Great time travel

Chapter 100, the time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen's decision

After discussing with Lu Xiangsheng and Wen Tiren for more than half an hour, and finalizing the specific plan for the "moving to the west", the time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen ordered them to quickly prepare for the escape, and then he also left Qianqing Palace, accompanied by Wang Chengen Then came to the door of the inner carrier.

At this time, the eunuch guarding the warehouses had already gotten the wind, opened all the gates of the warehouses, and was about to pack up the valuables and load them on the road.Emperor Chongzhen took the opportunity to inspect the interior and found that the inner warehouse of the Forbidden City occupies a large area, storing various palace supplies ranging from spices to old furniture.Among them is a well-regulated and spacious silver warehouse, which stores the golden flowers and silver accumulated by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and cast silver for official use. They are cast into large silver ingots of 50 taels and one hundred taels, which are neatly placed in the warehouse.The "internal money" that the scholar-bureaucrats in the court often asked the emperor to distribute refers to the silver placed here.

Looking around at the rows of empty wooden shelves in the treasury, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh slightly—the former Emperor Wanli and later Wei Zhongxian sent people around to urge the collection of mining taxes and business taxes, and the inner treasury was once filled quite a bit. Fengying, it is said that the deposit of silver can reach up to 2000 million taels.It's a pity that as soon as Emperor Chongzhen came to power, under the tricks of the Donglin Party, he exempted Jiangnan business taxes and cut off his own source of income.Yuan Chonghuan, a big fool, cheated away seven or eight million taels of internal money, and gave it to the white-eyed wolf who was not familiar with the Guanning Army in western Liaoning... Coupled with the consumption of a series of wars, the cash in the internal treasury is now There are only less than 800 million taels left, and even if all kinds of gems, gold and other valuables are included, it is only discounted by 200 million taels of silver.

Hehe, what do you say that the royal family is rich in the world... Even the families of those Yangzhou salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River probably have more money than my side?

Picking up a royal silver ingot wrapped in mulberry paper, and looking at it in the dim light, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head with a wry smile.

Speaking of which, he, the time-traveling version of the emperor, is really hard-pressed. He is surrounded by the Sangong Sixth Hospital and has countless beauties, but from the time-traveling to the present, he has never slept with a single woman—at the beginning, he was cured from a serious illness. Too weak, and powerless in the matter of men and women; after that, although he recovered a little bit, he was shocked to find that the situation was serious, and his wealth and life were about to be lost. Let's talk about how to survive after solving the problem!I am the emperor no matter what, as long as I save my life, do I still have to worry about not having a woman?

Seeing the eunuchs busily carrying all kinds of gold, silver, grains, rice and dried meat, Emperor Chongzhen lamented his bad fate in his heart, but at the same time couldn't help but began to suspect that the defenders of the capital on the Desheng Gate would be Will he obey the imperial decree and open the door to let him go?
Or will he choose to turn his face in a frenzied manner, shoot arrows at the emperor's royal driver, and start a bloody battle on the streets of the capital?

As a pessimist, he has never been afraid to speculate on the madness of those potential traitors with the utmost malice.

After all, in the spring of 17th year of Chongzhen in another time and space, they actually did this once.

The more he thought about it and the more he worried, he finally lost his mind, and he no longer wanted to stay in the Forbidden City to spend time, but left all the preparations for the escape to Wang Chengen, and he took the lead of the [-] internal troops to clean the army. (Armed eunuchs), go straight to Deshengmen to ensure the back road - at this moment when the building is about to collapse and people's minds are changing, even Jinyiwei, who is the emperor's pro-army, is no longer so reliable because there are many officials and dignitaries among them up.Only these eunuch servants whose life and death are tied to the royal family can basically be regarded as relatively reliable relatives...

What the time-traveling Emperor Chongzhen didn't know was that although he thought he was pessimistic enough, in fact, he was still too optimistic!
——Did you really think that as long as you escaped from the dead land of Beijing, you would be able to turn the crisis into safety?
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On the other hand, as soon as Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the Wen Mansion's *** Pavilion, returned home, he also ordered everyone in the mansion to quickly pack up and prepare to flee with the emperor.

"...Father! Is the capital really unable to hold on this time? Well, it's okay, if you lose this house, you can lose it! Dad can go to Nanjing and become the chief assistant, it's better than being in the besieged city of the capital, It's much better to be worried all day, lest bandits break the city..."

Hearing this, Wen Zichen, the eldest son of Wen Tiren, looked at this luxurious house with carved beams and painted buildings and a deep courtyard with some reluctance, but then relaxed again, "...hehe, the beauties from the south of the Yangtze River on the Qinhuai River painting boat, and the Zhejiang I have missed the scenery of the water village in my hometown for a long time..."

"...Going to Nanjing and then being the chief assistant? It's a beautiful idea! When I go to Nanjing, it's hard to say whether my life will be saved or not!"

While packing up his books and manuscripts, Wen Tiren glared at this dissolute son who sleeps in flowers and sleeps in willows all day long, "...You worthless thing, I don't know how to think about it, now everyone knows that being a father is a The mortal enemy of the Donglin Party, and where is the Donglin Party's lair?"

"...Naturally it is Jiangnan, and Donglin Academy is in Wuxi..." Wen Zichen replied without hesitation, and then he was horrified, "...So, if my father moved south to Jinling with Yujia, wouldn't he be falling into a trap? "

"... What can I do? Driving south to Jinling, although the future is unpredictable, but staying in the present capital, the end is even more unimaginable!"

