Zhu Cixiang also secretly cursed his bad luck for unexpectedly running into Wu Sangui's residence and bumping into Chen Yuanyuan.
If Wu Sangui knew this, he would definitely think wildly.
That guy has a history of being angry at others, so he has to be on guard.
She secretly thought that Chen Yuanyuan was indeed worthy of being called a beauty and a disaster.
In order to prevent others from gossiping and to save my own face, I had no choice but to go to the mansion next door.
Euphemistically called it, personally inspect the supply system and resolve troublesome servants and servants.
I went to more than a dozen houses and met with more than a dozen ladies before driving back to the palace.
I have no choice but to cover it up like this. You know, I know that he just accidentally went to the Wu family's latrine.
But those who didn't know it thought he had bad habits and missed his concubine. After all, Chen Yuanyuan was famous far and wide.
Just like this, with Zhu Cixiang personally coming to coordinate, the servants from each household also started eating after another day of hunger.
By this time, the refugee army had arrived at the northern suburbs of the capital. As far as the eye could see, the mountains and plains were covered with human heads.
Zhu Cixi's first impression was that zombies were sieging the city, and he immediately ordered all the gates of the capital to be sealed.
The dignitaries on the top of the city were also scared to death.
Inside the Huangji Palace.
"My dear friends, if these refugees are left alone, they will eventually be used by the Tatars to help them attack the city. Therefore, I plan to empty the outer city, resettle these refugees, and move all the residents of the outer city to the inner city."
"Your Majesty, you must not do this. There are countless refugees outside the city, and there must be a lot of craftsmen among them.
What's more, even if you only give out one bowl of porridge every day, it will greatly consume the food stored in the city.
Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of residents in the outer city, and the inner city cannot accommodate tens of thousands of them. Once they are allowed to occupy the main road and build slaves to attack the city, it will seriously affect the deployment of troops and generals."
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
"Your Majesty must not let the refugees enter the city!"
When all the civil and military officials saw that His Majesty was going to let all the refugees into the city, they were frightened to death, and they all knelt down and begged.
"Of course I understand these hidden dangers, so I vacated the outer city and strictly interrogated them when entering the city. Anyone who has no family members will be placed alone. Anyone carrying a sharp knife will be killed on the spot."
"As for the residents of the outer city, men and women can be placed separately. Men will be placed in various government offices, while women and children will be placed in various houses in the city!"
Zhu Cixi said slowly.
There was no room for housing in the imperial city anyway, it was already filled with more than 200,000 refugees, old, weak, women and children, so the only option was to look for government offices and mansions of wealthy families.
"ah!"
Everyone was in an uproar when they heard that hundreds of thousands of people would be placed in government offices and their mansions.
"Your Majesty, there are a large number of files in various government offices. Once people are allowed to move in, they will be lost and damaged. Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Isn't this difficult to handle?"
"Isn't it enough to move all the files to the palace?"
"this…"
Everyone didn't know how to refute for a moment.
"Okay, if the matter is urgent, please go back and pack the files immediately, and move them all to the palace within three days, Li Ruolian, Wu Xiang!"
"I'm here!"
"I order you two to be responsible for moving all the people from the outer city into the inner city within three days. You are not allowed to bring anything except gold, silver, soft cloth and quilts. Anyone who refuses to move or does not cooperate will be killed on the spot!"
"yes!"
Li Ruolian and Wu Xiang's faces were extremely solemn.
I know this is definitely not a good thing.
As Zhu Cixiang's order was issued, the inner city and outer city once again stirred up excitement. No matter how unwilling the civil servants and nobles were, they could only obey the order obediently.
During Chongzhen's seventeenth year in power, he also killed people and ransacked his houses almost every year, but he couldn't accomplish anything. However, Zhu Cixiang also killed people but was able to accomplish something.
The reason is that the biggest difference between father and son is that everyone knows that Chongzhen is suspicious and easy to fool, but Zhu Cixiang cannot be fooled at all.
More importantly, no matter how much he persuades or threatens what Zhu Cihong wants to do, he cannot be swayed and cannot be accomplished. If the problem arises, kill the person who caused the problem, not the person responsible for the matter.
The civil servants and dignitaries have already understood Zhu Cihong's temperament clearly, so they all know what His Majesty has decided, so they can only obey it honestly, without using any tricks.
Fortunately, we only took in some women and children and kept them under strict supervision, so there was no big trouble.
In order to prevent these women and children from being abused, Zhu Cixi sent a Dongchang fanzi to supervise each household. Among them, pregnant women, lactating women and children under one year old were provided equally with his wife and young ladies.
