Chapter 81 Chahar Peace Talks The emperor attends the party

Since the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, the Chahar people also knew that their own calamity had also come. They have been following the Manchu Qing Dynasty and fighting with the kiln gang people for many years, their backers are gone, and they are still so close to the kiln gang people, and it is a matter of time before the kiln gang people come to clean up themselves. Needless to say, the kiln people will come to clean themselves up, and those Tumut people who have been bullied by themselves will not spare themselves.

For some time, the Chahar people have been living a terrified life, and when they received information that the people of Kaichun Yaogang would send troops north to deal with them next year, these thousands of households were panicked, and they held meetings together for a few days, arguing and arguing without unanimous opinion. Some people say, let's all move together, right?

Some people objected that if we leave here, there will be no better grassland, and whoever we go to will fight with us, and besides, this place is close to the Han people, and many things are easy to obtain, so life will be even more difficult when we leave here.

In short, there was a lot of quarrel, and none of them said that they would fight with the kiln. They had long been frightened by the kiln people. Even the Tumuts, whom they had been bullying, now they didn't dare to provoke. Seeing the Tumuts prosper more and more, their eyes were red with jealousy, but there was nothing they could do. Because of the backing of the kiln people, they dare not move others.

Someone came back and said that the railway of the Yaogang people was about to pass to naturalization, although many of them had never seen the railway, but they had all heard that the train sounded gold ten thousand taels. It made them mad with jealousy. So they now hate the Manchu Qing to death, since they took refuge in them, countless people have died, and they have not received any benefits, and now they are finished, and the Yaogang people will be killed immediately, and they are afraid to think about it. In fact, they all had the idea of surrendering to the Yaogang people in their hearts, but none of them was willing to say it, because the Yaogang people were Han Chinese, and surrendering to the Han people was simply an unacceptable humiliation.

But the problem now is that if you don't surrender and wait for the kiln gang people to fight, that is the fate of all being killed. In fact, Chahar Wanhu has long known that the result of deliberation and negotiation is like this, and he has long known that the best result is to send people to Yaogang to submit to the Yaogang people, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty has already sent the "Book of Surrender to the Yaogang People", and it is natural for them to be obedient, and the initiative may be a little better. Wanhu also believes that the affairs of the grassland cannot be managed by the kiln people, and they have to manage it, at most, they pay tribute to the kiln people every year.

Looking at these thousands of nobles who no longer quarreled or spoke, Wanhu said: "If you don't speak, you won't be able to stop the Yaogang people from killing them next year." There is a sentence that everyone is afraid to say, let me say it! ”

At this time, everyone raised their heads.

Wan Hu said: "For the sake of our children and grandchildren, for the sake of saving the grassland from extinction, we will send a messenger to the kiln gang to make peace with them!" ”

In fact, these people have been waiting for this sentence. Someone asked: "What are the terms of our peace talks?" ”

"What do you think we can negotiate with others?" Wan Hu asked rhetorically.

As a result, everyone bowed their heads again. They know very well that the so-called going to peace talks means going to surrender, and what qualifications do they have to negotiate terms with others.

In the end, the results of the study were that each of the Chahar tribes sent one representative, and Wanhu also sent two representatives, plus an entourage, a total of more than 30 people disguised as a Mongolian caravan, came to Datong, and took a train to Yaogang in Datong. Because after the Yaogang people took over Datong, it was appropriate to allow some Mongolian caravans carrying goods to enter the territory, and these Chahar people knew about it. What they didn't expect was that after arriving at the kiln, someone would immediately greet them at the kiln. Originally, among these people, there were merchants who had come to Yaogang, and they were still thinking about where to live after getting off the bus. I didn't expect someone to greet them as soon as they got out of the car, which really scared them. In fact, they didn't know that as soon as they entered Datong, Li Zhi's people would have set their eyes on them, otherwise their caravan would not have been able to enter the customs so easily, and they would board the train together with the horses and goods without delay.

