Wang Chengen really believed it!

Emperor Taizu Gao really entrusted him with a dream about the prince Qiansui Ye!

Otherwise, how old is the prince? How could he have found the key to turning the world around just through financial revenue and expenditure?

Although both Chongzhen and Wang Chengen knew that moving south was a way to survive, they did not and could not regard the Ming Dynasty as a business, and they had no economic acumen. Otherwise, how could they be so poor? Therefore, they could not see that only the Ming Dynasty was in the south.

Only by relocating and abandoning the two "markets" of the Central Plains and Liaodong, which were losing money, can we overcome the financial crisis. Only when the financial crisis is overcome and the court has more money can we rebuild the army and conquer the country again!

Otherwise, if you have empty pockets and no money to pay the army, how can you expect soldiers to defend the Ming Dynasty with hungry stomachs?

Moreover, Zhu Cihong also compared the situation after moving south to the situation when Emperor Taizu Gao established the imperial foundation in Jiangnan in the past. They found that they were almost the same!

Because once Chuangni enters Beijing, he will be equivalent to succeeding the Ming Dynasty in shouldering the heavy burden of resisting the Manchu captives, and will also have to solve the food problem of tens of millions of people in the Central Plains and Northwest.

There were so many rogue bandits in the Central Plains and Northwest China, not only because of corruption, annexation and Liao's increased taxes, but also partly due to natural disasters.

The north has been dry and cold these years, and agricultural harvests have been poor year after year. If the politics were clear, the four sides were stable, and the land was not overly concentrated, we might be able to cope with it, but life would not be easy either!

If the Ming Dynasty withdraws and Chuangni takes over, natural disasters will come again! The Jianyi barbarians outside the Pass will not stop joining the invaders just because Beijing has changed their masters. They may even enter the Pass on a large scale to fight for the world!

Will Chuangni have a good life by then? The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty want money, but Chuangni's troops all bring their own rations and work for free? Impossible! The hard days of Chuangni are yet to come!

After the hardships of rebellion, the imperial court retreating to the south of the Yangtze River will naturally be stable. With an income of more than 10 million yuan a year, are you afraid that you will not be able to train a strong army? Even if you cannot expedition to the Central Plains, you can still guard the Huanghuai River and the crossing of the Yangtze River.

What a good life... The Emperor has been on the throne for seventeen years. It has been really hard. Not to mention working hard all day long, his life is no better than that of an ordinary rich man.

So Wang Chengen is really suffocated by his dream of settling in Jiangnan!

But in Wang Chengen's dream, Zhu Cixiang was still the prince, and Chongzhen was not the late emperor...

"Qiansui Master, please go to the Palace of Qianqing with the old slave and tell the emperor the dream that our ancestors entrusted to you." Wang Cheng'en said, "Since Taizu Gao Emperor entrusted me with the dream, I think the courtiers will also praise Xiang's move to the south.

It’s about something.”

That's a good excuse!

Zhu Cixiang sighed in his heart: Emperor Chongzhen would have used Taizu's dream as an excuse earlier, and now he would be at ease in Nanjing - Zhu Yuanzhang would be the one to take the blame. Of course, the ministers would not stop Chongzhen from running away anymore.

Otherwise, they are slandering Emperor Chongzhen and lying, which is deceiving the emperor and will be beheaded! Or they are opposing the wise decision of Emperor Taizu Gao, which is destroying the ancestors and destroying the family!

But Chongzhen didn't have such wit, so he knew how to pass the blame to his subordinates in order to preserve his reputation. It's a pity that the people below are not stupid!

But now, it is no longer time to discuss running away with the civil and military officials. Because the rebel army will soon surround the city of Beijing!

Zhu Cixiang looked at Wang Chengen who was about to leave excitedly, and said coldly: "It's too late!"

"What's too late?" Wang Chengen stopped.

"It's too late to discuss the move to the south with the court officials!" Zhu Cixiang said word by word.

"How could it be too late?" Wang Chengen said, but his heart sank.

"Because Juyong Pass has been lost today!" Zhu Cixiang said through gritted teeth.

"How is it possible..." Wang Chengen's voice was trembling, "Tangtong had thousands of soldiers and horses, and there were originally some defenders at Juyong Pass. Moreover, Juyong is a dangerous place. As long as you work hard to hold on, the intruders can't break through it."

Zhu Cixiang said: "Tang Tong, Du Zhizhi has turned on the switch to surrender the thieves!" He paused, "It's already past midnight, it's fifteen... Tonight at the latest, the report of the fall of Juyongguan should arrive. Tomorrow

The rebel army will march outside the capital, and within a few days, the capital will fall!"

"This, this, this..."

"This is what Taizu said in his dream!" Zhu Cixiang refused to do anything and continued to use Zhu Yuanzhang as an excuse.

Wang Chengen was trembling all over, "How is it possible? How is it possible?"

He said this, but he knew very well in his heart that it was definitely possible! Datong surrendered, Xuanfu surrendered, and what else could Juyongguan not surrender?

As for the defense of Beijing City... Wang Chengen knows it better than anyone else, because he himself is now also serving as the eunuch of the Beijing Camp, in charge of the defense of Beijing City. On March 13th, Wang Chengen was busy setting up defenses everywhere in the inner and outer cities of Beijing.

