Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Shanxi's coal mine reserves are among the best in the country, but most of the coal mines within the Great Wall are owned.Qin Liu followed Ma Ang to Datong, and first set his sights on a coal mine north of the Great Wall.

For her now, she has given up her fear of death, her desire for love, and is no longer obsessed with being with her children and family. The only thing she can rely on is the career she is good at.

However, at this time, she did not have the courage to go outside the Great Wall to prepare for mining.

Although Ma Ang was assigned to Datong and his rank was promoted by half a level, he still held a idle position.In addition, he had just arrived and had no foundation in Datong. He was cautious no matter what he did. Naturally, it was better to do less than to do more.

Aunt Ma, Ma Yue and Sister Ma Feng are still in Xuan Mansion.

Ma Yue opened a new inn in Xuanfu. The business was good and he was very busy.Also married.

Sister Ma Feng is married to a son from Qianhu.

Qin Liu was completely free.

News from the capital gradually reached her ears.

In April, Zhu Hui, the protector of the country, was already dead.Before his death, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, petitioned that the title of Duke should be taken from his father.

Finally, Emperor Zhengde asked Zhu Qi, the eldest son of Baoguo Gong, to seize the title of Marquis of Funing and further hide Baoguo Gong's palace.

Qin Liu couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

She had never met Duke Baoguo himself.But this elder statesman's courage to retreat from the rapids and his long-term vision for assessing the situation really impressed her.

It is easy for powerful officials to be in the limelight for a while, but it is easy to fall heavily when they climb high. Once someone pulls them off their horses, there are very few who can escape unscathed.

Liu Jin, who was reviled by thousands of people, is a typical negative example.

Although Duke Baoguo's government retreated, two powerful ministers appeared beside the emperor.

One is Qian Ning, who Qin Liu had complained to the emperor before.

Emperor Zhengde was not a brainless young man, and Qin Liu's complaint did not make him kill Qian Ning.

On the contrary, because of Qin Liu's appearance, Emperor Zhengde's guilt for Ling Chi Liu Jin in anger reached the extreme.

This feeling of guilt, coupled with the need to support Liu Jin's party members, made him favor Qian Ning even more.

There are even rumors that Emperor Zhengde often slept drunk with Qian Ning on his pillow when he was in the Leopard Room.All the officials were waiting to go to court, but Emperor Zhengde didn't get up in the afternoon. They secretly spied on Qian Ning. As soon as Qian Ning came, they knew that the emperor was about to come out.

Another rising new favorite is Jiang Bin, the commander of the Weizhou Guard.When the Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprising broke out, the capital army could not control it, so the imperial court mobilized border troops to move in.At this moment, Jiang Bin led the border troops as a Datong guerrilla to suppress it.After the uprising was suppressed, Jiang Bin led his troops through the capital and bribed Qian Ning to be summoned by Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde was very competitive and once fought with a tiger, but was forced into a corner by the tiger.Seeing this situation, Qian Ning was so frightened that he trembled at the side, but Jiang Bin rushed forward to rescue regardless of his own safety.From then on, Emperor Zhengde looked at Jiang Bin in a different light.

In order to expand his own power, Jiang Bin praised the bravery of the border army in front of Emperor Zhengde and asked for mutual training with the Beijing army.Ministers went to court to stop him, but Emperor Zhengde completely listened to Jiang Bin and ordered the transfer of sergeants from the four towns of Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, and Yansui to Beijing, known as the "Four Foreign Armies", under Jiang Bin's command.

Jiang Bin had no backer in Beijing, so he clung to Emperor Zhengde's thigh and became a new favorite in Beijing as famous as Qian Ning.

With Qian Ning in charge of Jinyiwei and Jiang Bin in charge of the four foreign armies, Emperor Zhengde's rule was extremely stable.

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A year ago, when crossing the Yellow River ferry in Anhui, the rebel leader Yang Huzhong was ambushed and drowned.His wife Cui led a team to fight in the Central Plains, and she became known as "Widow Yang".

