As we all know, the vassal kings at the end of the Ming Dynasty were relatively miserable, and they were killed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and the rest were captured by Duoduo and Haoge in Beijing, and then killed by Dolgon.

Only a few fled to the southernmost part, Zhu Youlang and others survived, and when Emperor Longwu died, these people were supported by local warlords and established many small courts, all of which were swept away by Hou Xuanyan.

Under the change of dynasty, the cruelty is terrifying, the family of the emperor for two hundred years has been scattered, and he has been killed for decades, and the only royal relict recognized by the world, Zhu Linhao, the original Jingyou Emperor, is actually a girl.

The huge Forbidden City still looks majestic and majestic, but the owner has changed.

In a corner of the palace, a carriage was parked under the imperial city, the horses were grazing with their heads down, and the old coachman was talking to his master with a whip.

Although Ma Shiying has a bad reputation, he has always been kind to his subordinates, especially after experiencing ups and downs, he values the people around him.

After a while, the small door of the imperial city opened sideways, and Ma Lingyao was wearing a purple dress, embroidered with two heart letters, which was different from the simple dress on weekdays, and he actually applied fat powder. The whole person looks fresh and verdant, and his appearance is really more fragrant than flowers and jade.

As soon as Ma Shiying saw her daughter, she hurriedly greeted her happily and said, "Why did you come out, did Your Majesty have any orders?" ”

Elixir laughed and said, "It's been a long time since I've been home, and people can't dress up." ”

Ma Shiying smiled, a little sad, her baby daughter had indeed not been home for a long time. To be precise, she has not been back since she came to Jinling to settle down.

When Jinling fell, Ma Shiying fled to the south to resist the Qing Dynasty, and his family was slaughtered by Duoduo, but fortunately, this old servant went out to avoid death. After Ma Shiying re-entered the cabinet, he found him again and used him as his own groom.

Seeing the elixir come forward, the old servant lowered his head and shouted, "Miss." ”

The elixir looked stunned, and was not used to this already somewhat unfamiliar name, and quickly stepped on the wooden pier on the ground to get into the car. After Ma Shiying also got into the car, the old servant put the wooden pier on the car, raised the horsewhip and volleyed a whip and drove away.

After Ma Shiying sat down, he said with a smile: "This time, Your Majesty is gracious and lets you go out of the palace and go back to the house, but what credit has Yao'er made?" ”

The elixir raised his head and said faintly: "Your Majesty, when he came to the Chunhe Palace, he saw that I was pitiful alone, so he asked me if I wanted to go home." ”

Ma Shiying felt a little bad in his heart, the elixir was sent to the Hou Mansion as a gift by him as a maid, although Hou Xuanyan raised her as half a daughter, but after all, she was a slave, and fortunately she had reached her current status thanks to her own strength.

"According to me, you have already conceived the dragon seed, and with Your Majesty's favor for you, you will definitely be crowned a concubine. When the time comes, go home and save your relatives, it will not be like this, and now the name is not justified, although you live in the Chunhe Palace, but there is no sign of sealing the concubine at all. Ma Shiying smacked her mouth and said, not realizing that her daughter was unhappy.

In front of the tall lintel, the word Mafu is written on the plaque, but when you enter it, it is a simple and elegant courtyard. After the elixir got out of the car, he looked left and right, looking at his home. After being in Jinling for so long, she had not stayed in her own home, and she had never stepped into this mansion.

Ma Shiying's wife died under the knife of the Qing soldiers, and her son was also killed by the Qing soldiers.

The elixir is not very old, but her mind and means are not ordinary girls, and she soon became familiar with her stepmother, and she laughed and spoke with intimacy.

After eating, Ma Shiying took her to the study, put the elixir on the chair, saw the half-sealed chapter on his father's desk, and read it habitually.

Ma Shiying said on the side: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted and does not change the name of the Ming Dynasty and the temple, but this move is not considered. Now that His Majesty is in the prime of life and powerful, it is natural that no one dares to come out and make trouble. But in the next 100 years, this will be a bane, and there will definitely be people with bad intentions who will try to get a big position by example. ”

Elixir snorted coldly and said: "This move is an expedient measure, at that time, there were still people in the court and the central government who wanted to know the past, I told Your Majesty to let him kill on a large scale, Your Majesty remembered that those people had contributed to the Northern Expedition, and he couldn't bear to do it." So I used this method, and waited until the next year to set the name of the new emperor, and Daddy would go on this chapter again, at that time, His Majesty had been on the throne for half a year, and the raw rice was cooked and cooked, even if there was something unconvinced, it could only be acquiesced. ”

Ma Shiying suddenly realized and said: "I see, I am not in a hurry to put on this chapter for my father." ”

At this time, in the Nuanfang Pavilion, Hou Xuanyan was summoning his favorite general, Peng Zhuze, a native from Baojing Prefecture.

Peng Zhuze fought with Tusi in the southwest for three years, it was a real life-and-death struggle, and the slaughter was often the destruction of the entire clan of the defeated side. waited until Hou Xuanyan pacified the north and let Yang Zhan help him completely exterminate the remnants of Tusi.

The Tusi family, which has been powerful and blessed in the southwest for thousands of years, was killed by him and bled all over the place, except for those who voluntarily surrendered and moved to Jiangnan to settle down, almost all of them were exterminated.

Now under the rule of Liuguan in the southwest, there is no difference between the mixed place of various ethnic groups and the south of the Central Plains. Everyone knew Chinese characters, read Chinese books, and spoke Chinese, and there were fewer disputes and public order became more peaceful.

The windows on all sides of the Nuanfang Pavilion were open, and Hou Xuanyan was half-lying on the dragon chair, looking at Peng Zhuze and saying, "You did a good job in the southwest, I heard that you also got a nickname, called Peng Butcher." ”

Peng Zhuze chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, those people regard their own position as their own toast, if they are not eradicated..."

Hou Xuanyan waved his hand and said, "Okay, there is no other meaning, you have done a good job, don't be afraid." I am not a pedantic emperor, I don't have the kindness of a woman, you know that. I called you here this time, and there is a big thing for you to do. ”

"Your Majesty will not give up even if he orders."

"I'm okay with you to die, there's a cochin to the south of us, you know?"

"Your Majesty is talking about Annan, the minister heard that there is a war there, and Annan Li has been driven to our Yunnan for help."

Hou Xuanyan sat up straight and said, "Well, that's right, that's the place." Annam is nominally our territory, and this time the Siamese people ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and dared to come and pick up the tiger's whiskers. I am ready to send troops to fight, pacify this place in one fell swoop, and include the whole territory of Siam in the Cochin Governorate, how about I am going to let you lead the troops there this time? ”