Win the Ding 1617

On May [-]th, at Chenpai time, the Gaomi County Yamen was already bustling.

Cars and horses are abundant, and crowds are crowded.The county magistrates and historians who were majesticly dismissed in the past are now pitifully playing the role of welcoming guests outside the gate of the yamen.

Don't think that you have wronged them and let you officials of the seventh and eighth rank here to welcome and see off the guests, it is the one inside who has given you great face!

The county magistrate, Dian Shi and others in full attire greeted the thick-handed, dark-complexioned, wrinkled old farmers who got off their carts and donkeys with smiles on their faces, but the boss in his heart disapproved.

Scholars, farmers, and businessmen are naturally ranked first among scholars, but now they are allowed to meet these farmers outside the county government office with a bachelor's degree in education. This is too insulting to the gentleman!

When the new wheat comes down, it is another bumper harvest year that has been rare for many years. On average, one mu of wheat can harvest [-] to [-] catties.This is a rare good year after years of famine.

Therefore, in order to express his attitude of sharing happiness with the people, the Duke of the State, who is stationed in Gaomi, invited 50-year-old old farmers from the four townships and eight towns, as well as those good farmers with a yield of [-] catties per mu, to the county seat. Come and taste the fruits of this labor together.

The Duke of the State treats guests, and the magistrate stands at the door, so naturally he is absolutely flattered!

And those invited guests, not to mention county magistrates in the past, even seeing official figures such as Lizheng, Ma Kuai, and government servants, could not help trembling in their calves, but now they have the feeling of being overwhelmed by the power of the court for a while. The opportunity for the Grand Duke to have dinner together was like a dream for almost everyone.

The dishes are very simple, and they are completely Shandong farm meals.

In front of each person was a dish made of sorghum stalks, with a few pancakes inside, a plate of fried golden eggs, and a handful of freshly washed spring onions.A small bowl holds shrimp paste made from small dried shrimp caught from the sea.

In addition, there is a plate of meat, a fish, and a pot of rice wine that is just right in front of each person.

This kind of banquet, not to mention officials such as magistrates, is these farmers, if it is a good time in previous years.There are distinguished guests at home, or happy events such as weddings and funerals, such a banquet is also difficult to hold.

"It's not that Li is neglecting everyone. Now that there are famines everywhere, frugality is the most important thing. However, a certain family has a small gift after dinner." Li Shouhan is very casual. With his wealth and status, what he eats is no longer important .

Eggs, shallots dipped in shrimp paste, and cakes baked from this year's newly threshed wheat are rolled together.The mouth is full of the aroma of food.Several generals and officials of the Southern Guangdong Army kept urging everyone to eat more.The servants serving the banquet kept interspersing between several tables, adding food and wine.

When the peasants entered the county government office that looked like the palace of the king of hell in the past, they saw the plowshares neatly stacked together under the pillars of the lobby, and bundles of fine cotton cloth neatly wrapped on the long table. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Could it be that these are what the Duke of the country wants to reward us?

Regardless of him, eat first, and when you're full, you'll be blown away when you go home!Although the new wheat is delicious.But the opportunity to eat new wheat with the Duke of the country is unique.This feast thus entered a climax.

"As long as this kind of situation lasts for another two years, the rent, interest, money and food will not be so heavy. We should still follow the regulations of the Duke of the State, and everyone will be able to turn around!"

"The situation between Shandong and Denglai will be maintained for another two years. If King Qin goes north, the food and grass can be taken from the ground in Shandong!"

The old farmers present, the Li family father and son, and the officials of the Southern Guangdong Army all celebrated the harvest with joy and looked forward to a bright future.

When Li Shouhan put the second pancake rolled with eggs and shallots into his mouth.Several messengers carrying military information outside the gate rushed in.

Glancing at these people from the corner of his eyes, Li Shouhan knew from their expressions that something serious must have happened.Chewing in his mouth, he gestured to Liao Dongzhi who was beside him with his eyes. "Bring these people to the back and take a rest!"

"Report to my lord! There is an urgent military situation in Liaodong!"

A courier presented the letter tightly sealed with wax to Li Shouhan.

