Chapter 717: Trouble with Henchmen

If the big husband wants to realize his ambitions, he can't be without power for the benefit of one party, and after this sentence is extended, there is a saying: the big husband can't be without power for a day, and the little husband can't be without money for a day.

The original meaning of these two sentences is that people with great abilities must not lose their power, otherwise their future will not be guaranteed, and their ambitions cannot be realized.

People who do not have great skills must not live without money, otherwise their survival will not be guaranteed, and their wives and children will not be guaranteed.

Chongzhen's ideals are very high, and he also has great rights, after all, he is the emperor of the Ming Empire, and this party is still the emperor of the world's most powerful country.

It is said that he is a big husband, but he tasted the taste of having no money, and he fell into this field!

This is not a game, there are rules in the game, there is a numerical system, and although this world is as illusory as the game, it is also infinitely close to reality to a certain extent.

Chongzhen's various methods in the past ten years have also led to the Ming Empire to where it is today, and this is the biggest reason why Yang Yi did not have much resistance to conquering the imperial capital!

Everyone is not optimistic about Chongzhen, after all, everyone still wants a stable environment, and they don't want to make a living under Li Zicheng.

It's just that with Chongzhen, he can't see the slightest hope of survival, so he can only jump ship; And Yang Yi successfully collected the money, iron, etc., which was due to the fact that Yang Yi's subordinates had a number of basic plates, even if it was the eunuchs, Jinyi guards and some Beijing camps, which would never have been able to go to the battlefield in the past.

The Xungui group didn't regard Yang Yi as a threat at all, originally thought that Yang Yi was going to rely on them, after all, Yang Yi was a female streamer, and if she killed a civil official, she couldn't kill the general, right?

In this way, under almost no defense, Yang Yi confiscated the family property one by one, Yang Yi began to be from the hands of "his own relatives", the abbot and the uncle's family, this kind of new noble, not the noble inheritance of generations of military books, therefore, Yang Yi got the silver taels, and under the equal emphasis on grace and power, it will develop so smoothly.

It's just that Chongzhen couldn't use this method, if he didn't have Yang Yi's ability, Chongzhen could actually do it, but it took a little longer, Yang Yi did these things in three days, Chongzhen could always do it in three years.

If Chongzhen does it, then the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is still expected; After all, at this time, the Ming Dynasty, although internal and external troubles, but this is mainly caused by natural disasters, if Chongzhen is determined to forge ahead, the selection of a prime minister to carry out political reform, that is, to change the law, this world may not be able to continue to the beginning of the next era!

Chongzhen, the king of the dead country, is really qualified, for generations, the state affairs are difficult, relying on the emperor to reverse almost nothing, Chongzhen does not trust the first assistant, repeatedly replaced, this is the main reason for the final demise of the Ming Dynasty!

It's just that Chongzhen can't see his shortcomings, he just sighs at Yang Yi's tens of millions of dollars, he knows very well that with these tens of millions of dollars, just spending 100,000 yuan a day is enough for the capital to guard for half a year!

And can Li Zicheng last for half a year? Chongzhen didn't believe it.

Chongzhen asked, "Cao Huachun, how is the city guarding?" What happened to the thieves? ”

Cao Huachun heard Chongzhen's question, did not add oil and vinegar, and said truthfully: "Your Majesty, after the battle of this Fuchengmen, the people's hearts have been cohesive, and His Royal Highness has rewarded him with silver, and there is no shortage of strong men, according to what the old slave has seen, it is estimated that the brave people who can go to the city will exceed 20,000 now, and it will exceed 50,000 in a few days, and there are tens of thousands of Shangjiading and Jingying in the honorable mansions of the various families in Beijing.

However, His Royal Highness ordered in the evening to remove half of the elite of the defenders of the seven gates of the outer city and concentrate them on the nine gates of the inner city, but now the defense of the seven gates of the outer city plus the new bravery is enough to worry.

It's just that there is a hidden danger, and the outer city has been broken, and the current elite of the nine gates of the inner city is enough to resist, Your Highness ......"

Cao Huachun said that he wanted to praise Yang Yi a few words, but the words were withdrawn, he was not stupid, he could naturally guess Chongzhen's thoughts, and naturally he would not cause trouble for himself.

"Your Majesty," Cao Huachun hurriedly changed the subject, "Your Highness summoned the wealthy merchants and nobles of the capital division, and raised money and troops from them, and obtained a lot of silver, which is said to be millions in total, and also received more than a thousand elite families from the nobles of each family.

