Chapter 114: Huang Taiji
Huang Taiji is the eighth son of Nurhachi, and after Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji was elected to inherit the throne of Khan. In 1636, Huang Taiji was proclaimed emperor in Shenyang, and the founding name was Daqing, taking the meaning of "Qingming", and "Daqing" has the meaning of comparing beauty with "Daming".
During his reign, he developed production, strengthened troops, and continued to fight against the Ming Dynasty, laying a solid foundation for the rapid expansion of the Qing Dynasty into the Central Plains.
Huang Taiji pursued a policy of extreme expansion. He ordered the army to build a red-coat cannon with lethal power, and to transform a single cavalry unit into a multi-arm army of cavalry, artillery, and infantry. Huang Taiji attached great importance to the role of Han landlords and intellectuals and the Ming Dynasty's demoted officials and generals, and adopted a policy of recruiting and buying them. The Han generals were given farmland, slaves, and horses, and were entrusted with official positions. The Ming generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Shen Zhixiang and others voluntarily came to vote for the king and marquis, and they were favored. With the submission of Mongolia and the submission of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji gradually established the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, which greatly enhanced the military strength.
To the DPRK. Xian, Huang Taiji after two expeditions, court. The Xian king Li Liang was forced to surrender, claiming to pay tribute, promising to sever contact with the Ming Dynasty and send the prince to Shenyang as a hostage.
Adopt a policy of both grace and power towards Mongolia. Huang Taiji won the support and allegiance of the Mongolian tribes by means of marriage, rewards, knighthood, the practice of foreign feudal heroes, the worship of Lamaism, and the establishment of contacts with Tibetan monks and secular leaders.
Against the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji went all out to wage war. In 1635, he ordered Azig to lead an army to invade the south and plunder 180,000 people and animals. In 1638, he ordered Dolgon and Yue Tuo to lead the army to invade the south, breaking through more than 50 cities, capturing a population of 460,000 and more than 100,000 taels of gold and silver. In order to open the Shanhai Pass from the front, the Jinzhou Campaign was launched in March 1640. The Ming Dynasty sent Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, to lead an army of 130,000 to aid Zu Dashou in Jinzhou, and Huang Taiji personally commanded it.
As the emperor Taiji of the Wenzhi martial arts generation, he paid close attention to the changes in the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Xiang of the Central Plains was rising as a new star, of course, he couldn't escape his eyes. Although he cherishes talents very much, he will do whatever it takes to get rid of capable people who cannot be reached, such as getting rid of Yuan Chonghuan and opening the door of the Ming Dynasty, which provides the possibility for him to invade the border of the Ming Dynasty; This time, he was determined to get rid of Yu Xiang and let the Central Plains have chaos, so that the Ming Dynasty would have internal and external troubles and would break itself. He has successively sent a large number of martial arts masters, including Bihe Monk and Arctic Kunlun, and also sent the first warrior of the grassland, Ao Bai, and the first killer of the grassland, the poisonous butterfly girl, to command, but he never thought that he would be wiped out as soon as he made a move.
When Jia Binjiu informed everyone present of these situations, everyone sweated for Yu Xiang.
Wang Chengen said: "Governor Yu must not make any mistakes, and he will strengthen the guards when he goes out in the future, but he can't be reckless anymore, he will be scared to death!" "He genuinely cares about Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang also had palpitations, this time it was really too suspenseful, if Jia Bin came a step late, he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed.
Everyone offered suggestions one after another, and the martial saint Ai Lianchi said: "Xiang'er is my apprentice with the empty man, and in the future, we will be close to each other, never leaving an inch, plus the guards with guns, the safety is still guaranteed, but Xiang'er is not allowed to go out of the governor's palace at will in the future and stay overnight." "The implication is that you can't go to the Side Inn at night.
Now that Miss Xu San is pregnant, she can no longer be happy with her, it doesn't matter if she goes or not, she just took this opportunity to take her to the Governor's Mansion to raise the baby with peace of mind, so she readily agreed.
In the end, Jia Binjiu talked about Li Xiaohong's confusion in the robbery, and everyone was indignant and proposed to confiscate the Li Mansion, but Yu Xiang knew in his heart that even if she did not stir up, this catastrophe would inevitably happen.
Early the next morning, Loei was surrounded by water, and hundreds of black holes aimed their guns at Loei.
Yu Xiang watched coldly as the people in the Li Mansion raised their hands one by one to surrender and walked out of the mansion.
