Win the Ding 1617

On the thirtieth day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the king of Joseon, Li Ji, knew that Ganghwa Island fell, and the reinforcements were all defeated. Under the threat of force when the Manchurian baggage arrived and set up cannons to bombard Namhan Mountain City, he changed Qingyi and walked out of the city to Huangtaiji Camp. Kneeling three times and knocking nine times, presenting the imperial seal of the Ming Dynasty and descending to the Qing Dynasty.Send the prince to Shengjing as a hostage.The terms of surrender proposed by the Qing army were all accepted.

In the first month of the lunar year, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others went out of Huguang to meet King Zuojin and Geli, who were known as Gezuo Wangying.On the sixth day of the lunar new year, the battalion forced Anqing from hundreds of miles away, "the beacon fire reached Huaiyang", and Nanjing was hit by a big earthquake.Chongzhen ordered Zuo Liangyu, Ma Yu and Liu Liangzuo to join forces to rescue.Both sides fought under the city of Anqing and suffered heavy losses.Xianzhong and others retreated to Qianshan Tianwang Village.Soon, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Anqing, called on Zuo Liangyu to search the mountains. Liangyu refused, and sent troops to plunder women.

In the first month, Li Zicheng, who visited his fathers and villagers in Mizhi, Yan'an, and Suide in northern Shaanxi, led his army to cross the Weihe River from Fengxiang, defeated the Ming army in Baoji, and marched to Jingyang and Sanyuan. Stocks such as Guotianxing and Scorpion Block are all in one place.Soon, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, and Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier, came to attack. Li Zicheng's troops were unable to resist the urge of Sun Deafzi and Cao Bianjiao's troops to exchange heads for armor for seven consecutive days, and they were defeated.Scorpion Kuai Tuo Yangkun surrendered to the Ming army; Guotianxing's troops fled to Henan.

In March of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, came to the capital, and the emperor summoned him.Sichang has extensive knowledge of literature and history, knows a lot about the history of previous dynasties, and has meticulous writing and eloquence.Emperor Yuyu, great faith and love, every pair must move, please listen to all the plays, and say: hate to use Qingwan.

In March, when Emperor Chongzhen received a seal from the admiral Nan Cao Haiyun eunuch from Tianjin.When I learned that 50 silver dollars and 20 stones of japonica rice had arrived, I immediately felt a lot more confident.It's no wonder that although Daming's annual income is tens of millions of taels, there are very few funds that can be used for mobility, except for the operation of local bureaucracies and the expenses of the clan's Lumi.The sudden increase of 50 yuan increased Chongzhen's net treasury income by almost one-sixth.

"Pass the decree, praise and encourage Li Shouhan! Let the person who escorted the money and food this time come to Beijing for an audience. I want to give some comfort."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there may be some trouble. Governor Li is diligent in the king's affairs. He has led an army to Guangdong to suppress the bandits, and ordered his eldest daughter Li Huamei to lead the fleet. First, this daughter is a woman. Second, she has no fame. If the emperor wants to Summoning her, this, the gentlemen in the cabinet think it is quite inappropriate."

"This group of gentlemen who are stupid in reading! It's inconvenient for me to see you, so please ask the queen to come forward to appease you! Order the cabinet and your supervisor to come up with a charter. Let's see how to add some seals to Li Shouhan and his children." Dian. Don’t make people think that the imperial court is mean and ungrateful!”

Chongzhen did so.Most of them are for the generals who lead the troops to see.

However, the arrival of Li Huamei provided the lonely concubines in the deep palace with a good conversation material to pass the time.

Listen to the eunuchs telling the story of Miss Li vividly.Since he was a few years old, he has followed his father to fight in various places, and even personally led the gunboats to chase the north with the Hongmaoyi, pirates, Japanese pirates and others at sea, and the artillery bombarded him.These women who are often in the deep palace are full of curiosity about this young lady of the Li family.

However, fortunately, the selection of concubines in the Ming Dynasty has been stipulated since Chengzu, and must come from the people.Therefore, although these women were full of curiosity about Li Huamei, they didn't imagine her too far.

"Sister, do you think this eldest lady of the Li family will be like the one sung in the opera, with a pheasant tail on her head?"

"Sister, that's sung in the opera! If you want me to tell you, she should be at least big-bodied, about the same as the Wen Po in the government. Otherwise, how would you go into battle and kill the enemy?"

