Chapter 458: Zeng's
"Drive out the Tartars and restore China"!
For China in 4555 years of Yanhuang, I am afraid that these two sentences can shock the world more, and the rivers and mountains of the Han family, which were once enslaved by the Manchus, were almost restored overnight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A few months ago, the world was still in chaos, and there were still scholars there talking about what was orthodox, but now, with the collapse of the "bandits" and their "bandit chiefs" who stole Jiangning, and the great situation of several provinces successively surrendering to Han, the controversy has come to an abrupt end.
In just a few months, most of the rivers and mountains have recovered, and for the Chinese people, this process came a little suddenly, even a little too fast, so that in the short term, many people can not even adapt to this change.
Even in the mountainous areas of Jiangxi and Sichuan, when faced with the government's official orders to cut braids and grow hair, they seem to be at a loss, and they do not know whether to lose the braids, which symbolize slavery and humiliation.
In the face of this kind of omnipotence, people lamented the suppression of the Han people, were angry at the brutality of the Manchu slavery, and longed for "the restoration of the old things". After the Han family rivers and mountains are corrected, the "re-seeing the prestige of the Han officials, Eguan Bo belt" is naturally a normal thing for Rui, this is a kind of political correctness, braids, horse coats, all this symbolizes slavery, symbolizes the enslavement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the people, to be abolished!
In order to achieve this goal, the Governor's Office of the Han Dynasty issued a customized book, which not only stipulates the style of the crown, but also lists the basic style, plate size, production process, accessories and pictures of the Hanfu in detail, so as to facilitate the people and officials to find their favorite tailors to make satisfactory clothes.
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang abolished "Mengfu" and "Mongolian customs" in order to restore the Han tradition, under this kind of political correctness, including the Manchu customs such as horse coats were first abolished in the south of the Yangtze River, and the collision between the two in the restoration of the Han system and people's habits was staged on this land, and in Nanjing, the emerging national capital, it is even more visible, and in Nanjing, a city where the existence of tens of thousands of military and political officials makes people "have a sense of seeing the prestige of Han officials again", the difference between officials can often be distinguished from the clothing.
Here you can see those officials wearing Han-style official robes, people can see the Han-style "Eguanbo belt", and also see those young officials wearing new clothes that imitate military uniforms, this new clothing, whether it is a regular dress, or a dress is designed with a waist and slim body, highlighting the physical beauty of the wearer, and the vast majority of people are directly customized in the ready-to-wear store, and the fitting clothes are worn on these officials, so that these young people are much more handsome, plus several new hairstyles customized to match, It also shows the spirit of young people. For those who find it difficult to get used to the stiff collars and military-style collars of their new clothes, loose Hanfu is more popular, and "re-seeing the prestige of Han officials" can be seen again in these older officials.
The old and the new, the traditional and the modern, are wonderfully staged in Nanjing.
Perhaps, in a way, this is also a symbol of the changes that are taking place in the country. The changes are so wonderful – classical and modern, past and future, retro and revital, in short, that the country is now coping with this "great change unseen in 3,000 years" in its own way.
Just as a few days ago, the people of Nanjing were still welcoming the arrival of a new dynasty in their own way, the arrival of the Chinese Empire.
People are adapting to changes not only in their clothes, but also in their era names -- in the past few months, people here have been given false names as cults and have gone through the Yan and Huang era.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the era name of the new dynasty was also formulated, usually according to the Chinese custom, the Confucian ministers in the court pre-drew up several alternative era names, and then presented the new monarch to choose one of them as the official era name, but the new dynasty era name is an exception, it was created by Zhu Yifeng himself.
The first year of Kaihong!
This is the name of the era created by Zhu Yifeng, and the members of the court seem to be able to understand the meaning of this "opening macro", which is not only "creating a grand business", but more importantly, "macro" leads to "Hong", which has the meaning of "reopening the world of Hongwu".
Perhaps, the name of the new dynasty is "China", and did not inherit the "Ming", but its era name is undoubtedly telling the world that the relationship between the new dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, of course, this is just the imagination of the officials, what they do not know is that for the person who chose this era name, the reason why he chose it is very simple, just to "create a grand plan to dominate the industry".
"Ambitious hegemony ......"
