The ruthless emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning Chapter 65 Civil servants are even more shameless than the emperor
Chapter 65 Civil servants are even more shameless than the emperor
Chapter 65 Civil servants are more shameless than the emperor
Beijing.
When the noble civil servants saw that His Majesty had actually appointed the Red Lady as the Superintendent, in order to convince her to subdue the commander-in-chief of each town, they even named her the Imperial Concubine. While everyone scolded His Majesty for being shameless, they became even more fearful and worried.
Everyone is not a fool, and they all understand the meaning of His Majesty's actions. When they think that this evil little emperor will directly control hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the future, everyone shudders and feels like falling into the abyss.
When Zhu Cixiang saw that the generals of all the towns in Tongzhou were rushing to fawn over the red lady, and even Wu Sangui gave in, he felt relieved and very happy.
The title of an imperial concubine has a huge effect. It can be seen that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty is still awe-inspiring, and the stock market of the Ming Dynasty is still very strong.
"Liu Fangliang, I originally wanted to re-employ you after we defeated the Jian slaves, but the imperial concubine wrote that Tongzhou is the time to employ people, and begged me to let you go back to serve. Do you want to continue to recuperate, or go back to Tongzhou?"
"Back to Your Majesty, now that we are facing a formidable enemy, I would like to return to Tongzhou to do my part to repay His Majesty's great kindness!"
Liu Fangliang quickly replied.
Although I had good food and drink in the city, and I was in the company of beautiful women.
But a real man should immediately make a name for himself and gain fame and wealth. How could he refuse the opportunity now?
He was very grateful to the Red Lady in his heart. He knew that it must have been the Red Lady who begged for mercy, otherwise the little emperor might have killed him directly.
"Well! Since you have this heart, then go back to Tongzhou. The imperial concubine will have her own appointment then!"
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand.
Now that the 80,000-strong army has been completely subdued by the Red Lady, and the commander-in-chief of each town is here, letting him go will not only not threaten the Red Lady, but will help her command the army.
As for the Red Lady, he is not worried at all now. After all, her status has been determined and she has accepted it. Everyone knows that she is a noble concubine, and it is impossible for her to betray her again, and there is no reason to betray her.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave!"
After Liu Fangliang left, Zhou Yuji asked for permission to see him anxiously. His look shocked Zhu Cixiang.
"Zhou Aiqing, what happened?"
"Your Majesty, yesterday Jiannu suddenly launched an attack on the four counties of Sanhe, Pinggu, Xianghe and Shunyi. All four counties were in urgent need of help...
Moreover, the Jian slaves also drove a large number of refugees towards the capital, the number of which was probably no less than a million!"
"What?"
“Millions of refugees?”
"Damn it, what on earth does Dorgon want to do? Does he want to drive these refugees to attack the city?"
Zhu Cixiang stood up abruptly, shocked, and then furious.
"Your Majesty, we do not rule out this possibility, but it is extremely small. I am more worried that Jiannu wants to drive these refugees away and come to the capital to consume the food in the city."
"Yes, this kind of poisonous scheme must have been thought up by that old dog Hong. That fellow Dorgon has no such scheme yet!"
Zhu Cixiang's face also darkened.
If these refugees are not accepted by then, the old, weak, women and children will definitely starve to death first, and then the slaves will step forward to rescue the young and strong. Comparing the two, the young and strong will definitely hate the imperial court and him as the emperor.
Zhu Cihong's scalp felt numb when he thought of the hundreds of thousands of young men working wholeheartedly for the Tatars and angrily helping the Tatars attack the city.
But if they were all put into the city, let alone the spies mixed with them, whether they would have a place to place them, or even if one person died with a bowl of rice bran every day, it would greatly consume the food reserves in the city.
It's really extremely vicious.
"Your Majesty, we should make preparations in advance, otherwise we will be caught off guard when the time comes. If the other four counties don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for a few more days."
Zhou Yuji also knew the Tatars' sinister intentions and reminded him with a worried look.
"It is definitely impossible to rescue the four counties. Instead of trying to rescue in vain and losing the army in the end, it is better to fight the Tatars in the city or in Tongzhou."