"But when Madam Ma, President Qin's soldier, came, I saw the same thing."

During the discussion between Zhou Hou, Concubine Tian and the concubines, Li Huamei went to Beijing according to the queen's order.

Zhou Hou couldn't help being very surprised to see this little girl who was similar to his own daughter in front of her, who was able to lead the gunboat to haunt the waves of the ocean. ("This General Li is too ruthless?! How can such a girl's family live on the sea with a group of rude men in the waves of gunfire on the ship?!")

The little girl in front of me is not like Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of Shizhu, wearing a helmet and armor, nor is she wearing a pheasant-tailed helmet that is often seen in dramas like Tian Fei said, and it has something to do with the big waist and round waist that the princess said None, but a little thin.

If it weren't for the female guard with eight tattooed Tianzu narrow sleeves and several silver rings on her ankles and wrists, showing Huamei's uniqueness, I am afraid that the concubines would think that this is the capital city. Not necessarily a girl from an official family.

And Xiao Huamei's preparations for going to Beijing this time are also quite sufficient. Youlong Shengfeng's tentacles are all over the capital, not to mention knowing all kinds of preferences in the palace's interpersonal relationships, and he can also prescribe the right medicine.

From Empress Zhang of Emperor Tianqi to Empress Zhou of Emperor Chongzhen, several concubines and princesses prepared gifts in a targeted manner.What was given to Queen Zhang was a Guanyin statue made of jasper, and what was given to Queen Zhou was a landscape carved from huge ivory.Those given to Concubine Tian and the others were all pearls and gems measured in shengdou.

Before Huamei entered the palace, Long Shengxing went to the mansion of Zhou Kui, the abbot of the state, and the two sides had cordial and friendly talks on further deepening business cooperation and signed a series of business contracts and documents.

"What should I reward this child?"

Several women were caught in a dilemma.

Reward some gold and jewelry shellfish?Don't be ridiculous, most of the things in the palace that can be seen and suitable for girls are the tributes from Li Shouhan when he came to Beijing last time, so you can't use other people's things to reward other people's daughters?

While arranging Huamei to live in the palace, Zhou Hou, Concubine Yuan, Concubine Tian, ​​Concubine Wang and several other women gathered at the place where Empress Tianqi and Zhang Yan, whose title is Empress Yi'an, lived. The emperor's wife who had lived in the cold palace for ten years came forward to solve this problem for us.

This emperor's wife is someone who can't even compete with the famous eunuch Wei Zhongxian!

(To make a digression, one of the things that Empress Yi'an regrets most under Jiuquan is that she canonized her younger uncle Zhu Youjian as emperor. It could have been justified to choose a child from the clan to adopt her to take the throne under her own name Then I came to the court as the Queen Mother, just like Wanli's mother, Queen Mother Li. But I chose my uncle to be the emperor, so I can only live in this deep palace as a widowed sister-in-law. middle.)

"To reward others, one must reward what he wants and urgently needs, and second, he must reward what he likes. The Li family has no shortage of money, gold, jewelry, shellfish, etc., and they have just been conferred official positions by the emperor and rewarded with many honors. But In the eyes of officials and clans everywhere, the Li family is still a nouveau riche! Think about it, what does the Li family want most now?"

Seeing the faces of the younger brothers and daughters-in-law looking at each other at a loss, the former winner of the five thousand beauties audition felt a surge of joy in his heart.

"Naturally, it's about face and honor. Official rank is a national canon. And it's not suitable for this girl from the Li family. You might as well think of other ways."

other way?It's easy to say.It is not so easy to do.

Empress Zhou took a few concubines to greet the emperor's wife and then left Zhang Yan's bedroom.And Zhang Yan herself continued to sit on the futon and opened the Buddhist scriptures facing the Guanyin carved from jasper.

"My little girl from the Li family, no matter what, I have already returned the favor you gave me to this Bodhisattva statue."

That night, when Zhu Youjian happily ate a bowl of fragrant japonica rice.It was great to see him a week later.Then test his mood.

"This Li Aiqing really is a trustworthy person! Spring has just started. He ordered people to send money and grain. As soon as his more than two hundred thousand shi of round-grained rice entered Beijing, the price of rice in the capital sent by Jinyiwei and others fell by less than [-]%!"

