At Jingshan Camp, Wu Zimian put a piece of paper close to the light and burned it with a serious look on his face.
He sighed deeply. When he was young, he boarded a pirate ship in order to climb up. At this time, he could never get off again.
When he was able to go up and become the commander-in-chief, he was promoted by King Fu's family.
He only gained trust after handing over the evidence. Otherwise, how could such a good thing come to him. Many times, there is really no choice to get involved in Ming Dynasty's officialdom.
If you don't want to, there are a lot of people who are willing, and you can line up from Qianqing Gate to Yongding Gate.
What he burned was Princess Zheng's warrant.
The old lady made it very clear. She immediately sent out troops. Fifteen thousand troops entered the palace and surrounded the three rear palaces. Then she waited for further orders from the old lady.
The guards on duty at Xuanwu Gate (today’s Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City) are our own people, and they will open the city gate.
Wu Zimian knew very well that he was trying to force the palace to seize power.
Maybe His Royal Highness Prince Fu has entered the city. This is to make Chongzhen abdicate.
He knows that this kind of thing is not allowed. This kind of rebellion can only succeed and cannot fail, otherwise the nine tribes will be in danger. Moreover, there is no turning back when the bow is fired. Once you get on this boat, you will not be able to get off.
He looked back at the deputy general, the general, Yu Ji and others. He knew in his heart that many of them were the old lady's people. If he had other intentions, he would probably kill him first to sacrifice the flag.
"Don't make any noise, wake everyone up quietly, we must gather in a quarter of an hour." Wu Zimian said coldly with a serious face: "At this time, if anyone dares to hold back, don't blame us for not talking about the feelings of the emperor."
Everyone looked at his ferocious eyes, and their hearts trembled.
In addition to Xinghe Tuanlian, there were also Jinyi guards and Han generals on night duty in the palace. But there were not many of them. On the contrary, Chongzhen had a lot of female guards, disguised as palace maids, all over the palace areas.
Many of these female guards were Jianghu heroines he recruited during his time in Prince Xin's Palace, and they were all very skilled in martial arts.
This was originally used to prevent Wei Zhongxian from jumping over the wall. Later, he realized that Mrs. Zheng's power in the palace was deeply entangled and impossible to guard against, so he stayed in the palace to protect his concubines and children.
He could only identify one by one who was King Fu's group, and slowly looked for opportunities to eliminate them. In the past three years, many eunuchs and female officials had died inexplicably in the palace. It was all his work.
He knew clearly that to deal with a big boss of this level, he could only start by cutting off her outer wings. The reason is very simple. If Chongzhen directly attacks Mrs. Zheng, because she is the leader, the entire Fuwang Party will be attacked. , this is too difficult to do.
Targeting a certain person in their group is a partial attack, which is much less difficult. It will not provoke a full-scale resistance.
He was sitting in the Jiaotai Hall, and the queen and two concubines also came and sat with him on both sides. There were also two wet nurses holding his two children, a son and a daughter.
The son, who was already three years old, was looking around curiously with his round eyes open.
This son is Prince Zhu Cixiang [lǎng], the eldest son of Emperor Sizong Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty. His mother is Empress Xiaojie, Zhou. He was born on the fourth day of February in the second year of Chongzhen (February 26, 1629) and was registered the following year (1630).
For the crown prince.
The other person who was held in the nurse's arms was Princess Kunyi. After research, it was found that Princess Kunyi was Princess Changping. The two were actually the same person. They were the one-armed nuns written by Jin Yong.
When she was not granted the title, she was the direct descendant of the queen. In ancient times, she was often called the queen by Kunyi, hence the name.
According to historical materials such as "Chongzhen Changbian", "Beiyou Lu", "Liehuang Xiaoshi" and other historical materials, Princess Kunyi and Princess Changping were actually the same person. It was not Princess Kunyi who died young as some data said.
This is the famous eldest princess whose arm was cut off by Chongzhen.
