Win the Ding 1617

Ever since the news of Hong Chengchou's fall, Guangning's fall, and the annihilation of nearly 10 Ming troops in Liaodong reached Beijing, the ruling and opposition parties have been concerned about Hong Chengchou's whereabouts.Some said that he led his own soldiers to fight desperately to break out of the siege during the ambush, but died in the chaos.Some said that he led Cao Bianqi, Wang Tingchen, and Bai Guangen to the bloody battle to the end. He was wounded several times, but he still supervised the battle. He was killed and injured. He was about to commit suicide when the enemy swarmed him.

A few days later, new news spread to Beijing, saying that Qiu Minyang, Cao Bianjiao, Bai Guangen, Wang Tingchen Tang Tong and others were all killed in the rebellion. Some died in battle, and some were killed after being captured. After being captured, Hong Chengchou scolded Hong Tai, the slave chief, but he wanted to die quickly and was sent to Shenyang.

In addition to ordering Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, the court chiefs ordered Hong Chengchou to go to Shenyang to sacrifice the truth, and find out the truth about Chizuo. At the same time, Chongzhen also asked Wang Dehua and others to secretly order the eunuchs who supervised the grain and pay in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and other places to inquire clearly. Whether Hong Chengchou is really unyielding, he has already died.

After seven or eight days, reports from Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan, and the eunuchs came one after another, and Hong Chengchou got the news even faster in his mansion in Beijing.First of all, a soldier in Hong Chengchou's supervising army, who fled back from Shenyang after being captured, said that when he escaped from Shenyang, he indeed spread the word among the Han residents that Hong Chengchou died of a hunger strike, and that he was a great loyal minister.The secret performances of the eunuchs and Wu Sangui and others also proved this statement. It was said that Hong Chengchou had indeed attempted to hang himself, and then went on a hunger strike and died in Shenyang.

These military papers were delivered to Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen, but the few flimsy pieces of paper made the two princes feel as if they were facing a ten thousand catty boulder.A few days ago, when the Guangning war was stalemate.When Yihe was condemned by the ruling and opposition parties, one of the sons of Chongzhen's classmate died unfortunately.

The double blow of state affairs and family affairs fell on Chongzhen's head. The two princes really didn't dare to think about what would happen to this unlucky emperor under such a heavy pressure.but.If the military and state affairs are delayed because of this, it is inevitable that the officials will be accused of wronging the country.

"Big Companion, just play if you have anything to do." On the contrary, Chongzhen looked away with a bit of a broken can.Now that the situation is like this, how can it go bad?

After hearing the latest military report sent from Ningyuan, Chongzhen nodded and shook his head again.After sighing a few times, he ordered Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to come in.Recently, because of repeated failures against Li Zicheng and the Liaodong rebels, he has once again moved his mind to change the cabinet, just looking around at the courtiers.But they are all a group of people who can only wag their tongues. Their rhetorical skills can wipe out a million soldiers in an instant, but their actual handling ability can also wipe out a million soldiers, but it is their own.None of them can match Chen Xinjia who has already been beheaded!However, now that he has suffered a big defeat for the first time, and he can no longer make waves in the court, so he did not show his dissatisfaction.After Zhou Yanru came in and kowtowed three times, he looked at the chief minister of the cabinet who was kneeling on the ground and bowed his head waiting to be questioned, and asked, "Hong Chengchou has done his duty for the country. Do you have any other news?"

Originally, the chief assistant of the cabinet could have a seat when he met the emperor.However, this treatment has now been revoked by Chongzhen.However, at this time Zhou Yanru did not dare to dispute this matter.Just bowed his head and replied: "There is no new pond report in the cabinet. Chen Ying'an, a family member of Hong's house, went to the minister's office yesterday and said that Hong Chengchou was indeed generous. It seems quite credible."

Chongzhen said: "I also saw Chen Ying'an and other memorials. So I called you into the palace to discuss. Since Hong Chengchou has done his best for the country, he is really a rare loyal minister, and the court should give him honor and honor. Do you know Who is Hong Chengchou's relatives in the capital? Where is his son now?"

Zhou Yanru said: "Hong Chengchou's eldest son was originally in the capital, and he left the capital a month ago due to some business. Yesterday, Chen Ying'an and other officials reported to him. He has rushed back in the starry night, and he will arrive in about one or two days. How did the Hong family's funeral in the capital become a success?" How to pay homage, how to hang, are all ready, just waiting for Hong Chengchou's eldest son to return to Beijing to preside over it."

