Chapter 88 Proposal for the Relocation of the Capital
The news of Tongzhou's victory soon spread all over the capital, and spread in all directions at a rapid speed.
Among the Ming Jingshi, the court and the opposition were shocked to hear about this. After the news that Jiannu's army broke through the customs from Huangyakou reached the city of Beijing, the wind and cranes immediately rose in Beijing. Chongzhen immediately ordered the capital to enforce martial law, and the defenders of the Beijing camp immediately entered the city and closed the gates, holding their heads. Lie in the city and wait for you to be beaten.
In the next few days, the slave army went to Miyun, Huairou, Shunyi and other places, and then entered Tongzhou City. The city of Beijing was in chaos. Chongzhen really wanted to send troops to rescue Tongzhou, but at this time, he, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, did not have much troops available. There was only this little soldier and horse left in the capital to defend the city. And it's not enough. If it's sent less, it's equivalent to sending vegetables to the Jiannu army. If it's sent more, I'm afraid of being eaten by Jiannu again. On the contrary, even the capital division has no soldiers to defend. Therefore, the government and the opposition can only sit and watch Zhang Erzhong defend alone in Tongzhou. Everyone just wait for the news that Tongzhou is broken.
But I didn't think that the situation suddenly turned down sharply. After besieging Tongzhou for a few days, this fierce slave army not only failed to conquer Tongzhou City, but also in the area of Tongzhou. It was suddenly appeared in Tongzhou by the right-hand army of the Dazhong Army, which was defeated in one fell swoop, and there was news that the slave chief of the building slave army on this road. Abatai was also beheaded on the spot by the Dazhong Army, with more than 30,000 slaves. Under the front of the Dazhong Army, the ice disintegrated. Now it is no longer an army. Except for most of them being slaughtered by the Dazhong Army in Tongzhou and Shunyi, a small number of Jiannu soldiers who escaped by chance have spread to the whole Gyeonggi Province in the situation of scattered soldiers. One area.
After learning the news of the defeat of the Jiannu army, the people in the capital did not know what mood should be. On the one hand, the people of the imperial court were happy. They were happy that these Jiannu were finally unlucky, but at the same time, they were worried. They were worried that the Dazhong army was so powerful that even regarded them as extremely terrible Jiannu. The army was slaughtered by them, so will the Dazhong army immediately kill the capital from Tongzhou immediately? Therefore, this made these imperial relatives, nobles and ministers in the capital even more at a loss.
The news that followed was Zhang Erzhong, who guarded Tongzhou City. After the Dazhong Army defeated the Jiannu Army, he actually gave up continuing to defend Tongzhou City. Kaicheng City surrendered to the Dazhong Army, which made the last gateway of Daming Jingshi also taken down by the Dazhong Army, making Beijing City completely a lonely city. .
However, the people in the capital have their own opinions. After learning the news that Jiannu was slaughtered, most of them were happy. Under the secret propaganda of the Dazhong army, these people in Beijing do not hate the Dazhong army at present. On the contrary, there are many flat-headed people. They can't wait for the Dazhong army to come quickly and defeat the north. After the capital, they no longer have to suffer the crime of being unable to eat food because of the extremely high price of grain. Moreover, under the deliberate propaganda of some people, they are very afraid and hate Jiannu, for fear that Jiannu will take down Beijing. In that case, they will suffer the disaster. Now they know that the army of Jiannu Abatai has been completely destroyed. Under the hands of the emperor, how can these people be unhappy? They don't say anything on the surface, but they hide and run to celebrate secretly, looking forward to the Dazhong army coming quickly!
But what made the people of Beijing a little disappointed was that they got the news later. After annihilating the army, the Dazhong army did not go straight to the capital as they thought, but directly turned from Tongzhou to the northeast under the supervision of the Dazhong emperor Xiao Tianjian. I rushed to the Shanhaiguan area.
Therefore, the martial law of Beijing Normal University will continue for a long time, and the people in Beijing will definitely have to suffer for a while! However, the people also came to this conclusion through this matter. The Northern Expedition launched by the emperor of Dazhong was indeed, as they said, mainly to replace the Han people in the world to resist the entry of slaves for the incompetent Ming court.
As for the Ming Dynasty, which is now trapped in the capital and has done nothing, so the existence of the Ming Dynasty has lost its meaning. By this time, there are only a few soldiers and civilians who are still thinking about continuing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
But at this time, some courtiers in the capital once again mentioned the relocation of the capital to Chongzhen.
Seeing that Beijing City has gradually lost control over Beizhili and Shandong under the encroachment of several large armies of the Dazhong Army, and has completely become a lonely city. Those Beijing officials in the city have also begun to plan their own way out in the future. Some people have secretly begun to find a way to contact the Dazhong Army, just waiting for the Dazhong Army. After they came, they surrendered to the Dazhong army, at least to save their lives, but some people did not want to give up the current status they had finally obtained in the Ming Dynasty. These people were nominally very loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but in essence they were still for themselves. They knew that once the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed, their glory Hua Fugui immediately became a thing of the past, so even in order to maintain their position, they were not willing to look at the end of Daming like this.
