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The dripping water kept falling along the eaves. In the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, this rain seemed like God crying. This era was a small ice age in history, and there was very little rain in the north. Ten days ago, Emperor Chongzhen would have been very happy to have such a heavy rain. But now, this rain was like God crying in his heart. Perhaps, Emperor Chongzhen was crying with God in his heart.
Ever since he learned that the only city left in the entire Ming Dynasty was the current capital, the exhausted Emperor Chongzhen felt as if the sky had collapsed. All his efforts in the past years had ultimately turned into nothing. No matter how strong Emperor Chongzhen's will was, at this time he was filled with grief and indignation.
"Is the Ming Dynasty really over?" Emperor Chongzhen's voice was a little bit of a soliloquy, as if he was asking himself, or as if he was asking God. Wang Chengen, who was standing behind Emperor Chongzhen, lowered his head. He heard Emperor Chongzhen's muttering, but how could Wang Chengen answer this question? No one could answer this question for Emperor Chongzhen.
Perhaps the only person who could answer this question was Tang Tong, but Tang Tong was so busy with some things at the moment that he almost forgot the existence of Emperor Chongzhen. In the past, he would occasionally think about how Emperor Chongzhen felt, but since occupying Nanjing, Tang Tong simply did not have the time. There were too many things for him to deal with, and these things could not be handed over to his subordinates. As the founder of a country, Tang Tong had to set the direction for how the country would govern in the future. Although it was only a major area, when the country was first founded, every area had many things to solve first. This also made Tang Tong understand that being an emperor was sometimes not an easy thing.
Especially being a great emperor is not an easy thing. It does not mean that a kind person can become a great emperor. A kind person may not only fail to become a great emperor, but may also bring more suffering to the people of the world. To become a great emperor, one must not only be diligent in government affairs, but also have great political wisdom. Tang Tong himself is not a person who is diligent in government affairs, nor is he a person with too much political wisdom. Under him are Dayuer, Liu Rushi, Hailanzhu and others. Others do not allow women to participate in politics, but Tang Tong does not care about these. In order to reduce his burden, Tang Tong transferred Li Yan to his side. In order to find more talents to govern the country, Tang Tong even asked his men to persuade Hong Chengchou to surrender.
Although Hong Chengchou was not a famous general in military terms, he had excellent governance skills. Tang Tong was attracted by this point and did not care about his historical deeds. He wanted to recruit him. However, Hong Chengchou did not agree to Tang Tong. In Tang Tong's opinion, Hong Chengchou was not very loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The reason he did not agree to him was probably to bargain with him. This guy surrendered to the Jiannu in history, so there was no reason not to surrender to him, Tang Tong.
Emperor Chongzhen was not unaware of Tang Tong's attempt to persuade Hong Chengchou to surrender. As far as he could control, it was not a problem for him to know the situation. However, at this time, Hong Chengchou controlled the largest military force under Emperor Chongzhen, the 100,000-strong Guanning Iron Cavalry. This was Emperor Chongzhen's last capital. Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to act rashly at this time. Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that with the troops he had now, he was powerless to turn the tide.
Tang Tong's army was gazing at the capital from four directions. In addition to the Shanhaiguan side with more than 100,000 auxiliary troops, the other three directions also had a total of more than 100,000 troops. Tang Tong did not order an attack because he was still waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to surrender. On the other hand, Tang Tong's army had already begun to gather towards India. Tang Tong planned to incorporate the whole of India into his colonial sphere as soon as possible, and he wanted to use this opportunity to attack India to control or weaken the colonial forces of those uncontrolled Ming merchants, the most important of which was the Zheng family's force.
Zheng Zhilong has now become a powerful colonial force. The army that plunders everywhere alone has 300,000 soldiers. This number can be said to be completely beyond the control of Tang Tong. In addition, Zheng Zhilong also has millions of slaves under his command. Such a number also makes Tang Tong feel uneasy.
Zheng Zhilong is now living a very glorious life. He is a local emperor in Africa. Africa is a backward place composed of some chiefs and tribes. Although Zheng Zhilong's army is not as good as Tang Tong's or those Western armies, it is undoubtedly very powerful compared to these chiefs and tribes. An army of 300,000 is enough to establish a fairly powerful country in such a place.
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