Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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At this time, Chongzhen was already desperate to the extreme. He really didn't dare to imagine that if Zhao Wen was overwhelmed by the army one day, how would he resist.

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao knelt in the imperial study room, their bodies trembling constantly.

After a long time, Chongzhen looked at the two of them with fire in his eyes, and said through gritted teeth: "Put the two of them in prison, and Sun Chengzong defeated all the soldiers and horses in my hands. Now that he is dead, there is nothing I can do about him. But you two, I will never forgive you lightly."

After Chongzhen's voice fell, Gao Qiqian, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly got up from the ground and ran outside.

After a while, seven or eight big Han generals rushed into the imperial study room and dragged the two away.

……

At the same time, the entire capital was panicked, and almost everyone fell into a panic.

In the past, although there were rumors that Sun Chengzong had lost the battle and defeated the last soldiers and horses of the court, but after all, he had not seen it with his own eyes, so many people in the capital still had some doubts and had a little luck.

Later, although there were broken soldiers who escaped from Xuanzhen, not many people believed it.

However, since Cao Wenzhao led the defeated soldiers into the city last night, these people in the city finally believed the news of Sun Chengzong's failure.

In addition, the gossip came from nowhere, saying that His Majesty vomited blood and fell into a coma after hearing this.

This news put a veil of fear on the people in the capital.

For a moment, the entire capital was in a complete panic.

Some wealthy households with more wealth hurriedly packed up their belongings and fled outside the city. These people crowded the gate of the city and blocked the gate of the city into a pot of porridge.

The green-skinned hooligans in the capital also took advantage of the situation to make trouble. These people blatantly robbed property on the street, and they were extremely arrogant.

Many of the officials in the capital were not in the mood to go to the yamen, and they all stayed at home, discussing what to do with a few officials with better relations.

But it doesn't mean that all the officials in the capital are such shameless people.

Shi Bangyao, the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was fully dressed and arrived at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's yamen in a carriage.

In the past, the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was full of sedan chairs or carriages, but at this time, there was nothing in front of the gate.

Shi Bangyao got off the carriage and looked at the deserted gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his face twitched for a while.

"Damn it, damn it. My Ming Dynasty is not dead yet, and everyone is traitorous and shameless." Shi Bangyao stood in front of the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, yelling and cursing non-stop.

"My lord, it has been spread all over the capital now. Old Sun Ge's soldiers and horses were defeated in the Zhuolu Mountain in Xuanzhen Town. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses were wiped out. Now the last soldiers and horses of the imperial court are gone." The driver who drove Shi Bangyao jumped down. Carriage, whispered.

Shi Bangyao turned around, stared at the coachman, and cursed: "Zhuzi, do you believe such nonsense? Let me tell you, you have forgotten all these words, and you are not allowed to say them in the future."

"But……"

The coachman wanted to explain something, but seeing Shi Bangyao's cannibalistic gaze, he closed his mouth.

"Huh!" Shi Bangyao wore an official uniform, flicked his sleeves, and walked into the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

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Chapter 671

Shi Bangyao walked into the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He looked at the desolate and sparsely populated courtyard of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his face became more and more difficult to look.

"My Ming Dynasty has not yet perished, so everyone wants to change to a new master? It's not as good as pigs and dogs!" Shi Bangyao stood in the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and cursed.

A clerk came out of a class in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was sitting in the class and sleeping, but Shi Bangyao's yelling woke him up, and then he came out.

As soon as he came out, he recognized Shi Bangyao.

"My lord!" The scribe saluted Shi Bangyao respectfully.

Although all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are gone, the capital has not yet been captured by Zhao Wen. Shi Bangyao is still the censor of the left deputy capital, and his position is not known to be much higher than that of the scribes.

"Is no one here?" Shi Bangyao looked at the scribe and asked in a deep voice.

The clerk shook his head, "My lord, no, almost no one came this morning except you, not even most of the other clerks on duty."

"Hehe, these are the officials of the imperial court? All of them are pickpockets." Shi Bangyao cursed a few times, then flicked his sleeves and came to his classroom.

When he walked into his class room, he took out some rice paper from the bookshelf in the class room, and then sat on the table to write the memorial.

It didn't take long for Shi Bangyao to finish writing the memorial.

