Chapter 18 The dilemma of loyalty and filial piety since ancient times!
Queen Zhou on the side looked at Emperor Chongzhen in front of her and said angrily.
"What are you worried about when our son looks like Chengzu? Isn't it good to have such a son? With a character like his, maybe he can help you conquer the world. Look at what the situation is like now!"
After hearing Queen Zhou's words, Emperor Chongzhen nodded.
What my queen said makes some sense.
He was slightly ashamed.
He had already given up on the rotten situation, but he didn't expect to be saved by his own son!
Really are……
Chongzhen sighed slightly in his eyes.
I hope it will get better and better in the future!
After Zhu Cihong left the palace, he quickly found Li Banghua.
At this time, Li Guanghua was discussing some countermeasures with Ni Yuanlu in the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
While giving orders to the clerk next to him.
Zhu Cixi's arrival caused the two of them to quickly walk down the hall.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"No gift!"
Zhu Cixi waved his hand and said to the two people in front of him.
"I have a bad feeling that Li Zicheng is likely to steal the city at night. Have you made any preparations?"
Zhu Cixiang looked at the two people in front of him with a serious expression and said.
Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, the two people in front of them were slightly stunned, looking at Zhu Cixiang in front of them with a trace of hesitation in their eyes.
"I've already asked people to take turns to keep an eye on the intruders' movements... It should be fine!"
Li Banghua hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him and said.
"It's a good idea, but it's not enough. If the intruders attack in the middle of the night, gather all the forces and storm a city wall, we will still be prone to problems!"
Li Banghua nodded.
"Let everyone go and have a rest. Just leave a few people at the top of the city to guard it! In the middle of the night, everyone will be screaming!"
Zhu Cixiang said decisively to Li Banghua in front of him.
Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Li Banghua showed a look of embarrassment on his face. He hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him and asked: "Your Highness, what if the intruders attack the city in the middle of the night at this time? What if they attack the city in the middle of the night?
, aren’t we..."
"I made this decision! I am responsible for this decision!"
Zhu Cixiang's courage is obviously far superior to Chongzhen's, and he is not afraid of taking the blame.
It’s already this time, so let’s just take the blame!
The worst possible outcome is death!
If you bet correctly, you will live; if you bet correctly, you will die!
"good!"
When Li Banghua saw that Zhu Cixiang had said this, he no longer hesitated, nodded directly, and quickly started to make arrangements.
Looking at Li Banghua's back, Zhu Cixiang asked Ni Yuanlu in front of him: "How much food does the Ministry of Revenue have now?"
Ni Yuanlu looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of her with a wry smile, and said with a look of helplessness on her face: "Your Highness, there will be rats running around in the warehouse of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development!"
Zhu Cixiang simply ignored his complaints.
"If you organize some people, you must prepare white rice and stewed meat for the rest of the night! And you must ensure that these things are warm for the rest of the night! Do you understand?"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Ni Yuanlu in front of him with a serious face and said.
"Understood! Your Highness!"
Ni Yuanlu nodded. As the Minister of Household Affairs, he could easily accomplish such a small thing.
After arranging things here, Zhu Cixiang didn't take much rest. He went to inspect the major city gates and made sure that there were no problems with the surrounding city gates.
Zhu Cixiang did not return to the palace, but found a private house to sleep in.
"If you find out where there is an attack on the city, notify me as soon as possible!"
After Zhu Cihong gave such instructions to a guard in uniform, he lay down peacefully!
It's just getting dark now, and the city lights of Beijing are starting to turn on.
Some places that should be open for business are still open for business, but today's Beijing city is much more depressed than it used to be, because the Chuang King's army is already stationed under the city walls of Beijing city.
If the crown prince hadn't temporarily organized some gangsters, I'm afraid the intruders would have already broken into Beijing.
In the restaurants in the streets and alleys, there was a lot of discussion about the Crown Prince.
"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood alone on the top of the city wall, facing Li Zicheng, the king of the invaders, and shouted for Li Zicheng to come over! Li Zicheng was so angry that he jumped to his feet and let a large number of densely packed soldiers rush to the top of the city. As a result, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince set him on fire.
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"Indeed! I also heard that His Royal Highness allowed the intruders to use artillery and trebuchets to hit the city gate tower. As a result, the golden light shone on the city gate tower, and all the artillery fired on the city gate tower were bounced away!"
"Ho! This Crown Prince is so powerful!"
"Who says it's not the case! I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince descended from the Ziwei star!"
"Amazing!"
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In the tavern, some people were discussing continuously.
But at this time, the city defense was completely silent and very peaceful.
"Have all the soldiers gone to bed?"
Li Banghua asked a clerk next to him.
The clerk nodded.
"They are very obedient. We all let them sleep, and they are also very obedient."
"Yeah! Remember to wake them up in the middle of the night, and you've chosen the night watchers!"
Li Banghua nodded, looked at the clerk in front of him and asked.
"Everything has been chosen, and they have all been notified!"
"Okay, then you should go down and rest for a while!"
Li Banghua said to the clerk next to him.
The clerk said to Li Banghua in front of him: "Then let's take a rest, sir!"
"kindness!"
Li Banghua nodded, and the clerk turned and left.
Looking at the back of the clerk, Li Banghua had no intention of sleeping. He slowly walked out of the room and looked at the huge moon on the horizon. A trace of worry flashed in Li Banghua's eyes.
He didn't know whether such a decision was right or wrong.
If the intruders attack in the middle of the night, the capital will be in danger. If the soldiers are awakened in the middle of the night and the intruders do nothing, the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince will be damaged.
Moreover, we stayed up half the night, which would be a great hindrance to our preparations for attacking the city tomorrow...
Thinking of this, Li Banghua sighed.
He always felt that there was something wrong with this decision, but now that His Highness the Crown Prince has made this decision, there is no other way but to end the road in a dark way!
But he still couldn't sleep.
He slowly walked to the city wall, looked at the soldiers lying on the wall, and gently covered them with blankets.
Li Banghua's eyes were worried and somewhat sharp as he looked at the intruder camp not far away.
After inspecting the city wall, Li Banghua walked down from the city wall and returned to his temporary residence, a mansion very close to the city wall.
After returning to the mansion, Li Banghua asked the servant next to him to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Brush brush brush.
Lines of words are like dragons walking on the fine rice paper.
If the defense of the city is defeated this time, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed, and I am afraid that I will not be able to survive in this world! He wrote this letter to his old mother.
"Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. My mother used to teach my children to worry about the world's worries first, and then be happy after the world's happiness! Now, the Ming Dynasty is about to fall! If Beijing falls, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed, and the land of China will become a foreign race.
In the hunting battlefield, in order to avoid all this happening! The only choice is to fight to the death!"