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Chapter 207 Concubine Zheng Liaoyang City

Chapter 207 Concubine Zheng Liaoyang City

Cuihua Garden is located in Xiyuan, and it has always been the resting place for Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng.

At this time, in the Huayuan Pavilion of Cuihua Garden, Huang Laifu saw the famous concubine Zheng Gui in the history books. She was in her twenties, wearing a phoenix crown with golden jade and four phoenix flower hairpins pinned to it, and wearing a red dress. Luo skirt bezel, embroidered with gold-woven Fengwen.

To be honest, Concubine Zheng is not very beautiful, her appearance is just correct.In the Ming Dynasty, seductive women could not be drafted into the palace.According to Huang Laifu's understanding of relevant historical materials, the reason why Concubine Zheng was favored by Emperor Wanli was that she liked to read books, shared common interests with Emperor Wanli, and could become his spiritual support.If you only confuse with color, it is impossible to be favored by Emperor Wanli for decades.

In the Huayuan Pavilion, earth dragons were burned to keep warm, and several copper pots of charcoal fire were placed beside them, making the interior of the pavilion warm and peaceful.Some banquets had been set up in the pavilion earlier, to Huang Laifu's surprise, the dishes were not extravagant, compared to the ostentatious banquets of the gentry and officials of the Ming Dynasty at this time, they could be considered frugal.

Among the dishes, there are also several plates of wild vegetables.Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was born in bitter cold, so in order to teach his descendants not to forget the origin, several dishes of wild vegetables were served in the royal dishes. Zhu Huan, the fifth son of Emperor Yongle, also wrote a book called "Wild Food", which introduced more than 400 kinds of wild vegetables. Edible wild vegetables, wild fruits, etc.

Zheng Guifei is the kind of woman with a lively temperament and quite her own personality. All her energy is devoted to Emperor Wanli. When she saw Emperor Wanli coming with Huang Laifu, she looked joyful and knew that it was all due to Huang Laifu. So she paid more and more attention to Huang Laifu.

During the banquet, she kept persuading Huang Laifu to eat food. Huang Laifu was also hungry, and he could taste the royal dishes, so he unceremoniously let go of his stomach and ate, without any intention of treating himself as an outsider.

Seeing Huang Laifu like this, Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng looked at each other and smiled. It's not that they have never entertained courtiers, and both of them are trembling. How can they be as calm as Huang Laifu?However, Huang Laifu's appearance made the two of them very relaxed and had a bit of fun with the banquet.

Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng whispered to each other from time to time, and at this time Emperor Wanli smiled and said something to Concubine Zheng.Concubine Zheng covered her mouth and smiled, and cast a white look at Emperor Wanli: "Are you considered a handsome man?"

Emperor Wanli glanced at Huang Laifu and coughed in embarrassment.Huang Laifu pretended not to hear.

Concubine Zheng's eyes flowed, she glanced at Emperor Wanli affectionately, and then said to Huang Laifu, who was feasting, "Zhongming, I heard that you are married and have a wife, Mrs. Gu?"

Huang Laifu put down the bowl and chopsticks and said: "Going back to your mother, my wife Gu Yunniang has been engaged to a minister since she was a child, and she is considered a childhood sweetheart. The two of us are a match made in heaven."

Concubine Zheng laughed like a flower branch trembling, Emperor Wanli also smiled, and even the maids serving beside him also snickered.

Finally, Concubine Zheng suppressed her smile and said, "It's rare for you, a general, to know so many allusions. There is an ancient saying: If a family has a good wife, there will be no misfortunes for the husband. For a pillar of the country like Huang Aiqing, your wife must be a beautiful and virtuous wife." My daughter, I don't have much talkers in the palace, but I really want to see your wife."

Huang Laifu said: "My minister thanked the imperial concubine for her love. Speaking of which, my wife is indeed a very good woman, knowledgeable, interesting, and pleasing. After seeing her, the imperial concubine will definitely like her."

The three talked and laughed, everyone was very satisfied with the meal. During the banquet, Huang Laifu told a lot of interesting stories about the border town, which made Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng listen with great interest.

When they parted that night, Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng both rewarded Huang Laifu with many things, and when Huang Laifu returned to the barracks, they had to carry them with a few strong attendants.

Due to the urgent military situation, Huang Laifu left the camp early the next morning and continued to lead the army to Liaodong.

However, the fact that Huang Laifu was received by Emperor Wanli, which was discussed in secret between the monarch and his ministers, spread quickly.At this time, the chief assistant of the cabinet has been replaced by Zhao Zhigao from Wang Jiaping, not to mention the jealousy of all the officials, even Zhao Zhigao has mixed feelings in his heart.Since he became the chief assistant of the cabinet, he has not been received by Emperor Wanli in private. He did not expect that a military general in Bianzhen could be so favored by Emperor Wanli. It is impossible not to be jealous.

The strong military appearance of the Wuzhaibao army and the interesting story of transporting food and supplies by merchant convoys have also become a long-standing topic for the people of the capital.

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Liaodong Town is one of the strong towns in the Nine Borders. The whole town extends for more than a thousand miles.The town originally had more than [-] soldiers and more than [-] horses.In addition to fleeing for the new year, there are more than [-] officers and soldiers and more than [-] horses.

In addition to the more than 16 taels of silver for the main soldiers and more than [-] taels of silver for the guest soldiers allocated by the treasury, these military horses also have local grains, as well as various natural-colored beans, natural-colored grains, and folded-colored silver. Nearly one million taels of food and salaries are needed.

