Win the Ding 1617

The Yellow River is the mother river of the land of China. Like the Yangtze River, it irrigates and nourishes this fertile land with its abundant water.The water of the Yellow River, which is mixed with a lot of silt, gradually turned a cloudy yellow in the downstream area.The Yellow River is surging and rushing forward. It has been flowing day and night unchanged for thousands of years. It is like an old man who has experienced vicissitudes and is used to the vicissitudes of the world. Just follow your own pace and let the world change. I just move forward. my way.Walking so calmly, walking.If something goes wrong, the mother river of the Chinese nation will find a new path by herself.

The turbid waves are raging, and the raging Yellow River water seems to be hanging above the head.In Kaifeng, the Yellow River has become a "hanging river".Below the high embankments, there is the endless plain of eastern Henan, dotted with towns and villages.The water of the Yellow River hangs high above the heads of millions of living beings in the Great Plains of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, making people worry about when this monstrous turbid wave will break through the embankment and destroy everything around it.

But at this time, the Yellow River in the Kaifeng section was still calm and docile.Although it is the dry season in winter, there are still boats and white sails like clouds on the river.Large and small boats, even sheepskin rafts, transported the soldiers and horses on the north bank to Kaifeng Mansion on the south bank, and then transported the money, food and materials in Kaifeng Mansion across the Yellow River, and continued northward to Beijing for transshipment to supply the Qing court and Eight Banners soldiers and horses there. consume.

Kaifeng is the capital of Henan Province, where the government of Kaifeng is located, and Xiangfu County is attached to it.The circumference of the city is estimated to be twenty or thirty li, and the whole city is covered with bricks, and the city walls are very thick.In particular, the moat around the city is very eye-catching. There are four moats, each about fifty feet wide, and four or five feet deep.At the crossings of the five city gates, all city gate bridges were built. The suspension bridge was made of elm and locust wood, which looked like a bridge.

When pulling the suspension bridge, it is easy to pull it up with iron cables, iron rings, and iron wheel troughs.If there are police outside the city, the upstairs can be pulled up quickly, and after the suspension bridge is pulled up, the material of elm and locust wood is very strong, and it can also be used as a door guard.The surrounding area of ​​the city was densely covered with tents of the Qing army, and flags of various colors were flying. Even in the city of Kaifeng, the flags of the Eight Banners soldiers and horses and the newly descended Shunming army were flying.

In addition to the clan of Zhou Wangfu, where the Yuanfeng Kingdom is located, there are also provincial, prefectural, and county government offices gathered here.These government offices are all in the southwest of Zhou Wangfu.With the Bell Tower as the center, the Chief Secretary's Office is located on Bell Tower West Street, and the Command and Envoy Office is located on Bell Tower East Street.Surrounding these government offices, there are continuous residences of various officials, with high walls and rich doors, and magnificent houses.Together with the mansions and houses of the royal families and nobles such as the county kings and generals of the Zhou Dynasty, they form the essence of Kaifeng City.

At this time, these high-end communities in Kaifeng Mansion became the garrison barracks of Duoduo and Azig.

After Li Huayu's accidental death in battle, the Southern Guangdong Army's Shandong troops were shrinking strategically, and Li Zicheng's Dashun Army was also retreating westward. In cities such as Xinxiang, Puyang, Hebi, Jiaozuo, etc., the cavalry vanguard and the soldiers and horses of Abatai's troops were in smooth communication, and it was convenient to echo each other.This time without a fight, Kaifeng and Guide, two important cities in the Central Plains, were included in the bag, which greatly boosted the morale of the Qing army.

In front of the Yin'an Hall of Zhou Wangfu, at the foot of the white marble steps, soldiers of the Qing army erected two huge woven golden dragon banners roughly, which complemented the two handsome flags on the flagpoles outside the gate. The wind fluctuates up and down, silently telling people that this is the core of power in Kaifeng City.

After Jin Aizong fled Kaifeng in 1233, this ancient capital of several dynasties was once again in the hands of the Jurchens.

The original Zhou Palace also changed its owner again.In the spacious and tall Yin'an Hall, sitting on the ground, there are full of Qing army generals with distinctive armor and battle robes.Everyone took off their helmets and put them at hand. Under the reflection of the light, there was a shiny forehead scalp, and a long and thin money rattail was thrown behind their heads.The difference is that most of the heads are newly shaved, and the owner is not used to the feeling of swishing on the scalp.

There are no less than a hundred of these newly shaved generals in the main hall.There were dozens of generals and lieutenants, and these people came from various backgrounds. The generals of the Ming army accounted for more than half. Under the command of the two generals, General and Dingxi, they brought tens of 10 horses to the two princes.

