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

Chapter 2 Resign

"Bastard, Nizi, do you know what you're talking about?"

Chongzhen's face was purple and blue, pointing at Zhu Ci's lungs would explode with anger.

Empress Zhou opened her small mouth, her face paled in fright.

After regaining consciousness, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Zhu Cihong, and said anxiously: "Xiao'er, what nonsense are you talking about, quickly kneel down and admit your mistake to Father Emperor..."

"Queen, don't worry about this!"

"Father, to tell you the truth, most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace have served me to death."

"The big Han generals outside the palace are all obedient to me. No one will come to rescue me. Father, please hurry up and issue an edict!"

Zhu Cihong first took off the cloak on his body and put it on for Queen Zhou, then stared at Chongzhen with burning eyes.

He said so on the lips, but in his heart he was extremely anxious.

Because in the past year, he had indeed recruited many eunuchs and court ladies, but the Great Han General had only recruited dozens of them.

Although the main gate of Qianqing Palace was closed at night, and the entire harem was filled with eunuchs and maids, there were still three thousand generals outside the palace.

So he couldn't afford it at all.

Of course, in the usual way, even if the crown prince killed the emperor, he would not succeed in succeeding to the throne.

Because the Ming Dynasty was not the Northern and Southern Dynasties where rituals and music were broken, but the most orthodox dynasty that ruled the world with filial piety.

Even if they completely control the court, those civil servants and nobles will never let a rebellious prince inherit the rule.

However, this time and that time also!

Those civil servants and nobles probably don't care who is the emperor of the old Zhu family anymore.

Chongzhen's complexion also changed drastically.

For a moment, he didn't know whether what he said was true or not, he looked at the group of court ladies and eunuchs behind him, and could only sternly said: "Little beast, if I don't agree, do you still dare to kill the king and father?"

"Hmph! Why don't you dare?"

"For the sake of our ancestors, for the sake of all the people in the world, today we have done such a treasonable thing. If the Taizu, an old man, Ruoquan heard about it, he would probably only praise his son and minister for being a good grandson. You have done a good job!"

Zhu Cilang thought of the fate of his mother and his younger brothers and sisters after Li Zicheng captured the city of Beijing in history, and the sufferings of the Chinese people after the Tartars entered the customs, and suddenly became angry, and pushed Zhou who was holding his arm away. The queen raised the knife in her hand and roared.

"You...you...poof..."

Chongzhen's chest heaved violently, spurted a mouthful of blood, and fell on his back.

"My lord..."

"His Majesty…"

Wang Chengen and Queen Zhou on the side were so frightened by this scene that they cried out and rushed over.

"Lang'er, do you really want to force your father to death? If so, you should kill your mother and queen first."

Empress Zhou hugged the unconscious Chongzhen, tears streaming down her face.

"Prince, I beg you, please pass on to the imperial physician." Wang Chengen also begged sadly.

"Liu Xi, go and call the imperial physician on duty in Qianqing Palace."

Zhu Cihong's face was tangled, and finally he sighed.

Returning the knife to its sheath, he ordered to a little eunuch behind him.

Then he and Wang Chengen carried Chongzhen to the couch in the inner room.

In fact, he didn't really want to kill Chongzhen, but just wanted him to abdicate, so as not to repeat the tragedy.

In the entire harem at night, apart from the emperor and the underage prince, I am afraid that the imperial physician on duty in the Qianqing palace is a real man.

This was also to prevent the emperor's sudden illness at night so that he could be treated in time, so an imperial doctor with a gray beard was brought in soon.

After some treatment, Chongzhen finally regained consciousness.

However, his face was as pale as paper, and his whole body was devoid of energy. It was obvious that the blow was too great.

"His Majesty…"

"Doctor Hu, how is Your Majesty?"

"Ms. Hui, Prince, Your Majesty has been overworked for a long time, coupled with the urgency to attack the heart, this time has hurt the mind and vitality, and needs to cultivate quietly. Remember not to get angry again, otherwise..."

The doctor replied respectfully.

When Queen Zhou heard the words, she let go of her tense heart.

Then he looked at Zhu Cihong again: "Lang'er, get down on your knees and admit your father's mistake..."

"My son is right, it's my father who is wrong. If my father is willing to listen to my son's suggestion, even if it is just one, how can the situation be so corrupted to this point? How can my son come to this point?"