These family members are now incorporated into the city defense of the outer city, plus the Jingshi Zhuangyong and the Jingying, there are so many strong men here, and the Jingshi is worry-free. ”

Cao Huachun naturally knew what Chongzhen wanted to hear and what he would be attracted to, and sure enough, as soon as the second half of the words were spoken, Chongzhen was so angry that he stood up.

"Got another million?" Chongzhen was very annoyed, "I asked them to pay, and they didn't pull out a dime, she asked them to pay, and in the blink of an eye, there were millions more, why is this?" ”

Forget it, Yang Yi has looted almost 30 million silver before and after, and he didn't raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from these people in the first place, why is this?

The reason is actually very simple, because money is used to spend, not to donate, and Yang Yi has been letting people go these days, but whenever the money comes to her hands, Yang Yi has let people go, this reputation has been established, and now seeing that Li Zicheng's army is about to completely besiege the city, let the sister-in-law of the family run to the south with antiques, at least he can leave a legacy for the family, and Yang Yi does not want antiques.

And, the most important thing is that he won a battle yesterday, and winning this battle is the most important thing, it is said that Li Zicheng was beaten to the ground, he can keep his promises, and he can also protect his family and defend the country, of course such a king can raise silver!

Of course, this cannot be said to Emperor Chongzhen.

Cao Huachun had no choice but to say vaguely: "Your Majesty, this, old slave...... The old slave thinks that His Royal Highness has a lot of means, and in today's situation, it is also a blessing for the family and the country! ”

Chongzhen sat down again at this time, thought for a long time, and then nodded, "It's just that she is young after all, and it is always inappropriate to act too aggressively. ”

Chongzhen suddenly thought, since those nobles can go, then why can't the Zhu family go, they always have to rely on the Qin Wang army outside to break the siege!

As long as he goes out, then the capital will be left to Yang Yi's mischief, and he only needs to establish a new capital, whether it is Nanjing or other places.

At this time, Cao Huachun was stunned when he heard this, and quickly shook his head and said, "No! Your Majesty, the Jingshi now has soldiers and salaries, which is enough to be safe; Now if you want to go, it's too late, I'm afraid that the rebellion is already dividing troops to occupy the cities of Jingdong, cutting off all the ways of life, if you are outside to resist the enemy, but nine deaths! ”

If this Chongzhen really insists on going out of the city, he will definitely take himself with him, and Cao Huachun doesn't want to go out, and now the situation outside is not clear, who knows where Li Zicheng hit?

When they go out now, wouldn't it be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, in the capital, even if Yang Yi is a little more domineering, but there is always a life, and there is no shortage of food and treatment.

"Isn't it still a soldier who is still in tune?" Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "Now that there are tens of millions of military salaries, are you afraid that you can't inspire the Guanning army to fight to the death?" They don't have to fight to the death with Guan Ningjun, as long as they take me out, this can always be done, right? ”

Cao Huachun almost had nothing to say, this kind of master, the money is your daughter's, not yours, besides, how can you come up with such a whimsical solution?

Cao Huachun thought about it, but still patiently persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the old slave is foolish, now is indeed not a good time to leave the Beijing Division, as far as the old slave knows, the thieves have tens of thousands of cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and the invasion is like thunder.

If the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the soldiers of the Beijing division work bravely to defend the city, they may be able to hold out until the army of King Qin comes to the rescue, but if it is, it ...... If you abandon the city and leave, you will inevitably be pursued by the thief cavalry halfway, and then you are afraid that the escort soldiers will scatter in a hurry, and Your Majesty and the hundred officials will become prisoners of the thieves! ”

Cao Huachun didn't want to be captured by Li Zicheng, what treatment could Li Zicheng give him? He is a eunuch, and he has done all the official duties that he should be, and most of the family business he has accumulated with great difficulty is now empty, but there are still some hidden ones, which can only be used when the world is stable.

Why did he bother to fight for life and death again, and follow Chongzhen to live a precarious life? Besides, what else can Yang Yi do, it's great to learn from Tang Taizong, Chongzhen can also be the emperor!

During the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanke also lived for a long time, and it was okay to serve the emperor, serve for two years each, and he could always get some back, and he must have eaten inexhaustibly in the second half of his life!

