Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

After Wang Si and others left, Li Sandao rested for a while and waited until the sky became completely dark.

He just stood up from the big bluestone, looked for a random direction, and got into the forest.

The night was dark, the moonlight was hazy, there were lush vegetation everywhere, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.

If you step on it, you may miss it if you are not careful.

Li Sandao stretched out his hand to support the big tree beside him, and continued to move forward with one foot deeper and one foot shallower.

Li Sandao didn't know how long he had been walking. Everything around him seemed like the entire Funiu Mountain had fallen into darkness.

I can't see my fingers!

He turned around and looked in the direction he came from, only to see a few shadows of fire, which he couldn't see clearly.

But it was obvious that he was getting closer.

It was the Ming army troops chasing him and the local civilians in Funiu Mountain searching the mountain.

In the dense forest directly in front of him, far away, there were also a few fires flickering.

Looking at these, Li Sandao couldn't help but feel despair.

But when he thought of his brothers, he gathered his last strength and continued to move forward.

As he walked, he intentionally left some traces on the ground.

Because he knew that only if he attracted enough attention, would his brothers have the possibility of breaking out and escaping.

Suddenly, Li Sandao felt that he had stepped on something!
But before he could react, he heard a crash and a net appeared out of thin air on the ground.

The net directly wrapped around Li Sandao's ankle and hung him upside down on the tree.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Li Sandao feel his eyes go dark, and even as the sky and the earth spun for a while, the short knife he was holding fell away from his hand.

After coming back to his senses, Li Sandao struggled fiercely, but it had no effect at all.

He reached for the dagger, but his fingertips were still several inches away from where the dagger would fall. Even if Li Sandao tried his best, he could not reach it.

After a while, Li Sandao became desperate. With all his strength exhausted, he hung upside down on the tree, his expression full of despair.

At this moment, a shout came from afar.

"I've caught someone, I've caught someone in the trap."

"Quick! Go and see what's going on."

"It's Li Sandao, we caught Li Sandao..."

A group of people rushed up, talking in a hurry, and soon put Li Sandao down from the tree, and then tied him up, for fear that he would run away.

"Let's go. It's not safe in the woods at night. We'll escort the prisoner back to recover..."

"That's right, that's right. If you can go down the mountain as soon as possible, go down the mountain as soon as possible to avoid any more accidents."

"..."

After discussion, a group of people decided to go down the mountain overnight and take Li Sandao to report to the Ming Dynasty.

The group of people walked for almost the whole night, until it got dark and finally arrived at a camp at the foot of Funiu Mountain.

Over the camp, a large flag with clear characters fluttered in the wind!
There were many Ming troops patrolling inside and outside the camp carrying muskets.

This group of people started shouting when they were far away.

"We caught Li Sandao, we caught Li Sandao!"

Amid bursts of shouting, a group of people were welcomed into the camp. After receiving the news, a brigadier general of the Ming Army came to investigate in person.

When he saw that it was indeed Li Sandao, a smile broke out involuntarily on his face.

He laughed loudly at the people in front of him.

"Hahaha, you have accomplished a great feat this time!"

"Then I will ask for credit from above on your behalf!"

After saying this, he looked at Li Sandao who was being held in custody and said through gritted teeth.

"You, this thief, have been caught now."

"Waiting to be punished by the imperial court and executed in Lingchi!"

"When you frantically dug up the Yellow River embankment, you should have thought that sooner or later you would be where you are today."

This Ming Army brigadier general is also from Henan.

His hometown was also affected by the torrential floods after the Yellow River burst, and his family's property and house suffered heavy losses.

Because of this, he also hated Li Sandao, the culprit.

Li Sandao heard the words, but it seemed as if he had not heard him. His expression was dull and he said nothing.

From his eyes, there was no longer any desire for life.

However, at this moment, there was another noisy shout outside the camp.

Soon, someone else was seen escorting a group of imperial prisoners into the camp, shouting as they walked.

"The culprit was caught."

"The imperial convicts Wang Si, Niu He, Zhang Guangzai and others were arrested..."

When Li Sandao heard this, he subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction where the shout came from.

Immediately he saw a scene that made him feel desperate. His brothers who had broken out were now shackled and escorted to the Ming army's camp.

When Li Sandao saw this scene, his vision went dark and he almost fainted.

……

In August of the fifth year of Xuanwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jianzhuo took the emperor's carriage from Nanjing and started heading north along the canal, preparing to go to the capital.

