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Chapter 349 Chongzhen: Why was my ancestral grave dug up?
The emperor has been annoyed recently. The Liaodong Tartars repeatedly invaded the vassal North Korea. The North Korean envoys asked for help from Ming Dynasty many times. Chongzhen really wanted to go to the rescue, but now he is full of shit in his pants, so he has no time to wipe other people's buttocks, so he can only give it to him. The North Korean envoy draws big cakes, come on, you will definitely do it, and then there will be no more.

The Tartars in Liaodong did not let him worry, and the civil uprising in Shaanxi did not let him worry. Hong Chengchou suppressed the rebel army, but the rebel army turned into pieces like Martians, flying everywhere.

Gao Yingxiang fought against Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, Li Zicheng's troops entered Shanxi and began to harm Shaanxi, and Zhang Xianzhong's troops actually entered Sichuan to plot Sichuan.

But fortunately, there is old general Qin Liangyu in Sichuan, Mrs. Qin's white pole army is brave and invincible. When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan to fight Taiping, old general Qin Xingye galloped ahead of time, and fled Zhang Xianzhong's troops in embarrassment. When they were fleeing, they happened to meet Ma Xianglin, the son of Qin Liangyu who had returned to the army. After being beaten by his wife in doubles, he fled into the Huguang area in a panic.

And Qin Liangyu didn't want to leave Sichuan until he got the imperial decree. The court was also busy fighting Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng at this time, and didn't have time to pay attention to Zhang Xianzhong. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong was revived. The soldiers and horses went eastward to Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown.

When the news reached Chongzhen's ears, Chongzhen turned pale with fright, and quickly asked people to block Zhang Xianzhong, absolutely not letting him go to Fengyang, where is the ancestral grave of their old Zhu's family.

But after his order went down, he didn't reply to him until these days, which made him a little uneasy.

"Your Majesty, eat something."

Empress Zhou looked at the white-haired Emperor Chongzhen who was less than 12 years old and said, beside her was the [-]-year-old eldest princess, Princess Changping Zhu Yuxi, who was sitting there with the young Zhu Cihong, not daring to speak, and could only look at her majestic father sitting there. At the dinner table, don't eat a bite of food.

The emperor did not eat, and as a royal family with strict family education, the rest of the people could not eat either. They could only look at the emperor. For a long time, Queen Zhou took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, please try this soup. This is a new dish that Lantian paid tribute to this year. It’s called a tomato, and it’s delicious in soup.”

At this time, Chongzhen looked at the bowl of red soup with egg flowers floating in it that Empress Zhou brought to him. He managed to gain some appetite, took a spoon from Wang Chengen's hand, took a sip, and couldn't help but lighten his eyes and said: "This soup is still good."

After saying this, Chongzhen said: "You guys should try it too."

"Yes."

After hearing this, Empress Zhou also filled a bowl of soup for her children one by one. Auntie Zhu was very sensible and gave the soup to her younger brother, the greedy prince Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong took a sip and exclaimed that it was delicious.

Seeing the child drinking happily, Queen Zhou also smiled and said: "Drink slowly, there are still plenty."

Chongzhen quickly finished a bowl of soup, then looked at Wang Cheng'en and said, "Is this a tribute from Lantian?"

Wang Chengen said: "Yes, only Lantian County can pay tribute to such a new thing."

After hearing this, Chongzhen sighed again: "Oh~"

Regarding Lantian County, Chongzhen is very helpless. He knows a little about the situation in Lantian County, and he also knows that Lantian has a tendency to end, and he also knows that Lantian's territory is gradually expanding, but he has no way to stop it. So far, only Lantian County has been able to hand over the taxed food in full and on time every year.

The tax in Lantian County almost exceeds the tax in Shaanxi Province. If Lantian County is moved, Chongzhen really has no food tax to use.

Now the world is corrupt, banditry is everywhere in the Northwest, Shandong, Henan and other places have suffered disasters, and the taxes paid by the South are not enough to fill the big hole in Liaodong. Now Chongzhen can only point his eyes at Lantian if he wants to use some money and food, so even though he knows Lantian is developing very well, but he can't stop it.

Because if he intervenes in Lantian, maybe he won't even be able to get the food to mobilize the soldiers and horses in the capital. The world has become so corrupted that Chongzhen has a thought that he doesn't know how to deal with it. He can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Drinking poison to quench thirst, you have to drink if you don’t drink.

Thinking of Chongzhen putting down his rice bowl here, Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty likes this soup, and this concubine will serve you another bowl."

Chongzhen shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Okay, this kind of fresh food can't be kept, let's give it to the emperors."

