At this moment, an eunuch arrived outside Dongnuan Pavilion and loudly played: "To the emperor, Luo Yangxing, Guang Shiheng, Gao Yushun, Yang Guanguang, Li Yuanding and many ministers came to Wuyingmen and requested to be summoned."
Li Zicheng put away the cold expression on his face and asked, "What is a newly minted minister doing here at this time?"
Niu Jinxing said: "I probably came here to persuade you. Your Majesty prepared the enthronement ceremony before he went out for the expedition, but it was postponed because of the troops. Now that the ministers see your Majesty coming back, they want to ask him to take care of this matter."
Li Yan shook his head gently: "Ascending power in Beijing is equivalent to announcing to the world that the emperor is the co-owner of the North. If Beijing is lost to the Tatars again, how will the world look at the emperor?"
Li Zicheng sighed, feeling very heavy in his heart: "I shouldn't have come this time. So many brothers died, and the Tatars were allowed to enter the border. In the end, only one was left to ascend to the pole in Beijing. Alas, it would be even worse if we left without ascending to the pole. This trip was in vain.
Go to the top! I will ascend to the throne tomorrow and then leave... The gold and silver treasures in the city, as well as the two sons of Emperor Zhuthi, a noble concubine, and the eunuch Wang, let's arrange for them to leave today. Chen Yongfu also left, traveling day and night to Taiyuan. "
"I will also go back to Tianjin Guards to pack up the troops." Li Yan did not dare to ask for orders to defend Beijing according to the plan, and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"Okay!" Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Tianjin can no longer be defended. You and your wife should pack up and retreat to Shanxi."
...
"Brother, how are you? Is the emperor leaving?"
Luo Yangxing, who took the lead in persuading him to enter, returned to his mansion with a gloomy face around dusk. As soon as he entered, he met his brother Luo Xiushen, who had been waiting for who knows how long.
"Oh," Luo Yangxing nodded and said in a low voice, "I will ascend to the throne tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow."
"What? Still going to the highest level?" Luo Xiushen smiled, "When has it been? Still going to the highest level..."
"What are you talking about?" Luo Yangxing glared at his brother, looked around, and found no one else. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards his study.
Luo Xiushen told his brother about the matter again and followed him to the study.
Entering the study, Luo Yangxing sent the maids and book boys away again, while Luo Xiu Shen closed the doors and windows and lit an oil lamp.
The two brothers stared at each other in the dim light.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Luo Yangxing asked.
Luo Xiushen pointed to the desk, where a letter was placed.
Luo Yangxing picked up the envelope, tore it open and took out the letter paper. After taking a look at it, his expression changed slightly: "This is an autographed letter from Master Qiansui...Second brother, do you have any contact with Dagokou?"
"It's not from Dagu." Luo Xiushen shook his head, "The prince gave it to his younger brother before he left Beijing... The prince is really amazing. At that time, he expected that Li Zicheng would not be able to stay in Beijing for two years. Yue! Now it has really come true!"
Luo Yangxing picked up the letter and read it, frowning more and more quickly.
"What happened? What did the letter say?"
Luo Yangxing shook his head: "Master Qiansui wants me to be a third minister... Being a second minister is not enough, so I have to be a third minister!"
"Oh?" Luo Xiushen asked, "How?"
Luo Yangxing hummed and said: "I came forward to summon the old troops and sealed the city gate to prevent the Tatar soldiers from entering."
"Then why do you want to be a third minister?"
"Hmph! Of course it's the three ministers!" Luo Yangxing said, "It's just that the Tatar soldiers are not allowed to enter the city for the time being...after all, we have to open the city to surrender. We will surrender when Hong Chengchou arrives, just to delay it for a while."
"Oh." Luo Xiushen smiled, "Then drag it on...but I can't be the third minister with my brother this time."
"What?" Luo Yangxing glanced at his younger brother, "Where are you going?"
"Go to Datong." Luo Xiushen said, "Is there an old relationship between my brother and the general of Datong, Jiang Yu?"
"The Jiang family has been a general for generations and is a family friend of ours." Luo Yangxing said, "What's the matter? Master Qiantui wants Jiang Yu to be righteous anyway?"
"Hey, I can't hide anything from Big Brother." Luo Xiushen said, "Master Qiansui prepared the decree to pardon Jiang Yu before he left Beijing... He even had the votes and approval! Please give it to Big Brother now. I’ll send you a personal letter and I’ll leave the city tonight.”
"What?" Luo Yangxing was stunned again and again, "He also expected this? Isn't he more powerful than Zhuge Liang?"