The letter was written by Wu Sangui, the current head of the Liaoxi general sect.

"Sure enough, it's here! Those who should come will still come!"

After reading the letter at a glance, Li Shouhan's face was expressionless, but his heart was boiling and tormenting like boiling water.He handed Wu Sangui's letter to Li Huayu, "You read it too."

"What else?!"

"My lord, Mr. Li, the Chief Historian of Hue, has an urgent military report!"

The cheap grandson and cheap nephew Wu Sangui took the lead in fawning over the secret report, and the latest news from Governor Hong did not bring much impact to the Li family and his son.However, Li Peilin ordered the Clippers to send the secret performance overnight, which made the father and son a little flustered!

The natives in Taiwan, Boni, Malay and other places learned that the Li family and his son had not been in Nanzhong for a long time, and there were various rumors spreading in Nanzhong, saying that the Southern Cantonese army had suffered heavy casualties this time when they went north.The ambitions in the heads of those natives who also have what they consider to be excellent weapons have also expanded rapidly with the spread of rumors.

Scattered riots spread from Taiwan to Luzon, Malay and other places.

The most serious one was the Boni area of ​​the Malay Peninsula, where tens of thousands of natives suddenly gathered in one place and attacked Lijiapo.Although Li Peilin had already mobilized the army to suppress it, he, who is good at internal affairs, was really at a loss in the face of one after another riots.

"Come on! Order!"

While Li Shouhan was astonished, he suddenly felt that the bewilderment, astonishment, and powerlessness that often plagued him during this time in the inland Qin Wang had been washed away by this series of bad news. Li Shouhan who ran across the Indochina Peninsula.

"Ling, Wu Liuqi, the No. [-] Mixed Brigade in Chaozhou and Meixian at this moment, gather immediately and prepare to go to Taiwan to quell the chaos!"

"Order, the police brigades everywhere will immediately strictly control and suppress the localities. If there are natives with evil intentions, they don't need to ask for instructions, and they will be calmed down immediately!" There is a large labor gap.

"All personnel will be made official slaves, and they will not be pardoned!"

"Father commander. It seems that brother-in-law Damu's fleet is currently in the Chaozhou area, why don't Da Sen and Wu Liuqi go to Taiwan to quell the chaos!"

Li Huayu is also a little angry. I just left Taiwan for a few days, and you rebelled against me. It seems that I will not kill a group of people.You don't know that the pot is made of iron!

Regarding the suggestion that Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi go together to quell the sudden riots in Taiwan, Li Shouhan nodded and agreed to Li Huayu's suggestion after a little consideration.In his opinion, the little conflict between Wu Liuqi and Zheng Sen could be controlled.Back then, Wu Liuqi took advantage of the Zheng family's retreat, and even captured the Zheng family's father and son in the Battle of Beauty Mountain!

However, he did not expect that this pair of contradictory partners would be in the public eye.But they are surprisingly consistent, and the methods are so ruthless that it is jaw-dropping.

"Master, father, is there someone in Taiwan making trouble?"

There was a sound of footsteps, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, Lu Mahong, was holding Li Huayu's son in her arms, and the eldest grandson (?) of the Li family appeared at the door.

"If someone dares to make trouble with our family, then I will fight him!" Lu Mahong handed the sleeping son in her arms to the nurse beside her, and said viciously.

"Master, is the matter in the south serious?"

Qimuge and Sarengaowa's mother and daughter are not as confident as Lumahong when they speak. Although they also gave birth to a pair of children for Shouhan, their identities are more embarrassing after all.For this disgraceful incident, the Huang family told relatives and friends in private.Jinan's concubine died because of the epidemic.Knowing this situation, Qi Muge was okay, her daughter and current sister simply changed her name.All the utensils related to the Huang family were discarded.To the outside world, she just uses the Mongolian name given to her by her mother, Saren Gaowa.

The mother and daughter have followed Li Shouhan with all their hearts.Fortunately, the Li family has this advantage, no matter what your background is, whether you are a royal or a woman on the Qinhuai River, in Li Shouhan's eyes, in front of Yan Meier, you are all the same person.What's more, he has already given birth to offspring for the Li family.

