Seeing that it was not too early, the two teams of officials from Mingfu Mountain and Mingyi City were in a hurry to Qinshui County.

At this time, it was already the beginning of the night, the city gate had already been closed, only a few soldiers patrolling the city were holding torches to guard, and when they came to the vicinity of the suspension bridge, the two county magistrates respectively let their subordinates hold the county order waist card and shouted, "Brothers guarding the city, we are the team that went to Ningshanwei to worship, this is the county order waist card!" Please open the gates and let me in. "The defenders of the city heard that it was the nearby magistrate who came to worship, but they didn't dare to open the city gate at will, after all, they were afraid that it was a rogue pretending?

The two officials who shouted like this had no choice but to retreat! Wu Junzhen, who was behind him, saw that the officials were not good, so he rode over to try him, but was stopped by Liu Ruilin, and he asked, "Brother Wu, are you okay?" He patted his chest to express his confidence, and then stepped forward and shouted, "I am Ningxia Pingnan's deputy Qianhu: Wu Junzhen, you will open the city and release it as soon as possible." ”

At this time, the soldiers on the tower began to shine their torches next to the city wall, and one of the soldiers said, "It's him, it's him, that's right, I fought with him in Huaiqing Mansion, and I can open the city gate." When the soldiers next to him heard him say this, they must have agreed to open the city gate, and after the heavy city gate was opened, the two teams of officials quickly entered the city to rest.

Before the soldiers could report the situation, Ming Qin Shui Zhi County: Ji Encheng had already led the men and horses over and saluted with both hands, "Oops! The two adults will be fortunate to meet each other! Rushing to the Humble House in such a hurry, but going to the sacrificial ceremony? ”

The two magistrates nodded and said, "This is not Linfen County, the capital of Pingyang Prefecture, has been attacked by the Liukou once!" That's why we have to travel thousands of miles to the nearby area to worship! According to the regulations of the imperial court, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the officers of the local prefectures, guards, prefectures and counties must participate in the local "flag sacrifice", which is not sloppy! It is also the meaning of praying for the safety of the water and soil. ”

After a hearty conversation, Mingqin Shui Zhixian began to set up a banquet to entertain them, during the banquet, the three county magistrates were drunk and dreamed of drinking, and hugged the maids left and right to kiss, and the servants also began to move their hands and feet when they were half-full, which made Wu Junzhen and Liu Ruilin a little unbearable, they ate a few mouthfuls of food and were served by the maids next to them to drink, and Wu Junzhen was very disgusted with them like this, so he kept pushing with his hand, but the maid saw that he looked a little handsome, and had to rush into his arms, Excited, he suddenly changed his temperament, stretched out his hand and slapped the table heavily, turned around and left.

Because most of the people were either drunk or immersed in joy, no one cared about his actions at all, but Liu Ruilin couldn't stand such hospitality like him, so he also pushed away the maid's hand, walked out of the hall and came to the garden, the air outside at night was very cold, Wu Junzhen walked by the pond with some sorrow, and played the jade flute alone, Liu Ruilin followed the sound and walked over, this flute sound seemed to be very pleasant, not only let Liu Ruilin indulge in it, close his eyes and forget the cold.

Just listen to the flute sometimes high-pitched and excited, sometimes cheerful and interesting, the syllables are as continuous as gurgling water, as crisp and cheerful as the pure stream, after the flute stopped, Liu Ruilin clapped his hands and said, "A song of liver and intestines breaks the world, where to find a soulmate?" I can't imagine that Brother Wu, a military general, can still play such a good tune! It's really impressive! I don't know if this flute is? ”

Wu Junzhen hurriedly took back the jade flute and put it on his chest, and replied, "This is the ancestral jade flute, why is it so cold outside, I can't help but play a song, I haven't touched this jade flute for a long time!" By the way, Brother Liu still doesn't know your background? Seeing this situation, Wu Junzhen did not continue to ask, but patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