In the end, Li Xiaohong walked out of the Loei Mansion, wearing a white ink embroidered silk dress, carefully dressed, rouge lipstick, glamorous and moving. Everyone couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
She walked out generously, not panicked, without the slightest expression on her pale cheeks, and holding a shiny Shinchon brand pure steel knife in her hand.
She walked to the door and stopped, sneered, pointed at Yu Xiang and said: "I can come to this day, all thanks to you, if it weren't for your appearance, I would be in the Fuwang Mansion, desperately to be a concubine, maybe now it is the main palace, I am in the Yin'an Palace, the first time I saw you, I liked you, I invited you to dinner, you don't appreciate it, cheekily went to look for you, but you avoided it, I am worse than Xu Yuehua, I am more beautiful than her, I am richer than her, why are you so ruthless to me, it is you, step by step to force me to a dead end." As he spoke, strings of pearl-like tears rolled out of his beautiful eyes.
Yu Xiang said coldly: "It's you who is cornered, even if Xu Yuehua is no longer as good as you, but I like her, I can't accept you because you are rich and beautiful, you can be willful, this world is very big, some people are rare to you, I am not rare." I have expressed my intentions to you many times, but you are obsessed and stubborn, and finally ask the subordinates on the rivers and lakes to do these dirty things, and everything today is completely your own fault. Yu Xiang spoke unceremoniously and hit the nail on the head.
Li Sihai was not far from Yu Xiang's side, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again: "Lord Governor, please let my daughter go, I am willing to give you whatever you want." ”
The rest of the Loei people knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Please let her go." ”
"Let her throw away the knife first, and then catch her, whether she lets her go or not, you have your own conclusion." Yu Xiang said coldly.
As soon as Yu Xiang raised his hand, he only heard Liu Guoneng give an order, "Raise the gun, aim!" ”
With an uproar, more than a hundred guns were aimed at Li Xiaohong, just waiting for an order, this Li Xiaohong was afraid that he would be shot into a sieve. Liu Guoneng said loudly: "Li Xiaohong, put down your arms and surrender, maybe there is a way to live, otherwise, there is a dead end!" ”
Li Xiaohong laughed and said: "The surname Yu, you want to insult me and let me be your prisoner, don't think about it, you have to remember that today I died because of you, you owe me a life, and I want you to feel guilty for the rest of your life." With that, he raised the steel knife, closed his eyes, and stabbed himself in the chest.
The people present exclaimed, Li Sihai screamed miserably, and turned his back on his anger.
At the last moment, a figure as fast as lightning rushed forward, grabbed her wrist, and snatched the dagger down. and opened his arms to block Li Xiaohong behind him and protect him.
The plot reversed in an instant, and everyone took a long breath, and when they looked at it, they saw that the person who came was Liu Xiangyi. At this time, Li Sihai had woken up leisurely.
Liu Xiangyi said: "Your Excellency Governor, Li Xiaohong was confused for a while, committed a big crime, and the crime is unforgivable. There is nothing wrong with her liking you, but I have liked her since I first saw her in the refugee camp, she is a fairy who landed on earth, beautiful and kind, I am willing to exchange my life for her life, please let her go for the sake of me following the adults. ”
When everyone heard Liu Xiangyi say this, their hearts rose again.
Li Xiaohong heard Liu Xiangyi say this, and said coldly: "Liu Xiangyi, don't pretend here, I think that if a hero saves the United States, I will thank you, and promise by example, you will die of this heart, I will not take a fancy to you." I, Li Xiaohong, want the best, and I will never accept defective products. ”
Yu Xiang felt sorry for Liu Xiangyi when he heard this, and secretly told Zhao Xiao beside him. Then he said loudly: "Liu Xiangyi, you come back to me, a manly man, stand up to the sky, why don't you have a wife!" Don't be so unproductive. ”
At this time, Li Sihai said weakly: "Deputy Liu, take my daughter and hand it over to the governor." Don't let her go on willfully. ”
Liu Xiangyi didn't listen at all, smiled miserably, and said to Yu Xiang: "Why does the eldest husband have no wife? Since the first time I saw her, I have not been a big husband, my heart can't tolerate other women, my heart is empty, and I spend every day in torment, since Li Xiaohong said so, I am relieved. ”
Liu Xiangyi's eyes rolled out of tears, and he said apologetically to Yu Xiang: "Governor Yu, I can't accompany you anymore, see you in the next life!" ”
After that, he raised the dagger, and Li Xiaohong suddenly hugged his wrist from behind, although Li Xiaohong's strength was insufficient, but it greatly slowed down the speed of the dagger's stabbing.