"It's okay. It's just a little trouble on our site." In front of his two daughters-in-law and the eldest daughter-in-law, Li Shouhan still had to keep calm. What mistake has affected this year's harvest has a lot of thoughts, but it can't be exposed in front of these three women.

"Nanzhong is scattered in terrain, suddenly there are many ethnic groups, and there are many sects, fighting endlessly. It has never been unified for hundreds of years. Now it has only been unified for more than [-] years. There have been many changes, and countless contradictions must have accumulated. Now I heard that our army went north. It’s useless, it’s strange that I don’t rebel against my heart. However, Zhou was established because of the chaos of Yin, and Han was prosperous because of the chaos of Qi and Chu, so a little bit of thieves turned the tables, but it strengthened my foundation.”

"This is just a small matter, far less important than the Tianjin business district." Li Huayu also looked calm, explaining the military situation at home to his daughter-in-law and two aunts.

After sending the three women away, the father and son immediately found the copy and ordered them to draft a copy for the imperial court.

It roughly means that the Lord originally enjoyed the people in Shandong and enjoyed the benefits brought by the New Deal to the people and the court. Unexpectedly, when he received a letter from his family, the bandits in Java, Nanzhong, Taiwan and other places colluded with the natives to rebel. Su Lu and Bo Ni also invaded the country, so I had to go back to Nanzhong to take care of the housework, and I was unable to take care of him for the time being.The imperial court handed over the money and food affairs of the military, horses and food in Shandong, Denglai, Jimen, and Tianjin to the Weichen, but now the Weichen is powerless.In the two places in Denglai, Shandong, the dog's son can still be loyal to the minister, but the matter of Tianjin and Jimen can only be handed over to the court, and the court is asked to appoint another capable person.

A few days later, when Li Shouhan's request for leave arrived in the capital, it really brought some surprises to the furious Zhu Youjian and the panicked court.

Mr. Li wants to go south to quell the chaos?Also hand over Tianjin and Jimen to the imperial court?This immediately caused joy inside and outside the court.Mr. Li is gone, but the business district he built in Tianjin is a good deal that makes a lot of money every day!

On the surface, Zhu Youjian angrily reprimanded the ignorant Sulu, Boni, and the two countries, and strongly condemned the damn Nanyang religious bandits and natives, but secretly praised Sulu, Boni, religious bandits, and rioters as great contributors to Ming Dynasty.

With the Tianjin Business District in hand, they can rely on the Beijing camp to recruit recruits from all over the capital, and drill a new army well.Some extra money and food can also be used to help Sun Chuanting who is training in Shaanxi.

Around these tangible, intangible, and valuable things left behind by Li Shouhan, the imperial court launched a series of open and secret struggles. It was Wu Sangui who was far away on the front line of Liaodong.It is also not immune.Quite a few people stared at the mountain of money, food and armor in his hand.Going to make a fortune out of it.However, Wu Sangui is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

If you want something, you can, bring me the handbook of my grandfather's grandfather!This commander-in-chief was ordered by his old man to guard the money, food and armor here, according to his old man's orders.The official will definitely offer it in full.Without his old man, even the imperial decree of the emperor is useless!

(These things are what I want to use on my own troops, how can I let you take advantage of them?!)

It is not just this thing that guards the rear of others for food, grass, money, food, supplies, weapons, and once there is a change, immediately accepts all of them as their own.Students who are interested can search for the Battle of the Four Horses against Sun. Sun Dazi, who made a fortune during the Great Wall War of Resistance, was defeated by the allied forces of the Ma family. All the weapons and ammunition he had in Shanxi were also lost by Yan West accepted.

This is something.Press the button for now.

Not to mention that the father and son of the Li family left after discussing with each other.Li Shouhan only went south to quell the rebellion in his hometown on his own, while his eldest son, Li Huayu, ordered his wife Lu Mahong to go south with him to Taiwan to help put down the rebellion there.

There is a saying that two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.

When the Li family father and son were feasting on new wheat, outside the Chaoyang Gate in Beijing, Lin Yuji, Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, represented Emperor Chongzhen.Leading the cabinet chiefs and civil and military officials to pay homage to Hong Chengchou's spirit tablet in solemn and mournful mourning.

