Chapter 110 Forbidden City
Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei were surprised and happy. They quickly stood up and knelt down to meet Chongzhen. Chongzhen strode into the palace and looked down at the two concubines he loved. They couldn't help but have mixed feelings. They reached out and helped them up and held their hands tightly. They didn't know what to say for a long time. OK.
Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei also saw the urgency of the situation from Chongzhen's face. Chongzhen came here at this time, and there were bangs and shouts everywhere outside the palace. They knew that the Ming Dynasty was completely over. Looking at Chongzhen's expression, they even knew that there was no room for redemption.
After the three people looked at each other, Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to bring the wine. After filling a few glasses of wine, he drank several times with Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei. Then he suddenly dropped the exquisite glass and cried to Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei, "I'm really incompetent. The big Ming Dynasty was buried in my hands like this! You have been with me for so many years, and I have nothing to give you. Now that the thieves have entered the city, these glasses of wine today are the farewell wine of our husband and wife! You are my women. You should know what to do at this time! I can only repay you in the afterlife!"
After saying that, Chongzhen suddenly burst into tears. Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei cried bitterly. Women like them are actually tragic. Any last queen and imperial concubine will end up very miserable. As Chongzhen's women, although they used to have infinite glory, at this time, they can't choose. They chose their own fate, so they had no choice but to kneel down and thank Chongzhen.
After a while, Wang Cheng'en asked someone to send Bai Ling. After Queen Zhou and Yuan Guifei got Bai Ling respectively, they cried and went to the harem to find a place to hang Bai Ling...
Chongzhen couldn't bear to watch it and took Wang Chengen to walk in the harem. Several concubines he saw along the way also followed the example of Empress Zhou, but some concubines were unwilling to kill themselves. In anger, Chongzhen immediately drew his sword and killed several concubines, and finally broke into the Qixiang Palace where Tian Guifei lived.
In the original history of Tian Guifei, when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, she had died of illness in Chongzhen for 15 years and was buried in Jinping Mountain. Her tomb later became the destination of the suicide of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou.
But in the new history shaped by Xiao Tianjian, Tian Guifei Tian has not yet died, so as Chongzhen's favorite concubine, Chongzhen also thought of Tian Guifei, so he carried the bloody sword and took Wang Chengen to the Qixiang Palace where Tian Guifei lived.
As soon as Tian Guifei saw Chongzhen's murderous face, she was so scared that she cried loudly. Chongzhen was also very uncomfortable and cried with her. Then Tian Guifei also committed suicide like Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei. As soon as she heard that Chongzhen asked her to commit suicide, Tian Guifei was immediately scared and turned pale. She stood up and shook her head and said, "No! No! No! I don't want to die! My concubine's son is still young, and I don't want to die!"
Chongzhen looked at Tian Guifei, who wanted to avoid him with tears in his eyes, and cried, "Who made you my woman?" The thief army enters the capital and enters the palace. How can I let you fall into the hands of the thief and be humiliated by him? It's only my fault that I'm incompetent. Even my woman can't keep it! You'd better cut it off by yourself!"
Tian Guifei shook her head and said, "No! I don't! I don't want to die. Why? Why do I have to follow you to bury Daming when your Daming is over? I won't die!"
Saying that Tian Guifei turned her head and wanted to escape. Chongzhen didn't expect that his favorite Tian Guifei would not commit suicide like Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei at this time, and said such ruthless words, so he suddenly became angry. Seeing Tian Guifei want to escape from the palace with the corner of her skirt, so he took three steps. He rushed up in two steps, picked up the sword and stabbed Tian Guifei in the back fiercely from behind.
Tian Guifei, who was about to escape, only felt a pain in her back. Her body suddenly shook her mind and stopped her footsteps. She lowered her head but saw her full chest, revealing the tip of the sword, which was covered with blood. In an instant, she felt extremely pain in her heart, and she spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Your Majesty! ...You are so cruel..." Tian Guifei struggled and said the last sentence, and then fell softly to the ground.
Chongzhen looked down at the body of Tian Guifei, who was killed by him. He didn't know what to say. He looked down at the sword stained with his woman's blood in his hand. Suddenly, he threw the sword on the ground with a bang, turned his head with tears on his face, and asked Wang Chengen, "Am I really too cruel?"
Wang Cheng'en looked at Chongzhen's crazy killing of his queen and concubines. Although he couldn't bear it, he also knew that Chongzhen wanted the most face. Although Daming was tossed and destroyed by him, he regarded his woman as forbidden and would never allow others to get involved, so he was so crazy. What can the women who killed him say to people with strong self-esteem like him and selfish people?
So Wang Cheng'en knelt down and replied helplessly, "Who let them be holy women?" This is also life! ......”
At this time, Chongzhen suddenly thought that he still had two daughters, Princess Changping and Princess Zhaoren. Although he secretly sent the crown prince and his two sons out of the capital in advance, he did not send them away. In his opinion, his daughter could not fall into the hands of the thief. Yes, he wanted to take Wang Cheng'en to find the two princesses and kill them.
But at this time, some eunuchs and maids of honor exclaimed, "The thief army has entered the palace! Run! ......”
Chongzhen's face suddenly changed. He heard the noisy shouts at the Meridian Gate, Donghua Gate and the Xihua Gate in front of the Forbidden City, and even heard the sound of fire, so he knew that the Dazhong Army had entered the palace. At this time, if he did not leave, he would be captured alive.