"Why do you still say such nonsense, you want to piss off your mother too?"

"That's it!"

Chongzhen waved his hand weakly, spewing out a mouthful of blood, and most of the anger in his heart disappeared.

Perhaps it is because he knows that he is now powerless to govern the government.

Or really look away.

Staring at Zhu Cihuang with complicated eyes for a long time, he said slowly: "I used to underestimate you, but you have confidence, so I will pass on the throne to you. I want to see if you are really better than Lao Tzu." powerful!"

"Big companion, let's draft an order!"

"It's the emperor." Wang Chengen could only answer.

"Father is finally wise once. From now on, I will rest peacefully in Kunning Palace and watch how my ministers turn the tide. Let's be the emperor through the ages!"

Chongzhen was willing to compromise, and Zhu Cihong was also relieved.

When Queen Zhou saw her son still saying such things, she couldn't help but glared at him, but she was secretly happy in her heart.

The son has already done such a rebellious thing, and it is naturally the best ending to be the emperor.

Otherwise, with His Majesty's temper, even if you don't kill him, you will probably put him under house arrest for life.

Time is tight.

Zhu Cihong did not dare to delay.

After leaving twenty confidant eunuchs to guard Kunning Palace, they took Wang Chengen back to Qianqing Palace.

Then he couldn't wait to call all the main eunuchs in charge of the various supervisors and divisions, as well as the three thousand Jinyiwei Dahan generals stationed outside the palace.

Originally, the guard work of the entire imperial city and palace city was far more than these three thousand generals, but they were all ruined by Chongzhen one after another.

In fact, Zhu Cihong didn't make much noise.

Just with the cooperation of dozens of eunuchs and maids who have been recruited, they quietly killed from Zhongcui Palace to Shenning Palace to remonstrate and force the palace.

The few eunuchs who were killed during the period were frightened and shouted and refused to listen to persuasion after bumping into them halfway.

In addition, it was too sudden, so the palaces didn't know what happened, let alone outside the palace.

When Wang Chengen read out the imperial edict in front of everyone, although everyone was a little surprised and shocked, they all chose to obediently pay their respects to the new emperor.

Nothing went wrong.

After all, Zhu Cihong was originally the heir apparent of Ming Dynasty.

Although this matter looks weird no matter how you look at it, everyone is not stupid, there are only two possibilities.

One is that the crown prince colluded with Wang Chengen to rebel and had already killed His Majesty or placed him under house arrest.

The other is that His Majesty really abdicated.

But in the middle of the night, the possibility of the latter is very small.

But no matter which one it is, His Majesty is unable to show up to make decisions now. Whoever dares to stand up at this time will be beheaded on the spot by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In addition, Chongzhen was mean and ungrateful, and usually beat and killed court ladies and eunuchs, so no one stood up to question.

"Wang Gonggong, how much silver do you have in your internal money?"

"Hui Tai...the emperor, there are more than [-] taels."

"Bring them all over."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, he knew that the more than [-] taels was probably borrowed from those honorable civil servants.

After Wang Cheng'en left, Zhu Cihong looked at Wang Dehua again and said, "My lord, I now order you to be the admiral of Dongchang, and be responsible for commanding the inner court's clean army."

"Liu Xi, Fan Xian, you two are responsible for assisting Wang Dehua."

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Wang Dehua and the two young eunuchs hurriedly replied.

Zhu Cihong also had no choice.

Although he wanted to make his confidant the little eunuch, Liu Xi and Fan Xian directly supervised the Dongchang and the Jingjun of the inner court.

However, the two were not qualified enough to convince the crowd, so they had to let them help Wang Dehua first.

Later, dozens of big Han generals who had been bought were promoted to officials, and all the eunuchs and maids who rebelled with him were also promoted.

After Wang Chengen came back with people carrying the silver, Zhu Cihong rewarded all the silver directly.

Especially for the [-] great Han generals, each of them was rewarded at least ten taels.

This has never happened in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Everyone is naturally grateful, and they agree with the new emperor Zhu Cihong even more.

At this time, it was more than an hour before dawn.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong had basically controlled the inner court, all the eunuchs and maids in charge had pledged their allegiance to him, and could not turn back.

Only then did people ring the big bell and summon all civil and military officials.

(End of this chapter)