Luo Xiu Shen nodded in admiration, "That's right! Master Qiansui must be better than Zhuge Liang! Brother, just wait in Beijing with peace of mind. In less than ten years, Ming Dynasty will definitely come back."
"Well," Luo Yangxing rolled his eyelids, "When the time comes, your brother and I will have to surrender again...that will be the four ministers! We will surrender here and there in this life!"
"Aren't you lurking!" Luo Xiushen said, "You surrendered under the order, and your name will go down in history in the future."
Surrender will go down in history...
Luo Yangxing just shook his head, but he still picked up a pen and paper and started writing a letter to Jiang Yu. After getting his brother's autographed letter, Luo Xiu Shen immediately mounted his horse and led dozens of followers out of the city. He was a subordinate of Ruhou Liu Zongmin, and he had Ruhou's token on him. Of course, the defenders at the city gate did not dare to stop him, so they had no choice but to let him fly out and go to Datong Mansion in Shanxi Province to stir up trouble.
And Hong Chengchou, the Minister of War of the Qing Dynasty, who would be seriously harmed by the storm he stirred up, was wiping tears in the lobby of the Funing Guard Command Department with an autographed letter from Emperor Chongzhen!
I don’t know whether it’s Hong Chengchou’s acting skills or Wei Zaode’s writing. In short, Hong Chengchou and traitor Hong seemed to be moved!
"Ugh, I didn't expect that the emperor still missed me, apologized to me, and didn't blame me for defecting to the Qing Dynasty..."
Looking at the deer-headed rat-like eyes, Hong Chengchou, who looked like a treacherous minister, was crying sadly. Zhou Zerui, the envoy sent by Zhu Cihong, also wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and actually squeezed out tears!
"To be honest, the emperor burst into tears in the court hall a few days ago when he mentioned the governor." Zhou Zerui said, "The emperor said that this time the Ming Dynasty was revived, all because of the governor! Although the governor is in the Qing Dynasty, , but his heart is still towards the Ming Dynasty. If the governor can return to the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will make the governor a marquis and make him the chief minister of the cabinet!
The governor's mother and brothers are in Fujian, and the governor is a filial son. Don't you want to reunite with them? Why don't you just talk to the Regent of the Qing Dynasty and let you go back to the Ming Dynasty? At that time, the governor will be able to serve his mother in Beijing with the dignity of a marquis and run the government for the Ming Dynasty at the same time. "
Being a marquis, a chief minister, and a filial son... To be honest, Hong Chengchou was really a little tempted.
But it’s just a little bit!
He now firmly believes that the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the resurgence of the Qing Dynasty are the general trend, and he can only be buried with the Zhu family dynasty when he returns to the Ming Dynasty. Only by staying with the Qing Dynasty can he truly assist the Ming Dynasty, unify the world, and then be famous in history - in history, he was gloriously listed in the "Biography of Erchen" compiled during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty!
"I am now a minister of the Qing Dynasty," Hong Chengchou thought carefully about his words and did not insist on saying anything. "Even if I want to go back to the Ming Dynasty, I have to get the permission of the regent, and the Qing Dynasty treats me well, so I have to Eat the king's salary and share the king's worries."
"That's natural."
"Shilang Zhou (Zhu Cihong gave him the title of Shilang of the Ministry of Rites)," Hong Chengchou paused, "the bandits suffered heavy losses in the battle of Shanhaiguan, and they should abandon Beijing and leave in a few days... I wonder when the emperor and the prince can return to Beijing?"
"Oh, that's right." Zhou Zerui smiled, "I'm definitely going back to Beijing, but I don't know the specific date.
In addition, Donglu, oh, it is the Qing Dynasty and there are 100,000 soldiers in Beizhili. Many people in the court are restless. Even the emperor is a little scared. "
"What's there to be afraid of?" Hong Chengchou rolled his eyes, "The Qing Dynasty is just trying to make money. As long as they get the money, they will retreat."
"That is, that is...but the emperor is still a little uneasy," Zhou Zerui paused, "so he came up with the idea of marriage and marriage with the Qing Dynasty."
"Marriage and marriage?" Hong Chengchou nodded, "The Ming Emperor wants to marry the princess to me, the Qing Emperor?"
"No," Zhou Zerui shook his head, "Your Majesty heard that the Regent had a daughter...a virtuous and virtuous woman with a noble temperament and a motherly demeanor, so she wanted to ask for this marriage for the Crown Prince. For the Crown Princess!”
"What? Appoint, appoint the regent's princess as the crown princess?" Hong Chengchou was stunned again and again, "Is this really the emperor's intention?"
He is a little suspicious now. It is said that the Ming Dynasty is now the regent of the Crown Prince Fujun! Could it be that the Crown Prince Zhu Cixi was deceiving him?