When he went ashore at the dock in Xiaguan and rode in a carriage towards Nanjing City, Zeng Guofan, who was sitting in the carriage, moved his lips lightly and said these four words.
After learning from the telegram that the emperor had chosen "Kaihong" as the name of the year, he immediately thought of these four words, and in his opinion, this was just like Emperor Gao's choice of "Hongwu", showing his pride.
Moreover, in Zeng Guofan's view, what the emperor is going to create will definitely be a "grand plan for hegemony", and it is by no means a "reopening the world of Hongwu" or "reopening the sun, moon and sky of the Ming Dynasty" as imagined by the outside world.
In fact, if you look at this emperor from this point of view, you are simply underestimating the founding monarch of the Chinese Dynasty, if he wants to "reopen the sun, moon and sky of the Ming Dynasty", how can he use "China" as the national name?
Perhaps in the past few months, he has been cautious in front of this Jiangxi governor, but since the Qing Dynasty surrendered to the Han Dynasty, he has learned a lot of secrets in the palace, and he can look at this majesty from a more intuitive angle, and naturally he also knows that the emperor, who is only twenty-three years old, has great ambitions.
The emperor is only twenty-three years old!
At this time, Zeng Guofan would never dare because of his age. And underestimate this reckless emperor, in his opinion, perhaps this is the guarantee of the future stability of the new dynasty - the emperor's youth, which means that the emperor still has decades of birthday, and when the time comes, people such as Zhang Liangji and Luo Bingzhang are all immortals or Zhishi.
The emperor naturally does not need to be like Emperor Gao, paving the way for the prince by killing heroes. This means that in the future, all ministers can start and finish well, and they will not be kings and ministers for a lifetime.
"At least you don't have to worry about being given a goose......
This somewhat rebellious thought was only a fleeting moment, and then Zeng Guofan only felt a chill in his back, and he immediately realized where he had transgressed. This is simply the idea of rebellion, if it is left at the founding meeting of the Qing Dynasty, but if you think about it like this, it is estimated that you will be killed and wiped out!
I am Hanchen, I am Hanchen...... Once again, Zeng Guofan said to himself in his heart, as if he was persuading himself to accept the current identity change. Now he is not wearing a cyan Qing-style first-class official robe, but an ordinary Han-style deep coat, as a believer in science, a few months ago, he made a lifelong decision - to demote Han!
Descend to Han!
It seems simple, but for Zeng Guofan, it was a decision made after hesitating for several months, and the reason why he finally made this decision was very simple - he did not want to be "strangled on the monument" in his hometown Xiangxiang in the future.
That stele is not a good name - after the recovery of Anhui, such as the late Ming Dynasty to the Qing traitor Ruan Dacheng, although because of his hometown there was a situation of "Tongcheng does not want, Huaining does not accept", but the king of Han still ordered him to "name the stele" in the two places, and did his traitorous trip on the stele to warn future generations. For example, Hong Chengchou, Shi Lang and others in Fujian are all in their hometowns, and they are all scolding their names and crimes.
For Zeng Guofan, this can be said to be the most fatal blow, he was afraid that his name would be listed as a "traitor" like those traitors who descended to the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, and carved his name on the stone in front of the city and countryside, and even engraved the word "traitor" on his tombstone. This is not only notorious in history books, after all, only a few people read history books, but on the famous brand, it can be known to everyone in the four towns. At that time, the four towns must be ashamed of it, and its people will also be ashamed of it.
In the face of this "coercion", Zeng Guofan made his choice and decision after some weighing, which not only prevented him from becoming a traitor, but also became notorious, and also preserved the glory and wealth of the Zeng family. After he descended to the Han Dynasty, the Duke of Han trusted him, and still appointed him as the governor of Jiangxi, until a few days ago, with the arrival of a telegram, as the governor of Jiangxi, he was transferred to the center.
For Zeng Guofan, after receiving this telegram, he almost immediately handed over the affairs of Jiangxi to others, and then immediately took a steamer to Nanjing, during which he did not dare to delay even an hour. As a minister, he knows very well that his every move now is directly related to the emperor's trust or not, and it is also related to the future of the Zeng family.
From one extreme to the other, perhaps this sentence is used to describe Zeng Guofan, and it is very correct at that time. After his surrender to the Han Dynasty, he immediately dismissed Jiangxi Yonglian, and at the same time ordered the ninth brother and others to take their son to Nanjing in the name of studying.
