scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 428

Fatty Lu decided to move out of the resplendent Forbidden City and live in the Fengtai military camp full of old men, not to mention that the civil and military officials of the Fatty Army disagreed, even Fatty Lu’s wives disagreed, especially those who were pregnant. Little Pepper cried and quarreled even more and refused to leave the Forbidden City, let alone go to the cow and sheepskin tent to raise fetuses and give birth.

There is also Line Yu'er, who was not from the Pingxi Palace and has no affection for the Honghua court. Her natal family is powerful and her dowry is extremely generous. Among Lu Fatty's wives, she actually hopes that Lu Fatty will become emperor more than Little Pepper , so I heard that Fatty Lu decided to move out of the Forbidden City in order to prove that he did not have the ambition to become emperor. Yan Yuer also jumped three feet high, pointed at Fatty Lu's nose, scolded Fatty Lu bloody, and threatened to drag Fatty up. The Guangxi generals in the army launched a mutiny to kill Fatty Lu's loyal Wu clan officials who opposed Fatty Lu's proclaiming the emperor—and their children, and forced Fatty Lu to the throne.

Shang Wanyi didn't care, except for her son who was taken hostage in Yunnan, she basically had nothing to worry about. No matter where she lived, wherever there was Fatty Lu was her home.Wu Xiaotu had a weak personality, and Fatty Lu's decision to move out of the Forbidden City was partly due to her father, so she didn't dare to make any statements other than crying.On the contrary, Fatty Lu's two soy sauce Mongolian concubines were a little happy, because the environment of the military camp was actually similar to the yurts they lived in when they were young. Not only did they not feel uncomfortable living in the tent, but it seemed like they had returned to their hometown.

No matter how much Xiaojiao and Yu'er objected, it was useless. Fatty Lu was determined to eat weights. On the morning of the first day of July, he announced that he would move out of the Forbidden City. Pepper and Line Yuer moved together, and threatened that if Xiaojiao and Line Yuer dared to commit injustice to their husbands, he would divorce his wife as a husband!Seeing Fatty Lu's resolute attitude and uttering such unfeeling words for the first time, Rong Yu'er and Xiaojiao had no choice but to pack up and move to Fengtai Daying to live in Fengtai Daying while scolding Fatty Lu for his lack of conscience.

Fatty Lu, who was only one step away from the world, moved out of the Forbidden City. Of course, the news caused a sensation in the entire Beijing city. At the same time, the reason why Fatty Lu moved to Fengtai Camp was also intentionally or unintentionally spread by the civil and military officials of the Fatty Army. It is well-known in the capital, everyone knows that Fatty Lu did this because he did not want to become emperor, and everyone knows that Fatty Lu is determined to welcome Wu Shifan back to Beijing, put Wu Shifan on the throne, and repay the old traitor Wu for his kindness .For this, some people applaud, some call Fatty Lu stupid, but more people don't care, anyway, someone has to be the emperor, it doesn't matter if the surname is Lu or Wu.

By the way, the old man Wu entrusted a dream to Fatty Lu, saying that if Wu Shifan lived in the Forbidden City, it would be a disaster, and it would be treated as a joke and a warning, and it would be widely spread in Zhili, Gyeonggi. Some foolish men and women who were brainwashed by feudal superstition believed that, There are also some people who are suspicious, but more people listen to it as a joke after dinner, and sneer at the warning of old traitor Wu.

On the second day of July, the pure gold statue of Wu Shifan was cast by hand supervisors Wang Shirong and Feng Soviet Union, which is very similar to Wu Shifan's appearance.In the early morning of the next day, Fatty Lu personally led all the civil and military officials to welcome the golden statue of Wu Shifan into the Palace of Qianqing. He led all the civil and military officials to kneel down three times and perform the prostration ceremony, officially confirming that Beijing is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Forbidden City is the Great Zhou Palace.On the same day, the coffin of old traitor Wu entered Beijing Taimiao, Fatty Lu led the crowd to salute and pay homage, fulfilling his duty as a courtier.

