"The young one is just a lowly eunuch of the House of Internal Affairs. What can be done to prevent the young one from being sent to the front line to resist the rebel army? Don't say that the young one is not capable of marching and fighting. Even if there are two people who have the final say?"
"I can recommend you to my father..." Zhu Cixiang blurted out.
"No"
Gong Yonggu and Chang Yu said in unison that the prince was still too young and never knew how deep and dark the political waters were. Let alone whether he would be accused of bewitching the prince when he pushed Chang Yu to Chongzhen. Even if Chongzhen believed what he said, so what? Chang Yu only knew about some historical events. How the rebel army should attack or how to attack, who to send to resist, and how to resist were still questions.
Some people would say that it is always better to drag out and chop down those generals who surrendered without resisting as well as the traitors in the court!
Awesome my brother!
What about the evidence? Before the incident happened, you could tell who to kill in the future just because you said it? Does Emperor Chongzhen believe it?
Emperor Chongzhen believed in taking ten thousand steps back, but could he do it? On weekdays, court affairs are all controlled by the ministers, not to mention if you want to kill those courtiers, I am afraid that before Chang Yu comes out to identify who, the courtiers will accuse him of using evil words to deceive the public and so on. The civil servants these days are very arrogant. He only relies on his words to get by, and his mouth will make you die on your knees even if you want to lie down.
Furthermore, whoever the generals used to kill them, how could they ensure that the new ones would not surrender? And the most important thing was that at this time, the generals were so strong that Emperor Chongzhen did not even dare to say a harsh word.
Therefore, Chang Yu cannot be withdrawn from the stage. As soon as he shows his face, he will be killed by those officials, and it will 100% implicate the prince's palace. By then, various conspiracy theories will be overwhelming, and Zhu Cixiang will have to shed his skin even if he does not die.
Zhu Cixi also instantly understood the stakes, shut up immediately, and then suddenly started wailing and crying: "Are you going to watch my Ming Dynasty perish like this!"
Gong Yonggu lowered his eyes and said nothing, while Chang Yu lowered his head and pondered.
"It is of course related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, we cannot just sit idly by and ignore it." Chang Yu suddenly said: "The younger brother and the two gentlemen are both weak-minded. The prince is constrained by the ministers in the court, and it is difficult to have no soldiers, no generals, and no pay. The general trend is almost unstoppable." Change, but we must do our best to accept fate. We can only make multiple preparations at the moment, maybe things will turn around."
Chang Yu has been thinking about this matter for the past few days. How could he not have a plan in mind? The refusal just made the atmosphere more solemn and tense, so that he could sell it at a good price.
Sure enough, Zhu Cixiang and Gong Yonggu, who were in a daze, looked eager: "What preparations have you come up with?"
"The best way at the moment is to persuade the emperor to move south to avoid being unprepared. I know that the two of them are soft-spoken, but I also know that there are still ministers in the court, such as Li Mingrui, Zuo Zhongyun of the East Palace, and Li Banghua, the inspector of Zuodu. , they all support moving to the south, of course there are more people who are young in the morning, and the most disgusting clown among them is the soldier Ke Gei Shi Zhongguang Shiheng."
"Eunuch Chang actually knows Li Zhongyun?" Zhu Cixiang was a little surprised. Li Mingrui was an official in his prince's palace and would often talk to him about affairs in the court!
Chang Yu nodded lightly and suddenly smiled: "I still know that Li Zhongyun's backstage is Li Banghua, but Li Yushi hasn't come out to face him yet, right?"
He said this while looking at Gong Yonggu, and as expected, the prince-in-law looked surprised, because at this time, Li Zhongyun had just raised the issue of moving south, and it was a whisper with Chongzhen, and he did not discuss it on the table. , because although Chongzhen had intentions, he did not dare to say it openly. He wanted to let the news out first to see the reaction of the cabinet. As for Li Mingrui's whispers, only close confidants like Gong Yonggu knew about it, but he exposed it in one word, and even pointed out the big deal behind it. guy! At this time, Chongzhen didn't even know that Li Mingrui came to find out the emperor's feelings on behalf of his teacher Li Banghua.
The two looked at each other and believed in Chang Yu a little more.
"Guang Shiheng is this person..."
"Guang Shiheng is extremely filthy. I really want to kill this bitch." Chang Yu interrupted Gong Yonggu's words with a look of disgust on his face: "Behind him is the incompetent trash Chen Yan, the chief assistant."
It is true that there is an emperor and a courtier. When dynasties change, one cannot simply determine who is a bad guy based on who surrenders. However, there is still a big difference between bad guys and shameless people. During this period, there were really many shameless deeds among the Ming courtiers who had no bottom line. Your Majesty!
