Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 205 Much more mature
Shizhu Chieftain, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, was almost unknown to everyone. She was the only female general Qin Liangyu in history who left her name in history.

When Zhang Xianzhong launched a large-scale attack on Sichuan in the 16th year of Chongzhen, she gave advice to the then governor of Sichuan, but he did not listen. She had to lead troops to Kuizhou Prefecture to stop Zhang Xianzhong.

However, Shizhu had been fighting for the Ming Dynasty since the Tianqi period. Although he became famous, the price he paid was also very high.

Qin Liangyu's brother died in the battle in Liaodong, her son died in the battle to suppress bandits in the Central Plains, and her daughter-in-law also died in the battle to suppress bandits in the Central Plains. Every time a relative died for the country, the elite White Army Army they led were wiped out.

Human beings are not leeks. You can cut a handful and grow them back quickly.

Therefore, by the time Chongzhen was silent, Shizhu actually did not have many people left to fight on the battlefield.

Qin Liangyu took Shizhu's new soldiers to stop Zhang Xianzhong at the height of his power. Naturally, he was powerless and could not stop Zhang Xianzhong from entering Sichuan.

At this time, Qin Liangyu realized that there was really nothing she could do.So, she used her few remaining troops to guard the various passes of Shizhu, and could no longer go out to fight.

However, Zhang Xianzhong was also afraid of her. After entering Sichuan, he never got close to the stone pillar for fear of provoking Qin Liangyu again.

In the original history, there was no chance of Qin Liangyu fighting in the history books, and he died of old age within a few years.

She had fought for the Ming Dynasty all her life. Even though she sacrificed so many relatives and children, she still failed to save the Ming Dynasty in the end.

For Qin Liangyu, the original history should be quite regrettable.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Chongzhen decided to personally visit this heroic woman who had fought for the Ming Dynasty all her life and had been practicing loyalty and serving the country with practical actions!
After traveling through time, no matter what, Qin Liangyu should be given the honor she deserves during her lifetime so that she can enjoy her old age!

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At this time, Qin Liangyu was already 72 years old.Many things in Shizhu were left to her nephew Qin Yiming. As for his grandson Ma Wannian, he was nominally the chieftain of Shizhu, but she was still uneasy and still taught him personally.

No, Qin Yiming took his personal guards and patrolled various checkpoints without neglecting them.

At this time, he was already in his 50s and had been fighting with his father since he was a child.After his father died in the war, he followed his aunt to conquer the world. Now his temples are gray, and some things are beyond his ability.

In the original history, a few years after Qin Liangyu's death, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty swept Sichuan, he finally surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty together with Ma Wannian, and then disappeared from the history books.

But at this time, he was still a member of the Ming Dynasty, patrolling everywhere to prevent the rebels from attacking the stone pillars.

Looking at the young people under 20 years old in various checkpoints and the old people in their 60s and [-]s like him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After fighting for so many years, Shizhu people have almost no people of the age of young adults, and there are only two generations.

However, what is the result?
The bandits continued to wreak havoc, but the officials in the court still discriminated against my aunt and did not take her suggestions seriously, so that the war was a complete failure.

Not to mention anything else, almost all of Sichuan was occupied by bandits.I don’t know if it chilled his aunt, but he himself was really chilled!
To be honest, Qin Yiming couldn't see the future and was a little desperate.But because Qin Liangyu was there, he didn't dare to show his despair.They are very serious when inspecting sentries and passes.

At almost noon that day, he once again inspected the main passes and repeatedly told the guards: "It's going to be a storm outside, so don't worry about it. The only thing is to guard the stone pillars and don't let the rebels come in without knowing it. Do you understand?" Understand?"

Shizhu is not too far from the Yangtze River. In the past few months, the shouts of murder outside have been loud, and Shizhu has heard it to some extent.

Qin Yiming was afraid that the young man would lose his temper and go to watch the battle, or even participate in the battle, thus causing trouble to Shizhu.

He was training when suddenly a young man standing guard outside shouted loudly: "Stop, who are you?"

"The stone pillar has sealed the territory. No one is allowed to enter the stone pillar, otherwise you will be rude!"

"If you go any further, we will be rude to you!"

"..."

Qin Yiming was shocked when he heard the movement.No one has come to Shizhu for a long time. Is it possible that Zhang Xianzhong finally couldn't help but used troops against Shizhu?
With this in mind, he quickly rushed over with his people.

