Chapter 104: The thief of the country?

"I'm looking forward to that day."

Han Lingshan sighed and said what he said.

Since he learned that there is still a swordsman in the world in the academy, he has longed for the life of a knight.

"Go out of the west gate, and return home from the evening... Kill one person in ten steps, and do not leave a thousand miles away. After the matter, go away, hide and be famous... I like to stand in the dark to observe the world... I like to cut off the head of an evil person... I like to weigh the world with a sword... I also like to dance with the red sleeves when drunk, and coexist with the green mountains when awake...

Your master is different. He is born to be respected by thousands of people, and he enjoys glory very much... Perhaps this is the meaning of his existence... My existence is different - I only seek to avenge my grudges in this life."

Xia Wanchun kept looking at Han Lingshan. He knew that what happened in the capital had infected his mood. His sword could not kill all the evil people in the capital, nor could it kill all the evil people in the capital.

Seeing the former high-ranking man fall head-on in the mud, and to see the former moral genius, who had to lower his head to the thief in order to survive, this is the image of the end of the world.

Li Hongji's army rushed over from all directions.

He did not rush to attack the city, but instead sent an eunuch named Du Xun to the capital to negotiate with the emperor.

Du Xun entered the city alone and arrogantly announced to the emperor the request of the Dashun King Chuang.

At this point, Lee Hongji's request is not too much.

He asked the emperor to cede Shandong, which he had actually conquered, and Anhui was divided into kingdoms for a generation.

He asked the emperor to reward the army outside the city with two million taels of silver.

He demanded that he would go to Liaodong to fight against Jiannu in the future, and that all the land he took back from Jiannu would be owned by him.

He asked that it would be embarrassing to meet with Emperor Chongzhen, so he would not come to worship the emperor.

After Du Xun read out Lee Hongji's request, he said to the chief assistant Wei Dezha with a profound meaning: "Make a decision early."

So, amid the constant roaring cannons, Chongzhen once again convened the morning court.

He hoped that the ministers could understand his painstaking efforts to surrender, and agreed to it for him or force him to agree, but there was only a faint crying sound in the court, and no one stood up like this.

Chongzhen's hands trembled and kept writing some words on the table. Soon, the eunuch Bingbi was wiped off. No one of the ministers knew what the emperor had written. Only eunuch Bingbi was wiping while crying...

"What do Wei Qing thinks about this?"

The emperor threw down the brush in his hand, and the brush rolled off the table, and the thick ink stained his dragon robe. There was a pleading in his voice...

However, Wei Dezao knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, without saying a word.

His experience as an official told him that once he took the blame for losing power and humiliating the country for the emperor, he would never be able to turn over in the future. At the very least, he would lose his official position and give up his title, and at the worst, he would settle the accounts after the autumn, and his head would be different!

The emperor asked three times in a row, but Wei Dezhao did not speak a word three times. Not only did Wei Dezhao say nothing, but Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Chunchen, Duke Bao Guo Zhu Guobi, and Secretary of War Zhang Jinyan also bowed his head and said nothing.

The other officials were even more silent, and no one was willing to take the responsibility with their heads shrank.

The morning court started from the early morning and no one spoke until the afternoon.

Finally, the desperate emperor personally issued an order - "I have an order, and I will make another plan!"

When Du Xun received the emperor's will, he actually left the capital with a laugh.

An hour later, Li Hongji's shells fell on the city wall like raindrops...

This day is March 17, the year of Jiashen.

Mu Tiantao at Zhengyang Gate was fully fired. He was trying his best to shoot out every shell on the top of the city and ready to go out of the city to fight at any time.

Zhu Mei was riding a fast horse and galloping in the capital. On the empty street, she was the only one alone woman running, wearing a red dress, looking desperate and lonely under the gray sky.

"The city gate is about to be opened."

Han Lingshan turned his head to Xia Wanchun, who was sleeping with his head in his arms.

"Mu Tiantao will not open Zhengyang Gate."

"It's useless, there are nine gates in the capital of Daming."

"You mean we can act?"

"Yes, you need to start contacting Hao Yaoqi and his party to take the princess out of the city."

"And you?"

"I want to enter the palace and go and visit the emperor for your master."

"Or what if I go on your behalf? You are not in a good mood."

"What's wrong with my complexion?"

“It will be bad when needed.”

"You don't have to worry about it."

After Han Lingshan finished speaking, he got up and put on his fur coat, held his long sword and quickly left the room.

Logically speaking, when disaster strikes, people will always panic like a headless fly running around, but the capital is not like this, it is very quiet.

Even the most fierce ruffian on weekdays stayed at home honestly at this time and didn't go there.

Although it was already spring, the cold wind in the capital still made people feel cold. Hanling Mountain wrapped its cloak and stepped on the dead branches and leaves everywhere to Chengtianmen along the street.

Chengtian Gate is still tall and magnificent. There is a T-shaped square in front of it. It is an important place for holding major celebrations for the Ming Dynasty and issuing government orders to the whole country. It also represents the majesty of imperial power.

The tall Wangjun and the same tall Wangjun stood on both sides of the square.

Behind them is Chengtian Gate with red walls and yellow roofs.

The Yellow Dragon Flag of the Ming Dynasty was still floating on Chengtian Gate, but the gold color on the flag had faded and turned gray. Some had been torn apart by the cold wind, and strands of flags were shaking weakly on the flagpole.

The vermilion main entrance is closed, and the long palace gate passage is filled with dead branches and leaves.