The person who greeted them told them that we Mr. Zhang knew that you were here, and we were very happy to arrange the best accommodation for you. They were sent to the Yaogang Hotel by car.

Not to mention the constant amazement after they entered the customs, it was the information of the kiln gang people, which made them have a chill in their backs. What I think is secret, it turns out to be something that is arranged by others.

In the morning, the contract with the Horqin people was signed, and in the afternoon, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He met them.

In the Yaogang Military Building, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were not as troublesome as they were with the Horqin people. In the small conference room, after giving up their seats very politely, Chen Yufeng said directly: "On behalf of our President Zhang, I welcome everyone's arrival." Although we have fought this before, we are willing to reconcile with you. I also have good news for you, this morning, it is here that we signed a contract with the Horqin people to return to the Ming Dynasty. I think you also came to Yaogang to understand our attitude and bottom line towards the peace talks. Otherwise, we don't have to talk about it from beginning to end, as we did with the Horqin people. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we are too busy to do so. We will give you a copy of the contract signed with Horqin, and if you can accept it, we will sign it immediately after the New Year. It is unacceptable that we will see each other on the battlefield next year. How about you take a look? ”

When the interpreter finished translating the words, the Chahar people's faces turned red, and they looked at each other, the representative of the ten thousand households, and said, "In that case, let's first take a look at the contract you signed with the Korqin people." And then I'll give you an answer. ”

Another person asked: "Horqin only signed a contract with you today, which means that they haven't left yet, can we meet them?" ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "I think so!" Tonight, we are going to have a reception with the people of Horqin to celebrate the signing of the contract, so you can send some people to attend! Let's have a good time together, and you can meet too. After the reception, you can contact you directly. ”

"Good!" When the Chahars heard this, they agreed.

The banquet in the evening was held in the Yaogang Hotel, Zhang Zhimu went to invite the emperor to participate, the emperor knew that everyone could not let go of such a banquet by himself, and those Mongolians did not know what it would be like when they drank wine, so they said that they politely refused.

But when the Horqin people came to the banquet, according to Concubine Zhuang's suggestion, they all came upstairs to meet Emperor Chongzhen, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel particularly comfortable.

At the dinner, in order to accompany Concubine Zhuang, Yang Yulin, Xiao Hongyu, Mrs. Zhou Yuji, and the Red Lady also brought Princess Anping and Princess Changping to the banquet. This made Concubine Zhuang very moved, these are all incredible women. They attended the banquet, which made the atmosphere of the banquet different all of a sudden.

Originally, when signing such a contract, the people of Horqin were in a complicated mood and were not easy. But as soon as they entered the banquet hall, they were simply stunned by this magnificence. When the Chahar people came, Zhang Zhimu personally went to see them and introduced them to the Korqin people. Horqin had a sense of superiority at this time, because they signed a contract with the kiln gang people, and they were a family with the kiln gang people.

Today, the Yaogang people also invited a lot of Ordos people.

The Yaogang people specially arranged for these Chahars, Horqin people, and Ordos to sit together, just to let them communicate. At first, everyone was a little restrained. Zhang Zhimu knew that it would be all right if he drank wine. Therefore, before the banquet, Zhang Zhimu's speech was also very simple, just to say some words of congratulations, and some people of all ethnic groups to get along with each other and develop together. The speech of the representative of Korqin was simpler, but it was a word of gratitude and hope.

Then, to the sound of music, the food was served.

The Mongolians couldn't wait for the smell of wine, and they thought the wine glasses were too small, so they replaced them with large ones. Chen Yufeng, Zhou Yuji, and Liu Yun, who participated in the banquet, were all wine fairies, but they were all leisurely on this occasion. The Mongols found a sense of superiority at the wine table, and each one was more harmonious than the other.

When they were almost drunk, the female generals of the kiln gang began to come over one by one to toast. When the Mongolians saw these women in Yaogang toasting them, they could refuse wherever they could, and they just took it up.

These Mongols were so good at drinking that they sang when they were happy.