After hearing this, Queen Zhou said: "If Your Majesty is willing to eat it, the concubine will plant some in the back garden some other day. There are also tomato seeds among the offerings on the Lantian."

"Oh, Lan Tian is generous. The seeds of this kind of thing are willing to be offered. If it was replaced by other ministers, they would not be able to hide them tightly."

Chongzhen said very dissatisfied, he has seen through these ministers all these years, they are all really bad, but they can't do without them, it's hard to be an emperor.

Chongzhen sighed, Wang Chengen didn't say a word at the side, at this moment suddenly a little eunuch ran over in a panic, seeing that the emperor was eating, he was a little anxious, so he flashed at the gate of the hall, Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen with sharp eyes Said: "There seems to be a little eunuch outside who is in a hurry, you go and have a look and ask what's the matter."

After hearing this, Wang Cheng'en said, "Yes."

Wang Chengen quickly ran out, and Wang Chengen walked in with an ashen face for a moment. Chongzhen saw Wang Chengen's face and immediately knew that something had happened. For some reason, his heart was beating very fast.

At this moment Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen and said, "What's the matter?"

After hearing this, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon body."

After hearing this, Chongzhen's eyes widened, and a bad premonition came directly to his heart: "What's wrong?"

At this time, Wang Chengen took out a booklet from his pocket and said: "Your Majesty, Fengyang is [-] miles away, Zhang Xianzhong has broken through Fengyang!"

"what!"

Chongzhen almost fainted after hearing these words, and forced himself to say: "Give me the memorial."

"Your Majesty, this..."

"give me."

Chongzhen shouted hysterically, Wang Chengen had no choice but to pass the memorial to Emperor Chongzhen, and Chongzhen took the memorial to see it.

Yesterday Zhang Xianzhong led an army of [-] to storm Fengyang City. The officers and soldiers in the city fought desperately to resist, but they lost to the bandit army and killed more than [-] people. After the city was broken, Zhang Xianzhong captured the prefect of Fengyang and executed him in public. The food was distributed to the people, and the bandit army went directly to the ancestral grave of Zhu Yuanzhang's family after finishing the food distribution.

The tombs of Zhu Yuanzhang and others who were emperors are all in the Ming Tombs or something, or buried in Nanjing, but Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestors are all buried in Fengyang.

The thieves found Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb and cut down all the big trees around Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb, and demolished the Huangjue Temple where Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk. Still not relieved, Zhang Xianzhong directly dug up Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb and gave it to him with a torch. Burned clean.

Seeing this, Chongzhen was furious, and together he overturned the table: "Rebel, rebel!"

Immediately following the hysterical shouting of the traitor, seeing this scene, Zhu Cihong burst into tears, and the eldest princess Aimee Zhu waved her lips to keep Zhu Cihong behind her. At this moment, Empress Zhou looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Chongzhen swayed on the spot for a few times, and Empress Zhou hurriedly supported her and shouted: "Emperor physician, send the imperial physician quickly."

Chongzhen waved his hands and said: "It's okay, Wang Daban, go and find me a mourning dress, and order the carriages and horses to go to the Taimiao. I want to plead guilty to my ancestors."

"His Majesty."

Wang Chengen cried out in grief and indignation, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Go."

Wang Chengen promised to prepare the mourning clothes immediately, and Emperor Chongzhen rushed to the Taimiao at night, closed the gate of the Taimiao, and cleared away the surrounding eunuchs and guards. Only Wang Chengen knelt outside the hall.

Wang Chengen heard Chongzhen howling all night that night, the sound was so tragic that Wang Chengen couldn't help crying, the emperor was too hard.

The next day, Chongzhen went up to the court with a weak body, and a pair of blood-red eyes looked at the civil and military officials of the court trembling with fear. Don't be so angry. loyalty.

Chongzhen went to court and did two main things. First, he ordered officials to wear plain clothes, eat vegetarian food, and mourn for the ancestors of the old Zhu family.

Immediately after Chongzhen ordered the dismissal of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and ordered the beheading of the Fengyang governor, governor, and censor who had escaped by chance, only a few princes of the Zhu family escaped.

Even so, he was still angry, and pulled out the governor of the five provinces who had been dismissed for many years to vent his anger.

In the end, Chongzhen sadly issued an edict of guilt to himself, saying that he was responsible for this matter. I have to say that although Chongzhen is rubbish in ability, he has a good attitude of admitting his mistakes. The emperor who gave himself the most guilt in history, It's not Lang's false name.

There are six records of sin against oneself, which can be called the most among ancient emperors.

