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

Chapter 94 Triumph
Great Ming capital.

Outside the Anding Gate, a large number of people gathered early this morning.

The city tower and the top of the city are also overcrowded, and the street from Andingmen to Chengtianmen is even more crowded on both sides of the street.

Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong brought a group of civil and military officials to wait for a long time on the temporary high platform in front of the suspension bridge.

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty and the generals have arrived at Shili Pavilion."

"Okay! It's time to fire the cannon." Zhu Cihong waved his hand when he heard the words, and not long after, the twenty red cannons on the tower began to roar.

boom!
For a while, the sound of cannons shook the sky.

Although the big guys knew that they were firing empty cannons, they still frightened the people inside and outside the city into commotion, and the children in the women's arms cried loudly.

A quarter of an hour later, Hong Niangzi appeared in front of everyone with eight generals, dozens of generals, and tens of thousands of carefully selected soldiers, holding carts of weapons and flags.

As for the army, it will take three to five days to arrive.

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

At this time, the sound of the cannons also stopped, and Toer, who was placed among the people, was the first to raise his fist and shouted.

And the people inside and outside the city also shouted loudly.

For a while, cheers and shouts rushed into the sky like thunder.

Although the common people ate rice bran and wheat bran for several months, they were almost as thin as bamboo poles, but they were full of hope for the future, so they cheered sincerely at this moment.

"My minister Li Ying, kowtow to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live Long live Long live."

Holding the captured handsome flag in both hands, the red lady walked to the high platform and knelt down on one knee to worship.

The eight chief soldiers and soldiers behind them also bowed together, and inside and outside the city, under the towers and walls of the city, they also knelt down one after another.

"My concubine, please get up!"

Zhu Cilang smiled and stepped forward to help her up, and took over the flag.

"Pingshen!" Liu Xi on the side also sang at the top of his voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then everyone got up one after another.

"My concubine defeated Jiannu in Tongzhou this time, and exalted the power of the Ming Dynasty and the military. It is really hard work."

Zhu Cihong held her hand, his heart was filled with joy.

Even when he was beaten to death, he didn't expect Hong Niangzi to win directly. Although she suffered a lot, the number of Tartar cavalry who beheaded also amounted to [-] to [-].

This battle is enough to deter all the unruly people in the world, and the valuation of Da Ming, a company that is about to go bankrupt, has been doubled at least several times. I don't know that I have accidentally picked up a treasure.

"This battle is all due to His Majesty's Tianwei. The soldiers of the three armies fought the enemy bravely. I am ashamed of myself!" Hong Niangzi hurriedly said.

"You don't have to be humble to love your concubine. The soldiers of the three armies have made meritorious service in this battle, and your concubine has also made great contributions to the community. I will definitely reward you for your merits one by one!"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, and then gave a few words of encouragement to the generals and a group of soldiers, and then he pulled Hong Niangzi onto the dragon drive and drove towards the palace.

The army followed behind and slowly entered the city.

.........

Qianqing Palace, inside the East Nuan Pavilion.

Both Zhu Cihong and Hong Niangzi changed into casual clothes.

"Your Majesty, now that Jian Nu has retired, I want to resign from the position of imperial concubine, and I hope Your Majesty will allow me!"

After the red lady narrated the whole battle, seeing the little emperor smiling happily, she knelt down on one knee and worshiped.

"My red lady swears that I will be loyal to His Majesty and Daming in this life. If there is a second heart, ten thousand arrows will pierce the heart and die!"

Seeing that he was sullen and silent, the red lady hurriedly swore to the sky again.

Obviously, he also understood that the little emperor didn't really have a crush on him, but wanted to win him over and prevent him from betraying.

"What is my concubine doing? Get up quickly, I have always believed in my concubine's loyalty!"

Zhu Cihong quickly helped her up, then sighed and said:

"My concubine is unwilling. I shouldn't force it, but you are not joking. The edict was read in front of the soldiers of the three armies. If I cancel it now, what will the soldiers of the three armies and the people of the world think of me?"

"At that time, I'm afraid everyone will scold me behind my back for crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. The birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden. Who will be loyal to me in the future?"

Zhu Cihong didn't say one more thing, that is, the reason why the general soldiers are honest is because of the check and balance of the 10,000+ rebels, and the fact that the general soldiers are at odds. Suppress them to death.

Once the title of Concubine of the Red Lady is gone, those rebels will definitely lose their sense of security.

And the balance among the various armies will also be broken, which will be fatal to his subsequent military reforms.

So this is not just a question of the title of imperial concubine, but the emperor's attitude towards warriors, surrender and rebellion.

