If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 73: Success and Fame (Final Chapter of this Volume)
After destroying Hetuala, Ding Xiu immediately led his troops back to the seaside to board the ship and sailed towards Jinling.

into the night.

In the cabin of a large ship sailing in the center.

Master and apprentice Ding Xiu were drinking and chatting.

Ding Baiying asked: "Are we really going back like this? Why not take advantage of the empty space in Shengjing to capture it in one fell swoop?"

"Master, what's the point of taking Shengjing? Will we still have to send a large army to defend the city?"

"Even if we don't defend, as long as we capture Shengjing City, it will severely damage the morale of the Jurchens."

Ding Xiu smiled and said: "No need, Shengjing was originally occupied by them, and they will throw away the things they picked up for free. But Hetuala is different. It is their home base, a holy land-like existence.

Nowadays, the destruction of Hetuala is equivalent to digging up their ancestral graves and fundamentally destroying their will and belief.

Moreover, the Eight Banners are not monolithic. After suffering such a heavy blow, internal strife will inevitably arise, just like the various Tatar tribes..."

Ding Baiying nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, that's true."

Ding Xiu continued: "Besides, it is really not convenient for us to send a large army to attack now. After all, there is a Ming Dynasty in the middle..."

The conversation was almost over and the wine was almost done.

Ding Baiying stood up holding her forehead and said: "It seems that I drank a little too much again. Let's rest first. If we have anything to do, we can talk tomorrow."

"Master, let me help you..."

Ding Xiu stepped forward "kindly".

Unexpectedly, before he could reach out his hand, Ding Baiying suddenly turned around and hugged him into her arms.

"Well……"

Before Ding Xiu could recover, his lips had been sealed.

broken!

Ding Xiu was shocked.

When did this woman learn my tricks, and use them in other ways to do the same to others?
"division……"

Ding Baiying put a finger on Ding Xiu's lips domineeringly: "From now on, you are not allowed to call me master or my name again."

Ding Xiu looked embarrassed: "But as the saying goes, once a teacher, always a teacher...well..."

The mouth was sealed again.

That's all, what old saying is not old saying, we can talk about anything later.

The sea breeze blows gently.

The sea, you are all water.

The next morning.

Ding Baiying sat up, blinked, glanced at Ding Xiu who was lying on the side, and exclaimed in hindsight: "You brat, why are you lying here?"

Ding Xiu: "..."

Install, continue to install.

He knew very well that although Ding Baiying was drunk last night, she was not drunk to the point of fragmentation.

What's more, she wouldn't remember anything about such a big storm?
Then everyone pretends.

"No, I'm obviously sleeping in my own cabin. Could it be that you came into my cabin?"

"Nonsense, this is obviously my cabin."

Ding Xiu pretended to look around: "It seems... maybe I drank too much."

After saying that, his eyes looked somewhere without blinking.

Gee.

"what……"

Ding Baiying exclaimed again and quickly retreated into the quilt.

This guy is cheap again.

Ding Xiu had a smile on his face: "I didn't force you this time, you lay down on your own."

"Rebel..."

"Ding Baiying, don't be so shameless. You said yourself that I won't call you master anymore. I'll call you by your name."

"I... I didn't say..."

Ding Xiu turned over and looked down at her, joking: "Look at you, you can't even lie, you're so stammering."

Ding Baiying rarely blushed: "I...I didn't...you...don't talk nonsense..."

Ding Xiu smiled evilly: "Then there is nothing I can do. I can only try my best to help you recall it."

"Rebel..."

"Be brave, I am the emperor!"

"Fuck your emperor..."

Fighting comes and goes, you come and I go, it's fun.

After returning to Jinling, Ding Xiu continued to strengthen the country with elite troops.

Half a year later, the troops were divided into two groups, one from the northwest, using the Central Plains as a stronghold to attack, and by the way, they also eliminated King Li Chuang who was causing trouble everywhere.

On the other side, Ding Xiu took command and attacked the city from south to north.

Actually, there is another way.

However, this journey is a secret chess game. They are all carefully selected special elites who secretly sneaked into the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Forbidden City, inside the Royal Study Room.

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have aged ten years overnight.

The imperial desk should have been filled with memorials, but now, it looked empty.The civil and military personnel of the entire court were in panic, and some officials even quietly slipped out of the city and fled.

Rain is coming.

Ding Xiu led his troops to conquer all the way. Except for two tough battles at the beginning, almost all local officials took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender.

Now, we have arrived in the Gu'an area, only more than a hundred miles away from the capital.

"Cheng'en, I, how much time do you have left?"

Cheng'en, whom Emperor Chongzhen called, was named Wang Cheng'en, and he was the eunuch Bingbi, the Supervisor of Rites.

"His Majesty……"

Wang Chengen couldn't help but kneel down and cry bitterly.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled sadly: "I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would be... destroyed in my hands." "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty... will not perish..."

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly roared: "All the civil and military officials at home and abroad have mistaken me! They have mistaken me!"

"His Majesty……"

"Hahaha……"

Emperor Chongzhen laughed like crazy, but his tears couldn't stop flowing.

Although he didn't want the Ming Dynasty to be destroyed in his hands, he still knew what the situation would be like.

When the army comes to the city, if you defend it, you will definitely not be able to defend it.

The attitude of the frontier army was also very subtle. He had already ordered to return to defense, but he was still halfway there to this day.

Obviously, this is a wait-and-see situation.

