The one who felt the deepest about Yang’s words should be Chongzhen, and the one who was shocked was also Chongzhen.

Tian Wenliang, how could he have thought that a dignified minister of the Ministry of War, a clean and honest official who was praised by the court, was actually a corrupt official who did everything he wanted.

Tian Wenliang was a Donglin Party. When the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao passed away, he paved a lot of road for Chongzhen to ascend the throne.

Therefore, after Chongzhen came to power, he was very grateful to him. The Donglin parties in the court always praised Tian Wenliang as a clean official, and the ministers in the court called him the contemporary Hai Rui.

In fact, he and the Donglin Party are in a nest of snakes and rats. Tian Wenliang, who regarded himself as a clean official, even took five carts of silver to retire and return home. It can be seen how much other officials are greedy.

Since Chongzhen came to power, there have been constant natural disasters and man-made disasters. What caused him the most headache was not the Qing Dynasty in the north, nor the uprising army in the pass, but the empty treasury.

Chongzhen racked his brains and tried his best to reduce the expenses of the palace again and again, but he still had no money.

In fact, war is made up by money. Why did Chongzhen reluctant to transfer troops to Beijing to serve the king? He just had no money to make trouble. He once asked his ministers to borrow some money, but the ministers were crying for poverty.

Li Zicheng had no plans to enter Beijing at the beginning. He knew how much he was. He was a thief and bandit. If he entered Beijing and killed Chongzhen as the emperor, he might cause the landlords in the world to attack him.

Don’t forget that the entire south is still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many armies who can conquer and fight. Although they are large in number, they are just a mob.

Li Zicheng fought to the imperial city without much effort. Why? It was because the Ming Dynasty had no money.

Li Zicheng fought all the way, and the Ming army surrendered along the way. The surrendered Ming army followed Li Zicheng's butt to Beijing. They were waiting for the military pay owed by the emperor.

Even when he reached the imperial city, he was about to touch the gate of Beijing, and Li Zicheng did not dare to attack. Instead, he proposed three conditions to Chongzhen.

1. Ces the northwest and proclaim Li Zicheng the king; 2. Give 1 million taels of silver to reward the three armies; 3. Do not call Chongzhen or meet him.

Who knew that Chongzhen couldn't take out even this one million taels.

In fact, Li Zicheng still recognized the orthodox Ming Dynasty in his heart. At that time, he had no ambition to be the emperor. He even agreed to Chongzhen that as long as these three conditions were met, he could go north to fight the Qing army.

This was a great opportunity for a fisherman to benefit. In that case, he could be forced to accept the title of "Northwest King". When he and the Qing army were both defeated, they would send troops to suppress him.

In a word, Chongzhen was forced by money.

The Ming Dynasty was rotten, it was really too bad. It wasn’t because I, Chongzhen, didn’t work hard, but I, Zhu Youjian, could peel bad apples, but if I was rotten, I, had to peel them so hard, so I, Zhu Youjian, did my best.

Guest Yang lies on the ground and snores, Liang Xiaofan is still very clear: "Your Majesty, this is not your fault, you have tried your best."

Chongzhen has always suffered many grievances, and he always thought it was his fault, because he had not worked hard enough and did not pay attention to the employment of people.

Liang Xiaofan's words made him extremely grateful. Suddenly, Chongzhen lay on the table and burst into tears.

An emperor put down all his dignity and status, hugged Liang Xiaofan and cried bitterly.

Liang Xiaofan didn't know how to comfort him: "Don't worry, your ministers are here, the Ming Dynasty will not be destroyed!"

It was like a ray of light in the darkness, and it was like a straw that really appeared in the man who fell into the water. Liang Xiaofan, this strange and strange creature, would be inexplicably at ease with him by his side. Even if the knife was placed on his neck, Chongzhen believed that Liang Xiaofan would have a solution.

He held Liang Xiaofan's hand tightly: "Xiaofan, if you can help me regain the world, I am willing to share the country with you!"

This is a heartfelt statement from the bottom of my heart, at least that's what Chongzhen thinks now.

However, Liang Xiaofan smiled: "Your Majesty, I have no interest in Jiangshan. Moreover, my purpose is not Jiangshan."

"What is that?" Chongzhen asked.

This is hard to answer. Liang Xiaofan can't say it was a task given by this bastard system.

"For the people of the world!" Liang Xiaofan deliberately pretended to be righteous: "As a person, we should stand up to the sky and the earth. For the people of the world, we will not suffer anymore and continue our country and country. The villain is willing to follow the emperor to the death and restore our country to the Ming Dynasty!"

These words were passionate and moved by myself.

Chongzhen held his hand tightly: "You are a loyal minister!"

Liu Zeqing had already begun to assemble the army. He heard that Li Zicheng had already captured the capital, so the situation in Shandong might not be good in the future.

It is relatively safe to plan as soon as possible to lead the troops south and return to Yangzhou. Staying in Shandong may make it a living target for Li Zicheng or the Qing army.

Although Liu Zeqing was shameless, he still had a clever judgment on the situation. Even if Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, he would not be able to become a climate. The Qing Dynasty in the north would definitely take advantage of this great opportunity to attack.

Besides, there is a Guanning Iron Cavalry in Shanhaiguan, and it is still unknown who will win. No matter who wins Beijing City, Shandong will be the first to be the target of their further encroachment.

Of course, they had to search and loot when they left Shandong. So the officers and soldiers took action, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil. Everyone said that Liu Zeqing was cruel than the rebels.

In this case, Liu Zeqing's son Liu Yanfeng was like a fish in water. He was addicted to killing people these days. When he was in a bad mood, he took his sword and went to the street to have fun. There was no reason to kill people, but he just liked them.

Liu Zeqing's base camp is in Jinan Prefecture, while his son Liu Yanfeng went to Dongchang Prefecture, which is affiliated with Liaocheng.

Liang Xiaofan and the others stayed in Dongchang Mansion for two more days. They were not idle these two days. Instead, they asked around to find out how many soldiers and horses there were in Dongchang Mansion.

Nowadays, money can make the devil push the mill. Yang Jiawen became a bandit and saved a lot of money. Soon he found out that Liu Zeqing was interested in gathering the army and preparing to go south.

This was as expected by Liang Xiaofan. When Liu Zeqing asked about the news in the inn, Liang Xiaofan and Chongzhen were thinking about how to take the next action.

Liang Xiaofan knocked on the table with his hand: "You mean, there are still three thousand garrisons in Dongchang Mansion?"

Guest Yang nodded: "Yes, but they will go to Jinan Prefecture tomorrow because Liu Zeqing is eager to go south and wants to take over the entire subordinate."

Liang Xiaofan asked again: "Where is the little beast Liu Yanfeng, will he go with him?"

Guest Yang nodded again: "Well, early tomorrow morning, I will go back to Jinan Prefecture with the troops."

Liang Xiaofan slapped the table and said, "You can't let them go. You must keep Liu Yanfeng. This little beast is very important to us!"

Everyone was confused, Chongzhen asked, "Did you kill him?"

Liang Xiaofan shook his head: "Tie him and threaten Liu Zeqing with him."

Liang Xiaofan knew very well that if Chongzhen went to see Liu Zeqing at this time, no one could tell what the consequences would be. Perhaps Liu Zeqing would agree to escort Chongzhen south. Perhaps he would use the emperor to order the princes to order the Ming army forces in the south to obey his orders.
Chapter completed!