Chongzhen was persuaded by him to lose so many thoughts, and coughed: "I am just talking, I will never give up the ancestral inheritance!" ”

Chongzhen's small actions were not done, and Yang Yi naturally didn't know that Chongzhen would have so many ideas, but she didn't care, Chongzhen now wanted no people, no money, and nothing could be done.

In addition, the people sent by Yang Yi over there have been brainwashed several times, unless this world suddenly rises to the high martial stage, but this requires fate to invest at least ten times the power of faith in advance!

The dungeon that has been opened now cannot be changed, and fate can only wait for the next dungeon.

After today's test, Yang Yi actually doesn't pay much attention to the process of this plane, although more than a tenth of the time has passed, but Yang Yi has done everything that should be done, and the rest will go down step by step, and all the problems will naturally be solved.

Yang Yi now has to consider a few plans to deal with the next dungeon, after all, the next dungeon of fate will definitely not be as welfare as this first dungeon, Yang Yi has to consider what hole cards to show, after all, she has too many hole cards!

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As soon as the sky dawned the next day, the shouts and gunfire began to sound, just in the west of the capital, the guns were ringing one after another, and the gap between the guns and cannons was the shouts of the thieves shouting the city, and the thieves who went out to shout the city this time were not the thieves of the old camp of the Dashun army, but the original Ming officers and soldiers who surrendered to the thieves in Xuanfu and Changping, many of them were still Beijing battalion soldiers.

Because almost all of the individuals in the Dashun Army were reimbursed yesterday, Li Zicheng was reluctant to let the old battalion soldiers continue to be damaged like this, so he naturally considered using the surrendered troops.

Under the cover of shield carts and so on, these traitors approached the city wall, and then, when the gunfire stopped, they preached the benevolence of the king to the Ming army at the head of the city, and persuaded the soldiers defending the city to open the city gate or give up resistance.

Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Chen Yongfu, Bai Guangen and Du Zhizhi and other five people, now standing a little trembling about a hundred steps away from these shouting city soldiers, at this time they regret it very much, now life and death seem to be only in an instant, if they are bombarded by the defenders of the city with artillery, it is certain death.

However, they were ordered by Li Zicheng to shout the city, yesterday's shouting of the city was smashed, and a Du Xun and two Ming vassal kings and hundreds of old battalions of the Dashun army were put in, but Li Zicheng did not give up the "heart war", because the walls of the capital are high and strong, and defensive weapons such as cannons and muskets are also deployed on it.

Because Li Zicheng's army came lightly and hurriedly, and did not carry many artillery, it could not beat the walls of the capital, and it was not only time-consuming and laborious to build large-scale siege equipment, but also under the threat of cannons in the capital, the usefulness of large-scale siege equipment was actually not much, but if it was necessary to rely on the ladder ants alone to attack, how many people would have to die to take down the capital of the Ming Dynasty?

Of course, if it really comes to the time when it is necessary to attack, Li Zicheng will not be a pity for casualties, but this will definitely not send his old battalion first, but will let the attached Ming army go to the city, and he will not feel distressed how many of these individuals die!

However, Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Bai Guangen, and Chen Yongfu, the four generals of the Ming army who surrendered to Li Zicheng, did not want their subordinates to suffer heavy losses.

For them, soldiers are their capital, and they will be promoted and made rich in the new dynasty of Dashun in the future, but they can't be ruined in the capital, of course, their own immortality is actually the most important thing, but they didn't expect that Li Zicheng would be so ruthless, confiscated their military power, and let them go to the city.

The four of them are far away at this time, and there is no chance even if they want to connect in series.

Li Zicheng actually didn't worry too much, he also knew through the letter that the capital was very empty, and now there were only 10,000 Beijing battalion soldiers, maybe more, but the more was limited.

This is not what one person said, almost all the eunuchs and generals who were captured have asked, basically this number, and he also has some spies, such as the information sent by those big businessmen as evidence, Li Zicheng is not in a hurry.

According to the available information, although Jingshi's resistance and will to resist are unexpectedly strong, but with that bit of strength, Chongzhen's ability is so great, he is still not worried.

What I am worried about is only the reinforcements, that is, the Qinwang army in the world, even if the Qinwang army in the south, it will be difficult to arrive within ten days and half a month, according to the report, the soldiers of Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, fled directly, and the only thing to worry about is the soldiers on the side of Guanning, this is the trouble of the henchmen!

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