The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 11
Seeing that His Majesty was going to move the capital directly and run away, all the nobles immediately panicked.

After the beating and abuse yesterday and just now by Zhu Cihong, almost everyone no longer had illusions about the intruders.

They all understood that when the robbers were killed, the emperor could move the capital and go to Nanjing to continue to live a happy life.

Civil officials can also follow or surrender, but they are the only ones who can't do it, either way is a dead end.

Their land, house, yard and shops are all in the capital. Even if they give up these things and run away with their wealth and family members, they will have no foundation and no value if they go to Nanjing.

This little emperor will definitely cut their titles and steal their property.

I'm afraid it won't be much better if I stay.

Because they are also worthless, instead they will become children holding gold bricks standing in the busy city, worse than those gentry.

In the end, even if Li Chuang let them go, he would never give them high officials and generous salaries, a distinguished lord.

And without these identities, sooner or later they would be eaten to the bone.

The more people think about it, the more afraid they become, the more they think about it, the more afraid they become.

Especially Duke Ding who has been passed down since the year of Hongwu.

Immediately he knelt down and chased after him, hugging Zhu Cihong's leg, and begged, "Your Majesty, I follow the instructions of the Ming ancestors that the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country, and the capital must not be moved!"

"screw you…"

Zhu Cihong kicked him over and was about to leave again.

The British Duke stepped forward again and shouted: "Think twice, Your Majesty. There are still some servants in the minister's house. They can also defend on the wall at that time. Maybe they can't defend!"

"Oh? How many people are there?"

Zhu Cihong paused, and finally turned around.

"Including the children of the clan, we can probably gather nearly a thousand people."

"Do they have knives and guns?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the swords and guns are ready."

The British Duke couldn't care less, and gritted his teeth.

"Your Majesty, the minister's family can also..." Others also came to their senses and stepped forward to express that they could gather some people.

Everyone couldn't help being in a hurry, the little emperor acted decisively, without any regard for the emperor's face, he said that he would move the capital, maybe he would run away tomorrow.

More than 70 people put together together, and finally got together 2 horses, which shows that there are many side branches of each family.

Zhu Cihong's face looked much better now.

However, he was still dissatisfied and said: "Although there are nearly 4 horses in total, it is still far from enough. My dear friends, I will give you five days. No matter what method you use, you have to make up 8 people in the Beijing camp." People, I will come to inspect again when the time comes, and if there is one less person, I will move the capital immediately."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go recruit when I wait here, and I will gather an army of [-]."

"exactly…"

"Then why are you still in a daze? Why don't you go soon?"

"Yes, yes, I will take my leave!"

The crowd immediately dispersed in a hurry.

After everyone left, Zhu Cihong did not return to the palace immediately, but felt a little headache looking at the 2 horses on the school field.

Most of these men were elderly, and many of their beards were beginning to gray.

At first glance, it looks like a veteran who has been waiting to die for many years.

It's really tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to discard it.

But in the end decided to win some.

After all, defense is no better than fighting in the field. It's better to stand on the top of the city and help throw a brick down. It's better than nothing.

"Vice General Dong! Go and tell the soldiers, I will personally speak out for them!"

"It's Your Majesty!"

Lieutenant General Dong Qi was overjoyed and bowed with excitement.

Obviously, it is also a role that grandma does not love and uncle does not love.

When the twenty thousand soldiers heard that His Majesty was going to speak out in person, they were also very excited, and their lifeless faces finally glowed with energy.

"Soldiers of the Beijing camp, over the past few years, my Ming Dynasty has suffered internal and external troubles, the treasury is empty, and I owe you a lot. My father and I have always felt deeply guilty!"

"Now that the national treasury is a little more abundant, I decided to pay five taels of silver to each of the soldiers. Now that the enemy is at hand and the bandit army is approaching, I hope that the soldiers will work together with me to defend the capital.

I hereby declare that at that time, whoever kills one thief will be rewarded with one mu of land and one tael of silver, and so on. "

"Defend the capital!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

As Zhu Cihong's words spread throughout the school grounds, more than 2 people knelt down excitedly, prostrating like a tsunami.