The reason why the soldiers of the three armies broke out with strong fighting power this time is largely because the emperor conferred the title of a concubine to a woman who was born in a warrior, so that all the generals and soldiers could see the emperor's attention to them and the hope of turning over.

Hong Niangzi more or less understood this, and for a moment didn't know what to do, she lowered her head.

"My concubine, that's fine. From now on, you don't have to abide by the red tape and humiliation in the palace. If you don't want to live in the palace, you can live in the mansion of the general who protects the country. As for the servants, you can do whatever you want, how about it?"

Seeing that she was silent, Zhu Cihong had no choice but to speak.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The red lady was very moved when she saw him accommodating her so much, and she didn't want to embarrass him again.

Then he said: "Your Majesty, now that Jian Nu has retreated, I request you to lead an army to destroy the trespassers."

"Ugh!"

"My dear concubine, I won't hide it from you. Ten days ago, I sent envoys to go south to Henan to negotiate with the intruders."

Seeing her eager for revenge, Zhu Cihong felt helpless.

"what?"

"Your Majesty, why is this?"

"With the current strength of our army, it is easy to wipe out the intruders. Why does Your Majesty still need to negotiate?"

The red lady stood up abruptly, with a look of disbelief.

"My dear concubine, sit up first, it's not that I don't want to kill the intruders, but because there's no food!"

"Your Majesty, didn't you seize a million stones of grain at Shanhaiguan?"

"It is a million stones of grain that have been seized, but how long will the hundreds of thousands of troops and two million people be able to eat?"

Zhu Cihong was also secretly grateful.

The 100 million shi of grain is simply life-saving food, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do.

"Your Majesty, the autumn harvest will be in another month?" The red lady looked at him puzzled.

Zhu Cihong's expression was solemn: "I have already sent people to Shandong and northern Zhili prefectures and counties to inspect, and the news that came back is not very optimistic.

Shandong is drought this year. It hasn’t rained a single drop since February. The southern part of Northern Zhili and Henan are equally dry, and large-scale locust plagues have also appeared. I am afraid that not only will the north not receive food this year, but they will have to allocate food for disaster relief. Otherwise, we don’t know yet. How many people have to starve to death. "

"God, this thief, he simply doesn't give people a way to survive!"

"Then does His Majesty have a countermeasure?"

The red lady scolded fiercely, and then looked at Zhu Cihong with a worried face. Obviously, like ordinary people, she hated this God's blindness very much.

"Nowadays, only the south has food, and the north has already been corrupted. If you want to recover, you must rely on the south. Therefore, the most urgent task is to solve the problem in the south, not to fight the intruders."

"As long as he is willing to hand over Henan and Shanxi, I can let him temporarily rule the Northwest, and it won't be too late to deal with him after I recover a little bit of vitality in the north."

"Otherwise, once he is allowed to run away, he will inevitably run around again, coercing those hungry people to loot everywhere, and causing disaster to the world.

What's more, if the people's livelihood is not restored as soon as possible, even if the intruders are eliminated, there will be a second, third and countless intruders. "

Zhu Cihong also had a head as big as a bucket, and explained patiently.

This time he not only sent envoys to talk to the intruders, but also sent envoys to talk to Zhang Xianzhong. As long as the two don't make trouble, he can first let them separate the Northwest and Sichuan to become kings and hegemony.

His plan was to stabilize the two of them first, and after he cleaned up the south and stabilized the north, it would not be too late to take care of the two of them slowly.

As for whether he would raise tigers, he wasn't worried at all.

As a traveler, if you are sitting in dozens of provinces in the north and south, and you can't deal with the two ancients who occupy Sichuan and the northwest in the end, then it doesn't matter if you give up the throne to them.

"Then His Majesty intends to use troops against Jiangnan first?"

"Not bad!"

"My concubine will take a rest for a while, and when the negotiations with the intruders are settled, I will designate my concubine as the grand marshal of the robbers, and send [-] tigers to the south to wipe out those evil gentry, sour scholars, corrupt businessmen, and evil gentry. Copy all their families and destroy their clan!

I want to let them know why the emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses, and I want to tell everyone in the world that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty is supreme, and if you rebel, you will die! "

Zhu Cihong said that he finally stood up, as if the whole world was under his feet.

The red lady was also shocked by his madness and this domineering declaration, but she chose to surrender because she liked the little emperor's courage and determination.

For a moment, he was so excited that his blood was rolling all over, his eyes were red, and he couldn't help but knelt down and said: "This concubine is willing to kill all corrupt officials, corrupt officials and thieves in the world for your majesty, even if my body is smashed to pieces, I will do it!"

(End of this chapter)