In the next period of time, Fatty Lu asked Fatty Liucao’s yamen to move to Fengtai Daying for the convenience of work. Fatty Lu’s lackeys did not dare to disobey and obediently obeyed the order. Fatty Lu ordered to expand the camp of Fengtai Daying On the one hand, he tried his best to appease the lackeys and accomplices, and demanded that the lackeys and accomplices understand his own difficulties. As a courtier of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he really shouldn't do the unfaithful, filial, unkind and unrighteous usurpation of the throne.Fatty Lu's cronies and lackeys were full of resentment, but seeing Fatty Lu's resolute refusal to proclaim himself emperor, they had no choice but to bow their heads and accept their fate.

On July [-]th, Fatty Lu led all civil and military officials into the palace to worship the golden statue of Wu Shifan. When he returned to Fengtai camp, unexpectedly, Hu Tongchun, An Jiarong, Han Yuanren and others suddenly revolted and surrounded all the civil and military officials of Fatty's army. Kneeling in front of Fatty Lu with the dragon robe in his hand, he begged Fatty Lu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.In order to prevent things from getting worse, Fatty Lu adopted a gentle strategy to appease his loyal generals. Who would have thought that Fatty Lu's attitude was a little milder, and all the civil and military officials of the Fatty Army would immediately get wrong, and almost all knelt down to force Fatty Lu to proclaim himself emperor. If Fatty Lu does not proclaim himself emperor, they will die in front of Fatty Lu.

Being forced to do nothing, Fatty Lu had no choice but to draw his sword in his hand, weeping and renewing his oath, threatening that unless God fulfilled his oath, let Deshengmen collapse on its own, and the Temple of Heaven cracked and water gushed out, proving that he was destined by destiny, otherwise I would rather die than take the throne, and don't betray Da Zhou!Saying that, Fatty Lu slayed himself with a hypocritical sword across his neck, and the civil and military officials of the fatty army hurriedly stopped him. Fatty Lu asked the soldiers of the fat army to give up forcing him to proclaim himself emperor, otherwise he would commit suicide. Only then did they take back the dragon robes and lifted the siege and returned to the establishment. Fatty Lu did not punish any of the mutinous soldiers.

Three days later, Gao Dejie and Wang Xu suddenly jointly launched a mutiny, arrested Wu Guogui, Wang Pingfan, Tao Jizhi and Wu Guozheng and other loyal officials of the Wu family, and asked them to respect Fatty Lu as emperor. Zhihe Wu Guozheng and others were relaxed.Fortunately, Fatty Lu arrived in time, stopped Gao Dejie and Wang Xu and other generals, stopped the mutiny, and sent Wu Guogui, Wang Pingfan, Tao Jizhi and Wu Guozheng back to the palace.Gao Dejie, Wang Xu and other generals of the Fatty Army were very dissatisfied, and asked Fatty Lu, what if Wu Shifan killed Fatty Lu and all the generals in the Fatty Army in the future?Fatty Lu had nothing to say, but asked Gao Dejie, Wang Xu and others not to forget the old kindness of old traitor Wu. Gao Wang and others remembered the old kindness of old traitor Wu, and had no choice but to withdraw honestly.

At the same time, the local officials of the Fatty Army who received the news also wrote letters one after another, begging Fatty Lu to reconsider proclaiming the emperor, and not to disappoint the people of the world and the hope of all people.There are also a large number of speculative gentry and literati who went to Fatty Lu to seek death and life, hanged himself and threw himself into the water, forcing Fatty Lu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.Persuading the cars and boats to be loaded, and the officials and the people to crowd the roads, the hypocrite Fatty Lu was too disturbed, he had a headache, and he suffered on his own.

The embattled man lived in Fengtai Daying for nearly a month, and in a blink of an eye, it was the 28th July of the fourth year of Honghua—it also happened to be the same day as the first anniversary of Fatty Lu's oath in the Temple of Heaven.In the early morning of the same day, according to the new habit, the dignitaries of the Fatty Army came to Fengtai Daying, where Fatty Lu was temporarily located, to act as an acting official, and reported the military affairs and government affairs in the area controlled by the Fatty Army—but it was different from before. Fatty Lu's running dogs and accomplices seemed listless when they worked for Wu Shifan, who had no relatives or reasons.

