Looking at Zhu Yuluo who was shy and silent, Pang Gang felt a headache.
To be honest, Pang Gang is not an old-fashioned or loyal gentleman. When he first came to this era, he also yearned for the life of three wives and four concubines, and strived for this goal. This has since
This can be seen from the fact that he kept marrying Chen Yuanyuan, Ling'er, Qiaoer and others into his family.
But when his goals were achieved one by one and he married his fifth wife, he no longer had the original enthusiasm for adding new members to the family.
Looking at Zhu Yurao at this time, he didn't know how to face this beautiful and intelligent princess.
Finally, Pang Gang gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will live up to your expectations and will never let the princess be wronged."
This is Pang Gang's similar words more than once, but this is the first time he has said such words so solemnly in front of his parents and family members. After saying this, Pang Gang's face has become thick enough.
I felt a little warm on my face.
Seeing Pang Gang's slightly red face, Chongzhen nodded: "Okay, I believe in your sincerity. As long as you can treat Ainao well, I and her mother will have nothing more to ask for."
At this time, Chongzhen looked more like a kind father than an emperor. In fact, not only Chongzhen, but also Empress Zhou looked at Pang Gang with expectant eyes.
"Damn it, it sounds like Brother De is a heartless man. What's the matter?"
Just when Pang Gang couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't know how to deal with this group of parents who were full of fatherly and motherly love. A soldier hurriedly walked into the hall and came to Pang Gang and whispered a few words. When Pang Gang heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
became flushed and cried out.
"Li Zicheng was beheaded and Niu Jinxing was captured alive?"
As Pang Gang finished speaking, everyone in the hall exclaimed.
Li Zicheng, who almost defeated the Ming Dynasty two days ago, was killed by Pang Gang's men?
I saw Chongzhen's surprised eyes staring at Pang Gang and asking: "Pang Gang, what did you just say? That the thief leader Li Zicheng has already been beheaded?"
Pang Gang quickly recovered from his previous gaffe, nodded and said with a bitter smile: "Don't be surprised, Your Majesty, I have just received the news, and its authenticity has not been confirmed. Therefore, I still need to..."
Before Pang Gang finished speaking, he saw Cheng Kai, who was responsible for guarding the entire inner city's defense, hurried in. He walked quickly to Pang Gang and said: "Your Majesty, Ben Shiqian is asking for an audience outside the palace and claims to bring
Li Zicheng’s head was taken.”
Although Cheng Kai's voice was not loud, everyone in the hall heard his voice.
Chongzhen's face changed expressions rapidly, and after a long time he sighed: "Pang Aiqing. I didn't expect you to take the head of Li Zicheng's traitor so quickly. I don't even know what to say."
Yes, Chongzhen didn't know what to say at this moment. He worked hard and mobilized half of the Ming Dynasty's manpower and material resources to deal with the bandits, but was easily wiped out by Pang Gang. In the end, even the thieves in the capital were beheaded.
After two such comparisons, Chongzhen, who was ashamed of himself, felt that he was as incompetent as a fool and an idiot.
Pang Gang also reacted. He understood Ben Shiqian's mood of atonement at this time. But this was not a good time to inspect the head. Besides, the possibility of fraud was too small, so there was no need to rush. So he whispered
He said to Cheng Kai, "Let Ben Shiqian go back first. It won't be too late to see the head tomorrow. Also, you go out and tell Ben Shiqian so that he doesn't have to bear any burden. As long as that head is true, then my promise
It will be effective.”
"yes!"
After listening to Pang Gang's words, Cheng Kai secretly breathed a sigh of relief for Mercedes-Benz. This time, Mercedes-Benz has finally passed.
After Cheng Kai went out, Chongzhen looked at Pang Gang and sighed: "Fat dear, I keep my word. Since I promised you the Zen position, I won't regret it. So be it. Wait until next month, which is August 10th. Five, I will summon all the officials to hold a Zen ceremony, what do you think?"
"Zen Ceremony!"
