Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

"Haha!" Zhu Youjian laughed: "You are not that stupid, and I am not that stupid either!"

"I'm not asking you to commit suicide, I'm not asking you to become an enemy of Li Zi, and I'm not asking you to quit the Chuang Army." He explained, and once again provoked the general: "Is it possible that you don't dare to respond?"

"How dare you not!" Hearing that it was not what he was most worried about, Li Laiheng raised his chest and agreed to the bet with Chongzhen.

Get it!

Zhu Youjian almost jumped up with joy.

Li Laiheng!

This was one of the two most powerful generals in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties!

He is also a wise general capable of both offense and defense.

Although he couldn't be brought under his command for the time being, Li Zicheng didn't have a few days left to live.

Moreover, the bet between him and Li Laiheng was not about Li Zicheng's life or death, but whether Li Zicheng could defend the capital in 43 days!

Hehehe...

It’s still easy to use Houheixue!

……

Once Li Laiheng is taken care of, nothing else matters, not to mention that Zhu Youjian has long made up his mind to throw away this mess in the capital.

He stood up, looked around at the courtiers who had been through life and death but showed no remorse, and said coldly:

"Tell your new master that I will not agree to his conditions!"

Li Laiheng, who was unknowingly led astray by Zhu Youjian, raised his eyebrows.

Judging from Chongzhen's reaction, his mission failed.

Just as he was about to say a few words of persuasion, he suddenly found that the muzzles of the eunuchs' guns that had been lowered just now were raised again.

Even the match rope was lit this time.

It seems that this is Chongzhen’s bottom line!

Li Laiheng breathed a sigh of relief when he thought that Chongzhen had expressed his "death intention" just now.

Not bad. Even if they didn't achieve the most favorable situation for Yu Chuangjun, they at least succeeded in 'forcing' Chongzhen to death.

Li Laiheng looked at Zhu Youjian again. The former monarch who had lost all his 'spirit and spirit' was lazily nestled on the dragon throne.

Alas, what a pity!

This is a good emperor!

Li Laiheng sighed, turned around and left.

Amidst the sound of "chichi" burning, the embarrassed ministers fled in a hurry.

Before he could finish walking up the white marble steps at the entrance of Huangji Hall, Wei Zaode approached Li Laiheng:

"My young prince, I have been careless. If I had known, I would have brought more sergeants with me, and I would not have been driven out by Zhu Youjian!"

Zhang Jinyan also stepped forward: "Young prince, when we get back, we will definitely gather all our troops and horses to force the palace again!"

"Yes, young prince!" Chen Yanmei stepped forward with a smile: "This time it's not up to Zhu Youjian. The worst we can do is execute him and then forge an edict and stamp it with a jade seal!"

The cabinet and the six ministries are all here, and they are afraid that this "edict to abdicate and abdicate to the world" has no legal basis!

So what if it's fake?

With them here, this is true!

Leng Buding's great achievement was overtaken by these three, and the other ministers immediately gave up and stepped forward to 'make suggestions'...

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Before the courtiers even stepped out of sight, they began to discuss how to intimidate the old master and flatter the new king. What a real picture of the world!

Wang Chengen gritted his teeth angrily, wishing he could give the order immediately, and suddenly faced the backs of the ministers.

Fan Jingwen was also furious. He was carrying two long-handled pumpkins and wanted to smash their heads...

"It's hard to persuade those who seek death with good words, so why don't they do anything!"

Zhu Youjian sneered, not caring about the betrayal of the ministers.

To a certain extent, the greater the power of King Chuang, the more surrender factions he attracts, the better!

He was just worried about how to regain his power openly and openly, when these gang of murderers came to his door.

Gee, what a great opportunity!

I'm afraid I can use this to catch all the wealthy gentry in the south of the Yangtze River...

As long as the imperial court can go out to sea, are you afraid that there will be no money to spend...

What's more, Li Zicheng captured Qin King Zhu Cunji and Jin King Zhu Shenxuan as hostages...

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"Your Majesty, all the ministers are incompetent!" After all the ministers had left, Fan Jingwen fell to the ground and cried loudly.

The Ming Dynasty is over!

"Stand up!" Zhu Youjian shouted coldly: "Who told you that I can't leave?"

"What?" Fan Jingwen looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a confused face.

What do you mean?

Can the emperor escape?

"Previously, the court officials did not allow me to leave the palace, so naturally I couldn't leave." Zhu Youjian explained:

"Now, all the wallflowers are gone, and the only ones left are the royalists. Naturally, I will do whatever I want!"

He clapped his hands, and a young eunuch handed him a scroll with both hands.

Fan Jingwen looked blank: "This is..."

Wang Chengen took a deep breath and said slowly: "The Daolikan Map of Palace Buildings in Beijing."

"Is this the "Picture of the Palaces in Beijing" published during the Wanli period?"

This is a folk thing!

Fan Jingwen was stunned. Why is there such a thing in the palace?

Zhu Youjian chuckled:

“This is not the one printed in the Wanli Annual, that is a folk painting, just a gadget.

This painting was painted by the court during the most glorious period of the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Cheng moved north, and is included in the "Yongle Dadian". "

This thing has long been lost in later generations, and only the simplified folk version remains.

This map most likely uses the earliest and strictest scale among official maps in the world!

Zhu Youjian was shocked when he saw it for the first time.

Although the entire map is not drawn strictly to scale, the width of the main streets, waterways, palaces, and buildings; the length and distance of the water and roads; and the height of the mountain peaks are all clearly marked.

As Wang Chengen slowly unfolded, Zhu Youjian pointed at the secret passages in the palace and said:

"Look at Fan Pavilion, there are water channels connecting everywhere in the palace city, with different depths. The shallowest one is two feet deep and one foot wide, which can accommodate small and thin people crawling through.

Outside the wall of the Neihong Palace, in front of the east-west connecting room, there is a deep ditch running east-west, about five feet deep and two feet wide, enough for a strong man to bend down and walk straight through. "

This is the sewer outlet of the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City

Listening to the emperor's slow introduction, Fan Jingwen's eyes widened.

No wonder the emperor looks like he has everything within his grasp. He has already prepared his emotional retreat!

Zhu Youjian continued: "There are also three deep ditches running from north to south. The first one is in the passage between Hibernation Palace and Ningshou Palace in the East Sixth Palace; the second one is in...

The above ditch leads to the Jinshui River, then goes upstream to the water gate of the Royal Palace and merges into the Zhonghai. "

Zhonghai is a common name. Its real name is Taibo Pool. It is divided into Nanhai, Zhonghai and Houhai. In later generations, the collective name was changed to Shichahai.

There was no need for the emperor to continue to explain. Fan Jingwen understood that he only needed to buy a ship in Zhonghai, then walk north and pass through Jishuitan, which is the Deshengmen Shuiguan on the north wall of the capital.

Before the year of Chengzu, this place was a channel for transporting grain into Beijing. The water gate was high and wide.

Although it no longer transports grain, it is still large enough to accommodate ships worth three hundred dan.

"The only difficulty now is the ship..." Zhu Youjian frowned.

The palace has long been out of money, and is afraid that it won't be able to raise the money to rent a boat.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I can just go and recruit with my official seal. The ships are easy to handle." Fan Jingwen smiled.

As long as His Majesty can escape, what else does he need to lose face? If not, he can just rob him!

Zhu Youjian patted Fan Jingwen on the shoulder: "I'll leave everything to Mr. Ge."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if you risk your life, I will rescue your Majesty."