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

Chapter 65

Beijing.

Seeing that His Majesty actually appointed Hong Niangzi as the supervisor, the honorable civil servants did not hesitate to canonize her as the imperial concubine in order to let her subdue the commanders of the towns. While everyone scolded His Majesty for being shameless, they also became more fearful and worried.

Everyone is not a fool, and they all understand the meaning of His Majesty's actions. When they think that this evil little emperor will directly control hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the future, everyone shudders, as if falling into an abyss.

And Zhu Cihong was relieved when he saw that the generals of all the towns in Tongzhou were scrambling to curry favor with the red lady, and even Wu Sangui admitted that he was intimidated.

A title of imperial concubine has great effects, which shows that the imperial power of Ming Dynasty is still awe-inspiring, and the stock market of Ming Dynasty is still very strong.

"Liu Fangliang, I originally wanted to reuse you after I defeated Jiannu, but the imperial concubine wrote a letter saying that Tongzhou is now the time for employing people, and I beg you to let you go back to work. Do you want to continue to rest or return to Tongzhou?"

"Return to Your Majesty, now that the enemy is at hand, I would like to go back to Tongzhou to do my best to repay Your Majesty's great kindness!"

Liu Fangliang quickly replied.

Although he eats and drinks in the city, he is accompanied by beautiful women.

But a real man should immediately become famous, win fame and wealth, how can he refuse the opportunity now?
He was still very grateful to Hong Niangzi in his heart, he knew that it must have been Hong Niangzi who pleaded for mercy, otherwise the little emperor might kill him directly.

"Well! Since you have the heart, then go back to Tongzhou, when the imperial concubine will have her own appointment!"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand.

Now the [-] army has been completely subdued by Hong Niangzi, and with the commanders of the towns, letting him go back will not only not threaten Hong Niangzi, but will help her command the army.

As for the red lady, he is not worried at all now. After all, her status has been decided, and she has accepted it herself. Everyone knows that she is a noble concubine, and it is impossible for her to betray her, and she has no reason to betray her.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will leave!"

After Liu Fangliang left, Zhou Yuji begged to see him anxiously, and Zhu Cihong was startled by his appearance.

"Zhou Aiqing, what happened?"

"Your Majesty, Jiannu suddenly launched an attack on Sanhe, Pinggu, Xianghe, and Shunyi counties yesterday, all four counties urgently asked for help...

Moreover, Jiannu also drove a large number of refugees to the capital, the number, the number may not be less than one million! "

"what?"

"A million refugees?"

"Damn it, what exactly is Dorgon trying to do? Could it be that he wants to drive these refugees away to attack the city?"

Zhu Cilang stood up abruptly, his face paled in shock, and then he became very angry.

"Your Majesty, this possibility is not ruled out, but it is extremely small. I am more worried that Jiannu wants to drive away these refugees and come to the capital to consume the food in the city."

"That's right, the old dog Hong must have come up with such poisonous tricks, that man Dorgon didn't have such schemes!"

Zhu Cihong's face also darkened.

If these refugees were not accepted at that time, the old and weak, women and children would starve to death first, and then Jiannu would stand up to save the young and strong. Comparing the two, those young and strong must hate the court and him as the emperor.

Thinking of the hundreds of thousands of young and strong people desperately serving their lives for the Tartars, angrily helping the Tartars to attack the city, Zhu Cihong's scalp felt numb.

But if all of them were put into the city, not to mention the spies mixed in, whether there is a place to put them, even if one person hangs himself with a bowl of rice bran every day, it will greatly consume the food stored in the city.

It's really vicious.

"Your Majesty, you should make preparations early, otherwise you will be caught off guard. If the four counties don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid they won't last for a few days."

Zhou Yuji was also aware of Tartar's sinister intentions, and reminded with a worried face.

"The four counties cannot be rescued. Instead of trying to rescue them in vain and losing troops in the end, it is better to fight the Tartars under the city or in Tongzhou."

Those who attacked the four counties were all Han soldiers, and the Tazi cavalry didn't move, just waiting for them to send troops to rescue.

