On April 24, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, two days after the Battle of Yiyishi.
A small sand boat sailing from Shanhaiguan was anchored at the pier of Haisha Island in Dagukou. Coming off the boat were Wu Sanmei's cousin Zu Zepu and Zhu Cihong's former eunuch Qiu Zhizhong. After they got off the boat, they went directly to Zhu Cihong's Fujun Grand Marshal's Mansion under the leadership of the Jin Yiwei guarding the dock.
"My ancestor, Ze Pu, bows to see the prince who is a thousand years old."
"This slave is here to greet you, Master Qiantai."
The two of them saluted Zhu Cixiang who was sitting in the hall, but Zhu Cixiang stared at the back of Zu Zepu's head for a moment, then let them level up and gave them seats.
Zhu Cixiang was in a daze because he discovered that Zu Zepu had not shaved his hair!
If you haven’t shaved your head, you haven’t become a traitor yet!
Your father is Zu Dashou! Your whole family has become a traitor, but you haven’t become a traitor. Why is that... weird!
"Has the fight at Shanhaiguan been finished?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
"The battle is over!" Zu Zepu said happily, "I congratulate the thousand-year-old master... Our Ming and Qing coalition forces have won a complete victory. The hundreds of thousands of rebel Li Zicheng's old battalion soldiers have suffered all casualties, and only a few thousand soldiers have been killed." People flee the battlefield.”
In fact, Li Zicheng's failure was not so miserable. The Dashun army's ability to escape is much better than that of the ordinary Ming army - they are rogues! Therefore, Li Zicheng threw about 30,000 old soldiers into a pile of stones. He lost just over half of them, but his strength is still there. Otherwise, in history, he would not have been able to organize two counterattacks in Zhending and Dingzhou during his subsequent retreat. Therefore, Wu Sangui's reported military exploits must be exaggerated. Doubling it or doubling it would be a disgrace to his conscience.
Qiu Zhizhong was also full of joy and reported to Zhu Cixiang: "Wang Zhijun and Ping Xibo reached an alliance with Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, in the name of Ding Wang to jointly fight against the rogue bandits. After the completion of the matter, Shanhaiguan and the Great Wall will be used as the boundary, and the northern Qing Dynasty and the southern Ming Dynasty will be separated. , are mutually fraternal countries. In addition, let us give another million Sui coins, and once again reward the Qing soldiers with three million... Qian Suiye, it seems that the Manchu Tatars are still reasonable and good Tatars, I am Ming Zhongxing There’s hope!”
ah? Good Tartar? Are you lying to children? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: I just look young, my mental age is more than four years old, and my profession in my previous life was cheating! Was Dorgon and Hong Chengchou fooled at the meeting?
"Oh," Zhu Cixi nodded, and a smile bloomed on his face, "Fortunately, I was wise enough to save my father from the capital and take refuge in Dagukou...otherwise, he would have been I can’t see the current Ming Dynasty and ZTE!”
"Chitose is wise!"
"I congratulate you, Thousand Years Old..."
There were also many officials from the prince's party in the lobby, including four guardsmen Wu Xiang, Cao Youyi, Zhu Chunjie, and Shen Tingyang, as well as five bachelors, a minister of the Ministry of War, and the generalissimo's director Shi Bijiucheng and several others. At this time, the school clerk and the attendant clerk (all clerks) stood up together to congratulate Zhu Cihong.
Needless to say, everyone was as happy as anything!
Zhu Cihong escorted his troops out of the city, traveled through Tongzhou, fought in Tianjin, and retreated to Dagukou. Although he showed strong organizational skills and deception ability. But after all, he did not lead Ming Dynasty to victory! But now that the rogue bandits have been defeated, Beijing is about to recover, and the Donglu, who have been at odds with the Ming Dynasty for decades, are actually being reasonable... Doesn't this mean that the Ming Dynasty has been resurrected?
The Ming Dynasty was revived under the leadership of Prince Fujun!
This shows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a good leadership and is the master of the Ming Dynasty and the ZTE...Should Emperor Chongzhen abdicate in favor of a worthy leader and let the master of the ZTE take full power?
As long as the city of Beijing can be taken back, Zhu Cihong will be the support of the people. Not only the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty in Dagukou will cry and shout to persuade them to come in, but also the gang of ministers in Beijing, as well as the officials of the Six Ministries of Nanjing, and people from all over the country. Local officials have to go up to the table to persuade them to join. Even if Zhu Cixi doesn't do it, the people all over the country won't agree. Then the yellow robe will be forced to be put on him!
When Zhu Cixi becomes the emperor, everyone in this hall will be the new master's heroes and close ministers. Are you afraid that you will lose your glory and wealth?
Zhu Cixi stood up and said to several academicians in the lobby and Chen Rui, the Minister of War: "Dear elders, Mr. Chen, let's go and report this matter to the emperor.