Zhu Cihong didn't bother, and directly ordered people to bring up boxes of silver, and then ordered the eunuchs to start distributing, and all five taels of silver were distributed to individuals.

at the same time.

After the nobles left the Imperial City campus, they did not return home.

Instead, he came to the official office of the Chinese military governor's mansion tacitly.

After clearing out all the idlers and others, more than 70 people crowded in the official hall, you look at me, I look at you, but no one spoke first.

For a moment, a needle can be heard in the hall.

After a while, Duke Ding Xu Yunzhen also knew that going on like this was not an option, so he cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, what do you think about what happened in the past two days?"

"I wonder what the two princes think?"

Everyone is not stupid, how dare they express their opinions indiscriminately?He kicked the ball to the two princes again.

"My Ming Dynasty has been established for more than two hundred years, and the emperors of all dynasties have never treated us harshly, and we and our ancestors have always been loyal to Daming...however, if there is one thing in everything, there must be two!"

Duke Dingguo saw that Duke Ying had remained silent, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak again.

Although these words are somewhat inexplicable, almost everyone present can understand them.

That is, His Majesty doesn't care about feelings at all. Today, he can copy thirty nobles for money and food, and he may also copy other nobles in the future.

"Then in the opinion of the Duke, how should we repay the grace of the country and regain the Sacred Heart?" a Marquis cupped his hands and tentatively asked.

The others also looked at Duke Ding in unison.

Ding Guogong also complained unbearably, and finally rolled his eyes, looking at Ying Gongdao: "I heard that the Supreme Emperor has been able to get out of bed recently, I wonder if the British Duke thinks that we should pay a visit and do our duty as a courtier?"

Everyone was shocked, and immediately turned their attention to the British Duke.

"Ugh!"

The Duke of England sighed.

How could he not understand what Duke Ding meant?
That is, everyone gathered [-] soldiers and horses together, went to the gate of the palace to ask to see the Supreme Emperor, and forced His Majesty to abdicate.

"Everyone, it's easy to visit the Supreme Emperor, but there are some things civil servants can do that we absolutely cannot do.

As Ding Guogong said, there are two things in everything, once we touch it, we will no longer be nobles who live with the country. "

Everyone's expression changed.

Yes!

Once they lead troops to force the palace today, even if they succeed, the Supreme Emperor will still have grudges in his heart after his restoration.

Even if the Supreme Emperor does not, this matter will become a thorn in the hearts of future emperors, which will never be pulled out.

After all, the nobles can unite today to drive Zhu Cihong out of power and restore Chongzhen.

Then will they unite again in the future to oust Chongzhen or other emperors and establish a new emperor?
The consequence of this is that no matter who becomes the emperor, the nobles must be suppressed, or even completely eliminated.

"What the British public said is right, we are nobles who live with the country, and there are certain things that we really cannot do."

"That's right, some of us have been passed down for more than ten generations, and we must not lose the big because of small things."

Everyone nodded after thinking about it.

Even Duke Ding didn't say anything.

No matter how ruthless Zhu Cihong is, he will only serve as emperor. Be careful in the future, and future generations will still be noble.

But once the forced palace leaves stains and loses the trust of the old Zhu family, it is very likely that the inheritance will be broken, and the loss outweighs the gain.

"Everyone, we shouldn't worry about this matter, let those civil servants worry about it. Thinking about His Majesty's temperament, they will not give up in the future.

The most urgent task is to recruit all the soldiers and horses as soon as possible, defend the capital, and fight back the bandit army, otherwise everything will be over! "

After the British public saw that everyone understood the gains and losses, they got up and said.

"That's right, let's recruit soldiers!"

"Although His Majesty said that moving the capital is mostly based on retreat, but who can say for His Majesty's temper?"

"exactly…"

Everyone dispersed after speaking.

After calming down now, everyone also understands that when Zhu Cihong was on the school field, he didn't really want to move the capital, but was deliberately scaring them.

But this method of using retreat as an advance is indeed much more clever than his father Chongzhen.

(End of this chapter)