The little eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs actually named and cursed the chief minister of the dynasty, which made the prince and consort find it extremely strange.
Seeing the expressions on the two men's faces, Chang Yu continued: "While the opposition from the DPRK and China is not very strong, the two of you need to try your best to win over some courtiers to cheer for the southward move to make it happen."
"In addition, in order to prepare for emergencies, we must also prepare forces privately to escort the prince south when necessary. As long as the prince is in the Ming Dynasty, it will be the turn of those cats and dogs to fight over each other." At this point, Zhu Cixiang said with some doubts in his eyes. : "After the little soul saw the prince being killed by the Tatars when he came out of his body, the princes and princes from all over the country rushed to claim the throne first. They didn't care about the Qing dogs going south and the lives of the people, but they only cared about internal fighting over who was the legitimate one. The shameless ones even wanted to unite. The Tatars attack their opponents.”
With a bang, Zhu Cixiang punched the case next to him with an angry look on his face: "They deserve it!"
Chang Yu was startled. Putting aside the disgusting behavior of these people, your family is dead, how can they not be worthy of it? It seems that the royal family is really on guard against those vassal kings, and their disgust is extremely high.
"What is the prepared force you are talking about? Private soldiers? This is absolutely not allowed. It is an iron law of this dynasty that relatives should not hide their armor." Gong Yonggu finally said this famous saying that has been passed down for generations. It was just a reference to Chang Yu said.
Chang Yu also felt an indescribable strangeness when he heard it, and thought to himself, you are speaking categorically now, but you know how much regret and helplessness you said this in history.
"Since a brother-in-law cannot hide his armor, he is not a brother-in-law." Chang Yu said softly and reminded Gong Yonggu: "Then, you must find someone you can trust!"
"I am willing to do all my hard work and go through fire and water for the prince. The prince-in-law does not need to come forward. He only needs to help me with some conveniences. Even if he is exposed, it will not involve the two of them." Chang Yu knelt down and looked at the two of them firmly.
Zhu Cixiang's eyes became hot, he stared at Chang Yu again and again, and then turned sideways and stared at Gong Yonggu!
Gong Yonggu was also a little excited. He ended his head in silence for a while and said, "Otherwise you and I will be in danger of being beheaded, and even the prince will be harmed."
"Of course you know how powerful you are." Chang Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, and then added: "These are all backup plans. The most important thing at the moment is the bandit army's Eastern Expedition. I have two important clues. You two masters." We must try our best to send it to the Holy Spirit. If adopted, the current situation may be changed."
"What clue?" Zhu Cixiang and Gong Yonggu asked in unison.
"First, the original intention of the bandit army's eastern expedition was not to attack the capital, but to expand the front line beyond Shaanxi to protect Xi'an. Second, the bandit army only has more than 60,000 soldiers. The so-called million is just an exaggeration." Chang Yu looked at the two men seriously. said the man.
There is a joke circulated in later generations that Li Zichen originally wanted to set up a roadside stall to earn extra money, but he was forced to enter Beijing and become emperor.
Although it was a joke, it was also a fact. Li Zi really had no intention of going to Beijing, and he did not have the confidence and ambition to go to Beijing at the time. There were two reasons why he went to the east. First, he had just settled the capital in Xi'an and proclaimed himself emperor. The Ming army around him rushed outside, otherwise he would not feel safe if they surrounded the door of his house every day.
The second is that the family is too poor to go out to earn some extra money, and to drive away the Ming army and make money at the same time, it is a double-edged sword.
Then he sent troops, and he was surprised, happy, and depressed next. Unexpectedly, his so-called million-strong army and a press release sent before departure immediately scared the Ming army to the point of peeing. Everywhere they went, they either surrendered or ran away. , in a blink of an eye, they captured several cities and collected tens of thousands of surrendered troops.
After the surprise, he became depressed, because he already had no money and food, but now there were tens of thousands more mouths, so what should he do? He had no choice but to rush to the east and continue the Eastern Expedition. Then it snowballed, and more and more troops surrendered. In the end, he was better than he originally was. There are several times more troops, and there is nothing we can do at this time. If we don't fight back, how will we feed so many people? Those surrendered soldiers can turn against him at any time. If he kills them, they will not be able to kill them all. If word spreads, then It was even more detrimental to him, and it became an endless cycle.
The cycle continued until he came to Beijing with his troops, but he didn't even think about going in. He sent people to negotiate with Emperor Chongzhen. You give me one million, cede Xi'an and let me become the king, and I will leave. I will also help you fight the Tatars!
However, Chongzhen was also a stubborn ass. In a word, fuck your uncle for thinking so beautifully, so...
