In late March of the eighth year of Hongxing reign in the Ming Dynasty, Yingtian Mansion and Laoshan Palace were visited.
In March, Laoshan was shrouded in mist and rain, and it was very humid. Zhu Cixiang, who grew up on the bank of the Xiangjiang River in Hunan in his previous life, felt like he had returned to his hometown.
These days, Hebei, North Korea, Monan Grassland, Burma, the Western Regions and other places are in chaos, and there is smoke everywhere. The hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty's troops are scattered on various distant battlefields, or they have already been involved in the war, or It's preparations for a big war. Zhu Cixiang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has been enjoying his imperial life in Laoshan Palace.
He now has several more children. Queen Wu Sanmei has given him another daughter, and the imperial concubine Zheng Chagu has given birth to a son. She already has three sons and one daughter, which has already put Wu Sanmei under considerable pressure. ! The talented Xu Erlin also gave birth to a fat boy for Emperor Zhu, with a big forehead and he looked very smart.
And Jin Dongzhu finally got pregnant at the beginning of the year... Compared with Zheng Chagu, who was born at the first touch, her fertility still seems a bit weak!
Ning Xiangyu and Fei Zhen'e, who followed Emperor Zhu in Tianjin, were also diagnosed with Ximai in February and March... What a bumper harvest!
However, compared with Emperor Chongzhen, his gains were still far behind! The number of Chongzhen's children has almost exceeded three digits now... How awesome will it be if this continues!
"Brother Chun, when do you plan to go on an expedition?"
In the Tai Chi Palace of Laoshan Palace, Zhu Cixiang, who was going to drink the full moon wine of his thirty-fifth brother, was looking worried at the fat boy who was crying vigorously in the arms of a mixed-race beauty (Concubine Hu). Chongzhen asked about national affairs.
"Father, why do you ask this?" Zhu Cixiang looked unhappy... As an emperor, he is not in a hurry. Why are you, a retired emperor, in a hurry?
Emperor Chongzhen sighed after hearing this: "It's nothing... I am getting old, and I miss Beijing more and more. I just want to go to Beijing and climb Meishan Mountain in my lifetime."
"Climb Mei Mountain?" Zhu Cihong said to himself: You will be disappointed if you go! Your beloved old locust tree with crooked neck was chopped down by Fulin’s eldest grandson!
“Climb Mei Mountain to take in the scenery of the capital!” Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be lost in fond memories. “When I was the emperor, I couldn’t go anywhere. I didn’t even go out to Beijing a few times... Climb Mei Mountain to see the scenery. Far away is how I see the great mountains and rivers."
Can Tongzhou see a broken mountain with a height of several tens of meters and enjoy the beauty of the country? Emperor Zhu thought to himself: How can you rule the world with this little knowledge? You deserve to be deceived by a bunch of treacherous officials!
Fortunately, I have been to many places! I have been a "trapeze artist" and I haven't traveled much abroad, but I have visited almost all prefecture-level cities in China, so I have seen a lot!
"Since my father has this idea," Zhu Cihong paused, "then let's go to Beijing together!"
"Really?" Emperor Chongzhen showed an expression of surprise, "Brother Chun, are you sure of victory? I have been reading the history of the Battle of Gaoliang River in Song and Liao these past few days, and I am a little frightened!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Father, you are too worried... There will be no Battle of Gaoliang River! Because Duduo's Western Expeditionary Army went to Korea!"
Chongzhen was stunned, "Huh? Expedition to North Korea in the west? But North Korea is to the east of Shenyang!"
"Soldiers never tire of deceit!" Zhu Cihong said, "Duduo knew that the Western Expedition would be defeated, so of course he had to change his direction..."
"North Korea is our vassal, right?" Chongzhen asked.
"Not yet!" Zhu Cihong said, "Our negotiations with North Korea are stuck on demarcation. The North Koreans have offered to help us conquer the remnants of the Donglu, and want to claim back the territory North Korea lost in the two chaos after victory. "
"What's wrong with this?" Chongzhen didn't quite understand.
"Of course not!" Zhu Cihong said, "Because the Donglu have not occupied any land in Korea...at least not before this Dodo invasion!"
