Section 9: Friendship

Sibeile said very calmly: "Father Khan, the sons and daughters think that this matter is not too urgent, the Ming court has always been a party dispute, their court ministers and parties are the same and attack each other, whoever has a proposition will have to be scolded, including their emperor, it is not easy to make a decision, that Gao Di wants to abandon Ning Jin is even more bold, the court must have been scolded, and he wants to run, his predecessor Sun Chengzong used the gang will definitely not want to run, and will do everything possible to obstruct it, Ning Jin has a war and there will be a large amount of food and salary supply from their court, There are military merits to be desired, so Ning Jin is already the ladder for these people to be promoted and the rice bowl for eating, no one will be willing to throw it away, especially those Liao generals are even more unwilling, leaving the old nest of Liaoxi, and when they go to someone else's territory, they are nothing, these people would rather lose the battle than leave Liaoxi, anyway, the war costs the money of the imperial court, and no matter how dead they are, it will not be their turn. Erchen dared to guess that such a big thing as abandoning Liaoxi, the Ming Kingdom would not have been able to make up his mind for ten or eight years, but by then our strength would be stronger, and if they didn't abandon it, we would take it over. ”

The eighth is knowledgeable, and after hearing these words, the people present, including Lao Khan, suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, only Duoduo couldn't sit still and began to scratch his ears and cheeks. Sibeile took a sip of water and continued: "This year, our crops are not good, there is not enough food to eat, and it is imperative to attack the Ming Kingdom, but we must consider how to fight, not only to defeat them and obtain the spoils of war, especially grain and cotton cloth, but also to leave them with hope, so that they feel that they can hold Liaoxi, and it is profitable." But this is all easy to do, it's a big deal to leave a few cities for them to defend - the Ming Kingdom is too big, we have to gnaw slowly. The biggest problem is the Chahar Mongols and the Ming Dongjiang Town, these two forces are not strong at the moment, but they are the most threatening, they can easily enter our hinterland, kill our people, destroy our crops, and beat the place to a rot, with them we can't let go of the Ming Kingdom, so to solve the problem of Liaoxi, we must first solve them, especially Chahar, and must not give them the opportunity to integrate the Mongolian ministries. ”

Erbel Amin shook his head: "Old eight, we all know what you said, but we don't have the strength to solve so many problems." The territory controlled by Chahar is too big for us to eat, and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town is on the sea, and we can't reach it without a sailor. ”

Sibeile replied: "The key to solving these problems lies in our Dajin country, fighting the Ming Kingdom can only achieve temporary benefits, not long-term problems, only when the country is stable, and the people keep their own business and farm with peace of mind, my Dajin will have the spare strength to solve Chahar and Dongjiang Town first, and then solve the Ming Kingdom." ”

Big Baylor and Third Baylor looked at each other and smiled, this old man pulled the problem to Lao Khan, and there was a good show.

Sure enough, Old Khan's face was not good-looking, and he said coldly: "Old Ba, are you talking about me, you think I kill too many people, right?" He slapped the table, scaring Dordor into hiding behind Azig. The old Khan roared angrily: "Our Zhushen drove away those dog officials of the Ming Kingdom, and distributed the fields to the poor Nikan, we saved the Nikan of Liaodong, but how did the Nikan deal with us, they colluded with the Ming Kingdom, killed the men, women, and children of Zhushen with poison and sticks, and abandoned the fields we gave to surrender to the Ming Kingdom, and wanted to starve Zhushen to death, shouldn't these people be killed?" Those grainless people are just some scoundrels who don't farm well, do these people still need to show mercy to them? Those village talents do not study well and teach the people to obey the law, but instead instigate the people to make rebellion, can these people not be killed? He pointed to the four big Baylors: "You think I'm old and confused, I don't know what you think in your hearts, I have a big gold country, so it's not your turn to pretend to be good people, those Nikans dare to kill Zhushen, I will kill them first, do you want to learn from Nikan to do it yourself?" ”

Old Khan scolded enough, and his face softened a little: "Okay, I don't want to kill anymore, the living Xiucai is also scared, I don't kill them, I still have to use them, all the people who have no grain are compiled into the Tuokesuo Farm, they don't farm well, then use the whip to force them to work hard." I'm here to fight Mingguo, so I don't need you to worry about it. ”

Old Khan picked up Dordo and turned around and left, Dolgon followed closely by Old Khan, Azig was about to go with him, Old Khan stared at him, so frightened that he didn't dare to move anymore.