But Liu Ruilin still said: "After my clansmen escaped from Liujiazhuang and escaped the epidemic, they thought they could live in peace, but they didn't want to be rioted by the rogues, passing by our village, and launched a fierce massacre!" At that time, I was practicing at the foot of the mountain, and a fugitive villager told me the news, and afterwards I said goodbye to my master and came down the mountain to prepare to join the imperial court and kill the rogue to settle the world! ”

When they learned that Liu Ruilin and himself were both fellow believers who wanted to kill the rogue, the two hugged each other excitedly, shook hands and said, "I hope that in the future, you and I will be able to realize our dreams on the battlefield!" Then the two went back to their chambers to rest.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, in the back garden of Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul Province, Gyeonggi Province, North Korea, wearing a blue nine-bead crown dress embroidered with a four-clawed green dragon, the king of the Lee family's Joseon Injo Hyochun, is leading two groups of red, blue, and green civil and military officials and clan nobles holding jade gui to worship the sky (only Joseon Injo needs to insert three pillars of incense, and the rest only need to kneel and worship).

Then by the Lee family Joseon Shang Diet Supervisor: Park Gui-eun, holding the Heavenly Bangwen in his hand, slowly stepped forward and handed it to the Korean Injo, he opened the Bangwen and looked at the Chinese characters written on it, and began to read: "Korean: On the fourth day of the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Periodical, Wei; The sixteenth generation monarch of the Joseon family, the pious and pious drink of the delicacies, pray that the ancestor of Tanjun bless my subjects with unique blessings, one buckle the head, and worship the Ming Taizu Hongwu Gao Emperor His Majesty's divine throne to protect my North Korea, two buckle the head, in the kneeling Taizu Kangxian County King to protect our country in a peaceful and prosperous world, three buckle the head. ”

After the reading of the text of the Heavenly Order, the Joseon Renzu of the Li family held his sleeve with his left hand, put the inscription into the Dading and burned it, and let the eunuchs of the Joseon Shangshan Bureau of the Li Family on the left and right sides pick up the wine jue used to worship the heavens, poured half a glass of wine and put in a little sand, and handed it to the hands of the Korean Renzu by him personally stepped forward to lead the team, and the civil and military officials and clan nobles under the stage once again knelt down in front of the throne tablet of the monarchs of the past dynasties on the sacrificial table, and worshiped three times with the Korean Renzu, which completed the entire process of the sacrifice ceremony.

At this time, Joseon Renjo got up, took the "Daming Huidian" on the sacrificial table, and began to say, "Korean: Although we have been conquered by Hulu! But we still inherit the orthodox Han culture of China, this Ming canon carries the essence of the Ming Empire, and the widow has already understood half of it, I believe that all of you present also understand! ”

In fact, Joseon Injo wants to take this book to try to see how many people are loyal to the Ming Dynasty? But the situation was unexpected, only the Korean Qingyuan Governor: Shen Jiyuan, the Korean Governor: Kim Jin, and other ministers shouted "Korean: His Royal Highness Shengmyeong!" ”

The rest of the Korean clan nobles and the two groups of ministers looked at each other and did not dare to say a word.

Standing on the stage, Joseon Injo glanced around, and saw that the ministers of civil and military affairs did not dare to speak, he lowered his head in disappointment and sighed! Suddenly, Joseon Licao: Hu Yingyuan, walked out of the column and said, "Korean: Qi Song, when His Royal Highness went to Fengtianfu Yanxing in the northern border of Hulu, he passed the letter of state to the Hulu chieftain, and proposed that they be released to return to the Zhaoxian prince's mansion to return to China, leaving only the two Fenglin Dajun and Linping Dajun as hostages in Shengjing City, how could the Hulu chieftain not agree at all, and returned the letter to refuse!" ”

Hearing this, Joseon Renzu was also more troubled, after all, he was also old, and he was about to reach (the year of knowing his fate) The son of the Joseon Zhaoxian of the Li family, who inherited the throne: Li Wei, but he was still in the hands of the barbarians, not only made him heartbroken, but he couldn't wait to laugh and drink the blood of Hu Lu, having said that, he was still very clear about how many catties and taels he had, after all, the current army is not enough and the national strength is too weak! But North Korea's Injo issued a new decree? That is, to increase the number of troops, strengthen national defense, and appoint heavy troops to garrison the border fortress in North Nyeongan Province to guard against the Hoku, and strengthen the training of the naval division army in the left and right provinces of Jeolla to guard against the Tokugawa Shogunate.

