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

Chapter 46 Finally Compromise
For two days in a row, His Majesty did not show his face, and let everyone petition at the gate of the palace. Whether it was a civil servant or a nobleman, almost everyone guessed Zhu Cilang's wishful thinking.

There is no arrow to turn back when you open the bow. If Zhou Yuji has trained his soldiers well and Wu Sangui returns to the army, everyone will have to peel off their skins if they don't die, so after some calculations, they decided to increase the size.

Continue to expand the petition team and put pressure on His Majesty, so they targeted Tang Tong and Wu Xiang.

If the two of them are also brought over, big things can be settled.

Tang Tong has nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, including four thousand old soldiers.

Not to mention Wu Xiang, he not only manages more than [-] young adults, but also influences the attitude of his son Wu Sangui.

However, Wu Xiang was not stupid, no matter if Dingguo gave land to beauties, or Britain gave mansions and shops, he refused all of them, and in the end he simply pretended to be sick and didn't see any customers.

Clearly didn't want to get involved.

His Wu family is now in the midst of prosperity, and even if the Supreme Emperor is restored, with his son's miraculous achievements and Guan Ning's iron cavalry in his hands, he will continue to be valued highly.

So unless he was stupid, he would follow the civil servants to do this kind of thing that was tabooed by the emperor.

However, Tang Tong was very moved, and in the end he was defeated by the nobles' mansions, beauties, land, gold and silver, and the promises of the civil servants.

In fact, the main reason why Tang Tong decided to participate was jealousy.

As the saying goes, without comparison, there is no harm.

He and Zhou Yuji were both the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard.

He brought 8000 troops, Zhou Yuji only brought [-], but the treatment they received was very different.

Not only was Zhou Yuji worshiped as the chief governor and the crown prince, but he was also summoned into the palace every three days. After the defeat of the Chuang army, he even gave him all the soldiers.

As for him, Tang Tong, he only made one earl, and afterward he only added [-] young men, and the weapons and armor were also picked out by Zhou Yuji.

The resentment that was already suffocated in my heart, after some provocations and promises, I couldn't bear it anymore.

Anyway, it's not forcing the palace to rebel, it's just picking some soldiers to go to the gate of the palace and shout a few words, pointing the finger at Zhou Yuji, and there are noble civil servants in front, he's afraid of a fart!
As a result, on the third day, the team going to the gate of the palace grew to nearly ten thousand people. Zhu Cihong could sit still, but Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou could no longer sit still.

"Lang'er, the empress is begging you, just agree, the empress is really scared..."

Queen Zhou said that she was sobbing at the end, she almost knelt down.

Obviously, he was always worried that those nobles would directly remonstrate with them. Once he entered the palace, let alone his son going to Shandong, he might lose his life in the end.

"Lang'er, just follow your mother's orders. Auntie and your mother's queen have already discussed with your father, and he agreed, and promised to pass on the throne to you again in three years."

Zhang Yan also knew that it would be a matter of time before the war continued like this, and once the army met, the matter would get out of hand, so the worry on his face was no less than that of Queen Zhou.

"Oh? Father really promised to pass the throne to me in three years?"

Zhu Cihong didn't believe it.

He still understands his father's temper.

"If you are worried, you can ask him to write the edict of succession and you take it away. If he does not abdicate at that time, Auntie will make the decision for you. How about you?"

In fact, in Zhang Yan's heart, Chongzhen's status was even higher than that of Zhu Cihong, and the reason why he was on Zhu Cihong's side.

One is that she doesn't want Chongzhen to work hard, and the other is that she can see that Zhu Cihong is more suitable to be emperor than Chongzhen.

"Think about it, baby!" Zhu Cihong was also disturbed by the two girls, and waved his hands.

The two women were about to persuade, but there was a report outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Fan is back, please see him outside the door."

"Quick, call him in."

Zhu Cilang stood up abruptly, with excitement on her face, and did not let the two girls avoid her.

"Slaves kowtow to Your Majesty!"

"Meet the two empress dowagers..."

"Stop rambling, tell me, how is it going?"