So some courtiers once again proposed the matter of moving the capital. The capital could not hold back the lice on the bald man's head. It was obvious. Since Beijing Shuntianfu could not be preserved, there could only be no end to stay, so some "loyal ministers" began to write during this period, persuading Chongzhen to take advantage of the present. All the attention of the Chinese army focused on the opportunity of the battle between Shanhaiguan and Jiannu. They simply gave up the Beijing Division and immediately broke through in the direction of Dengzhou under the protection of the Beijing camp.
Although Nanzhili is now controlled by the Great China and the Dynasties, Fujian, Liangguang, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces in the south are still under the control of the imperial court. They can protect Chongzhen and go south by boat to Fujian or Guangdong, seek survival first, and then plan to revive the Ming Dynasty.
And they think that it is very likely to succeed. Nowadays, although most of the places outside the capital have been controlled by the Dazhong army, Xiao Tianjian, the thief chief, goes north along the canal and only controls the Zhuzhou capitals along the canal in Shandong. However, there is no time for the Dazhong army in Jiaodong. Go to clean up. At present, Liu Zeqing in Shandong is located in the area of Laizhou, Dengzhou, which is still under the actual control of Daming.
Moreover, all the main forces of the Dazhong Army are all going to Shanhaiguan and fighting with Jiannu. Most of the people left in Tianjin Wei and other places are Daming rebels, and their combat effectiveness is not strong. If Chongzhen moves the capital to the south, then under the help of the 20,000 or 30,000 troops in the Beijing camp, they are completely likely to break through the obstruction of the Dazhong Army and run to Dengzhou. After arriving in Dengzhou, they can go south by boat.
Moreover, the Daming Fujian Marine Division is also Zheng Zhilong's headquarters. There are 3,000 ships and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Once Chongzhen can run to Fujian, supplemented by Zheng Zhilong's headquarters, it may not be able to stop the Dazhong army from going south in the future. At least they also have the opportunity to divide the southern and the Dazhong army. At this time, there were Jiannu in the north and Daming in the south. Xiao Tianjian's great China turned into the current situation of Daming. The north and south were under the enemy, and there was also a thief Li Zicheng in the west against him. Xiao Xingtian's Dazhong Dynasty may not be able to do better. If the Ming Dynasty is not, there is really a possibility of recovery.
For Chongzhen, these suggestions of the courtiers going south can be said to be like the last life-saving straw, which is really very attractive. After listening to it, Chongzhen couldn't help but be moved. Especially when no one was available, he once again used Zhou Yanru as the chief assistant minister, and Zhou Yanru also agreed at this time. The matter of the southward migration, but Chen Yan, a servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and other ministers are very resistant to this matter. They believe that once Chongzhen abandons the capital, the soldiers of the Beijing camp will definitely collapse as soon as they open the gate. It is hard to say whether they can run to Dengzhou at that time. Instead of abandoning the city and fleeing at this time, it is better to stick to the capital and watch the Dazhong army in the mountains and seas. Guan and Jiannu can at least persist for a period of time. Otherwise, as soon as they leave the city, I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty will be completely finished.
In a word, on the matter of moving the capital, there are different opinions among the courtiers in the court during this period. Some people support it, some people oppose it, and those who oppose it.
At this time, Chongzhen is actually inclined to flee to Fujian. After all, people don't want to die, and he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the emperor. However, Chen Yan and others put forward the reason for opposing the relocation of the capital is also very reasonable. Chongzhen is now clear that the soldiers in the Beijing camp can't be used to fight at all to defend them. In the case of the city, I guess it can make do with it, but now if he plans to give up the capital and escape to the south, the soldiers and generals of the Beijing camp are basically in the capital. It is estimated that there are not many people who are willing to follow him to Fujian. Moreover, if he moves the capital this time, he will abandon the capital and escape. The military heart is sure. Shang will collapse, and it is impossible for him to let these soldiers of the Beijing camp to run with their families. In that case, I'm afraid there will be more than 100,000 soldiers of 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, their families alone. If they run away, can they run away?
If they are not allowed to take it, they will definitely not do it. It is basically impossible to let them take it and run to Dengzhou. What to eat and drink along the way? The emperor is not bad for the hungry soldiers. He also knows that now he has not been able to provide food and salary for the soldiers of the Beijing battalion. For this reason, the soldiers of the Beijing camp have no loyalty for a long time, even if Everything went well. The soldiers of the Beijing camp escorted them, relatives and ministers to Dengzhou. Are there so many boats for them to take in Dengzhou? Therefore, what Chen said is also reasonable. If you don't abandon the city and escape, you are waiting to die, but if you leave, you are likely to die!
So Chongzhen was in a dilemma between these two opinions. He didn't know how to choose. Although he was still in the early morning, there were only a handful of officials in the upper court. After going to the court, there was nothing to say. That is, the two groups of people were arguing about whether to move the capital or not, and the matter of moving the capital was also delayed.
(Today, I thank the two brothers wzwayj and Feng Mu Chunjiang for their rewards!)