The memorial written by Shi Bangyao is a memorial about the defense of the capital. In this memorial, he said that now that the last soldiers and horses of the imperial court have been wiped out, the most urgent task is to recruit soldiers and horses again to defend the city defense of the capital first.

Although Shi Bangyao's memorial has almost no effect on the current situation, it is commendable for Shi Bangyao to be able to write such a memorial under the circumstances that no one came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Shi Bangyao finished writing the memorial, he brought the memorial to the Department of General Affairs.

The General Administration Department is the place where the imperial court is responsible for receiving memorials.

However, when Shi Bangyao came to the General Administration Department, he found that there were only a few small officials left in the General Administration Department.As for the officials in the General Administration Department, there is none.

Shi Bangyao walked out of the gate of the General Secretary, let out a long breath, and spit on the ground.

"What are these things!" Shi Bangyao cursed secretly, and took his memorial to the direction of the palace.

After asking for a summons, Shi Bangyao came to the imperial study room led by several small yellow gates.

At this time, Chongzhen was sitting in the imperial study in a daze. Although there were still many memorials on the table in front of him, he didn't have any thoughts to review them.

The imperial court has reached this point, how could Chongzhen review the memorials calmly.

Gao Qiqian stood beside Chongzhen, his face was full of sadness.

"Your Majesty, Lord Shi is here!" A small yellow door walked into the imperial study room, saluted respectfully, and said to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen came back to his senses, looked at Xiaohuangmen, "Let him in!"

After a while, Shi Bangyao walked into the imperial study.

After some greetings, Shi Bangyao took out his memorial.

Gao Qiqian walked down, took the memorial from Shi Bangyao, and placed it on the table in front of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen picked up Shi Bangyao's memorial and flipped through it.

After watching it for a short time, Chongzhen closed the memorial in his hand and looked at Shi Bangyao, "Aiqing, let's not talk about the recruitment of soldiers and horses. I will ask you now, how is the capital and the court?"

Although Gao Qiqian had told Chongzhen about the situation in the city, Chongzhen wanted to hear what Shi Bangyao had to say.

Shi Bangyao stood respectfully in the center of the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the situation is not optimistic." Shi Bangyao said with a face of embarrassment.

To be honest, Shi Bangyao didn't want to tell Chongzhen what the capital and the court were like now, but now that Chongzhen asked, as a courtier, he couldn't help but tell.

"Your Majesty, after I came to the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate this morning, I was the only one in the yamen. As for the other officials, I don't know where they went.

There are also very few clerks in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, only a few old ones left.After I wrote the memorial, I originally planned to send it through the Secretary of General Affairs, but whoever imagined it, and there was no one in the Secretary of General Administration.

Therefore, the minister had no choice but to come by himself.I don't know much about the situation in other yamen.

Besides, in the capital city, after the rout of soldiers entered the city, the wealthy households in the city packed their luggage, packed their things, and prepared to leave the city.

There were few soldiers at the gate of the city, and they couldn't stop these people.From yesterday to now, it is estimated that there are no less than a hundred wealthy households leaving the city.

Today, many shops and inns in the capital are closed.Only grain stores and other daily necessities stores are still open, but the price of food has been soaring. Originally, the price of food was only two taels of silver a stone, but since the rout of the army entered the city, the price of grain has soared to five taels of silver this morning. And it's still rising.

Chen felt that the price of grain would probably rise to ten taels of silver per stone.

In addition to food, some daily necessities such as cotton cloth, wine, and salt are also soaring. "Shi Bangyao looked at Chongzhen sitting on it and said.

Hearing Shi Bangyao's voice, Chongzhen's face became more and more ugly.

Gao Qiqian looked at Chongzhen's face, and was ready for Chongzhen to get angry.

However, after thinking about it, the anger didn't come, what was greeted was just sighs one after another.

"Hey, unscrupulous profiteers are making money for the country." Chongzhen shook his head helplessly and sadly.

Although he couldn't understand this phenomenon very much, but now he has nothing to do.

"Your Majesty, when I was going out this morning, I heard some voices.

There are rumors in the city that Zhao thief's Xuan Town is very good for the fleeing people, as long as they go to Xuan Town, they will take them in.

There were also more and more green-skinned hooligans in the city, and the soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi disappeared.

