However, under the mean and bitter pen of Jiangnan literati, the kindness of King Zhong has another interpretation: "Those who have a little appearance are driven into the women's pavilion for selection"; The women's hall is actually selecting beautiful virgins and young girls, and sending them to the heads of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from the Heavenly King down in batches to fill the Chen.

In fact, the Jiangnan literati are too ignorant, how troublesome it should be to audition for beauties like this, as the new master of southern Jiangsu, Li Xiucheng doesn't have to look for it himself at all, others have already sent it to the door. In order to gain trust, Xu Shaoyu, a wealthy gentleman who infiltrated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, "bought two young prostitutes, considered a righteous daughter, and dedicated to loyal thieves." Li Wenbing, a native of eastern Guangdong, "dedicated his aunt's surname to Zhongdian, and then played with the loyal king in the palm of his hand, and he had no scruples." In fact, accepting a woman is like receiving a gift, if you don't accept it, you don't give it to the other party, under the guidance of the policy of "don't fight and take care of yourself, surrender everything", Li Xiucheng smiled at not only a few women, but also the devotee's intention of submission. Later, in the Xianfeng Xinyoudong (1861), Li Wenbing was honored to occupy the first place in the death list issued by Li Xiucheng; Xu was also executed by Tan Shaoguang for colluding with the Huai army. Who's playing with whom, the results speak for themselves.

In short, Li Xiucheng said goodbye to the lantern beauties who walked at night in the Tianjing Mingwa Corridor and greeted the waterfront flower people in the Humble Administrator's Garden. His aesthetic taste has been elevated from a big-footed athlete like a rocket to a quiet and graceful Jiangnan beauty like a magnetic man. Also, the Zhongwang Mansion, which was sighed by the Qing people as the "Immortal Cave House", how could there be no fairy sister? The people of the time commented: "Li Xiucheng has more than ten concubines, many different colors, and there are two of the most beautiful, one from Zhejiang and one from Suzhou; A certain gentleman, a certain eunuch. "Li Xiucheng is worthy of being a masterpiece of a generation, and Chen Zhi is a concubine and a married woman of a good family. Xi is not to blame for the bad habits of the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Not without shame. It is also the defilement of Bai Gui".

As the English proverb goes, "Power is an aphrodisiac". After satisfying the basic sexual needs, the sense of conquest replaces the desire of men for women, and there is the so-called "wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as stealing, and stealing is better than stealing". Those women around Li Xiucheng, whether voluntarily or forced, are afraid of being killed against their fate, or they are content with fine clothes and food. All are soft and tactful, extremely obedient. Once he meets a martyr who can't open her mind (the daughter of Xiucai, usually educated very deeply), he is full of the ambition of "a beautiful woman, swearing not to obey the thief", but it stimulates the general's desire to challenge the city. "Yue Ri", quite patient; "Order's companion", oppressive people; "Kill yourself in the middle of the night", probably not to die, otherwise you will lose your innocence and die; "The only one who is seen by the people of Wuzhong", this kind of thing is only one example. Then. The woman must have regretted not keeping up with the suicidal wind before the fall of Suzhou. She will either be accompanied by a large number of people who were scared to death by the Taiping Army. It's all on Li Xiucheng's account, or it has nothing to do with him at all, because they misunderstood each other, and they passed by in the torrent of the times.

But according to historians, physiological factors may also be at play. The loyal king, who was regarded by foreign missionaries as "short and concise", has an extraordinary energy in his clever pen: "Although he is not up to the middle height of the Chinese, his body is light, lively, strong, and has a special and graceful posture; His demeanor was dignified and resolute, and his steps were swift and majestic. …… His big eyes flickered, and his eyelids twitched. Judging by his very active countenance and the constant nervous movements of his body (a part of his body was always moving, whether his legs were folded or not, his feet were always clapping on the ground, or his hands were sometimes clenched, sometimes relaxed, and sometimes he sat up, all of which began suddenly), no one could have imagined that he was so calm in battle. However, the first time Lin Yiqing lamented to Li Xiucheng that "I don't know how to become this person by heaven" was because of the miracle in the last chapter of his life. In Nanjing, a furnace that is so hot that people can't think of anything, in a filthy and filthy cage, they fought hard when they first broke through the siege, and then they were tortured and humiliated, what kind of person can calmly write 50,000 words and rarely alter them under the huge mental pressure of his life hanging by a thread? Therefore, this person's mental tenacity must be supported by a strong physique.

