And at this time.

Wu Zetian, who had been secretly helping the refugee travelers, sneered.

"Hmm."

"What a fool."

"Wait a minute, when you understand what the impermanence of destiny is, you will know that all time travel is false."

"That was just a play made up by others."

Wu Zetian thought of her own experience and couldn't help but sneer.

Because she hated herself most when she was excited.

I thought I had traveled through time, became the protagonist, and now that I have died, I can look forward to the future.

You can even become a real empress.

P!

It’s all P!

It's just being played with and applauded.

There is no mercy in this world.

There is no sympathy.

Everything is cold and cruel

Then she sided with the emperor again.

at this time.

The frustrated emperor began to piece things together again.

He summoned ministers and factory guards who were loyal to him and blocked the news.

Try to offset the impact of the loss of 70,000 people.

He gathered more than 20,000 horses.

In the capital, a rumor spread.

But it was quickly and inexplicably suppressed.

Originally, this rumor could greatly shake the rule of the imperial court.

At least it will cause many administrators to flee, and it will also cause many families to choose to hedge their bets.

But this time, there was no such sound.

The events in Jiangnan quickly disappeared after they came out from the imperial court.

And the emperor accidentally discovered a treasure from the previous dynasty.

The treasury of this dynasty and the previous dynasty use the same one.

As a result, there is a pile storage under the floor.

It's the kind of library that can only be accessed but not opened until a special moment.

Historically, this kind of sealing of the treasury could not prevent the emperor from enjoying himself and the imperial court from financial collapse.

So it has no effect.

Basically, the founding emperors built it for several generations, and then started it quickly as soon as it went bankrupt in the middle and later stages.

Then it will be spent in a few years.

As long as the officials who run it are rotten, no matter how much money there is, it will be like water in a funnel, unable to fill it up.

Just like the three rates in the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor discovered this treasure, which amounted to thirty million taels!

He decided to distribute it to his soldiers and began recruiting warriors throughout the city.

Facts have long proven that the people are very real.

How much effort you give, how much effort you give, how much life you sell.

Just like the King of Zhou in Kaifeng in the late Ming Dynasty, he took out his family's property and repelled two sieges by Li Zicheng.

As for the capital, there was no defense at all.

Because there is no money and no silver in the capital.

The emperor's treasury only has a few thousand taels, so why should he hide 20 million taels and not use it? That is a rumor that only a fool can believe.

If Chongzhen is about to be hanged, how can he hide his money and not use it?

In fact, King Fu of Luoyang also gave out money to reward him, but the reward was a little late, but the little King Fu still escaped.

And the emperor began to scatter large amounts of money in the capital.

Of course he knew the point was to bribe businessmen.

Only merchants could bring food and weapons.

The effect is good.

Under heavy money, there must be courageous businessmen.

Kaifeng, which was surrounded to death, could be defended twice with money, let alone this place.

Soon, with the emperor's money, he recruited one hundred thousand men.

Then train day and night.

He also asked merchants to bring 5 million stones of grain to be used as military rations.

In fact, there was originally plenty of food around the capital.

Mainly because large households have large reserves.

There are also grain crops from previous years.

As the emperor tightened his control, he began to send troops to surrounding fortresses for training.

At the same time, local control in Beijing will be strengthened.

He sent his cronies one by one to personally manage those fortresses.

He wants to struggle, but he won't give in.

But at this time, he found that his luck was much better.

Some ministers showing signs of betrayal were discovered.

Then there was a house raid.

At the same time, he also prepared several ships for himself and prepared to escape overseas.

He asked his prince and concubines to be ready to board the ship at any time.

And there are only a few stand-ins in the palace.

Soon, as the refugees crossed the border, they began to attack the south with overwhelming force.

He did not go north immediately.

Because he learned the lesson of Li Zicheng.

He needs to consolidate his territory first.

The north is a big burden.

He quickly captured the entire south, with a large number of troops and abundant food and grass.

He selected and trained 300,000 elite troops in one go!

These are 300,000 elites, not the previous 300,000 who only had 50,000, and the rest were threatened refugees and bandits.

Even out of 50,000 people, only 5,000 can fight, and the other 45,000 are all auxiliaries.

I have swords and guns, but I don’t have months of training.

And these 300,000 people have undergone more than three months of training and are fully paid and fed.

To be honest, if Li Zicheng went north with 300,000 elite troops, the Manchu Qing would not be able to defeat him.

It can also be seen from the combat effectiveness of both sides that Li Zicheng's core elite can achieve a balanced ratio of 2 for 1 and 1 for 1 with the Manchu Qing.

Then the refugee travelers finally felt that everything was safe.

He divided his troops into three groups, each with an army of 100,000, and marched north together.

The reason for doing this is not that he didn't know how to concentrate his troops.

But the roads in this era are so bad.

It is not allowed to have many people walking side by side, nor is it allowed to transport a lot of grain and grass together. If 300,000 people are walking together, the speed will slow you down to death.
To be continued...