As soon as Lao Khan left, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and it was not once or twice that they were scolded, they had already gotten used to it, they greeted each other, and each went their own way.

When Li Yu arrived at Sibeile's house, Ahha, who had brought him, said hello to the gatekeeper and left by himself, Li Yu stayed in the gatehouse and waited at a loss, and the guards guarding the door ignored him. Li Yu is really shabby, after a few days of marching, the old cotton armor they gave them was full of dust, and there were cracks in his leather boots, his luggage couldn't be simpler, it was a broken skin bag carried by a horse lance, and Li Yu still had a smell on his body, the guards around him were far away from him, and the leader of the gate guard didn't even let him in, let him stay in a corner outside the door - who knows where he picked up the poor boy. When it was time to eat, the guards went to eat instead, no one came to greet him, Li Yu was also hungry, so he begged for a bowl of water, and nibbled on the black flour cake that he hadn't eaten on the road, and the people next to him looked at him with even more contempt. At this time, Li Yu really regretted going to Shenyang with Sibeile, Uncle Kulu's poor and hungry little tribe is his home, everyone there is kind, as long as there is still food in his bowl, he will give it to those who have no food, if there are guests from afar who come to them, they will let the guests eat and live well first, even if they give everything they have. When he thought of his tribe, he couldn't help but want to cry, Uncle Kuru, Uncle Udai, Aunt Naya, as well as Hadari, Rabdu, where have they gone, are they okay? And the shaman's grandfather, they must be very cold when they go back to Ula Mountain, and they live in the manhole, who will find them firewood when I am gone?

"Are you Erlu?" Li Yu, who was sad, raised his head, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy was standing in front of him and looking at him, with a kind smile on his face, Li Yu nodded at him, the young man happily grabbed him and said: "My name is Hauge, my father Baylor told me that there is a guest at home, you can be my friend, that is you." ”

Hao Ge couldn't help but pull Li Yu and leave, and as he walked, he excitedly shouted to the guard at the door: "He is Erlu, my friend, he will be a member of our family in the future." The guards were dumbfounded, what was the matter, this poor boy was only about to become the master in a while.

On the way to the Khan's palace with Sibel, Hauge heard Amma tell him about a guest about his age, who was very good at riding and shooting, kind and simple, and could be his friend if he liked. Of course Hauge likes it, he has no brothers, Eniang and several other Amma's Fu Jinsheng's younger brothers died early, no one is with him, the Aha in the house has a flattering look that is annoying, and the cousins in Beppu have it, but who dares to have a deep friendship. As soon as the matter on the old Khan's side was finished, he ran home, and Amma did not wait.

Hauge liked Li Yu at first sight, he could see from Li Yu's soft and divine eyes that he was a trustworthy friend, and Li Yu's Ula accent also made him feel kind.

"My E-Niang is a Ula person, E-Niang said that the Ula people are brave and good at fighting and kind-hearted, she will definitely like you." Hauge kept talking all the way, and Li Yu felt that he was a bit similar to Ao Bai when he spoke, both innocent, lively and cute.

Haoge took Li Yu into a secluded courtyard, and shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door; "E-niang, I have a friend, a friend from Ula."

The door opened, and a woman in her thirties, dressed simply, with a somewhat haggard countenance, stepped forward and took her by the hand and said, "This is Eru, and a native of Ulla, and my father Belle says he can be my friend." ”

Wulanala was happy when she saw that her son was happy, and immediately let Li Yu into the house, asked Li Yu a few words, and learned that the Wula people had a very difficult life in natural and man-made disasters, and she couldn't help crying, so she asked Haoge to accompany her, and went to eat and wash for Li Yu.

