The matter of Princess Kunxing is over, Zhang Biwu is the most embarrassed to look at the coal mountain, and then he is going to rush to the coal mountain to see Chongzhen and Wang Chengen. Lu Xiangsheng should have been in the coal mountain, after all, when Zhang Biwu and Lu Xiangsheng connected, Zhang Biwu and Lu Xiangsheng said that they would meet in the coal mountain.

Without further ado, Lu Xiangsheng was already waiting in the coal mountain, and when he saw Zhang Biwu, he went up the coal mountain with Zhang Biwu. Before them, Chongzhen had already gone to the coal mountain.

Coal Mountain was the highest place in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty. It is Jin Shizu Wanyan Yong in the northeast of the central capital to build the Taining Palace, once piled up a part of the soil here, forming a mound. The Yuan Dynasty also surrounded Jingshan into the imperial city and became part of the imperial palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, when Beijing built the imperial palace, coal was piled up here, so it was called "Coal Mountain". During the expansion of the city of Beijing, all the garbage from the demolished city walls and other buildings was transported and piled up on the coal mountain, and the coal mountain was piled up high.

Because its location is right on the central axis of the city, and it is also a barrier to the north of the palace, so Feng Shui magicians call it "Zhenshan". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, many fruit trees were planted in the garden, and animals such as deer and cranes were raised, so the bottom of the mountain was called a hundred fruit orchards, and the mountain was called "Long Live Mountain".

Now Chongzhen was resting under a tree not far from a small pavilion facing the Shouhuang Palace. This is a locust tree with a crooked neck, and if it had been before, the emperor would never have been allowed to sit under the locust tree. Because the locust tree is a ghost tree, it is easy to hide ghosts, and I am afraid that it will collide with the holy car and bring bad luck.

As soon as Chongzhen stood up and stretched out his hand, he could get the tree, because the age of this tree was only a few decades, and it was said that it was a tree planted at the end of Wanli.

And that small pavilion happened to fall on the pavilion because Li Zicheng's cannon entered the palace and blew up the pavilion. And this small pavilion was used by Chongzhen and the concubines to rest in the past. It's not huge. There is also no official name. Because the north side of the pavilion is the Shouhuang Palace, people call it the Shouhuang Pavilion again.

It's just that this pavilion is too small, too inconspicuous, people outside the palace don't know the way, and there are very few people in the palace who know the way! Therefore, people think that there is no Shouhuang Pavilion in the Ming Dynasty, but they don't know that the Shouhuang Pavilion refers to a small pavilion facing the Shouhuang Palace on the coal mountain.

"Things are not people!" Chongzhen looked at the ruined pavilion, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he didn't know until tonight. The people in the city were afraid that once they caused damage to the rebels, they would suffer retaliation when the city was broken, and people were very resistant to the order to open artillery, but they had to obey the order, what should they do?

Therefore, under the pressure of the order, their countermeasure was to fire empty artillery, which could not harm the rebels at all. And the rebels also understood the hard work of the people in the city. They also fired empty artillery, and this time both the defenders and the besiegers reached a consensus. It's just that they know each other.

The destroyed Shouhuang Pavilion was destroyed by the real cannons fired by the rebels in order to deter at the beginning.

After Chongzhen heard Wang Chengen say, he shook his head in pain and sat decadently.

Chongzhen was still thinking about Zhang Biwu rescuing his son just now, but thinking about how he treated Zhang Biwu like this and repeatedly harmed him, how could he be loyal to you? Will they try to protect the young lord and restore the kingdom? This is a stupid idea! And really entrust the crown prince and the second king to Zhang Biwu, in the future, when Zhang Biwu's strength is strong, he will become Dong Zhuo or Wang Mang, or Cao Cao and Song Taizu! Maybe it will cause my son to lose his life!

Rather than this, it is better to directly let Zhang Biwu not serve his son as a subordinate, so that Zhang Biwu can treat his son in the way of charity or the way the strong protect the weak! The crown prince and the second king will be able to live!

Chongzhen thought of this, and he knew that he had to do it! He could die a martyr, but his son didn't have to die like he did. Chongzhen is indeed a qualified father.

At this time, the hurried footsteps were getting more and more urgent, and it was Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Biwu coming.

Chongzhen couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw Lu Xiangsheng! Lu Xiangsheng is not dead! There were rumors before that Lu Xiangsheng was not dead, but Zhang Biwu saved him, but Chongzhen still didn't believe it! But now that you have seen it with your own eyes, you can believe it even if you don't believe it!

"Your Majesty!" Lu Xiangsheng knelt down and saluted Chongzhen with tears in his eyes.

Chongzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng and didn't know what to say for a while, Lu Xiangsheng also saw Chongzhen with white hair, he was surprised at first, Chongzhen is in the prime of life, why is he in the prime of life? Lu Xiangsheng's heart was very uncomfortable, how could this be like a person who was only thirty-four years old? He's just an old man!

