Wang Chengen suddenly said a little anxiously when he heard this: "Your Majesty travels, how can there be no one around to take care of you." The minister will ride a horse, so let the minister follow His Majesty's side, and the affairs of the capital will be handed over to Steward Lu. ”

And almost at the same time, even Shanxiang asked with some uneasiness: "Your Majesty, are you worried that King Fu will be in trouble?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the two of them, and then at Lu Qi, who was staring at him nervously although he didn't make a sound, he couldn't help waving his hand and said, "No need, I'm going to fight, not going on an outing, what to do with you, you just give me a good defense of the Forbidden City."

What does Uncle Fu think, how can I know? However, after I leave the capital, there may not be people who are hot-headed and do stupid things, so I just ask you to be more careful.

Whether it was King Fu or someone else, it didn't matter what they thought, what mattered was whether they had the strength to do something in the capital. Others are fine, and the British public must pay more attention.

As the head of the capital, the British Duke has supervised the Beijing camp for many years, and no matter who wants to do anything, he can't bypass the British Duke. Therefore, as long as you look at the British Mansion, there will be no major incidents in the capital.

After I leave Beijing, Mr. Sun will make up his mind on military matters, and Huang Shoufu will decide on political affairs. As for other things, you can ask Xu Shangshu and Premier Feng. As for other matters that don't matter, I'll talk about them when I get back..."

Wang Chengen, Lian Shanxiang, and Lu Qi, the three closest confidants of Chongzhen, did not say anything about Chongzhen in the end, and brought a few chamberlains to take care of the emperor's daily life.

On November 4, just after six o'clock in the morning, Chongzhen got up. After hurriedly washing, with the help of the chamberlain, he put on the fish scale leaf armor specially made for him, and other accessories and equipment. After getting fully dressed, he tried to move and found that there was no obstacle to his movements, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

When Chongzhen walked out of the Qianqing Palace, he found that the queen and Yuan Guifei were already waiting outside the palace to see him off. Zhu Youzhen stepped forward to say goodbye to the two concubines, and put away the talismans sent by the two, and then went out of the palace gate.

As soon as Chongzhen walked out of the palace gate, he saw Lian Shanxiang and a team of imperial guards guarding the door, and then said: "Let's go, go to the front to meet the hundred officials, we should also go." ”

When Chongzhen said goodbye to the hundred officials, it was smooth after all, but when the imperial camp composed of nearly a thousand soldiers was about to go out of the city from Desheng Gate, it encountered some accidents and stopped.

Chongzhen, who was in the middle of the team, was a little confused, so he asked Lian Shanxiang to go forward and see what was going on. Lian Shanxiang ran back in less than a moment, and reported to Chongzhen in a little panic: "There is a group of scholars in front of him who led a large group of people to block the avenue, saying that he asked His Majesty to stay in the capital to protect the temple, and not to risk the safety of Sheji. ”

Zhu Youzhen's eyelids jumped a few times, and he immediately asked, "Who are they?" Where is the scholar? Are there many students at Yenching University? ”

Lian Shanxiang lowered his head and thought about it for a while before replying: "There are both local and foreign scholars, and there are 5 or 60 students from Yenching University, and the students surnamed Xia that Your Majesty values are also among them. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up at the sky and found that it was not early. In this era, the army needs to choose an auspicious time, and once the auspicious time is missed, it is necessary to choose a new time to go out. Although he himself doesn't believe in this kind of thing, he can't stop these generals from believing it.

He didn't want the morale that had been so hard to muster up to lose it because he didn't arrive at the camp on time and delayed the auspicious time for the army to go on the march. It is estimated that this class of scholars is also fighting this idea, as long as the auspicious time of the army is delayed, his emperor will not be able to leave today.

Zhu Youzhen hesitated for a moment, then decided: "You and I go forward to see what happened, can you let them get out of the way first." ”

Chongzhen rode his horse and ran to the front of the team, only to find that on the street less than a mile away from Desheng Gate, there was already a black head on his knees. There are still many people in the alleys on the side who have come to watch one after another, and if it is delayed, it is estimated that half of the people in the capital will gather here.

Zhu Youzhen quickly made a decision, he leaned sideways and whispered to Lian Shanxiang: "Send someone to see the situation of Xizhimen and Fuchengmen, if you really can't do it, you will take a detour out of Beijing, and I will talk to them here first." ”

Lian Shanxiang agreed, and then circled his horse and turned back to the rear of the group, while Chongzhen took control of his mount and continued to walk a few steps forward, and a sergeant stepped forward and held the reins of Chifeng tightly, so that the horse would not be frightened and rush into the crowd.