When it was almost dark, Sibeile returned home, and when Li Yu appeared in front of him with a new look, his eyes lit up, what a mighty and handsome boy, but the clothes did not fit and were shorter, and at first glance they were Haoge's clothes. Up to now, Hauge was the only one seedling, and Sibeile couldn't help but think how good it would be if this kid were his own son.

Sibeile nodded and said with a smile: "This is like the warrior of our Dajin Kingdom, you can stay in my house in the future to do things, and when you have nothing to do, you can practice horseback archery with the eldest brother." ”

Li Yu hesitated for a moment, but still said: "I want to be with Uncle Kuru and them, there are few people in Uncle Kulu, I have to go back to help them work." ”

Four Belle took a few snuffs and said slowly, "It's good that they have adopted you like Kuru, and you can think about them in your heart." I promised Kuru that I want you to become a hero who stands up to the sky, this is also the expectation of your Uncle Kuru and your tribesmen, you can't bury such a good skill, I am optimistic about you. In fact, if you want to help your fellow villagers, the best way is not to help them hunt and farm, but to use your skills to create a future for yourself. ”

Looking at Li Yu's confused eyes, Sibeiler continued: "My Zhengbai Banner has produced a great hero, his family was poor when he was young, and he was hungry and cold like you, for the livelihood of his family, he followed the adults into the deep mountains and old forests at a young age to hunt, pick ginseng, and pick pine nuts, and then because his father offended the same clan, he was forced to follow the whole family to join us. Although he was poor, but strong and healthy, intelligent and studious, at the age of thirteen was adopted by the Great Khan as an adopted son, by the Great Khan's nurturing and teachings, practiced a lifetime of good skills, grew up to be a guard with the Great Khan to fight in all directions, this person is brave and good at fighting, repeatedly made military exploits, every battle must be the vanguard, and Ula, Huerha and the Ming army to fight, all invincible, the Great Khan gave him the title of 'Darhan', the official position is one of the five founding ministers, and at the same time in charge of the white flag, the glory and power are significantly greater than the Dajin Kingdom, the favor of the Khan King is also Ze in his family, the people, This man is the hero known to everyone - Huerhan. ”

Sibeile stared at Li Yu's eyes, and suddenly said excitedly and loudly: "Hu Erhan died two years ago, and the five famous founding ministers have all left one by one, but I, Dajin, will continue to fight for survival, Dajin needs to have a new hero, and you must become the next Hu Erhan!" ”

Li Yu was taken aback, his face was even more confused, Sibeile looked at him like this, he was a little dissatisfied, and after a pause, he changed his tone and said: "Stay, Hauge has no brothers, he is very lonely and a little soft, he needs you to help him like a brother." ”

Seeing that Li Yu finally nodded, Sibeiler waved his hand to let him and Hauge retreat. Before leaving, Sibeile also reminded Li Yu to quickly beat up the braids as soon as his hair grew, because if he shaved his hair without braids like this, others would treat him as a lama.

Watching the two leave, Sibeile whispered to himself: I can't be wrong, Huerhan is also so unkind and dull, but he is as clever as a leopard. Thinking of Hu Erhan, he felt sad, Hu Erhan was one of the five ministers of governance and litigation, and after the abolition of the five ministers, he became one of the most powerful Badutang, and his status was only under the four major Baylors, but he has always been loyal to his own banner master, full support, but unfortunately with his fall from grace and the return of the concubine, Hu Erhan also became the object of Lao Khan's suppression, and was dismissed from office and rushed home after being punished many times, Hu Erhan could not bear the blow, and died of depression at the age of forty. Sibeile couldn't help but sigh, how nice it would be if Huerhan was still alive!

