Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 43 43, the city of Beijing survived from desperation?Zhu Cihong does not believe in Sangui
When Zhu Cihong returned to the palace from Deshengmen, he received an extremely warm hug from Emperor Chongzhen.

"As expected, you are worthy of being my son, I knew that you would not let me down!"

Zhu Cihong laughed haha, his eyes wandered on Chongzhen's face, and suddenly he felt a little puzzled.

Why does it look like this cheap old man seems to have cried?
Chongzhen seemed to have noticed Zhu Cihong's gaze, coughed unnaturally, and said, "Long'er, you must be tired after a day of fighting, come here, let's serve food!"

Emperor Chongzhen's daily meals were actually very simple, especially now that Li Zicheng's soldiers were besieging the city, he tightened his belt even more, but today's meals are very rich, and it seems that he should have greeted him in advance.

For the sake of the delicious food, Zhu Cihong feasted on it, and didn't care too much about it.

But it can be felt that Chongzhen's attitude towards Zhu Cihong has obviously improved a lot.

That night, Zhu Cixiang slept extremely soundly.

Early the next morning, Zhu Cihong just woke up when he saw Wang Chengen's face.

Zhu Cihong immediately realized that something must have happened.

Sure enough, the next moment Wang Chengen said: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty wants you to go to the Imperial Study immediately!"

Zhu Cihong rubbed his eyes and asked, "Old Wang, what happened?"

Wang Chengen didn't hide anything and said directly: "It's like this. The messenger from Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, has just entered the capital!"

Zhu Cihong was taken aback: "Wu Sangui!?"

It turned out that the news of Wu Sangui had arrived, no wonder Emperor Chongzhen sent people to look for Zhu Cihong in such a hurry.

When hearing this name, Zhu Cihong's mood can be said to be very complicated.

What kind of person Wu Sangui was has always been controversial in history books.

Some people said that he betrayed Daming and was an out-and-out traitor.

Some people say that although he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he finally found his way back, and there is still something to be desired.

Some people say that he is selfish, that everything is only for his own benefit, and he has no feelings for family and country in his heart.

Some people also said that he committed a heinous crime and that he was an out-and-out traitor, the kind who deserved to be exterminated.

Zhu Cihong didn't want to comment on Wu Sangui, but what Zhu Cihong knew very well was that until the city of Beijing was breached in history, Wu Sangui never appeared outside the city.

On the day Chongzhen hanged himself to death, Wu Sangui was still far away in Shiguan City, which was 250 kilometers away from Beijing City, that is, 500 miles away!

What does such a long distance mean?
It shows that Wu Sangui doesn't really want to rescue Beijing City at all.

Considering that the butterfly effect caused by the traveler Zhu Cihong can only be fermented in the city of Beijing for the time being, and will not affect the Liaodong and Guanning Army, it is basically certain that the current Wu Sangui is the same as the one in history. There is no difference between Wu Sangui who is willing to die.

Unreliable!
Zhu Cihong used his brain to think, and finished washing as fast as he could, then ate dry food, and rushed to the imperial study in a carriage.

Zhu Cixiang has become accustomed to this kind of life in which people are given great responsibilities by heaven.

The resilience of a 15-year-old body is amazing. No matter how tired you were the day before, as long as you wake up from sleep, all your fatigue will disappear.

In the imperial study room, there were several cabinet bachelors, military bosses such as the British Duke and Li Guozhen, as well as the two giants Wang Chengen and Wang Huamin, the chief ceremonial supervisors, and of course Emperor Chongzhen was indispensable.

Zhu Cilang looked around and found that everyone had happy expressions on their faces, obviously they had high hopes for Wu Sangui.

The Guan Ning Army is now the last fighting force in the Ming Dynasty. I can understand it.

Chongzhen was also very happy after seeing Zhu Cihong's arrival, and said with a smile to Zhu Cihong: "My son, I just got the news that Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Jiliao, has led an army to Tongzhou, and he will reach the capital in a few days!"

Li Guozhen was also very excited and said: "As soon as Ping Xibo's soldiers and horses arrive, then the Ming Dynasty will be able to cooperate internally and externally to defeat the traitor army, and then the siege of the capital will be lifted!"

The relationship between Li Guozhen and Wu Sangui is also very good. The age difference between the two is not too big. The Li family and the Wu family are family friends. You lift me up and I lift you up. All in all, they are very harmonious.

The ideas of Chongzhen and Li Guozhen were obviously supported by most of the people present.

