Great time travel

Chapter 1, Emperor Chongzhen's Horror
Child, when you were born, the entire Forbidden City knew your name: Zhu Youjian.

Son, I watch with concern as you and your brother grow up day by day, becoming candidates for a new generation to take the blame for the world.

You have to remember that we have always ruled this country by playing dumb and compromising.

I am very worried that you and your brother may not even know how much you weigh.

In short, the way to be a king is to never trust anyone—especially those scholar-bureaucrats who call themselves "incarnations of justice".

Unfortunately, it never occurred to me to explain these principles to you carefully, because the candidate for the throne is your brother.

And you, in this life, you should only need to keep yourself safe, enjoy the glory and wealth brought by the imperial power, and don't dream about your brother's throne...

It's a pity that your elder brother Emperor Tianqi's life came to an end prematurely before he could leave any offspring.

So, you were finally crowned and enthroned in a state of ignorance, and became the new generation of scapegoat king...

……

"...Ahhhh—"

Accompanied by a hasty cry, a man let out a terrified cry, "bounced" off the bed, and then because he couldn't sit still, he tilted his body and slid down from the thick quilt , rolled to the floor, and froze there in a dazed attitude with all four hooves upturned... From the dim yellow lamp by the bedside, one can vaguely see that this man in silk underwear The man in the shirt is very young.Although he deliberately grew a beard on his lips and chin in order to make his face appear older, it can still be seen that his age should not be very old, and the traces of time have not yet appeared on his smooth cheeks .

"...Well, Your Majesty, what's the matter?" In the bed where he was lying, a woman raised her head in a daze.

"...Oh, it's okay, it's okay, it's just a nightmare..." The man lying on the floor sighed and murmured.

Next, after repelling the eunuchs and court ladies who had heard the sound, the No. 16 emperor of the Ming Empire, the 23-year-old Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, rubbed his aching back while He got up on the carpeted floor and lay back on the bed.

But the nightmare just now still made him sleepless—how could such a serious and cold matter be so hilarious?
Alas, but now at least he escaped from that dead place in Beijing... If he survived this catastrophe, he must have some good luck in the future!
The time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen who had already changed his soul felt so relieved.

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——After hastily escaping from Beijing, the time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen's next journey is still bumpy.

First, in the Mausoleum of Emperor Changping (the Ming Tombs of later generations, but Emperor Chongzhen has not been buried yet, so there are only Twelve Tombs at this time), Lu Xiangsheng's more than 1 remnants of the Tianxiong Army were successfully assembled, but then they just walked to Baoanzhou. They encountered thousands of pursuers from Jurchen Eight Banners and Guanning Iron Cavalry—it looked like someone in the capital was tipping off the Tatars.Thanks to Lu Xiangsheng's superior martial arts, his ability to command troops, and the Tartars' chasing troops who traveled long distances, their forces were at an absolute disadvantage, so the Ming army was not defeated on the spot.Next, Wang Dou of Qianhu, the border army of the Xuanfu, led his troops to help, and finally defeated the enemy.

Although this victory was of little strategic and tactical significance, it was like a shot in the arm, temporarily clearing away the loss and fear caused by the hasty evacuation of the capital.After cleaning the battlefield, Emperor Chongzhen rewarded Wang Dou for his loyalty and bravery, and incorporated his Shunxiang Army into the Imperial Guard.Then he moved to Shunxiangbao, where Wang Dou was stationed, where he planned to rest and reorganize his troops while summoning King Qin's reinforcements to see if there was a chance to recover the capital.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen only rested in Shunxiang Fort for a day, and Li Zicheng also escaped from the capital with the bandits who broke into the camp, and then rushed into Xuanfu.After a chaotic battle, Li Zicheng left with tens of thousands of bandits. Xuanfu Town, which was originally unstable and restless, was completely smashed to pieces.

Later, there was bad news from the south that Huang Taiji had entered the capital, and all the officials left behind in the capital were vying to join him.What is even more frightening is that, in order to eliminate the threat to the capital from the Xuanfu frontier army and Emperor Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, while capturing the capital at the fastest speed, organized a crusade army of 10 people non-stop, and marched out of the north of Beijing aggressively. First, they broke through Changping and Miyun, and then pressed towards Xuanfu...

