Chapter Thirty-Nine: Antiques of Desire and Ambition
There is a story in the West: Aladdin's magic lamp!
The deepest meaning of Aladdin's magic lamp is that it is the carrier of the desires and ambitions hidden in human nature.
When you get Him, it is a sign that you have lifted the lid on greed and lust in your heart.
There is one thing in the East that can stimulate the ambition in people's hearts and the desire to be the king and hegemon, and that is the jade seal of the country.
The jade seal of the country has been made since Qin Shi Huang ordered Li Si to be the most carrier of the Heshi Bi.
For thousands of years, it was the dream of every person who occupied a powerful side in the world.
Just because of those eight big words: ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!
The person who has passed on the jade seal of the country, in the ancient era of superstition and feudalism, is the chosen one, the emperor who controls the life and death of all people.
From Qin to Yuan, the jade seal of the country has been floating and sinking, and it has appeared and disappeared in the great river of history.
Until Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the rule of the Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty.
The whereabouts of the jade seal of the country are unknown, and it will never be seen again.
It is rumored that the jade seal of Chuanguo was brought to the Northern Yuan by the emperor at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
But more than 200 years have passed, and the jade seal that did not appear in the Ming Dynasty finally appeared when the Ming Dynasty was gone.
Whoever gets the jade seal wins the world!
Except for Tang Xidong, I am afraid that no one in the world will not believe it.
And when Tang Xidong got the news back from the leader of the Han tribe, Tang Xidong couldn't sit still.
It's not because of a legendary jade seal, it's not because of the ambition to win the world.
It was because Houjin Dolgon, on the orders of Emperor Taiji, led the army into the grassland, and blatantly came to Lin Dan Khan's son to ask for the jade seal of the country.
The jade seal of the country was in the folded hand, and when Tang Xidong first heard it, he just smiled.
In later generations, no one has ever seen the real heirloom jade seal, and there are countless rumors about the heirloom jade seal.
Tang Xidong didn't believe the spy information sent back by the Han Department.
But when Lu Yubai solemnly came to ask for a meeting and asked Tang Xidong to immediately lead his troops north to compete for the jade seal of the country, Tang Xidong began to be suspicious.
He is not an ancient, let alone a historical researcher.
But Lu Yubai's knowledge is very deep, and there are records in various historical books.
"When Ming Taizu captured the Yuan capital, he sent his fourth son Zhu Di to lead a large army to pursue and kill the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty until the depths of the grassland. At that time, several founding generals under Taizu told their families that the reason behind this period of the past was that it was indeed the jade seal of the country that was taken to the depths of the grassland by the last emperor. ”
"In this way, it is very likely that the heirloom jade seal in the hand of the forehead fold is real?" Tang Xidong began to be solemn.
"My lord, whether it is true or not, whether it is genuine or fake, at this time, it is better to believe it or not, Dolgon Xingshi mobilized the people, and led the army to the grassland to chase and kill the forehead, you must not guard against it!" Lu Yubai's eyes showed worry: "If it is really obtained by the Houjin Tartar, there will be thousands of pedantic people in this world who are willing to surrender to the Tartar horse who has obtained the jade seal of the country!" ”
"There is no shortage of pedantic people in the world, and what the world lacks is people who do not believe in fate!" Tang Xidong nodded and sighed.
Thinking of the records of later generations, Chongzhen Ziyi Coal Mountain, hundreds of thousands of people in the capital opened the city gate and surrendered to the king, remembering that Wu Sangui brought Houjin into the customs in later generations, and countless so-called loyal and patriotic Confucians descended to the Qing.
Rather than surrendering to the obscenity of Hou Jin, Tang Xidong was more willing to convince himself that they were surrendering to the heirloom jade seal stolen by Hou Jin.
In this world, I hope that the pride of the Han people has not been prematurely died, the glory of the Han people is still stored in the hearts of people, and the inheritance of the Han people is still dedicated to it.
But Tang Xidong knew that the jade seal of the country was just an excuse, and there were not many people who really did not bend their waists.
Tang Xidong can't leave them this fig leaf, and the jade seal of the country can't fall into the hands of Houjin.
The symbol of the power of the Han people cannot fall into the hands of foreigners.
Tang Xi looked northeast, with firmness in his eyes.
Fight Houjin again!
The dispute over the jade seal of the country.
At the end of June, Tang Xi sent Zhang Xiahai to the east with 30,000 elite troops, went north to block Dolgon, and folded into Shanxi.
It is secretly rumored that Zhang Xiahai must pass on the jade seal of the country and return.
The reason why Zhang Xiahai was ordered to lead the troops north was because among the four major generals, only Zhang Xiahai was trained in the art of war.
This time, Dolgon led 10,000 Jurchen people and more than 10,000 Mongolian Tatars, and then entered the steppe.
At present, Tang Xidong can only vacate 30,000 elites, and with 30,000 elites against 20,000 Houjin cavalry, in fact, there is a slight suspicion of weak troops, Tang Xidong hopes that there can be a calm and able person who can fight and dare to fight wisely and strategically to go north to block the enemy.
30,000 elites can't be buried in the grassland.
At the beginning of July, Zhang Xiahai led his army to the north secretly, bypassing the deviation and going straight to the location of the Han Department.
Because of the great momentum of Dolgon, the traces have long been known to the Han Division, in order to avoid the front of the army, the Han Department continued to transfer its station, and continued to detour in the northern region of Shaanxi.
When Tang Xidong dispatched Zhang Xiahai to the north, he also sent a letter to the Han Department to try to get closer to the city, so that once the situation of the war was unfavorable, he could go south into Shanxi.
If Dolgon had the guts, he would let him break into Shanxi again.
Tang Xidong wanted to see if Houjin's Baylor could divide one or two more corpses.
He wanted Houjin to leave an incurable wound in Shanxi.
The jade seal of the country is important, in a sense, it is far more important to the Han people.
For the sake of the people, Tang Xidong led 15,000 people into Taiyuan Mansion in Pingyang and personally greeted the enemy Houjin.
But this time, in order to pass on the jade seal of the country, Tang Xidong did not personally lead the army to the north like last time.
The real reason is that there are two aspects, one is that today's Shanxi is no longer the original small Pingyang, Tang Xidong has the capital to let go, and the other is that he has concerns in his heart.
Every day, his son will lie in his arms, and every day Liu Lianqing will personally make some cold snacks for him.
Tang Xidong admitted that he was no longer the descendant who killed the enemy in person.
Times haven't changed, it's people who have changed.
However, the changes in people not only show concern in their hearts, but also show that the environment has changed.
With the entire Shanxi in hand and more than 300,000 troops in hand, if Tang Xidong is still the scholar who took the lead in slashing and slashing, it means that he will not live long in this world.
Because now what he needs to do is a person in charge who plans to govern a province, a handsome rather than a general!
Some things are inevitable to let go, and at the same time as they are put down, there will inevitably be new things, and heavier things than before need to be carried by a person.
Tang Xidong is now in such a stage.
Be in power and adapt to your new identity.
You don't have to do everything yourself, be a person who controls the big picture.
Tang Xidong is now thinking more about how to go next.
He found that Shanxi had actually become a trap of his own, tightly wrapped around his body, restricting his eyes and imprisoning his thoughts.
He knew that this was wrong, because when something stopped moving forward, it began to regress.
Tang Xidong needs to find a new path for himself.
Confined to Shanxi, sooner or later it will be swallowed up by the Ming Dynasty, the anti-army, and the Houjin.
What he wants to do is a tiger that eats rabbits, wolves, and leopards.
So he needs to swing his sword and go in a new direction!