Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 547 I am the emperor, who am I afraid of?
Three days before Zhu Youjian arrived in Tongzhou, Dorgon had just left Tongzhou City.

Although none of Tianjin Wei's Qing troops ran out, Dorgon himself had sent scouts to inquire about Tianjin Wei's news.

Therefore, he now also knows the news of Tianjin Guard's fall.

but.

This time.

After Dorgon knew the news, he didn't show his manic state anymore, and he ordered to return to Beijing with a hum.

Dorgon knew that the general situation was over, and he also knew that the victory of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition was a foregone conclusion.

But everyone has fantasy and dying psychology.

The same is true for Dorgon. After he learned of Ming Le's plan to ambush the Ming army in Sanjiaodian, he also felt that it was feasible, and even imagined that he could inflict a heavy blow on the Ming army.

But what Dorgon didn't expect was that his Qing Dynasty was still defeated.

Dorgon was also a little depressed. He didn't understand why the fate of himself and the Qing Dynasty had changed so much. He knew that the Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was in Tianjin Wei, not far from Tongzhou, and he even wanted to meet him. , Meet this Emperor Chongzhen who suddenly interrupted his prosperity and national fortune in the Qing Dynasty.

Dorgon couldn't help thinking of the old things back then. At that time, he also lost the throne and lost a woman, but he didn't lose his self-confidence, nor did he fall into complete sinking.

but now

"Send an order to Azig to immediately start destroying the imperial palace and the Taimiao. After ten days, all civil and military officials and bannermen who stayed in Beijing will leave Beijing, and all banners and families will start preparations."

Dorgon issued a general retreat order, but he himself had no intention of leaving Beijing.

"What a beautiful river and mountain, why doesn't it belong to my Qing Dynasty!"

After Dorgon said something, he couldn't help coughing.

Over the years, he has vented all his excitement and grief on Bumbutai's body. Coupled with the exhaustion of paperwork, his body has long since disappeared.

It was precisely because he knew that his life span was not long that Dorgon decided to stick to the city of Beijing to buy more time for his escape from the Qing Dynasty to Mobei.

However, even though he used to be Prince Rui, he didn't know how to actually guard it.

He even went to Jingshan once after entering Beijing, and the crooked-neck tree on Jingshan attracted him.

Dorgon didn't know why he touched the crooked neck tree, but shook his head immediately: "Forget it, I, Dorgon, am not the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so I have no right to die in the palace."

Dorgon did not choose to directly sacrifice himself for the Qing Dynasty.

But he went to the inner court of the imperial palace, and went to the place where Bumbutai had been. He began to regret letting Bumbutai go, but then he remembered that he didn't want Bumbutai to go first .

But he has no reason to let Bumbutai stay.

Dorgon found that there seemed to be no one to accompany him in the end.

Dorgon came to the Qianqing Palace and looked at the emperor's throne. He couldn't help holding his breath, walked up step by step, and then sat down slowly.

For some reason, he suddenly felt very comfortable sitting on it, and he couldn't help laughing, and finally even laughed out loud, and he even fell asleep on it.

Dorgon began to regret why he made Shunzhi the emperor in the first place, and why he didn't usurp the throne directly.

That way, he can sit on it ahead of time, and he can sit on it for a few more years,
The more Dorgon thought about it, the more he regretted it, and the more he thought about it, the more regretful he felt.

Now that the group of people who supported Shunzhi had left, he simply lived in Qianqing Palace unscrupulously.

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Tongzhou City also has Qing army defenders, and even red cannons.

After all, this Tongzhou City is an important gateway to Beijing and a strong city to defend Gyeonggi. It is impossible for Dorgon to abandon it directly.

Zhu Youjian looked at Tongzhou City standing by the river, and his thoughts could not help but go back to six years ago.

Six years ago, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, not long after he traveled to this world, he took the entire civil and military forces of Beijing to move south, and it was his own decision, and even in order to make this decision, he had to use the most brutal means .

But it was also because of this that the civil servants, especially the Donglin Party, blamed him for the loss of the northern capital with reasonable grounds, and even conspired several times to subvert his imperial power.

But Zhu Youjian did not flinch, he chose to fight back, using violence to fight back, and he also assumed the responsibility of an emperor.

In the matter of dealing with Li Zicheng, he made a move that shocked the world, and also laid the cause and effect for the subsequent rebellion of King Lu and King Fu.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian came over.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian did not regret it. If he did not escape from Beijing, he could only die. Facing the belief that "the emperor guards the gate of the country and the monarch dies in the country", he would rather choose to live for the time being and live with perseverance.

Even if the whole world's infamy is concentrated on him, he is not afraid, at worst, he will teach them how to speak with a butcher's knife.

The same is true for Li Zicheng.

Li Yan and other intruders were not a group with national consciousness. They had an instinctive hatred for themselves and the bureaucratic landlord group of Daming, even as much as the Manchu Qing.

In this era when there is no "National Race", I can only use the most stupid means to appease Li Yan and other breakthrough generals.

Zhu Youjian couldn't imagine that if Li Yan withdrew to Hunan because of his refusal of Li Yan's request, and Azig went south with the trend, would he be able to withstand it.

Under the circumstances of the foreign invasion at that time, the war situation was changing rapidly. If I hesitated for a moment, it would lead to the overthrow of the country.

In the original history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Ming court did not really absorb the strength of the peasant army to resist the Qing Dynasty because it always had a grudge against the peasant army.

This is the case with He Tengjiao in Huguang. In the original history of Nanming, because of the death of Li Zicheng, Gao Yigong and other dragons had no leader, and they voluntarily asked to join He Tengjiao, but He Tengjiao refused. In the end, Du Yinxi chose to accept these peasant troops.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian chose to take the initiative to appease the peasant army, and even recognized Li Zicheng's status as emperor.

The gentry and bureaucratic groups in the north recognized the Manchu chief as the lord of the Central Plains, and they also recognized Li Zicheng's status as emperor in order to subdue the peasant army.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian sometimes feels that he is also unprincipled.

But he didn't have any pressure, because he never regarded himself as a member of the Zhu family.

Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants have been raised by the Chinese people for hundreds of years, and they are worthy of them. Although he is possessed by Chongzhen, so he bears some infamy, but so what, if he wants to be scolded, he can only scold in his heart. Who in the world dares to say I speak ill of Chongzhen!He must be smashed to pieces!
The fact is, I am my emperor, and others have no right to express any opinions.

As for this will make some people start to think that rebellion can be whitewashed, Zhu Youjian is not afraid.

I am not afraid that you will rebel, if you have the guts, try to rebel!

If you can really get laid off from a post station and enter Beijing like Li Zicheng, it can only be your own problem.

After all, Zhu Youjian didn't know what the consequences would be if he delayed a moment longer at that moment, and argued with the Chuangjun for a moment longer. Azig would go south in an instant. Can he return to this place in Gyeonggi at this time?
(End of this chapter)