There were many wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the world at this time, those wealthy royal businessmen in Europe may not be able to compare.

These wealthy people are mainly concentrated in the family, one is the noble family, and the other is the civil official family; Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, almost every Shoufu was a family fortune and half of the city, and after the Chongzhen Dynasty, no one did the position of the first assistant for a long time, so the civil official family was wealthy.

Behind the major businesses stood a certain cabinet minister, and the noble power was mainly to eat the wealth of the land, and in this era, the wealth of commerce was actually inferior to the wealth of the land.

Cheng Guogong can be regarded as a nobleman, and to some extent, he is not even weaker than those founding families; The first generation: Zhu Neng, Jianwen four years of Fengtianjing difficult to push the sincerity of Xuanli Wuchen, Chengguo Gong, Lu 2,200 stones, and the world bonds; Yongle died in the army in the fourth year, posthumously crowned the king of Dongping, and was martyred.

Second generation: Zhu Yong, the sixth year of Yongle; During the years of Hong and Xuan, he repeatedly led the line in the military government, progressed to the Taibao, and the orthodox fourteen years from driving to civil engineering, died in the Harrier Ridge, and at the beginning of Tianshun, he chased the king of Pingyin, and was ashamed.

The first two generations laid enough foundation for future generations, but the glory of 100 years has also made the descendants lose their original bravery.

If it is according to history, then when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Chongzhen wrote an edict, ordering Zhu Chunchen to lead the army and assist the prince Yang Yi, Zhu Chunchen dedicated Qihuamen (that is, Chaoyangmen), and persuaded Li Zicheng to advance with Chen Yan, and was later executed by Li Zicheng.

This should have been killed by Yang Yi with Chen Yan; In all dynasties, there has never been a lonely minister who has been so brazen!

Judging from Zhu Chunchen's face, he didn't look so shameless, he looked like a very powerful man, tall and mighty, with a dark face, a big beard, all the way to his chest, wearing a big red python robe, standing there like a fierce general.

"Minister Zhu Chunchen respectfully asks His Highness Jin An, some rumors are all slander, please check it out." After thinking about it, Zhu Chunchen still bowed and said with a full heart, not wanting to admit it, nor daring to admit it.

This joint, who dares to shout that they are rich, is the ordinary people's families, at this time they are burying silver and copper, not to mention these noble families, a hundred years have passed, and they should always understand how to run a family.

The Ming Dynasty is not the Jin Dynasty, and no one will dare to show their wealth unscrupulously.

Yang Yi heard this, but he didn't delve into it, it was not the right time, so he nodded at Zhu Chunchen, "Okay, Chengguo Gong has the trust of his father, and he is full of loyal martyrs, and the palace is naturally trustworthy, and a little rumor in the market is nothing; The prince sits, and the palace and the prince discuss the deployment of the rebellion. ”

It seems that this level has passed, and Zhu Chunchen is also very big-hearted, so he sat down on a chair at this time, pretending to stroke his beard, and listened to what Yang Yi said next.

Yang Yi said at this time: "Guogong is the chief of the Beijing camp appointed by his father, the family has a martial arts tradition, and he is also a general in the army, do you want to lead the troops out of the city tomorrow, so that the thieves know the power of my Ming officers and soldiers?" ”

Bring troops out of the city to fight with thieves? Zhu Chunchen was shocked when he heard this, and the palm of his beard was subconsciously pinched, and he almost pulled off a few of his beards, isn't this a pit person?

"Your Highness, this ...... This, most of the elite soldiers of this Beijing battalion have been transferred by His Royal Highness today, and they have gone out of the city to carry out the tasks arranged by His Highness, and many of them have been assigned to the Quartet to garrison, not to hide from His Highness, over the years, the Eastern Prisoners have repeatedly invaded the Beijing Division, and the elite of the past have suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Eastern Prisoners, in this case, there is really no spare strength to go out of the city to fight? ”

Zhu Chunchen looks very powerful, but this is a "smart man", when the matter comes, he should shrink or shrink, he is not worried about his push, after all, there is some strength behind him, at this time he has made up his mind, let's take a look first.

"The minister thinks it's better to hold on to the city."

"Hold on?" Yang Yi smiled slightly, and nodded indifferently, "Since the general Rong said to defend tightly, then from tomorrow, let's go to the Xizhimen City Tower with the main palace, and the main palace estimates that the thieves will attack the northwest corner of the Beijing Division...... At that time, the palace will be able to see with your own eyes the heroic posture of the general murderer. ”

What the? Still going up the castle tower? And to kill the thief...... That's a thief, right? Zhu Chunchen's cold sweat was about to drip down, and he hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Highness is a golden body, and now that he has a heavy responsibility in the world, how can he be in danger?" ”

Yang Yi suddenly stood up at this time, chuckled, and then asked: "Cheng Guogong now says that the palace is a body of ten thousand gold, and he can't take risks, so in the early dynasty, when Wang Qing proposed to governor Zhongjing and Nanjing, why didn't Guogong stand up and support it?" Didn't you second? ”

"Minister, minister, minister is a military attaché......"