In October of the fifth year of Xuanwu's reign, Xingyuan stopped and walked all the way and finally arrived at the outskirts of Beijing.

Zhu Jing'an personally went out of the city to greet him.

Seeing Zhu Jianzhuo's charioteer disembarking from the boat, Zhu Jing'an strode forward, came to his side, and bowed down.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father. Long live my father, long live, long live!"

Behind Zhu Jing'an, a famous Ming army general also bowed down.

said in unison.

"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The emperor arrived in Beijing, and the generals were very excited.

This time they accompanied the army in the Northern Expedition and recovered Beijing and several northern provinces. This achievement is real.

Many people are waiting for their achievements to be realized and promoted to higher ranks.

But because Zhu Jianzhuo was still on his way north, the battle merits that should be honored to them have been pending.

The matter of promotion to a higher position was temporarily put on hold.

The generals are already full of expectations for this.

Now, Zhu Jianzhuo has finally arrived in the capital, which means that the rewards that the court should give them are expected to be implemented soon.

How can the generals of the Ming army not feel excited and excited?
Their current welcome to Zhu Jianzhuo comes from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhu Jianzhuo laughed loudly when he saw this.

"Please get up quickly, generals, please get up quickly."

"My Ming Dynasty can restore the world and recapture the capital, and all the generals have done a great job!"

Seeing this, the generals all said that everything was due to the wise leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, and if His Highness the Crown Prince's command was determined, they would not dare to take credit.

Zhu Jing'an on the side saw this and said.

"Father, the officials from the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace have been cleared out. Do you think you should go there now, or go to the Tianshou Mountain Imperial Mausoleum to worship your ancestors first?"

Pretending to Comrade Lao Zhu in Nanjing, it was said that Zhu Jing'an, who was in the limelight of regaining Nanjing, had already emerged.

Therefore, Zhu Jing'an, the Imperial Tomb of Tianshou Mountain in Beijing, chose to leave it to his old man.

Give the old man a chance to pretend to report to his ancestors!

Zhu Jianzhuo thought for a moment and asked.

"Is everything ready at Tianshou Mountain?" Zhu Jing'an nodded.

"It's ready. If my father wants to go, he can go at any time."

"Even the car and the accompanying guards have been arranged."

When Zhu Jianzhuo heard this, he nodded and thought for a while, then spoke.

"First arrange for everyone in the harem to go to the Forbidden City for resettlement. You and I, father and son, will go to Tianshou Mountain together..."

Zhu Jing'an said.

"My son obeys the order!"

"Let's make arrangements now!"

After saying this, Zhu Jing'an went to visit his mother Liu, his brothers, sisters, wives, concubines and children.

After settling them down, he took the people and continued towards the Forbidden City.

After settling everyone in the harem, Zhu Jianzhuo took Zhu Jing'an and several other princes and drove to Tianshou Mountain in a royal chariot.

In the afternoon of the same day, the imperial driver and his party arrived at the foot of Tianshou Mountain.

But since it was late, we didn’t climb the mountain as soon as possible.

Instead, he rested all night in the palace at the foot of the mountain, preparing to climb the mountain again at dawn the next day.

It is worth mentioning that the palace at the foot of Tianshou Mountain was built by Zhu Jing'an after he recovered the capital.

Since this is just a temporary residence and the scale of the Forbidden City is not large, it was built without much manpower and material resources.

In the early morning of the next day, as the sun just rose, Yujia began to climb the mountain, preparing to go to worship his ancestors.

Their first stop was Zhu Di's Changling.

The group came to Changling and began to pay homage, read out the sacrificial rites, and presented sacrifices.

What was used as a sacrifice were the heads of several high-ranking Manchu and Qing generals captured by the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield.

After the Battle of Baliqiao, Zhu Jing'an was already preparing sacrifices.

The heads of many important generals of the Qing army had been cut off and pickled with lime, waiting for Zhu Jiazhuo to use them when he offered sacrifices to his ancestors.

The most important things here are the heads of Yonglin and Fukangan.

These two heads were regarded as the most important sacrifices. Zhu Jing'an prepared one for Zhu Di and kept the other for Chongzhen.

After finishing their worship at Changling, the group went to the tomb of Emperor Renzong.

A group of people worked hard all day and finally finished the work of worshiping the mausoleum.

Zhu Jianzhuo finally stood in front of Chongzhen's Siling Mausoleum and said with emotion.

"Now that the country has been restored and the Ming Dynasty has regained its capital and returned it to its old capital, our ancestors can rest in peace underground..."