"Yes! It's rare to be full of loyalty. Li Aiqing himself supervised and led the troops to Guangdong to suppress the bandits. Fearing that there would be mistakes on the way, his son was young, so he sent his daughter, a timid little girl, to escort money and food to Beijing. This loyalty , Your Majesty, how should we commend him?"

Compared with the arrogance and domineering of the lieutenant generals in the inland and border towns, who refused to listen to dispatching soldiers to harass the people, rape and burn, Li Shouhan was simply a perfect man through the ages.The troops were able to fight, dared to confront Jiannu, and had strict discipline.Compared with the white-armed soldiers back then, the most important thing is that not only did the imperial court not pay a penny and a grain of rice for the army, but a large amount of money and food could be sent to the inner government for expenses.

Since Qian Liang arrived in Tianjin, Chongzhen has clearly felt that many attitudes have changed from the expressions of the cabinet ministers and the documents of the leading troops and generals in various places.He knew that there was only one reason for these changes, and he had money in his hand!

For such a loyal minister, we must give great praise, and set a benchmark and an example for the leading generals everywhere!

However, what else can the imperial court offer to reward Li Shouhan?Can't you just give him the title of prince right away? !If so, wouldn't it be easy for him to develop arrogance? !

When Emperor Chongzhen was hesitating, Wang Chengen, who was rewarded with food and wine by Chongzhen and Zhou Hou, bent down and spoke.

"Your majesty, empress, this servant has a little opinion and is willing to say it for the empress and empress to laugh."

"Brother, tell me."

With Chongzhen's permission, Wang Chengen scanned the house first. Today is a family banquet, and Zhu Youjian's family is basically present.Because of Zhu Youjian's rare good mood, the room looked happy.

Sitting behind a table is Princess Aimee Zhu of Kunxing. She is only eleven or twelve years old, but she looks dignified and beautiful. She has a slender body and gives people a feeling of weakness. It is the famous Princess Changping, the one-armed nun, Jiunan and so on, Lord Wei's master and so on.But at this time the title is Princess Kunxing.Her biological mother died of blood collapse shortly after giving birth to her, and she has been raised in Queen Zhou's palace and raised by Queen Zhou.

Taking a closer look at Princess Kunxing, Wang Chengen had some calculations in his mind.

"The emperor, the empress, it's not that the slaves are interfering in government affairs, but the current errand must be handled by General Longhu. If the emperor wants to reward General Longhu, it is better to send him a few more errands. Those who work too hard."

A few days ago, when Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, presented the net with four squares, six corners and ten sides to the emperor, the monarch and his ministers agreed on military expenditures. To realize the strategy of four squares and six corners, an additional 12 troops and 280 million additional salaries were needed.In order to raise food and salaries, Yang Sichang discussed with the emperor in private, suggesting that he open the sea ban in Fujian and Guangdong, in addition to the original addition and abolition.Similar to Longqing opening the sea, raising food, salaries and military expenses from the sea.

This kind of secret can be hidden from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but it cannot be hidden from Wang Chengen.

"Your Majesty, I have two humble opinions."

After a quick calculation in his mind, Wang Chengen felt that Chongzhen should be able to accept this method.

"speak!"

"A few days ago, Yang Xianggong proposed to open the sea ban in Guangdong, Fujian and other places to raise food and salaries. In my humble opinion, this is just the place where General Longhu suppressed the banditry in Guangdong and Guangxi, and General Longhu happened to be good at sailors. It would be better So he handed over to him the matter of opening the sea in Guangdong, arresting bandits, spies, and villains at sea, and the Guangdong Navy. He ordered him to try out the matter of opening the sea in Guangdong, and agreed on the tax payment for one year. In this way. General Tiger has another way to serve the country. The emperor and the imperial court also have an extra payment, and there is no payment for a payment."

"That's an idea. Let Li Shouhan try to open the sea in Guangdong, negotiate the tax amount, and ask him to pay the full amount. Any other ideas? Keep talking!"

"Aren't the emperor and the empress worried about how to reward the young lady of the Li family? In the humble opinion of slaves, Princess Kunxing and that young lady of the Li family should not be much different in age. Why don't you ask Her Royal Highness to come forward and meet that Li Huamei?" Hang around for a few days. Let her see the grandeur of the Tian family, and if Her Royal Highness acts like a courteous corporal, Miss Li will be grateful from now on."