In fact, Chongzhen is quite pitiful. His predecessors and ancestors played Daming so hard that it is hard to get back. In his generation, no matter how hard he tried, it would be wrong. By himself, the dignified Ming Dynasty eats two dishes for a meal. It is estimated that Daming A county magistrate would have better food than him, but even so, he still couldn't stop Daming from collapsing.

His tragedy is that he became an emperor and was born in an emperor's family. If it was a small family, according to Chongzhen's ability, he would be enough to rejuvenate the family. However, Daming is not something an emperor can turn around, especially one with limited ability and loves to mess around the emperor.

Now that it has collapsed, maybe only the resurrection of the old Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the old Zhu family, can have a chance to turn against the wind. After all, Lao Zhu has done such a big business in the first bowl, can it be worse than his situation at that time?
But Chongzhen did not have the ability of Zhu Yuanzhang, nor Zhu Di, nor even the ability of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong. He is just an ordinary person who needs to be strong.

And a little stubborn, a little determined.

Chongzhen's edict of guilt quickly spread throughout the capital and throughout the world, but after this time, Chongzhen fell ill for several days, until a news reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen.

Victory in Guihua City!
That's right, it was the victory of Guihua City. The original plan was to let Lu Xiangsheng lie, but with Dorgon's incident, we can't lie about this matter. Otherwise, when Dorgon spread his news in the future, Guihua City fell to Li. Zhao Sheng's hands can't hide it, and even do bad things.

After all, you have no evil intentions. Why do you hide the news and lie?And lying together with Lu Xiangsheng is not a big deal at first, but the situation changes once you lie. You are not harboring evil intentions, why are you lying?
So after much deliberation, Li Chaosheng finally gave up the idea of ​​lying, and I had a showdown. Guihua City was defeated by our Lantian Army, so what should happen.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, great joy, great joy."

Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the memorial, with clothes on his body, his face was pale, and he seemed to be recovering from a serious illness, when Wang Chengen trotted over.

Chongzhen looked up at Wang Chengen and said, "Where is the happy event?"

Wang Chengen said: "It's Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Shuai's military newspaper, please read it, Your Majesty."

Wang Chengen excitedly handed the military newspaper to Chongzhen. Chongzhen opened it at this time, and saw the situation of the battle of Guihua City written on it. The two most important pieces of information are that our army beheaded and killed more than [-] Jiannu people and captured Return to Huacheng, currently Guihua City is governed by Lantian. "

When he saw the beheading of more than [-] Jiannu people in front of him, Chongzhen's face flushed and he was happy. This is a big victory since Ningyuan's victory, but when he finally saw that Guihua City was currently under the governance of Lantian , Chongzhen immediately frowned, Lantian, how could Guihua City be governed by Lantian?
"Hmph, what does Li Chaosheng want to do!"

Chongzhen threw the memorial on the table, and the joy on his face subsided a lot. The victory was true, but how could Guihua City be governed by Lantian? What did Lu Xiangsheng do? Could it be that Lu Xiangsheng still colluded with Li Chaosheng?
No, Lu Xiangsheng is an official who was single-handedly promoted by himself.

Emperor Chongzhen remained silent, looked closely at Wang Chengen and said, "Well, let's keep Zhezi, and discuss in the court tomorrow how to reward meritorious officials."

"Yes."

Wang Chengen responded, followed Chongzhen and said, "By the way, order the Imperial Dining Room to make tomato and egg soup."

"Yes."

After Wang Chengen left, Chongzhen's eyes became dark, Lu Xiangsheng, Li Chaosheng.

A quarter of an hour later, Empress Zhou brought a bowl of tomato and egg soup, and a steamed bun came to Chongzhen's study. Chongzhen was reviewing the memorial at this time, when he heard the movement, he said, "Put it somewhere."

"Your Majesty, drink it while it's hot. This is made by my concubine."

After hearing this, Chongzhen looked up and saw Empress Zhou, and immediately got up and sighed: "It's hard for the empress."

Queen Zhou said, "What's so hard about making a bowl of soup?"

Chongzhen nodded and came to the table to drink soup. At this moment, Queen Zhou said: "I heard that Lu Xiangsheng won the battle?"

Chongzhen glanced at Queen Zhou and said, "Yes."

"Then why is Your Majesty depressed?"

Chongzhen looked at Queen Zhou at this moment and said: "Lu Xiangsheng won the battle, but he fought with Lantian Li Chaosheng, and Guihua City was also occupied by Li Chaosheng. What does Li Chaosheng want to do?"

After hearing this, Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty is distressed because of this matter? Does Your Majesty think that Li Chaosheng has disobedience?"

Chongzhen heard the words and said bitterly: "Hmph, there are many disobedient hearts in the world, he is not missing, and he will be dealt with sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)