"My lord, Qian Shangwen, the magistrate of Qingzhou, Shandong, said that the locust plague is serious in Qingzhou." Fatty military scholar Wang Shaobo's report finally aroused a little interest among the fat military dignitaries. Wang Shaobo said: "The area around Changle, Shouguang and Le'an , It is expected that there will be no crops this year, and Linzi's grain production is estimated to be at least halved. Qian Shangwen asked the prince for permission to exempt the three counties of Changle, Shouguang and Le'an for this year's money and grain, and then asked the prince for permission , to retain the money and food collected from other places in Qingzhou Prefecture this year and use it for disaster relief."

"Zuzao." Fatty Lu looked at the Huguang military situation that had just been sent, and said without raising his head: "Pay back to Qianshangwen, let him organize more people in the disaster area to snatch saltpeter, and let Hucao intercept some grain Ship it to Qingzhou, exchange it for the saltpeter in the hands of the people, and help the local people survive the famine."

"Abiding by the order." Wang Shaobo respectfully agreed, and then asked cautiously: "My lord, since the golden statue of Emperor Honghua entered the Qianqing Palace, there have been continuous famines in the Central Plains. In less than a month, more than [-] reports have been received. The disaster relief letter, does this prove the warning of Emperor Taizu Gao that Emperor Honghua is not blessed with the blessing of a king?"

"Exaggeration." Fatty Lu laughed, and continued without raising his head: "I have read all 21 disaster report reports, and they are just some common drought and flood locust disasters, which only affected half a county. Qingzhou is the only county with more than two counties, and most of them come from the Yellow River flooded area left by Emperor Mangou. How does it have anything to do with Emperor Honghua? Push all these to Emperor Honghua, he is wronged injustice?"

Wang Shaobo, with his hot face stuck to his cold buttocks, couldn't help crying and laughing, so he had to say again: "But my lord, this is also a warning from heaven and the fulfillment of Emperor Taizu Gao's warning. When it causes a catastrophe, it's too late for you to regret it, my lord." .”

Of course Fatty Lu understands Wang Shaobo's kindness—he wants to push these unstoppable disasters onto Wu Shifan, and take the opportunity to abolish Wu Shifan's throne and replace him, so Fatty Lu had no choice but to put down the not-so-important military intelligence pond newspaper and raise his head He smiled and said, "Uncle Shao, I know what you mean, and I know your kindness. But don't forget, I swore an oath to the gods of heaven and earth at the Temple of Heaven, unless the Desheng Gate itself collapses and the Temple of Heaven cracks and springs spring up." , otherwise I will never do such a thing, if I break my promise to the alliance, what face will I have to explain to the world?"

"Boss, forgive me for speaking bluntly." Wang Shaobo was also anxious, stomping his feet and said: "Students don't understand, why did you make such an oath at the Temple of Heaven a year ago today? Since ancient times, the emperor who founded the dynasty would Make such an oath in public at the Temple of Heaven, and block your own path to advancement?"

Fatty military dignitaries who were working on the scene raised their heads one after another, and peeked at Fatty Lu's reaction—Wang Shaobo's question was also the question they wanted to ask the most, but their relationship with Lu Fatty was not as close as Wang Shaobo's, and they dared not press the question presumptuously.

"It's very simple." Fatty Lu replied, "Because I don't want to be an emperor at all. Being an emperor is so tiring. I can't finish reading the memorials every day. I can't finish the work no matter how I do. The common people have worked hard for most of their lives. When I get old, I still have children to take care of, and I can enjoy a few years of leisure, but when I am an emperor, I have to work until I am exhausted. I don’t want to do such a hard job.”