Hearing only a gunshot, sparks came out of the dagger, and it fell to the ground with a bang, and two figures flew out of the crowd at the same time, capturing Liu Xiangyi and Li Xiaohong.
Zhao Xiao had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, his marksmanship was accurate, this is a new gun made by Pingdingshan Firearms Factory, this time it is a test gun, and the effect is good.
Zhuge Shanzhen and Gui Xinshu took Liu Xiangyi and Li Xiaohong respectively, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, originally thinking that the situation would subside, but everyone saw that blood was dripping down Li Xiaohong's face, and it turned out that the marbles that hit the steel knife just now rebounded and hit Li Xiaohong's left cheek very coincidentally. Everyone's hearts rose again.
Immediately invited Zhu Jishi to bandage and treat, and afterwards, Zhu Jishi regretted: "She was hit on the left side of her face, and the injury was very deep, and I am afraid that she will leave a scar in the future." ”
Everyone regretted for a while, Li Xiaohong, who looked like a fairy, paid the price for her willfulness.
The Loei family was taken into custody, and Liu Xiangyi was also imprisoned.
In the confinement room, there was a bed, Liu Xiangyi sat on the bed with his head down, thinking about his thoughts, and he didn't even notice Yu Xiang when he entered the room.
Yu Xiang coughed, Liu Xiangyi found Yu Xiang and hurriedly stood up, Yu Xiang pressed his shoulder and said, "Sit down, I came to visit you as a friend." Then sit down next to him.
Liu Xiangyi said: "I am indeed a little reckless today. ”
Yu Xiang smiled and said: "People are not impulsive, although there are some impulsives today, but it shows that you have blood and responsibility." Go ahead, as the Governor's assistant, release the Li family, but I want to say to you, the pursuit of love must also be dignified. Love without dignity would rather not! When he said this, Yu Xiang felt a faint pain in his heart, thinking of Yang Lili, and remembering the scene of being ridiculed by the woman with glasses in Yang Lili's house.
Liu Xiangyi asked in surprise, "Just release them like this?" ”
Yu Xiang nodded and said: "Li Xiaohong was involved in this case by mistake, her family was not involved at all, let alone sit on the ground, hurry up and release them, their family has a big business, and the big boss is locked up, and if it is not good, there will be chaos." ”
Liu Xiangyi thought about it, hurriedly stood up, and said to Yu Xiang: "Am I free now?" I need to get them out of here. ”
Yu Xiang smiled, nodded and said, "Go ahead!" ”
Liu Xiangyi strode out of the house, but left Yu Xiang in the house.
He called a group of soldiers and came to the prison in a majestic manner.
When Li Sihai saw that it was Liu Xiangyi, his eyes lit up, he stood up and said to Liu Xiangyi: "Assistant Liu, thank you for saving my daughter, little old man kowtow to you." After that, he knelt down again and kowtowed to this Liu Xiangyi.
Liu Xiangyi hurriedly asked people to open the prison door, helped Li Sihai up, and said: "Shopkeeper Li, you killed me, I did it voluntarily." ”
Li Sihai whispered to Liu Xiangyi: "Our whole family will miss your goodness, but Xiaohong is broken, I'm afraid that I can't be worthy of Liu's assistant, but we will try our best to cure her, if you want, our whole family will support you." But now that we are all prisoners, what face do we have to mention this? After speaking, he sighed.
"I'm here today to release everyone." After Liu Xiangyi finished speaking, he said to the jailer: "Go and go through the formalities for getting out of prison, the sooner the better." ”
The jailer answered, and went quickly.
Li Sihai was overjoyed, held Liu Xiangyi's hand and said, "Thank you so much, you will often come to my house in the future, and we all welcome you." When he said this, his eyes were full of appreciation, and in his eyes, this was already an out-and-out prospective uncle.
Liu Xiangyi smiled slightly and said to Li Sihai: "You're welcome, I'll go see Li Xiaohong." ”
Li Xiaohong was lying on the straw mat, she covered her face with her clothes, covered her hands stiffly, and said loudly: "Liu Xiangyi, you will die of this heart, don't pretend to be a good person." ”
Liu Xiangyi didn't force it, and said coldly: "Today, you suffered this calamity, which can be regarded as God's punishment. ”
With that, he turned around and walked out of the cell, surrounded by soldiers, and went out.
Li Sihai looked at Liu Xiangyi's back and sighed again and again: "Hey~!" What a good young man, affectionate and righteous, it would be a pity if this good marriage was missed! ”