At noon, Zhu Gaoyuan and his party had arrived at Tianshou Mountain.
Tianshou Mountain is also where the Imperial Tombs of the Ming Dynasty are located. Twelve emperors since Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, were buried here. Chongzhen was also supposed to be buried here, so it is called the Ming Tombs.
Upon hearing that Chongzhen had arrived, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum hurried out to greet him.
"The servants did not know that the Long Live Lord was coming. If they did not come far enough to greet him, they would be punished by death."
"Ping Shen." Zhu Gaoyuan hated the eunuch system, but he did not embarrass these eunuchs.
To put it bluntly, these eunuchs are also victims of the eunuch system. If they had a choice, who would be willing to cut off the roots of their descendants and become mutilated? Wouldn't it be nice to keep them for sex with girls?
Wang Jiayan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, let's do a sweep when entering the garden."
The Ming Dynasty founded the country based on filial piety. If you pass by the tombs of your ancestors without going in to worship, you will be criticized verbally and written by the scholar-bureaucrats, and your name will be left in the history books in the future.
However, worshiping the imperial mausoleum is not something that can be done by lighting a few sticks of incense and kowtowing a few heads. Instead, there is a strict and complicated process that may not be completed in a long time. By then, an army of thieves may catch up.
Given the lesser of two evils, Zhu Gaoyuan felt that his life still mattered.
At that moment, Zhu Gaoyuan said: "Forget it, come back to worship and sweep when you have time."
Hu Ke, who was an official in charge of public speaking, expressed regret to Wu Ganlai during the incident and said: "It is unworthy of a son of man to pass by the ancestral mausoleum without entering to pay homage to Sasu. I ask the Holy One to take back the order."
Zhu Gaoyuan shook his head and said: "The thieves and soldiers may catch up at any time, forget it."
Wu Ganlai was also upset and said angrily: "The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. It would be unfilial for the emperor to pass by the ancestral mausoleum and not enter. Aren't you afraid of being infamous in the history books in the future?"
"How unfilial?" Zhu Gaoyuan really couldn't bear it now.
These officials in the Ming Dynasty really fought just to fight.
If you just sell your name directly, you still have time, right?
At that moment, Zhu Gaoyuan put his face in front of Wu Ganlai's and spitted directly on his face.
"If I wasted time in sweeping the ancestral tombs and was overtaken by the bandits' pursuers, causing me and you to die in battle together, leading to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, the interruption of the country, and the change of owners, this would be unfilial.
! How unfilial! Wu Geishi, do you want me to see my ancestors buried under the Nine Springs without a face in the future?"
Wu Ganlai opened his mouth to speak, but was too anxious to refute.
Comparing the two, Zuo of the Ming Dynasty is indeed more important.
However, the trolls would not give up so easily. Wu Ganlai quickly said with a pinched neck: "No matter how urgent the bandits are in pursuit, they will not catch up in an instant. If your Majesty is afraid that the process will be cumbersome and time-consuming, it is just simple
It's okay to do a memorial sweep, at least it can silence the world, and there won't be any infamy in the history books in the future."
Zhu Gaoyuan said suddenly: "Co-author Wu Gaishi does things to show off to others? Just to show off?"
After saying this, Wu Gan didn't wait for Wu Gan to retort and said: "I hate formalism the most in my life. Whenever I do something, I either don't do it, and when I do it, I have to do it realistically, not just to show off, to show off to others, to show off, to sacrifice."
The same should be said for imperial mausoleums. I am not doing sacrifices to show off to others, let alone blocking the public opinion of the world."
"In the future, if we can wipe out all kinds of thieves and wipe out the slaves,"
"I will definitely come to Tianshou Mountain again to pay homage to my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty."
"As for now, there is no need to do anything extra for the sake of formality!"
"Your Majesty is wise." Wang Jiayan nodded happily, "Old minister seconded the proposal."
Because this is actually shirking the blame. Abandoning the ancestral mausoleum for no reason is a serious crime. Now that Chongzhen is willing to take the responsibility himself, officials like them will naturally not refuse.
Otherwise, who knows if you, Chongzhen, will settle the scores later?
Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng and others also expressed support, but Wu Gan did not dare to say more.
But Wu Ganlai didn't feel embarrassed at all, because that's what the Ming Dynasty's ministers did. It was their daily routine to defy the emperor and the sky. It didn't matter what the outcome was.
Zhu Gaoyuan asked the eunuch guarding the mausoleum again: "What is your name?"
"Old slave Sun Xiangxian." The great eunuch's voice became choked with excitement.
Zhu Gaoyuan asked again: "Sun Banban, how many years have you been in Wanshou Mountain?"
Sun Xiangxian shed tears and said, "It's been seventeen years since I replied to my long-lived wishes."
Seventeen years of guarding the mausoleum? No wonder this old eunuch is not in Chongzhen’s memory.
Zhu Gaoyuan asked again: "Sun Banban has been in Wanshou Mountain for seventeen years, so he should be very familiar with the nearby terrain, right?"
For the eunuchs who guard the mausoleum, they are just official envoys and are not under house arrest. They can go out freely. Sun Xiangxian has been guarding the imperial mausoleum at Wanshou Mountain for seventeen years, so he must be familiar with the terrain.
Sun Xiangxian said: "I'm very familiar with you. Where are you going, Lord Long Live?"
