Ping An Biography

Before perfecting the strategy of advancing Wuchang, rewards for meritorious deeds and pensions for the families of the casualties are also being carried out in a hurry. Rewards and punishments are clearly the prerequisite for ensuring military discipline. They don't eat grass, which doesn't conform to objective laws.Most of the property paid this time was in kind, such as grain, cattle and horses, horns, glue, lacquer, salt and cotton cloth, because gold and silver coins were not enough, and paper-printed banknotes were basically invalid in the Huguang occupied area; the soldiers took these things What are you doing?The simplest ones can be sold, and they are all materials that are easy to sell.

Then came the celebration banquet. Zhang Ning hosted a banquet for all civil servants and military generals at the mansion, and celebrated with singing and dancing.Many people also brought their family members, so that the female family members could enjoy delicious food with the "imperial concubine" in the garden.Fortunately, the garden in the mansion is large enough to accommodate nearly a hundred guests.

On the second day after the banquet, Yao Ji suddenly mentioned something, saying that she saw a nice girl yesterday while watching a play.Yongding Battalion Commander Wei Bin's daughter, named Wei Zhen, has a good impression. She looks well-behaved and behaves decently without making noise. She is fifteen years old, and she hasn't found her husband's family yet after asking.Then Yao Ji mentioned that Yao Erlang was over [-] years old and not yet married, he had no mother, Yao Ji felt that she should do her best for the Yao family and so on.

Zhang Ning was a little puzzled when he heard this, but he remembered that Yao Ji had mentioned that she intends to betroth Zhang Xiaomei to Erlang.It's just that the war situation was tense later, and there was no chance for this matter... If you say that the younger sister and Erlang are still well-matched, and they can barely be counted as cousins, this kind of marriage is a very good marriage in ancient times.But for some reason Yao Ji changed her mind and mentioned Wei Bin's daughter.

And Zhang Ning also likes Erlang very much. If he wants to marry a younger sister, it is very good to choose Yao Erlang.The boy inherited some of the Yao family's appearance, his appearance is dignified, although he is full of blood and sometimes reckless, but it is an advantage for young people, he is a very ambitious and motivated young man; He was still very shy at the time, and it was obvious that he was a sincere person, not a member of Meng Lang with a set face and a set face; Zhang Ning valued Erlang as a trustworthy and capable young man under his subordinates. [

He was in a complicated mood for a while, so he didn't respond to Yao Ji immediately, he hesitated and said nothing.

Perhaps Yao Ji, Xiaomei and other women's fates are nothing compared to the level of military and national affairs, but they are equally important or even more important in Zhang Ning's heart.What's the point of the country to him if his family can't take care of him well?The state of being single-mindedly merciful to all living beings may only be achieved by the Buddha.

His feelings for his younger sister and Yao Ji are completely different, and at some point he has the feeling of a father towards his daughter in a trance.Zhang Ning has never raised a daughter, and has never experienced it personally, but only based on guesswork.Probably because she was a little bit reluctant after all kinds of love, but I still hope that she can have a normal life, and in short, she has to hand it over; she has her own family and a complete life.

The younger sister is not involved in the current status by choice. The scope of marriage is actually very small. The object needs to be in the same interest camp, well-matched, and young and unmarried. This is an ideal condition.Candidates like Yao Erlang are hard to come by, and Zhang Ning doesn't want to give up easily; after all, the younger sister is already seventeen years old, and it's impossible to delay in this era.Of course it would be better for her to marry into Yao's family as a proper match, then she will have a home.

But if Zhang Ning only had this feeling, he would not be vague and vague.

Yao Ji's clear eyes swept across his face, and said softly: "Aren't you going to Wuchang soon? I won't discuss this matter in front of my elder brother (monk Yao) and the Wei family. I will discuss it later when the important matter is a little bit slower. Late."

"That's fine." Zhang Ning nodded.After a while, he suddenly realized and asked, "Although Wei Bin is my general, I can't take care of his family affairs; Erlang is just my cousin. With his father and your aunt here, what can I say?" The qualifications...why does the concubine mother want to discuss it with me?"

Yao Ji smiled, but didn't answer.

Zhang Ning is not stupid, at this moment he can already think that Yao Ji is interested in the younger sister.But why did Yao Ji do this?Under a lot of thinking, Zhang Ning remembered the emotional out of control in front of Yao Ji before the war, and said something QGU; now thinking about it, he felt a little ashamed, and exposed everything in the corner of his heart.Fortunately, Yao Ji was considerate and never mentioned what happened that day, and today she pretended not to know when asked, but silently followed his wishes.Zhang Ning felt that he had saved his face and was spoiled too much, so he felt very comfortable no matter what.