I saw the defenders on the outermost side, all holding long white-stemmed guns, or drawing their bows and arrows, and were in full formation.

Qin Yiming felt a little relieved when he saw it. He felt that these guards were very vigilant under his guidance, which was good.

Then, he looked outside, wanting to see who dared to break into the stone pillar?
As a result, he was shocked when he saw this, and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Put down your bows and arrows, don't mess around!"

One of his men heard this and asked a little puzzled: "Why, they are all on horseback, there are 30 of them, what if they rush over?"

After hearing this, Qin Yiming said angrily: "These people are all wearing flying fish uniforms, and they are the royal guards of the imperial court!"

These young people didn't know Feiyufu, but he had fought in the north and south, and followed Qin Liangyu to the capital Qin Wang, so he had seen it and was deeply impressed.

But to be honest, he was also very surprised as to why Jin Yiwei came to Sichuan. Could it be that the thieves were pretending to be soldiers?

You must know that Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be an official and military official and opened the gate of Xiangyang City, thereby killing the Xiangyang vassal king and forcing Yang Sichang to commit suicide.

With this thought in his mind, he appeared and shouted: "Who are you, and what are you doing here at Shizhu?"

Hearing his words, the leader of the Jinyi Guards immediately breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly: "Your Shizhu's official language is really difficult to understand! We are the Jinyi Guards directly under the imperial camp. His Majesty came to visit Qin. We are ordered to do so. Stand in front!"

Hearing this, Qin Yiming was shocked. The emperor came to visit her aunt?

It's impossible, right?
Not only was it possible for the emperor to come to Sichuan, but it was also impossible for the emperor to come to visit his aunt, instead of his aunt going to see the emperor!
It’s really strange!Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the Jin Yiwei Commander taking out his waist badge and saying, "I know you may not believe it, so let someone check it out!"

After hearing this, Qin Yiming couldn't help but become suspicious again.

To be honest, at first, he didn't believe it at all, how could the emperor come to Shizhu to see his aunt.Impossible, absolutely impossible!

However, the Jin Yiwei in front of him looked very natural and did not look fake.So how do you explain this?

With this in mind, he did not send someone over rashly, but continued to shout: "You mean, the emperor has come to Sichuan? What about the eight kings? The emperor did not go to destroy the bandits, but came to Shizhu. It is really hard to convince people. ?”

After hearing this, the General Banner of the Imperial Guard understood his concerns, so he proudly said loudly: "The first traitor who showed his loyalty has been killed by Your Majesty in front of the two armies, and most of the other traitor armies have surrendered!"

When Qin Yiming heard this, he immediately asserted that the Jin Yiwei in front of him was a lie. He even told such unreliable lies that the emperor could kill Zhang Xianzhong in front of the battle.

So, he shouted loudly: "You are deceiving each other with such childish lies. Are you really deceiving my stone pillar?"

Shizhu has been isolated from internal and external contact since the 16th year of Chongzhen, so it has no idea about the major events that have happened outside in the past few years.

At this time, the General Banner of Jinyiwei was helpless. Just when he was about to explain, he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats from behind again. He turned around and saw that Zheng Sen, who had just been promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, was leading his people.

They all knew that Zheng Sen's father was Pinghaihou, and the emperor valued Zheng Sen very much, so he took the initiative to explain the current situation to his equal Zheng Sen.

After hearing this, Zheng Sen asked his men to stop, and he rode forward alone. As he walked, he shouted loudly: "I am the general banner of Jinyiwei, and my father is the newly appointed Marquis of Pinghai last year. I came here alone to explain This is okay, right?"

Qin Yiming was a little surprised when he heard this.If the people outside are pretending to be thieves, this person will be too brave to come here!Once you discover a flaw, don't even think about going back.

Seeing the young Imperial Guard Qi slowly approaching, he did not refuse.After all, there is only one person, and even if there is a scam, he is not afraid.

So Zheng Sen walked into the pass.

He calmly dismounted, took out his badge and handed it to Qin Yiming, and at the same time said: "Your Majesty will be arriving soon, please verify your identity as soon as possible."

If Zheng Zhilong were here, he would find that his son was calmer than he had seen him in Nanjing before the end of last year.

After Qin Yiming heard this, he didn't speak immediately. He took the badge and checked it carefully.To be honest, he had no way of knowing whether it was true or false, because he had never seen Jin Yiwei's waistband before.

