Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty was their accompanying capital, with a set of imperial cities and six ministries like Beijing. If something went wrong with the Ming Dynasty in the north, they could move back here quickly.

After all, they started from Jinling in the south, and this is their base camp. They can retreat here, then make a comeback and make a comeback.

Zhu Di said this, and the previous emperors of all dynasties also had this idea.

However, the unexpected strategy of the Liu family army disrupted the plans of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. Although the Ming Dynasty had not implemented it, they always had this idea in their minds that once the north could not survive, they could retreat to Nanjing and continue to maintain their country and the world.

This is an alternative way, and it is floating in the sea.

But in the current situation, it seems impossible.

If the world is peaceful and the weather is good, they may not be able to seize the Ming Dynasty if they take Nanjing. The court can mobilize large troops from other places to encircle and completely wipe out their troops.

But now is different. Now it is the Little Ice Age. The disasters in the whole north are very serious. Most places are already in short supply. In addition, bandits are rampant, which causes disasters to several provinces. This is called natural disasters and man-made disasters. The north is not as good as before.

In this environment, the South has a great advantage, and they can spend enough money and food to support the war.

The Ming Dynasty was able to persist until today, all because of the taxes, money and grain in Jiangnan, which has long been arguable.

Liu Jun took Nanjing, which means that they may take Jiangnan and officially become a powerful group for the world.

Liu Bu also changed from a young leader of the Liu family in Shandong to a famous figure in the world, controlling millions of troops and tyrannical forces in Jiangdong.

As the most important place in Nanjing City, the Ming Dynasty Palace was built more than 200 years ago. When Zhu Yuanzhang established the country, he summoned craftsmen from four provinces to build it.

It was built for decades, but only two emperors ascended the throne here, namely Zhu Yuanzhang and Jianwen Emperor. From then on, they moved north to become a subordinate capital.

Although his status was not reduced in the legal system, its status was actually far inferior to that of the Beijing Imperial Palace. Fortunately, when the royal family was rich, in order to maintain the majesty of the royal family, there were still many people guarding and maintaining it here. They would draw a large amount of money and food every year to renovate and repair it, so that it remain luxurious and grand, neat and clean.

However, since the Chongzhen period, the court became very difficult, and there was no surplus grain at all, so naturally, the expenditure in this area was greatly reduced.

For example, sending special envoys to Nanjing to worship Emperor Taizu is a very important one among many worships. The expenditure is tens of thousands of taels, which is a huge and grand event, which is one of the very important events in the local area.

Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was the founder of the Ming Dynasty, that is, God. The gratitude of descendants of all generations to him was unparalleled, so sacrifices to this emperor were very important. In the eyes of the royal family, this was more important than worshiping Confucius.

Even such an important matter could be reduced and the level of the court could be reduced, which shows that they had reached the end of their lives.

Even the important things that worship Emperor Taizu can reduce expenses and reduce levels, not to mention other things. The palace lacks sufficient maintenance and repairs over the years, and it seems dilapidated and lacks the royal elegance and dignity.

There were special people in the palace to manage it, but they were all mainly palace servants and eunuchs who lost power in Beijing. Liu Jun attacked Nanjing City. These eunuchs and palace maids were extremely afraid and afraid, and didn't know what to do.

Others can escape, but they don’t know where to escape or where to escape.

There is a saying that once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea. After entering the palace gate, it will be difficult to come out again. Even if you come out, your life will be very bad. It is far worse than before. It is simply worse than life than death.

Therefore, unless the people who enter the palace gate go out sideways, they are easy to get in but not easy to get out. These eunuchs and palace maids don’t know what to do, so they can only wait here. One is to wait for the summoning and use of the new master, and the other is to wait for death.

There are not many guards in the majestic palace. Because those who can run and take weapons are all taken to the Duke of Xu to defend the city, the entire palace city has no military strength. Among the palace cities, the highest status is naturally the eunuch Lu Jiude.

Lu Jiude had cooperated and had relationships with the Liu family, but most of them were already past events. He became famous because of his cooperation with the Liu family, and was almost thrown into the cold palace by the emperor because of his cooperation with the Liu family. That is, the emperor thought of his old love and sent him to Nanjing to retire.

Who knew that this old man was really hard to raise. It was only a few months before the Liu family army actually came.