However, lust is not a tasty thing. Li Xiucheng has love in a broad sense - love for the common people, love for his family and country. I am afraid that he has never encountered "narrow love" - it is the light of pleasure between the sexes, which needs to be brewed with long stares and anticipation, and needs to be realized in equality, and the flame of jealousy guards each other's oneness. This kind of love, only after experiencing the pain of being unwanted, can it be like the joy of obtaining a treasure. The woman Li Xiucheng wants is too easy, so every time he gets it overnight, love flutters and flies, leaving only a fleshy struggle with a strong smell and dull luster in the relationship between the sexes.

But the "narrow love" of the big man is too costly. King Zhou You showed his face for Bo Bao, "the princes of the beacon fire"; Emperor Tang Ming "rode the red dust concubine and smiled" for Yang Guifei, exhausting the people's strength; Wu Sangui was angry because of Chen Yuanyuan's "anger at the crown", and his family was lost. The hero becomes a bear, and there is only one person in his eyes, and there are no people. As for the weak Hong Xiuquan, I am afraid that most of the mothers in his "digitally managed" harem are put on a show. Imperial polygamy is often a face-saving project, suggesting that I have a vigorous dragon horse spirit, which is awe-inspiring all over the world.

In September 1863, when the national disaster was at hand, Li Xiucheng forgot his selfishness, abandoned the narrow sense and embraced the broad sense, and actually searched all the family's jewelry and paid 70,000 taels of bail, and went out of Beijing to save Suzhou. Those women followed him, all they wanted was food and clothing, but in the end it was empty, and the resentment when they peeled off the gold ornaments was self-evident, but he didn't care at all that his position as a backer in their hearts plummeted. In addition, although Li Xiucheng was in a hurry when he left Suzhou, he was not so bad that he didn't have the time to settle the concubines, but the Huai army who entered the city saw them later, which is enough to show that this batch of exquisite bedding is insignificant in his heart, even if it is left to the enemy, it does not hinder his self-esteem.

A true hero has the world in mind, does not involve emotion, has no self, and has no her.

Since then, farewell concubines, lost horses, and blockbusters of the heroes of the end have been sealed here.

Check the source of Li Xiucheng's female recruitment, which is nothing more than the following five types: 1. Original self-matching (referred to as original matching); Second, the lottery (quality is not guaranteed); 3. The Gift of the Heavenly King; 4. Subordinate tribute; Fifth, look at it yourself. Source 3 is according to history: "Where the thief lives the concubine, the concubine is chosen, and the king Shou is the thief chooses the concubine to give it, which is said to be rewarded for his merit." The puppet king stubbornly resigned and accepted one of them". Good-looking stay. Ugly return. Source IV. The quality is the highest and the most abundant, such as Li Wenbing and Xu Shaoyun, both of whom have offered women to pet. But what they carefully selected will not be a nanny type with thick skin and solid flesh and a red and black complexion, but a fair baby who can reflect the aesthetics of Jiangnan people. Source 5, it is not impossible, but the romance of love at first sight in the eyes of modern people will have a very bad impact at the time. In the Eastern Expedition, Su Chang was loyal to the king and ordered five times to "do not commit adultery, and those who violate the order will be beheaded". Free love in the war years, that is, free fornication without a father and a king. "Tiger's Mouth Diary" records that Li Xiucheng once set up a sister pavilion after occupying the Soviet Union. "Those who have meritorious service are ordered to choose themselves." It shows that a soldier can choose a wife, but if he meets the conditions for military merit, will he reward himself? And where women go, without a valid reason, will not return to the palace, and should stay in the women's hall. Therefore, Li Xiucheng must lead by example, and the wildflowers on the roadside are not picked indiscriminately. Others offering flowers is another matter, and the political intentions are too rich. In addition, from the point of view of repaying the favor. Their union is unethical. Zhao Kuangyin sent Jingniang thousands of miles away, and the latter wanted to be hot. The former is not accepted out of morality, and it has been passed down through the ages. But this legendary plot insulted Li Xiucheng's chivalrous demeanor. It shows that the fabricator is brainless and under-flat.