As soon as he heard this sentence, Pang Gang's eyebrows couldn't help but move. Now that Chongzhen has personally set the date, it means that he is one step closer to the throne. He silently calculated in his heart, and now There are still about forty days until August 15th. Although it is a little rushed, it is enough to make basic preparations.
Thinking quickly in his mind, Pang Gang did not forget to stand up and salute Chongzhen, "I thank the emperor for his grace..."
The news that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to meditate in Pang Gang flew in all directions like wings. For a time, the world was shocked, whether it was the Manchus in Liaodong, the border troops on the nine sides, or the troops headed by Hong Chengchou The remaining forces in Jiangnan were all shocked and dumbfounded.
Abdication is a way of changing rulers in China, which refers to the reigning monarch giving up his power to others during his lifetime. Formally, abdication is performed voluntarily by the reigning monarch in order to allow more capable people to rule the country.
The long-standing "concession system" in Chinese history began with Shun: Yao abdicated to Shun, and Shun in turn abdicated to the flood control hero Yu. The "concession system" became the best excuse for Confucius to surrender to ancient times and reform, and it is still openly mentioned in history textbooks. enjoys a good reputation.
Zen abdication is divided into "outer Zen" and "inner Zen". External Zen means that the monarch cedes power to people with different surnames. Internal Zen means giving power to blood relatives of the same surname. Zen abdication means not treating power and position as a family. It is an ideal political system to cede private property to worthy people, and it is elected by tribes. Therefore, the abdication system has also been talked about by scholar-bureaucrats throughout the ages.
However, this system of abdication came to an end only when Qi, the son of Yu, established the first dynasty - the Xia Dynasty. After the Xia Dynasty, the abdication system never appeared in China again. Every dynasty since then The changes are accompanied by countless corpses and blood.
The reason why Pang Gang lowered his attitude and accommodated Chongzhen was because he hoped to achieve this goal in a more peaceful and bloodless way. After all, enough people had died in the Ming Dynasty at this time.
On the river in Jining Prefecture, hundreds of ships were crowded together tightly on the river, and the sun and moon flags of the Ming Dynasty were all displayed on these ships.
Among these ships, there is a relatively large iron building ship. In the cabin of this iron building ship, Hong Chengchou and Cao Huachun are sitting on a low table facing each other with sad faces. At this moment, Hong Chengchou is holding a small boat in his hand. Zhang Gang's post came from the capital. Since the Ming Dynasty's national power had weakened to an extremely weak point at this time, this kind of post, which was very common in the peaceful period, has not been published in the world for a long time. Now this post is still Pang Gang's It is specially distributed to each state capital through its own channels.
Although the Yibao was just a thin piece of paper, the news written on it almost threw Hong Chengchou and Cao Huachun into the abyss. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty actually abdicated, and the abdication was given to Pang Gang, who had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. They were outsiders related by blood. This news was enough to scare the two of them, who considered themselves loyal ministers, silly.
"The emperor actually took the throne..."
A word that seemed to float from nine days away floated out of Cao Huachun's mouth. As an old man who had served Chongzhen for more than 20 years, Cao Huachun's loyalty to Chongzhen was unquestionable, so when he saw this post
The first thought that came to my mind was that this was Pang Gang's conspiracy.
But after coming back to his senses, Cao Huachun vaguely felt that this was not a conspiracy, because no one would be so stupid as to think that sending a postal message would make him a king. Someone without absolute strength could only seek death by sending such a postal message.
Behavior.
But when Cao Huachun came back to his senses, his heart was filled with anger again. He thought that Pang Gang must have hijacked the emperor and forced him to abdicate. With red eyes, he cried bitterly: "You Pang Gang, how dare you do such a treasonous thing?"
, coercing the emperor to abdicate, you deserve death! Mr. Hong, you and I should quickly mobilize our troops, open this passage, and rush to the capital to save the emperor from the fire!"
Cao Huachun's last words were addressed to Hong Chengchou. However, Hong Chengchou was not as excited as Cao Huachun. After decades of experience in officialdom, his views on things were more direct to the essence.
I saw Hong Chengchou frowning and saying: "Eunuch Cao, please calm down for a moment. Even if it is true as you said. The emperor was held hostage by Pang Gang and was forced to give the decree of Zen, but at this moment the situation in Gyeonggi has changed.
