Time Bandit

The outer city is still far away from the Forbidden City, and the fastest way to get there is to ride a horse.

Ji Qing waved his hand and asked the general to ride alone, and he followed.Just like that, one on the horse and the other on the ground, quickly headed towards the Forbidden City.

There were not many people on the street. After all, Li Zicheng was attacking the city and people were in panic. He usually hid at home when he was in the mood to go out.

Ji Qing looked at the streets and buildings. Although the popularity is not there, the prosperity here can still be imagined.It's a pity that the war has changed everything. Fortunately, Li Zicheng is not allowed to come in now, otherwise, the huge capital may experience a catastrophe.

Soon, the general and Ji Qing arrived at the gate of the palace.There, there was a little eunuch waiting right now. Seeing the general coming on horseback, followed by a Taoist priest unhurriedly, the little eunuch immediately stepped forward and gave Ji Qing a quick look with cautious and curious eyes. He said a few words to the general.

Basically, what they were talking about was that Ji Qing wanted to see Chongzhen, and the little eunuch had received the order to lead them to see Chongzhen.

After a quick check, the little eunuch entered the palace with the general and Ji Qing, and walked in one direction.As for the appearance of the general covered in blood, he was also allowed to enter the palace, probably at Chongzhen's request.Now, it doesn't matter what system is in the palace.

After walking a lot, they came to a large hall, and there were two people standing outside the door.

A middle-aged man in a royal robe, with white hair and wrinkles on his face.According to Ji Qing's era, only people in their [-]s and [-]s would be so mature.

However, Ji Qing knew that there was only one person in the palace who could wear imperial robes, and that was Chongzhen.However, he is only in his 30s. Ji Qing's time and space, this age, was at the prime of his life, so he wasn't sloppy, he was fine at 20 years old.But here in Chongzhen, it was the complete opposite. A young man turned out to be so mature.Ji Qing felt a little sour in his heart.

According to historical records, when he was in his 20s, his hair was already white and his eyes had crow's feet.According to Shi Zhi, "the rooster crows, sleepless at night, often sick from overwork, and there is never any feast in the palace."Now it seems that it is true.However, the current Chongzhen is even older, just like this huge Ming Empire.

When Chongzhen came out, he probably got the news that Li Zicheng's attack had stopped, and he wanted to meet Ji Qing, the legendary immortal.If it wasn't for his physical condition, he might have gone outside the palace to meet Ji Qing.

Although Chongzhen was old, there was excitement and hope in his eyes at the moment, as well as incomparable curiosity and some apprehension, and he just looked at Ji Qing like this.Similarly, Ji Qing was also looking at him, with many thoughts turning in his mind.

"The weather is freezing now, why don't grandpa go back to the main hall with this fairy?" At this moment, a middle-aged eunuch beside him broke the calmness of Ji Qing and Chongzhen's first meeting.

Ji Qing looked at it, and thought that the one who was still with Chongzhen at this time, no need to ask, must be Wang Chengen who died with Chongzhen.Not to mention other aspects, but in terms of loyalty alone, no one can compare to him.In this regard, Ji Qing still admired Wang Chengen very much.

"Okay, Elder Immortal, let's go in, it's really cold today." Perhaps to show his sincerity, Chongzhen came out to greet him in a light imperial robe.Excited just now, he ignored it, but now that Wang Chengen reminded him, Chongzhen naturally felt the cold weather, and hurriedly invited Ji Qing into the palace.

Qing Qian backed down a bit, Chongzhen saw it, and was not polite, smiled, stepped forward and entered the palace with Ji Qing.

The Qianqing Palace is very large. This majestic inner palace was built in the 12th year of Yongle. The foundation of the palace is connected with the two halls of Jiaotai and Kunning. The hall is nine rooms wide and five rooms deep. It is a tall and majestic two-story hall, surrounded by pairs of copper cranes, turtles, tripods and other decorations.

The hall is divided into Ming Room and Nuan Pavilion, and there is a gold platform in the Ming room. On the platform is a golden lacquered chair. In front of the chair, there is a large and thick table.Right behind the throne, there is a plaque with the four characters "Respect Heaven and Father".This plaque was replaced by the words "upright and bright" in the Qing Dynasty.The plaque in front of me was replaced in the first year of Chongzhen. It is dignified, vigorous and powerful.This was written by Gao Shiming, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies at that time. The eunuch who was born in Neishutang had two skills, and his handwriting was excellent.As for the couplets on both sides of the plaque, they were written by the Emperor Chongzhen. One side reads "People's hearts are only in danger, and Dao's heart is weak." .

When they arrived at the Nuan Pavilion, Chongzhen gave Ji Qing a seat, and he sat on Ji Qing's side, a completely equal position, neither sitting on a high place, nor bowing his head to Ji Qing's possible immortal status.

Ji Qing nodded, he was very satisfied with Chongzhen's performance, no matter from what he knew from his time and space, or from this brief meeting.