, of course we know how weak the defense of Beijing is.

The Beijing camp has a lot of troops on paper, but in fact there are many vacancies. In addition, wars have been intense in various places in the past few years, and there are often battles around Beijing. The troops in the Beijing camp who are fighting in the middle war are either deployed to various places or are resisting.

They were gradually depleted during the battle of the Lu Chou invasion, and a great epidemic last year killed many people. The number of troops that can be used for defense now is only a few thousand, and their morale is low. They will have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit.

And the most terrifying thing is that the imperial court cannot come up with enough silver to recruit troops and reward soldiers!

The military household system implemented in the early Ming Dynasty has long ceased to exist in name only. Where has the land in the guard posts gone? The upper-level military households have become landlords, and the lower-level households have become tenants. It is impossible for them to bear military service.

Therefore, the imperial court had to spend money to raise troops. Without money, there would be no soldiers... Even if there were many strong men in Beijing, they would not be used by the imperial court!

Zhu Cihong said: "Wang Banban, we will know today whether Juyong Pass will be surrendered. Once Juyong Pass is lost, Chuangni will surround the city of Beijing. Whether Beijing City can be defended, you should know better than I do."

"There are also Wu Sangui's soldiers!" Wang Chengen said, "As long as Guan Ning's cavalry arrives, the capital will be safe and sound."

Zhu Cixiang snorted: "Do you still expect Wu Sangui? When my father summoned his father Wu Xiang on February 12, what did they say? He needs a salary of one million! If my father can provide one million, Wu Sangui's 30,000

The army has arrived a long time ago. On March 6th, Emperor Father ordered to abandon the defense of Ningyuan and summoned Wu Sangui to lead his troops to defend. Today is already fifteen, where are Wu Sangui's soldiers? They haven't even passed Shanhaiguan yet! How can you still count on him?

?”

He stamped his feet and said angrily: "Since there is no money, don't expect Wu Sangui's 30,000 troops to fight against Chuang Ni! Even if he doesn't need money himself, the soldiers below him will have to use money to coax him!"

Zhu Cixiang suddenly shouted loudly and asked: "Wang Banban! Have you never made preparations for the capital to be attacked by the rebels?"

Wang Chengen was also confused when Zhu Cihong asked him this question.

Indeed, he was not prepared for Beijing to be breached by Chuangni!

It's a bit unbelievable to say that the city of Beijing is now in danger. There are no decent defenders in the city, and reinforcements from outside will not arrive for a while. And Li Zicheng's army is about to attack the city!

At this time, everyone knew that something was wrong. Emperor Chongzhen and his most trusted eunuch were not ready to escape!

This is Emperor Chongzhen and the people he uses... Do you think you are in a hurry?

Even if you want to take the blame for moving south, you still have to make preparations for your escape!

Zhu Cixiang's young and handsome face was suddenly filled with anger. He gritted his teeth, pointed at Wang Chengen's nose and asked: "Wang Chengen! How did you become the eunuch who Bingbi, the eunuch who oversees the East Factory, and who commands the internal and external military camps, and the nine gates?

?Do you really want to trap your father, queen mother and me to death?"

"Yes, but the emperor did not issue an edict..."

Zhu Cixiang was very happy to see Wang Cheng'en at a loss and sweating profusely.

"What order do you want your father to give? You don't know how fierce my father is about saving face?" Zhu Cihong said, "Forget it, I am now issuing an order from the crown prince, ordering you to immediately summon a thousand warriors to the inner school field and prepare enough

Weapons, dry food, and 30,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury for spare use!"

In fact, Zhu Cihong originally wanted Wang Chengen to send someone to take him to Tongzhou. There was Song Quan, the governor of Shuntian in Tongzhou City, and this person was relatively reliable. As long as he protected him, he could go to Tianjin and join Tianjin Governor Feng Yuanyang. And the Tianjin governor was concurrently

Those in charge of shipping have ships available and can send Zhu Cihong to Dengzhou. In Dengzhou, there is the Tianjin Navy Division controlled by Su Guansheng of the Denglai Coast Defense Road. With Su Guansheng, Feng Yuanyang, Song Quan and the Tianjin Marine Division, Zhu Cihong can at least

Arrive in Nanjing safely.

However, in the conversation with Wang Chengen, Zhu Cixiang already knew that this guy was die-hardly loyal to Chongzhen. He would probably not let him out of the city without Chongzhen's will... and Chongzhen was hesitant, which would definitely waste time.

Therefore, Prince Zhu had no choice but to do the next best thing and try to gain some force in the name of running away with Chongzhen, and then act on his own initiative.

Zhu Cixiang firmly believed that as long as he could run out, there would be no obstacles that he could not overcome. Even if there were, he would have to run out first!

"Master Qiansui, isn't this appropriate?" Wang Chengen was startled by Zhu Cixiang's words.

"What's inappropriate now?" Zhu Cihong glared at Wang Chengen, "If my father wants to blame me, I will bear the responsibility! But you have to remember that this matter must not be known to my father.
Chapter completed!