He lingered at Yao Ji's place for a long time before coming out, and felt more and more dependent on her for a while.He has no grudges against Yao Ji. She has already been stereotyped in the so-called life and has no hope, otherwise she would not have been widowed from her teens to her 30s; Zhang Ning never felt that she was really his mother. The people he lived hundreds of years later had little to do with her, but they formed a stable community in terms of identity, and he thought it was good to stay together like this.

Walk along the corridors in front of several upper rooms, and the opposite hall leads to the garden, and the little sister's residence is in the side room.Zhang Ning didn't think much, so he stopped by to have a look.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the door, he saw Gu Chunhan and his younger sister writing, drawing, talking and laughing together.When they heard footsteps, they turned around and found Zhang Ning standing at the door.There is no way to hide, but he is even more aggressive, so he made an excuse solemnly: "I will go north with the army in a few days, and there have been a lot of things recently, so I just came to see my little sister today, so I have the right to say goodbye."

A faint blush floated on Gu Chunhan's face, as if Zhang Ning had been in her room for two nights in a row, and the lingering night last night made her a little embarrassed to meet him suddenly during the day.She knowingly made a little blessing: "The concubine is about to go back, so I will take my leave first."

The little girl didn't make a sound, but stood up obediently as a show of courtesy, but her eyes were still looking at the paper and ink on the table.

Usually I didn't notice it, but this time when she and Gu Chunhan were together, there was a contrast, the two girls were really quite different.Gu Chunhan is very exquisite from head to toe, it is a kind of artificial exquisiteness, the eyebrows have been trimmed, the makeup on the face is just right, even the nails have been polished and colored; and the younger sister has lived a rich life for two years after leaving her hometown in Nanjing. The person is also beautiful, but the temperament still retains the sense of purity before, with a healthy youthful atmosphere, clean and fair skin, without any artificial traces, and the face is actually plain.

Women at this time, whether they are women or girls, as long as they are from a wealthy family and do not need to work, the girls who are not out of the door are usually idle, and they usually dress up cleverly.But the little girl didn't seem to like carving, which made Zhang Ning think of images such as clear springs in the mountains for a while.

She still wants to talk to Zhang Ning now, and she no longer cares about the tragedy of her uncle's family with Zhang Ning, but her relationship with Zhang Ning still changes a lot from when she was in Nanjing.Zhang Ning understands that once some things are destroyed, they can never be found again.

"Brother, just sit on the chair. Xiaohe just boiled the water and ran away. I'll make you tea." The little girl started to work briskly. She used to be a diligent girl in her hometown.

Zhang Ning originally wanted to read what they wrote, and then he could find a topic to talk about, but he didn't read it in the end, and sat down and waited for her to make tea.The feeling after the meeting made him feel that the younger sister was indeed innocent, and he made a decision immediately: find a chance to talk to Yao Ji, let Yao Erlang marry Zhang Xiaomei, and don't mention the Wei family's younger sister. [

He glanced at the slim figure who was doing trivial things, and then looked back at the lively Fuyuki outside the door, feeling inexplicably sad for a while.

As if he was a few years older, Zhang Ning couldn't help but babbled and said: "Although our parents are no longer here, I was raised by the Zhang family after all, and you are the only girl... In the future, the little girl will have her own home. If you still remember My elder brother regards this place as my family's family, and I am very pleased."

At this time, Zhang Xiaomei had already brought the tea. She looked at Zhang Ning's face with bright eyes, pursed her lips and asked with concern: "Brother, is something wrong?"

"It's nothing." Zhang Ning hurriedly tried his best to control his emotions, picked up the teacup calmly, lifted the lid and blew hot air on the water.

The little girl refused, and turned to him and asked: "You are talking a bit cocky today. I remember that year after Nanjing Qiuwei, you just talked strangely, and you didn't say anything when you were asked, and then something big happened... I heard that you Going to Wuchang and going to war again, is this time more dangerous than the previous one?"

Zhang Ning didn't think it would be more dangerous to march into Wuchang. After the First World War in Yuanshui, Huguang Jinzuo didn't have the strength to be able to wexe the Suzaku Army. The only risk was that the Beijing camp might be transferred to the west, but there is no news yet.But my younger sister doesn't understand these things on the battlefield, and I can't explain them clearly in a few words.He then said: "Don't make wild guesses, where is there any danger? This time you all stay in Changde City, you are safe; we are going to fight in other people's territory, so we have less worries about the future."

After saying that, he took a sip and immediately recognized that it was young leaf spring tea. He had learned some tricks after staying in the tea garden for a long time.The slightly green taste reminded him of the simple past.This feeling can be regarded as a memory, but it was already at a loss at that time.

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Ning stood up, stretched out his hand and realized that the younger sister would be disrespectful to her if she made some intimate gestures on her own, so she raised her hand slightly but didn't know whether to put it down or what.But the younger sister naturally grabbed his big hand.

He said gently: "I won't stay any longer, my little sister will be well in the future, if you have to let go of some things, don't take it on your heart if it's not your fault." After saying that, he let go of her hand, turned around and left.