"Hey......"

After waking up, Mrs. Gao looked around but couldn't help but sigh. Her hair was fluffy, and she didn't have time to comb it, so she ordered a palace maid to comb her hair, and she took a glass mirror to take care of it, which was sent by Li Zhenchen, and the little bird not only brought the dispatch of King Huai, but also brought a batch of gifts, the gifts were not light or heavy, and they were also in line with the gifts. And among those gifts, the one that made Mrs. Gao the most happy was this glass mirror.

But this glass mirror is too clear, they are all sixty years old, there are many gray hairs on their temples and head, and the wrinkles on this face can be seen very clearly, and they are indeed old, but because they have been living a life of horses since they were in their twenties, their bodies are still relatively tough. But since the defeat of the Dashun army at Shanhaiguan, how difficult has life been for nearly twenty years......

Thinking of these dead people, Gough sighed, and finally shook his head and sighed.

"That's it, that's it......"

On this morning, Li Laiheng convened the generals to discuss. Although there are only more than 20,000 soldiers in Jiulianping, there are still more than a dozen total soldiers, and although some of the general soldiers have no soldiers and only retain their ranks, they are all brothers who have fought together for many years and have made war exploits for the country. A few of them are Li Guo and Gao Yigong's old department, and he is considered a senior to Li Laihenglai. As for the deputy generals and generals, there are a lot of them, and there are some civil servants whose status is also very high, and now they all live in Jiulian Ping Village.

Now there are many discussions below, and the hearts are no longer as united as before. Especially since I got the news recently that the Qing chieftain has fled to Shaanxi, and even Hong Chengchou may surrender to the Ming Dynasty. These news had a deep impact on the generals of the Loyal Battalion, especially when many people had begun to sneak down the mountain, and people's feelings were much more complicated. So when the meeting began, at first many people were silent and watched each other, and then some people stopped being silent. A general soldier said.

"The surroundings of this Maolu Mountain have been restored to the Ming Dynasty for several years, let's stay in the mountains like this, when will it be a head? The name is not right. Could it be that we will stay here until the whole world is occupied by the Ming Dynasty? If it continues like this, not to mention anything else, even the legitimate name will slip. Since we have all been canonized by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and now we should go out of the mountain and obey the emperor's dispatch! ”

After saying this, many people nodded their heads, saying that it was no longer interesting to stay in this mountain now, so it was better to go out of the mountain.

Li Laiheng did not object, but just motioned for them to continue, and seeing that he did not object, Wang Guangxing stood up and said.

"As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, even now that the Ming Dynasty court is about to return to Beijing, I think we should still obey the emperor's dispatch instead of sitting in the mountains and forests."

"Your general soldier Wang is an official of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally wants to go out of the mountain, although we are also an official of the Ming Dynasty, but our background is not as good as you!"

As soon as Wang Guangxing's words fell, someone on the side immediately followed the yin and yang weird words.

"If we were to be held accountable, we would all be thieves. Maybe if you go out of the mountain here, someone will have to kill you over there! ”

The reason why some people say this is because Wang Guangxing is different from them, he is the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, but they are all "thieves", like Hao Shaoqi, who once hijacked Emperor Yongli, and had conflicts with He Tengjiao and other officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty in the past. Naturally, they will worry about their own safety after leaving the mountain, the cunning rabbit will die and the lackeys will cook, and the birds will hide their bows, many of them may not have read books, but they are very clear about this truth.

However, although there are people who think like this, there are even more people who are willing to go out of the mountain, and someone here immediately retorted.

"If you don't have to be afraid of death when you go out of the mountain, if you don't go out of the mountain, it will be difficult for us to lose the official hat of the Ming Dynasty, and then the big guy will raise troops against the emperor of the Ming Dynasty again!"

"What happened to the anti-Ming emperor? When the emperor was alive, he also surrendered, and he surrendered, why can't we! ”

"That is, the Ming Dynasty was originally to fight the Hu people, and now that there are no Hu people, our Dashun army should naturally defeat the Zhu Emperor again......"

Hearing these words, Li Laiheng's face suddenly flashed with anger, slapped the table hard, stood up violently, pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, and said sharply.

"The reason why we descended to the Ming and anti-Qing Dynasty back then was to let the Han people not be slaves of the Hu people, and for the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty, we were originally defending the land for the whole world and the good people of our Han family. Today, the Ming Dynasty is about to flourish, how can we bear to displace the people and let the world fall into military disasters again, besides, Hu Lu still exists, and there will be infighting again, isn't it just in line with the thoughts of the Hu people? If anyone dares to raise this proposal again, don't blame the ruthlessness of the country's public military law! ”

"Duke Linguo, we also want to have a peaceful birthday, but if the emperor wants to kill me, what should we do?"

Hao Yongzhong, who had been silent, that is, Hao Shaoqi, broke his silence and looked at Li Laiheng and asked.

