nanming man

Chapter 245 The Desperate Chongzhen

Forbidden City, inside the Royal Study Room.

Emperor Chongzhen, sitting behind the imperial case with a dull expression, had already fallen into despair.

He had just received the urgent report that Zhou Yuji died for his country, Jiang Xiang of Datong surrendered, and Tang Tong, whom he had placed high hopes on, followed suit.

As a result, Juyongguan fell, Beijing lost its last line of defense, and it was inevitable that bandits would approach the city.

Chongzhen stood up, with bare feet and hair, walking in the middle of the study, feeling desperate in his heart, only feeling that the world was dark.

Jiang Xiang, Tang Tong, Wu Sangui, this is his last support. Now Jiang Xiang and Tang Tong have offered their city to surrender without firing an arrow. Half of the border troops of Xuanda and Jiliao are traitors. Who else can I count on? ?
The decree of letting Zuo Liangyu and other Buqin kings had been spread out long ago, but there was no news from the south.

The 270-year foundation of the Ming Dynasty!

Is that the end?
I have been working hard for seventeen years, but I will be the king of subjugation?
Could it be that I am a faint king?
The country I took over from the emperor's brother is not like this, and I have been in power for 17 years, but I have not changed Daming for the better, but instead walked into the abyss step by step.

Chongzhen couldn't help having a little doubt about himself, but soon, he vetoed this idea.

How can I be a fool?
I am diligent and diligent, reviewing memorials every day until late at night, resting for only two hours, I am diligent and thrifty, I only wear coarse cotton robes, eat only four dishes and one soup, I am not greedy for women, there are only a few noble concubines in the palace, How can it be a faint king?

Throughout history, is there such a foolish king?
Chongzhen's eyes were bloodshot, and he fell into despair, but I worked so hard, why did the world become more and more chaotic, and finally reached the point of subjugation.

At the last moment of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen subconsciously realized that he might have problems.

Governing the country is not about hard work, and it is not about working hard enough to govern well. If the strategy is wrong, if you direct blindly, it will only lead to more chaos.

But he didn't want to admit that his hard work for seventeen years was of no use to Daming.

When Tianqi left, Daming was not bad, 17 years was not short, he had time to change.

"Your Majesty, the Wei Pavilion and Chen Pavilion have arrived!" Wang Chengen walked in, and seeing Chongzhen's appearance, he felt sore.

Chen Yan and Wei Zaode were the last first and second assistants of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

In the province of Shanxi, the Ming court thought it would be able to hold a stalemate with the Chuang army for at least half a year, but they didn't want to lose all the three Jins in more than a month.

After Li Jiantai took away the [-] Beijing battalion, Beijing's defense was already very empty, and Chongzhen already had the intention of transferring Wu Sangui back to the defense.

A few days ago, he had hinted to Chen Yan that the cabinet should issue an order to transfer Wu Sangui back to the defense. Regarding Ning cavalry, Ming could still fight, but Chen Yan refused to write about it.

Today Chongzhen received a note from Wu Sangui, asking if he should go back to defense, so Chongzhen called the two of them.

At this moment, Chen Yan and Wei Zaode were standing in the study and whispering. After a while, Chongzhen, who had changed his clothes, came in and sat down, but he could no longer see the appearance he had just had.

The two immediately kept silent, knelt on the ground and pouted their buttocks.

"Gentlemen, before I asked you to order the Guan Ning army to return to the capital, but you didn't say anything. Today, General Wu went up to ask, and the cabinet can give an order!"

After Chongzhen finished speaking, the two still pouted their buttocks and said nothing.

This is the minister of Ming Dynasty, and this is the minister of Zhen. In a short time, Chongzhen was almost mad by the two people, but at this time, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty opposed him, and he could not find a minister who could replace them.

"Gentlemen, do you have any comments on this discussion?" Chongzhen was almost pleading, "As long as you open your mouth, gentlemen, I will immediately order to do so~"

Chongzhen waited for a long time, hoping that the two of them could talk, even if they knew each other, it would at least prove that the two were still on his side, but there was still silence in the hall, only Chongzhen's heavy breathing...

Suddenly, Chongzhen stood up abruptly, kicked the desk in front of him, "Get out, get out..."

Wei Zaode and Chen Yan hurriedly left the study with their bows, but when they got outside, they straightened their backs and shook their official robes.

Wei Zaode said: "Can you write?"

"Can't write!" Chen Yan waved his hand and whispered as he walked out.

"Why?" Wei Zaode followed.

Chen Yan stopped in his tracks, looked at him, and sneered, "Think about it for the Wei Ge department. If the Qing soldiers invaded afterwards and the north was lost, it is because of our decision to call Wu Sangui back to defend!"

After hearing this, Wei Zaode couldn't help but nodded heavily, "Yes, that's the case!"

Chen Yan looked back at the palace, "If he wants to adjust it, he will adjust it himself. We must not write it, otherwise we will be the ones who will be killed in the end, so we must not write it!"

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In the imperial study room, Chongzhen swept down the table full of memorials, and said in his mouth, "I am not the king of the subjugated country, all the ministers are the subjugated ministers, all the subjugated ministers~~~"

"I have pity on my ancestor's 270-year-old foundation, which was completely destroyed in my hands. How can I see my ancestor in the ground~"

Chongzhen's voice was trembling, as if he was crazy, and he murmured, "The kingdom has been supporting the servants for 300 years, and today, when it is in danger, there is no one to help me. All the ministers can be killed, they can be killed~"

Seeing Chongzhen's appearance, the eunuchs in the study couldn't help feeling extremely sad.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." At this time, Wang Chengen came to the imperial study with a face full of panic, "The soldiers and horses of the robbers appeared in the suburbs of Beijing."

what!Chongzhen was startled, the whole person suddenly quieted down, he suddenly walked back and sat there blankly, a little lost.

The intruders have already approached the city, is Daming really going to be finished?
"Okay, if you don't want to write, then I will give you an order!" Chongzhen suddenly stood up, "Go get someone to call Wu Sangui back."

Chongzhen really didn't want to take responsibility, he had been demanding himself as a virtuous monarch, and a virtuous monarch couldn't make big mistakes.

It's just that he was so irresponsible, thinking about his own reputation, the courtiers worked hard but couldn't get any favors, and in the end they could only make the monarch and his ministers alienated.

In fact, what he did, such as being diligent, frugal, and not good at women, fully complied with Confucian requirements for a virtuous monarch, but what he learned was only superficial, without the teaching of the previous emperor, and his masters did not teach him the real emperor technique, but want to shape him into a Mingjun described in the book.

But in fact, the books only record some superficially brilliant things, but politics is actually a dark, dirty, and ruthless thing. Chongzhen didn't learn what these books don't teach.

At this time, he no longer cared about the consequences of raising Wu Sangui's return to defense, because no matter how bad the result was, it would not be worse than it is now.

But at this moment, the situation has become clear, will Wu Sangui come?
Chongzhen couldn't take care of that much anymore, he stood up suddenly and left the imperial study room.

(End of this chapter)