Different from a dozen days ago, Li Zicheng has been crowned. At this moment, the capital is already the world of Pang Gang. It is connected with Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places. Pang Gang holds 200,000 yuan in his hands.
Elite army, let alone compete with their army at this moment. Even if we want to rush across the river in front of us, it is not easy. Please tell us how we can save the emperor."
"Then what do you want to do? Are you just going to watch the emperor be coerced by the traitor and give up this great country to the traitor?"
After seeing Hong Chengchou's attitude, Cao Huachun became anxious and his voice became louder.
Seeing how irrational Cao Huachun was, Hong Chengchou couldn't help frowning and said: "Eunuch Cao, the matter has come to this, we should carefully discuss countermeasures instead of throwing a tantrum here."
Cao Huachun said in a sharp voice: "Okay...Okay...Since you said that our family loses its temper and you, Mr. Hong, are well-informed, tell me, what should we do?"
"
Hong Chengchou did not answer, but frowned and said nothing for a long time, "Eunuch Cao, in my humble opinion, the emperor is not in danger in the capital now. The most important thing for us is not to rush to the capital, but to rush back to Nanjing."
Cao Huachun asked in confusion, "Why? Can you give our family a reason?"
"Why? Because Zuo Liangyu!" Hong Chengchou sneered: "If my prediction is correct, Zuo Liangyu must have received this message now. Zuo Liangyu was originally rebellious and ambitious. At this moment
My officer is not in Jinling, and he controls a hundred thousand troops south of the Yangtze River. Eunuch Cao, what do you think he will do if he learns that the emperor wants to abdicate?"
"hiss......."
Cao Huachun took a breath of cold air. As the admiral of Dongchang, he was certainly not an idiot. Naturally, he heard that Hong Chengchou's words were not unfounded, but very possible. If Zuo Liangyu really learned about the emperor's abdication,
According to Zuo Liangyu's ambition, the possibility of establishing himself as king is too great, but he and Hong Chengchou were blocked on the river in Jining Prefecture. If it took another ten days and a half to wait until the food was exhausted, their number would be
The army of ten thousand will inevitably disperse in one fell swoop, and then...
Cao Huachun couldn't help but shudder. At this time, he suddenly realized that if the tens of thousands of troops in his and Hong Chengchou's hands were gone, then this last armed force loyal to the Ming Dynasty would probably be wiped out, and the Ming Dynasty would really be destroyed.
game over.
Thinking of this, Cao Huachun's tone softened, and he said weakly: "Then...according to what Mr. Hong sees, what should we do now?"
Hong Chengchou pondered for a while and then said: "Your Majesty is in trouble, and I am very anxious, but we cannot mess up our position at this moment, otherwise it will not only not help the matter but will ruin the big thing. In my humble opinion, we should return to Jinling immediately at this moment.
Reorganize the troops and horses in the south of the Yangtze River. When the troops and horses are strong, you can send your troops north to rescue the emperor and help us in the Ming Dynasty!"
Hong Chengchou's words were very ups and downs and impassioned. After hearing this, Cao Huachun felt that they were justified. He sighed softly and said: "Well, since we can't save the emperor for the time being, we can only temporarily retreat to the south of the Yangtze River to accumulate strength.
.In order to plan for the future, we will march northward."
When Hong Chengchou saw that Cao Huachun agreed with him, he was secretly happy, but he said calmly: "Since Eunuch Cao also agrees with me, let's return to Nanjing immediately without further delay!"
........
Jinling garrison
Outside the gate of the Jinling garrison were two majestic stone lions. Six Ming soldiers with bright armor had one hand on their hips and one hand on the handle of the knife at their waist. They looked very majestic. They all stared forward.
Suddenly, a sound of horse hoofbeats came from afar. A soldier who looked dusty rode his horse from far to near to the front of the garrison mansion. He stopped his horse in front of the gate of the garrison mansion. Not even for a moment.
Stop and quickly rush to the house.
