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

Chapter 50 Battle of the Court
"I am the emperor, the people above listen, I order you to open the palace gate immediately!"

"Your Majesty, don't embarrass the servants. The servants are also ordered by the Supreme Emperor and cannot open it."

"Bullshit, I'm the emperor, open the door immediately, otherwise I'm going to flay you and cramp you up later!"

Zhu Cihong roared, feeling very anxious in his heart.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I really can't open it!"

The eunuch on the wall was obviously Chongzhen's confidant, although Zhu Cihong's threat made him uneasy, but he still insisted on not opening the door.

"Good good!"

"General Li, let your troops attack me immediately!"

Zhu Cilang was so angry that he was half dead, but he had no choice but to retreat, and ordered to the red lady beside him.

It must be too late for Zhou Yuji to lead the troops here at this time.

What's more, after those nobles know the news, they may lead troops to stop them.

The red lady looked helplessly at Zhu Cihong who was burning with anger.

It was agreed not to help him fight the war, but now the little emperor couldn't even enter the palace, let alone honor the promised money and food, and finally had no choice but to nod angrily.

"Lei Ben, Wang Lang, and you are temporarily at His Majesty's disposal."

"Yes!"

Two burly men came out and answered.

"Two generals, attack the door immediately and tell your subordinates that after breaking the door, each will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth and said, he vowed that after he went in later, he would have to peel off the skins of those eunuchs.

The two didn't delay, and immediately took their hands down to demolish a house next to it. Hundreds of people carried a huge log and rushed towards the gate.

Others held up their shields for cover, or fired arrows at the wall.

The eunuchs on the wall were obviously not prepared, and the back of the gate was not blocked with bricks and stones. In anxiety, they had to use people to block behind the gate.

boom!
With the concerted efforts of hundreds of big men, the palace gate collapsed after only a dozen bumps.

"Kill me!"

Zhu Cihong also found a knife, took Jin Yiwei and killed him.

Hong Niangzi and the other army stayed outside and did not follow in.

.........

"Emperor...Emperor, it's not good, His Royal Highness has brought someone in!"

A little eunuch rushed to the front of the Huangji Hall in a panic.

At this time, the squares on both sides were full of Imperial Forest Army, and the surrounding area was full of Jing Army. The two sides were confronting each other. Obviously, Chongzhen had not yet subdued these Imperial Forest Army.

"what?"

Chongzhen, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua beside him all changed their faces drastically. They didn't expect Zhu Cihong to come back so soon and break through the palace gate.

"Father, you are so brave, you actually took advantage of the child's absence to rebel!"

With a burst of shouting, everyone was startled, but the imperial guards in the square knelt down in overjoy.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Rebel!"

"It's a shame that you still have the face to say that I'm rebelling, who is rebelling?"

"You little bastard who forced your father into prison, you still don't kneel down for me."

Chongzhen was also furious when he saw Zhu Cihong approaching, and shouted sharply.

"Father, don't talk about that, my child only asks you, did you personally issue the edict to pass on the throne to me?"

"The prince and the queen mother were at the side at the time, and they heard it clearly. Do you still want to deny it? Now that the emperor is me, what are you rebelling against?"

Chongzhen was not as shameless as Zhu Cihong, facing his questioning, he blushed for a while and was speechless.

After a long while, he said sharply again: "Nizi, don't try to argue with me again, the inner court has been completely controlled by me, the [-] pure soldiers are all loyal to me, and all the civil servants and dignitaries are on my side.

If you abdicate obediently today, I think you are young and ignorant. I can forgive your sins and let you go to Shandong. You are still my good son. If you continue to be stubborn, don’t blame me for not thinking about the love between father and son! "

"Ha ha!"

"Father, I'm afraid you don't know that the boy has just recruited [-] warriors, and he is waiting outside the palace right now.

If the father is willing to obediently return to Kunning Palace to continue recuperating, the child can act as if nothing happened. If not, the palace might be bleeding like a river today! "

At the end of Zhu Cihong's speech, her eyes also became cold and stern.

"Nizi, I'm giving you one last chance. Do you really want to go all the way to the dark and repent?" Chongzhen's face turned purple with anger.

"It's the same with the child, father really doesn't want to go back?"

"Big companion, take this traitor down for me!"

