, the sun is setting. Drink the Mahuang River, the grassland outside the treasure is extraordinarily foamy

On the bank of the Huang River, several guards were bathing the "Hurricane" in the river, while Deng Haonan was sitting on a big rock by the river, looking at the Great Wall opposite in a daze.

Great Wall?

And the Great Wall in the Mongolian steppes?

Yes! That's right!

It is alive in front of Deng Haonan's eyes, although it is dilapidated and overgrown with tall plants and flowers, but the city bricks and the wide bluestone below still bear witness to the magnificent section of the Great Wall here.

Although in Deng Haonan's heart, the Great Wall has become a symbol of a corner of the nation, but when he saw that there was suddenly a monument of the Great Wall here. But there is more sigh and loneliness in my heart.

The Great Wall was already an epic in China in later generations? Although it has been eroded over time, it has become an eternal monument, and it is a spiritualized cultural gene. It is still stored in the body of every descendant of Yan and Huang.

When Margarni met with Emperor Qianlong, like the Chinese, "If you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a good man." "Come to the Great Wall and witness this wonder of the world.

He regarded the Great Wall, an "incomparable structure", as a symbol of the strength and wisdom of the Chinese Empire.

The Wall, Perefette said, "is more of a deterrent to escape than an invasion." Today, it is still more difficult to get out of China than to go in. The Great Wall is more of a state of mind than a military defense

He made the mistake of being strict, at least the Great Wall was meant to stop the invasion, but he was right, the Great Wall is already the mental state of the Chinese nation, and is no longer a geographical dividing line.

The Great Wall, another name for the "Chinese soul".

The construction of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty and its majestic scale are unprecedented. Qin Shi Huang repaired for thirteen years and was overthrown because of this, but what about the Ming Dynasty? The Ming Dynasty has been cultivating for more than 200 years, and it can be seen that most of the national strength has been consumed on the border.

The Ming Dynasty overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Mongols retreated to their hometown in Mobei, but its strength was still relatively strong, so it continued to invade the interior of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, during this period, the Jurchen tribe in the northeast also gradually grew and threatened the rule of the regime in the south. For this. In order to protect the consolidation of power, the Ming government began to repair and build the Great Wall. Trying to block the barbarian peoples from outside the Cypriots. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, several times the Mongols were used against the Mongols, and they achieved heavy military victories, so that the frontier was relatively stable. Despite this, the Ming Dynasty did not neglect the repair and reinforcement of the Great Wall. In the year of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, sent the general to build the border walls of Juyong Pass and other places. Later, he repeatedly summoned migrant workers and soldiers from the interior to work together to build the Great Wall, so that it could be thickened and "stored in May" to make people look majestic and strong. The repaired section of the Great Wall is mainly in the outer Great Wall north of Xuanhua in present-day Hebei Province and north of Datong in Shanxi Province.

During this period, the Ming government also mobilized manpower and material resources to build beacon towers along the border of Shanxi and build fortresses at various passes outside the pass. After decades of repair work, the Ming Dynasty mainly built many chimneys, Fengdui, tunbao, guancheng, Luanyan, etc., on the basis of the Great Wall of Weiqi, so that the Great Wall developed into a more complete defense system.

By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, due to the continuous invasion of the northern peoples, especially the "civil engineering changes". The Ming court felt that it was urgent to solve the security problems of the northern border, so two Great Walls were built, one from Ningxia to northern Shaanxi, "from Huangfu" to Dingbian Yingben in the west for more than 200 miles, the forts faced each other, and the roots were intercepted; The inner compound of the mountain valley, said to be the road, the east to the head, the west end of Ninggu according to the Huangfu River originates in the east of the Inner Mongolia Yikezhao League, to flow into the Yellow River from the Huangfu in the northeast corner of Shaanxi; Dingbian camp is in Dingbian County at the northwest end of present-day Shaanxi, and Pingtou is Biguan County in Shanxi, while Ninggu refers to Yinchuan and Guyuan two towns in Ningxia at that time. This Great Wall is across the whole territory of the northern part of present-day Shaanxi, reaching the Yellow River, and connecting the pass in the east with a sandwich road, and connecting Ning and Gu in the west.

Another Great Wall is in the northwest of present-day Nanshan, Mongolia to Xuanhua, Hebei, although this section of the Great Wall is recorded in history as "more than 1,000 miles of large side walls, 363 beacon piles" but basically destroyed, and now there is no longer zài.

This Great Wall, which has been annihilated by history, is now in front of Na Haonan's eyes.