"Except for Hong Chengchou, the cabinet should take good care of the officials and generals who died in the Liaodong War, and the compensation and canon. Don't let the loyal ministers and generals cry under the nine springs!"

"After the minister returned, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to quickly handle it. It will definitely not chill the hearts of the dead, but chill the teeth of the living."

"After you go back, you can ask someone to draw up a secret decree, with Uncle Ningyuan and his son, the Zuoping bandit, the Jingying and other generals, I want them to fight a victory within ten days when the decree arrives! Boost Chao Gang and refresh the morale of the army!"

A few days later, the Ministry of Rites has inscribed various praises, loyalty and honors on Hong Chengchou and the martyred soldiers who died in battle. Zhonglie, Zhongzhuang, Zhongwu, etc., are bestowed with sacrifices and burials, and shrines are built in their hometowns, meritorious provinces, and places where they died for the country.He conferred the title of first-rank wife to his wife, and Yin's first son to serve as the commander of Jinyiwei.Wu Biao, the general of the Shenji camp who Chongzhen wanted to make a sharp knife in his hands, presented Hushi General as a posthumous gift, named Zhao Lie Nan, and gave sacrifices and funerals. There are three grades of occupation, and the son of Yin has a family of thousands of brocade clothes.

As for Hong Chengchou’s posthumous ceremonies after his martyrdom, they are even more glorious, including bestowing the posthumous title of Wenzhong, gifting the crown prince Taibao, giving sacrifices to nine altars, and establishing Ci halls in the capital, Hong Chengchou’s hometown in Fujian, Shaanxi and other places.After the meeting between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, the ensemble of the emperor, the Hong Chengchou ancestral hall in the capital will be built in the east of the moon city in Zhengyangmen.

In the Ming Dynasty, Guan Yu was the most worshiped, and he was granted the title of Emperor Xietian. Temples of relevant emperors are everywhere in the country. The Guandi Temple built in the west of Yuecheng in Zhengyangmen is very famous in the capital.Now it is entrusted to build a "Zhaozhong Temple" in the east of Yuecheng, which clearly means to match Guan Yu with the Hong family.

The doctors of the Ministry of Industry had such a good opportunity to make a fortune again. After taking out the materials and materials, they collected [-] to [-]% as usual as usual, and then called wood factories and builders to rush to deal with them according to the order.The sacrificial shed is set up outside Chaoyang Gate, near Dongyue Temple, on an open space half a mile north of the main road, facing south.Facing Dongguan Road, many houses of the poor have been demolished, which is very lenient.On Linda Road, pine and cypress branches and plain paper flowers are used to tie a memorial archway, and a yellow silk banner is hung in the middle.The letter "Give a drink offering".There are three gates in the memorial archway, the middle gate is the royal way, and the ground is paved with yellow sand when the emperor comes to offer sacrifices.From the archway to the sacrificial shed a stone's throw away, there are many poles on both sides of the road, two rows of long white silk banners and elegiac couplets sent by the central yamen are hung.Four white cloth sheds were set up three feet away on both sides of the road.There are two seats on each side, three for the temporary rest of the officiant officials of the Ministry of Rites and accompanying officials of the yamen, and one for the Hong family to stay and rest.There are also small cloth sheds for musicians, which are set up in front of the sacrificial shed, facing each other from left to right.The other deacons and two smaller cloth sheds are behind the sacrificial shed.A yellow satin plaque hangs on the door of the sacrificial shed, surrounded by white satin, with four characters inscribed by Chongzhen's imperial pen on it: "loyalty and immortality".Inside the sacrificial shed is the mourning hall.The arrangement is very solemn and solemn.In the middle of the mourning hall, there is a plain white screen with six screens. In front of the screen, there is a long table surrounded by white satin and plain flowers. On it is Hong Chengchou's spiritual plaque. Bestow posthumous posthumous titles of Zhonglie and Duke Hong on the spiritual throne."In front, there are a pair of tall tin candlesticks on the left and right, and a white steel incense burner in the middle.Next to the spirit table is an altar with a white curtain hanging on it.The four walls of the mourning hall.Hanging elegiac curtains and elegiac couplets.There are couplets outside the gate of the mourning hall and on both sides of the gate of the pine and cypress archway, all of which are written on white silk and fine white Gebu.All couplets and elegiac couplets.They all praise Governor Hong and the soldiers for their loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and their heroic sacrifice.