Chongzhen stared at Zhu Cihong firmly, and then yelled at Wang Dehua.

"All the generals obey the order. Except for the Supreme Emperor, everyone who dares to resist will be shot to death!"

"kill!"

Zhu Cihong also shouted violently.

Immediately, the two thousand thieves who came in drew their swords and rushed forward.

The Imperial Forest Army on the square also rushed towards the surrounding Jing Army.

For a while, the sound of shouting and killing was loud.

The two sides fought in the square.

And Chongzhen and Zhu Cihuang were also protected by their subordinates and retreated to Huangji gate and Huangji hall respectively.

……

"Commander, I heard that the fight is quite fierce, why don't we go help, otherwise, if the little emperor is killed by his father..."

Outside the palace, all the generals beside Hong Niangzi were extremely anxious.

Although Hong Niangzi was also anxious, she still waved her hands after thinking about it: "Then if the little emperor can't win, he will send someone to ask for help, and tell the brothers to get ready first!"

.........

With such a big commotion in the palace, all the nobles naturally received the news. Although they guessed what was going on, they could only wait for the news. None of the nobles dared to support Chongzhen.

After all, a petition is a petition. Although everyone knows it well, it is still covered with a piece of cloth. But if you directly lead troops to participate, it's okay to stand on the right side. If you stand on the wrong side, it will definitely be the end of the nine clans.

If it weren't for the [-] bandit soldiers, maybe some people would take the risk, but at this time they all chose to be neutral.

In fact, Chongzhen was too conceited and didn't contact Xungui at all. At noon, Wang Dehua realized that Zhu Cihong was not in the palace, so he passed the news to Chongzhen.

As a result, under Chongzhen's coaxing, the two empress dowagers honestly told the news from Liu Xi's interrogation.

Chongzhen was overjoyed when he learned that Zhu Cihong had gone out of the city, and immediately asked Wang Dehua to control the Jing army first, and arrest all the people promoted by Zhu Cihong.

Wang Dehua was also very strong. He cleaned up Zhu Cihong's confidantes, and then rescued Chongzhen, took control of the Qianqing Palace, and tricked the commander of the Imperial Forest Army to take down all of them. Only then did he seal off the imperial city and summon all the Imperial Forest Army to the Huangji Hall Prepare to take over.

From Chongzhen's point of view, he thought it would be a matter of course, but he never expected that those ordinary Yulin soldiers were loyal to Zhu Cihong.

No matter how much he coerced and promised, he just refused to put down his weapon and surrender, and he didn't dare to use force rashly. In the end, after a stalemate, Zhu Cihong rushed back.

At this moment, the fighting in the square was coming to an end.

Although there were [-] clean troops, they were eunuchs after all, and they could be easily dealt with with only [-] imperial guards, not to mention [-] battle-hardened bandits.

So after two or 3000 people were killed, the rest of the Jing army surrendered one after another. This is what they saw when defending the city a while ago, otherwise it would be even more unbearable.

Of course, it also depends on who the opponent is. If other people rebel, there must be a lot of talents who work hard for Chongzhen.

But now there are only a few dozen eunuchs left to protect Chongzhen in the middle, surrounded by the imperial army regiment in the hall.

"Father, the outcome has been decided, the universe has been decided, let's go back to Kunning Palace!"

"Nizi, don't even think about it, I will kill myself here today, let's see how you face the people of the world in the future!"

As Chongzhen spoke, he grabbed a sword and put it around his neck.

"Fifth Brother, don't..."

"His Majesty…"

Zhu Cihong was taken aback, he was really afraid that Chongzhen would put some shit on his head, and Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou rushed in from nowhere and screamed.

"Fifth brother, what are you doing?"

"It's all a family, what can't be said properly, if you insist on killing you to death, let outsiders see the joke?"

"Lang'er, do you really want to bear an eternal infamy?"

Both daughters were crying into tears, one holding Chongzhen, the other hugging Zhu Hongci and begging bitterly.

Maybe he thought it was too shameful to commit suicide like this, and he would have no face to see his ancestors after death. Finally, under the persuasion of the two women, Chongzhen threw away the sword and followed Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou back to Kunning Palace to recuperate.

(The update time will be changed, from now on, it will be changed to 7:12 am and [-]:[-] noon.)
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