Blood from Daming

Chapter 1 Accession to the WTO
The sky in the capital city was filled with fiery red, bursts of thunder, the earth shook, and several lightning bolts shot into the outskirts of the capital.There is a son living in a small courtyard outside the capital city, but this son is not living well. He lives in a dilapidated small courtyard, and there is another couple of old servants living in the courtyard. Some live on tens of acres of thin soil.

A few days ago, the young master had a serious illness, and he was so ill that he couldn't tell the truth about personnel and talk nonsense. Just now, a few lightning bolts shot into his body, and his sanity slowly recovered.He thought slowly about the lightning shooting into his brain memory and power in his body.Slowly he integrated the memory and power of the lightning into his brain memory and body, and many things in this world appeared in front of his eyes, and he slowly sat up and recalled everything just now.The young son Xue Mingyun is the bastard son of Xue Fang Xue Aoren, the captain of the Beijing Camp.The family has been an official for several generations, and he has a little foundation in the capital.Xue Aoren had one wife and three concubines, and had five sons and three daughters. Xue Yun's mother had long since passed away.At this time, the old servant came in with a bowl of medicine. The old servant was about sixty years old and his wife had been serving Xue Yun since he was sensible. He was an old member of Xue Yun's mother's family.

The old servant said to Xue Yun: "Master, it's time to take medicine."

Xue Yun said to the old servant: "Uncle Qi, put the medicine back, my illness is already cured." Uncle Qi looked at Xue Yun's complexion and said, "Master's complexion is much better."

Xue Yun said to Qi Bo: "Qi Bo, I want to go outside the courtyard to get some air."

Qi Bo said to Xue Yun: "Okay, the old slave is going to make some food for the young master."

Qi Bo helped Xue Yun to the gate of the courtyard, and brought a chair for Xue Yun to lean on.I just went back to my room.Xue Yun leaned on the chair and watched the ground outside the courtyard have sprouted patches of fresh green, when he was in a daze.On the small path in the distance, a person walked quickly towards him, and he shouted from afar: "Third young master, are you recovering from your illness? The ancestor asked you to go back home."

Xue Yun looked at the old housekeeper's grandson who came over. He was one of the few people in the family who treated him well. His name was Mao Shun. Everyone called him Mao Lao Yao. He was the youngest and the smartest in the family.

Seeing the youngest Mao approaching, Xue Yun said, "Got it."

The youngest Mao stepped forward and said: "Today, the master has been promoted, what a joy!"

Xue Yun turned around and said to the courtyard: "Uncle Qi, I want to go back to Xue's residence."

Qi Bo responded, and not long after, Qi Bo led a horse and came out of the yard, and said to Xue Yun: "Go and walk slowly, so that you can bring food when you are sick." A piece of cake was handed to him.

Xue Yun nodded and said: "Uncle Qi, I'm going now." Xue Yun rode his horse and followed behind the youngest Mao Mao all the way to the capital.The capital city is very large, and it was also called Jingshi in Daming.This era of Xue Yun is the Ming Dynasty, and the current emperor is Emperor Tianqi.Xue Yun came riding a horse to Guangqumen, which is the only city gate on the east side of Beijing's outer city wall. It used to be called Datong Bridge Gate, also known as Shawo Gate.Built in the Jiajing period, the gate tower in the capital is relatively low, because there are not many people entering and leaving it through the main gate.Xue Yun rode a horse led by the youngest Mao, and when he arrived at the gate of the city, the youngest Mao went up to greet the soldiers guarding the gate. Xue Yun rode his horse through the city and walked towards Chongwenmen's house.Most of the people living in the area around Chongwenmen were officials and eunuchs, and the area near Xue's mansion to the east was mostly the mansions of military officials.

A servant named Xue Wu at the door greeted him and said, "The old ancestor and the master have been waiting for the young master for a long time, the young master hastened to go."

Xue Yun responded and walked towards the inner hall. When he entered the inner hall, he saw a lot of people sitting in the living room of the main room. The last seat was Xue Yun's grandfather Xue Rui.Grandfather Xue Rui has been in the army for many years, he has been a military officer up to the second rank, and he is at home due to injury.