Seeing this, Zhu Jing'an took a few steps forward and said.

"Father, will the court start rebuilding Siling Mausoleum next?"

Chongzhen's death was so sudden that the Ming Dynasty did not build an imperial mausoleum for Chongzhen at that time.

In the end, the imperial concubine's mausoleum built for Concubine Tian in front of Chongzhen became the imperial mausoleum where the emperor and empress were buried together.

Although it is true to say that death is like a lamp going out.

However, the fact that the emperor was buried in a mausoleum with the dimensions of a noble concubine obviously brought disgrace to the royal family.

The Manchus could care less, but the Ming could not.

Therefore, Zhu Jing'an now has the idea of ​​rebuilding Siling.

If nothing else, at the very least, the specifications of the Siling Mausoleum must match those of the emperor's mausoleum.

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded slightly when he heard this.

"That's fine too."

"We just want to build the imperial mausoleum. Is it difficult to obtain building materials?"

The ancients believed that a person who serves the dead should be as good as a waiter. Although the size of the imperial mausoleum is not comparable to that of the imperial palace, at least several palaces and palaces where the emperor often lived must be built.

This can’t be worse!
The building materials of these main palaces and palaces must also be in line with those of the imperial palace.

Golden nanmu, gold bricks, and imperial tiles are all very costly.

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an smiled and said.

"It can be solved nearby."

Zhu Jing'an said something profound.

"The entry of the Manchus into the customs has been defined as a rebellion by the Ming Dynasty. According to the hereditary official position of the Aixinjueluo family, the imperial mausoleum is obviously beyond the control of the Aisinjueluo family. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been restored, these violations Naturally, the building cannot stay.”

"My minister's opinion is that if it is going to be demolished anyway, the building materials should not be wasted. We, the Ming Dynasty, can demolish the illegal buildings in the Manchu and Qing Imperial Tombs in accordance with the law and use the demolished building materials to rebuild the Siling Mausoleum."

"The Ming Dynasty's court is relatively tight financially now, so it would be great if you can save a little!"

Although it may sound a bit impolite to dig graves, but how can we be polite to the Manchus?

Just do it!

Of course, this cannot be called tomb robbing.

Instead, we need to carry out protective excavation work on ancient monuments, which can also be referred to as archeology.

Zhu Jianzhuo was obviously convinced and turned to Yang He beside him.

"Leave this matter to Yang and you to recruit civilians as soon as possible to legally demolish the illegal buildings in the Eastern and Western Qing Tombs."

After all, digging up imperial tombs doesn't sound good.

Therefore, although Zhu Jing'an brought up the matter, he was not prepared to let Zhu Jing'an do it.

But I am going to let Yang and the Chief of Ceremony take the blame for this!

When Yang He heard this, he immediately responded without any hesitation.

"Your Majesty's direction, this servant understands!"

He knew that as a slave like himself, the greatest asset was his master's trust.

Once he loses his master's trust, he and a eunuch are nothing.

Therefore, Yang He made the most correct choice without hesitation.

……

The crisp sound of horse hooves sounded, and a group of cavalry rushed from the direction of the grassland in the wind and snow, all the way towards the Zhangjiakou pass.

Soon, this group of cavalry galloped all the way into Zhangjiakou, and then after a slight repair, they continued to run towards the capital city of Guan Nei with supplies.

Along the way, wherever the fast horse passed, it left bursts of smoke and dust.

The common people on the official road took shelter one after another, fearing that they would be hit by the imperial cavalry...

……

Late at night, Zhu Jing'an was addicted to the gentle countryside and couldn't extricate himself.

The gentle body of the beauty in his arms made him unable to leave.

After a long time, the clouds dissipated and the rain dispersed.

Zhu Jing'an was lying on the bed to rest, and two maids came up to him, gently wiping his body and cleaning up the aftermath.

Huang Yingying buried her head on Zhu Jing'an's chest, feeling Zhu Jing'an's strong chest muscles, and said with a slightly lazy voice.

"Your Highness, when do you think I can have a child?"

"I have been following His Highness for such a long time, why is there no movement in my stomach?"

Outside the main hall was the howling cold wind, but inside the main hall it was as warm as spring because of the burning earth dragon.

Zhu Jing'an hugged Huang Yingying's arm tightly and said comfortingly.

"Over the years, Gu Gu has been leading troops away from home, and we have been separated from each other. There is nothing we can do about it."

"Now, haven't we settled down? We just have to work harder." (End of Chapter)