The capital has been expanded since it became the capital of the Liao Kingdom. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Khitan people of the Liao Kingdom had become accustomed to the living habits of the Han people, and the capital could actually be regarded as the national capital. During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, it directly became the national capital.
Later, except for Zhu Yuanzhang's short-term capital in Nanjing during the Hongwu period, during Zhu Di's period, the capital once again became the capital of the Ming Dynasty. It has been reinforced repeatedly for more than a hundred years, and this capital is almost the most unlikely city in the world to be captured.
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At this time, on the city wall of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, officials were looking coldly at the Tatar cavalry raging outside.
Those Tatar cavalry have been wreaking havoc outside the city for more than half a month, and the hundreds of kilometers around the capital have probably been covered with blood.
Of course, these Ming officials on the city walls don't care about the life or death of ordinary people. All they care about is the survival of their own families.
For more than half a month, the food in the capital has been stretched to the limit.
Although these officials can still have good food and clothing at home, as the rulers of the huge Ming Dynasty, these officials are by no means fools as the Ming civil servants said on the Internet. Each of them knows that once the capital's food is not enough,
What happens to the military's daily needs.
Camp roar, mutiny...
These are all possibilities. The military power of the Ming Dynasty can be seen as a hump. The period from the founding of the People's Republic of China to Tumubao was a hump, and then it was another hump from Qi Jiguang's birth to organize the new army to the three major expeditions.
Except for these two humps, the rest of the Ming Dynasty's military power is really sad.
The reason why Zhu Houzhao mobilized the Forbidden Army and the Border Army to switch defenses was because he saw that the Ming Dynasty's military power was now unbearable.
Therefore, there is no doubt that if the capital cannot collect the rations for the defenders at this time, this huge city will be exhausted in minutes.
This is the reason why many officials ran to the city wall. They were all praying that the Tatar cavalry could retreat as soon as possible.
Yang Tinghe stood in the middle of the crowd. At this time, the chief assistant, like other officials, was also looking at the Tatar cavalry outside the city.
However, this chief assistant was different from the others. He did not care at all that the capital could not defend the city. On the contrary, seeing the Tatar cavalry showing off their power, a faint smile flashed in the eyes of the chief assistant.
"Your Majesty has lost his moral integrity, so that the Tatars went south. Now, although there are rumors that your Majesty is in the south to deal with the rebels and obtain food for the capital, the rumors are not credible. In order to stabilize people's hearts and repel the Tatars as soon as possible, I suggest another recommendation
The new king will ascend the throne immediately..."
A solemn voice came out of Yang Tinghe's mouth.
The chief minister turned his head and glanced coldly at the officials on the city wall.
Some of the officials here are Confucian disciples, some are not, and even if they are Confucian disciples, not everyone stands with him.
However, no matter what other identities these officials have, one thing is the same. Each of them can see the crisis in the capital at this moment.
In fact, even Yang Tinghe himself was not without a sense of crisis. He did have secret connections with the Tatars outside the city, but not to mention that the connections were not in his own name.
Even if the contact is made in his own name, if the Tatars attack the capital, they will never let him, the chief assistant, run free.
In the final analysis, the reason why he secretly contacted the Tatars was just to use these Tatars, to fight against Zhu Houzhao, and to control the change of the throne.
In this original history, his descendants, the Donglin Party, probably had the same idea as him, which would eventually lead to the rise of the Dongnu, and the destruction of the Ming Dynasty and their takeover of the Central Plains.
"It is a very important matter to elect a new monarch. Even during the Yingzong period, this strategy was only to ensure that the monarch was captured by the enemy. Therefore, I do not agree with the proposal of the chief minister..."
To the side, an old man spoke decisively.
The chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty could make final decisions on state affairs most of the time. Sometimes, even if it was the emperor's imperial edict, if the chief assistant felt there was something wrong with it, he could leave it alone. However, this time it involves the change of the throne, and the chief assistant
The authority is obviously not enough for everyone to agree with.
"Then what do you say? The capital has been trapped for more than half a month. The food from the south of the Yangtze River has not been shipped. There are rumors that the emperor suppressed the rebellion, but no one knows the trace of the emperor so far. Is it possible that when the capital is destroyed and the Ming Dynasty falls,
I will wait until all of us die, and then the six tribes in Nanjing will find a suitable vassal king to inherit the throne..."
Yang Tinghe looked at the old man with cold eyes.
In order to be able to change an emperor who is easy to control, and to prevent Zhu Houzhao from restoring the Ming Dynasty's court to what it was like during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, he basically tried his best during these days, and at the beginning he was still
It went well, Zhu Houzhao foolishly led a team of imperial guards and ran south. Seeing that Confucianism could easily kill Zhu Houzhao, and put the blame on Cao Mang in the rivers and lakes.
Unexpectedly, Na Cao Mang actually met Zhu Houzhao, and killed a large number of Confucian masters in one go.
This forced Yang Tinghe to use the Tatars to take risks. Now, the Tatars have swept across a large area around the capital. Yang Tinghe believed that he would not be able to control the situation for much longer. Once the capital's food was exhausted, the Tatars were afraid that
He really knew how to be lucky and captured the capital.
By then, it would be a trivial matter for the capital to be destroyed forever, and officials like them, and even the Confucian disciples, might suffer. Unknown to others, Yang Tinghe knew that the little Tatar prince was accompanied by masters of shamanism.
"The boat will naturally straighten out when it reaches the bridge. There will always be a way..."
The old man who had spoken before coldly interrupted Yang Tinghe.
He naturally knew that what Yang Tinghe said was very likely to become true. He also knew that by that time, the Six Ministries of Nanjing would not be able to play a role at all, and the vassal kings fighting for the throne would be enough to finish off the Ming Dynasty.
However, although this old man did not know that Yang Tinghe was connected with the Tatars, he also knew that the biggest culprit of Zhu Houzhao's absence in the capital was Yang Tinghe, so he was not willing to compromise with Yang Tinghe at all.
"Is there any way? Can you retreat the army outside the city, or can the army on the nine sides listen to you and me to come to the rescue? Without the emperor's order, who among the nine generals would dare to move? Without the emperor's order,
Now who can instigate the actions of those vassal kings who are the only ones who can provide food support to Jiubian..."
Yang Tinghe looked at the old man with a sneer and said.
For more than half a month, he believed that the endurance of the capital and these officials had reached the limit.
He had received a letter from Fei Ge a while ago about the matter in the south, and something had happened. The Taoists didn't seem to kill Ling Tian, so now he needed to cut through the chaos quickly and sort out the capital.
In this way, even if Zhu Houzhao comes back later, he doesn't have to worry about anything anymore. After all, the change of seizing the gate is very accidental like the Xuanwu Gate and cannot be done casually.