"You are a lord!" Yang Yi said unceremoniously at this time, "Hewei Xungui? Rest with the country! Now that the national disaster is at the head, Erdang is the first to die, and then it is the opportunity to go down in history, since the prince is unwilling to go out of the city, the reason is also accepted by the palace, so kill the thief on the city wall, I think the prince is naturally still loyal? ”

"The minister is the general rong, and he should be the ......"

"Is this palace still a woman?" Yang Yi flicked his sleeves at this time and asked directly: "This palace will go to the city to supervise the war from tomorrow, not only this palace, but even my father and emperor will go together, what about you, Chengguogong?" ”

This is to be put on the front line!

Zhu Chunchen believed what Yang Yi said, just like in the early dynasties, Yang Yi suddenly walked out of the background, and then signaled Wang Chengen to propose a tour of Nanjing, when a group of civil officials immediately objected, and then Yang Yi pulled Chen Yan out and killed him directly, and then made an oath of "living with the capital".

"Shoufu is dedicated to the country, the palace borrows the head of the Shoufu to swear, the city is broken, the Ming Dynasty is dead, the Ming Dynasty is dead, and the Shoufu must be able to see under the nine springs."

Whether Chen Yan is blind or not, Zhu Chunchen doesn't know, but he knows that he will definitely not be blind if he changes himself, the woman in front of him may really have some kind of Xuannu preaching, at this time, he is not capable of being the enemy!

Zhu Chunchen was so scared that he couldn't even breathe through at this time, although he looked like a martial artist who killed people without blinking, but in the face of people who really killed people without blinking, he was immediately timid in his heart, who was the real ruthless person, he knew very well about this; Besides, with his own ability, how can he resist the thieves? If you go up to the wall, will you not be sent to death?

But even if he thought that this was a death, Zhu Chunchen didn't dare to disobey directly, maybe it would be the same as Chen Yan's treatment; In the early dynasty, Chen Yan led his ministers and did not allow him to patrol Nanjing, and Yang Yi wanted him to recruit troops out of the city to defend against the enemy, Chen Yan was naturally reluctant to send him to death, but he didn't expect Yang Yi to send him to death.

Zhu Chunchen knew that at this time, if anyone dared to say the word "no", Chen Yan's treatment would be his, and Zhu Chunchen, who was quite a big man, was sad at this time, why was it so difficult! Then I thought about it and the tears came down, it's really a man who doesn't flick when he has tears, but it's not time to go into battle!

Seeing him like a bear, Wang Chengen couldn't help but sarcastically said at this time: "Grandpa Guo is so cowardly, how can he be worthy of his ancestors?" ”

Zhu Chunchen's ancestor Zhu Neng is the number one general under Zhu Di, Rong Ma all his life, and finally died of illness in the army during the expedition to Annan. If he saw his descendants Xiong Cheng like this, his family's ancestors would probably have to cheat the corpse under Jiuquan.

"This palace thinks that Guogong may just not be able to think about it for a while, but I think that Guogong, as a loyal and righteous family, must also be able to become a loyal martyr!"

What does it mean to be a martyr! Cheng Guogong listened to Yang Yi's words, and felt that why did these words sound so mad?

At this time, Zhu Chunchen already had a feeling of stepping into the Ghost Gate Pass with one foot, and since he found that he had arrived at the Ghost Gate, he naturally couldn't go any further, so he immediately stood up and saluted Yang Yishi: "Your Highness, the minister still has the emperor's order, and he wants to go to Fuchengmen to inspect, and the matter of tomorrow's battle will be discussed when the minister comes back from Fuchengmen." ”

After saying that, he was going to run, and if he didn't succeed, he always had to try, and if he did, he would hide at home and not come out; Of course, if you want to be beautiful, how could Yang Yi let him go? How can you let him go without bleeding?

"Stop!" There was no need for Yang Yi's order, at this time, Wang Chengen gave an order, and the eunuchs and guards guarding the door blocked Zhu Chunchen, but as soon as two or three people grabbed him, they put down the rather big Zhu Chunchen.

can be trusted by Chongzhen, although there is no strategy, but there is still a lot of strength, the military generals and noble families, but they didn't expect that just two thin eunuchs could make him unable to move at this time.

