Inside Prince Dai's palace, the lights were brightly lit, and the shouts of killing were loud.
The rebels in other parts of the city were either killed or surrendered, and had been dealt with. However, in Prince Dai's palace, Zhang Tianlin's 2,000-strong old camp and his family members were resisting desperately, and for a while they were at a stalemate.
Jiang Quan stood outside the palace, holding his left palm and right fist, beating each other, waiting anxiously.
"Second brother!"
Jiang Yan heard the sound and saw that it was his younger brother Jiang Xuan.
The two people who originally thought they would never get along with each other until death, never expected that they would now be able to fight together.
Jiang Xuan jumped off the horse and walked over happily. The two of them hammered each other on the chest, looked at each other and smiled, and everything was resolved without saying a word.
"Can I help you?" Jiang Xuan pursed her lips towards the high wall of the palace.
"No, it should be soon."
"Brother, I received news that the intruders were defeated at Shanhaiguan and the Tatars entered the customs."
"Is it absolutely true?"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "This news comes from the troops who broke into the camp and collapsed. It cannot be false. I heard that the Tatars entered the pass. The civilians in Yanggao and Tianzhen were all fleeing to Fucheng. I gathered some military households along the way. This time
More than three thousand people were brought into the city."
Knowing the importance of this matter, Jiang Xuan asked Jiang Xuan to take over his command and capture Prince Dai's Mansion, while he found a fast horse and galloped away.
Song Xiancai ran around among the wealthy households in the city to tell him. At first, the gentry didn't take it seriously and thought it was an internal strife among the troops. Later, when they saw Song Xiancai kneeling in front of everyone, with tears streaming down his face, he begged everyone to come, so they gathered together in doubt and headed to the government office.
go.
"Old Song, if I asked you who summoned us, you wouldn't tell me. It's so late at night. Don't make fun of everyone. If you really have something to do, how about you tell me first?"
"I don't have the guts to say, just go ahead and make fun of you. Is this what the hell is wrong with me?"
The person who spoke to Song Xiancai was Sun Xuanhuai, the richest man in the city. He was also the president of Shanxi Merchants Datong Chamber of Commerce and a representative of the gentry.
"Could it be that King Chuang is here? It shouldn't be. King Chuang just entered Beijing and now he comes to Datong?" Sun Xuanhuai thought about it and couldn't figure it out. This Song Xiancai is not a soft persimmon with a handful of hands. Who can scare him?
Like this?
Song Xiancai took the lead because of the wind at his feet. The gentry behind him were complaining incessantly.
When everyone arrived at the government office, Sun Xuanhuai saw that the soldiers guarding the government office were all dressed as Ming troops, and he was even more confused. When he arrived at the main hall, he saw a man sitting in the hall, wearing a blue gown, reviewing official documents.
Sun Xuanhuai had poor eyesight and could not clearly see the appearance of the person in the hall. He tugged on the sleeves of others around him and whispered, "Have you seen this person?" Everyone shook their heads.
Song Xiance panted and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the villain has brought the gentry in the city."
When everyone heard what he said, someone screamed and laughed: "Song Xiancai, are you confused? Do you think we have never seen King Chuang? Who do you belong to?"
After cursing, the man turned around and was about to go out. What about the fun at night? Song Xiancai lowered his head and sneered secretly, fool...
As soon as he took half a step out of the door, he was held down by soldiers on both sides of the door. Chen Zhuo held a waist knife and shouted: "How courageous a dog! How dare you slander His Majesty, how disrespectful!" He raised the knife and dropped it.
Blood splattered all over the floor.
When everyone heard Chen Zhuo's words, they all looked out the door. Within a few seconds, their colleagues' heads fell to the ground and they quickly turned around.
I saw that Sun Xuanhuai and Song Xiancai had already knelt down on the ground.
"Sun Xuanhuai, a common man, pays homage to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." A wise man came to his senses and pulled the people around him to kneel down to pay homage to the people in the hall.
The old man was shocked when he saw Chen Zhuo murdering people. He also saw the whole hall shouting "Long Live Your Majesty" and admired from the bottom of his heart. This new master is really showing his domineering attitude and being treated like a Long Live Lord. Could it be Emperor Chongzhen?
Reincarnation?
Chongzhen rubbed his eyes and said: "Sun Xuanhuai, Song Xiancai, stand up and speak."