Wang Shaobo and other fat military dignitaries almost jumped up and strangled Fatty Lu to death, and they all said that you are fucking shameless. If you really don't want to be emperor, you would try so hard to get rid of Wu Sangui's control before, and you would use every possible means Can you get rid of the Pingxi Palace and become independent?Besides, even if you really don't want to be emperor, what should we do if you don't?You helped Wu Shifan unify the world, Wu Shifan took power, and we still want to save our lives?

"Boss, being an emperor is really hard work." Wang Shaobo followed Fatty Lu helplessly and said: "But Boss, you are destined by the destiny, and you are admired by all people. If you don't become the emperor, you will go against the destiny of the people..."

"If I am really destined by destiny." Fatty Lu interrupted Wang Shaobo, and said with a relaxed expression: "Then God will let Deshengmen collapse on its own, and the Temple of Heaven will burst into springs. I will not refuse any more, and I will choose to obey the destiny People's hearts, enthroned and proclaimed emperor."

"Boss, if you want to do this, then the student has a way to make Deshengmen collapse on its own!" Wang Shaobo gritted his teeth and replied.

"I know you have a way, and I have a way." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "But the Temple of Heaven and Earth Crack Spring, can you fake it?"

Wang Shaobo has nothing to say. The fat man's army has a thousand ways to make the Desheng Gate collapse on its own, creating the illusion that Lu Fatty swore to the sky, but if the Temple of Heaven is cracked and the spring springs up, Wang Shaobo and the fat man's army are completely helpless , Such a thing, except for the power of heaven and earth, manpower can never think of doing it.

"Is there any other way?" Fatty Lu smiled even more happily, "If there is no other way, then you just have to wait patiently until the heaven fulfills this king's oath, this king will definitely live up to your expectations and will definitely ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. "

He kindly wanted to put Fatty Lu on the throne, but he was also teased by Fatty Lu. Of course, Wang Shaobo was full of evil fire, so he sat back to his original position and continued to work helplessly. The words of other dignitaries in the Fatty Army did not work when they saw Wang Shaobo , also completely gave up, honestly lowered his head and continued to work, cursing Fatty Lu as an idiot and stupid in his heart.

"When was the great Beijing earthquake in Kang Mazi's 18th year?" Fatty Lu was actually more anxious than Wang Shaobo, trying to recall the historical knowledge brought from the 21st century, thinking secretly, "Is it July or August? September? I must not remember the wrong year. If Kang Mazi's 19th year is recorded as Kang Mazi's 18th year, then things will be troublesome. If this continues, my internal problems will increase. Already."

"Moo——————!"

Seeing that it was almost noon, when Fatty Lu was about to greet his soldiers to pass the meal, there was a strange sound like a bull roaring from the northeast, and the fat military dignitaries who were working in the big tent raised their heads and looked at each other without understanding What the hell happened.But at this moment, a louder roar of a bull came closer and closer, and the cowhide tent above his head began to tremble slightly, making a creaking sound, and the shaking sound became louder and louder, and the cowhide tent trembled more and more Terrible, in the end the ground trembled slightly.

"What happened?" Fatty Lu jumped up, screaming in his heart: "Why is it just today? It happens to be the same day as the second year I swore in the Temple of Heaven? Is there such a coincidence in the world? Could it be that I am really destiny? where?!"

"earthquake!!"

I don't know who yelled, Xiao Erlang came to his senses first, and shouted: "Quick, help the prince out of the tent, go to the open space!" Shouting, Xiao Erlang was the first to rush at Fatty Lu, but he hadn't touched him yet. Fatty Lu, there was a loud noise from the ground, the ground shook violently, Fatty Lu and Xiao Erlang fell to the ground at the same time.

"Get out of the tent!" Fatty Lu also came to his senses, and shouted: "Everyone get out of the tent and go to the open space! Erlang, quickly send someone to the back tent and carry Xifeng out, she has been six months old, please do Don't scare her!"

