Chapter 104 Thief?

"I'm looking forward to that day."

Han Lingshan sighed and said what was in his heart.

Ever since he knew in the academy that there were swordsmen in this world, he had longed for the life of a knight.

"Go out of the west gate, and the heads of the people will return...... Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles. Brushed off his clothes and went to hide deep with his name...... I like to observe the world from a dark place...... I love to cut off the heads of the wicked...... I like to weigh the world with a sword...... He also likes to dance with the red sleeves when he is drunk and coexist with the green mountains when he is sober......

Your master is different, he was born to be admired by all people, and he enjoys the glory very much...... Maybe that's what he's all about...... The meaning of my existence is different - I only want happiness and revenge in this life. ”

Xia Wanchun kept looking at Han Lingshan, he knew that what happened in the capital infected his heart, and his sword couldn't kill the wicked people in the capital, nor could he kill the villains in the capital.

Seeing the former high-ranking people fall headlong into the mud, and seeing the former moral masters, who have to bow their heads to the thieves in order to survive, this is the image of the last days.

Li Hongji's army poured in from all directions.

He did not rush to attack the city, but sent a eunuch named Du Xun into the capital to negotiate with the emperor.

Du Xun entered the city alone and proudly announced to the emperor the requirements of King Da Shun Chuang.

So far, Li Hongji's request is not excessive.

He asked the emperor to cede Shandong, which had already been actually conquered by him, and Anhui was divided into kings for generations.

He asked the emperor to reward the army outside the city with two million taels of silver.

He demanded that he go to Liaodong to fight against Jiannu in the future, but all the land taken back from Jiannu was owned by him.

He demanded that it would be awkward for him, the king, to meet the emperor Chongzhen, so he would not come to worship the emperor.

After Du Xun read out Li Hongji's request, he said to the first assistant Wei Dezao with deep meaning: "Make a decision early." ”

So, in the continuous roaring of Li Hongji's artillery, Chongzhen once again convened the early dynasty.

He hoped that the ministers would understand his painstaking efforts not to surrender, and promise to come down for him, or force him to agree, but there was only a faint cry in the court, and no such person stood up.

Chongzhen's hands trembled, and he kept writing some words on the table, and soon let the Bingbi eunuch Wang Zhixin wipe it off, and no one in the group knew what the emperor had written, only Bingbi Eunuch Wang Zhixin wiped it while weeping......

"What does Wei Qing think about this?"

The emperor dropped the brush in his hand, and the brush rolled off the table, the thick ink staining his dragon robe, and there was already a pleading in his voice......

However, Wei Dezao knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and did not say a word.

His experience as an official told him that once he carried this black cauldron of losing power and humiliating the country for the emperor, he would inevitably never be able to turn over in the future.

The emperor asked three times in a row, Wei Dezao did not say a word three times, not only Wei Dezao did not say a word, but also Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, and Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also bowed their heads and remained silent.

The rest of the officials were even more silent, shrinking their heads, and none of them were willing to take it.

The morning began early in the morning and no one spoke until the afternoon.

In the end, the desperate emperor personally issued an order - "I have a will, make another plan!" ”

When Du Xun got the emperor's will, he left the capital with a laugh.

An hour later, Li Hongji's cannonballs rained down on the city......

This day is the 17th day of the third month of the year of Jiashen.

Mu Tiantao on the Zhengyang Gate was full of firepower, he was trying his best to shoot every shell out of the city, and he was ready to go out of the city to fight at any time.

Zhu Yujiao rode a fast horse in the capital, and on the empty street, she was the only lone woman running, dressed in red and looking desperate and lonely under the gray sky.

"The gates of the city are about to be opened."

Han Lingshan turned his head and said to Xia Wanchun, who was sleeping with his head in his arms.

"Mu Tiantao won't open the Zhengyang Gate."

"It's useless, there are nine gates in the capital of Daming."

"You mean we can act?"

"Yes, you are going to start contacting Hao Shaoqi to take the princess and her party out of the city."

"What about you?"

"I'm going to enter the palace and visit the emperor for your master."

"Shall I go in your place? You don't have a good complexion. ”

"What's wrong with my complexion?"

"It's not good when you need it."

"You don't have to."

After Han Lingshan finished speaking, he got up and put on his robe, holding his long knife and quickly leaving the room.

It stands to reason that when a catastrophe comes, people will always panic like a headless fly running around, but this is not the case in the capital, it is very quiet.

Even the most ferocious prankster on weekdays stayed at home honestly at this time, and he didn't go.

Although it was already spring, the cold wind in the capital still blew people all over the body, Han Lingshan wrapped his cloak, and stepped on the dead branches and leaves everywhere along the street and went straight to Chengtianmen.

Chengtianmen is still tall and magnificent, and there is a T-shaped square in front of it, which is an important place for the Ming Dynasty to hold major celebrations and issue decrees to the whole country, and also represents the majesty of imperial power.

The tall Wangjun and the equally tall Wangjun stand on both sides of the square.

Behind them is the red-walled and yellow-roofed Chengtian Gate.

The Yellow Dragon Flag of the Ming Dynasty was still fluttering on the Chengtian Gate, but the gold on the flag had faded and become gray, and some of them had been torn apart by the cold wind, and the wisps of flags were shaking weakly on the flagpole.

The vermilion main gate was closed, and the long passage of the palace gate was full of dead branches and leaves.

The side doors on both sides were wantonly open, and through the side doors, you could see the empty noon gate, where the same dilapidated and equally empty people.

When the Ming Dynasty was prosperous, people like Han Lingshan stayed at the gate of the palace for a long time, and there would be golden-armored warriors dressed all over their bodies to drive them away, and if they didn't comply, their heads would fall to the ground.

Several eunuchs with burdens hurriedly ran out of the palace gate, and saw Han Lingshan standing in front of the gate, avoiding Han Lingshan's eagle-like gaze one by one, and quickly slipped away against the root of the city wall.

Han Lingshan came to the palace gate and said loudly: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Division, has come to see Your Majesty!" ”

Chengtianmen still stood there coldly and silently.

Han Lingshan took ten steps forward and arched his hand again: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Division, has come to see Your Majesty!" ”

The cold wind swirled around him for a moment with dead leaves, and then poured into the side door of the sidewalk, as if to report to the emperor on behalf of the messenger.

Han Lingshan walked into the city gate of the convenient road, and once again arched his hand: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Division, has come to see Your Majesty!" ”

This time, his voice entered the palace along the long corridor, and there were a few exclamations from the palace, and Han Lingshan saw more than a dozen eunuchs running towards the palace city with their burdens on their backs.

While running, he shouted: "The thief has entered the palace......"

Han Lingshan arched his hand and said: "In this way, the last general will enter the palace to meet Your Majesty." ”

After saying that, he walked into the palace, and after walking for a while, Han Lingshan sighed again, turned around and struggled to cover the open palace door, and dropped the jack gate.

After passing the Chengtian Gate, there is the same majestic noon gate in front of you......

The gate of the noon gate was still open, and Han Lingshan passed through the noon gate again, and in the same way, he also closed the gate of the noon gate, and also dropped the jack gate.

As Hanling Mountain continued to advance, the palace gates fell one after another, regaining their former mystery and majesty.

After crossing the Jinshui Bridge and passing through the Huangji Gate, the magnificent Huangji Hall appeared in front of Hanling Mountain.

Looking at the high Imperial Pole Hall, Han Lingshan once again shouted loudly: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Division, has been ordered by Yun Zhao, the lord of Lantian, to meet Your Majesty. ”

As soon as his voice left the Taihe Gate, it was blown away by the cold wind, and the gate was too far away from the Imperial Palace......

The Wucheng Pavilion on the left was empty, and the Wenzhao Pavilion on the right was equally empty.

It's just that there are still pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and scattered documents on the table.

Looking at the places that represented honor in the past, Han Lingshan roared loudly: "Where have all the famous ministers and brave generals of the Ming Dynasty gone?" ”

Suddenly, a weak voice came from behind a pillar: "Your Majesty first uses Yang He, then Hong Chengchou, then Cao Wenzhao, then Chen Qiyu, reuse Hong Chengchou, then use Lu Xiangsheng, then use Yang Sichang, then use Xiong Wencan, and then use Yang Sichang."

Among them, except for Xiong Wencan, they all had very good performances, but unfortunately they fell short, and finally let Li Hongji sit big.

His Majesty has worked very hard to level the thief, but unfortunately, God is unfair. ”

Han Lingshan turned the pillars, but found an elderly eunuch in a corner.

The old eunuch didn't care about Han Lingshan's arrival, and still threw the documents into the fire unhurriedly.

"It still failed after all, didn't it?"

Han Lingshan finally saw a person who was still working for Daming, so he wanted to say a few more words.

The old eunuch looked back at Han Lingshan and said: "During the Apocalypse, after Wang Gongchang was blown up, the world has never been peaceful, the first year of Chongzhen's water, the second year, the great drought in Shaanxi, the third year, the great drought in Shanxi, four years of water, five years of hail, six years of constant rain, seven years of locust plague, eight years of earth dragon turnover, nine years of Shandong sky red as blood. Ten years of flying locusts covering the sky and the sun, the people are hungry, and the people in Henan cannibalism in the great water for eleven years are not unusual......

In the twelfth year, there were locusts and great hunger, and in September of the thirteenth year, there were floods, and all the houses in the two lakes were gone. In 14 years, there were no locusts in autumn, and in 15 years, black rats were overwhelming...... In 16 years, the plague was rampant in a drought, and pedestrians died on the road, and in 17 years, ...... There has been no report yet".

Han Lingshan frowned and said: "Shaanxi's disaster is the best in the Ming Dynasty, however, my Guanzhong did not become poor because of this, but called on the people to build water conservancy, reclaim wasteland, and have abundant people, so, how do you explain it?" ”

The old eunuch said with a smile: "The most fierce person in the future is not a disaster, but you Lantian Yunzhao, the old man would rather have endless disasters in Guanzhong, and the people are not happy, and he does not want to see Yunzhao in Guanzhong to save the country and save the people."

If there was no precedent of Yun Zhao in front of them, the people of the Ming Dynasty would not have forgotten the Ming court so quickly, and forgot that in this Forbidden City, there was an emperor who cut down on food and clothing for them. ”

Han Lingshan looked up to the sky and laughed: "Ridiculous! ”

The old eunuch threw the last document into the fire, shook his pale head and said: "It's not ridiculous, it's the heavens that want to destroy my Ming, and Your Majesty has no power to return to the sky." ”

Han Lingshan said with a smile: "When you all die, there will be a new Ming reappearing in the world." ”

The old eunuch struggled to stand up and pointed his wrinkled old face at Han Lingshan, trying to make a mouthful of spit. Spit to Han Lingshan and said, "Phew! You thief! ”

Today's chapter will be added tomorrow

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