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

Chapter 68
After leaving the Wu Mansion.

Zhu Cihong also secretly cursed for bad luck, unexpectedly ran to Wu Sangui's mansion and bumped into Chen Yuanyuan.

If Wu Sangui knew about this, he would definitely think wildly.

That guy was the most popular in history, so he had to guard against it.

Secretly thought that Chen Yuanyuan really deserved to be a troublesome beauty.

In order not to let people gossip, but also for his own face, after thinking about it, he had to go to the mansion next door.

The euphemistic name is to personally inspect the supply system and solve the troublesome slaves and servants.

After going to more than a dozen houses in a row, and meeting with more than a dozen wives, he drove back to the palace.

No way, don't cover it up like this, I know, I know that he just went to Wu's house to go to the latrine by accident.

But I didn't know, I thought he had bad habits, thinking about his servants' concubines, after all, this Chen Yuanyuan was famous far and wide.

In this way, under Zhu Cihong's personal visit to coordinate, after another day of hunger, the servants of each household also began to eat.

At this time, the army of refugees had arrived in the northern suburbs of the capital, and as far as the eye could see, the mountains and plains were full of human heads.

Zhu Cihong's first impression was that the city was besieged by zombies, and he immediately ordered to block all the gates of the capital.

The dignitaries and nobles on the top of the city were also frightened and their scalps went numb.

Inside the Royal Palace.

"My dear friends, if these refugees don't care, they will eventually be used by the Tartars to help them attack the city. Therefore, I plan to empty the outer city, house these refugees, and move all the residents of the outer city to the inner city."

"Your Majesty, it's absolutely impossible, there are countless refugees outside the city, and there must be a lot of elaborate work among them.

What's more, even if only one bowl of porridge is given out every day, it will greatly consume the food stored in the city.

Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of residents in the outer city, and the inner city cannot be accommodated. Once they are allowed to occupy the main road, when slaves are built to attack the city, it will seriously affect the deployment of troops. "

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty must not let the exiles enter the city!"

All civil and military officials saw that His Majesty was going to send all the refugees into the city, they were all frightened to death, and they all knelt down and begged.

"Of course I understand these hidden dangers, that's why I vacated the outer city, and strictly interrogated when entering the city. Anyone without relatives and family members will be placed alone, and anyone with a sharp knife will be killed on the spot."

"As for the residents of the outer city, men and women can be housed separately. Men are all housed in government offices, while women and children are housed in houses in various government offices in the city!"

Zhu Cihong said slowly.

Anyway, the imperial city couldn't accommodate any more, and it had already been filled by more than 20 refugees, old and weak, women and children, so we could only use government offices and mansions of big households.

"what!"

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard that hundreds of thousands of people were going to be placed in the government office and their mansion.

"Your Majesty, there are a large number of files and files in the government offices. Once the common people are allowed to move in, they will be lost and damaged. Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Is this not easy to do?"

"Isn't it enough to move all the files and files to the palace?"

"This…"

Everyone didn't know how to refute for a moment.

"Okay, let's do it urgently. All the lovers go back immediately to organize and pack the files and files, and move them all to the palace within three days. Li Ruolian, Wu Xiang!"

"Chen is here!"

"Order you two to be responsible for moving all the people from the outer city into the inner city within three days. Except for gold, silver, soft cloth and quilts, nothing else is allowed to be brought. Anyone who refuses to move or who does not cooperate will be killed on the spot!"

"Yes!"

Both Li Ruolian and Wu Xiang had serious expressions on their faces.

Knowing this is definitely not a good job.

Following Zhu Cihong's order, the inner city and the outer city became a sensation again, even if the civil servants were unwilling, they could only obey obediently.

Chongzhen reigned for 17 years, and almost every year he murdered and ransacked his home, but he couldn't get anything done, while Zhu Cihong also killed people but was able to get things done.

The reason is that the biggest difference between father and son is that everyone knows that Chongzhen is suspicious and easy to fool, but Zhu Cihong can't fool him at all.

More importantly, no matter how much he persuaded or threatened what Zhu Cihong wanted to do, he could not be shaken.

The civil servants and dignitaries have already known Zhu Cihong's temperament clearly, so they all know what His Majesty has decided, so they can only follow it honestly, no tricks are useless.

Fortunately, they only took in some women and children, and let the family guards strictly guard them, and there would be no major troubles.