I heard Wang Chengen's idea.Zhu Youjian, Empress Zhou, Concubine Yuan Gui, Concubine Tian Gui and others couldn't help but stop eating, and they were analyzing in their minds whether there was anything incompatible with the etiquette system.

However, there does not seem to be such a specific regulation, and it seems that the ancestors did not expect such a situation to happen when they formulated the rules.

On the contrary, Empress Zhou, looking at Princess Kunxing in front of her, this girl with golden branches and beautiful hair and jade texture, heard that her father intentionally assigned her such an important errand, she couldn't help lowering her head a little nervously and shyly.Queen Zhou only saw her drooping neck.

"Your Majesty, is it appropriate for Kun to take care of such an important matter? Is there something wrong?"

Concubine Tian Gui couldn't help but open her mouth to stop it.

On the contrary, the housekeeper of the Compassionate Ning Palace, who was beside Empress Zhou, had already received the gift and message from the head of state Zhou Kui, so she naturally knew the key point.

"The emperor, the empress, the concubine Tian, ​​the concubine Yuan, the servants think that the family education of General Longhu can still raise a daughter who can take care of her father, let alone my proud daughter of the Tian family?"

In one sentence, all the words of Zhu Youjian's family were blocked.

yes!Li Shouhan is just a mere second-rank dragon and tiger general in a remote and barren place in the South China Sea. His daughter can help her father to travel thousands of miles away. How can my princess of the Ming Dynasty be compared to her?Don't even have the ability to receive guests in your own home? !

Seeing that both Zhu Youjian and Empress Zhou kept nodding slightly, the housekeeper was secretly proud, "Zhou Kui, your 3000 Nanzhong silver dollars, I have already paid back the favor!"

A few days ago, Zhou Kui sent someone into the palace to deliver a message to this woman, asking her to find a way to warm up the relationship between Zhou Guozhang's residence and General Longhu's residence.This woman also knows very well who the owners behind the most popular shops in the capital are.

When this matter is completed, I will definitely hit you hard!The mother-in-law looked at Princess Kunxing's slightly nervous and excited little face, but she was thinking of the national patriarch Zhou Kui.

"Kunxing, my father asked you, are you willing to hang around with that Miss Li for a few days? Is it to share some of my father's burden?"

Although the decision has been made, Zhu Youjian still asks his daughter's attitude gently to avoid any trouble.

Hearing what her father said, Princess Zhu Yu of Kunxing hurriedly got up to avoid the table, "My daughter is willing to share my father's worries. Staying with Miss Li for a few days is also the meaning of my father's encouragement to his loyal ministers. Not to mention, not to mention," she said Her little face was flushed red, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"What's more, how can my Royal Highness, the princess of the Ming Dynasty, be compared to a minister's daughter?!" Zhu Youjian broke through his daughter's little thought, and raised the wine glass in his hand to signal the queens and concubines to drink it up.

"My lord, will the servants arrange it?"

"Go! Also, tell the people in General Longhu's mansion to transport the remaining [-] shi of japonica rice to the capital as soon as possible!"

The next day, Princess Kunxing Zhu Yu came forward and spent several days traveling in the palace with Li Huamei. The concubines in the palace, from Empress Yi'an to Zhang Yan, all paid respect to this little girl and were very polite.

And Wang Chengen, who was in charge of Jinyiwei and other departments in the East Factory, consciously released a rumor in the palace with Chongzhen's acquiescence, and it soon spread among the inner houses of the princes, ministers and officials.

"Princess Kunxing and Li Shouhan's daughter, Li Huamei, get along very well. The two became handkerchief friends under the witness of the Empress Empress. Li Huamei is the elder sister, and Princess Kunxing is the younger sister."

Along with this rumor, it was sent to Xingyuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for the suppression of appeasement, as well as documents from the Supervisor of Rituals and the Inner Palace Supervisor urging Shou Han to ship the remaining more than [-] stones of japonica rice as soon as possible.

And the document issued by the cabinet to Li Shouhan.

"Supervise the trial of the sea ban in Guangdong? Ask us to pay 50 customs duties every year? To serve as military expenses for suppressing thieves and Liaodong military salary?"

Shou Han threw the document on the table, curled his lips in disdain, "Return a document to the cabinet masters, and tell them that there is no 50 silver dollars! At most 20! Mother, the Ming Dynasty's one-year salt How much is the tax and tea tax?!" (To be continued..)