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Jiandou, you are still alive, I am so happy!" I'm so happy! Lu Xiangsheng kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent!" The minister can't be loyal to the emperor, and he can't let the Ming Dynasty be safe! ”

Chongzhen asked: "Jiandou, since you are not dead in Julu Jiazhuang, why don't you come to see me?" If you come back, I will definitely use you! With you, Daming will not fall into such a field! ”

Zhang Biwu spoke up: "Your Majesty, if Lu Xiangsheng really comes to see you, do you think Lu Xiangsheng is still alive?" His head has long been separated! You are suspicious and suspicious, and you dare not take responsibility, and when there is a failure and infamy, you always find someone to take responsibility! At this time, what you think of is to let Lu Xiangsheng take responsibility, and Yang Sichang, who is good at harming people and taking credit, loves you deeply, how can you let Lu Xiangsheng go? ”

Chongzhen didn't say anything when he heard it, and looked at Zhang Biwu, if Zhang Biwu had accused him like this before, he would have had Zhang Biwu Lingchi executed, but now he is a king of a dead country, and he doesn't have such ability, on the contrary, he asked Zhang Biwu to keep his son! Even if he listened to it and felt very uncomfortable, he still had to endure it.

Zhang Biwu had something to say: "Your Majesty, I don't have anything to do with you, I have always been here to concentrate on fighting the Manchus, but you have repeatedly tried to kill me, who can still be loyal to you?" And every minister is afraid of your suspicion, so they don't dare to do their best to help you! ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Suspicious? Do you know the truth? Chongzhen looked at Zhang Biwu and said, "What era did I experience first?" It was an era when eunuchs were in trouble, and I had to be cautious when I was in Wei Zhongxian, and if I was a little wrong, I would lose my head! Others see me as a good believer, but they don't know that I am walking on thin ice until I ascend to the throne, and my situation is not good! It's the same! I always feel like there are countless knives stabbing at me! Sitting on the dragon chair, my ass felt like it was being burned by fire, roasting on the fire pit, I was really hard, it was so difficult! ”

"Every person I use is carefully considered, but when Wei Zhongxian was in power, who didn't have on him? Those who don't have have already been cleaned up by Wei Zhongxian! I started to choose carefully, but I was disappointed every time! ”

Chongzhen became more and more excited the more he spoke: "Do you know what era I live in?" It is an era of hypocrisy in which even the bad people who are full of evil are full of benevolence and morality, on the one hand, the despicable deeds are disgusting, and on the other hand, the words of the saints are endless. ”

"The rotten smell of officialdom is very hateful, but I feel suffocated, weak and crazy, and those hateful civil officials keep saying that they will die for the emperor's father! But what happens in the end? They all betrayed me, all for themselves! What kind of mind can I have to trust people? ”

Chongzhen looked at Zhang Biwu and asked sharply: "Zhang Biwu!" You say! Who can I trust! Who to believe! If you were the emperor, you would be the same! ”

Zhang Biwu saw Chongzhen's excited appearance and didn't want to argue with him, not to mention that he was also deeply sympathetic to Chongzhen's situation.

Zhang Biwu didn't say anything, just looked at Chongzhen and shouted excitedly: "All civil officials can be killed!" "This is the hatred in Chongzhen's heart! How could we have come this far without the restraint of the civilian clique over the years?

Chongzhen opened his arms and shouted to the heavens: "All civil officials can be killed!" Most of my government was victimized by these civil officials! Civil officials mislead the country! I am not the king of the country, but everything is the image of the country! Ministers are all ministers of the country! Every move I made was misinterpreted by them, and the policy could not be implemented at all! ”

"Every time I allocate money to help people, most of them fill their own pockets, causing more chaos! For the rebellious people, whether the thieves are soothing or suppressing, they all misinterpret me and cannot implement it well, resulting in the general trend of the world to be eroded to this point! Civil officials obey the yang and the yin, and they keep saying that they are loyal, but they actually harbor evil intentions! It's all for their own sake, putting the country in dire straits. And what about the generals? Arrogant and untamed, unable to dispatch! I'm alone! ”

Chongzhen cried and said: "Actually, I envy my brother so much, although he has only been the emperor for seven years, but he at least has Wei Zhongxian, Hakka, and Empress Zhang to trust, and what else can I trust?" I can only be an emperor for 17 years in irritability, worry, doubt, and wandering, and after 17 years of painful days, it is clear that the country is stormy and difficult to support, but I have to support it! ”

Chongzhen shouted: "Do you know the way? In the past few days, I have been dreaming that an emperor is wearing a cloak and hanging on a tree with one foot on his shoes and the other without shoes! Later, I dreamed that my grandfather was crying to me, and he kept crying! Sighing constantly. But I don't mean to blame it at all! Grandpa Tai also knows that it is not my fault that my country is gone! It's all providence! ”

Chongzhen said this, very comforted, although his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's heroic spirit could understand him, but he felt faceless to go down to the ground to see the two ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen continued: "When I opened the box that Emperor Yongle had left behind, it had been locked all along. Because Yongle Ye said that the box can only be opened when it is extremely critical, as long as you open the box and see the contents of the box, you will know everything! (To be continued......)