After the mount settled down, Zhu Youzhen asked loudly to the soldiers and people kneeling in front of him, "What are you waiting for?" Why did you block the way of the great army? The soldiers on the front line fought bloody battles with Jiannu and were waiting for reinforcements, but now you are blocking the road to prevent my army from leaving the city, do you want to secretly help Jiannu? ”

Chongzhen took the lead and put on a big hat to go down, and the soldiers and people who stopped on the street were suddenly in an uproar and spoke out to defend themselves. The originally orderly scene suddenly became a little chaotic, and the soldiers of the imperial camp hurriedly stepped forward to stop in front of the emperor's horse to prevent anyone from colliding with Chongzhen.

With so many people arguing about themselves, naturally no one could hear what they were saying. Zhu Youzhen turned his head and gestured to a sergeant carrying a gong behind him, and the sergeant quickly understood and struck the gong in his hand three times.

After three sounds of "Dangdangdang", these scholars and people finally slowly stopped speaking. Zhu Youzhen continued: "You tens of thousands of mouths, I only have one pair of ears, how can I hear and understand.

So, I selected seven or eight representatives to come forward and tell me in detail what you wanted. Everyone else is listening quietly, okay? ”

The people kneeling on the street and standing on the side have not yet reacted, and the few scholars kneeling in the front suddenly became a little anxious, they organized today's action, but if the emperor did not have himself among the people who drew the question, wouldn't it be a risk in vain.

"Your Majesty, the students have the Book of the People to offer, and everything we ask for is in this Book of the People, please read it for Your Majesty." A tall and thin taxi man quickly raised his hands and held a roll of paper and said.

A sergeant hurriedly stepped forward and took the so-called Book of All People from his hand and handed it to the emperor. Zhu Youzhen didn't open the book of all people, stared at the tall and thin man and asked, "Who are you?" Are you presiding over today's business? Were the people who signed the book of all the people present? ”

"Student Yu You'an, is a native of Lin'an, Zhejiang, last year Jin Shi is not the first, is now living in the capital to study, because I heard that His Majesty wants to leave the temple and the Beijing master to conquer Jizhou, the student thought that it must not be, so today with everyone came to dissuade His Majesty. Your Majesty's golden body, and the safety of the community, how can he personally take risks and give Jiannu a chance to take advantage of..."

"Stop, I haven't asked you what you're here for. I need to find out if you can represent these people in the capital first, and then we will talk about other things.

The man wearing a melon skin hat under the shed over there is you, what are you hiding, quickly stand up. Do you know this Yu You'anju? ”

The man whose name was called by Chongzhen hurriedly shook his head, saying that he had never known this old man in his life, and he was not a person all the way. Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked with some curiosity: "Since you are not a person from him, what are you doing here?" ”

The man said: "Xiaomin heard that the emperor is going to take away the army guarding the capital, if the slave soldiers run to the city of Beijing, who will guard the capital?" Xiaomin's family was in the city, so they were anxious, and when they heard that someone wanted to kneel and ask His Majesty to stay in the capital, they followed. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded at the man, and then let him go. Then he continued to randomly point out more than a dozen people, asking them to identify Yu Youan and explain their intentions. As a result, these more than ten people didn't know Yu You'an, and they didn't want to have anything to do with Wanminshu, seeing that the man wearing the melon skin hat was not embarrassed by the emperor, but they all agreed with this man's statement.

Zhu Youzhen said to Yu You'an: "There are tens of thousands of people here, I have pointed out a few at will, and no one is willing to let you be their representative, but you still want to continue to speak to me on their behalf?" ”

Yu Youan's face was blue and white, and he didn't dare to continue to forcibly represent the people and scholars behind him, he bowed deeply to Chongzhen, "The students don't dare, it's all up to Your Majesty." ”

After repulsing Yu You'an, Zhu Youzhen handed over the book of all the people in his hand to the guards behind him, and then shouted to the soldiers and people on the street: "I want to know one thing now, are you all gathered here as the one who thinks, thinking that I want to take all the troops in the city away, and I am worried about the safety of my family in the city, so I don't want me to go on the expedition?" ”

With the exception of the hundreds of scholars who remained silent, most of the people spoke out that their fears were exactly what the emperor had said. Zhu Youzhen immediately turned sideways, pointed to the army behind him and said: "Everyone should be able to count, there are only so many sergeants I want to take out of the city today, you can count them, are there tens of thousands of horses here?" Aren't all the sergeants in the city still on duty at their original posts? Do not listen to rumors, O you.

My family is still in the capital, how can I leave them behind and transfer all the troops in the capital? What's more, the officers and soldiers of Baoding are only 2 or 3 days away from the capital, and when they arrive, the defense of the capital will be safer. So you should do whatever you want, don't run around and make a fuss, is it fun to hinder the army from going on the march? It's a crime. ”

Zhu Youzhen secretly changed the concept, and on the other hand, he used the Baoding Army as a shield, and by the way, he also threatened the idlers who came to see the excitement. Suddenly, the people who were not determined and the crowd of people who joined in the excitement were dispersed from the street to the side of the road on both sides, and only a few hundred scholars and thousands of people were left on the street leading to Deshengmen, and the entire road was suddenly empty.