What's more, he has long said that he can act according to the camera, that is, he wants to die for the country as a righteous man. He will not be stingy in pursuing titles and surrendering, and he will not kill them all afterwards.

"Your Majesty, if there is no rescue and the Tartars continue to attack other cities, I am afraid that all regions will despair and surrender!"

"Surrender is surrender, as long as the capital is not lost and the Tongzhou camp is still there, there will always be loyal people standing by.

What's more, it is impossible for the Tartars to attack one city at a time, and at most they will knock down the counties around the capital. "

As soon as Zhu Cihong waved his hand, it was impossible for him to waste his troops in vain to save those small cities for the sake of face. The key is that he couldn't save them at all.

As long as they encountered one or two cities that were desperately resisting, the Tartars would naturally stop attacking those small county towns.

Because the gain outweighs the loss, after all the Tatars came to destroy Ming Dynasty, not to plunder, no matter how many small county towns occupied, it would be useless, instead it would disperse their forces and deplete their strength.

Seeing His Majesty say such words, Zhou Yuji didn't say any more.

He originally meant to ask Tongzhou to send some troops to rescue Pinggu at random, just to put on a show.

"The top priority is to find a way to deal with those refugees."

Zhu Cilang thought about it, and decided to gather all the food and salt in the city first, and then send Jin Yiwei to Hejian Mansion, and even Shandong to raise food.

There is no way, the states and counties near the capital have been scraped so that they cannot be scraped anymore, and they will not be scraped anymore.

However, there has been no sign of a shipment of money and food from Jiangnan so far. When he repulses Jiannu, he must settle the score with all parts of Jiangnan.

Emperor Palace.

This is the fourth time that Zhu Cihong convened a group of ministers to discuss matters.

I have to say that civil servants have really thick skins and are addicted to officials.

During the last throne handover ceremony, the civil servants were halfway there. Seeing that His Majesty did not mention the collective resignation last time, they all chose to forget about the resignation that day.

After all, His Majesty only told them to go away at that time, and he made a verbal promise, but he didn't issue an order afterwards, so he didn't have to obey the order.

So this time all the civil servants, big and small, came here, those above the third rank stood inside the hall, and those below the third rank outside the hall.

All the civil servants in the palace lowered their heads, and were the most disturbed, for fear that His Majesty would drive them all out, so that they would really have no face to live in the world.

Zhu Cihong didn't have the energy to take care of them.

After glancing at the officials in the palace, he was about to gather all the food and salt in the city and distribute it according to the people.

Xungui on the side immediately exploded.

However, Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty is wise, I am willing to donate the food and salt stored at home, and I am willing to send servants in the mansion to defend the city, to contribute to the country and to be loyal to Your Majesty!"

"Qizou Your Majesty, the minister also..."

Other civil officials also reacted, and one after another came out to echo, expressing their willingness to donate food and salt, and send people to participate in the defense of the city to contribute to the country.

Obviously, the civil servants are not stupid. They knew that if the Tatars hadn't just come again, His Majesty would have no time to pay attention to them. At this moment, their homes might have been ransacked and imprisoned, or even their heads would have fallen.

So they all thought that this time they must take the opportunity to contribute, so that after defeating the Tartars, at least His Majesty would be ashamed to kill them again, right?

"Shameless!"

When the nobles saw these civil servants behave like this, they had no integrity at all, and they were so angry that they cursed.

"The old man shared the worries of His Majesty and devoted his efforts to the country. Why, Dingguo recognized it as a shameless act?"

Chen Yan coaxed back without hesitation.

Now His Majesty, with the help of the noble concubine, has controlled tens of thousands of horses in Tongzhou in one fell swoop. Fighting must be impossible, so these nobles have lost their use value.

"Hehe, if my memory serves me right, Yuanfu seems to have asked me to bid farewell and return home last time. Why is he still staying in the capital? Still coming to court?"

Ding Guogong is not a vegetarian either, he just smiled and hit the culprit of the civil servant.

"you you…"

Sure enough, this sentence not only made Chen Yan's face flushed with shame, and he was speechless, the other civil servants also lowered their heads, their faces were burning hot.

Really which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.

(End of this chapter)