Chapter 106: The End of the Five Years of Chongzhen s: Correction, the order of chapters is wrong, the previous chapter should be Chapter 105.
In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, in a courtyard in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Wang Dou, the former commander of the Shunxiang fort who had just received an exceptional promotion, and now the commander of the Yulin left guard, was lazily leaning on the soft collapse, sunbathing in boredom.
Looking at the sun.
The Yulin Left Guard was one of the twelve guards of the emperor's personal army in the Ming Dynasty.
Among the twelve guards, the Jin Yiwei was the leader.
The combined establishment of the other eleven guards was not as large as the Jinyiwei.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the redundant personnel of the Jinyi Guards, which reached 70,000 to 80,000, the remaining 11 guards had been depleted of pay and wages.
In total, there were only one guard with a strength of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers, and these soldiers only existed in theory. , many people actually work as slaves in wealthy families.
Today is a rare sunny day.
The winter sun shines on you, making you feel so warm that you can't help but feel sleepy.
One maid was squeezing Wang Dou's shoulders, another maid was peeling oranges for him, and his child bride wife Xie Xiuniang was sitting nearby and playing the flute.
The melodious and sweet music reached Wang Dou's ears, which made Wang Dou very happy.
He couldn't help but sigh.
It seems like I haven’t enjoyed such a leisurely life for a long time.
However, as soon as he recalled the Shunxiang Fort that had been reduced to ruins in the war, and the familiar faces who died in the war, his mood couldn't help but feel depressed.
After traveling through these days, he had really put that place in the The barren land at the frontier became his home.
But now, that home has been destroyed However, there is nothing we can do about it.
In the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty, everything we want to protect is so fragile.
At present, the entire Xuanfu Town has been captured by the Eight Banners soldiers, and all the border troops in the town have surrendered and been destroyed.
Only Wang Dou, with more than a thousand Shunxiang troops, not only escaped from the desperate situation, but also took advantage of the emperor's imperial chariot "Xixing" to climb up to the high position of the commander of Habayashi Zuowei like a nouveau riche.
Along the way, the exiled court was almost Try every means to recruit soldiers and horses, and don't be too generous in appointing officials.
As one of the most effective troops around the emperor, the Shunxiang Army trained by Wang Dou also won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen, and was naturally incorporated into the emperor's personal army and became the direct force of the imperial court.
Its status is simply He flew up like a rocket.
At the moment, Wang Dou has not noticed that Emperor Chongzhen has changed his soul, and only thinks that it is the butterfly effect caused by other time travellers.
Emperor Chongzhen did not realize that Wang Dou's status as a time traveler was too poor.
Therefore, Wang Dou's troops were not superior to the times except that they were more capable.
Therefore, Wang Dou, who was originally living in poverty all day long in Shunxiang Castle, became pampered and pampered after following his imperial commander into Taiyuan City.
Not only did he live in the deep compound of an official's family, but he also had wealthy gentry families take the initiative to send gold and silver.
With maids and servants, they just want to establish a friendship with the famous person beside him, the emperor.
However, although this situation sounds good, the problem is that the current emperor is in a precarious situation.
The Ming court has never paid attention to confidentiality, so the fact that Nanjing supported the false emperor has now been spread in Taiyuan City.
All over.
It is difficult to say what kind of reaction the other provinces will have after this incident.
Although there is no doubt that Emperor Chongzhen is the emperor, the city of Nanjing itself is also a symbol of orthodoxy.
Which side will those local powerful factions fall to?
Really It's unpredictable.
But at this point, Wang Dou had no choice but to follow the seemingly ruined Emperor Chongzhen.
Just as Wang Dou was lying on the soft couch basking in the sun, with his thoughts in his head, his mother Zhong's call rang in his ears.
"Son, come and have lunch.
I cooked your favorite soybean stew today."
Hearing his mother's call, Wang Dou's sleepiness disappeared immediately.
He opened his eyes and looked back, and found his mother, Mrs.
Zhong, standing under the eaves with a loving look on her face.
My wife, Xie Xiuniang, also put away her flute and stood beside her mother-in-law in a polite manner.
Different from the rough attire of a working woman in the past, today Zhong is wearing a dark red stand-up collared jacket with chrysanthemum patterns embroidered on her upper body, a black flowing cloud bat heddle skirt, and a dark yellow embroidered pine and crane jacket.
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A brocade cloak with black edges, a Magu bun on her head, and two pairs of red gold A phoenix hairpin with hanging pearls, plus a head flower made of pearls, holding a hand stove as big as a palm in both hands, vaguely showing a string of Buddhist beads on the left wrist, and a pair of jade bracelets on the right wrist , coupled with the string of tourmaline beads hanging on the chest, she looks like a wealthy official's wife.
And Xie Xiuniang is not like she always wore a long washed and faded coarse cloth dress when she was at Shunxiang Castle.
Instead, she dresses up carefully, wearing a rouge pink embroidered cloud pattern jacket on top and a light red one on the bottom. pleated skirt, A large white plum blossom is embroidered on the lower right corner of the skirt, which extends to the waist.