The northern frontier border of the Ming Dynasty was changed more than a dozen times, and there were three large-scale ones, each time the Great Wall was destroyed by the Mongols, and the Ming Dynasty chose to shrink and give up the land, and then build the Great Wall, and then it was broken and repaired again.

In this way, we know that the same is a glorious time, the glory of Spain is consumed in the erosive luxury life, and the glory of the Ming Dynasty is consumed in the defense of the Great Wall on the frontier.

Before, Deng Haonan only saw the hard bones of the Ming Empire and never gave in, but now he sees the other side, that is, the Ming Empire is actually an empire that has fought a war for more than 200 years. As we all know, war is the most expensive, and it is also a waste of national strength, you can imagine, what is the concept of the Ming Empire fighting wars for more than 200 years?

Na Haonan heard Gao Feng say that on the occasion of Longqing and Wanli, the Mongolian Altan Department and the Ming Dynasty negotiated peace and mutual markets, and the northern border was slightly quiet, and the border troubles mainly came from the Jurchen people in the northeast. During the Wanli period, Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong Town, extended the border to build Kuandian and six forts in Gushan, and then rebuilt the border wall of Liaodong, from Mianzhou to the east to the Sancha River, and from the Sancha to the old Liaoyang.

Wanli Zhongxing, Zhang Juzheng's reform was certainly a factor, but at that time there was no northern border trouble, so the national strength did not need to be consumed to recover. And after Zhang Juzheng died, it was just in time for the rise of the Jurchens, so the national strength was consumed by the more powerful Jurchens. In this way, the feeling to future generations is that Zhang Juzheng is very capable.

At this time, I figured out the joints, in Deng Haonan's heart, I can't

Na Haonan's thoughts flew wildly, and at this time, the "wind" bathing in the river had washed enough. Suddenly he shook his body, and the water droplets splashed on the several guards next to him, causing them to laugh and scold continuously.

After the "blast" ran ashore, he immediately slipped to Deng Haonan's side and gnawed on the grass nearby. Deng Haonan sat on the high stone, the net was good, and he could touch the "Wind", and several guards wanted to train the "Wind", but it ran to Na Haonan to take refuge, so he could only give up with a wry smile.

Caressing the wind, the smile in Haonan's eyes, in his eyes, the mount is spiritual, especially the thousand-mile horse.

At this time, the sentry cavalry reported, and after Ding Daniu learned about it, he hurriedly came over to report the situation to Deng Haonan.

It turned out that in the northeast, twelve miles away from Deng Haonan's camp, several families of Mongolian herdsmen grazing and a Han caravan were looted, and more than 100 people died. The horses were plundered, but the cattle and sheep were left. Ding Da Niu ordered someone to bring it over and prepare for the barbecue tonight.

"Looks like the horse thieves aren't here to target us!"

Ding Daniu said: "I always feel that Gao Feng's eyes are strange, isn't it that he wants to borrow the hand of a horse thief to take away our property?" ”

Na Haonan nodded, this speculation is not unreasonable. Na Haonan carried a large amount of gold. Otherwise, the horse thief would not dare to step on that Haonan's plate.

That Gao Feng may have this in mind, but he also has the idea of trying. If you succeed, you will make a lot of money, and if you don't succeed, you will have no loss! ”

Da Niu said indignantly: "This bastard dared to betray us, and you gave him so much silver in vain. After this deed, I will definitely repair him when I go back! ”

Na Zhinan smiled slightly and said, "People die for money, birds die for food!" This is just a reflection of Gao Feng's instinct, when he sees our strong strength, he will not dare in the future. Once this kind of person is afraid of us, he will die for me in the future! ”

It is already obvious that this peak is still useful.

Da Niu then said: "If I find out that he has two hearts again, kill him first!" ”

Na Haonan shook his head helplessly and smiled faintly.

Suddenly, the "wind" roared in the middle of the river, and Deng Haonan and Da Niu were alert and looked at the middle of the river.

I saw that in the Huang River, the corpse went down the river in one fell swoop.

"What a fuss! Isn't it just a corpse? ”

A few of the guards were still complaining about being shaken by the wind just now.

"Nope! Look at the top! Ding Daniu's eyes were good, and he suddenly pointed not far upstream, and another corpse flowed, followed by two, four,

Di Haonan took out his clairvoyant eyes and looked at the upper reaches of the river, but the dim sunlight just blocked Di Haonan's vision, and he couldn't see too far, but he saw more corpses floating down the river.