Zhu Gaoyuan said: "Do you know where there is a path to cross the Great Wall?"
"Yes, yes," Sun Xiangxian said, "Twenty miles to the northeast from here is a mountain pass called Pianshiliang. Most of the Great Wall there has collapsed, and people and horses can pass through."
Zhu Gaoyuan said: "You lead the way."
"Old slave obeys the order." Sun Xiangxian was overjoyed.
I can finally leave this hellish place.
Wang Jiayan still wanted to fight for it and asked: "Your Majesty, are you really not going to Yongping Mansion?"
Zhu Gaoyuan said: "If you want to go to Yongping Mansion, you went there yesterday morning when we just broke out of the siege. Since you didn't go before, it's even more impossible to go now. If you go, you will definitely fall into a trap!"
It is impossible to defect to Wu Sangui.
This is really a political opportunist.
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On March 21st, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army finally reached Yutian County in Shuntian Prefecture.
Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict at the beginning of the year, asking Wu Sangui to lead Guan Ning's army to enter King Guan Qin. However, three months later, Guan Ning's army had just entered Shuntian Mansion.
I walked more than 500 miles in more than three months.
On average, I walk about five miles a day.
This shows Wu Sangui’s attitude.
Wu Sangui never thought about the real King Qin.
The reason why Wu Sangui led his troops into the pass was just to avoid the increasingly powerful Jian Nu. He really couldn't stay in that corner in western Liaoning anymore. The threat from Jian Nu's Hongyi artillery was too great.
As soon as the army arrived in Yutian County, news suddenly came that the capital had fallen and that Shengjia had broken the siege.
After learning the news, Wu Sangui decisively led the Guan Ning Army to the nearby Yutian County, and invited Wang Yongji, Governor of Jiliao, Li Yutian, Governor of Liaodong, and Tong Kuixing, the Supervisor of Ji Town, to the camp.
"Master Wang, Li Futai, something big happened." Wu Sangui said.
Wang Yongji and Li Yutian exchanged glances and asked, "What's the matter?"
"You two adults must hold on," Wu Sangui said, "the capital has fallen!"
"Ah? The capital has fallen?!" Wang Yongji and Li Yutian stood up suddenly after hearing this, and shouted at the same time, "What about the Holy Master? How is the Holy Master?"
Wu Sangui took a breath and said: "Fortunately among misfortunes, Shengjia personally led the imperial army to break out of the siege at night."
"God bless me, Ming Dynasty!" Wang Yongji took a deep breath and asked, "Where is the holy chariot stationed now?"
Li Yutian said quickly: "No matter where the holy chariot is stationed, Ping Xibo will immediately lead the Jizhen Jingqi to escort him!"
"Why don't I want to?" Wu Sangui said helplessly with his hands spread out, "But where the holy cavalry went after breaking the siege is currently unknown, and there is no way to protect him."
"What should we do?" Li Yutian was extremely anxious.
Wu Sangui's eyes flashed and he said: "My lords, don't be too anxious. I have sent many groups of scouts and cavalry to various places to inquire about the news. News of the Holy Master will be sent back in the near future. You and I will discuss it at that time."
"Thank you for your victory, Uncle Xi." Wang Yongji and Li Yutian left with a few polite words.
Wu Sangui did not try to persuade him to stay, but sent someone to invite his close aide Fang Guangchen to the camp.
"The capital has fallen, and the Holy Master is missing." Wu Sangui opened the door and said, "A great change is about to happen. What do you think the Guan Ning Army should do in this critical period?"
Fang Guangchen said: "Then it depends on what the brother wants. If the brother wants fame, then he should be a filial son and a virtuous minister for the Zhu family and fight bloody thieves to the end. If the brother wants profit, if he wants to do good for the people within the pass,
If the 200,000 Liao people seek welfare, then they should surrender to Dashun. The Ming Dynasty is exhausted, and a change of dynasty is probably inevitable."
Wu Sangui's brows suddenly furrowed. He was a traitor? His reputation was probably not good.
"Brother is worried about Qianqiu's notoriety, right?" Fang Guangchen said with a smile, "Actually, there is no need to worry, because I also heard some news here. It is said that the day after the fall of the capital, Wei Zaode, the chief minister of the cabinet, led thousands of officials in the capital to
He knelt outside the Chengtian Gate and begged the Dashun Dynasty to accept him, so it was said that Li Shun was the general trend."
While they were talking, General Wu Guogui came in and reported: "Uncle, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong are asking for a meeting outside the city. These two traitors are probably working as lobbyists for the intruders."
"Bai Guangen, Tang Tong?" Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen looked at each other and said, "Let them in!"
Wu Guogui took the order and left. After a while, he led Tang Tong and Bai Guangen into the carriage.
"Brother Chang Bo, you are well." Bai Guangen, Tang Tong and Wu Sangui have known each other for many years. They worked together under Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao.
The Eighth General Soldier of the Suppression Campaign back then was killed and surrendered.
Only Wu Sangui is still struggling to support the Ming Dynasty.
"Am I familiar with you?" Wu Sangui shouted, "Someone, push these two traitors out and chop them down!"
"Yes!" The four servants lined up on both sides of the carriage agreed, and immediately rushed forward like tigers and wolves, pushing Tang Tong and Bai Guangen out.
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