Zhu Chunchen knew that if he didn't escape, he would definitely bleed heavily, and there were also his people outside the palace gate, and everything was easy to discuss, and if he couldn't escape, he might have to catch his fate, so he had to break free when he started brute strength, but the two thin eunuchs held him tightly, and his strength seemed to be useless.

At this time, Yang Yi sat back, and then asked in a cold tone: "Wang Qing, what is the crime of those who escaped from the battle?" ”

"Your Highness, those who escape from the battle should be beheaded; The old slave thinks that the Chengguo Gong is in the name of loyalty and martyrdom, or His Royal Highness will have the reputation of the Chengguo Gong Yimai? ”

Chop! Fulfill?

This old eunuch wants to harm me!

When Zhu Chunchen heard Yang Yi and Wang Chengen ask like this, his bones immediately weakened, and the strength in his body did not know where to go, and he was dragged over with soft hands and weak feet.

At this time, Wang Chengen also looked at Zhu Chunchen with murderous anger, although he was a loyal minister, it did not mean that there were no political enemies, no contradictions, and he was friendly with civil officials, so he was an enemy of Xungui, and the two of them had a lot of dirty!

When Zhu Chunchen arrived at this time, he softened and said loudly: "Your Highness, I misunderstood, I misunderstood the minister, the minister did not flee from the battle, the minister is willing to kill the enemy!" ”

No matter what, let's save my life first, it's a big deal to find an opportunity and then escape, this life can't be taken now.

"Really?" Yang Yi asked coldly.

"Really, really ......" Zhu Chunchen is a good man who doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, although he is not sure whether Yang Yi will really kill his own sacrifice flag, but this kind of thing is best not to experiment, Chen Yan, as the first assistant, and those civil officials in the six high halls, the weight is enough to compare with himself.

"You said you were going to Fuchengmen to inspect?"

"No, no, I won't go."

"I'm going!" Yang Yi said, "Let's go together!" Go and see the rebellious army. ”

"Your Highness, do you really want to go to Fuchengmen?" Zhu Chunchen asked in a trembling voice, this is just an excuse, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, Zhu Chunchen thinks that he is also a gentleman, he just wants to stay at home and wait for the time to be ripe before making a choice.

"Of course it's going up!" Yang Yi said coldly, "This palace will inspect the defense with Zongrong.

Wang Qing, you send someone to the Chengguo Mansion to get the armor of the Chengguo Gong; In addition, I went to take the armor of the palace and my father, and sent them to the city tower of Xizhimen together; Wang Qing, you go and prepare, tell your father, and in the future, please ask him to go to the palace to fight in person.

Guogong, don't tremble...... Let's go and see the army of thieves with Hongu! The main palace is so big, I haven't seen a thief like anything like this! ”

What a good thing to see this thief! I'll die when I'm done; Zhu Chunchen really felt that a catastrophe was coming! It's really coming, it's not a fake coming!

Even if Li Zicheng enters the city of Beijing, according to his own assumption, he basically wants to surrender to welcome the new master, no matter what, his life can always be saved, and maybe he can also keep the family property accumulated for generations; But now that he has been caught by a crazy emperor and taken to the front line, what good result can he have except death? But if you don't go with it, you can't do it, or you'll die on the spot, and it's better to die early than late!

When Wang Chengen was about to inform Chongzhen of the bad news, Emperor Chongzhen had just arrived at Kunning Palace, took a step, and walked in quickly, Emperor Chongzhen's pace was very fast, and it seemed that he was racing against time, but the current situation was indeed the time to race against time.

When the Son of Heaven came, the Middle Palace should greet him at the main gate of Kunning Palace, but at this time, no one can take care of these red tapes, and no one is available; The concubines were all gathered by Yang Yi's people, and for the time being, some palace maids were sent to watch.

Chongzhen, the nominal co-master of the world, actually can't be the master in this palace, at this point, Chongzhen also accepts some facts, besides, he is not an emperor who pursues enjoyment, but at this time he still feels a little cleaner.

Walking inside, walking into the main hall of Kunning Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, he saw that in the main hall of Kunning Palace, there were many packages and boxes, and a bookcase was placed in front of the throne, on which a thick booklet was spread.

Seeing that Queen Zhou was busy, and several concubines were carefully pretending various things, Zhu Youzhen was slightly stunned, what is this doing?

"Your Majesty, Changping has sent a message, saying that the palace is to be tidied up, many places will be demolished, some things need to be sorted out, and property must be used."

This!

Chongzhen took a look at the account books and found that the palace was still very valuable, especially some beams and woods, which were very valuable!