Li Yu lived in the Sibeile Mansion, Sibeile was busy with government affairs all day long, there were guards and Aha to wait, and he was not needed, and others did not dare to call him, Li Yu became an idler, Haoge was very happy, as soon as he was free, he dragged Li Yu on horseback and archery, and there were Nikans outside the city who attacked Zhushen, and the Ulanara clan did not allow them to go, so they practiced in the school military field with a white flag in the city. Li Yu didn't expect that Haoge's riding and archery skills, who were quiet, were not bad at all, he was not very old, but he could use a hard bow with ten strengths, and the accuracy of the arrow shooting was good, and the level of Ao Bai was like this. Hauge admired Li Yu so much, the longbow that Li Yu was carrying was definitely more than twenty forces, in his impression, he probably only saw Grandpa Khan pull out a hard bow when he was a child, and Li Yu used his longbow to three arrows in a row, Hauge had to be unable to practice it in his life.

The two are now good friends, Li Yu feels that Haoge and Aobai are his little brothers, and Haoge also feels that Li Yu is a brother who can protect him, and Haoge also took Li Yu to take a walk around Shenyang City. Seeing Li Yu's continuous admiration for Shenyang City, Haoge couldn't help it, pointed at Li Yu and said with a smile: "You are the Tucheng of Ula who has seen too much, and has never seen the world, Shenyang is just an acropolis of the Ming Kingdom, it is a small city, when the Ming army was there, there were almost more than 70,000 people, we occupied this place, and most of the Nikans were driven out of the city, and now there are only Zhushen and our Ahha, there are fewer people, and it is not fun to be deserted." Haoge sighed: "It's better to live in Liaoyang, which used to be the town where the governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom was stationed, which is several times larger than here, and the streets are much wider than here. ”

Li Yu asked while thinking about Liaoyang's appearance, "Is there really such a good place?" So what are you doing here? ”

Hauge said dejectedly, "You think we're willing to come?" At the beginning of March this year, Grandpa Khan suddenly found my Ama and them, and ordered the capital to be moved to Shenyang after telling them. Actually, we don't think of Shenyang at all, it's too small and deserted, and the big yamen is trying to invite Ming merchants to come to Shenyang to do business, maybe those businessmen will come here in the future, and it will be more lively. ”

As they spoke, they walked into the Sibeile Mansion, and Bakshi Qi Chongge, who was in charge of copywriting in the house, was walking out, and when he saw Haoge, he hurriedly came over to salute, and by the way, he told Li Yu a good news, Kulu They had arrived in Shenyang and were incorporated into the cattle record of Abataibel with a white flag, but they did not enter Shenyang City, and went directly to Fengji Fort in the southeast of Shenyang, where land was left for them, and Nikan was available for them. Li Yu turned his head and was about to run away when he heard this, but Qi Chongge grabbed him: "Erlu, don't go and make trouble, they have a lot of things to do there, and the big yamen has already sent a lot of clothes to divide the land and divide the house, and they can't miss their business." Qi Chongge whispered again: "The Great Khan has ordered that the Eight Banners and the Elite Aha are not allowed to go out, and must stay at home and stand by. Fengjibao is only a few dozen miles away from Shenyang City, and when the matter has stopped, I will inquire again about the village where they are divided, so that you don't have to look for people everywhere, and then you go again. ”

Hauge remembered the most important thing: "Which flag is Erlu incorporated, won't it also be inlaid with a white flag?" ”

Qi Chongge shook his head: "Sibeile sent me to check, there is no Erlu among those people who are inlaid with white flags, but it should be blamed that they have not been incorporated into our white flag, Erlu has now become the Eight Banners walking, I heard the gang of minions of the Great Yamen say in private, it seems that our eldest concubine Niangniang has stopped her, saying that Erlu is her mother's family, and she can't enter any banner casually, and she has to make a decision. ”

Qi Chongge gave a thumbs up and said to Li Yu: "It's the first time I've encountered this kind of thing, you can really do it, Sibeile can look up to you, and even the eldest concubine seems to beat your idea." ”

Qi Chongge shook his head and left, Li Yu couldn't figure out what was going on, he was not interested in whether he was included in the Eight Banners or not, he just wanted to be with the villagers of his tribe, but Haoge was a little flustered, he really didn't want to lose this friend, so he raised his foot and ran to Ama to ask what was going on. Li Yu returned to his hut in a daze, and after a while, Haoge came and said angrily: "It's Azig making trouble again, and he can't get along with our family." Li Yu also figured it out, I'm afraid there is still Tulai behind him, but he doesn't care where he goes, he is thinking about Uncle Kuru and what they are like now.