It is covered with a morning glow red cape of rolled white fox fur.
The hair is combed into a double bun, with a butterfly gold hairpin inserted, and several sapphire blue silk flowers embellished on it. hair room.
Seeing his wife and mother dressed in such a wealthy way, while Wang Dou was admiring, he also felt a little sad: Did he treat his family too harshly in the past?
When he was at Shunxiang Fort in the past, although Wang Dou was good at business and had some spare money in his hands, he knew that troubled times were coming and that he could only survive by relying on force, so he devoted himself to organizing the army, training in martial arts, and preparing for war.
I can't wait to invest every copper coin in the military.
Even if the silver mine was developed, it didn't do much to improve my family's life.
I didn't feel it at the time.
Now that I think about it, I really feel that I have wronged my family.
It seems that many military attachés whose status is not as good as theirs, relying on corrupt military salaries, live a luxurious life in deep mansions and with hordes of maids and servants.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
We are in troubled times, and if we don’t grasp the barrel of a gun, wouldn’t it mean that we are at the mercy of others?
Nowadays, it is no longer that troubled times are coming and the building is about to collapse, but that troubled times are coming, the building is falling, and the world is falling apart.
If you have money but no soldiers, no matter how much money you have, you can only earn it for other strong men; if you have soldiers but no money, you can rob it from others with a knife.
Even the current wealthy days were not earned by relying on the elite soldiers under his command.
If he, like other military attachés in the Xuanfu, turned the soldiers into serfs and beggars who only knew how to farm but not fight, the emperor and Why would the imperial court think so highly of itself?
Fortunately, both his mother and Xiuniang understood his difficulties.
However, just when Wang Dou happily got up from the soft couch and prepared to enjoy the loving lunch cooked by his mother, he heard a sudden burst of drumming outside, and he couldn't help but feel confused.
He stopped solemnly.
Although Mrs.
Zhong was a little stunned for a moment, as a family member of a soldier who had been on the border for a long time, he quickly understood what the sound of the drums meant, and his expression suddenly condensed: "This is the son of the general who is beating the drum together.
Could it be that he is going to send troops to fight?"
At the same time, in a small flower hall of the Jin Palace, Lu Xiangsheng, Wen Tiren and other important officials from the exiled court were thinking about the latest decision announced by the time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen.
However, they were all dumbfounded, their minds were broken, and they sent troops to Luoyang to kill King Fu.
"Your Majesty, please think twice.
Although King Fu seemed to have evil intentions, the Luoyang government did not collude with him.
Instead, they only noticed it and sent someone to report it.
Therefore, the court only needs to give small punishments and big warnings, and there is no need to deal with it at all.
It’s so cool.”
"Moreover, King Fu is your Majesty's biological uncle no matter what.
If he punishes you without teaching, I'm afraid people in the world will criticize him."
"Your Majesty, now that the capital has fallen into the enemy's hands and the ministers in Nanjing have established a false emperor, the court is already in an embarrassing situation.
It is the time when it needs to be kind and calm.
If such a ruthless attack is made, it will become notorious as parricide. , how should the people of the world view Your Majesty?"
In the midst of all the talk, almost no one agreed with Emperor Chongzhen's decisive attack on Uncle Fu Wang, but His Majesty the Emperor remained stubborn.
"Alas, my dear friends, I also know that this strategy will have great consequences, but other than that, what else can I do?"
Emperor Chongzhen paced back and forth in the room like a caged animal, his tone full of anxiety and impatience, "The imperial court is currently trapped in Taiyuan.
The entire province of Shanxi is dilapidated and has little income.
The same is true for Shaanxi and Henan provinces.
The ministers in Nanjing also The flag has been rebelled, and Jiangnan's wealth can no longer be counted on.
Moreover, as soon as the puppet emperor of Nanjing appears, the feudal vassals all over the world will be ready to move.
The current plan is to cut the knot with a sharp knife and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, in order to scare the little King Fu.
In the past, King Fu had a history of competing with the emperor for the throne, and now there are signs of the opposite.
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Isn't it a good target given to me by God?
Besides, Although the Henan government has not yet rebelled, what will happen to Henan if it sits idly by and waits until the situation changes again in a few months?
Besides, it is now impossible to go to Nanjing.
Taiyuan is isolated in the north and is surrounded by rogue bandits and Tartars.
It is really not a place to stay for a long time.
Shaanxi and Gansu have always been barren and the origin of rogue bandits.
The imperial court could not stand firm there.
And Luoyang is the hub of the Central Plains, the capital of emperors since ancient times.
The mountains and rivers are dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
In addition, it is also the only way for imperial troops to go south.
How can we just sit back and watch it fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives?"
More importantly, there are so many gold and silver in Prince Fu's Mansion.
Instead of taking advantage of Li Zicheng's group of Shaanxi bandits, it is better to give them to me to revive the Ming Dynasty.
After all, it is a time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen who rotted in his own pot.
Thinking this with a roll of his eyes, he simply put The words made it clear: "Besides, the imperial court is now short of finances.