After all, the capital is a place where literati gather. It is a rare opportunity for the emperor to offer sacrifices to ministers who died for the country. There are various yamen, Hong Chengchou's old friends, and colleagues in the court who have never met.Famous gentry all sent elegiac couplets, and those who couldn't make elegiac couplets themselves asked others to make them for them, each showing off his talent and calligraphy.It's really dazzling and beautiful.Either to commemorate a single person, or to commemorate all the fallen soldiers. In short, each of them racked their brains to show off their own writing and talent.Let's look at the couplet on the middle gate of the archway. Although it is not stable, it expresses the mood of the ruling and opposition parties at that time:

Ten years of hard work, half a year of lonely city, generosity and loyalty to the king, the old minister's life is absolutely loyal;

Thousands of miles back to the soul, thousands of miles of sad wind, weeping tears to mourn the elders, the Holy Lord deeply sympathizes with Dianlong.

On both sides of Hong Chengchou's coffin, there are the coffins of various civil and military officials who died in the Liaodong War. According to their grades and achievements, each has an altar, offering sacrifices with fragrant flowers and fruits.According to the pattern of Wendongwuxi, the east side is headed by Qiu Minyang, civil officials and prefects are above, the west side is headed by Yang Guozhu, followed by Wu Biao, and all military generals and above are sacrificed.

From Chaoyang Gate to the east of the city, there are chariots, horses and sedan chairs for sacrifices for several miles, and the whole street is rendered white by various huge elegiac scrolls and elegiac couplets.

"Treasurer, according to your instructions, the guys in the company have already agreed with the gentlemen in the Ministry of Rites to exchange flowers and fruits for Wu Biao's altar table three times a day, and there are enough lamp oil and candles."

"My lord has ordered that although Wu Biao was rebellious, there was a dispute between those brothers. He died for his country in Liaodong, and he deserved his death. All of us in the Southern Guangdong Army must let him die with honor and glory, and the affairs behind him will be handled with great splendor!" Lin Wenbing, the chief treasurer of Longsheng's capital branch, was holding a copy of the memorial to Hong Chengchou and the fallen soldiers copied by the staff in his hand, thoughtful.

Long Shengxing's shop happened to be facing the coffin shed of Hong Dushi and others. Every day, there was an endless stream of civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians, whether they came to pay homage to Hong Dushi, Yang Guozhu, Qiu Minyang, Wu Biao, etc. However, those who came to watch the excitement all had to pass by Long Shengxing's gate.Long Shengxing, who is very good at doing business and winning favors, ordered people to set up a stall in front of the shop. As long as those who come to worship, each person will give a crying spirit handkerchief. In addition, tea and soup will be given. For those who cry too hard, have a hoarse voice, or faint from emotional crying.

To reciprocate, passing civil and military officials, eunuchs and dignitaries, with their red and swollen eyes, came to Longshengxing's door and praised, "Anxious for public good and righteous, have the style of ancient gentlemen." I even lingered in the store for a while, enjoying the various fragrant teas, delicate fruits, and fresh fruits offered by Longshengxing.

Of course, these are all matters of face. Now that Governor Hong is dead, the Liaodong Army has collapsed.Anyone with eyes in the court can see that now only Uncle Ning Yuan can support the crisis. Whose business is Long Shengxing? These people are very clear.

Because it was right at the door of his shop, Long Shengxing's stewards easily copied the sacrificial oration written by Emperor Chongzhen to Hong Chengchou, together with the news of various ministries in the capital, as well as a secret letter from more than a dozen ministers expressing their loyalty to Li Shouhan, and sent it to him. They were sent to Tianjin quickly, and they faced Li Shouhan himself.

At the same time, it was placed on our Uncle Ning Yuan's desk.There is also an imperial decree sent in the name of Emperor Chongzhen, ordering him to lead his troops to attack the rebels in Liaodong, and must win the red flag within ten days to boost the morale of the people.

"Just kidding! Isn't this the same tactic as the headmaster's, restaurant tactic, he just ate a table. Are you going to serve another table, are you planning to support your opponent?!"

"Then, my lord, how should we return to the imperial court?" Mo Yu bent down and picked up the imperial decree that Li Shouhan had thrown on the ground, flicked the dust on it, and put it aside casually.