Li Xiucheng may have such a "loyal princess" by her side, but she has to start over in her past life and this life: in Dali Village, she and he are so poor that they are in the right household, so they come together, and they are warm to each other in the years of lack of food and clothing, and the rebels coerce them into the camp, anyway, starvation and war death are almost the same, and the road ahead is boundless. After entering the men's camp and the women's camp being separated, she was worried because he was fighting outside, and the only thing she could do was to take care of the family. But in the confusion, the identity has become prominent. She barely recognized him anymore. It turns out that my husband has such a great ability in addition to farming and burning charcoal. But it's still not easy to see him, but the thoughts are not mutual, naturally someone shares it for her, and even more pleasing him. Her identity only made him feel sorry when she took the god stick king hostage, and perhaps for the sake of his mother, he would always return to her. When trapped in the lonely city, the two really faced each other. Men are always like this, crying goodbye to their confidants, and suffering with their wretched wives. Going around and around, the wealth and glory dissipated like smoke, as if returning to the beginning of dependence on each other, but it was also reassuring, and finally accompanied to the end, but this "loyal princess" can only be the wife of the chaff, and it is by no means a confidant.

Lin Yiqing, who loves to spoof, has imagined more than once: If Li Xiucheng captures Shanghai, which is a miscellaneous place in China and the West, with his inclusive and broad mind, the harem will not be enriched with some "blonde Ji", "blue-eyed girl", "black pearl", "Persian cat" or something.

And in this historical time and space, is it possible that Li Sizhu in front of him is the crystallization of the love between King Zhong and a "female internationalist warrior"?

"Hanpeng, do you know that this sister of yours has already made the master of my sister and promised to marry Kunyu, but unfortunately Kunyu was on business in Beijing and passed away before she could marry her......" Mrs. Wu sighed, she said as she carefully observed the expression on Lin Yiqing's face, and the intention could be said to be very obvious.

"Erniang, don't talk about it...... Li Sizhu's eyes flashed, and he choked up, "Seeing Brother Hanpeng today is like seeing Brother Kunyu in person, Sizhu's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, and there is no other ......."

Before she could finish her sentence, she hid her face and ran out of the house.

"Poor child...... Mrs. Wu understood the pain in Li Sizhu's heart, and couldn't help but sigh.

Lin Yiqing also sighed in his heart, he knew that Li Sizhu was under the control of his aunt, which was equivalent to having a marriage matchmaking appointment with Lin Yizhe, she was already equivalent to Lin Yizhe's wife who had not passed the door, but Lin Yizhe passed away without marrying her.

Mrs. Wu just secretly sent a maid to ask Li Sizhu to meet her, and just now she said that kind of thing, the meaning is very obvious, she hopes that she can marry her instead of Lin Yizhe, so that she will not forever carry the notoriety of "widow" and "Kefu", which may also represent Shen Youdan's meaning, but Li Sizhu didn't know, and Lin Yiqing could see that she used to love Lin Yizhe deeply, and now although she sees herself who is almost exactly the same as Lin Yizhe, she also understands Mrs. Wu's hard work, But it was still not easy to turn the corner in my heart for a while.

"Hanpeng, stay a few more days, I still have a lot to say to you." Shen Youdan's hoarse voice pulled Lin Yiqing's thoughts back, "My time is running out, and now the Russians have occupied Hokkaido, Japan. More than 30 ironclad ships were sent to gather in Japan. Threaten me with a big job. If you don't handle the ironclad ship, it will be in danger! I'm about to play the imperial court, you might as well make this boat diagram more detailed, so that I can attach it to the recital, and directly show the queen mother of the two palaces, so as to make a big plan as soon as possible. ”

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