Although Li Zicheng has only besieged Beijing for a few days, everyone's mood is ups and downs. Now that there is a little hope, can't we look forward to it like crazy?
Looking at the appearance of the crowd, Zhu Cihong felt in his heart that he had to pour some cold water on these guys.

Zhu Cihong said calmly: "If you really think this way, you are probably very wrong. If I guessed correctly, it is absolutely impossible for Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses to appear in the city of Tongzhou within five days at least. of."

After hearing Zhu Cihong's words, everyone present was taken aback.

Indeed, as Zhu Cihong had guessed before, his words made everyone feel down.

Chongzhen frowned, and said to Zhu Cihuang with some doubts: "Long'er, why are you so sure?"

Li Guozhen couldn't help but said: "His Royal Highness, Tongzhou City is not a big city, and the people in the city are all interested in our Daming. As long as Ping Xibo's army attacks the city, there will be a response from everyone, and Tongzhou will definitely be conquered." .At that time, Ping Xibo will continue to advance westward, and he will be able to reach the capital in at most two days."

Zhu Cixiang shook his head and said calmly: "Uncle Xiangcheng, of course I know everything you said. But I want to remind Uncle Xiangcheng that if we look at the distance between Shanhaiguan and the capital, Wu Sangui should have arrived at the outskirts of the capital a long time ago, and he could even arrive with Li Zicheng.

However, what we know now is that Li Zicheng had besieged the capital for so many days before Wu Sangui arrived in Tongzhou belatedly.

Frankly speaking, this made Bengong doubt whether he would be able to attack Tongzhou smoothly, or in other words, would he be willing to go smoothly! "

After listening to Zhu Cihong's words, the faces of everyone present changed.

Everyone is not stupid, the meaning of Zhu Cihong's words is very obvious, that is, he thinks that Wu Sangui is unfaithful!
For any minister, the charge of "disloyalty" is definitely the most severe accusation.

Li Guozhen's complexion also changed drastically, and he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness's words are wrong! Maybe Ping Xibo was delayed by Jiannu when he marched, or maybe he was stopped by Li Zicheng's other soldiers. It's unknown.

Now that the situation is uncertain, His Highness accuses Ping Xibo in this way, there are still some, some..."

After talking about it, Li Guozhen suddenly remembered that Zhu Cihong had saved his life, so his originally rather rigid retaliation suddenly became stuttering.

It is said that cannibals have soft mouths but short hands, and that man Zhu Cihong saved his life, which made Li Guozhen completely unable to get up.

It's embarrassing.

Seeing the embarrassed Li Guozhen, Zhu Cihong smiled, and said: "Uncle Xiangcheng, although there are some disagreements between you and me, this palace is not targeting you in this matter.

The facts are in front of us, if it wasn't because our capital had repelled Li Zicheng's many attacks one after another, it's hard to say whether Wu Sangui would appear in Tongzhou at this time. "

In this troubled world, Zhu Cihong's standard is actually very simple.

Those who can be buried for the Ming Dynasty recorded in the history books can be used even if they lack the ability.

Those who waver, surrender, or even just have some disputes recorded in the history books are not used!
With a population of tens of millions or hundreds of millions in Ming Dynasty, how many people like you are still missing?

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Cihong speculated on Wu Sangui with the greatest malice from the very beginning.

It's not a negative impression, but I would rather kill the wrong than let it go!

Wu Sangui was completely useless to Zhu Cihong, it was as simple as that.

I have a system, who is I afraid of?

After hearing Zhu Cihong's rebuttal, Li Guozhen's face turned green and pale, and suddenly he gritted his teeth and said, "In this case, please allow your majesty to go out of the city quietly to meet Ping Xibo, and let him appear in Beijing as quickly as possible." In this way, it should be able to prove Ping Xibo's innocence for His Majesty and Your Highness!
If the minister hadn't returned tomorrow afternoon, then the minister was either dead, or Ping Xibo had no intention of rescuing him as the prince said.At that time, the minister will have nothing to say. "

Li Guozhen and Wu Sangui were family friends, so he also risked his life for Wu Sangui.

Chongzhen pondered for a while, he actually wanted to know whether Wu Sangui was loyal, so he nodded happily and said: "Then let's do this!"

After Chongzhen's words fell, Zhu Cihong looked at Li Guozhen with strange eyes.

After a while, Zhu Cihong told Li Guozhen sincerely: "Be careful on the road, don't lose your life!"

I just don't know if Li Guozhen can listen to this sentence.

It's best if he can, otherwise Zhu Cihong thinks that he will really die.

(End of this chapter)