Ming Zuo

Juyongguan is not without generals to defend, but there will be no fighting spirit.

As soon as the Shun army arrived, they immediately surrendered.

Of course, some of the guards saw the situation clearly and knew that the enemy was outnumbered and that fighting to the death was useless, but Chongzhen was actually responsible.

The guard of Juyongguan is Tang Tong, the former commander-in-chief of Ji Town.

Chongzhen ordered Wu Sangui and Tang Tong to enter the Wei capital. Because Wu Sangui was far away and had to relocate the people outside the pass, it took a lot of time.

Tang Tong was close at hand, so he quickly led [-] soldiers to the outskirts of the capital.

It stands to reason that at this time, there are still generals who are willing to come to serve the king, so Chongzhen should treat him generously.

Our king of subjugation is not.

What did he do?

He actually sent eunuch Du Zhizhi to Tang Tong to supervise the army...

This clearly shows that he doesn't trust Tang Tong.

Tang Tong was completely enraged and roared in public.

"The emperor taught me, uncle me, and turned against me with the restraint of internal officials. Is it because I am defeated by a slave?"

Tang Tong, in a rage, simply excused that the number of soldiers and horses was not as good as that of the enemy, and that he was even more invincible in the plains, so he led his troops to Juyongguan.

There was nothing Chongzhen could do about it, and he didn't know if he regretted it.

As the Shun army got closer and closer, Chongzhen began to resort to tricks.

He first ordered the relatives, eunuchs and officials to help pay, but there was little response.

Chongzhen was furious, and secretly ordered Zhou Guozhang to donate 20 taels to show the big guys.

Zhou Guozhang didn't agree at all, he was only willing to pay 1 taels.

Chongzhen bargained for at least 2 taels.

Zhou Guozhang went to Zhou Queen and cried, forcing Zhou Queen to have no choice but to take out 5000 taels of private house money to subsidize Zhou Guozhang.

The matter of subsidizing wages has become a complete farce.

Later generations used this to criticize the stupidity and ignorance of the relatives, eunuchs, and officials of the Ming Dynasty. They felt that they would die for money when the country was in crisis, but in the end, under Li Zicheng's torture, didn't they all spit it out?
In fact, these people are not willing to contribute, and the reason is very simple.

You, Chongzhen, are very rich, and you are not willing to pay for the Zhu family's own country, so why let us pay for it?

We are all real relatives, who doesn't know who's situation?

Do you think you can hide from the eyes of big guys by wearing patched clothes and eating two pickles?
Chongzhen's second stupid move was that when his death was imminent, he even sent eunuchs to monitor the soldiers and horses in various towns.

Civil servants and military generals have long been dissatisfied with the eunuchs and supervising troops, but before Chongzhen was in power, the big guys had no choice but to endure it.

But now that the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, and Chongzhen still does this, he completely loses support all of a sudden.

This is also one of the reasons why the Shun army keeps approaching the capital, but there are no soldiers and horses at all.

Moreover, most of the eunuchs sent out by Chongzhen chose to surrender after the arrival of Shunjun, and they had no intention of being loyal to him at all.

It can be said that all the organs were exhausted, and in the end there was a rebellion.

The third trick is to issue an imperial edict.

But it's kind of bluffing to come out of nowhere with this thing of guilt, and it may be able to deceive people's hearts.But once the number of times is too much, people in the world will become numb.

It's like correcting a mistake once you know it, or making it again after correcting it, no one trusts you anymore, and naturally you fall into an empty space.

On March [-]th, the day the Shun army arrived at Juyongguan, Tang Tong and Du Zhizhi happily chose to surrender and gave way to the capital.

On March [-]th, Chongzhen received a report and Changping fell.

This blow caused him to completely collapse, and he could no longer maintain his superficial calmness and composure.

At the same time, the news quickly spread in the capital.The whole city was in panic and commotion.

Countless people began to pack up their belongings, intending to break through the gate and leave the city.

The defenders also lost order and turned a blind eye to it.

But on the [-]th, people in the city could not go out.

Because the vanguard of the Shun army had arrived at the city and started the initial attack on the city.

Chongzhen was as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog, and quickly summoned a group of ministers to deal with it.

However, although the officials gathered in the main hall, they looked at each other without saying a word, only the sound of crying and wailing could be heard endlessly.

Chongzhen had a premonition that his end was coming.

He frantically walked around the temple, beating his chest and stamping his feet, his roar full of complaints.

"All the ministers inside and outside mistake me! Mistake me!"

By this time, the ministers had no respect for him at all.

Those with a little conscience just listened silently.Impatient, simply walked away.

The Forbidden City has lost its majesty, and it is looser than the gate of a brothel.

At that time, the people in the palace had already started to flee in all directions. The eunuchs, maids, generals, etc. searched for valuables and fled the palace with their belongings.

When the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, everyone began to make plans for themselves.

Many people gathered around Huang Ping, and all of them were armed with knives, bows, and well-equipped armor.

These are all masters sent to the palace by the Ministry of Intelligence over the years, and they all accept Huang Ping's command.

Huang Ping ran all the way, and encountered another group of powerful armed forces on the way.

However, the two sides did not fight, because the person who rushed over was Han Chuan.

Over the years, Han Chuangui has been the commander of Jinyiwei, and he has indeed developed a lot of manpower.At the critical moment, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, running rampant in the palace, no one dares to provoke them.

He just came to look for Huang Ping.

"Director, what should we do next?"

Others are flustered, but the elites of the intelligence department are very ordinary.

Regarding what to do before and after the capital city is broken, the Central Committee and the Intelligence Department have already given careful instructions.

Huang Ping quickly conveyed the task.

"His Royal Highness personally issued a strict order, and many things can be ignored, but the Yongle Canon cannot be lost. No matter what the price is, no matter how difficult it is, the Yongle Canon must be properly preserved."

Han Chuan nodded. Although he didn't understand why Zuo Menggeng paid so much attention to some books, since it was a task, it must be completed.

"In order to keep the grand ceremony, we have arranged many hiding places in the city. Now we only need to transport the books out."

Huang Ping naturally knew about it, but he still gave orders.

"All books must be numbered, and none of them can be lost."

"Yongle Dadian" is definitely a rare, even insurmountable cultural treasure in human history.

The book has 22877 volumes and 11095 volumes, covering everything and everything.

It can be said that the significance of the inheritance of Chinese culture contained in it can be described as a priceless treasure.

Therefore, when the capital was in turmoil, Zuo Menggeng made a special order.Other things can be ignored, but "Yongle Dadian" must find a way to preserve.

"Yongle Dadian" is stored in Dengwen Building, which was originally under strict supervision.But now that the whole city is in chaos, no one cares about it anymore.

Before the Shun army entered the city, this was the best time to rescue them.

For this day, the Ministry of Intelligence has set up dozens of secret storage points in the capital.

Huang Ping and Han Chuan gathered three thousand people from the intelligence department, which was enough to transport the "Yongle Dadian" to the storage point within a limited time, so that they could safely survive the catastrophe in front of them.