Wen Tiren snorted unhappily—as a concentration camp for defeated dogs in political struggles in the Ming Dynasty, the Six Departments of the Nanjing court in the Ming Dynasty were full of frustrated officials who lost in the political struggles. Chased down.It's only been a year since they left Beijing in despair, but now the situation is reversed, and it's Wen Tiren's turn to flee to Nanjing to find their old friends and make a living together!
It is conceivable that when Wen Tiren, the old enemy of Donglin, fled to Nanjing, how "warmly" those old enemies would welcome him!
What's more, in addition to the Nanjing court, the Donglin Party's influence among the people in the south of the Yangtze River is even greater, and its financial resources and influence are simply suffocating!
"...But, because of the power of the Donglin Party in the south of the Yangtze River, the Holy Majesty has to use his father even more, so as to prevent the family from dominating the court!"

Although he is recognized as a greedy and lustful dude, as the son of the chief minister of the cabinet, Wen Zichen still has some political sensitivity, "...if all the government falls into the hands of the Donglin Party, there will be no checks and balances." Without power, the Holy One will be reduced to a puppet!"

"...Of course the emperor wants to keep the old man, but after the court's misfortune, even if the emperor wants to, he may not be able to keep the old man!"

Wen Tiren shook his head and sighed: "...Do you know who is behind the Donglin Party? The country gentry, powerful families, and wealthy families in the entire Jiangnan! The imperial court wants to collect food, and the fields are in the hands of these people; the imperial court wants to recruit soldiers, and the strong men are in the hands of these people If the imperial court wants officials, scholars are still in the hands of these people; if the imperial court wants to collect business taxes, which seagoing ship in the south is not the property of these people, and which business name does not bear the name of these people?

Such a colossus, even with the might of the royal family, it is difficult to suppress it - as long as all the officials in the Southern Capital of Donglin work together to cut off the imperial court's taxes and food, the world will collapse immediately!When he was in Beijing, the imperial court could barely deter Donglin against the party by relying on years of accumulated power.But if the imperial court moves to Nanjing, one is that the feathered phoenix is ​​not as good as the chicken, and the other is that the strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake. Master, can't you just be at the mercy of the Donglin Party? "

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren's eyes became darker, "... I don't know if Your Majesty understands that Beijing today is a dangerous place, there are spies in the city, and the morale of the army has been lost, but as long as the emperor stays in the Forbidden City for a day, Then until the enemy soldiers broke through the city, he was still the emperor of Ming Dynasty; but if the emperor's driver left Beijing, would the people of the world still regard him as the emperor of Ming Dynasty? Hey, the future is really unpredictable..."

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On October 23, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the emperor decided to abandon the capital and run away.From that night to the next day, the car drove out of the palace.After hearing the news, all the ministers in the capital rushed to the gate of Shenwu, wanting to cry and admonishing the emperor not to leave the capital lightly.Unexpectedly, the emperor had already changed his clothes, and led five hundred internal troops to Deshengmen to forcibly take over the city defense and clear the way for the troops to leave Beijing.Only Empress Zhang (the sister-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen and the empress of Emperor Tianqi) got off the car outside the palace gate and persuaded the officials to disperse with tears.

So all the ministers went to Deshengmen again, and saw the emperor standing on the top of the city with his helmet on.The ministers are willing to lead the army and the people to fight bloody battles, and repay the favor of the king with death!The emperor said to the emperor: "Although Aiqing's blood and courage are precious, the capital has become an isolated city. There are no reinforcements outside and spies inside. What is the difference between sticking to the capital and committing suicide?"Instead of returning to be the emperors of Hui and Qin in the Northern Song Dynasty, allowing the Tartars to abuse, hunting the five kingdoms in the north and watching the sky from a well, why not go south to control the land of wealth, raise salaries and train troops, and refresh the government, so maybe there is still a chance for ZTE!
Another Jingzhong Xungui led his family soldiers and the patrolmen of the five city soldiers and horses to confront the internal caojing army on the city wall, as if trying to seize the gate to stop the imperial driver.The emperor was very angry, and scolded, saying: "Could it be that you and others have secretly communicated with the Eastern captives, and want to kill the king and vote for Taye?"The Xungui family soldiers shuddered and retreated when they heard the words.The emperor then ordered He Wuzou, a great scholar, to stay behind in Beijing, and together with Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen, he was in charge of the armies in Beijing.Immediately, the emperor went out of the city, leading the empress, imperial concubine, prince, court maids, accompanying courtiers and escorting soldiers and horses totaling more than [-] people, to the north of Beijing to the Changping Emperor's Mausoleum.

At that time, upon hearing the news, the Guozijian Jijiu had mobilized hundreds of supervisors and scholars in the capital, holding the tablet of the most holy teacher, and wanted to go to Deshengmen to stop the royal driver.Unexpectedly, most of the Jiansheng scholars were weak and walked slowly. When the sacrificial wine led all the students to reach Deshengmen, the emperor's imperial driver had been out of the city for a long time.

On October 26, Yujia arrived in Changping, joined forces with Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, and then transferred to Xuanfu.On the [-]th, the Guanning rebels and thousands of captives from the east came after them. The emperor ordered Lu Xiangsheng to lead his troops to defend them. After a fierce battle for one day, Xuanfu Xiao general Wang Dou led his troops to help and defeated the enemy.Yujia and even Shun Township Fort temporarily rest...