"This time, I would like to thank the Immortal Chief, not only on behalf of our family, but also on behalf of our ancestors of the Zhu family. If it weren't for the appearance of the Immortal Chief today, I am afraid that the capital would soon be breached. At that time, our family Hehe, I'm afraid I won't survive." Chongzhen sat down, started the topic directly, looked at Ji Qing, with incomparable gratitude in his eyes, and expressed his gratitude to Ji Qing for stopping Li Zicheng's actions.In the words, there are also infinite emotions and sighs. (When he was his own person in the palace, the emperor generally referred to himself as me to show his closeness.)

Ji Qing could see that he was sincerely grateful, and he accepted Chongzhen's gratitude.Moreover, this is also Ji Qing's wish, and he does not want the Chongzhen family to repeat the tragedy.

"It's easy to say, I came here this time to prevent Li Zicheng from attacking the city and revive Daming." Ji Qing smiled and expressed his intention.

"Revitalize Daming?!" Ji Qing's words made Chongzhen's eyes light up.Although he got the news that a fairy city came down from the sky, and a bunch of immortals came out of it, stopping Li Zicheng.But Chongzhen couldn't think of what these immortals came out to do.As for Ji Qing wanting to see Chongzhen, how could Chongzhen not see him.No matter what, Ji Qing and his party saved Daming, so Chongzhen's thanks are completely sincere.

At this moment, knowing Ji Qing's real thoughts, that he really came to help Daming, for a moment, Chongzhen's heart was extremely excited, his blood was surging, and tears almost didn't come out.

why?Bitter!Anyone who has been in the position of Chongzhen for nearly 20 years, has experienced so many things and suffered so many crimes, will feel bitter.

If it was suffering alone, it would be nothing if Da Ming could pull himself together.Unfortunately, there are only disappointments and pains again and again.When Li Zicheng attacked the city, Chongzhen could no longer see any hope, and the rest might just wait for death.

The arrival of Ji Qing was like a great gospel, saving Chongzhen and Daming.Now I have confirmed Ji Qing's thoughts on how to keep Chongzhen from being agitated or crying.

Of course, Chongzhen is a strong person after all, tears rolled in his eyes a few times, but he retracted.

Wang Chongen on the side, as well as the general and the little eunuch standing not far away, have long been crying, silent tears, dripping continuously.

A man doesn't flick his tears easily, but he hasn't reached the point of sadness.Even eunuchs are the same, their fate is closely linked with Chongzhen and Daming.

"Is this true?!" Chongzhen calmed down his excitement, looked at Ji Qing with shining eyes, and reconfirmed.

"That's right, I brought a lot of people this time, both the civil and military groups, to help you. Your current subordinates are completely exhausted. Those officials in the city may have already prepared to join another sect. " What Ji Qing said was also decisive and resounding.For those officials, Ji Qing's tone was very disdainful.

In Ji Qing's time and space, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he ordered people to search the palace, and found that there were only 17 gold and 13 silver in the Ouchi treasury. He was shocked and disappointed.Originally, after he "founded the country", he would be rewarded as a soldier, but now that there is a shortage of gold and silver, what should he do!

Li Zicheng recalled the words of Prince Chongzhen, and Liu Zongmin and others tried to push him, so Li Zicheng ordered to "pursue the stolen goods".As for Yang Shicong, a scholar in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, who recorded in "Jiashen Hezhenlue" that there were 700 million taels of silver in the palace, this is completely speculation and hearsay.Even though Emperor Chongzhen was obsessed with money, he also knew that gold and silver would only serve as bounties for bandits when the country fell, and his "consciousness" would not be that low.However, this record similar to a "novel" was used as an "excuse" by countless scholars in later generations, criticizing the Ming court for being stingy with saving money when the country fell.

The first person to "donate money" to the Dashun army was the great eunuch Cao Huachun. He gave 5 taels of silver as soon as he made a move, which made Li Zicheng very happy.On March [-], Niu Jinxing, the "Prime Minister" of the new dynasty, issued a statement: "All officials will have an audience the next day. After the audience, those who are willing to go, listen to it. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be executed!" Officials have signed up to meet.

Subsequently, after several days of plundering, Li Zicheng's army obtained a total of more than 7000 million taels of silver, all of which were remelted by workers into huge square silver plates with holes in the middle for easy transportation. 7000 million taels is really not a small number. Emperor Chongzhen had increased his salary and apportionment for more than ten years, but he got only 2000 million taels of silver from the people, which led to the slackening of people's hearts.Li Zicheng squeezed 7000 million yuan of silver in the capital, which is very cruel.

However, ordinary people can add up to a few million, and the other 6000 million taels of silver are the property of those officials, relatives of the emperor, and eunuchs without thinking about it.

With so much money, if half of it could be spent, Daming would not have been reduced to such a point that it was eventually taken over by the Manchus.

In Ji Qing's time and space, this is the crime of unidentified sources of huge wealth.Of course, in his time and space, officials learned to be smart, and all the money they got was put abroad.

Here, the officials naturally put it in their own homes.It's a pity that Li Zicheng was cheaper in the end.Or, cheaper Man Qing.

As for the crime, I am afraid that few of these officials and royal relatives are alive, and the rest will at least sit in prison. . .

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