Chapter 170: A Son of Heaven and a Courtier
On the outskirts of Baling, the capital of Yuezhou, hundreds of captured Manchurian flag soldiers were beheaded in the barracks with black scarves on their heads.
These Manchurian Eight Banners, with their thieves intact, lurked in Dongting Lake, and took advantage of the Yuezhou prefect's banquet to invite the generals, and scuttled the building boat. After the warden read out aloud their indictments, the guillotine took up his swords, and these people who could not even speak Chinese became substitutes for the dead.
After beheading these sinners, the barracks were decorated with lights, and the Ming army came with wine and meat, and it was the New Year in half a month.
There was laughter and laughter in the camp, just as Hou Xuanyan thought, how could these people be loyal to Shangguan. After the New Year passed ahead of schedule, an official of the Yuezhou Prefecture took a roster, registered the 130,000 surrendered troops one by one, and scattered them to various battalions to make up for the loss of troops in this battle.
The results of the Battle of Jingxiang spread all over the world, and the entire territory of Huguang was basically recovered, leaving only Xiangyang City surrounded by heavy troops. When the news spread, the whole country rejoiced, which added a touch of joy to this New Year.
In countless homes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Ye Niang's wife is looking forward to the victorious return of her children.
In Jinling City, a flying horse galloped into the palace every day, shouting good news along the way. The people pointed and pointed, and their eyebrows were full of joy, and what they talked about on weekdays was also anecdotes about the Battle of Jingxiang.
Hou Xuanyan, who self-destructed the Changsha City Gate and fought against the water, was even compiled into a minor tune and sung over and over again by storytellers and songs.
Since the Wanli Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has not had good news for too long, and the national pride of the Ming people as Han people needs such a big victory to maintain. The significance of this has even exceeded the victory itself, only national pride will give birth to people with lofty ideals who rebel against foreign races, rather than making Shenzhou a breeding ground for traitors.
Jinling City, on the bank of the Qinhuai River, inside the boat of the painting boat.
Qilou Zhu Pavilion, contrasting with each other, in the gust of north wind, a melodious sound of the piano. A poem, a drink, playing the piano and tasting the flute, accompanied by beautiful women, here is the beautiful scenery of talented people wandering while drunk.
Chen Zilong was a merry man by nature, and he was a regular visitor to the flower field, and when he arrived in Jinling, he simply lived directly with an old and good-looking girl on the Qinhuai River. This girl's name is Duo'er, she is actually still young, and it was Chen Zilong who combed her at the beginning. Although the girl's family has a thin life and has done this business, she still has special feelings for the person who took away her first night.
Duo'er's eyes are full of admiration, and for her, Chen Zilong has a fatal attraction. Others are middle-aged, mature and golden, and they are charming and used to coaxing. The point is that he has enough power to redeem himself.
"The eyes are full of Shaohua, and the east wind is used to blowing red. A few smokes, only flowers are difficult to protect. Acacia in a dream, the king of herbs. Spring is speechless, cuckoos cry, tears stain rouge rain. Chen Zilong stroked the piano while composing a lyricist, shaking his head and immersing himself in his own literary style.
Miss Duo'er clapped her palms, her eyes were full of admiration, Chen Zilong reached out and grabbed her waist, felt the greasy greasy palms and was about to laugh, when she heard the cheers downstairs.
"What's going on downstairs?"
Duo'er was touched by him, and the flattery on her face first appeared, and when she heard Chen Zilong's question, she hurriedly said: "It's the servant who sings in the ship, and he has made up a small song, which is about the war between the Yue Kingdom and Jingxiang." Now it's very popular, if someone's ship doesn't have this, the business can be reduced by half. ”
Chen Zilong snorted coldly, stood up, and walked downstairs.
I saw that the room on the first floor was overcrowded, surrounded by a young woman who was singing a small song. Next to her is an old man, and the two of them should be in a father-daughter relationship. The old man played the worn-out pipa, and the young woman spoke in Wu Nong's soft language, singing about how the Marquis of Jingxiang Xuan was full of wisdom, self-destroying the city wall and killing the Qing soldiers to lose their armor. The men around cheered, and everyone's faces were flushed, looking happy from the heart.
Chen Zilong only felt that these people were vulgar and contemptible, very different from the elegance upstairs, and a military general had hundreds of thousands of troops outside, and such a high popularity, which made him feel uneasy.
When Hou Xuanyan was in Suzhou, he also rushed to help, that was when their relationship was the best, Hou Xuanyan would affectionately call him Mr. Chen, and they would work together to resist the Qing Dynasty. Later, Hou Xuanyan became seriously ill, and he temporarily overstepped his authority to take care of all matters in Suzhou. In his opinion, this is all taken for granted, who knows that Hou Xuanyan's strength is too small to tolerate himself.
Later, Hou Xuanyan's body recovered, and he was demoted to Wujiang County to be a county magistrate. Chen Zilong thought that he had the talent of a prime minister, and when he was assigned to Wujiang as a county magistrate, he was naturally full of complaints.
This time, Emperor Longwu drove Jinling and summoned Chen Zilong from Wujiang County, and the monarchs and ministers had a very happy conversation.
Chen Zilong thinks that he is no worse than Hou Xuanyan, in his opinion, if it weren't for Hou Xuanyan's jealousy, he would have been famous all over the world.
The young woman sang at the climax, and the crowd fell silent and stared at her.
The young woman sang a promise and lightly opened her lips: "Trapped in Changsha, chasing soldiers, the sound of drums and corners." A good man, who is famous in the world, refuses to steal his life. Destroy the city gate, fall the suspension bridge, and the victory is difficult to decide. screamed, Yue Guogong, Hu Er was frightened. ”
Everyone in the hall applauded loudly, Chen Zilong's face was blue, his heart was jealous, he stretched out his hand to summon his entourage, and said: "Go up and pack my bags, move to Xinfu today, and dirty my ears here for no reason." ”
The accompanying little maid said happily: "Master, won't you go back to Wujiang this time?" ”
Chen Zilong strode out of the building boat, and when he heard this, his face softened a little, and he said smugly: "Hou Xuanyan humiliated me with a county order, His Majesty has already mentioned that I am the secretary of the ministry, who still wants to do the Jiupin county order." ”
The little guy looked surprised: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master." ”
On the boat behind her, Duo'er looked at the railing, and tears flowed down her face.
"He didn't even say a word of farewell to me, what was he to me? Is the lowest prostitute? ”