Today is the tenth day of May.Emperor Chongzhen went to the eastern suburbs to pay homage to Hong Chengchou for tomorrow.After the early court, Wang Chengen and Wu Mengming were summoned into the Palace of Qianqing, and asked them about the preparations for the dharma driver, brine book, and guards in brocade clothes that they will need tomorrow.When they had returned to his satisfaction, he asked again:

"What are the comments of the subjects of the capital on this matter recently?"

Wang Chengen immediately said: "Recently, the subjects of the capital have been discussing every day, saying that Hong Chengchou is a loyal minister through the ages, and the emperor is a sage king through the ages."

Chongzhen nodded, then suddenly sighed and said, "It's a pity that Chengchou died too early!"

Wu Mengming said: "Although Hong Chengchou died too early and cannot continue to serve His Majesty, it is rare for His Majesty to bestow honors so generously. I dare to believe that there must be more loyal ministers like Hong Chengchou who heard the news and did not hesitate to lose their minds." Defend the country for His Majesty."

Wang Cheng'en went on to say: "I still have a foolish opinion. Although Hong Chengchou is honest, his loyal soul will live on forever, and he will not forget the grace of the gods in the underworld. He tried to make the eastern captives restless."

"I think so too! I'm afraid Lord Hong, who is in the spirit of heaven, will secretly protect Lord Li to quickly wipe out the bandits in Nanzhong, and bless Jifu and Shandong with good weather and good weather, so that I can hope for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!"

Chongzhen was silent for a moment, sighed again, and said with tears in his eyes, "I hope Chengchou is alive after death!"

A chief came in with the eunuch and played to Chongzhen: Cheng Guogong, the minister in charge of the three departments of rites, soldiers, and engineering, and the minister of Honglu Temple were called into the palace and were already waiting in the Wenhua Hall.Chongzhen waved Wu Mengming and Cao Huachun out, and then went to Wenhua Hall in a chariot.

Today's summons was not for other reasons, but Emperor Chongzhen wanted to inquire in detail about the preparations for his visit to the eastern suburbs to offer sacrifices and the construction of Zhaozhong Temple.If it was another emperor, he would not have to ask ordinary trivial questions, and the ministers would not dare to neglect such matters.But he is used to doing everything by himself, and he always feels that he can't rest assured if he doesn't personally intervene, so when the state affairs are complicated, he insists on setting aside time to summon them.He asked very carefully, and asked the ministers to answer clearly.Some things were not actually prepared, so they had to lie about it.He also asked what kind of stone should be used for the stele of Hong's ancestral hall, how high should it be, and who should be ordered to write the stele.Lin Yuyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, understood the emperor's temperament very well, knelt down and replied:

"Hong Chengchou sacrificed his life for the country, and his merits are recorded in the annals of history. He will last forever and be a model for ministers forever. The ministers have discussed again and again, planning to ask the emperor to write the inscription himself, and ask the imperial pen to write the inscription on the stele. To write inscriptions and inscriptions on the forehead of the stele, so the stele must be made of high-quality white marble, without any flaws, and it should be taller than ordinary stone steles.”

Chongzhen asked: "How tall?"

The minister of the Ministry of Rites replied: "After discussing with all the ministers in the ministry, it was proposed that the stele should be eight feet high, three feet wide, one foot five inches thick, three feet four inches high, and four feet high. The stele pavilion is two feet two feet high inside, the platform is one foot eight inches high, and has three stone steps. This is based on reference to previous examples. At the beginning of this discussion, it may not be approved, and I beg for a ruling!"

As soon as the call was over, Chongzhen returned to Qianqing Palace by chariot.Recently, Li Zicheng used the momentum of the autumn wind to sweep the fallen leaves in Henan, smashing dozens of prefectures, prefectures, and county towns, and basically all the south of the Yellow River fell.Today, with tens of thousands of thugs as the vanguard, they went south to harass the Huguang and Jianghuai areas, intending to seize the grain and rice land of Huguang, solve the military food problem, and fight with Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan, who are entrenched in the Yingshan and Huoshan areas. The thieves tend to converge.