Although the residents of the outer city were reluctant to part with their belongings and resisted very strongly, they finally succumbed to the sword and headed to the inner city reluctantly.
As the outer city was cleared, all seven gates of the outer city were opened and began to receive refugees.
Each of the seven city gates is opened in one batch, then the drawbridge is closed, the drawbridge is opened again, and another batch is released into the city.
Barriers were set up at the gates of each city, and soldiers stood ready. Guards in royal robes and temporarily recruited healthy women searched their bodies one by one, and then the Imperial College supervisors were responsible for taking names and counting.
Although adequate preparations were made, many people still crowded into the moat, and countless people were trampled to death and injured.
There were noisy screams and shouts all day long outside the outer city, it was a complete mess.
And more refugees still followed the city wall from the north and continued southward to join the chaotic army.
Zhu Cixiang, who was on the top of the city, was helpless when he saw this scene. In this situation, it was impossible for him to send troops out of the city to maintain order, because they would be flooded.
No, even the Tatar cavalry on the periphery didn't dare to get close, they just watched from a distance. As for taking the opportunity to rush in, that was simply a joke.
Within a mile of the city gate, it is difficult for people to move, let alone horses.
Sure enough, under such strict inspection, one of the culprits was killed on the spot, and each of the suspicious people was detained in isolation for interrogation.
Anyone who has a knife on his body, no matter whether it is long or short, will be killed directly. If he is not careful, he is also a murderer.
It is impossible for ordinary people to still have iron utensils. If they did, they would have exchanged them for food, which were all earthenware bowls and pots.
The refugees who entered the city after inspection were all organized into a team of about a hundred people, with a strong man selected as the captain and two assistants to manage them. They only had a bowl of coarse porridge every day, regardless of gender, age or weakness.
What's more, there are no pregnant women or children under three years old among the refugees. It is impossible for these people to make it to the capital alive.
at the same time.
Dorgon also led a mighty army to arrive more than fifty miles northeast of Sanhe County, only a hundred miles away from the capital and only seventy miles away from Tongzhou.
The four counties of Sanhe, Xianghe, Pinggu, and Shunyi have also been conquered successively.
Hearing that the capital was letting refugees into the city, both Dorgon and Hong Chengchou looked very surprised.
"Mr. Hong, the little emperor dares to take in so many refugees. Is there enough food in the city?"
"My lord, you are worrying too much. If there is really enough food in the city, then the little emperor will not bring all the refugees into the city, and he will even leave the outer city empty."
Hong Chengchou frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head, and finally a solemn look appeared on his face.
"What does Mr. Hong mean?"
Dorgon obviously didn't understand, and was a little embarrassed and a little annoyed. Sometimes these Han civil servants were really hateful.
"Your Majesty, the little emperor has obviously seen our intention to drive away the refugees, so he imprisoned them all in the outer city and has them in his hands. Seriously, it's..."
"hiss!"
"Sir, what you mean is that the little emperor is planning to kill all these millions of refugees?"
This time Dorgon understood it, and suddenly took a breath of air and said in a trembling voice.
Apparently even Dorgon, who was a prolific murderer, was frightened by Zhu Cixiang's madness.
"Not yet, but by acting like this, he is obviously ready to kill at any time. This son is ruthless and decisive. He is really not inferior to the great ancestor. If he had ascended the throne a few years earlier..."
Hong Chengchou said with lingering fear. Seeing that Dorgon's face was very ugly, he quickly changed his words.
"Of course, no matter how hard he struggles now, he can't save himself!"
"Yes, even if the little emperor has great skills, he cannot conjure food out of thin air. But sir, the army is eager to fight. What do you think should be done?"
Dorgon's face looked much better now, and then he asked.
"Well, in that case, the prince can send two groups of troops to attack the capital and Tongzhou respectively to test one or two."
Hong Chengchou nodded and then reminded.
"Yes! What you said makes sense."
Dorgon nodded, obviously thinking so.
Then he immediately summoned the generals and asked Azig to lead 20,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and 50 cannons to attack Tongzhou.
He also asked Duduo to lead 20,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and 50 cannons to attack the capital.
Before leaving, he repeatedly warned not to attack by force, but only to test.
The rest of the army began to camp on the spot, building fortifications, and prepared to defend to the death.
However, a large number of night patrols were sent southward around the capital to collect information south of the capital.
As soon as the Jiannu armies moved, Jingcheng and Tongzhou received the news.