Grandfather Xue Rui smiled and said: "Yun'er is here, have you recovered from your illness?"

"Grandpa is fine."

"I'm hungry in the afternoon."

"Grandpa and grandson have already eaten on the way."

"Grandpa called Yun'er for one thing. The palace wants to recruit a group of young soldiers. I don't want you to be called by name in the palace. You should prepare well to win over grandpa."

Xue Aoren said: "Yun'er has to compete in the young army, don't be careless."

Xue Yun nodded in agreement.He just stood next to Xue Aoren, and he saw a middle-aged man sitting opposite him, the second brother Xue Jie from the eldest room next to him, and the eldest brother Xue Bin and second brother Xue Bo sitting next to him.

Xue Rui said: "This is your little uncle, go and meet him."

Xue Yun hurriedly bowed and saluted.The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Second brother's third child has grown up, Yun'er, your sister-in-law often mentions you, and when you have time, go to Jiangnan to visit your sister-in-law."

Xue Rui said: "Yun'er's mother died early, and his sister-in-law loved him the most when he was young."

Xue Rui said again: "Yun'er, your father's promotion to Chief Qian is also a happy event in the family. This is also the emperor's commendation to the Xue family for serving the country. As a father, Ao Ren knows that you like literature and are not good at martial arts. It's a pity that the old Xue family has been a martial artist for generations. You I also know that civil and martial arts are different, so it's time to settle down and do things well."

Xue Aoren responded.Xue Rui talked with his children and grandchildren for a while, and then told everyone to leave.

Xue Yun was about to leave when his grandfather stopped him and said, "Let your second brother Xue Jie practice together these few days. I will also tell you some military rules."

Xue Jie agreed, and said, "Third brother, let's practice tomorrow morning. Today, some brothers in the army gathered together, and my brother resigned."

Second brother Xue Jie left quickly.The second elder brother Xue Jie was in the palace as the general of the Han Dynasty, and Uncle Gein died in the battle of Sarhu, so he was specially summoned by the court to give him a post.Xue Jie's eldest brother, Xue Cong, served as Chief Qian in the Liaodong Army. Among the two brothers, Xue Jie was stronger and more powerful.

The Xue family has four sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Xue Aogu, died in the Battle of Saerhu and gave birth to two sons.The second son Xue Aoren gave birth to five sons and three daughters.The life and death of the youngest Xue Aotian in the Battle of Saerhu is unknown, and the court ruled that he died in battle.The fourth son, Xue Aobiao, is the chief executive officer in Henan.The eldest daughter, Xue Aoshuang, married Song Wen, a Jinshi of the Wanli Dynasty, and had a daughter.The second daughter, Xue Aolao, married Qian Kai, son of a Jiangnan family, and had one son and two daughters.

The second son, Xue Aoren, is also Xue Yun's family, the eldest brother Xue Bin and the second brother Xue Bo are descendants of Xue Yun, and Xue Yun is the third child.The fourth son, Xue Shuang, and the second sister, Xue Tang, were born to the second aunt.The fifth child, Xue Rong, was born to the fourth aunt.The eldest sister Xue E and the third sister Xue Qiang were born to the third aunt.

Xue Yun came out of the inner hall and Xue Aoren shouted: "Xue Er, the room has been cleaned up by the servants, you will live here from now on, don't go back to the countryside."

Xue Yun said, "Father, my son wants to go out for a walk."

Xue Aoren said: "Okay, let's go!"

Xue Yun didn't want to stay anymore.He has always had a bad relationship with his eldest brother Xue Bin and his second brother Xue Bo. When he was young, his eldest brother Xue Bin and his second brother Xue Zhezhuo were born in the same family, and they often bullied him even older than Xue Yun. I don’t know why his father treats him indifferently. When I was young, I moved to the countryside with Qi Bo and his wife.

In this big courtyard, only grandpa treats me the best, and grandma treats me badly, maybe this is how big families are!Feeling helpless after thinking about it, he turned around and left Xue's mansion, and walked towards the bustling street to the west.

(End of this chapter)