Dabao, go and invite all the other important officials attending the Umrah meeting. Let’s go together! "
Prince Zhu still has a filial piety. During these days in Dagokou, he went to greet his beautiful mother every day, but rarely saw Chongzhen, his father. There is great news today, and the first thing that comes to my mind is my dad.
At that moment, he led a group of his men out of the Marshal's Mansion and went to the palace next door - actually it was just two adjacent courtyards.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhu Cixiang coming with a large group of people, he suddenly became nervous - was he here to force him into the palace? It shouldn't be the case. We haven't even arrived in Dengzhou yet. This traitor can't wait any longer?
He quickly looked around and saw only two eunuchs, Cao Huachun and Wang Zhixin, and, oh, there was also a commander-in-chief, Zhu Chunchen, who was moving towards the corner... Are you trying to escape or to bring in reinforcements?
The disappointed Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to take a deep breath and sit upright on the throne (which was a grand master's chair), looking angry and ready to scold the prince who was trying to usurp the throne.
Zhu Cixiang was stunned when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's angry look. Who made his father angry? Why did that guy Zhu Chunchen shrink into the corner? He must have angered his father!
After looking away from Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Cixiang smiled and saluted Chongzhen, "Father, I just received a report from Shanhaiguan. The rogue army of 200,000 was defeated by our coalition forces with the Qing Dynasty. Li Ni lost all his elite troops. He led thousands of soldiers to flee in panic. Beijing may be recovered soon, and the Ming Dynasty is about to be revived."
What? Li Zicheng has been defeated, will the Ming Dynasty be revived? How can this be?
Emperor Chongzhen was so shocked that he forgot to be angry, only surprised and surprised. He was such a wise and diligent Yi Mingjun, who had governed the world conscientiously for seventeen years, but he ended up almost losing his country.
And only a month after Brother Chun, a rebellious and unfilial prince, usurped power, the Ming Dynasty was revived... Isn't this too fast? Li Shimin is not that fast!
"I would like to congratulate Your Majesty, and I would like to congratulate His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujun!"
"I wish you all the best wishes for the Ming Dynasty..."
There was another sound of congratulations in the lobby. Following Chongzhen's ministers and eunuchs, the internal and external officials who had come with Zhu Cixiang all congratulated Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang together.
Emperor Chongzhen could no longer get angry. He could no longer even call Zhu Cixiang a traitor, nor could he question Zhu Cixiang's claim that Emperor Gao had told him in a dream. Without Taizu Emperor Gao’s advice in his dream, how could his sixteen-year-old child be so powerful?
The same goes for Emperor Taizu Gao. Why don't you entrust your dream to me? Chongzhen thought to himself: Could it be that he was too diligent and slept too little, and had no time to dream?
Zhu Cixiang had already found a chair and sat down in a dignified manner. He smiled and took out the memorial brought by Zu Zepu and handed it to Cao Huachun, asking Eunuch Cao to forward it to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen quickly took the memorial and opened it, reading it word for word. His brows that were originally relaxed gradually became wrinkled.
"Brother, it's okay for the Donglu to use the Great Wall as their boundary... But how can the imperial court get these one million old coins and three million soldiers' silver? Besides, Wu Sangui and the others have made such great contributions. , it should be heavily rewarded, right? How much money does the imperial court have now? Can it be given to me?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and thought: Damn it, the Tatars and traitors are lying to us, you really believe it!
"Father, the imperial court has more than five million taels of silver on hand," Zhu Cihong said, "of which there are more than four million taels here in Dagukou, and the rest are in Dengzhou. But these silvers cannot be given to the Qing Dynasty!"
"Can't give it?" Chongzhen was stunned, "Brother, now is not the time to be stingy! If we don't give money, how can the Qing country be willing to withdraw its troops? Compared with the millions of lives in the capital, money is nothing."
Zhu Cixiang did not answer Emperor Chongzhen's question, but said calmly: "The bandits were defeated... The Qing soldiers are likely to control Shanhaiguan's throat, and we must be prepared."
Wu Xiang asked: "Master Qiansui, are you worried that the Qing people are up to something evil?"
Zhu Cixi smiled: "It's important to be on guard against others!"
Wu Xiang asked again: "Master Qiansui, how do you want to prevent it?"
Zhu Cixiang said: "We have to officially change the title of King Ding to the acting king and rule the important town of Datong. Make Wu Sangui the Duke of Jin and rule the Taiyuan Prefecture, and make Gaodi the Duke of Xuan and rule the Xuan Prefecture. Wang Yongji is appointed to be the Duke of Datong and Datong. Governor of Xuanfu and Taiyuan, with the title of academician and minister of the Ministry of War.
In addition, there is another person who must also be rewarded and reused! "