In order to prevent these women and children from being abused, Zhu Cihong sent a fan from Dongchang to supervise each household. Among them, pregnant women and breastfeeding women and children under one year old are provided equally with wives and young ladies.

Although the residents of the outer city were reluctant to part with their belongings and resisted very strongly, they finally succumbed to the sword and went to the inner city reluctantly.

And as the outer city was emptied, all seven gates of the outer city were opened to receive refugees.

The seven city gates are all released in one batch, and the suspension bridge is closed, and the suspension bridge is released, and then a batch is released to enter the city.

Barriers were set up at the gates of each city, and the soldiers were on standby. Jin Yiwei and temporarily recruited healthy women were searched one by one, and the students of the Imperial College were responsible for registering and counting.

Although sufficient preparations were made, many people still crowded into the moat, and countless people were trampled to death or injury.

The entire outer city was filled with screams and shouts all day long, and it was a mess.

And more refugees are still flowing south along the city wall from the north to join the chaotic army.

Zhu Cihong on the top of the city watched this scene helplessly. In this situation, he couldn't send troops out of the city to maintain order, because they would be submerged.

No, even the Tazi cavalry on the outside didn't dare to approach, they just watched from a distance, as for what took the opportunity to rush in, that was simply a joke.

Within a mile of the city gate, it is difficult for people to move an inch, let alone a horse.

Sure enough, under such strict inspection, a spy murderer was beheaded on the spot, and a suspicious person was detained alone for interrogation.

Anyone with a knife on their body, no matter whether it is long or short, will be slashed and killed directly, whether it is a spy or a murderer.

It is impossible for ordinary people to still have iron utensils. If they did, they would have traded them for food. They were all clay bowls and basins.

After inspection, the refugees who entered the city formed a team of about a hundred people, and selected a strong man as the captain, and two assistants to manage them. They only had a bowl of thick porridge every day, regardless of gender, age or weakness.

What's more, there are no pregnant women or children under the age of three among the refugees, and it is impossible for these people to reach the capital alive.

at the same time.

Dorgon also led a mighty army to the northeast of Sanhe County, more than [-] miles away, only a hundred miles away from the capital, and only [-] miles away from Tongzhou.

The four counties of Sanhe, Xianghe, Pinggu, and Shunyi have also been breached successively.

Hearing that the capital is letting the exiles into the city, both Dorgon and Hong Chengchou were very surprised.

"Mr. Hong, the little emperor dares to accept so many refugees. Is there enough grain in the city?"

"My lord is too worried. If there is really enough grain in the city, then the little emperor will not take all the refugees into the city, and even vacate the outer city."

Hong Chengchou frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head, a serious look finally appeared on his face.

"What does Mr. Hong mean?"

Dorgon obviously couldn't understand, a little embarrassed and a little annoyed, these Han civil servants are really hateful sometimes.

"My lord, the little emperor obviously saw our intention to drive out the refugees, so he locked them all into the outer city and held them in his hands. Really, yes..."

"hiss!"

"Sir, what do you mean, the little emperor is going to kill all these million refugees?"

This time Dorgon understood it, he took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice.

Apparently even the murderous Dorgon was frightened by Zhu Cihong's madness.

"Not yet, but by acting like this, it is obvious that he is ready to kill at any time. This son is ruthless and decisive. He really can't lose to Gaozu. If he ascended the throne a few years earlier..."

Hong Chengchou said with lingering fear, seeing that Dorgon's face was very ugly, he quickly changed his words.

"Of course, no matter how hard he struggles now, he won't be able to recover!"

"That's right, even if the little emperor has all-powerful means, he can't conjure food out of thin air, but sir, the army is eager to fight, what do you think?"

Dorgon looked much better now, and asked.

"Well, since that's the case, the lord can send two groups of people to attack the capital and Tongzhou respectively, to test things out."

Hong Chengchou nodded and reminded.

"Well! What Mr. said makes sense."

Dorgon nodded, obviously thinking so too.

Then he immediately summoned the generals and asked Azig to lead [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] cannons to attack Tongzhou.

He also asked Doduo to lead [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] cannons to attack the capital.

Before leaving, I repeatedly told him not to attack by force, it was just a temptation.

The rest of the army started camping in place, building fortifications, and prepared to defend to the death.

However, they sent a large number of Yebushou to detour south of the capital to collect information south of the capital.

As soon as the two armies of Jiannu moved, the capital and Tongzhou received the news.

(End of this chapter)