In November of the 5th year of the liberation, Suiyuan City.

Speaking of the development of this famous city, it is very ...... Funny! Uh, it's funny, I am afraid of how funny the Qing Dynasty is, and the miraculous rise of Suiyuan City is one of them.

Although Suiyuan City is located on the passage inside and outside the connecting port, the geographical location is relatively superior, but Suiyuan was built later in the fourth year of Qianlong, and it was built as a garrison of the Eight Banners City at the beginning, not a commercial city. A few miles away from Suiyuan City, there was also a naturalization city, which was the real center of domestic and foreign trade at that time. However, Suiyuan City showed a strong competitiveness in the following 30 years - because it was a full city, the shops in the city were not taxed, so that "all kinds of households in the Naturalization City gradually moved into Suiyuan City to open, and the merchants wanted to avoid the tax fees of the Naturalization City, and they also went to Suiyuan and other places to hoard" (Shanxi Governor Ba Yansan's report in the 40th year of Qianlong). By the time Emperor Qianlong issued an edict to tax the shops in Suiyuan City, Suiyuan City had already competed with Guihua City and became a commercial center outside the mouth.

As the leader of the gentry in Shanxi, Qi Liaozao certainly knew the history of the rise of Suiyuan City, but he was not very familiar with the second city of Guisui, and this was the first time he had arrived in these two commercial cities controlled by Shanxi merchants.

Sitting in his pannier chair (a sedan chair carried by two horses), Qi Liaozao lifted the curtains and quietly looked at the familiar and unfamiliar city in front of him. It was the same as the Qing city in his impression, dirty, messy, and very noisy. But there is not a single beggar in sight! This is the first time in his life that Qi Liaozao has seen a city without beggars!

"Could it be that the reverse Ming can already make all the beggars in the world live and work in peace and contentment?! This Zhu Jishi can actually solve the problem of eating for the poor people in the world! Qi Liaozao shook his head and quickly drove this extremely ridiculous thought out of his mind.

In fact, where did Emperor Zhu have this ability? It's just that now the beggars of the Ming Dynasty are worth money. Just be younger. Able to work. They were all caught by the magistrate as "disaster victims" and "sold" to the Northeast Development Company, and then transported to the Northeast to join the collective farm. Of course, Miao Peilin is not idle and bites people, and he also wants to earn such a small amount of money.

Another thing that made Qi Liaozao feel strange was that the people who walked around the street in black-faced lambskin robes and felt hats had no big black and shiny braids behind their heads! There are also Miao soldiers wearing gray Western-style military uniforms and patrolling with foreign guns.

All this tells Qi Liaozao that the Qing Dynasty really can't come back!

The pannier stopped in front of the former general's office near the drum tower in the city. A Miao army officer who escorted Qi Liaozao and his party all the way to Suiyuan came to the front of Qi Liaozao's sedan chair: "Lord Qi, the governor of Hetao, the governor of Miao, has arrived, please get off the sedan chair and go in." ”

"Bold, what kind of person does he think is Miao, he dares to let my family go to see it!" One of Qi Liaozao's Goshha immediately jumped up when he heard this.

Qi Liaozao smiled and waved his hand: "That's it, that's it, the old man came to Suiyuan to see Miao Yusan, see ...... See you too! ”

After getting off the sedan chair, Qi Liaozao looked around, and faintly saw that the small school field next to the governor's yamen was full of dozens of yurts. I don't know who lives in it.

"Lord Qi, please come inside." The officer who accompanied Qi Liaozao into the city made a solemn gesture. So he walked to a small open door by the closed gate of the governor's yamen.

Qi Liaozao smiled bitterly and shook his head, this Miao Peilin is really a villain, and he is so arrogant that he doesn't even open the middle door. Even if he is an envoy of Fanbang, it is rude for him to treat guests like this.

Sighing softly, Qi Liaozao still followed the officer from the small door into the governor's yamen, and then walked outside the main hall of the government office, and suddenly heard someone exclaim.

"It's Master Qi!"

"It's really Qi Zhongtang......

"Qi Zhongtang, why did you come to Suiyuan?"

Qi Liaozao followed the sound and saw more than a dozen men in masked clothes looking at him from inside the lobby. He still knew a few of them, all of them were Zasak of several Mongolian banners in Ordos. Not long ago, when Yixu was proclaimed emperor in Xining, they all came to worship, and Qi Liaozao was also responsible for receiving them!