Haoge was angry with his twelfth uncle, originally his father Baylor's concubine Niu Colu - that is, after the death of the daughter of Eyidu, his mother became the step-concubine of Sibeile, Haoge naturally became the son of Sibeile, but the good times did not last long, when in Liaoyang, Eniang met Azig did not get off the sedan chair to salute, this matter was told by Azig to the Great Khan, the Khan was doting on the three sons of the eldest concubine Abahai, and was furious when he heard this, and forced Sibeile to divorce his wife on the grounds that Haoge's Eniang violated the rules and did not salute Heshuo Beyler, The Ula clan can only live in Hauge's other courtyard now, and Hauge is not allowed to meet with Sibeile, so that Haoge's status is delicate, if the Fujin of Sibeile gives birth to a son in the future, then his status in Sibeile Mansion will plummet as the son of a waste concubine. This year, the Great Khan married the twelve-year-old Korqin Ge Borzigit to the Fu Jin, and Hauge had another mother, and he had to say hello to the little girl, which made Haug feel very uncomfortable, and he felt that it was Azig who had harmed him and brought a shadow to his future. Now that Azig is likely to take away his friend again, Hauge is so angry that his eyes are a little red.

Li Yu couldn't take care of their family affairs, and when he saw Haoge's sad appearance, he held his hand and said, "We are friends, right, no matter what happens to you in the future, we are all friends." Hauge gratefully shook Li Yu's hand.

Sibeile has already given Li Yu a name in the number of soldiers in the Zhengbai Banner, but the Eight Banners and Han soldiers of the Houjin State are not paid, only their land is tax-free, Li Yu has no land without a banner, and there is no rations, if he continues to stay in Sibeile Mansion, it will be the same as the favored Aha, Li Yu decided to leave Sibeile Mansion, of course, he was not willing to find Uncle Kuru immediately, that would cause trouble to the villagers, he made up his mind to go to Sibeile.

Sibeile was annoyed by this matter, and it was not a matter to take in a Zhushen Qingzhuang in his capacity, but there were people who made trouble, and the person who made trouble was still Sibeile's sworn enemy, the old Khan's concubine Abahai. At that time, Sibeile played a trick and provoked the two concubines of the old Khan to sue Abahai, saying that the eldest concubine had a personal affair with the eldest beyler, and the eldest concubine also sent food to the eldest beyler to eat, and the other old beylers also fell into the well and said that they had seen the eldest concubine and the eldest beyler had flirted at the banquet, and the old khan was angry and divorced the eldest concubine. Four Baylor killed two birds with one stone, drove away the concubine, and discredited the big Baylor. However, Sibeile was only happy for a year, after the capture of Liaoyang, the old Khan figured it out, he couldn't let these sons force himself to wear a green hat, and recalled the concubine back to the palace, this time it was the concubine's turn to fight back, first his loyal supporter Erdeni was killed by both husband and wife on charges of possession of property, and then his henchman Wuergudai, the first capital of the capital, was accused of accepting bribes and demoting himself to prepare for the emperor and died of depression, Sibeile and his gang of little Baylors were also punished by the old Khan for finding an excuse, and were also fined Niu Lu, this time the other old Baylor not only did not help him, also secretly fanned the flames and even underhanded him, as soon as he thought of the concubine's methods, Sibeile was a little scared in his heart.

Just when Sibeile was thinking about how to deal with the eldest concubine, Li Yu came to the door.