"Tell them, it's very simple to restore Liaodong, as I said before. Implement the new policy of all errands and pay food, as long as it persists for five years, I will guarantee that the treasury will be full of money and food. , I, Ming, can kill the Liao thief!"

When talking about the new policy of "one worker, one errand, one pays food", Mo Yu couldn't help rolling his eyes.He thought of Li Huayu, the eldest son who replaced Li Shouhan in Jinan at this time to lead the military and political affairs of Shandong and Denglai.

He thought about it and asked: "My lord. I'm afraid the eldest son will receive the emperor's decree. Shall we send someone to Jinan to remind the eldest son not to act rashly just because of the emperor's bullshit will?" Enter the army. In the end, what will be lost is our own soldiers, horses, money and food!"

Hearing Mo Yu's reminder, Li Shouhan pondered for a while, "No need. Now Huayu is also in charge of his life, and it is time to give him a good life experience. Now these complicated things are in front of him. It just happens to be an opportunity. I have to take care of everything for him, isn’t he a useless person? I’m not Zhu Yuanzhang, who did all the work for his descendants and left a bunch of pigs?!”

Following Li Shouhan's principles, Mo Yu went outside to discuss the words and sentences with the copywriters in Xingyuan, and wrote an inscription for the court, explaining Li Shouhan's words clearly and thoroughly.Only Li Shouhan was left in the room to read with great interest the sacrificial texts, poems, elegiac couplets and other things copied from the capital.

Li Shouhan also followed the fashion and read the complete works of Zeng Wenzhenggong, a large part of which is the elegiac couplets written by officials after Zeng Guofan's death.The most famous of these are the two elegiac couplets written by Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang.

Therefore, today he reads today's anthology with the mood of reading in those days.

"Should I ask the people in the newspaper to publish an issue, print these articles and elegiac couplets, and distribute them to various places. After a while, I am afraid that such good words will be destroyed if the news comes out." With a somewhat gloating attitude, Li Shouhan flipped through the words mourning Hong Chengchou page by page.

The first thing I read was the sacrifice written by the gentlemen of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy in the name of the emperor:

"In May of the 15th year of Wei Daming Chongzhen, the emperor sent an official to offer sacrifices to the spirit of the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Yudu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou, and told the text:

Alas!The red sheep in the catastrophe, the disaster is deep in the yellow dragon.It depends on the important ministers to fight against the outside world.Haotian doesn't hang up, just break my thigh.With my thin virtue, I suffered from this hardship, and shed tears in Linxuan, how painful it is!

In the past, the green calf was rampant in the Central Plains, and the bronze horse was rampant in the Xiling. He ordered the Governor-General to sweep Qin and Shu.After thousands of miles of driving, the world knows the hard work of the general; after three years of fighting, the imperial court is worrying about the border closure.In the Fang period, the atmosphere of banditry was cleared up, and the bright sun shone on Jing and Wei;Jifu was ravaged, and the capital was under martial law.I have no choice but to order King Qingqin to come north in the starry night.The platform summoned and consulted with the strategy.The governor of Jiliao, relying on Qiancheng.There is chaos at home, and the monarch and his ministers share weal and woe; corruption outside the customs, the government and the public lack strategies for fighting and defending.Qing was ordered to help Jin, and personally served in the army; without making great achievements, he suddenly became a national mourner.Oh, it hurts!

Since Qing was besieged, it has been repaired for more than half a year.The lonely city hangs far away, loyal eyes are hard to see the help of a soldier; stick to it with an empty stomach, and fight for the eternal festival with a sincere heart.Generously swearing to the teacher, the generals will be strong when they hear it; beating drums to supervise the battle, Yidi will be terrified of it.It has been rare since ancient times for a minister to be so brave.Suiyang Yilie is comparable.Helpless strong men dig rats, don't save the three armies from starvation and starvation, rebel generals sacrifice the city, and finally collapse in one day.Ran Qing still supervised the soldiers to fight in the streets, screaming to kill the enemy; the weak horse was hit by an arrow, and then fought on foot; To be executed.At this time, the war drums are in full mourning, the stars and the moon are dark, the sky is dark and the clouds are dark, the wind in the wilderness is sad, faint and sudden, and the drizzle is endless. Gai Zhong is loyal to God, and the heaven and the earth cry for it!