The town of Liaodong Town and the capital of Liaodong are located in Liaoyang. Here, there is a governor, Hao Jie at this time.There is also a member of the guarding general officer.

After the Ming Dynasty decided to send a large number of troops to conquer North Korea, since August 20th Wanli, the armies of Jizhou, Baoding, Shandong, Zhejiang, Shanxi, and Nanzhili were ordered to gather in the direction of Liaodong.

Song Yingchang first led the army to the city of Liaoyang. At the end of December, Li Rusong led his 12 family members from Ningxia to Liaoyang. After a long journey, he also arrived in Liaoyang and joined forces with Song Yingchang. million people.

By this time, there were only 4000 soldiers from the Wu Weizhong Department of the Zhejiang Army, and 3000 from the Huang Laifu Department of Shanxi Town, which had not yet arrived.

万历20年十二月23日,公元1593年1月25日,在李如松领军到达辽阳的第三天。

The black land of the Northeast Plain stretches as far as the eye can see. Although it is cold and freezing, there is no snow on the ground, and the cold air penetrates people's hearts.

"My lord, the boundary of Liaoyang is already in front of us, and we will reach Liaoyang City after another twenty miles."

The whole army cheered. Their army traveled more than a thousand miles from Wuzhai Fort to the capital.From the capital to Shanhaiguan, passing through Ningyuan, Guangning and other places, and traveling thousands of miles, I finally arrived.

The 25-day field march was a long journey, and it was extremely cold. It was a test. Fortunately, the Wuzhaibao army withstood it. Except for some horses, there were also a small number of soldiers who fell ill and fell behind. Most of the rest arrived smoothly.

Huang Laifu issued an order in a loud voice: "The order, the army hastened its pace and went to Liaoyang to rest."

The whole army cheered, and the flow of horses, horses and people rolled forward.

The soldiers of Wuzhai Fort were all one man and two horses. At this moment, thousands of people put their horses on their horses and rushed, it can be said that the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the momentum was astonishing.Soon, they arrived at the city of Liaoyang.

At this time, outside the city of Liaoyang, the army to aid the DPRK had already been stationed, and the camps were full of elite soldiers and generals from all over the country.They had already heard the news that another friendly army from Shanxi Town would arrive, but they didn't take it seriously.But at this moment, they heard the sound of thunderous hooves, and slowly, countless banners appeared from the horizon, followed by a cavalryman rolling towards them. With such momentum, everyone gasped.

Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong, and Song Yingchang, the Minister of Economics and Strategy, who were watching on the city wall, also exclaimed, "Where did this army come from, so powerful?"

Li Rusong next to them said calmly: "Look at the banner, this is the army horse of Shanxi Town, and the person in charge of the army should be Huang Laifu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town."

"Huang Laifu?" Hao Jie asked in surprise, "But Huang Laifu, who is known as the god of grain, Wuzhaibao, Shanxi Town?"

Li Rusong said: "Exactly."

Song Yingchang thought deeply, Hao Jie was in doubt.

Li Rusong said: "My lords, the friendly army has arrived, shall we go to meet it?"

Song Yingchang and Hao Jie were taken aback again, Li Rusong was very arrogant, Hao Jie had been with him the longest, although he couldn't bear it, but he knew him somewhat, and he didn't have the same knowledge as him.

But Song Yingchang, as a manager, was already very unhappy in the few days he had been in contact with Li Rusong.Good guy, Song Yingchang is the Minister of Economics and Strategy. When Li Rusong first met him, he was wearing a set of casual clothes and didn't pay attention to his etiquette. It can be said that he left a very bad impression in Song Yingchang's heart. , Song Yingchang had no choice but to rely on Li Rusong to fight.

I didn't expect that such a person would take the initiative to welcome the arrival of an army, which is really strange.Both Song Yingchang and Hao Jie were unhappy, with their own identities, how could they welcome a general whose official position was far from theirs?It's just that they couldn't refute what Li Rusong said, so they reluctantly followed Li Rusong to the city.

At the foot of the city, I saw that the army and horses of Shanxi Town had already lined up, thousands of cavalry were lined up in a neat square formation, and the yellow flags were fluttering in the wind. The entire army had a kind of silent power.Standing next to them was full of soldiers from various towns pointing at them, and there were endless discussions.

Li Rusong didn't change his face, Song Yingchang and Hao Jie became more and more surprised as they looked at it. When they came to the front, they could find that this army consisted of one man and two horses, not to mention that every knight was wearing iron armor, everyone was tall and burly, well equipped, Even the war horses under them are alive and kicking, they are all good horses.Although the entire army stood silently, the oppressive force was astonishing.Moreover, the thousands of soldiers and horses were motionless, only the white breath from the soldiers and horses exhaled from time to time in the biting cold, showing the strict military discipline of the Wuzhaibao army.

Not to mention that Song Yingchang, Hao Jie and others were moved, even Li Rumei, the fifth younger brother beside Li Rusong, was also surprised and confused. He always thought that he was the best in the Liaodong army, but he didn't expect that compared with the Wuzhaibao army, he was still faintly inferior.

While everyone was looking at the Wuzhaibao army, Huang Laifu squinted his eyes and looked at Liaoyang City not far behind him. Like the towns in the towns on the Nine Borders, Liaoyang City was also built very thickly and profoundly. It is covered with blue bricks and has many gates.There are countless cannons placed in the crenels on the city wall.

Due to the pacification of North Korea, various armies and horses of the Ming Dynasty gathered here, so this place has become an important logistics base. Countless food, grass, and ordnance materials are transported in, and many civilians are busy, and the smell of gunpowder smoke can already be smelled. .

(End of this chapter)

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