"Your Majesty, the servant is incompetent and failed to recruit the red lady and Li Yan, please forgive me!" Fan Xian knelt on the ground and said cautiously.

"how is this possible?"

"They have no other way out, there is no other way but to surrender..."

"Have you clarified the conditions I set out?"

Zhu Cihong had a look of disbelief, and then stared at him firmly.

"Slave... Numaid didn't see Li Yan and Hong Niangzi, she just said what she wanted, and was kicked out." Fan Xian looked worried.

"How could this be?"

"Impossible, even if the red lady is mad at me for plotting against them and is unwilling to surrender, but Li Yan is definitely not a person who acts on his own will! Could it be..."

Zhu Cihong muttered softly, and finally his expression changed.

The two women looked at each other, obviously guessing his plan.

Seeing his distraught appearance, she felt distressed, so Empress Zhou had no choice but to say in a soft voice:

"Lang'er, then Li Yan and Hong Niangzi don't want to surrender, and the way of foreign aid is also cut off, so let's go to Shandong according to my mother's orders!"

"All right!"

"That's the only way to go, you go and tell the father, let him send someone to notify those nobles and civil officials, come to the Emperor's Great Hall tomorrow to hold the throne handover ceremony!"

Zhu Cihong looked at the two women, and finally nodded helplessly.

The two women were overjoyed immediately, and they didn't care about whether Daming had a throne handover ceremony, so they comforted him well before leaving.

Looking at the back of the two women leaving.

The decadent look on Zhu Cihong's face gradually disappeared.The delicate face became distorted and ferocious, and the coldness of choosing someone to bite flashed in his eyes, and he clenched his fists involuntarily.

If the two girls saw this ghostly appearance, they would be scared to death.

After the two women returned to Kunning, Chongzhen also heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately asked Wang Chengen to notify those honorable civil servants, apparently they had been in secret contact all the time.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong had finally compromised and agreed to abdicate, the civil servants trembled with excitement, and almost couldn't hold back their cheers.

"Brother Wei, victory is in sight, why are you still frowning?"

Chen Yan looked at Wei Zaode, who had been silent for a while, and seemed to be frowning in thought, and asked in doubt.

Others also noticed and looked over.

"Yuanfu, everyone, the old man just thinks that the victory came too easily. Logically speaking, according to His Majesty's temperament, he should not compromise so quickly."

Wei Zaode raised his head and said in a deep voice.

Everyone frowned when they thought about it.

Immediately, Chen Yan smiled and waved his hands: "Brother Wei was too worried, and now even Tang Tong has joined in, plus the soldiers and horses in the hands of the nobles, the total is no less than [-], so what if your majesty doesn't compromise?"

"Could it be that he really wants to force the big guys to fight each other? In the end, let him bear the eternal infamy of killing kings and fathers?"

"That's right. According to the news from the palace, the two empress dowagers have tried to persuade you several times in the past two days. Although your majesty is stubborn, you are still young!"

"Ok!"

Everyone nodded frequently, feeling that Wei Zaode was worrying unfoundedly.

"Having said that, don't be afraid of [-] in case, after all, there is no hesitation in doing things today, and they will use whatever means they can."

Wei Zaode still frowned, his tone low.

"What do you mean by Brother Wei?"

"Don't you doubt...?" Chen Yan's expression changed.

"That's right, everyone, don't forget that last time those nobles stayed in the Jianji Hall for a whole night."

"Impossible, the [-] soldiers in the Beijing camp are now firmly in the hands of those honorable children, and the generals at all levels are all descended from collateral descendants.

Once His Majesty really dares to risk the power of the world, the [-] soldiers will be enraged and besiege the palace. "Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, shook his head.

"Brother Zhang, you also said that the generals at all levels are collateral descendants. If His Majesty promises to let them inherit the title, and then divide the store land and even the family property under the name of each noble, do you think they will do so?" Are you going to besiege the palace with soldiers and horses?"

"hiss!"

After Wei Zaode finished speaking, everyone gasped, their backs felt chills, obviously frightened by the little emperor's madness.

(End of this chapter)