Fatty Lu and his gang stumbled out of the tent, and when they came to the open space in front of the tent, there was another violent cracking sound in the depths of the earth below the ground, throwing the entire Fengtai camp into a jump. Countless people fell to the ground.Immediately afterwards, the watchtower and archery tower in the distance also collapsed, raising a cloud of dust and mist. The soldiers of the Fatty Army upstairs screamed and fell to the ground. The military doctor went up to rescue them, and then sent all the fat soldiers on the sentry towers and watchtowers down to the open ground to avoid the earthquake.

The ground continued to vibrate violently. In front of the majesty of the heaven and the earth, the soldiers of the brave and fat man kept tossing and yelling. Fortunately, this is a military camp, and the soldiers and generals lived in light tents. Even if they collapsed, there was no great threat. , so the casualties of the fat army officers and soldiers are not too large.At the same time, the pregnant Pepper was also sent to Fatty Lu. It turned out that Pepper and two Mongolian sisters were in contact with each other during the earthquake, discussing how to deal with the most favored Wu Xiaotu. After the earthquake, the two Mongolian sisters of Fatty Lu The little concubine quickly carried Little Pepper out of the tent by relying on her accumulated experience in dealing with storms on the grassland, so that Little Pepper and the child in her stomach were not harmed.

"Msister." The frightened Xiaojiao threw herself into Fatty Lu's arms with tears all over her face, crying like hell, while Fatty Lu patted her back to comfort her, and hurriedly ordered Hutongchun to send troops into the city to organize the people in the city. The common people went out of the city to take refuge and protect important facilities such as money and grain warehouses, arsenals, and arsenals to prevent people from taking advantage of the fire.At the same time, Kuai Ma ordered Wang Xu, who was stationed in Daxing, to organize an army to rescue the wounded soldiers. When the earthquake subsided, he immediately stationed in Beijing to maintain law and order and rescue civilians and civilians injured in the earthquake.

Just after noon, the strongest earthquake hit, all the watchtowers in Fengtai camp collapsed, the ground seemed to be dancing, and the fat soldiers couldn't stop falling, chickens and dogs jumped everywhere, foxes and wolves howled , the sky was even more chaotic with clouds, dark red in color, covering the world in darkness, wind, hail, thunder and lightning, and purple-yellow lightning constantly striking down, turning the ground into dark and bright.All the officers and soldiers of Fengtai Fatty Army were frightened and trembling.

"Heaven! Earth!"

At some point, Fatty Lu had handed over the little chili pepper to Wu Xiaotu’s care, walked to the middle of the open space, knelt down on his knees, and cried out to the chaotic sky, “God! Emperor Taizu Gao, is it true that Emperor Honghua really There is no such thing as the blessing of the king, and it has been less than a month since his golden statue lived in the Qianqing Palace, and the heavens will send such a great disaster to punish the world?! If this is the case, please let me bear all the sins alone, yes My fault, I shouldn't have disobeyed Emperor Gao's warning and insisted on helping Emperor Honghua to be upright! I will bear all the crimes alone, the common people, soldiers and civilians, they are all innocent!"

Crying and shouting, Fatty Lu desperately grabbed the land with his head, and the sincerity was cut to the extreme. The civil and military officials of the fat man's army also came to their senses, and hurried up to help Fatty Lu. It is our fault, we should not give up halfway, give up persuading the prince to become emperor, it is our fault, all the sins, please let us bear it."

After kowtowing and apologizing for a long time, the biggest earthquake finally passed, but the aftershocks continued, and the intensity was definitely not small. Fatty Lu made a decisive decision and immediately organized uninjured fat generals and soldiers into the city to protect the city and rescue the people in Beijing. Injured soldiers and civilians, Fatty Lu himself, regardless of the opposition of all officials, insisted on leading the army into the city for disaster relief. The civil and military officials of Fatty's army had no choice but to accompany Fatty Lu into the city for disaster relief.

The disaster relief team led by Fatty Lu entered the city through the nearest Guang'anmen. There were several big cracks, and the ruins blocked the city gate tightly, blocking the way for the Fatty Army to enter the city.Fatty Lu was forced to have no choice but to arrange a team to rescue the defenders who were buried under the ruins, and led the army to enter the city through the undamaged West Gate.