The most terrible thing is not the confluence of several gangsters, but that the gangsters have stopped fleeing, but set up government offices in various places and send fake officials to manage them.If things go on like this, not only will the entire Central Plains fall into the hands of "traitors", but the next step will be to intercept the water transport in the east, enter Qin and Jin in the west, and conquer Jifu in the north. Beijing will also become isolated and difficult to support.He was sitting on the chariot, not knowing what urgent documents were sent to the imperial case in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, he was really anxious.

When he returned to Qianqing Palace and sat down in front of the imperial case, he saw at a glance that there was indeed a hundred thousand urgent document on the imperial case.Although this document was not opened and yellowed as usual by the Secretary of the General Administration, but when he saw that it was the flying performance from Wu Sangui, the commander of Ningyuan, his heart beat violently and his face turned pale.While unpacking, he decided in his heart: it must be the "Eastern Captive" because he had already won the pine and brocade, and Hong Chengchou was also dead, so he took advantage of the victory to advance.He originally hoped that Ma Shaoyu's trip would be successful, so that he could suspend his worries and focus on saving the Central Plains, but in the end, Hong Chengchou's tens of thousands of troops were ruined, and the overall situation seemed to be corrupted.

After he finished reading the melody several lines at a glance, his frightened mood was relieved, and replaced by a mixed feeling of humiliation, anger, resentment, disappointment, worry and other inexplicable things.He glanced at the melody briefly again, slammed the table with his fist, and cursed angrily: "Damn it! You should kill it!"

It just so happened that a court lady was holding a snail-embedded vermilion lacquer plum blossom tray with both hands, and on it was a cup of Yangxian spring tea from the new tribute. A rainy day and dark dragon teacup with a lid fell to the ground and shattered into pieces with a crash, and the hot tea splashed a corner of the dragon robe.The palace maid immediately knelt down on the ground, trembling all over, kowtowing continuously.Chongzhen didn't look at her, jumped up from the dragon chair, walked out of the Nuan Pavilion with heavy steps, walked around a thick pillar painted with golden clouds and dragons in vermilion lacquer for a few times, and suddenly walked out of the hall again.He lingered on the alchemy for a while, began to calm down, and sighed in his heart: "My position is messed up!" At this moment, Wang Chengen came in with a stack of documents.Seeing that the emperor was so anxious, and the eunuchs waiting on the left and right held their breaths in panic, Wang Chengen was startled, he dared not move forward, nor did he dare to retreat, and stood quietly under Dan Chi.Chongzhen turned around by chance, caught a glimpse, stared at him angrily, and shouted: "Wang Chengen!"

Wang Cheng'en couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart, usually when the emperor calls him, it is necessary to call him a big companion!Today, he called him by his first name, it seems that he was extremely angry!Quickly walked up to Danchi, knelt down and replied, "Your maidservant is here!"

Chongzhen said: "Go and pass the decree, Hong Chengchou stops the sacrifice, stop immediately!"

"My lord, I have already made offerings to the five altars this morning. In the afternoon..."

"Stop! Stop! Stop the sacrifice immediately!"

"Yes. The servant obeys the order!"

"Ask the Ministry of Rites for my imperial sacrificial oration, and burn it!"

"Yes, my lord."

"Hong Chengchou's ancestral hall stopped repairing and demolished immediately!"

"Yes, my lord."

Chongzhen waved violently at Wang Chengen, turned around and walked back to the main hall of Qianqing Palace, and entered Xinuang Pavilion.Wang Chengen held in his hand a military document from Zuo Liangyu, who came from Xiangyang in a hurry, explaining that "the [-] troops are temporarily retreating to Xiangyang to rest due to the hot weather and the epidemic".Chongzhen sat down slumped on the dragon chair again, heaved a long sigh, and snorted bitterly through his nostrils, picked up a Chinese ink pen and wrote on a piece of yellow paper: Encourage Wu Mengming: Write to Hong Chengchou's son and his family members in Beijing, regardless of gender Young and old, all will be imprisoned, waiting to be released, and their property and registration in Beijing will be confiscated.Immediately comply, no delay will be tolerated! (To be continued..)