While handing back the waist badge, he looked at the young man in front of him and asked: "You said you were newly granted the title of Marquis of Pinghai? Why did Your Majesty make you Marquis of Pinghai?"

Zheng Sen took the badge and put it away, and at the same time replied: "My father is the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy. After your Majesty won the Battle of Dashengguan last year, he went south to meet my father in person, because my father was a pirate. Although he was only the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy, he actually had more than 20 troops and more than 3000 large and small warships under his command. His Majesty discovered my father's strength, so he agreed to accept the imperial reorganization and provide the imperial court with 100 million shi of food every year. Therefore, , Your Majesty conferred the title of Marquis of Pinghai on my father."

Qin Yiming had never heard of Zheng Zhilong before, and was very surprised when he heard this.However, he couldn't hear the flaw, and it seemed to be logical.

So, he asked again: "What is the battle of Dashengguan you are talking about?"

After hearing this, Zheng Sen still said calmly: "Li Zicheng led 50 million troops, known as one million, and marched towards Nanjing by land and water. At Dasheng Pass outside Nanjing, he was defeated by the Beijing camp led by His Majesty. Now he has fled into In Yunnan and Guizhou, His Majesty therefore led the troops to rescue Sichuan."

At this point, before Qin Yiming could continue to ask, he took the initiative and said: "Most of the rebel armies in the Central Plains, Shaanxi and other places have surrendered to the imperial court. Now Sichuan is about to be pacified. The general trend of the world has been that since His Majesty began to personally lead the army in the early 17th year of Chongzhen. , that’s it.”

Qin Yiming was dumbfounded. In just a few years, there have been such big changes outside?It can be called an earth-shaking change, right?
After coming back to his senses, he shook his head and said: "Although what you said sounds okay, it is still too false. Young man, look at my age. I have also fought for the imperial court in the north and south, and fought for more than ten or twenty years. The war in the coming year has always been getting worse and worse, how has it ever gotten better?"

Hearing this, Zheng Sen was not angry because he didn't believe it. Instead, he smiled slightly and said: "There are more things you don't believe. For example, His Majesty is so brave that no one in the world can beat him! I tell you this fact. , you probably still think it’s too fake, right?”

Without waiting for Qin Yiming's answer, he continued: "But this is the fact! In a duel in front of the battle, His Majesty not only killed Zhang Xianzhong, but also captured alive a fake prince of Jianlu, and sacrificed his blood to the loyal martyr in the capital."

Listening to the young man in front of him talking calmly and calmly, there was a look of reverence on his face when he talked about the emperor's deeds. From Qin Yiming's perspective over decades, it seemed that he was really not telling lies.

It is really unreasonable for someone to pretend to be a bandit and enter the pass alone, saying such unreliable things but not being afraid at all.

If he was a real thief pretending to be a bandit, he would definitely not say these things that sound very fake.

While he was weighing it in his mind, he saw another group of knights in uniform coming outside. There were already almost 100 people in front of them.

Feiyu suits, embroidered spring knives, how could there be so many thieves?If it is really fake, how much will it cost?And at such a high price, what else is there to do with the stone pillar?
Thinking about this, Qin Yiming somewhat believed this unacceptable reality.

So, he tentatively asked: "Why did Your Majesty come to Shizhu in person? If you really come to Sichuan, my aunt will definitely come to see you if there is a decree!"

After hearing this, Zheng Sen showed respect and said, "Your Majesty said that General Qin is old and has been fighting for the imperial court all his life. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he should come to visit..."

At this point, he raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty said that General Qin is a role model for everyone in the world and deserves a personal visit from him!"

"When the Qin army was in charge of serving the king, His Majesty gave him four poems. One of them, I remember clearly, is: Learn the eight formations of Xichuan, and the mandarin ducks hold military talismans in their sleeves. This is why women are willing to accept it, so why should the general be her husband? .Is that right?”

When Qin Yiming was young, King Qin also went to the capital with Qin Liangyu. Because his father died in the bloody battle of Hunhe River, he was received by Emperor Chongzhen.Others may not know the four poems given by the emperor, but the Qin family has always treasured them.Hearing this, Qin Yiming immediately felt relieved.

So, he immediately asked with surprise: "Your Majesty is really here, where are you?"

Zheng Sen said so much, and seeing that he finally believed it, he smiled slightly and said, "We should be there in about two miles."

After Qin Yiming heard this, he quickly said to the people around him: "Go and report it quickly, just say that His Majesty came to visit her old man!"

(End of this chapter)