Although Zhang Zhimu didn't drink with them, he drank a lot of wine today, and when he was happy, he came to the stage and said: "Today, everyone is happy, I will sing a Mongolian song to help everyone drink!" ”

Below, of course, there was applause and applause.

Zhang Zhimu first sang a song "Carved Saddle" to everyone.

Although these Mongolians could not understand the Chinese sung by Zhang Zhimu, the melody they heard was definitely a Mongolian song. This song is so good, I am thinking that I must learn this song in the future.

Concubine Zhuang's eyes were a little silky when she listened to this song, and what she didn't understand was how this Zhang Zhimu could sing Mongolian songs. And it's a song she's never heard before.

After singing a song, everyone must not stop, and in the applause, Zhang Zhimu sang Tengger's "Mongols" again. The melody of this song immediately captured everyone's hearts, not only the eyes of the Mongolians were shining with tears, but the Han people were also attracted. Zhang Zhimu sang, but there was no response for a long time. After waiting for a while, everyone realized that the song was finished. As a result, the Mongols all stood up and applauded. The tunes sung by Zhang Zhimu have only been heard by Xiao Hongyu, rehearsed by the band, and have not yet been made public, and today Zhang Zhimu sang it publicly for the first time. The results are simply fantastic.

Of course, everyone is on the rise, and they won't let Zhang Zhimu come down like this. Zhang Zhimu sang the song "Hong Yan" again. This piece is perfect for today's occasion. For those who know Chinese, I translated it for the Mongolians, and there are a few lines in this song that are "Drink the wine dry, pour it again, and don't get drunk tonight!" The Mongols were delighted, and took the wine and drank it.

Concubine Zhuang looked at Zhang Zhimu in front of her, her eyes were a little straight, and when she suddenly felt Yang Yulin's cold gaze, she smiled at Yang Yulin and said: "Zhang Dongjia is simply a god, otherwise he wouldn't have gathered all the attractive skills of men in the world!" There is not a woman who does not admire such a person! ”

Yang Yulin heard Concubine Zhuang praise Zhang Zhimu so beautifully, so she gave up her hostility, smiled and didn't speak, picked up the wine and took a sip with Concubine Zhuang.

Actually, there is no way, since Zhang Zhimu went up to sing, the eyes of the women at this table have never left Zhang Zhimu, and Yang Yulin said that sour can't be sour with everyone. The heart said: "The hateful thing is why this damn thing has to go up and show himself."

When Zhang Zhimu stepped down from the stage, all the Mongols he met got up and hugged him, making them look like brothers.

Without exception, after drinking, the Mongols were carried back. The kiln people are prepared for this.

At today's banquet, the Chahar people didn't have a chance to talk too much with the Horqin people, they wanted to know if the Horqin people were crazy and how they could sign such a contract with the kiln. When the Chahar people were studying the contract, some people even said that it was not fake, and that the kiln people had deceived us.

The next day when they woke up, the Chahars hurried to visit the Korqin people, talked to them, and knew that it was all true. Someone asked, "Do you know what happens when you sign this?" ”

A Korqin Belle asked rhetorically: "Do you know what the consequences are if you don't sign this?" ”

Only then did the Chahars understand that it would not work if they did not sign. Don't look at the good food and drink of the Yaogang people, and accompany them with a pleasant face, but if you don't sign this, the army will drive over in the spring next year, so what the consequences will be, you can imagine it.

Fortunately, the kiln people said that if they want to sign a contract, they will have to talk about it after the Spring Festival. After the Chahar people discussed, they decided to send someone back to Chahar to report the situation to Wanhu, if Wanhu agreed, they signed a contract, and there was nothing to talk about with the Yaogang people.

After greeting Chen Yufeng and them, the Chahar people sent back ten people, and after arriving in Datong, the Yaogang people gave each of them two horses, and they rushed back to Chahar in the wind and snow.