It costs me money to recruit troops to fight against rebellion, and it also costs money to install hundreds of officials.
The expenses are so huge, apart from confiscating Prince Fu's home, I really don't know what else to do.
The other way to fill the hole is to kill a fat pig to celebrate the New Year."
Prince Fu was the youngest son favored by Emperor Wanli.
In the last years of Wanli, he relied on Emperor Wanli's favor to compete with Chongzhen's father, Emperor Taichang, for the throne.
After losing, he moved to Luoyang.
At that time, Emperor Wanli rewarded Prince Fu with many treasures, and it is said that he emptied less than half of the Forbidden City's treasures.
"Your Majesty Fat Pig, how can you treat your relatives like this?"
Wen Tiren was stunned for a long time before muttering in a low voice.
"How old is Wen Tiren?
Do you still care about such trivial matters?"
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand angrily, "Since the founding of this dynasty more than two hundred years ago, so many vassal princes and princes in the world have Gui.
Because they are my relatives, they are doing whatever they want and exploiting them.
But because of their bloodline, my ancestors can only accommodate them.
Even if the relatives do not make progress, as clan members, the royal family will.
They still have to take care of them.
For these unmotivated relatives, the royal family has spent an unknown amount of money on food and suffered a lot of infamy.
However, among this group of relatives, no one has thought about the difficulties of the royal family.
Instead, they have been asking for money all day long.
They are asking for food, just like a bunch of debt collectors.
Now that the royal family is in trouble, have any of them thought about repaying my kindness for so many years?
They have gone to Taiyuan to donate food, rice, and money to support the military.
Humph, I'm either pretending to be deaf or mute, or my ambition is growing.
If I want to usurp the throne, I would be better off just raising a dog than raising them.
Now that the world is falling apart, the imperial court is on the verge of desperation.
There is no money and food to recruit soldiers and horses, and no salary to support the officials.
However, the Tartars are still watching Yan Ji, and the rebels from all directions are sharpening their swords.
At this time, if we don't take action on several rebellious feudal princes to rescue them, what else can we do to let me watch King Fu take out the gold and silver in the treasury to recruit troops and buy horses in Henan, win people's hearts, and then stir up trouble and take my life?"
As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall immediately did not dare to say anything more.
After the time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen vented his words, he slowly calmed down, turned around and sat back on a carved chair, holding up A pot of cold tea was poured into his mouth.
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Alas, it seems that I am still too naive.
I originally thought that as long as I escaped from Beijing, I would still have control of most of the world, and I would be able to spread out freely and deal with the Tartars and rebels.
Unexpectedly, the situation would take such a turn for the worse.
The Donglin Party in the south wanted to imitate Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo of the Song Dynasty and let the emperor depose and establish affairs in the hands of civilian officials.
The ambitions in the heads of the local vassal kings are also booming.
They want to imitate the example of Emperor Yongle, kill themselves, the "immoral king", and ascend to the throne.
The promised time-travelers are so arrogant that I can't explain why this time-traveling emperor has such a miserable life.
Woolen cloth In fact, when he learned that Nanjing actually supported a new emperor, he was already in chaos because his original wishful thinking was completely shattered.
The current plan to march south to Luoyang and attack King Fu is just an idea he forced out of his head.
No matter how bad the plan is, it is better than no plan at all.
But after getting the money and food from Prince Fu's palace, he has no idea at all what to do.
We can only take one step at a time.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, then he stood up and took off the sword from his waist, and solemnly handed it to his top thug Lu Xiangsheng, "Lu Aiqing, my life and death are at stake, as well as the country of Ming Dynasty."
The whole country is entrusted to your hands."
Lu Xiangsheng raised his head and looked at him deeply with complicated eyes, but in the end he lowered his head obediently: "I obey the order."
In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the emperor heard that Prince Fu had evil intentions, so he worshiped Lu Xiang as the commander-in-chief.
He led 5,000 elite troops under the command of the Taiyuan Palace.
They drove south in the snow and starry night, broke into Luoyang on New Year's Eve, took over the Luoyang government office with the emperor's edict, and stormed it.
Prince Fu's Mansion, seizing the treasures stored in the Prince's Mansion for national use.
In February of the following year, the emperor came south to Luoyang.
Lu Xiang promoted King Fu and his family to offer prisoners.
The emperor was very pleased.
He asked for instructions on how to deal with King Fu's rebellion.
The emperor said: In troubled times, heavy rituals must be used.
Then, for the crime of treason, the whole family of Prince Fu was beheaded and abandoned in the market.
Only Prince Fu's son took advantage of the chaos to escape from the tunnel and fled to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.
As soon as this incident came out, the whole country was in an uproar, and local officials and feudal princes were horrified.
However, there were also scholars who denounced the emperor for killing his relatives, being mean and ungrateful, virtuous and incompetent, and not being like a human king.
The Nanjing court invited all the wise men to campaign against the dethronement of the emperor, and called on all the righteous men from all over the world to crusade against the tyrant oshow7: