Looking at the gray-haired and emaciated man lying at his feet, Xiao Tianjian had mixed feelings in his heart, this person was Zhu Youzhen, the Ming Emperor who had ruled the country for fourteen years.

The evaluation of this person in later history is very controversial, but the vast majority of people have a sympathetic attitude towards him, feeling that the death of the Ming Dynasty is not all Chongzhen's fault, but more because of his predecessors, the Ming Dynasty's qi has been tossed away, so when it reaches his hands, Chongzhen is already powerless.

Whether it is from rumors or facts, Chongzhen can be said to be the most diligent emperor of the Ming Dynasty, no emperor is more diligent than him, he almost every day is to get up before dawn to start preparing for the morning dynasty, every day to review the chapter until very late to rest, what is more valuable is that he has been like a day for more than ten years, has been adhering to this law of life, for the Ming Dynasty, he can already be said to have exhausted his mental strength, it can be said that he is not a diligent emperor.

But Xiao Tianjian doesn't think Chongzhen is a good emperor, although he is very capable and diligent, but he holds the power of the world, not only for more than ten years, he has not been able to revive the Ming Dynasty, but has caused chaos in the world, only this point, Chongzhen is not a capable person.

The reason why Chongzhen failed, in Xiao Tianjian's view, the biggest reason is that he was born in the palace since he was a child, and he has no chance to go to the people to observe the people's feelings, although he works hard, but he doesn't know how to save the country, in addition, he is stubborn, irritable, and too good face, more behind closed doors in the palace, he doesn't know the suffering of the people, so that although he works hard, he is more in doing useless work, and even repeatedly doing stupid things, which led to his fate today.

When looking at Chongzhen's corpse lying on the ground, Xiao Tianjian suddenly felt that he was very pitiful, although he was born in the royal family, but he had never been easy, he tried his best all day to revive his country, and even had no time to enjoy his lofty life, but in the end he still ended up like this.

Then turn your head and look at the eunuch next to him who was relieved from the tree by his subordinates, this person is Chongzhen's close attendant Wang Chengen, poor this era, although history has been changed by him Xiao Tianjian, but it has not changed the fate of the master and servant, in the end, the two of them still chose to hang themselves on this coal mountain.

The only change was that they died three years earlier than in their original history, and the location of their hangings changed from the eastern foot of the coal mountain to the northern foot of the coal mountain.

Looking at this man who was once high, now lying silently at his feet, Xiao Tianjian took a deep breath, such an ending may be the best ending, although Chongzhen is not a good emperor, but anyway, as the Son of Heaven, he finally fulfilled the promise of the Son of Heaven to guard the country, in fact, he is not without a chance to escape, when Xiao Tianjian led the troops to the north, Chongzhen had enough time to leave the city of Beijing, whether by sea or by land, he was very likely to successfully escape to the south.

But he didn't do it in the end, even if the army of Dazhong Army pressed the border and the Jiannu Army went south to knock on the pass, the man lying at his feet did not choose to abandon his capital and flee from here in the end! But as his ancestor Zhu Di said, he fulfilled the promise of the Son of Heaven to guard the country.

No matter what he did wrong, now he has repaid it with his life, Xiao Tianjian slowly squatted down, stretched out his hand to tidy up the hair of this man who had been his enemy for eight years, and under the light of the lamp, his thin and pale face was revealed, Chongzhen's eyes were not completely closed, and he opened a slit slightly, and because of the reason for hanging, his mouth was also slightly open, as if he was still shouting, and full of unwillingness.

Xiao Tianjian carefully examined Chongzhen's face, and finally reached out and gently closed his eyes, stood up, and said to Lu Xiangsheng, who rushed to hear the news: "Mr. Lu! Regardless of whether he is a wise man or not, we must admit that he once did his best for his country! Now that he has chosen to leave in such an unyielding way, I am deeply admired! It's up to you to preside over his burial! With the emperor's etiquette, bury him in the tomb of Tian Guifei! ”

After Lu Xiangsheng rushed over, looking at the corpses of Chongzhen and Wang Chengen lying on the ground, his heart could be described as mixed, he Lu Xiangsheng was an official of the Ming Dynasty before, and the official was the secretary of the Ministry of War, with such an official position, Chongzhen could not be said to be kind to him, but in the end he still chose to betray him, although he did not directly participate in too many things against the Ming court, but after all, he still followed Xiao Tianjian together, and invaded the city of Beijing, in the eyes of many people, he is still a rebel and thief after all, Chongzhen's death by hanging himself now makes him still quite uncomfortable, and he can't help but want to cry and cry, and almost knelt on the ground.

But at this time, he is no longer an official of the Ming Dynasty, but has become an official of the Great Middle Dynasty, Xiao Tianjian and many generals are here at this time, even if he has the heart to bow down to Emperor Chongzhen and give him a ride, but he doesn't feel that it is appropriate, and finally bowed his head and held back tears, so he didn't kneel!

Xiao Tianjian also saw Lu Xiangsheng's embarrassment, so he gently reached out and patted Lu Xiangsheng's shoulder, and said: "If you want to kneel down and give him a ride, it's okay to kneel!" Xiao thinks he is still a person with this kind of energy! ”

Lu Xiangsheng was suddenly greatly moved in his heart, what kind of person Xiao Tianjian is, he is very clear now, this person is open-minded, although he rebelled, but he did not think about seeking personal gain everywhere, and he was also quite generous to his subordinates, although sometimes he was a little violent, but it was also for some corrupt officials and people who were full of evil! It's also the time to only target the Jiannu Tartars! has followed Xiao Tianjian for so many years, of course he knows what Xiao Tianjian wants to do, in fact, he just wants to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and after dominating the world, he will return the Han nation to a peaceful world, and he wants to open up territory for the Han nation and get rid of those external troubles!

Now Xiao Tianjian doesn't even mind that he kneels down for the last time to worship the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which shows that his heart is so broad-minded, so Lu Xiangsheng immediately knelt down and thanked Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said, "That's it!" I'll leave it to you to bury him! On the day of his funeral, if there are old ministers of the Ming Dynasty who want to send a funeral, they can also arrange it! You're up to you!

There is also this Wang Chengen, poor Chongzhen has been in charge of the world for 14 years, but in the end there is only such a Wang Chengen by his side, pitiful! Think about the original Battle of Yashan, hundreds of thousands of military and civilian officials accompanied Song Duanzong to the sea and died, think about the current officials and scholars! Alas!

Thinking that Wang Chengen can be loyal here, don't treat him lightly, prepare a good coffin, bury him next to Chongzhen's cemetery, and let him stay by Chongzhen's side forever! ”

Lu Xiangsheng unconsciously felt ashamed after hearing this, he knew that Xiao Tianjian was not sarcastic about him, but aimed at those officials of the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty was in decline, but there are still hundreds of officials in the Beijing Division, in this Ming national disaster, these people except a very few people chose to fight against the Dazhong Army, but the rest of the people all hid back home, so that when Chongzhen hanged himself, there was only such a Wang Chengen by his side!

Compared with the magnanimity of the scholars of the Song Dynasty, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are really ...... It's no wonder that the emperor ridiculed these Ming scholars so much, this Ming Dynasty died, in fact, it died on these most shameless scholars!

couldn't help but Lu Xiangsheng was stunned on the spot, but Xiao Tianjian returned to the Forbidden City with Yu Linwei after arranging Chongzhen's funeral.

At this time, the sky in the east has begun to glow with a hint of fish belly white, and when Xiao Tianjian returned to the Forbidden City again, a golden light suddenly fell on the capital from the east, shining the entire majestic Forbidden City even more brilliantly.

When he walked to the Qianqing Gate, where the emperor often went to listen to the government in the morning on weekdays, Xiao Tianjian glanced around, and suddenly remembered the short and eloquent words that Emperor Caesar said when he reported to his Roman friends after conquering Egypt: I have come, I have seen, I have conquered!

Now that he has finally conquered the capital of the Ming Dynasty, what else can stop him from leading this great nation to rejuvenate again?

But just when Xiao Tianjian was looking at the magnificence of the Forbidden City bathed in the morning sun, Lu Xiangsheng came over.

"Holy Lord! Wechen has already inquired about the eunuch Cao Huachun in the palace, Cao Huachun said that Tian Guifei was still alive when the city was broken yesterday, and the saint ordered Weichen to bury Chongzhen in the tomb of Tian Guifei, I don't know who this Tian Guifei is referring to? Lu Xiangsheng asked Xiao Tianjian with a confused expression.

Xiao Tianjian's mouth opened wide: "Huh? %¥#......"This time it's exposed!

Xiao Tianjian only knew that after Chongzhen's death in history, Li Zicheng ordered someone to open Tian Guifei's tomb and buried Chongzhen and Queen Zhou, who committed suicide, in Tian Guifei's tomb, but how did he know when this Tian Guifei died? Listening to Lu Xiangsheng's question, he knew that at least before yesterday morning, this Tian Guifei was still alive, although Liu Yaoben had already told him that Tian Guifei was killed by Chongzhen in her palace yesterday, but Xiao Tianjian didn't care about this matter at the time, and he used his previous memories to let Lu Xiangsheng bury Chongzhen in Tian Guifei's tomb in a state of confusion, which is a big deal now! This is likely to expose his identity as a traverser, and it's really hard to justify himself!

"Uh...... Did I say so? Why don't I remember? Mr. Lu must have misremembered! I mean to choose a place to bury Chongzhen! Mr. Lu will arrange this matter by himself! In addition, the queen of Zhou and his dead concubines will also be buried together! Let Chongzhen not be too lonely! ......" Xiao Tianjian couldn't justify himself, so he simply began to play a scoundrel, flatly denying that he had said this.

After Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but wonder if he had heard it wrong, so he quickly nodded yes, shook his head and retreated to arrange Chongzhen's funeral, anyway, this is a small matter, and no one pursues this matter, so Xiao Tianjian will be fooled.

Looking at the back of Lu Xiangsheng leaving, Xiao Tianjian secretly wiped a handful of sweat, and said in his heart that he should be careful in the future, now this historical process has already been stirred into a pot of porridge by him, and he can no longer predict what will happen in the future, so it is necessary for him to ask about this kind of thing in the future, after all, he is now the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, and Jun Wu jokes that this sentence is not a joke, otherwise it is likely to affect his reputation!

(Today's special thanks to Wahawhh and Lujunqi006 for their tips!) ）