"Oh." Emperor Chongzhen was still indifferent, "Why should you take these details to heart?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "The North Koreans should not be taken to heart... It's okay now. Duduo took advantage of the fact that our negotiations with North Korea were not completed and invaded North Korea with his army. There was no "Treaty of Suspensions and Vassals". , North Korea is not a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has no obligation to protect North Korea!"
"What? You just watched North Korea be occupied by the Donglu?" Chongzhen was surprised.
"Of course not," Zhu Cixiang sneered, "I don't want to watch North Korea! What's so good about it?"
"This..." Chongzhen really couldn't figure out why the Koreans offended Zhu Cihong?
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "North Korea is not easily defeated by Duduo... So we can go north calmly. We will set off next month and go north by land! Father, can you still ride a horse?"
"Why not?" Chongzhen patted his chest, "Not only can I ride a horse, but I can also shoot arrows on horseback! If I encounter Donglu's rangers, I can also fight with them!"
His words are not entirely false. With his current physical condition, he can be a Batur...
"Okay!" Zhu Cixiang said, "Then my son is waiting to see the emperor's heroic appearance in killing enemies!"
...
"Why haven't you come yet?"
Emperors Zhu Cixiang and Chongzhen were dragging their feet and had not yet set out from Laoshan Palace in March. However, their filial son and grandson Fulin was impatient and was now looking out of Beijing with binoculars in Meishan Fortress.
Outside Beijing, there was a desert. Although it was already the season when crops were booming, through the telescope, Emperor Shunzhi saw only weeds and dilapidated villages, as well as the outline of the half-collapsed Tongzhou City Wall...occasionally there was a A group of cavalry galloped past in the distance. Most of them were black lancers from the Ming Army, wandering around the city of Beijing. Their purpose was to prevent food supplies from being transported into the city and at the same time prevent the military family members in the city from leaving.
Beijing is not besieged now, but it is trapped. Internal and external transportation is extremely difficult. There is basically no food supplies coming in, and it is sitting on nothing.
Seeing that the food reserves in Beijing were rapidly depleting, Shunzhi was so anxious that he was almost fuming. He had been looking forward to it day and night for the past few days, hoping that his new Ama Zhu Cihong would lead his troops to defeat him!
It’s not because he’s a bitch, but if Zhu Cixiang doesn’t come again, the millet left by Duo Ama won’t be enough to eat... If Zhu Cixiang doesn’t come for a year, there may be a food shortage in Beijing. If he doesn’t come for a year and a half, Beijing will suffer. Just run out of food!
The reason for this is that in Dorgon's plan, the maximum number of troops guarding the Beijing fortress is 30,000, and the number of non-combatants in the city should not exceed 10,000... But now, Beijing's There are as many as 50,000 defenders! The number of family members who cannot fight is as high as 170,000 or 80,000.
More than 200,000 people are eating rations originally supplied to tens of thousands of people. Isn't the consumption huge?
In order to raise food for the city of Beijing, Shang Kexi and others organized the besieging Ming army to collect food nearby, and also sent troops to grab food and cause destruction around the city of Beijing, leaving the outside of Beijing desolate and losing the supply of food to the city. possible.
If the Ming army never comes, with so many mouths open in Beijing, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive!
"Your Majesty!" Sony didn't know when he was behind Emperor Shunzhi. "My slave Sony respectfully wishes to greet you."
"Get up and talk."
"嗻."
Shunzhi asked: "Come back?"
"just came back."
"How about it?"
"Your Majesty, it's all ready..." Sony said, "I'll go there in person, everything is safe!"
"No one found out?"
"No," Sony said, "The person in charge of Thousand Buddhas Temple is Monk Tongxiu from Jieshi Mountain. The one lurking in Xishan is Suo'etu, the son of a slave. He and his dead men are all descendants of the Old Eight Banners. In addition, Nalan Mingzhu We will be picked up at our destination..."
"That's good!" Shunzhi breathed out, "By the way, did you encounter the Ming army when you came back?"
"I met a group of about forty people," Sony said.
"Then how did you escape?" Shunzhi asked.
Sony said: "The slaves disguised themselves as common people and mingled with a group of refugees, so they didn't embarrass the slaves. They just spread some posters and asked us to go back to the city and left."
"Publish the post? What does it say?"
"It says that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will march personally to attack the city of Beijing..."