However, if these commanders and lieutenants who have thousands to tens of thousands of troops under their command say that they have become loyal to the Qing Dynasty because they shaved their hair, that would be flattering them.Although they are now carrying the green military flags given to them by the regent Dorgon, in private, the original Ming army flags and Shun army flags have been quietly put away and hidden in a secret place, waiting for the opportunity to come back again. Useful.

(This point is consistent with those Japanese generals who participated in the peace movement on the battlefield behind the enemy, shouting the slogan of saving the country with curves. These Chinese generals, before participating in the peace movement, often followed the example of Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang. In the bridge section, negotiate good terms with the Japanese army: We only cooperate with the imperial army to suppress the Communists. If you want us to attack the Communist Party with you, we will not be polite. And these Communist generals who participated in the peace movement naturally also got the support of the Chongqing Nationalist Government. Not only did they not be held accountable for treason, but their troop establishment was still on the list of the Military and Political Department of the Nationalist Government, and they still received their military pay from the Nationalist Government’s Military and Political Department. The military pay. Many troops even have double-sided armbands. Chongqing and Nanjing can be used and replaced at will. Isn’t it amazing? In comparison, a garbage army that basically doesn’t pay and destroys Sino-Japanese peace is weak It exploded, I didn’t even have a military uniform, and I was just dawdling in ordinary people’s clothes! But I was still obstinately destroying the construction of the new order in Greater East Asia!)

However, at the moment these generals are wholeheartedly following the Qing Dynasty.Not because of anything else, at this time, the Qing army is in full swing, and the momentum is booming, and these grasshoppers will naturally have to follow along for a while.

Today, it is precisely because Kaifeng Mansion was easily won that this celebration is possible.

The two princes, General Pingnan, Prince Yu, Duoduo, the owner of the Xiangbai Banner, General Dingxi, Prince Ying, and Azige, the owner of the Xianghong Banner, gathered their generals for a meat-eating ceremony.

According to Manchurian customs, reed mats are spread all over the gold brick floor of Yin'an Hall.Red felt is spread on the reed mat, and cushions are placed on the felt.Every ten people sat in a circle, and the generals of the Eight Banners and the new generals of the attached army were mixed together.Sitting cross-legged on the floor, sit on the mat.

On the square outside Yin'an Hall, twenty or thirty cauldrons were lined up at a time, and the cooks kept stuffing the firewood into the bottom of the pot, and the tongues of fire danced happily on the bottom of the pot, licking the huge iron pot.In the iron pot, mouthfuls of fat pigs were chopped into large pieces and rolled up and down in the white water.From time to time, the cooks used iron hooks to pick up a piece of meat to see if it was cooked.

In the main hall, the celebration ceremony was over. Brothers Duduo and Azig proudly accepted the congratulations from their generals, and watched the generals wearing new clothes and hats return to their original seats. .

"Come here, serve the meat! Today, the king has prepared hundreds of fat pigs, and everyone can open their bellies to eat!"

With the order of the two princes, the white meat that had been prepared for a long time began to go to the palace.

Large chunks of fatty pork boiled in plain water.Each piece weighed about ten catties, was placed on a two-foot copper plate, and served among the seats where people sat around.Each seat also served a large copper bowl of gravy along with the white meat, and there was a large copper spoon in the bowl.A copper plate with a diameter of about ** inches is placed in front of each guest to serve as a piece of meat.

The way Manchurians eat pork is to pay attention to white slices, that is, white slices of meat.The so-called white sliced ​​meat does not refer to fatty meat slices, but pork cubes that are cooked and sliced ​​into thin slices while hot, without any processing or seasoning.Among the white sliced ​​meat, pork belly is the best.The way to eat pork knuckles is also white slices, the so-called sliced ​​elbow flowers.

To this day, there are still such remnants of the way of eating white meat in various parts of the Northeast.However, many people are already insensitive to the way of eating without dipping sauce.No matter what, it should be eaten with sesame oil, sauced tofu, chive flowers, and salt.This is the most authentic cooking method of meat, and everyone who has eaten it praises it: fat but not greasy, thin but not woody; tender but not rotten, thin but not broken.Garnish with green coriander and crystal sauce, it looks fragrant, and it is already an indispensable delicacy with strong local characteristics on the table in Northeast China.

However, the generals of the Eight Banners can certainly accept this way of eating. After taking a sip of the strong burning knife from the big copper bowl, they pulled out the relief knife from their waist with satisfaction, and began to cut meat on the huge piece of meat. A palm-sized piece of meat, dipped in the seasonings and the seasoning package processed with Korean paper, swallowed it in big mouthfuls, and didn't care if the corners of the mouth and cheeks were made extremely greasy by the fat.