The two of them stood up respectfully. Someone in the crowd also wanted to stand up, but was pushed down by someone else, "Are you fucking crazy? I didn't tell you to stand up."
"The Ming Dynasty has been two hundred and seventy-six years since the first year of Hongwu. Counting me and the previous emperors, there are a total of sixteen terms. I have one thing that I don't understand. I hope you will understand why Shanxi can only change hands twice.
Yue, in your hearts, the title "Your Majesty" is already exclusive to intruders?"
A chill went up from everyone's tailbones to the heavens. At this moment, everyone had the same question in their minds. Wasn't there a rumor in the capital that Emperor Chongzhen was in great power?
The old man thought so too before...
With these words, the identity of the Ming Emperor was about to be revealed, and the old man knelt down in front of Chongzhen.
Chongzhen couldn't help laughing, but he was also deeply moved. Once he knew that he was the emperor, no one would dare to judge based on his heart.
"The bustle of the world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit. Those refugees rebelled because they didn't have enough to eat, and they felt that the court was unjust. I understand. What about you? When our ancestors were officials, they neither paid taxes nor served.
, Thousands of acres of fertile land, huge wealth. The city is occupied by thieves and bandits, and I can understand why they want to protect themselves, but why is there not a single person who is conceited? Is this a surrender sincerely? Since in your hearts, it doesn’t matter who the emperor is, then to
Does it mean to me that it doesn’t matter who the gentry is, I can take back everything from you? Instead of letting you benefit from the court, why not give the benefits to the common people? Then no one will rebel. What do you think?
, Sun Xuanhuai?"
Chongzhen's words were logically clear and thought-provoking. Everyone in the audience was ashamed. Sun Xuanhuai had already thought of a speech, which was nothing more than committing himself to the thieves and having no choice but to protect them, and shifting the blame to the court's inability to suppress the invaders.
It was good this time, Chongzhen had finished what he said, and what he said still made sense. What else could he say, so he had to crush up what he had thought of and throw it into his stomach.
Sun Xuanhuai thought for a while and replied: "The common people have nothing to say. If they want to be killed or chopped into pieces, it is at your Majesty's disposal."
People say that no businessman can be traitorous. Sun Xuanhuai wanted to destroy Chongzhen's army by threatening to kill him or cut him into pieces. Li Zicheng even claimed to be chasing stolen goods for payment. Could it be that you, Chongzhen, wanted to use this incident to kill people and steal goods? How is that different from a thief?
If someone takes the lead, others will naturally join in. The rest of the group will follow suit and speak the same words.
"Chen Zhuo, bring the chairs in."
"promise!"
Immediately, Chen Zhuo personally led his soldiers to move ten chairs and placed them neatly on the left and right sides of the hall.
"Military and government affairs are busy, so I won't waste any more words. There are ten seats here. Those who are willing to devote themselves to supporting the Ming Dynasty can sit on them. I promise you that in the future, you will be a hundred times and a thousand times as rich as you are now. It doesn't matter if you don't want to.
The thieves have not killed you, how can I kill you? However, since the emperor who does not recognize the Ming Dynasty is no longer a subject of the Ming Dynasty, then please throw away the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, take your family and leave the land of the Ming Dynasty, whatever goes your way
It doesn’t matter if it’s clear, it’s up to you.”
Everyone looked at each other, this... Sun Xuanhuai sighed in his heart: "Oh, your Majesty is really good at this."
Just as everyone was weighing things up, Jiang Quan walked into the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!" He said and looked at the people kneeling around him. Aren't these all big businessmen in the city? Sun Caishen was also there. .
"But military affairs?"
"Exactly."
"It doesn't matter, just say it here so that everyone in the city can hear it."
"Yes, I received the news that the intruders were defeated in Shanhaiguan and retreated to the west. Jianlu and Wu Sangui entered the pass."
As soon as these words came out, Song Xiancai stood up instantly and was the first to sit on the chair. Then came Sun Xuanhuai. There were more people than others, and the others started fighting each other for the chairs. What's more, because they couldn't grab the chairs, they cried loudly and couldn't help it. Stop crying to Chongzhen and pray for more seats.
The thieves were defeated, and the words "Jianlu entered the pass" came just right. The final word was the same, whoever wins and who helps.
Chongzhen quickly came down to comfort those who had not grabbed a seat and gave them reassurance.
"If you are all dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, how can I be so reluctant to give you an extra seat?"
Everyone shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!" This chapter has been completed!