The walkway doors on both sides were open freely. Through the side door, you could see the empty Meridian Gate, which was equally broken and empty.

When the Ming Dynasty was prosperous, people like Hanling Mountain stayed at the palace gate for a little longer, and there would be warriors wearing golden armor on their bodies to drive them away. If they didn't follow, their heads would fall to the ground.

Several eunuchs with bags hurriedly ran out of the palace gate and saw Han Lingshan standing in front of the gate. They avoided Han Lingshan's eagle-like gazes and quickly slipped away against the base of the city wall.

Han Lingshan came to the palace gate and said loudly: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Department, met His Majesty!"

Chengtianmen still stood there coldly without saying a word.

Han Lingshan bowed ten steps forward and said again: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Department, met His Majesty!"

The cold wind curled the dead leaves and circled around him for a while, but it still rushed into the side door of the pavement, as if it was reporting to the emperor on behalf of the envoy.

Han Lingshan walked into the gate of the sidewalk and bowed again: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Department, met His Majesty!"

This time, his voice came into the palace along the long corridor. A few screams came from the palace. Han Lingshan saw more than a dozen eunuchs running desperately towards the palace city with their bags on their backs.

While running, he shouted: "The thief has entered the palace..."

Han Lingshan bowed and said, "In this way, I will come to the palace to meet Your Majesty."

After saying that, he walked into the palace. After walking for a while, Han Lingshan sighed again, turned around and tried hard to close the open palace gate, and fell down a thousand pound gate.

After passing Chengtian Gate, the same majestic Meridian Gate is in front of you...

The gate of the Meridian Gate was still open, and Hanling Mountain once again passed through the Meridian Gate. Similarly, he also closed the Meridian Gate's gate and also fell down the thousand-jin gate.

As Hanling Mountain continues to advance, the palace gates fall one after another, restoring the mystery and majesty of the past.

After crossing the Jinshui Bridge and passing through the Huangji Gate, the magnificent Huangji Hall appeared in front of Hanling Mountain.

Looking at the high-rise Huangji Hall, Han Lingshan shouted again: "Han Lingshan, the leader of the Lantian Secret Spy Department, was ordered by Yun Zhao, the lord of Lantian, to meet His Majesty."

His voice was blown away by the cold wind as soon as he left Taihe Gate. The gate was too far from Huangji Hall...

The Wucheng Pavilion on the left is empty, and the Wenzhao Pavilion on the right is also empty.

But there are still pen, ink, paper and inkstones and scattered documents on the table.

Looking at the place where the left and right represented honor in the past, Han Lingshan shouted loudly: "Where have all the famous ministers and brave generals of the Ming Dynasty?"

Suddenly a weak voice came from behind a pillar: "Your Majesty first uses Yang He, then Hong Chengchou, then Cao Wenzhao, then Chen Qiyu, again Hong Chengchou, then Lu Xiangsheng, then Yang Sichang, then Xiong Wencan, then Yang Sichang.

In addition to Xiong Wencan, they all performed very well, but unfortunately they failed and finally made Li Hongji become a big shot.

Your Majesty has been working very hard to combat the thieves, but unfortunately, God is unfair."

Hanling Mountain turned its beams and pillars, but found an elderly eunuch in a corner.

The old eunuch didn't care about the arrival of Hanling Mountain, and was still throwing documents into the fire slowly.

"It still failed after all, right?"

Han Lingshan finally saw a person who was still working for the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to say a few more words.

The old eunuch turned around and looked at Han Lingshan and said, "During the Tianqi period, after Wang Gong's farm exploded, the world has never been safe. In the first year of Chongzhen, in the second year, in Shaanxi, in the third year, in the severe drought, in Shanxi, in the fourth year, in the five years, in the hail, in the six years, in the seven years, in the locust plague, in the eight years, in the eight years, in the earth dragon, in the nine years, in the nine years, in the sky in Shandong, in the ten years, in the sky covering the sky, in the sun, in the ten years, in the people's famine, in the eleven years, in the great waters in Henan, in the eleven years, in the strange news...

In the 12th year of autumn locusts, there was a great famine, in September of the 13th year, there was no waterlogging in the two lakes. In the 14th year of drought locusts, there was no autumn crops, and in the 15th year of summer, there was a black rat like a tide overwhelming the sky... In the 16th year of severe drought and plague, people died on the road, and in the 17th year... there was no report yet."

Han Lingshan frowned and said, "Shaanxi is the most disaster-stricken Ming Dynasty. However, I, Guanzhong, did not lose my poverty. Instead, I called on the people to build water conservancy, reclaim wasteland, and have abundant resources. How do you explain this?"

The old eunuch laughed and said, "The most powerful disaster in the world is not a disaster, but you, Lantian Yunzhao. I would rather have the disaster in Guanzhong and the people are living in poverty than see Yunzhao traveling to save the country and the people in Guanzhong.

If Yun Zhao had not been the precedent before, the people of the Ming Dynasty would not have forgotten the Ming court so quickly, and there was an emperor who had saved money for them in this Forbidden City."

Han Lingshan laughed to the sky and said, "It's ridiculous!"

The old eunuch threw the last book into the fire, shook his pale head and said, "It's not ridiculous, it's God to destroy my Ming Dynasty, and Your Majesty is powerless to turn the sky back."

Han Lingshan smiled and said, "When you all die, a new Ming Dynasty will be reappeared on earth."
Chapter completed!