Facing the approach of the Tartar army and the letters of persuasion sent from the opposite side through various channels, the frontier army of the Xuan Mansion became more and more unstable. More and more civil and military officials began to harbor ulterior motives. Mutiny broke out frequently.In the end, even the chief soldiers of the Xuan Mansion, who were ordered to dispatch elite soldiers to escort them, were blasted out of the Xuan Hua Mansion by a group of rebels. There were even rebel generals who had defected to the Tartars and even led their trusted servants to attack the emperor's royal family in a sneak attack in order to seek great merit...

It seems to be a replay of the scene in the capital. Under the desperate situation of people betraying their relatives, trees falling and monkeys scattered, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to continue to flee westward. First, he passed Juyongguan and retreated to Datong. Completely got rid of the pursuers of the Tartars.However, Datong is located on the border, with barren land, inconvenient transportation, food and taxes are unable to maintain a huge expenditure.So the emperor set off again and fled to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province in late November, where he set up a camp and accommodated all the civil and military officials who fled with him, barely settled down.

——At this moment, the north is already freezing cold, snowing heavily, and the roads are difficult. The emperor's royal driver really can't continue to drive to Nanjing.

At this time, Taiyuan City had just been bloodbathed by Shaanxi bandits in the summer. The governor, magistrate, general soldier and King Jin were all killed or disappeared, and many houses and official positions were vacated.Later, after being recovered by the government army, he did not have time to be reappointed.So the emperor took his family and eunuchs to live in the Prince Jin Mansion—although the rogues had already plundered all the gold and silver in the palace and set fire to many houses before they left, at least half of the buildings were still intact. It is much better to camp and sleep in the open. As for furniture and other things, you can make do with it if you can barely make up.

And the civil and military officials who drove westward also lived in vacant yamen in various parts of Taiyuan City, finally setting up a shelf of exile from the imperial court.

Until this time, His Majesty's life was considered to be a little more stable - although the iron cavalry of the Jurchen Eight Banners continued to gallop on the North China Plain, and even a small group of rangers stepped across the frozen Yellow River and killed them all the way to the city of Kaifeng. It caused panic in Henan Province.But so far, the Tartar army is still separated from Taiyuan by the Taihang Mountains, and they will not hit Emperor Chongzhen for the time being.

And the Shaanxi rogue bandits were also injured in this year's chaos in Gyeonggi. Although it is difficult to eradicate, they should not be successful in a short period of time.

Therefore, for the current situation, the time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen is basically satisfied—although the capital and almost the whole of Beizhili have fallen to the enemy, but for him, he has successfully jumped out of a dilemma. As far as the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it also relieved a big financial burden.Next, as long as the spring is warm and the roads are clear, his royal driver will continue to go south to Jinling, re-establish the imperial court in Nanjing, control the land of wealth and wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, refresh the government, and calmly raise wages and train troops.Then Jin may be able to organize the Northern Expedition and reorganize the rivers and mountains; at worst, he can rely on the natural dangers of the Jianghuai River to maintain the partial security situation of the Southern Song and Eastern Jin Dynasties-in any case, he will not do worse than Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou!
Well, however, those "kun thieves" who are entrenched in a corner of Hainan Island and who are suspected to be traversers have to be more vigilant and careful. I hope they don't have delusions of changing the dynasty, otherwise I can only eradicate them with harsh hands.In addition, Huangshi, the general soldier of Fujian, seems to have raised his troops to rebel. I don't know how the war is going there now?Judging from the memories of the original Emperor Chongzhen, this general, who was also suspected of being a traverser, had fought invincible opponents in Liaodong during the reign of Tianqi, and it seemed that he was not easy to deal with... However, with Jiangnan's financial resources, even with the silver bullet tactics, It should be able to suppress it!

——Although this time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen thought well, he seriously overestimated the deterrent power of "orthodoxy".Moreover, his own ability may not be inferior to that of Song Gaozong, but the loyalty of the scholar-officials in the Ming Dynasty is completely incomparable with that of the Song Dynasty.

In short, if there is anything particularly dissatisfied with the emperor of the time traveler recently, it is that at this time, he has not been able to have sex with the concubines of Emperor Chongzhen once!But this really can't blame the concubines for not serving them wholeheartedly, it's entirely because of his own problems - in the Forbidden City before, this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen woke up from a serious illness, his body must be abnormally weak, naturally Can't do sex.Then, before he recovered his body, the rapidly deteriorating battle situation forced him to stand up and try to arrange the escape under the pressure of the civil and military forces of the court.Along the way, he not only couldn't eat well and sleep well, but also faced all kinds of open and dark arrows, and guarded against the long-distance pursuit of local officials and thugs with ulterior motives. The physical strength and energy of this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen , In fact, it has already been overdrawn badly.

