After Dolgon withdrew, Zhu Youzhen's spirit was slightly better, but the Black Death that spread in the capital next made Zhu Youzhen suffer a heavy blow again, he didn't think that the Black Death was terrible, in fact, this disease had appeared earlier, it was nothing more than difficult to resist, and some more people died, but this time the Black Death actually made the rebellious Su Tiancheng, as well as the illegal Dajin court, supported by many people.

Zhu Youzhen didn't sleep a lot, Dongchang and Jinyiwei became his eyeliner, some civil and military ministers in the court, secretly left the capital, went to Su Tiancheng, this he was clear, and later Jinyiwei and Dongchang took quite cruel repressive measures, all the officials who found out that they fled the capital, once they found out, no matter what the reason, no matter how many grades of the official residence, they were all killed, and the main family members would not let go.

Despite the brutality of the repression, it was not possible to prohibit the flight of the court officials.

Zhu Youjian could no longer think of any good way to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court, spring ploughing was about to begin, and it really entered the season of green and yellow, and the border army in eastern Liaodong was waiting for the imperial court to allocate military salaries, but where could the imperial court still get the silver and pay taxes last year, because of the conquest of the Jiangning battalion, almost nothing was received, and even the military minister of the Chinese military department of the DPRK could hardly be maintained, let alone the matter of allocating military salaries.

Thinking of selling the ginseng in the palace before, Zhu Youzhen felt in a trance that it was yesterday, and today he encountered such trouble, but this time the trouble was fatal.

Wang Chengen also put forward a suggestion to let the Chinese military minister of the dynasty and the gentry and wealthy families in the capital raise donations and donate silver to maintain expenses, of course, in Wang Chengen's view. Such a situation will soon pass, the Ming court is in danger, and it will still be the same as before, but unfortunately Wang Chengen's understanding, even Zhu Youzhen doesn't believe it.

The Black Death in the capital is still spreading. The losses caused are heavy, especially around the fifteenth day of the first month, there are also many people in the palace who are sick, according to the letter written by Su Tiancheng, Wang Chengen unceremoniously cleaned up, all the eunuchs and palace maids who were infected were all isolated, and they were imprisoned in the room in the back garden, and they would not be treated. No one paid attention to it, after these people died miserably in the palace, the corpses were immediately burned, and after being burned to ashes, they had to be buried deeply, and the result of this was that everyone in the palace felt that everyone was in danger. But the effect is also obvious, that is, the Black Death did not spread in the palace.

The biggest loss. It is still necessary to count Jingying.

The sergeant of the Beijing camp, without knowing it. Infected with the Black Death, you must know that the sergeants of Lu Dao all lived together, and one person was infected, which meant that many people were infected with the disease, Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen both knew that the Black Death in the barracks would never spread. Otherwise, the only army that can protect the capital at present will collapse, and at that time, whether it is the Jiangning Battalion or the Houjin Tartars, they will be able to enter the capital directly.

Therefore, Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen both asked Lang Zhong in the capital to try his best to heal. Including the imperial doctors in the palace sent out.

It's a pity that the Black Death in Beijing spread very fast, it is impossible to prevent it, many sergeants fell, their bodies were burned immediately, Lang Zhong was negligent a little, that is, the matter of disinfection, this is actually Lang Zhong has no way to do it, the disinfection of the barracks in Beijing needs a lot of silver to support, at this time, where can the imperial court get so much silver.

The direct consequence of the spread of the Black Death in Beijing was the flight of a large number of sergeants.

By the end of the first month, there were only more than 20,000 people left in the Beijing camp, which originally had more than 50,000 people.

This is tantamount to adding insult to injury, making Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen and others at a loss.

Zhu Youzhen is clear about these situations, and with the change of the current situation, he has become extremely sensitive, and even began to monitor Wang Chengen and Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others.

Zhu Youzhen locked himself in the room of the harem all day long, ignoring the government and politics, sometimes chattering with the queen about the past, and sometimes talking to Empress Yi'an about things before ascending the throne, this kind of nagging would never have appeared before, which also reflected Zhu Youzhen's desperate mentality, sometimes, he even hoped that the Black Death could spread on a large scale in Tianjin, maybe Su Tiancheng was contaminated with the Black Death, and if he died, there would be hope for the Ming court.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for such good news, on the contrary, what he waited for was the news that the Jiangning battalion sent troops to the capital.

Wang Chengen came to report, saying that Master Zhou had an important situation that needed to be reported. Those who can enter the harem are Wang Chengen, and in addition, Qin Sande and others, including Zhou Yanru and others, are not allowed to enter the harem, which is clearly stipulated.

Zhu Youzhen finally cheered up and came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

He hadn't come to the Heart Cultivation Hall for a long time, and he had a strange feeling.

Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers were all waiting in the Heart Cultivation Palace, with heavy expressions on everyone's faces.

Zhou Yanru and others knelt and bowed, Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, it was Wang Chengen behind him who spoke, and Zhou Yanru and the others stood up.

"Your Majesty, the Jiangning battalion set off from Tianjin on the second day of the second month of February, and came in the direction of the capital, and the minister has issued an edict summoning the Liaodong border army to enter the capital to escort it, and it is estimated that these two days will arrive."

As if stimulated, Zhu Youzhen stood up suddenly, his face flushed.

"Ha Luha, okay, I finally waited for this day, I want to go into battle in person, isn't Su Tiancheng thinking about my life, isn't he thinking about my country, I will ...... with him desperately"

The emperor's mood stunned everyone in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Zhou Yanru lowered his head and didn't speak, his heart was cold, there was worse news, he didn't say it for the time being, the border army of more than 200,000 in Liaodong has long been showing signs of rebellion, it is said that Shi Kefa has been difficult to completely control the border army in Liaodong, what really speaks is Zu Dashou and Zu Dale and other general soldiers, the imperial court's edict and the emperor's holy decree have been issued for a long time, but there has been no news of the Liaodong border army, and Shanhaiguan is strictly controlled by Zu Dale's troops, and no one can enter Shanhaiguan, Even the eunuch who went to deliver the decree was blocked, and the holy decree was handed in, and God knows whether the army of Liaodong Frontier would be dispatched.

He didn't dare to say such news, the emperor's mood was very wrong, if he really said such news, he was afraid that the emperor would collapse immediately, and at that time, the Ming court could send an envoy to surrender directly to Su Tiancheng.

But the emperor began to ask.

"Zhou Aiqing, when will the Liaodong border army be able to arrive in the capital."

"Your Majesty, the Holy Decree and the Edict have arrived in Liaodong, but the Shanhaiguan area, because of the spread of the Black Death, has also entered a state of blockade, so when the Liaodong border army will arrive in the capital, I still don't know the specific ......time of the road."

Zhu Youzhen's face began to turn red again.

Just when Zhou Yanru and the others were worried that the emperor had done something irrational, the emperor began to clench his fists and roar.

"I knew that this Su Tiancheng was insidious, and what did I say at the beginning to remind me to pay attention to the Black Death and to treat it vigorously, but now I understand, the Liaodong border army is afraid of the Black Death and does not dare to come to the capital, Su Tiancheng's plan has not succeeded, and the Jiangning battalion will attack the capital, what will it rely on to resist......"

Zhu Youzhen swung his fist into the air, his face turned red and white, and then turned blue.

Wang Chengen lowered his head and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that the Liaodong Border Army will definitely come......"

"Don't say these useless words, I understand everything......"

Zhu Youzhen turned around and walked towards the harem, and left the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Zhou Yanru and others, who were still in the Yangxin Palace, were dumbfounded, they couldn't imagine that the emperor didn't arrange anything, didn't say anything, and left directly, in fact, the defense of the capital is extremely stable, with tall city walls, and a deep moat, in addition to 20,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, from the residence of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, you can also recruit some guards to join the military camp to resist the attack of the Jiangning battalion.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is not much hope, the emperor must set an example and express his determination to resist to the worst, as long as everyone in the capital works together, maybe there will really be a miracle.

At this time, the emperor didn't care, and his attitude was exactly the same as before, that is, he had lost all hope.

Wang Chengen did not leave with the emperor, he looked at Zhou Yanru and spoke with a depressed expression.

"Lord Zhou, the pressure on the emperor during this period is too great, it's all that Su Tiancheng, our family can't wait to eat him alive, now in this situation, everything has to be asked by Lord Zhou, our family will go to ask Jinyiwei and Dongchang to obey Lord Zhou's dispatch, including all the eunuchs in the palace, what is needed, Lord Zhou can make his own decisions."

Zhou Yanru looked at Wang Chengen, for such a long time, Jinyiwei and Dongchang did whatever they wanted in the capital, and the impact was basically irreparable, so many ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court fled, and many ministers of civil and military affairs were killed, including family members were not spared, and now it has reached the point of exhaustion, thinking about letting himself command Jinyiwei and Dongchang, what is this, not to mention those Jinyiwei and Dongchang's fans, suppressing officials in the court and oppressing the people is a ruthless role, and it is really on the battlefield, I'm afraid I'm going to run faster than anyone else.

"Father-in-law, there is no need, it is enough to have Jingying, Jinyiwei and Dongchang still have their own responsibilities."

Wang Chengen looked at Zhou Yanru, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said something else.

"Our family doesn't force Lord Zhou anymore, our family thinks that the officials of the DPRK and China imprisoned in this prison can be released, and when it comes to this, it will not be of much use to be locked up." (To be continued......)