However, when did those new generals see such a rough and barbaric way of eating?They all looked at each other in blank dismay, staring blankly at the copper bowl in front of them.

"Generals, why don't you eat?" A leader of the Bala soldiers next to Duoduo approached a seat with a smile. "The general is about to come down to toast the generals everywhere, but everyone looks like this. Aren't you afraid that the general will be angry?"

His words were very soft and warm, but these generals heard them like ice holes in the twelfth lunar month.They have also heard that it is a custom in Manchuria that when a host invites guests to eat meat, no matter whether they know the host or not, as long as they understand the relevant etiquette, they can go to the banquet, which is called "eating meat" and "eating white meat".During the banquet, the host does not accompany the guests to eat, but just goes back and forth to check how much meat the guests eat in each seat.After drinking enough wine and eating enough meat, the guests can leave on their own.Before leaving, you are not allowed to thank the host or wipe your mouth.Because the white meat you eat is to enjoy the gift of the gods, so there is no need to thank you, and it is disrespectful to the gods to wipe your mouth.The more white meat the guests eat, the happier the host will be.If the meat is not enough, the guests can call on the host to add more meat.And the host was even more beaming, he would thank you again and again, and immediately asked the chef to serve another piece of white meat weighing more than ten catties.If the table is full of guests who can’t even finish a plate of meat, the host will ignore the guests at this table.

Zhang Zuyi, a native of the Qing Dynasty, recorded a scene in which he participated in a carnivorous meeting in his "Wild Records of the Qing Dynasty".In the winter of the second year of Guangxu, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi held a carnivorous meeting at Yinghan’s residence. Zhang Zuyi was also invited to go. The people who sat with him were all Han Chinese with poor meat. They couldn’t even finish a plate of meat. Others laughed.The Manchu guests who came to the meeting all ate eagerly and vigorously. They were familiar with the routine. They cut the white meat with a knife to the size of the palm, as thin as paper, both fat and thin, and dipped it in gravy. to one catty.Therefore, those who eat three or four plates of meat at a table are considered to have a small appetite, and those with a large appetite can eat five or six plates of meat.On that day, there were about 60 or [-] people who came to Yinghan’s house to eat meat. Yinghan first prepared ten pigs, but soon found that the portion was not enough, so he hurriedly sent people to the casserole house in the capital, which specializes in white meat, and bought another pig. It is enough to buy ten whole pigs that have been prepared.

There is a custom like this, if you don't eat meat, you don't give face to the owner.Moreover, the host who treats the guests to eat meat is Duduo, the famous violent and brutish Prince Yu.If he launches a thunderous rage, it may be possible to execute himself before the army.However, these big white and greasy pieces of meat are really hard to swallow.

"I guess it's because the eating habits are different. It's not a problem at all. The servant here has meat-eating seasonings prepared for the prince at any time. The chili from Nanzhong, and the ingredients made by steaming and refining with sesame oil, soy sauce, fermented soybeans, etc. Bao, if it is paired with this hot gravy, it is guaranteed to be very delicious in your mouth! I am afraid that this little meat is not enough for the generals! If the prince toasts to the generals, seeing that you are eating so heartily. Living in such a way that people are fattened, the prince can't say how happy he is!"

While talking, Nagoshha took out a chili bag and Korean paper soaked in sesame oil, soy sauce, tempeh, etc. from his waist pocket, processed and dried, and shook it in front of several generals of the general army, shaking it from time to time. From the corner of his eyes, he signaled that Doduo, who was on the throne, had already walked down, and started laughing wildly to drink with the Eight Banners generals, stuffing meat into the mouths of the servants from time to time.

"Thank you! Thank you!" These generals have been able to get into today's position, which one is not a character with clear eyebrows?Seeing this Ghoshha coming to such a pretentious act, everyone felt like a bright mirror in their hearts.They stretched out their hands to hold hands with him to show their closeness.Of course, each hand also has its own content.Otherwise, just gesticulating fingers inside the sleeves is like countrymen bargaining when buying livestock.

In a blink of an eye, all the Korean paper, peppers, and other things in Ghoshha's purse flew into the copper broth bowls of the generals, and the little affection of the generals made Ghoshha's purse bulge.In a hurry, Nagoshha didn't bother to look too much, just stepped aside, so as not to be discovered by Doduo.

Sure enough, when the Korean paper was put into the hot soup bowl, it immediately melted, and together with the broth, it became a bowl of sauce.Served with chili, a few generals peeped over it, and it turned out to be the same color as the soup in the bowl of the Eight Banners officer on the opposite side.