The Ming army soldier in front of the mansion did not stop him as if he had not seen it. The reason was very simple, because the soldier was carrying a small flag on his back with the word "order" written on it.
Flag, whoever dares to stop this soldier will have his head chopped off.
The soldier ran unimpeded all the way to the front of the lobby and shouted loudly: "Report... Beijing Station News!"
"Come in!" A low and hoarse voice came from the hall.
When the soldiers came to the lobby, they saw a rough middle-aged man in his forties, wearing the uniform of a second-grade military officer, sitting at the front seat in the middle of the lobby. He looked at him with sharp eyes. This middle-aged man
The young man is now the actual controller of Jinling, the "Ping Thief General" Zuo Liangyu. Beside him sit his eldest son Zuo Yuliang and second son Zuo Yuqing.
The soldier hurried forward and reported loudly: "Your Majesty General, a message has been sent from the capital. Please read it."
After speaking, the soldier took off the small package he was carrying behind him and raised his hands above his head.
At this time, a sergeant immediately took the package and handed it to Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Liangyu took the package and waved to the soldiers in front to let him out. He then untied it and took out the post newspaper and read it. However, the more he looked at it, the expression on his face quickly changed. It seemed like surprise, joy, and green.
It's like red and looks very wonderful.
Seeing the changing expression on Zuo Liangyu's face, Zuo Yuliang, who was sitting on his left, asked hurriedly, "Father, hasn't the imperial court abolished the post station a long time ago? Why is there another post station coming?"
Zuo Liangyu didn't answer. After reading the post newspaper silently, he said: "Something big happened in the court!"
After saying that, he handed the postpaper in his hand to Zuo Yuqing, the second son on the right.
Seeing this situation, Zuo Yuliang couldn't help but feel a little angry. His father was too partial to the second child. You should know that he was the eldest son. It was just the long-term fear of his father that made Zuo Yuliang habitually impatient.
The words that came out of my mouth were swallowed.
Soon, Zuo Yuqing also finished reading this post. The same look as Zuo Liangyu appeared on his face. He let out a long sigh and said the same words as Zuo Liangyu, "The imperial court has issued a statement."
It’s a big deal!”
"What the hell is going on!"
Zuo Yuliang on the side was anxious and finally couldn't help shouting.
Zuo Yuqing turned to Zuo Yuliang and said with a smile: "Brother, something big happened in the court, the emperor wants to abdicate!"
"Zen position?" Zuo Yuliang was stunned for a moment. His head felt numb and he couldn't believe his ears. He asked blankly: "Who does the emperor want to give the Zen position to?"
"It's that Pang Gang!" This time it was Zuo Liangyu who answered his question. "This post said that Li Zicheng besieged Gyeonggi and was in danger. Fortunately, Pang Gang led his army to arrive and annihilated them all first.
The thieves had an army of 200,000, and later they killed the thieves chief Li Zicheng and eradicated the banditry in our Ming Dynasty. However, the emperor felt that he was virtuous and incompetent, and for the sake of the people of the world, he abdicated the throne to Pang Gang."
Having said this, Zuo Liangyu had a sarcastic smile on his lips, and sneered: "Haha... abdication, this is a big event that has never happened in thousands of years. I didn't expect that the current emperor would still
Such a big heart?"
"Haha, this is just a fig leaf for Pang Gang." Zuo Yuqing on the side also sneered, "It just so happens that since the Ming Dynasty is gone, no one in Jiangnan can stop our father and son's great cause.
Father, in my humble opinion, now is your chance to show off your grand ambitions. Without the restriction and status of the imperial court, we can justifiably take Jiangnan into our arms. As long as we can bring several provinces in Jiangnan into our hands
If we work hard for a few more years, we can march north under the banner of King Qin. As long as we defeat Pang Gang, our Zuo family may not be able to sit on that seat in the Forbidden City!"
Zuo Yuqing's words were full of temptation. They were like a fire that ignited the ambitions in the hearts of the Zuo family and his son, and then turned into a raging fire...
ps: I'm sorry, I went back to my parents' house today. I didn't get home until six o'clock. I hurriedly coded out a chapter. Please forgive me! (To be continued...)
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