Several guards rode into the river, hooked a corpse and dragged it to the shore, then examined it.

"I've been dead for hours!"

"Strange! Why don't you wear a coat? ”

"Someone ripped off!"

Na Haonan looked at the corpses floating down the river, not to mention hundreds of them, and called Gao Feng and Mandu Latu.

"Can you tell if they're herders or horse thieves?"

Gao Feng shook his head, indicating that he did not know. Mandu Ratu carefully examined the buttocks of the corpses, and found that there were marks on them, and then found several corpses to examine, and when Na Haonan and the others were wondering, they saw that the buttocks of several of the corpses were also marked with the same mark.

"Isn't the brand imprinted on the face? How did it get on the butt? ”

"Ordinary Han Nu" Mandu Latu said, and suddenly saw Deng Haonan and the others frowning, and suddenly remembered that Deng Haonan was also Han, so he hurriedly changed his words, and said: "That" "Go on!" ”

Na Haonan nodded lightly, which made Mandu Laran shudder, but he didn't dare not say it.

"Ordinary Han and ordinary slaves generally have unfixed owners, so they often trade. If it is burned on the face, after many transactions, the face is extremely terrifying, making people look disgusting, and they are even more worried about scaring the noble ladies and children, so after the defeat of the Ming Tumu Fort, in order to humiliate the Han people, the slaves are like war horses, and they are all branded on the buttocks"

After speaking, Mandu Ratu obviously felt that the atmosphere was wrong and murderous.

His voice grew louder and louder, almost inaudible to the back.

Di Haonan's fists were clenched and rattled loudly, but with his continuous recognition and adaptation to this era, his mentality has gradually stabilized, and his joys, sorrows, and sorrows have also become much restrained, adding a bit of stability to the superiors.

"They're all Han Chinese, aren't they?"

Mandu Ratu nodded cautiously, then shook his head again, and said, "Not all, those who don't have a mark are Mongols!" ”

Dafeng asked, "There was infighting?" ”

Mandu Ratu shook his head and said, "If it's infighting, it should be all Han people!" But there were also Mongols among the corpses, and they were all stripped of their coats, indicating that they were a tribe and were slaughtered en masse! ”

Na Haonan asked, "Which tribe is it?" ”

Mandu Latu thought for a moment and said, "Look at this kind of mark, it should be from the Nen Korqin Department!" ”

Ding Da Niu snorted coldly and said, "The Nen Horqin Department has secretly taken refuge in the Jianzhou Wheel, and it is innocent to die!" ”

Di Haonan did not object, nodded, and said, "It has nothing to do with us!" We're ready to go with a barbecue! ”

Mandu Ratu suddenly said, "My lord, please slow down!" ”

Na Haonan turned around and asked, "Do you have something to say?" ”

Mandu Ratu nodded and replied, "The fact that these people have died a few more shows that there are many people who killed them." We judged them to be dead, but because they were floating down the river, their body temperature must have dropped quickly! ”

Na Haonan's eyes tightened, and he immediately understood the meaning of Mandu Latu's words.

"You mean, this group of people is very close to us!"

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The eunuch arrived at the Jinzhou Fortress, but did not see Di Haonan.

Secretary-General Lin Feng lied that Na Haonan went to the south to rectify the Nanyang Naval Division, and the eunuch naturally didn't want to go all the way to Nanjing to announce the decree, plus Lin Feng bribed each other with 10,000 taels of silver, how could the eunuch of this decree see 10,000 taels of silver, and immediately happily let Lin Feng take the decree on behalf of Deng Haonan, and did it hastily.

"Bestow the first-class loyal and brave uncle, eat and seal 3,000 households, give the title of the general of the Great Expedition, Qin is subject to the right governor of the five armies, plus the prince Taibao from the first product, the left squire of the leading army is the third product, and the commander of the Liaodong Metropolitan Command is the second product, and the Nanyang Naval Division is the second product, the Liaodong Governor's Mansion is allowed to be opened, and the General Mansion of the Northern Expedition is given, and Deng Haonan's wife Yang Wanshu is given the wife of the command, and the python robe, jade belt, royal mat, royal horse, silk, and porcelain Yunyun

There are a lot of knights, food seals, titles, titles, titles, and leaders in front, but they are just a name, and almost everyone in the Ming Dynasty has a bunch of useless titles, but the real power is very little.

The emperor gave officials a lot of titles, but they just took care of the officials' feelings and gave them a sense of honor.