After all, in the current situation, Emperor Chongzhen had no way out.In the past, there was Jinling to retreat to, but now Jinling has long become someone else's Kyoto.

Where else could he retreat?

Three days later, Ding Xiu and other troops gathered together, approached the city, and bombarded the city gate.

As a result, the eunuch guarding the city was afraid of death and opened the Guangning Gate directly.

Later, the Minister of the Ministry of War personally opened the Zhengyang Gate.

In this way, Ding Xiu returned to the familiar capital of the Ming Dynasty again with little effort.

But this time is different from the past. He used to be a minister, but this time he returned strongly as an emperor.

There will be no more miracles.

Emperor Chongzhen was devastated and made a final decree: all the concubines and princesses in the harem should hang themselves to avoid falling into the hands of others and humiliating the royal family.

He himself took the eunuch Wang Chengen with him to the Meishan Mountain behind the Forbidden City.

He is the Son of Heaven, and he would rather die than fall into the hands of the enemy. This is his last dignity as the Son of Heaven.

In Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou had no expression on her face and tied a white silk ribbon on a beam, preparing to hang herself.

Just when she was about to stretch her neck and hang herself, several figures suddenly rushed in: "No!"

Empress Zhou turned around subconsciously and saw several royal guards.

Empress Zhou was filled with sadness and cried: "Now, I can't even choose to die? You have received the emperor's favor after all. Do you want to watch me fall into the hands of thieves? And suffer all the humiliation?"

At this time, another person strode in: "Your Majesty, your words are serious."

Queen Zhou stared at her and turned pale with shock: "Shen Lian? It's you?"

Of course she recognized Shen Lian when he was in charge of Beizhen Fusi.

"Your Majesty, Shen sneaked into the palace in advance to protect the concubines and princesses in the harem from harm and harassment.

The emperor also said that proper arrangements will be made for each of you, so that you can spend the rest of your life peacefully. "

Hearing this, Queen Zhou couldn't help but smile sadly: "Haha, Ding Xiu, Ding Xiu, should I thank you, or should I hate you?"

At this moment, her mood had never been more complicated.

Of course she knew that the emperor's order that Shen Lian said was the order of Ding Xiu, not her husband.

Although Emperor Chongzhen ordered all the concubines to commit suicide, Empress Zhou did not hate her husband for being ruthless and righteous. She understood her husband's difficulties and would rather die than be humiliated.

But now, Ding Xiu sent an order to protect them.

Could it be... because the emperor's sister-in-law begged for mercy?

Soon, Shen Lian led his people to control the entire palace.

This is also due to the fact that Ding Xiu and Shen Lian have been working hard in Jinyiwei for several years and have won over many people.

In addition, the situation has become clear now, and even the emperor has disappeared. Who else has no eyesight and insists on getting in trouble with his own head?

Get in line early, and if you're lucky, you might even get some credit.

In the afternoon, Ding Xiu stepped into the palace like stars and the moon and became the new master of the Forbidden City.

Two months later, Empress Zhang arrived in the capital, attracting countless people to the streets to welcome her.

At first, Queen Zhang was worried about what the people would think of her. Unexpectedly, the people respected her even more.

After all, how many women can be found from ancient times to the present who can be canonized as empresses by the emperors of the two dynasties?

After unifying the north and south, Ding Xiu did not stop his conquests.

At that time, he led his troops to Ryukyu first, and then went north to attack the Japanese pirates' lair. In just one year, they killed Japanese pirates corpses everywhere, and the remaining ones knelt down and surrendered.

The Japanese pirates have this kind of virtue. When they encounter someone more ruthless than them, they will turn into an obedient pug, groveling and begging for mercy.

Since then, the Japanese islands have been included in the territory of the Daqian Dynasty.

After achieving this step, Ding Xiu is considered successful, has reached the full world progress, and is almost ready to leave.

But before leaving, Ding Xiu still had to deal with some things, so as to have a beginning and an end.

That night, it was drizzling.

It's a little cold outside, but Queen Zhang's palace is as warm as spring.

Ding Xiu leaned on the pillow, holding the blushing Queen Zhang in his arms.

"Baozhu, let me tell you something. I am going to be in seclusion for a period of time, ranging from a few days to a month."

Queen Zhang was stunned: "Retreat?"

"Yes, I have been busy with state affairs recently and haven't really calmed down enough to practice martial arts, so I want to stay in seclusion for a while to prevent my martial arts from being wasted."

Empress Zhang could understand this and nodded: "Well, if you want to retreat, you can retreat. Now that the affairs of the court are on the right track, you don't have to worry about everything."

In fact, Ding Xiu's retreat is a lie, but leaving is true.

However, after the world progress was reached, there was some more information in my mind.

The information reminds that as long as you are in the real world, you can freely return to all the heavens and worlds you have traveled through.

No matter how long you have been away, when you return, depending on the length of time you have left, the time spent in the heavens and worlds varies from one day to half a month.

In other words, no matter how long Ding Xiu has been away, the time lost in the current world will not exceed half a month at most.

In the next few nights, Ding Xiu said the same words to Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan, Ding Baiying, and Su Niang respectively.

Later, he came to Xiyuan on the grounds of seclusion and ordered that no one should disturb him.

When he calmed down, an interface was called up:
[The current world progress has been achieved]

[Options: 1. Return to the real world; 2. Travel through the world of "Dragon Babu"]

……

(End of this chapter)