Looking behind the official desk in the middle of the lobby, I saw a Ming official in his fifties with a gray beard sitting upright and brushing his beard. Qi Liaozao said in his heart: "He is probably Miao Peilin, right?" But what about the Mongols? Is it against the Lord that they all turn their backs on the Lord and surrender to the Lord? ”

A loud Huaiyin suddenly sounded.

"Since the big guys all know Lord Qi, then the old man won't introduce him, come here, show Lord Qi a seat."

Qi Liaozao already knew that things were going bad, but there was no other way to get here, so he had to sit on a Taishi chair in the middle of the lobby, quietly waiting for Miao Peilin, a villain, to make trouble.

"What is the so-called reason why Lord Qi came to Suiyuan?"

"For the peace between the Ming and Qing dynasties, I also asked Master Miao to pass on Yingtian on my behalf."

"On what terms?"

"Master Miao, the old man is the envoy of the Son of Heaven of the Qing Dynasty, are you the envoy of the Son of Heaven? Qualified to talk to the old man? ”

"Lord Qi, this official has already asked the Holy Lord to send a telegram, and he is qualified to ask this question."

"Electric ...... Instruct!? Qi Liaozao was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand.

"It is to transmit messages with telegraph and telegraph lines, which were invented by the English Wheatstone and the American Morse more than ten years ago...... Even if there are thousands of miles, they can be contacted by telegraph at any time. Therefore, when the official learned of the arrival of the lord, he immediately asked for a telegram. ”

"Isn't it magic?" Qi Liaozao shook his head in disbelief.

Miao Peilin said with a smile: "I don't know if it's a spell official, but the edict of the Great Tomorrow Son has indeed arrived, and I ask the Lord to explain his intentions." ”

Qi Liaozao glanced at the Mongolians above the lobby with a blue face, Miao Peilin's words have already come to this, and if he refuses to say it again, he will let the family go back. But in front of these Mongols, can it be said that Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty is ready to pay tribute to the Emperor of the Great Tomorrow?

"Can't tell? Then please go back! Miao Peilin said coldly.

Qi Liaozao snorted coldly: "The Qing Emperor can't bear to lose his life, and the sword soldiers are resurrected, and he is willing to ...... with the Ming Dynasty Bury the hatchet. ”

"That's all?" Miao Peilin smiled, "Then I'll have someone send a telegram to the emperor." ”

"And ......," Qi Liaozao took a deep breath, "the Qing Emperor can pay ...... The Ming Emperor saluted. ”

"What? The Qing Emperor wants to pay tribute to the Ming Emperor! ”

"This ...... How can Emperor Xianfeng be the same as Emperor Tiande? ”

"Hey! The emperor of the Qing Dynasty has descended, what reason do we have to stand up......"

Before Miao Peilin could speak, the Mongolians in the hall were all talking about it, and listening to the meaning of their words, it seemed that they were ready to abandon the Qing Dynasty and surrender to Ming.

Miao Peilin stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction, this Qi Liaozao is really timely! If he doesn't come, Ordos Mongolia will not be so easy to throw into the arms of the Ming Dynasty, at least he will not happily honor Emperor Zhu as the Great Khan of Mongolia, let alone offer tribute and beauties to Emperor Zhu.

Thinking of this, Miao Peilin looked up to the sky and laughed: "Ladies and gentlemen, have you all heard?" The Manchu Qing Dynasty called our Ming Dynasty a retainer again...... Even Yisu has softened, what are you still doing with it? Hurry back and prepare, and go to the Mulan paddock with the old man to meet the driver. At that time, the Khan kings of Mobei Mongolia and Mongol South Mongolia will be present and give the emperor the honorific title of the Great Khan of Mongolia, such a grand event......"

"Miao Peilin, what are you talking about! Cinnabar...... The Son of Heaven wants to be the Great Khan of Mongolia!? Qi Liaozao jumped up at once. At the Mulan Enclosure assembly of the Mongolian tribes, accept the title of Great Khan...... This was not a way for the Manchus to bind the Mongols to rule the Mongol tribes, how could Zhu Jishi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, learn it?

This is ridiculous! Their Ming Dynasty is the sworn enemy of the Mongols, and the Mongolian Khan was not driven away from the Central Plains by Zhu Yuanzhang! Now Zhu Yuanzhang's descendant Zhu Jishi is actually going to be the Great Khan of the Mongols...... Can Zhu Yuanzhang agree to such a thing? Why didn't those officials in the Ming Dynasty stop it with advice? (To be continued......)