This matter was to block news from the outside world, especially to the Qing court, and only announced that it would train troops to guard against Japanese invaders, and it was not allowed to disclose any news internally, and handed it over to the Li family's Korean soldier Cao: Jiang Licheng to write an official document to handle the matter secretly.

At the same time, the Shengjing City of Fengtianfu of the Qing court was also very lively, and the first to arrive in the city to worship were the envoys of the Korqin Department of Mongol in Southern Mongolia, the envoys of the Zarat Tribe, the envoys of the Dulbert Tribe, the envoys of the Bahrain Tribe, the envoys of the Zalu Tribe, the envoys of the Naiman Tribe, the envoys of the Inner Khalkha Tribe, the envoys of the Maomingan Tribe, the envoys of the Urat Tribe, the envoys of the Karaqin Tribe, the envoys of the Uzhumuqin Tribe, the envoys of the Chahar Tribe, the envoys of the West Tumut Department, and the envoys of the Ordos Department.

Secondly, the tributary envoys of the Qing court's vassal states, such as the envoys of the Khalkha Ministry, the Balhu Ministry, and the Buryatia Ministry, as well as the envoys of the Erut Ministry, the Junggar Ministry, the Turkbert Ministry, the Heshuo Special Ministry, the Huite Ministry, and the Turkut Ministry, gathered outside the Qing Gate to wait for the summons.

When he was a child, he wore a blue court robe with twelve chapters embroidered with a four-clawed dragon pattern, and wore a (winter crown) of the Manchu imperial father regent: Aixin Jueluo Dolgon, and the Manchu Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager wearing a bright yellow winter court robe embroidered with a golden dragon, a positive dragon, a walking dragon and a eight-treasure flat water pattern on her head (smoked mink), carrying the Manchu ancestor Shunzhi Emperor, who was also wearing a blue court dress and wearing a crown of the Eastern Dynasty: Aixin Jueluo Fulin, walked to the gate of the Qing Dynasty and was read out in front of the eunuchs, "Jurchen language: Emperor, imperial father regent, The queen mother arrived, and the ministers greeted her! ”

Hearing this, the tributary envoys knelt down and saluted, and said in unison in Mongolian and Chao languages: "Ministers/Slaves see the emperor, the imperial father, the regent, the queen mother, may the emperor, the imperial father regent, long live, may the queen mother be a thousand years old!" After the salute, the Manchu Shizu said, "Jurchen language: All Aiqing should be flattened!" But the kneeling tributary envoys knew that the imperial father regent was the one who spoke with weight, and when they saw them, they didn't dare to get up, so the Manchu Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager coughed twice and looked at the Manchu imperial father regent.

At this moment, he was full of pride in his heart, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Jurchen language: It's all flat!" The tributary envoys dared to stand up when they heard this, and the Manchu Emperor's father, the regent, asked the Manchu Ministry of Rites to write the book: Aixin Jueluo Gong Adai, go and count the tributary envoys, have they all arrived?

Therefore, the Shangshu of the Manchu Ministry of Rites inquired according to the list they submitted, and after checking them one by one, they confirmed that the tributary envoys had all arrived, and they accepted the tributes according to the practice of previous years. Centennial ginseng, mink, wool carpets, Ayutthaya gems, etc.

Then the Manchu ancestors moved to the temple to worship the ancestors, and the accompanying Manchu civil and military officials, the eight banners Baylor, the clan nobles, the harem concubines and the tributary envoys also went to worship, except for the Li family's Korean envoy Yizhou County Shou: Huang Pu, who reluctantly followed in front of the last to worship.