Zhang Zhimu came to Xiao Hongyu's side and discussed with Xiao Hongyu, wanting to get ten tickets for the Spring Festival Gala for the Chahar people, but Xiao Hongyu said: "What time is it, how can there be tickets now!" If you don't believe it, ask Sister Yulin, the tickets are all stared at by the two of us. ”

"Anyway, the participation of Chahar people in the Spring Festival Gala is a task, and you have to find a way to solve it!"

"Are you still unreasonable? The ticket for the Horqin people was forcibly deducted from someone else's hand, and people didn't know how to scold me? Xiao Hongyu wanted to cry aggrievedly, "In the future, I don't care about the ticket, how many people I have offended!" Let me tell you, Xiaoqing and Xiaohu don't have tickets this year, so I arranged for them to watch it backstage. ”

"Yes," Zhang Zhimu said, "after our people have a meeting, we can arrange for them to go backstage to watch the performance, and pour out a few tickets for the Chahar people." ”

"You go and talk about this, I can't afford to offend anyone!"

"Okay, I'll go tell you."

"Alas! Forget it, you tell them, pour out a few seats, let's add a few chairs to them in the aisle, and look at it in the aisle! Xiao Hongyu said, "The emperor is too, to occupy so many seats, I thought that this year's expansion would add hundreds of seats." I didn't expect it to be more nervous this year. ”

Zhang Zhimu went over, hugged Xiao Hongyu and kissed him, and said, "Okay, overcome it this year, and it will be good if our Grand Theater is built next year, and there will be more seats there." ”

Xiao Hongyu turned around and hugged Zhang Zhimu and said, "Don't leave today." It's so tiring to do these things these days. Stay with me! ”

"Good! I'm tired today! As he spoke, he hugged Xiao Hongyu's soft body tightly.

This year's Yaogang people's New Year's fever is about to melt the snow, maybe the emperor is celebrating the New Year in Yaogang this year, and all the merchants are earning a lot of money. In particular, a ticket for the Spring Festival Gala is simply hard to find.

When he was in Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen listened to the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala on the radio, and at that time he really wanted to see this warm scene with his own eyes. I have also imagined the scene of the Spring Festival Gala countless times.

When Emperor Chongzhen and his party came to the Cultural Palace, they saw that the officialdom of the Cultural Palace had been densely surrounded by the police, and those who did not have tickets, let alone wanted to enter the Cultural Palace, it was difficult to get close.

Although the wind is fierce outside, inside the Cultural Palace, it is as warm as spring. When Zhang Zhimu led Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage in, the audience stood up and warmly applauded to welcome him. Emperor Chongzhen waved excitedly to the audience, and Emperor Chongzhen came to the VIP seats full of flowers around and sat down. Before sitting down, Emperor Chongzhen turned around and waved to the people around and upstairs.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou sat in the middle of the VIP seat, and Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun sat on either side of the emperor and Empress Zhou. The table was filled with seasonal fruits from the north and south, as well as soda that they both liked in various flavors.

Emperor Chongzhen still likes to drink tea, and Zhang Zhimu tasted the best Longjing, and said to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhang Dongjia, when do you have time, let's go to Lin'an (Hangzhou) together to taste the Tiger Run Water Longjing tea?" ”

"The canal over there is being dredged, and it will be open to passenger ships like ours right away. As long as there is a passenger ship, you can go whenever you want. Where do we also go to see the Qiantang River tide. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Good! Okay, when the ship is passed, let's go to Lin'an (Hangzhou) to have a look. Emperor Chongzhen said, "I also saw it, if you leave the kiln, the people below can also handle things well." Besides, now there are telegraph calls everywhere, and you can command them wherever you go. ”

"Yes, yes! I'm a person, I just don't want to take care of too many things, and I definitely don't work by myself if someone can do it for me! ”

Emperor Chongzhen and Queen Zhou were embarrassed to move the things on the table, those princes and little princesses, as well as the son of King Zhou, the grandson of the acting king, you are welcome, these novel fruits shipped from the south have not yet been listed, and they have never eaten them, so they really can't resist the temptation, so they start to move. At first, the ministers held back, looking around, feeling excited. They don't know how long they have been thinking about this scene, and they have imagined the immersive scene countless times, and now they finally come in, and they are sitting in the VIP seat with the emperor. With this, when I return to Beijing, I can blow it well. Especially when the reporters from Yaogang took pictures of them, they were very cooperative, hoping to have the best image to appear on the camera. After the reporters were busy, the ministers were not polite, and there was a leader, and they all started to move. Before the meeting started, the fruit on the table was quickly swept away, and the angry Emperor Chongzhen frowned.