The first-class loyal and brave uncle is also lifelong, not hereditary. Only the real experience behind is a real thing for Deng Haonan.

He is actually under the command of Liaodong, which is equivalent to the No. 2 military commander of the Liaodong Theater, and the No. 1 is the Liaodong Economic Strategy. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the strength of the civilian group swelled, and after the defeat of Salhu, the military attache became a scapegoat, and his status and real power plummeted, so the governor system introduced by the Ming court gradually eroded the power of the war zone. In other words, Yuan Chonghuan's governor of Liaodong is also a second grade, nominally without Deng Haonan's official power, but in fact he still restricts the command of Liaodong. Therefore, although this official position is actually accepted, two levels higher than General Pingliao, it is still subject to others.

However, the imperial court allowed Di Haonan to open the Liaodong Governor's Mansion, which was the key to making Di Haonan a legitimate warlord separatist force.

The Liaodong Governor's Mansion is subordinate to the Governor's Mansion of the Central Five Armies and is not under the control of Yuan Chonghuan. And Yuan Chonghuan's title of the right attendant of the military department is slightly lower than the title of the left attendant of the military department of Di Haonan, Yuan Chonghuan eats a thousand households, and Deng Haonan is a first-class loyal and brave uncle, so that Deng Haonan is no longer controlled by Yuan Chonghuan regardless of his name or actual acceptance.

As for the construction of the Northern General's Mansion, didn't Deng Haonan pay for it himself? Mrs. Decree who gave Yang Wanshu is also a name.

The so-called edict means the above. In ancient times, the people shouted with great righteousness. In ancient times, officials from the first to the fifth rank were called the emperor, and the sixth to the ninth rank were called robbery. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a very complete system of edicts was formed, and officials from one to five grades were awarded the edict, and six to nine grades were awarded the edicts, and the lady was from the husband's grade, so there was a saying of "the lady of the edict". Mrs. Decree is related to her husband's official position. There is a fortune, but there is no real power.

However, for the Na Haonan group, all the titles are false names, and the imperial court allowed Deng Haonan to open the mansion is not to give Deng Haonan military salary, so if you talk about real things, then there are only rewarded official uniforms and other python robes, jade belts, royal mats, imperial horses, silk, porcelain and other things.

The eunuch received a huge bribe from Lin Feng, so he naturally took advantage of others' shortcomings, so he told Lin Feng the purpose of his trip one by one.

It turned out that Wei Zhongxian was naturally not worried about Deng Haonan's affairs, and while sending him to announce the decree, he also tested Na Haonan's political tendencies by the way.

Obviously, if Deng Haonan didn't stand with Wei Zhongxian, then he would be suppressed by Wei Zhongxian, and the name he obtained in front of him would be taken captive by Wei Zhongxian without saying a word.

Wei Zhongxian was powerful, and Lin Feng naturally did not dare to show any dissatisfaction, saying that Deng Haonan really wanted to be nine thousand years old, and was preparing to set up an ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian. The father-in-law was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly told Lin Feng that it would be okay to have this ancestral hall, and the nine thousand years old would definitely be Na Haonan as his own person.

Then when it came to the issue of carving dragon gold, Deng Haonan had already prepared and ordered Qian Shun to create thirty exquisite carved dragon gold recommendations of all kinds, among which he also imitated a cross-headed recommendation, but the tooth patterns on it were different, ready to be used to deal with Wei Zhongxian. At this time, Lin Feng directly handed over the thirty golden recommendations to his father-in-law and brought them to Wei Zhongxian.

accompanied the father-in-law who came with the decree, as well as the "special commissioner" sent by Li Dehai, the governor of the Beiyang Navy Division and the leader of the Lu Gang.

For the Lu Gang, the imperial court can only envy Na Haonan's grace, but it has nothing to do with those of them who work for the old ministers. Mr. Lee's only focus was on Deng Haonan's naval base in Lushun and trade with Korea and the Ryukyus.

The Lushun Naval Base is opposite the Dengzhou Beiyang Naval Division, and Deng Haonan, as the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, does not build a base in the south, but runs to the north. Naturally, the Beiyang sailors were dissatisfied.

Now that the imperial court has allowed Di Haonan to open Liaodong, there is nowhere to vent this dissatisfaction, and the ministers of the imperial court can only be blamed for doing some ridiculous things.

Unable to stop Deng Haonan from building a naval base in Lushun, he could only retreat to the next best thing and seek cooperation with Deng Haonan.

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