Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Shandong reinforcements

At this time, because the Yu family's army invaded the city so fast that the defenders and the court were not mentally prepared. There were not many soldiers stationed in the palace at all. Only some brocade guards stationed here, with a total strength of only one or two thousand, and their combat effectiveness was very poor.

If Yu Xiaotian wants to attack the imperial city now, it can be said that it is basically effortless, but Yu Xiaotian did not do so.

Because he is very well aware of the fierceness of Chongzhen's character, if he is now in the imperial city, then with Chongzhen's character, he will certainly not be willing to be his prisoner, and he will definitely commit suicide, and the whole family will die. For him, this is not the result he wants.

He is not so pedantic as to pity Chongzhen. In any era in China, the change of dynasties is often extremely bloody. The new superiors will never leave any hidden dangers that can threaten him, and the descendants of the previous dynasty are often killed as much as possible.

And if he wants to take office, there must be a bloody killing. This time, he attacked the capital. Starting from Tianjin Wei, he led his generals and killed tens of thousands of people. At least tens of thousands of people have been slaughtered by his family's army, including both slaves and officers and soldiers, and some innocent people.

But the reason why he does not attack the palace now is not because of his lack of troops or pity for Chongzhen, but because of his needs.

After two or three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the world now regards the Ming Zhu Dynasty as Zheng Shuo. He suddenly made dangerous moves and brazenly captured the capital, but there are still too many places in the world, still under the Great Meiji.

When Chongzhen died, there were many descendants of the Zhu family scattered all over the world. Even if he forced Chongzhen to die, those officials from all over the Ming Dynasty could still choose one or even several of the descendants of the Zhu family to support him to ascend the throne and continue to fight against him.

I don't know how the world will be in chaos. He doesn't have the time to deal with this kind of thing every day, so he needs Chongzhen to live now.

If Chongzhen is alive, then he is the Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty. No one can stand up to claim the emperor and replace Chongzhen's edict to order the world's soldiers and horses to fight against his family army.

As long as he controls Chongzhen, he can take the emperor to order the princes. No matter who the edict comes from, as long as the imperial seal is sealed, no one can say anything. If someone disobeys, it will resist the decree, which will play a good role in quickly stabilizing the situation of the Ming Dynasty.

By this means, he can try his best to make the Chinese people bleed less and the Chinese economy suffer less damage. Yu Xiaotian really can't wait.

Now he is nearly 40 years old, but he has not sent out the Chinese fleet. He has just sent a small number of sea ships to explore the world. He doesn't have much time to wait. He must restore the stability of China as soon as possible before he can spare a large number of warships. , go around the world to compete for territory.

So he must let Chongzhen live to achieve his goal. As for whether he is emperor or not, it is not very important. In his lifetime, he will lead the Chinese nation to embark on a strong road and strengthen the Chinese nation for hundreds or even thousands of years to stand on the top of the world. The solid foundation is much more important than anything else.

This is also the reason why Yu Xiaotian solemnly promised Gao Minghu that he would never harm Emperor Chongzhen when he was secretly negotiating with Gao Minghu.

Although the capital has not been completely controlled by him, the overall situation is almost settled. Next, the capital can be fully controlled as soon as tomorrow. As long as there is no problem tonight, everything has been controlled by him. Now he estimates that Chongzhen, who is staying in the palace, is probably very panicked. Fear and anger.

So what he needs to do now is to appease Chongzhen first. Thinking of this, he called Lu Tong, who came with the army this time, bowed his head and whispered to him. Liu Tong nodded as he listened, then bowed to take the order, quickly went down to find a temporary place, took the four treasures of the study, spread a piece of rice paper, and opened it. I began to write quickly.

After a while, Lu Tong wrote a sprinkling memorial. After drying the ink, he read it again and again, and then quickly presented it to Yu Xiaotian for a glance. After Yu Xiaotian finished reading it, he nodded and said, "That's what it means. No problem. Send someone to send it to the palace!"

Not long after, a captured eunuch was dragged over. Lu Tong handed over the memorial written in the name of Yu Xiaotian to the eunuch and said to him, "This is the memorial submitted by our marshal to the emperor. Presumably the emperor must be very frightened now. We have no intention to murder the saint, but to go to Beijing to eliminate those traitors. That's all! Now you will enter the palace quickly and submit it to the emperor. Please don't worry. Our commander-in-chief has no intention to rebel. We will try our best to supply the future needs of the palace and will never let the emperor and the people in the palace suffer any grievances! As for disturbing the emperor, I hope you will forgive me. Our commander will go to plead to the emperor after the situation in the capital is stable! Go ahead!"