Those who attacked the four counties were all Han soldiers, but the Tatar cavalry did not move, waiting for them to send troops to rescue them.
What's more, he has already said that he can act according to the situation, that is, he will not be stingy in pursuing those who want to die for the country as righteous men, nor will they kill those who surrender afterwards.
"Your Majesty, if there is no rescue and the Tatars continue to attack other cities, I am afraid that all places will despair and surrender!"
"Surrender, surrender. As long as the capital is not lost and the Tongzhou camp remains, there will always be loyal people who will hold on.
Besides, it is impossible for the Tatars to attack one city at a time. At most, they can only take down the counties surrounding the capital."
Zhu Cihong waved his hand. He couldn't possibly waste his troops to save those small towns just for the sake of face. The key was that he couldn't save them at all.
As long as they encounter one or two cities that resist desperately, the Tatars will naturally stop attacking those small counties.
Because the gain outweighs the loss, after all, the Tatars are here to destroy the Ming Dynasty, not to plunder. It is useless no matter how many small counties occupy, but will disperse the troops and weaken the strength.
When Zhou Yuji saw His Majesty say such words, he didn't say anything more.
His original intention was to let Tongzhou randomly send some troops to rescue Pinggu as a show.
"The most urgent task is to find a way to deal with the refugees."
Zhu Cixi thought for a while and decided to collect all the food and salt in the city first, and then send Jin Yiwei to Hejian Mansion and even Shandong to raise food.
There is no way, the states and counties near the capital have been wiped out and cannot be wiped out any more.
However, there has been no sign of a shipload of money and food arriving from Jiangnan. Once he defeats the Jiannu, he will definitely settle the accounts with all the other places in Jiangnan.
Huangji Palace.
This is the fourth time Zhu Cixiang has summoned ministers to discuss matters.
I have to say that civil servants are really thick-skinned and very addicted to officialdom.
During the last handover ceremony of the throne, the civil servants came halfway. Seeing that His Majesty did not mention the collective resignation last time, they all chose to forget about the resignation that day.
After all, His Majesty only told them to get out at that time, and he said it verbally, but did not issue an edict afterwards, so there was no need to obey the edict.
So this time all the civil servants, big and small, came, those of third rank and above stood inside the hall, and those below third rank stood outside the hall.
The civil servants in the palace lowered their heads and were most uneasy, for fear that His Majesty would drive them all out, and then they would really have no shame in living in this world.
Zhu Cixiang didn't have the energy to care about them.
After glancing at the ministers in the palace, he directly told them about collecting all the grain and salt in the city and distributing it according to people.
Xungui on the side immediately exploded.
Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to donate the grain and salt stored in my home, and I am willing to send the servants and servants in the palace to defend the city, to contribute to the country, and to be loyal to Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I will..."
Other civil servants also reacted and came out to express their willingness to donate food and salt and send people to defend the city to contribute to the country.
Obviously the civil servants are not stupid. They know that if the Tatars had not happened to come again, His Majesty would have no time to deal with them. At this moment, they would have been confiscated and imprisoned, or even their heads would have been killed.
So they all thought that they would take advantage of this opportunity to help. After repelling the Tatars in this way, His Majesty would at least be embarrassed to kill them again, right?
"Shameless!"
When the honorable nobles saw that these civil servants were behaving like this and had no integrity at all, they were so angry that they cursed loudly.
"I share your Majesty's worries and do my best for the country. Why, Dingguo recognizes that this is a shameless act?"
Chen Yan went back without hesitation.
Your Majesty has now taken control of hundreds of thousands of people in Tongzhou with the help of your concubine. He is definitely no longer able to fight with force, so these nobles have lost their use value.
"Haha, if I remember correctly, Yuan Fu seemed to have bid farewell to his hometown last time. Why are you still staying in the capital? Are you still coming to court?"
Duke Dingguo was not a vegetarian either. He smiled and immediately found the weak spot of the civil servants.
"you you…"
Sure enough, this sentence not only made Chen Yan flush with embarrassment and speechless, but other civil servants also lowered their heads, their faces burning.
Seriously, which pot should not be opened and lifted?