"What Yiguo Gong said is very true, who of us does not want to live a peaceful life, but if you say that you will hand over your life to the court and let you kill and take it, it will never work......"

Yasukuni Duke Yuan Zongdi also spoke out in agreement, and the words of the two of them immediately caused everyone to make peace, indeed, they were still worried about whether the Ming Dynasty emperor would be "treacherous", and after they came out of the mountain, they either used the excuse to kill their heads, or borrowed a knife to kill people, just like the court in the Water Margin to Liangshan heroes.

Just when everyone said that they couldn't go out of the mountain easily, and then they quarreled, and when everyone was arguing with each other, someone suddenly ran in to report.

"The Queen Mother came down the mountain, and she will arrive immediately."

As soon as they heard this, everyone fell silent. Even after so many years, Mrs. Gao is still highly respected by everyone, and when everyone is not convinced by each other, only Mrs. Gao can make everyone talk calmly. Everyone silently waited for Mrs. Gao to arrive. This will Li Laiheng also regret that his handling just now was a little too reckless, so he said to everyone:

"Follow me to greet the Queen Mother."

He strode out, and all the generals followed him out to greet Mrs. Gao.

In fact, when she woke up this time, Mrs. Gao had already expected that the people of Jiulian Ping would discuss, not only might they not be able to come up with a reason, but they might also quarrel. She understands that now that the Ming Dynasty has recovered most of the world, the morale of the army in this mountain has gradually become a little unstable. Now not only are there soldiers and brothers going down the mountain privately every day, but if the king of Chu and others solicit them, there will be some people who are willing to use them.

And King Huai seems to have seen this opportunity, so he sent Li Zhenchen to the mountains to persuade him. Thinking about the future of her brothers, she could not help but come here.

When she knew that the generals had already quarreled, Mrs. Gao ordered someone to report to Li Laiheng and the generals, saying that she was coming. She knew that as soon as everyone heard that she was coming, everyone would put aside their prejudices for a while. Sure enough, when she came here, Li Laiheng had already led a large group of generals and ministers to greet her, stood solemnly in two lines, and bowed to her.

Seeing this scene, her heart finally relaxed, and it came at the right time.

After entering the main hall, where everyone was meeting, she sat in the middle facing south, and the generals greeted her one after another. After saying "all the generals are exempt", Mrs. Gao said again.

"Now is not the time to talk about etiquette, you guys get up, everyone still sit down, let's talk about big things today."

After all the civil and military officials were seated, Mrs. Gao did not ask Li Laiheng, but turned to an older and high-status civil official and asked:

"Wang Jianjun, how was the discussion just now?"

Wang Zaidi was the supervisor sent to the army by Emperor Yongli that year, he naturally advocated going out of the mountain, and after listening to Mrs. Gao's question, he briefly explained the situation, Mrs. Gao nodded calmly and said:

"Some people think that they should go out of the mountain, and some people are afraid that they will be harmed by the court after leaving the mountain. I have come down today only to make up my mind for all of you, not to blame anyone, let alone to punish anyone. Please rest assured and calmly discuss this matter. I'm old, and it's not the same as it was in previous years, but my heart for everyone hasn't changed at any time. Since the death of the first emperor, we have had two major moments. The first time is whether to cancel the Dashun national name, serve the Ming Dynasty as the mainstay, and fight the Hu people together. Now is the second juncture, that is, today, how to save the lives of 20,000 or 30,000 of us. If I have an idea, you will listen to it or not. ”

Everyone stood up respectfully and saluted in unison:

"Please ask the Queen Mother to command."

Even Wang Zaidi called her the Queen Mother like everyone else, and Mrs. Gao nodded and said.

"Sit down."

After everyone was seated, Lady Gao continued.

"I know everyone's mood best. Back then, we were the people of the world, and we were willing to serve the Ming Dynasty as the mainstay, in order to fight against the Hu people together, save our Han people from fire and water, and say in the depths, but also to atone for the mistakes of the year, if it was back then...... Hey, so, at that time, we only thought that as long as we could drive the Hu people away, it would be to kowtow to the emperor of the Zhu family, so what? I didn't think about anything else at all. Now that the Hu people have been beaten away, everyone is worried that the court will be treacherous in the future, which is natural and human, I understand, after all, this life is always their own, and no one wants to take their lives in vain. ”

Many people nodded their heads, and many lowered their heads. Mrs. Gao continued:

"Now some people are willing to go out of the mountain, because the situation is different now, the Hu people have been driven away, the court has returned, this world is the Zhu family again, let's stay in this projectile land, it is not a way, so, some people naturally want to go out of the mountain, after all, everyone is an official of the Ming Dynasty, it stands to reason that the court will not treat everyone badly."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Gao looked at everyone again and said.

"But, think about it, even if we go out, what will we give to the court? Could it be this land of projectiles? ”