After many years as a loyal minister of the Manchu Dynasty, Zeng Guofan knew that he had to use some moves to win the trust of the Han king. He could not be like the governor of Sichuan, who had nearly 20,000 lives in exchange for trust - because he did not have that opportunity.
Therefore, he can only win trust in other ways.
He sent his brother and son to Nanjing to win the trust, and rushed to Nanjing in a hurry. did not show the slightest sense of affection, but also to win trust.
Now, when driving towards Nanjing City in a carriage, as the first feudal official to leave the place and enter Beijing in the first year of Kaihong, Zeng Guofan couldn't help but feel a little nervous, because he didn't know how to face the Kaihong Emperor who had just succeeded to the unification.
"Hey......"
Closing his eyes, Zeng Guofan sighed, when he arrived in Nanjing, it was already a little late, when the carriage entered the city of Nanjing, the sky was completely dark, the street lights were on, in the sound of horses' hooves, Zeng Guofan, who was thoughtful, didn't even notice that it was dark, until the carriage stopped, he didn't notice that it was already dark.
As soon as the carriage stopped in front of the mansion with the plaque of Zeng's mansion, Jing Qi, who was standing behind the carriage, jumped out of the carriage and knocked on the door.
"Who, who......"
When a burst of Hunan dialect came from the gate, Jing Qi shouted at the door.
"But Uncle Six, it's me Jing Qi!"
Jing Qi has followed Zeng Guofan for many years, and the porter behind the door heard his voice and said in surprise when he opened the door.
"Jing Qi, why are you here, master? You are here, who is accompanying the uncle in Nanchang? ”
As if the pixel suddenly realized something, Zeng Liu suddenly lowered his voice and said.
"Old Seven, is there something to explain from the uncle?"
For Zeng Liu, who has heard a lot of dramas, he regards Jing Qi's arrival as a kind of accident, a change of uncle, although he has adapted to this kind of peaceful life, but after all, he is a member of the Zeng family.
However, as soon as Zeng Liu's words fell, he was a little nervous and saw the door of the carriage open, and then down from the carriage was a thin man wearing the deep clothes of the Han family.
"The little one didn't recognize the uncle, and asked the uncle to forgive him!"
"Okay, Zeng Liu, let's get rid of it!"
Zeng Guofan excused the servant's courtesy, and when he waited for the servant to open the main door, when he entered this "home" in Nanjing, he asked again,
"Lao Jiu can be at home?"
The ninth brother in his mouth is the ninth brother Zeng Guoquan, two months ago, when the Han Dynasty was surrendered, he ordered the ninth brother to bring his son to Nanjing, and this mansion was purchased after he arrived in Nanjing. Thanks to the fact that there are a lot of houses in Nanjing now, this house is not expensive, but it is only a few thousand taels, and it is not a burden to buy this house with the savings of the past few years.
"Back to the uncle, the ninth master is now in the military department, and he has been going out early and returning late for a while, so the little one will go and let people notify the ninth master!"
Zeng Liu was about to instruct others to inform the ninth master, but when the uncle came to Nanjing, Zeng Guofan immediately stopped him.
"Now the country is still unified, the Manchu Qing is still stealing from the north, Lao Jiu is on an errand for the emperor in the military department, and he must take the emperor's order as the priority!"
After Zeng Guoquan came to Nanjing, he was arranged by the Duke of Han to enter the military department as an errand, and he was appointed to an important position, which was by no means an ordinary errand, this arrangement was really unexpected by Zeng Guofan, and because of this, he could also feel the emperor's trust in him from this arrangement, although he didn't know why the emperor trusted him so much, but Zeng Guofan knew what should be important at this time.
Zeng Guofan didn't even notice that when he spoke, he couldn't help but stand on the side of the Chinese Dynasty, and regarded himself as a courtier of the Chinese Dynasty.
The uncle ordered so, and naturally he didn't dare to say anything, and when he walked into the gate of Zeng's mansion, he saw that his son did not come out, and Zeng Guofan asked in surprise.
"Where's the young master?"
According to the rules of the Zeng family, at this time, there should have been someone to inform his son to come to the ceremony, and until now the son has not come to the ceremony, which is obviously a little unusual.
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