Because the houses in the outer city of Beijing are generally dilapidated and old, the outer city of Beijing was also the most severely damaged in this earthquake. It is estimated that more than 480 houses collapsed and over [-] were damaged. Because the houses in the outer city were generally small and simple, and the pre-earthquake was not too strong, and the interval between the strongest earthquake and the strongest earthquake was a little long, the people moved to the open area in time, and not too many people died in the earthquake on the spot (accurate figures for [-] five people).But Fatty Lu still didn't dare to neglect, and immediately led the army into disaster relief, tried his best to rescue the Han people who were buried alive, and at the same time transferred the people to the open area in the southern suburbs to avoid the successive aftershocks.

During the disaster relief period, Fatty Lu, who was still wearing a flat yellow dragon robe, kept crying and weeping for the victims. He even dug out two Beijing citizens who were buried in bricks and tiles, and even those who made the tuanlong robe dirty Don't care, the people who witnessed this situation all cried bitterly, and kowtowed to Fatty Lu again and again, weeping with gratitude to the extreme.And Fatty Lu kept blaming himself while helping these common people, "Fathers and folks, it is this king who is not good, it is this king who is sorry for you, this king should not have ignored the late emperor's warning, it is this king who harmed you—— !"

At this time, the Daxing garrison led by Wang Xu had also rushed to Beijing, entered the city from Dongzhimen and quickly invested in disaster relief, trying their best to rescue the disaster-stricken people in nine cities inside and outside Beijing.Fatty Lu quickly ordered to use all the military tent reserves to set up tents in the open area outside Beijing to accommodate the people who had taken refuge out of the city. He also decisively ordered to use the grain reserves to build porridge sheds outside Beijing for distribution.Fortunately, the fat army's garrison in Gyeonggi area, including Fengtai garrison, was more than [-]. It was not damaged in the earthquake, and the manpower was sufficient. Therefore, the disaster relief work was carried out in an orderly manner, and the people were also transferred very quickly under the organization of the army.

During the busy time, the disaster relief team led by Fatty Lu gradually arrived at the Temple of Heaven area in the southeast of the outer city. There are cracks in the ground that are several feet long, and the clear water in the ground cracks is rolling, and spring water is constantly gushing out.Seeing this scene, without Fatty Lu's arrangements, the officers and generals of Fatty's army immediately roared, "My lord, the spring of the Temple of Heaven is bursting! The spring of the Temple of Heaven is bursting!"

"My lord! My lord!" At this moment, a group of fat soldiers rushed from the crowd, and Wang Xu, the leader, roared wildly, "My lord, the Desheng Gate has collapsed! The Desheng Gate itself has collapsed! General Wu Guogui, too!" Buried alive under the ruins of the tower at Deshengmen!"

"Then arrange someone to rescue him quickly!" Fatty Lu stomped his feet and shouted, "Hurry up, we must rescue my father-in-law!"

"Don't worry, my lord, the general has arranged for someone to rescue him!" Wang Xu loudly agreed to rush in, and when he got to the edge of the Temple of Heaven, he only had one look. Quan Yong! My lord, your oath has been fulfilled!"

"What vow of mine has been fulfilled?" Fatty Lu began to pretend to be confused.

"My lord, have you forgotten?!" Countless fat soldiers and officers roared, "On this day last year, you swore at the Temple of Heaven that you would never become emperor unless the Desheng Gate collapsed and the Temple of Heaven burst into a spring! Your lord, Your oath has been fulfilled!"

"Your Majesty's destiny belongs to him, and he should be proclaimed emperor!" Wang Shaobo and Yao Qisheng knelt down to Fatty Lu together, and shouted like crazy: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Countless fat soldiers knelt down on their knees, kowtowed to Fatty Lu, and shouted long live.

"When is this? Are you still thinking about such a thing?!" Fatty Lu stomped his feet and shouted: "Relieve the disaster first, and transfer the people first! Other things will be discussed later!"

(End of this chapter)