"Luo Yangxing, what are you doing? Are you a thief?!"
Seeing Luo Yangxing put down his weapon, Dongge University Scholar Qiu Yu, who was observing the situation on the white jade steps, couldn't hold back anymore and immediately shouted.
At this time, both sides looked at the core personnel of the Ming Dynasty who were sitting on the dragon throne.
Six ministers, five pavilion elders, two core eunuchs and the emperor who was sitting on the dragon throne at a loss.
"Scholar Qiu, could it be that you didn't see that the old Taoist priest had some strange skills?"
Zhu Youjian spoke carefully to Qiu Yu on the dragon chair.
"Your Majesty, this is just a show. Maybe everything today is just a game played by the Prince of the East Palace and Luo Yangxing?"
Qiu Yu didn't believe in the theory of ghosts and gods at all. He looked at the men and horses below and said with a strong voice, "I can't allow the prince who is ignorant of the general situation at this critical moment to appear and disturb the government. Please issue an order to abolish the foundation of the country! "
"As long as you issue your decree and lose your reputation for justice, the rebels will immediately fall apart and the situation will be resolved!"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Emperor Chongzhen sighed three times when Qiu Yu said this. He originally didn't believe that his son would rebel, but the actual situation now told him that his son clearly couldn't wait any longer and directly led troops to rebel!
"No matter, no matter what, let's pass on the decree. It is really unwise for the prince to lead people to attack the imperial court today. Let the prince step down from his position as the crown prince for the time being and go back to the palace to think about it for three years!"
Zhu Youjian waved his hand and gave orders to the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch Wang Chengen, who was the eunuch and the eunuch Wang Zhixin, who was the eunuch next to him.
However, the situation at the scene did not stop at their word. These court ministers were somewhat naive and thought that they could make Zhu Cilang's team fall apart with just one edict.
But as soon as the two men drafted the imperial edict, Zhu Cilang had already broken through the siege and led a group of troops to arrive directly under the dragon throne.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict saying that the prince Zhu Cilang has lost his virtue and violated the court etiquette. He is specially deposed from his position in the East Palace. He has been thinking about it for three years in front of the wall in Duanben Palace. I admire this!"
Seeing the person coming, Wang Chengen quickly opened the imperial edict and read it loudly to everyone present.
But after finishing reading, Wang Chengen felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. Everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a fool.
"You...why don't you leave?"
Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting in the first place, realized that something was wrong. Then he patted his head and suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, I should also say that I forgive all those who participated in the crime. I will add it to the imperial edict!"
Several cabinet academicians were silent when they saw this. Even Qiu Yu, who yelled the most fiercely, chose to shut up when he saw the menacing prince and others.
There is no fool who can reach the level of a pavilion elder. Although Qiu Yu has a relatively reckless personality due to conflicts with Li Zicheng, he also knows how to hide himself. Otherwise, why would he always instigate Chongzhen to go out and top the cylinder?
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty!"
When Wang Chengen was named, he and another eunuch Wang Zhixin immediately lowered their heads to discuss the case, and actually went to revise the imperial edict.
It's just that while the two of them were revising the imperial edict, their heads and bodies couldn't stop sweating, and they didn't know why.
"Father, stop acting."
Zhu Cilang couldn't stand it anymore and said bluntly, "Now that the situation has come to this, we'd better be decent!"
Since ancient times, no one who has led troops into the imperial court has rebelled, and Zhu Cilang is no exception, because only if he has mastered power can he truly preserve the Ming Dynasty.
The two Zhang Sans would not tolerate someone standing on top of them to pick the fruits of victory, so Chongzhen had to abdicate this time.
"Brother Chun, I don't know what you are talking about."
On the dragon chair, Chongzhen called Zhu Cilang's nickname and said softly, "I am just a child who is not sensible. If I go back and think about it for three years, I can pretend that nothing happened."
"Father, I also want to pretend that this didn't happen."
Zhu Cilang below shook his head slightly, but his face was firm, "But, you have been the emperor for seventeen years, why did you do this? Our Ming Dynasty will perish because of you!"
"It's not my fault!"
Hearing that he wanted to destroy the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen jumped out of the dragon chair as excitedly as a cat with exploded hair. He pointed at all the courtiers around him angrily and said, "These are the people, these are the arrogant people in the imperial court." Sir, they are ruthless about human life, they are causing harm to the countryside, they are forcing the people to rebel, I know, I know everything!"
The courtiers who were pointed at the nose by Chongzhen lowered their heads, looked at their noses with their eyes, and looked at their hearts with their noses.
"Ever since I was tricked by them into killing the 9,000-year-old Wei Zhongxian who left his brother behind to assist the court in collecting money and food, I gradually began to understand that these are the people who praise their virtues, whitewash peace, and suck out the bones and marrow of the common people in Ming Dynasty. But I have no choice at all, their power is too great!"
Chongzhen walked down the white jade stairs step by step and roared, "It's just that I understood it too late. Even if I get up early and sleep late, sleep only two hours a day, and work hard for seventeen years, it won't help at all. This time Guan Ning's cavalry The Wu family wants to pay one million taels to come to Beijing before they will be rescued!"
"You all deserve to die!"
Walking up to several ministers in the cabinet, Chongzhen pointed at them and roared, "Don't think I don't know. The secrets of Guan Ning's army's private trade with the Tartars in Shanhaiguan have been suppressed by the cabinet for who knows how long. Wu Xiang is your dog!" "
"Your Majesty, you are confused."
Wei Shude, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, sighed, "If Guan Ning's army can really be mobilized and the capital is surrounded by such a crisis, why can't I think of a way?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, even if there are people in the imperial court who can contact the Wu family, if they want to really control the army in their hands, I am afraid that none of them will be available."
Qiu Yu, a scholar of Dongge University, also shook his head repeatedly, "Not to mention anything else, just the annual salary of one million yuan, who can give it except the imperial court?"
"Don't think that I don't know how much tribute you receive every year!"
Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth, "If I hadn't listened to you and eliminated the factory guards, you would have had enough leverage to kill you ten times!"
"It's useless, Father, this Ming Dynasty is rotten to the core!"
Zhu Cilang stepped forward with his sword in hand, pressing forward, "You have killed so many people, but you are only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. I am a filial son, and I cannot bear to have you work so hard. I want to take over your burden as soon as possible. Father, you will definitely be considerate." It’s my son’s!”
"You don't want your ancestors to despise you as the king of the Ming Dynasty!"
Hearing this, Chongzhen was silent. Indeed, Li Zicheng and his army had already reached the city of Beijing. It was useless to say anything.
What Beijing is like now, the Emperor of Heaven, who has been emperor for seventeen years, knows best. He is really helpless.