As a result, when the group arrived in Taiyuan and finally settled down, he immediately fell ill again and did not gradually improve until the first two days.

Although the queen and concubines are already sleeping at the moment, they are just chatting under the quilt.Even if he occasionally became lustful, facing the coquettish anger of the queen or the imperial concubine who said "You don't want to die?", this time-traveling version of the Chongzhen Emperor could only give up resentfully—after all, he himself knew that he was indeed very weak, and it was hard to travel through time. I came to be the emperor for a while, and it would be too bad if I died of a sudden wind because of being too anxious!
In the midst of these random thoughts, it was already bright outside, and there were bursts of rooster crowing.So His Majesty called the maid on duty to help him get up, dress and wash.And in the flower hall outside, exquisite breakfasts have already been set up—although the royal driver is away and the conditions are not as good as those in the palace, there are more than [-] pastries and side dishes, porridge, cakes, soup, and more than a dozen court ladies. Serving in circles, adding rice and serving dishes...

Seeing so many respectful and beautiful family members around him, the time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help feeling a burst of joy.

What is wealth and honor, what is called a step forward, what is the taste of being a master, this is it!

——No matter where you go, there will be a large number of servants following you. If you want to eat something, you only need to look at it, and someone will deliver it with a flattering smile on your face. If you want to use something, someone will take care of it without asking... This This is the real life of a successful person!
Thinking about the days when I bent down for five buckets of rice in the modern world, regardless of whether it was cold or hot, I had to work overtime for free from time to time, and I was secretly tripped up by my colleagues, and my boss wore small shoes. This time-travel version of Chongzhen The emperor shed tears of sympathy for his former self.

Even if it's just to continue enjoying such a leisurely life, he must secure the throne under his ass.

Unfortunately, in the current storm of empire collapse, this selfish dream is destined to be nothing but wishful thinking.

——Emperor Chongzhen hadn't finished his breakfast when he saw his confidant eunuch Wang Chengen rushing over, his face full of fear:
"...My lord! My lord! What a disaster! I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Nanjing! The gang of rebellious ministers in Liudu actually want to support a new emperor!"

"...What?! How dare they do such a rebellious thing?!!"

As if there was a "buzz" in his head, Emperor Chongzhen jumped up in shock, not even noticing that a bowl of hot millet porridge was overturned on his lapel, "...Nanjing civil and military audience Among the ministers, who is involved in this matter? Which of my relatives do you want to be the false emperor?"

"...Your Majesty, the news from the south is not very clear. We only know that Lu Weiqi, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, and Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin, all participated in this matter. And the false emperor they are trying to support is It's Zhu Yihai, the second son of King Lu." Wang Chengen replied.

"...the second son of King Lu?" Emperor Chongzhen's expression was very strange for a moment, "...how could he be in Nanjing? Where are King Lu and his son?"

"...It is said that Prince Lu's mansion was breached by the demon Wenxiang Sect. King Lu and his son did not escape, only the second son Zhu Yihai fled to Nanjing."

"...Understood, and then this guy hooked up with the Donglin traitor in the south of the Yangtze River..." Emperor Chongzhen sighed, sat down slumped, and was in a state of disarray for a while—the possibility of threatening himself in this time and space The factor of the throne, from the Jurchens, Shaanxi bandits to various rebels, and those who are suspected to be traversers, has been carefully considered many times these days, and he thinks he can come up with some countermeasures.However, he never expected that Nanjing would dare to support a new emperor while he was still alive, and brazenly depose his throne!
——When he heard the names of Zhang Pu and Qian Qianyi in the conspiracy group, this time-traveling version of Emperor Chongzhen already knew that the mainstream forces of the Donglin Party and Jiangnan who stood behind the Donglin Party The gentry, landlords and wealthy business groups may have abandoned themselves as the emperor...

What should I do now?Without the money and food from Jiangnan, what should he use to feed the court and rule the world?
Moreover, with the bad start made by the Nanjing side, who knows what the civil and military officials in other provinces will think?Will there be a model?
Next, as if God still thought he wasn't frightened enough, Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, hurried over with a new piece of bad news:
"...What? There are also changes on the ground in Luoyang? King Fu is contacting civil and military officials in Henan, and seems to be plotting something wrong?!"