The eunuchs and palace maids gathered around Lu Jiude and said in unison: "I beg my ancestors to come out, take charge of the overall situation, and save our lives."

Lu Jiude sighed: "When Lu received the emperor's favor, how could he surrender to Liu Jun? This will let the emperor know where to place him?"

A little eunuch beside him said, "The emperor is far away in Beijing. If he had the ability, he would not have lost Nanjing."

If it was the past, it would be a rebellious person. Now that people are talking about it, there is nothing left.

Lu Jiude sighed, "In order to avoid the Liu family, our family applied to be released from home. Who knew that it had been hiding for a few months, and the Liu family army fought again. The world is so big, but there is no place for us to stay."

The little eunuch said: "Don't worry, husband, you should know that the Liu family has always been nostalgic for a long time. Husband, you have such a good relationship with them. As long as you come forward, the Liu family will definitely give you a good place."

Lu Jiude sighed: "Although we are eunuchs, we have read books of sages since we were young, and we know that loyal ministers do not serve the two masters. Qian Qianyi has read books of sages, but he is so shameless and unscrupulous. Our family is not like him."

The meaning of Lu Jiude's words is that he wants to die with the city and stop joining the Liu family.

Everyone believes that if Lu Jiude wants to join the Liu family, the Liu family will give him a good place no matter what he says, and at least a good destination, but Lu Jiude just refuses to pull this face down.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this sentence. You know, everyone came here just to hope that this ancestor would lead everyone to find a way out. He was determined to die. What should we do?

So they knelt down one after another, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Please be kind to our ancestors. You don't care about your own lives and your life! The life and death of hundreds of people in this palace are just hopeful that our ancestors will be kind to our ancestors."

Lu Jiude said, "What's there to be afraid of? Since ancient times, no one has died. What's the difference between death today and death tomorrow? Someone is so greedy for money, but they are not afraid of death. Since the Liu family has fought here today, someone cannot die in the battlefield like Duke Xu, but there is no problem in dying for the country."

After Lu Jiude said this, everyone is really stunned and don’t know what to do.

Outside the palace city, there were constant gunfire and killing sounds. The Liu family army was still clearing out the remnants of the official army in the city. Most of them understood their current behavior, that is, these officers and soldiers dared to take the initiative to resist Liu's army, so the Liu family army was determined to silence them and not surrender to them at all, just to kill them.

So the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace had no courage or idea of ​​resisting, and they just thought about how to live. Lu Jiude was their only hope. Who knew that this ancestor didn't want to live at all, so what should everyone do?

Such a situation made these people very confused and uneasy, and the palace was filled with desolation.

Lu Jiude lamented, "Dad, my mother, get married, and everyone will do their duty! Tonight, Lu will commit suicide to repay the court. Will you find your own way of life?"

Lu Jiude's words made these people feel even more heartbroken.

Everyone walked out of the palace where Lu Jiude lived, and didn't know what to do. Someone suggested: "Since it's dead, why don't we be so vigorous? Everyone raises the torch to burn the palace, which can be considered a grand burial."

The main reason he said was that the Liu family did not surrender to them. If the Liu family surrendered to them, they would surrender immediately and offer the entire imperial city. Since you look down on us so much and don’t care about us at all, we might as well burn the imperial city and disperse it in one beat.

But even this person who proposed to raise a fire to burn himself, he was thinking about a question, that is, he didn't have the courage to do this, but he really didn't dare to do this. Everyone was frightened and didn't know what to do.

At this time, the Liu family army finally attacked the delegation, and their representatives walked into the palace under the banner of an envoy.

The palace city at night was locked, and the rule was iron and dead. The messenger asked the eunuchs to pull them up with hanging baskets. The messenger's arrival brought news that made the eunuchs very happy, that is, the messenger said that if the people in the palace were willing to surrender, they would accept their surrender.

The Xin Dynasty also needs to employ people, and they will continue to retain them and become a member of the Xin Dynasty.

As for the commonly used dramas of surrender, there are no high officials, high salaries, and good money, but only those who can save their lives.

But despite this, these people were very happy. They were as happy as if they were guarding the clouds and saw the moon brightly.

The moment before, they were still full of dark clouds and were extremely worried. They didn't know what to do or what to do tomorrow. Now that the Liu family army has sent representatives to express their willingness to accept their surrender, they did not hesitate at all and surrendered immediately.
Chapter completed!