At that time, Chongzhen came back from outside. His daughter grabbed him anxiously and asked what to do. The harem was already in a panic. As a result, he pulled out his sword and shouted to his daughter: "Why were you born in an emperor's family?"
Then he slashed with his sword, intending to kill her daughter. The princess instinctively used her arm to block her, but in the end, her forearm was cut off.
What you are asking is really a bastard, wasn't she born to you? Who are you asking?
If you didn't give birth to her, how could she be born in the family of an unlucky emperor like you?
At this time, you are still shirking responsibility and blaming your children. Is this human talk?
Does the child have the right to choose? It is not her parents who brought her into this world.
From this we can see that Chongzhen’s character was really not very good.
It turned out that he had another child, also born to Queen Zhou.
Zhu Cixuan was the second son of Emperor Sizong Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty. His mother was the Zhou family of Empress Zhuang Liemin. He was born on the third day of December in the second year of Chongzhen (January 15, 1630). He died shortly after birth and was given the posthumous title of King Huaiyin.
So now, he only has two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter has already been titled Princess Changping at this time. The little breast dumpling is only six months old. She was born at the end of December in the second year of Chongzhen, which is considered a shame.
One year old.
It is the summer of the third year of Chongzhen, and she is still in her infancy.
Chongzhen's first few children were all born to Queen Zhou, which was obviously a deliberate move by Chongzhen. The purpose was to consolidate the status of the empress in the palace.
At this time, there were loud shouts of killing from all sides, and rockets kept shooting in. The concubines were trembling with fear.
However, the Xinghe regiment training equipment was very good. In addition to flintlock rifles, there were also two double-barreled short-fire muskets and four hand grenades for each person. The fighting was in full swing from all sides, but the thieves made no substantial progress.
These people who have sneaked in will be fighting for the gate for a while. They want to climb the wall, but it is too high and there is no siege equipment.
Zhang Geda has given an order to immediately hand over the defense of the four gates of the imperial city to the Jinyi Guards and mobilize four battalions of soldiers and horses to immediately return for reinforcements.
Because the palace did not dare to put too many soldiers, Zhang Geda only had two battalions and a regiment plus a direct supply battalion. One battalion was responsible for the Meridian Gate, Donghua Gate, Xihua Gate and the southern half of the city wall. The remaining one
The battalion is responsible for Xuanwu Gate and the northern half of the city wall.
In the entire palace, mainly within the back three palaces, there was only one regiment and one direct battalion with a total of 600 people. At this time, there were at least 3,000 enemies under siege.
Zhang Geda was going crazy. He didn't know how these people got in.
Although these people were wearing eunuch clothes, they were all powerful and powerful. At first glance, they looked like the elite of the border army. They were not eunuchs who spoke in a chicken-like tone at all.
Their weapons are also very advanced, including Rumi guns. They even have turtle dove guns, heavy matchlock guns that are only found in Guangdong.
The ten closed gates are all made of wood, although they are blocked by huge door inserts inside. But the terrifying fire cannons with a caliber of more than thirty millimeters or even more than forty millimeters, such as the Ikaruga Gun, can easily penetrate a door more than ten centimeters thick.
wooden door.
Loud banging noises were heard all the time, the door panel was riddled with holes, and sawdust flew everywhere. Now from the inside, you can even see the thief outside.
The soldiers in Xinghe Tuanlian could only hide on the ground and lie down. If they stood, they would definitely be hit by lead bullets that penetrated the gate.
They could only set up ladders inside the palace wall and lie on the top of the wall, shooting at the mobs. Others hid behind the ridge of the gatehouse and shot at the enemies.
Several times, large groups of enemies rushed forward with hardwood tables as shields, but they were all blown back by grenades.
Now Zhang Geda can only pray that the defenders of the imperial city will come over as soon as possible.
The defenders on the city wall were blocked on the horse path and could not get up and down. They could only shoot at the enemy in the dark. But the effect was very poor, because the Forbidden City was completely dark at night and they could not see where the enemy was because they were all hiding in the shadows.
And the targets on the city wall are obvious under the moon.