in this palace, you should know where Chongzhen is, right? Take your forehead to see him. In addition, find all the princes of Chongzhen, don't miss any one, understand?"

"Yes," Wang Dehua said excitedly and nervously, "I will send someone to look for this old slave."

Wang Dehua knew very well that since Li Zicheng asked him to do things, it meant that his life would not be in danger for a while.

If it doesn't work out, maybe he can continue to be his governor of the East Factory in Dashun.

After Wang Dehua sent out his subordinates who followed him to surrender, he took Li Zicheng to visit the palace and introduced the uses of each palace to Li Zicheng.

However, as time passed, Wang Dehua couldn't help sweating on his forehead, and Li Zicheng became more and more impatient.

"Where is Chongzhen? Haven't found it yet?"

Li Zicheng's one-eyed eyes were cold and gloomy.

He thought of the situation in the city. Although the gates of the city were guarded by soldiers, he was still afraid that Chongzhen would escape.

If Chongzhen went to the south of the Yangtze River and regrouped, then Dashun might only end up in the situation of the Northern Dynasty.

Wang Dehua noticed that Li Zicheng's expression was not good, and when he saw the Wuying Hall in front of him, he seemed to see a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the one in front is the Wuying Hall. Chongzhen has been dealing with military and political affairs there these days, maybe it is there now." In the hall."

Li Zicheng didn't say anything, just waved his hands, and entered the Hall of Martial Arts surrounded by guards and generals.

The Hall of Martial Arts is a complex of buildings, including the gate, the main hall, the back hall, and the east and west side halls (side halls), which are connected with each other by corridors.

The courtyard is also equipped with Hengshou Zhai and Yude Hall, which are equivalent to modern restaurants and toilets.

For such a large building, Li Zicheng and others naturally walked around for a while, and when they finished, the sky was full of white belly.

Finally, when he returned to the main hall of the Hall of Martial Arts, Li Zicheng's face became even more ugly after sitting behind Wang Dehua's talk about the Chongzhen imperial case.

Because Chongzhen couldn't find it.

Wang Dehua was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and trembled, he didn't even dare to say a word of begging for mercy, and could only resign himself to fate.

Just like that, when the sun came out from the sky, the soldiers of the Chuangjun army rushed into the Hall of Martial Arts.

"Report—" The Chuangjun soldier came to the main hall and knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have found Chongzhen!"

"Where is it?!" Li Zicheng stood up excitedly.

At the same time, I felt that a big stone fell to the ground in my heart.

"Beside the Wanshou Pavilion in Jingshan, Chongzhen was found dead by hanging himself."

Li Zicheng was slightly taken aback.

He thought he could see Chongzhen alive and say a few words to him.

I don't want to fail after all.

This reminded him of four words——

The king does not see the king.

(End of this chapter)