......"

Shi Bangyao told about all the things he had seen and heard along the way.

Chongzhen listened to Shi Bangyao's voice, and the scene of "a picture of a subjugated country" emerged in his mind.

Chongzhen leaned back on the chair, with his head resting on the backrest.

He waved his hand at Shi Bangyao, "Go back, I want to be quiet!"

Seeing Chongzhen like this, Shi Bangyao couldn't say anything, so he had to retreat.

After walking out of the imperial study room, Shi Bangyao looked at the gray sky and let out a long sigh.

Chongzhen at this time was far more desperate than in history.

Historically, although Li Zicheng traveled across the north of the Ming Dynasty as if he was in and out of no one's land, even when the soldiers approached the capital, half of the country of the Ming Dynasty was still in the hands of the imperial court.

Regardless of whether the soldiers and horses from Jinling and Jiangnan can be transferred back, at least the news from there can also be transmitted, and the imperial edict of Chongzhen can also be transmitted to the south.

At least there is the South, and Chongzhen still has a thought in his heart.

But now, all the thoughts in Chongzhen's heart disappeared.The current capital has become an isolated city. Although Huguang and Shandong have not been completely taken down, they are almost there.

Today's Chongzhen, only the capital is left, and the powerlessness in my heart can be imagined.

Chongzhen closed his eyes, recalling the past bit by bit in his mind.

Back then, when he first came to the throne, Wei Zhongxian was so powerful that he couldn't sleep well even in the palace.

After he brought Wei Zhongxian down, he was also ready to show his own skills and rejuvenate Daming.

Chongzhen recalled everything before, like watching a movie in his mind.

Suddenly, the corners of Chongzhen's eyes became moist, and Chongzhen's body began to twitch slightly.

Gao Qiqian looked at Chongzhen like this, turned around hastily, and stopped looking at him.

At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared at the door of the imperial study.

It was none other than Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen who had disappeared for a long time.

Ever since Gao Qiqian gained power, Gao Qiqian kept pushing the two of them away.

Because Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen were born in Qiandi, Gao Qiqian did not dare to kill them without Chongzhen's order.

Although Gao Qiqian didn't dare to kill the two of them, he played tricks behind his back.

At the very beginning, Gao Qiqian got the two of them to the Supervisor of Rites as ordinary eunuch envoys.However, the two of them didn't stay in Si Li Jian for long before Gao Qiqian took them to Yu Ma Jian again.

He didn't stay in Yumajian for long, and was sent to the military battle situation again. After tossing and turning, he was finally sent to Zhidianjian by Gao Qiqian.

Zhidianjian is an internal official's office responsible for cleaning the imperial palace. It has nothing to do with high position and power. It is the bottom of the four divisions, eight bureaus and twelve prisons.

Moreover, under Gao Qiqian's tinkering, it became a problem for Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen to meet Chongzhen.

Just as Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen appeared at the door of the imperial study, Gao Qiqian saw them both.

Before Gao Qiqian opened his mouth to stop him, Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen walked into the imperial study.

"You two don't clean the palace well, what are you doing here?" Gao Qiqian narrowed his eyes and said with a sinister expression.

There is a kind of person, the kind who is about to die, and will still lie in the nest.

And this Gao Qiqian is exactly this kind of person, although now the capital has become a lonely city, and it seems precarious, but Gao Qiqian still doesn't want Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen to gain power.

Chongzhen opened his eyes and saw two people who were saluting towards him.

"Big companion, why are you here?" Chongzhen inadvertently touched the corner of his eyes and asked.

It can be said that Chongzhen was raised by Cao Huachun, and the two spent a very long time together.

It was precisely for this reason that Gao Qiqian did not dare to kill Cao Huachun.

Although Cao Huachun had been involved with Zhao Wen before, a long time has passed, and the anger in Chongzhen's heart has almost dissipated long ago.

In Chongzhen's view, if Cao Huachun had betrayed him, the capital might have been taken by Zhao Wen by now.

Moreover, Chongzhen did not believe that Cao Huachun would betray him.It's just that Cao Huachun was implicated in a fit of anger because of Zhao Wen's rise of troops.

When Cao Huachun heard about Chongzhen's long-lost "big companion", tears welled up in an instant.