After Wen Qing was arrested, she was determined to be unyielding, disheveled and scolded endlessly.The sill car went north, and it was approaching the prison court. From time to time, I looked back to the south and cried bitterly.After chasing into Shenyang, they went on a hunger strike.The captive chieftains lure in every possible way, but they don't move their hearts.The delicacies are listed on the table, but Qing Wei closes her eyes and ignores them; Yan Ji stands in front of the bed, but Qing Wei turns her back and reprimands angrily.The ancients said: It is easy to go to death generously, but it is difficult to die calmly.You have both generosity and calmness.It was also heard that Qing had been on a hunger strike for several days, dying of breath and unable to recover from his illness. With the rest of his strength, Qing sat up, knelt down facing south, and repeatedly shouted "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" His eyes are still closed.Is it true that a gentleman becomes benevolent?Oh, it hurts!

For more than a year, I have been trapped in famous cities, even lost officials, and punished by the heavens. The crime is my fault.Building temples and workshops is a state-owned code of praise for loyalty; discussing posthumous titles and sympathies, I have the heart of showing merit.Qingzhi Zhijie's achievements have been announced and paid to the History Museum.Alas!Although Qing is dead, he is immortal.Death is more important than Mount Tai, and the heroic spirit turns into a Changhong; enjoy Zudou for hundreds of generations, and pass on the name for thousands of years.When the soul returns, let's enjoy it! "

After reading this well-written and earth-shattering memorial, Li Shouhan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "In terms of sensationalism, it is no less than that hostess of CCTV, and in terms of distortion, it is far more than that." Bai Yansong." He tossed the sacrificial text aside, since Liaodong was defeated, he hadn't laughed like this.

"Damn it, is this Governor Hong or Superman wearing red underpants?"

"Street fighting on horseback? Thanks to Zhu Youjian, the idiot who caught the knife, he figured it out. Why didn't they say that they stuffed tanks into the corridors and drove submarines into the Yangtze River? Is the brain inside a human brain or a pig's brain?!"

"Then the weak horse was hit by an arrow and continued to fight on foot, killing many captives with his hands. When did Hong Dushi become so skilled in martial arts? These Hanlin people thought that all the generals who led the troops were Xinjian Bo Wang Yangming? He could draw a strong bow and shoot Hitting the bullseye? Seems like civil servants don’t know how to use swords, it’s been a hundred years, right? They’re all a bunch of talkative bastards!”

After scolding a few words in his mouth, a thought suddenly appeared in Li Shouhan's mind, and a strange smile appeared on his face. This smile contained many factors such as ridicule, respect, narrowness and so on.

"Come on! Order people to go to the capital as soon as possible and tell everyone in the capital. Just say what Benbo said. In order to commemorate the loyal people and mourn the heroic spirit of Governor Hong in the sky, our Nanyue Army is willing to publish a collection of essays, all adults and gentlemen. All of the splendid articles are included in it. After publication, they will be sent to many academies and schools all over the world for free, so that they can be worshiped by generations to come!"

"Tell the Jingshi Newspaper that these days, I will publish an issue every day for Lao Tzu. Don't worry about other content. Just focus on the important event of commemorating Governor Hong. All the texts written by adults and gentlemen will be collected. Publish it in newspapers! Extra issues are distributed free of charge. No penny will be charged!"

Long Shengxing has the convenience of location and money, so he hired hundreds of Luotuo literati to copy all kinds of freshly released sacrificial texts in the coffin shed every day, and then clarified the author's name and position of the texts. Organize and report.

When he learned that his words would be included in Ning Yuanbo's collection of essays specially published to worship Governor Hong and fallen soldiers, the authors of those words were overjoyed, and grandly and solemnly put their name, font size, and study name, A lot of personal information, such as Kejia, hometown, etc., was notified one by one, lest I missed a little bit by mistake, so that people after thousands of years would not know that I have such a number.

The extras that were published every day were among the first to be snatched up by these people. Seeing their own words and names appear on the beautifully printed and incomparably clear paper, these people seemed to experience the wedding ceremony once again. joy.

"The shopkeeper, the big shopkeeper has a letter asking us to increase the purchase of red and blue flowers, and the lord has already agreed."

"Okay! It's the best thing to use for dyeing cloth! Write a letter to colleagues in Ningyuan Branch and Shengjing Branch, asking them to buy in large quantities no matter what the price is!"

The red and blue flowers are the best pigments for making rouge, and when dyed, they are gorgeous bright red.The main production areas of this stuff are Northeast China, Xinjiang China, Henan Province and Japan, and North Korea also has a lot of production. (To be continued..)