Chongzhen gritted his teeth and didn't have time to kill Princess Changping and Princess Zhaoren. With Wang Cheng'en, he began to run towards the imperial garden, trying to run out of the Forbidden City from Shenwu Gate.
Liu Yaomoto rode on the horse and rushed into the Forbidden City from Chengtianmen. At this time, although the Forbidden City is a palace, the bodyguards in the palace have already run clean. Only some eunuch maids have not escaped from the Forbidden City, and this time they are completely blocked in the Forbidden City.
"The oracle! Don't let the Forbidden City escape alone! Surw the capture of Zhu Youjian! But all troops must keep in mind the military rules! If anyone steals or steals after entering the palace, he will be killed without mercy! Did you hear that?" Liu Yao looked up at the tall and magnificent Forbidden City. He couldn't suppress his excitement and thought that he was an orphan. When did he dare to think that he could enter the Forbidden City one day?
If Xiao Tianjian hadn't taken him in, I'm afraid he wouldn't have starved to death, but now Xiao Tianjian has trained him into one of the most important generals in the Dazhong army and let him lead the guard second only to Yu Linwei, which shows his cultivation. And trust.
Today, he entrusted him with the task of capturing the Forbidden City. This trust alone moved Liu Yaoben, so as soon as Liu Yaoben led the army into the city, he immediately ordered two battalions of generals. He didn't care about anything, so he rushed straight to the Forbidden City. Think about it, if he could take the Ming Emperor Chongzhen. If you catch it, what a credit it will be! In addition, there are Chongzhen's three sons. If they can be caught together, then for him, I'm afraid it will be the best in the world!
Therefore, after Liu Yaoben entered Beijing, he rushed to the Forbidden City without stopping. He only encountered the resistance of a very small number of Ming troops along the way. However, under their front, a small number of Ming troops who resisted were immediately killed, and they could not delay them for long.
And after entering the gate, the little eunuch immediately led the way to their heads, so they didn't even have to worry about going the wrong way, so they quickly entered the Forbidden City.
Xiao Tianjian also wanted to directly lead his troops into the Forbidden City, but considering that the situation in the capital was still very complicated, his generals stopped him from entering Beijing. He was afraid that he would have a little accident, so Xiao Tianjian had no choice but to let Liu Yaoben replace him and enter the Forbidden City first. Arrest Chongzhen.
The progress of history has reached this point. Even Xiao Tianjian himself does not know what kind of decision Chongzhen will make. Will he run to the coal mountain and hang himself like Li Zicheng entered Beijing in history? And since this has come to this, Chongzhen is very important to him. Whether he is dead or dead, he must be found as soon as possible. Only to find Chong Zhen, whether it is life or death, can declare the official destruction of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when the Dazhong army enters the city, the first priority is to control the Forbidden City and find Chongzhen first.
However, Xiao Tianjian visited the Forbidden City in later generations. Although there were nothing valuable in the Forbidden City when he visited it, valuable cultural relics had basically been collected. In addition, in the late Qing Dynasty, many valuable things in the palace were either robbed by the great powers or by the warlords. He was exiled to the people, and when Lao Jiang went to Taiwan, he took a lot away. Although he tried his best to collect some after the establishment of the Chinese dynasty, it was much less than everything in the real Forbidden City.
Although this era has not yet entered Beijing, there is no accumulation of more than 200 years of the Qing Dynasty in the Forbidden City. There may not be as many things in the Forbidden City before the end of the Qing Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty has been more than 200 years. From Zhu Diding's capital in Beijing to now, it has been more than 200 years. These more than 200 Over the years, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must have searched a lot, so in the Forbidden City, he can guarantee that it is extremely luxurious. Even in the name of Chongzhen and thrift, there must be a lot of treasures in the palace. Although these things have been accumulated over the years and belong to the people, they are extracted from the common people, but after all, these things are condensed. The national treasures created by the wisdom of countless skilled craftsmen in China are at least of great significance to the newly established Greater China and North Korea.
There is also Chongzhen's internal money. Historically, there is a lot of debate about Chongzhen's internal money. Some people say that after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he extracted a large amount of gold and silver treasures from Chongzhen's internal money. Some people also say that there is not much money in Chongzhen's internal money at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so Xiao Tianjian wants to Make sure whether this Chongzhen is a miser or a more reasonable emperor.
Therefore, when Xiao Tianjian ordered Liu Yaoben to attack the Forbidden City, he told Liu Yaoben very clearly that after he led his troops into the palace, he must strictly restrain his generals, and must not steal and steal and let those national treasures disperse.
Although the discipline of the Dazhong army is strict, Xiao Tianjian has been very strict with his generals for so many years. Basically, there are not many violations of discipline, but human nature can not be completely controlled by discipline alone.
Under normal circumstances, the soldiers can probably be strict with themselves, but once they enter the Forbidden City full of luxury and jewelry, no one can guarantee that everyone can continue to stay awake in the dazzling. In addition, the palace is full of beautiful women, and the soldiers are full of blood. At my age, once I see the words of those court ladies and concubines, I can't guarantee that each of them can still stay rational.
Therefore, Xiao Tianjian vaccinated Liu Yaoben before he entered the city, so that he must restrain his subordinates and not come after entering the palace.
After Liu Yaoben agreed, he took his two elite barracks to break into the gate and rushed all the way to the Forbidden City.
After hearing Liu Yaoben's shouting, the large and medium-sized soldiers of the two battalions immediately shouted in unison, "Yes..." Then immediately, under the guidance of the surrendering eunuchs, like a whirlwind, they were involved in every corner of the huge Forbidden City.