When the fat meat is eaten in the mouth, it feels delicious.Immediately, these people felt relaxed, and felt as if they had climbed from the gate of Yan Luo Temple to the sky again.So, shouting and screaming, everyone began to eat meat, and took turns drinking from big copper bowls and burning knives.Unknowingly, the officers of the Eight Banners and the generals of the newly attached army began to hook shoulders and confided their hearts to each other after drinking.

In the blink of an eye, the huge piece of white meat that was placed in the middle just now was only left with bits and pieces of meat.The burning knife in the big copper bowl was also refilled twice.When Duo Duo walked in front of the crowd slightly drunk, just in time for a few servants to walk into the crowd carrying the steaming fat just taken out of the soup pot.

Seeing the two two-foot copper plates empty on the red felt, and seeing everyone's faces and beards full of greasy meat, Duoduo couldn't help but brow up with joy.He swung his fist and hammered twice on the chest of the Eight Banners Manchurian officer closest to him: "What a slave! Is it enjoyable to eat meat?!"

The Manchurian officer of the Eight Banners was a Jialazhangjing, and immediately replied with a belch: "If you go back to the master, the wine and meat are good, and the slave can still eat a few catties!"

"Okay! What a good slave! You can eat meat and drink, and you can contribute to this king! Of course, I will give you some meat if I have enough!" Duoduo waved his hand to signal everyone to continue eating meat. "I remember you dog slave. When you came under the command of the king and the regent at the beginning of the year, you were only a powerful name, and now you are also Jialazhangjing! Good!"

"It's all promoted by the master of the Prince Regent and the master of Prince Yu! The slaves are just fighting their own battles!"

"Well said! You people, whether you are the servants of this king, or you surrender to my Qing Dynasty to avenge your father, just remember one thing, fight well for this king, and fight well for the master of the regent prince. Wealth, fame, fame and honor, some are for you to enjoy!"

"Thank you, Prince Yu! Thank you, General!" These generals who surrendered to the Qing army pursued nothing more than these, their children and wealth, fame and wealth, glory and wealth.Now Duo Duo openly and undisguisedly put these things naked in front of everyone, which happened to tickle everyone's itch.What's more, there is such a living example by my side, an example of being promoted from a strong person to Jialazhangjing.How to keep everyone from being elated?

"Our soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty captured Kaifeng Mansion in the east and Luoyang Mansion in the west. What do you think this means?" Duoduo scanned the crowd with his eyes.

"The slaves are stupid, they only know how to send troops and release horses, but they don't know about the important military affairs." It was still Jia Lazhangjing who took the lead in answering.

"This is Kaifeng Mansion." Duoduo didn't care about the oiliness, just taking advantage of the wine, he stretched out his hand to grab a piece of white meat, and with a wave of the relief knife in his hand, he split the huge piece of white meat in two.He put a piece of white meat in his hand on the red felt, and stretched out his hand to put the other piece aside: "This is Luoyang. This is the Yellow River." He smiled while pointing at the oil star soup dripping between the two pieces of white meat.

"What do you see now?"

The crowd either really couldn't see the situation, or pretended to be foolish to praise the great general and Prince Yu, shaking their heads one after another.

"The Luoyang Mansion in the west and the Kaifeng Mansion in the east are now under the control of our Qing soldiers and horses. The Yellow River in the middle has now become the thoroughfare for our army to transfer supplies and supplies."

"So that's the case! I was still wondering how the food, grass, gunpowder and other things seized in Kaifeng's mansion were only a few loaded onto tank boats and turned down the river to Shandong and transported to the capital through the canal, but most of them were shipped upstream to Luoyang. Cao Beile was replenished. But I forgot that although the Yellow River is known as dangerous, it is also convenient for water transportation."

"Exactly! In the past, when Li Chuang occupied Kaifeng Mansion and caused disasters in Henan Province, a large amount of gold, silver, silk, and young people went to Shandong to trade grain, grass, weapons, armor, cloth, gunpowder and other things with the eldest son of the Li family. A large number of materials were also brought from the coast. Disembarked at the port, connected and transferred through several rivers, and then entered the Yellow River to Kaifeng. To be honest, most of Li Chuang's fortune came from here." A surrendered general who turned back from the Dashun Army suddenly realized.

"That's right! When a city is conquered, all the gold, silver and jewels of the city's wealth and children will be used by him. If it is someone else, they will have to spend a lot of money and reward soldiers and horses. Li Chuang and Cao Cao, but they have gold, silver, jewels, antiques, calligraphy and paintings The captured population is traded with the Li family in Nanzhong, and the proceeds are used to raise troops, and then use a strong army to attack the next city."