Liu Hui then led his army to advance, defeated the deputy commander-in-chief Bai Yu's army, captured Shenqiu, killed the commander of the capital Wang Bao, captured the commander of the capital Pan Chong alive, and captured Luyi.At this time, the rebel army in the Central Plains made organizational adjustments to adapt to the changing internal and external situations:
Liu Hui was promoted as the general marshal of the Fengtian expedition, Zhao Hao was the deputy marshal, Xiao Zhang Yongqian was in charge of the rear four armies, Liu Zi was the left army, Ma Wu was the right army, Xing Hu was the middle army, Chen Han was the aide to the military marshal Chang Shi, and Ning was the military commander. Long was the deputy history officer of the marshal who served as the counselor of the army. The army he led was divided into 28 battalions according to the 28 constellations in the sky. Each battalion was assigned a commander, with a total of 13 soldiers.

After the Henan rebels elected Liu Hui as the general marshal of the Fengtian expedition and Zhao Hao as the deputy marshal, the army's organization was reorganized and its combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.

Following Zhao Hao's advice, he actively enlisted intellectuals to join the ranks of the rebels and jointly resisted the feudal rule of the Ming Dynasty. "Every official's family was ordered to hold an arrow and hang an orchid shirt in front of the door, and the soldiers did not dare to enter." Those who have a scarf hanging at their door will be exempted."

In order to contain the officers and soldiers, Zhao Hao changed his strategy and tactics: first, he divided his operations into groups to make the enemy's left and right weak and focused on one thing and the other; second, he was flexible in his actions; third, he changed his past style of disturbing the people and put forward the slogan "No lustful looting, no reckless killing" , and "move to the county officials to teach Confucianism, don't run away, and those who greet you will be blocked."

In February of the seventh year of Zhengde, the imperial court made redeployments to suppress the rebels: Peng Ze, the censor of the capital, and Bo Qiu Yue of Xianning were ordered to suppress Liu Hui. Zhao Hai led a rebel army in Henan; Lu Wan was appointed to suppress Liu Liu and Liu Qi. , Qi Yanming led a rebel army into Shandong and was responsible for the defense of Jifu.

As Qiu Yue's master, Hu Guangsi followed the army to pursue Liu Hui.

In March, Zhao Hao surrounded Junzhou and defeated Qinyang.They once besieged Junzhou for five days. Because Ma Wensheng's family was in Junzhou and he refused to let it be destroyed by the war, he gave up and attacked Qinyang instead.

During the siege of Junzhou, the Ming court sent people with a recruitment list to persuade Liu Hui and Zhao Hai. After reading it, Hai wrote on the recruitment list: "Today, a group of traitors are dancing with magic weapons in the court, causing chaos in the sea, killing the remonstrating ministers, and abandoning them." Elders, if you act like this, there will be no country that will not be destroyed. I beg your majesty to be wise and decisive, and take the leader of the gang of traitors to thank the world, that is, the head of the ominous ministers to thank the gang of traitors!"

Order the envoy to bring back his life.When Jiao Fang of Qinyang fled, he saw that his magnificent house was built by people from Laoshu County. He was furious and dug up a cellar containing a large amount of gold and distributed it to the local residents.The ancestral graves of Jiao Fang's family were dug up, and the bones were mixed with cattle and horse bones and burned together.Jiao Fang and his son could not be found, so they put Fang's clothes on a tree in the courtyard. Hai drew his sword and chopped down the tree, saying, "I will kill this thief for the sake of the world!" Then the sergeant chopped down randomly.Finally, the courtyard was burned to the ground.

Qiu Yue is indeed a brave man who suppressed the rebellion of King Anhua. The combat effectiveness of the border troops who have fought against the Tatars for many years is by no means comparable to that of the troops stationed in various parts of the mainland.

After all, Liu Hui and Zhao Hao were scholars. Although they were knowledgeable, how could they compare with these battle-hardened frontier troops in training and using troops?He was chased several times and suffered countless casualties.

In April, in order to adapt to the war situation, they were divided into two groups: Liu Hui and Zhao Hao's younger brothers Zhao Lei and Zhao Hao led more than [-] people to the mall; Zhao Hao met thousands of people led by his disciple Zhang Tong and gathered together, greatly increasing their military strength. , passed through Fengyang and fell into Sixian, Suzhou, Suining and Dingyuan. (End of chapter)