The eunuch took over the note tremblingly, nodded repeatedly, and then was taken down and walked towards Daming Gate.

The brocade guard with the handle of Daming Gate saw an eunuch holding a lantern and walking towards Daming Gate, so he quickly knocked on the police gongs. On the tower of Daming Gate, it suddenly became chaotic.

A brocade guard Qian lay on the gate and shouted harshly, "Who is coming! Stop quickly. If you don't report your identity, I'll open my bow and shoot arrows!"

The eunuch was so scared that he quickly shouted, "Don't shoot arrows!" Don't shoot arrows! Ma Rucheng, the eunuch of Yu Nai, came to send a medal to the emperor. Open the door quickly and let me in! Yu wants to meet the emperor immediately! If you delay a big event, be careful of your head! Hurry up and put me in!"

At this time, this guy was still holding a shelf, but the sound was trembling. Obviously, he was extremely frightened. His legs kept shaking, and he could hardly stand still.

As soon as the brocade guard stationed on the Daming Gate heard it, let people identify it carefully. It was indeed the eunuch of the imperial supervisor. At this time, he had to enter the palace to submit the seal, which must have been sent by the rebels. Now there is a mess outside. So far, the rebels have not launched an attack on the palace, which must be a reason.

At this time, if Ma Rucheng was blocked from entering the palace, it might delay the big event, so after discussion, they dared not open the palace door, but they still put down a big basket from the palace wall, let Ma Rucheng sit in the big basket and pull him out with a rope.

After Ma Rucheng entered the palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief and didn't care about his own awkwardness. He picked up the corner of his robe and asked the current position of the emperor. His short legs were tightly pressed and ran to the imperial study like the wind.

Chongzhen's day can be said to be like a year, listening to the movement outside all the time. In the afternoon, he first heard the fierce sound of fire outside Xuanwu Gate, and then there were also fierce shouts and explosions outside the Meridian Gate and Xihua Gate, which made him restless all the time, and he had a sharp hand at any time. The sword has prepared for the worst at any time.

However, from being surrounded by the palace to now that the sky is completely dark, there are continuous sounds of fire and explosions everywhere in the city, and the sound of killing has not stopped, but the sound of fierce fighting outside the palace gradually stopped, and the eunuch sent to inquire about the news replied that the rebels did not attack after besieging the palace. The imperial city now only blocks the gates of the palace, but it does not attack the palace.

Chongzhen had a haggard feeling at this time, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Obviously, in the afternoon, some officers and soldiers launched a counterattack against the family army, but now it seems that these counterattacks launched by the officers and soldiers have ended in failure, that is to say, now the officers and soldiers are unable to save them. Yu Jiajun was gradually controlling the capital, and Chongzhen couldn't guess what his fate was waiting for him next.

He doesn't know whether the rebels will launch an attack on the palace tomorrow. Now he only feels like a sharp knife hanging over his head and will fall at any time. As for when it will fall, he doesn't know. This is the most uncomfortable thing for him.

People have the most basic instinct to survive. If they don't reach the last moment, even if Chongzhen's temperament is strong, he doesn't want to be self-defining like this. He always holds a trace of fantasy that at this time, he can have the soldiers and horses of the Qin king rush to the capital and wipe out all the rebels, even if they are driven out of the capital, Daming Finally, there is still a glimmer of life.

While he was anxious and waiting for the updated news, an eunuch suddenly ran in from the outside and said to Chongzhen, "The emperor, the imperial eunuch Ma Rucheng returned to the palace from the outside and said that there was a memorial that would betray Xiaotian and be presented to the emperor!"

Chongzhen immediately shouted, "Let him in!"

Ma Rucheng's dust was brought into the imperial study from the outside. He quickly knelt down to say goodwill to Chongzhen, held a memorial in his hands, and said, "Qizhu Sheng, just now the traitor will be filial to Xiaotian. He gave me a memorial, so that the slave will enter the palace overnight and present it to the Holy One! Please have a look!"

Someone immediately went over and sent the memorial to Chongzhen. Chongzhen resisted the fear in his heart, pretended to be calm, unfolded the memorial, and watched it carefully through the light.

After reading the medal presented to him by Yu Xiaotian, he first breathed a long sigh of relief, but then he was furious and threw the medal on the dragon case.

"The traitor! Yu Xiaotian is really a traitor! He doesn't want to clear his side. This is obviously to blackmail the emperor to order the princes! We want to rebel! How can I tolerate him? I want to order the world to fight against the thieves together! Cut it all over the door!"

(Take the time to come back at noon and hand in your homework quickly. I can't stand it. Take a nap! I still have to go to the hospital!)