Zhang Zhimu whispered: "Little thing! Will come up soon. Sure enough, there was a waiter right away, and the fruit was served again.

The old rule, before the Spring Festival party, is the commendation meeting. At the meeting, awards were given to employees from all walks of life who performed well. Whether it is a worker or a cadre, those who have performed well will announce their outstanding achievements, and then they will be given medals, certificates, and of course, cash. Everyone took the stage to receive the award in batches, and sent them down with bursts of applause. Although the foreign guests mainly watched the performance, they also applauded politely. It is a great honor to be invited to the guests of the party, and they all behave in line with their own identity.

The commendation meeting is not short, and after the commendation is over, there is a ten-minute break before the official start of the performance. Emperor Chongzhen looked at it again, and the fruits on the other tables were gone. The waiters re-served the fruit. In fact, they can't finish eating these things, and the little princes are hiding them in their sleeves compared to grabbing fruits. Some of the fruits are so delicious that they haven't eaten them and keep them all in one hand.

Zhang Zhimu asked Emperor Chongzhen to eat some fruits, "Your Majesty, try this is a southern fruit, it was just shipped over today, and it will be sent to the hotel tomorrow." We didn't eat much of this before. Now it's easy to transport and can be shipped over. In fact, these things are very cheap in the south! ”

As soon as the lights dimmed, the spotlight was lit up, and the show began. In the music department, the atmosphere was ignited as soon as the two male and female announcers came out.

Now Xiao Hongyu's programs are already very rich. Singing and dancing folk songs, cross talk acrobatics, sketches, instrumental songs and dances, solo choruses, male and female duets, plus dazzling colored lights, as well as the stage background of film projection, quickly take everyone to forget the time. Xiao Hongyu's means of controlling the party are already very skillful. The party set off a few times. Until the end of the more than three-hour party, everyone still felt unfinished. But when the light came on, the curtain opened again, and all the actors applauded on stage.

Zhang Zhimu said to Emperor Chongzhen: "How about we go to the stage to thank the actors for their performances?" ”

"Good! It should be, the show is so good, it's not the same as listening to the radio, it's just great! ”

Zhang Zhimu led Emperor Chongzhen to the stage and shook hands with the actors one by one, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen felt this beauty in his heart! The actors didn't expect to shake hands with the emperor today, and they were all very happy. The audience also gave a standing ovation. Reluctant to leave.

Those Mongolians didn't expect that there would be such a place and such a performance in the world. Especially those Horqin people, I think it's not bad to go to the kiln, and it's not bad to have such a party every year.

Wu Keshan said to Concubine Zhuang: "Bumu Butai, I didn't expect the kiln people to hold the party so well!" That Mongol sang so well! I didn't expect the Yaogang people to let us Mongolians take the stage to participate in such a performance! ”

Concubine Zhuang said: "Brother! You see, this is the mind of the emperor, only a person like Zhang Dongjia can be the master of all ethnic groups in the world! ”

"Yes, yes! Bumu Butai, you have done a great good thing for the people of Horqin! Wu Keshan said sincerely.

When Zhang Zhimu accompanied Emperor Chongzhen off the stage, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Zhang Dongjia, there is one more thing, you promised me!" ”

"Huh! I can't forget," Zhang Zhimu said, "I promise to let you taste the fish I made!" ”

"Haha!" Emperor Chongzhen laughed loudly when he heard this.

Emperor Chongzhen did not leave, and the audience did not leave their seats, and kept applauding to send Emperor Chongzhen and his party away.

Emperor Chongzhen once again realized the dignity of being an emperor!

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