Chapter 278: Rumors in the Market
"The county lord is willing to sacrifice his life and forget death for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he will not let him have his eyebrows at all, how can he say anything from being arrogant? It's too late for Li Xin's admiration...... Be sure to take care of your body and don't do stupid things like self-harm! β
Zhu Huiyu's heart that had just sunk suddenly floated again, and his mind was active again, can he say this to show that he doesn't care about being captured and out of control? It's just that I don't know what kind of turn has been turned in my mind, and I actually asked.
"General, the general doesn't dislike it, Huiyu ...... Captured and lost ......"
By the end, his voice was as low as a mosquito, and he couldn't even hear what he was saying.
After comprehending the Ming Dynasty's etiquette and religion's statement on the restraint of women, Shen Ming's festival is far more important to women than life, and he only hopes that the county lord in front of him will not be poisoned too much by this kind of thinking, and will not seek death and life. And Zhu Huiyu's resolute choice to commit suicide in order to stop the killing also changed his impression of the willful and reckless girl in front of him. For example, Batu of the Natumut tribe prides himself on being a hero on weekdays, but he is not as groveling as a dog in the face of a strong enemy, and betrays his clan brothers......
"The county lord dares to sacrifice for the country and the nation, so why is it out of order?" Immediately, he felt that it was difficult to express his inner thoughts clearly, and he complained: "How many seven-foot bearded eyebrows are greedy for life and afraid of death in the court, and they are intrigued, but they want a weak woman to bear the evil consequences they planted, how unfair!" β
Li Xin's complaint startled Zhu Huiyu, why was he so indignant? But then his heart warmed, was he complaining about himself? Zhu Huiyu Bingxue is smart, and naturally understands that what he means is that the ministers of the DPRK and China cannot resist the Tartar soldiers, and the women are humiliated but ask them to observe the festival, so they dedicate themselves to it. But the monarch is the minister, the father is the son, the husband is the wife, and the three outlines and the five constants are heavenly ethics, isn't this all a matter of course?
Zhu Huiyu has received an orthodox education since she was a child, which is unquestionable in her subconscious, but when Li Xin said it today, she actually felt that it was very reasonable. But more than that, he was moved, Li Xinneng said such rebellious words for himself, even if he really died, he had no regrets.
Seeing Zhu Huiyu's slightly surprised expression, Li Xin also quickly realized that he had lost his words, and it was better to say less in the future with such shocking remarks.
"Since the county lord is fine, Li Xin is convenient to wait outside the tent, please tidy up your clothes as soon as possible, let's go back to Xuanfu!"
After that, without waiting for Zhu Huiyu to answer, he turned around and left the tent.
Zhu Huiyu looked at Li Xin's back and was stunned for a moment, then tidied up and down her clothes, and tightly wrapped the torn opening with a cloth belt.
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The flood of the Nanhe River did not last long, and after a day and a night, it receded, and Li Fengxiang, who was in charge of the military affairs of the Xuanfu, then led the army to regain the lost territory. At the same time, the news that Li Xin defeated the Mongol Tartars and rescued the lord of Xinle also spread back to Jingshi with the recovery of Xuanfu.
Years of war, defeat and sudden victory, the ups and downs of this kind of ups and downs can no longer stir people's nerves that have long been tense. And this time the news from the Xuanfu spread quickly in the market, Li Xin went to the meeting alone, rescued the unmarried princess, and the hero saved the beauty, which made people talk with infinite longing.
The county lord of Xinle fell into the hands of the Tartars for several days, and many good officials wanted to know what had happened in the past few days, and Li Xin could just use this to remove the burden of handing over power after the county lord's wedding, but he tried his best to save the burden, which made all the officials in Beijing who heard about it puzzled.
When discussing in private, they were all amazed, seemingly sighing and regretful, but their eyes full of curiosity were full of undisguised schadenfreude.
It is said that the lord of the Jin Dynasty is as beautiful as a fairy, but it's a pity that it falls into the hands of a savage-like Tartar, so what can be good?
Alas, who said no, Li Xin's guy rescued a broken flower and returned to the willow, do you still want to marry......
That horse thief was born, but he probably didn't know what etiquette and martyrdom were......
All in all, the officials in Beijing are waiting to see Li Xin's liveliness.
There was a lot of chaos in the Daming Jingshi Sijiu City, but the Forbidden City was very quiet, Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, frowned, and the little eunuch beside him was walking on thin ice, and he didn't dare to come out. The emperor was in a bad mood, and if something went wrong, the guy who ate couldn't keep it.
The progress of the battle in Xuanfu did not make Zhu Youzhen's mood better, if it was in the past, he would have won this battle and deserved to be congratulated, but since that day, he saw the decay and dilapidation of the closed compartment outside the gate on Andingmen, but it gave him an unprecedented shock.
Prior to this, Zhu Youzhen's impression of the war was nothing more than a deduction on the map, the change in the number of casualties, and the number of heads killed. Although he also knew that hundreds of people were homeless because of this, it was not until he was there and saw it with his own eyes that he felt the same way. The suffering of the people of the Ming Dynasty jumped into the heart of the emperor who had ruled the world for 12 years for the first time from paper and letter.
The Mongols broke through the Xuanfu, and the Yongning Yanqing area was flooded again, and how many people should have been homeless, displaced, and even taken captive by the Mongols to make slaves and horses. And I don't know how many years it will take to recover this loss. Thinking of this, even if the Ming army quickly restored the situation in Xuanfu, he still looked worried.
The emperor didn't think about tea and dinner for several days, and the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, crept in from outside the hall, looking at it in his eyes, but worried in his heart.
"Hooray, hooray?"
Zhu Youzhen was stunned.
"What?"
Wang Chengen pointed to the porridge on the table, "Long live, the porridge is cold......
Zhu Youzhen sighed slowly, "I still have porridge to cool here, and those people who have suffered from disasters are afraid that it is also a luxury to drink a bowl of cold porridge, right?" β
The emperor's words seemed to be asking, Wang Chengen was difficult to answer left and right, and the answer was yes, wouldn't it mean that long live was a faint king, and the people were bored and even drank porridge became a luxury, but if the answer was not, it was a clear bully, and the people really couldn't even drink porridge. Seeing that it has passed the middle of April, there are still nearly two months to go before the first crop of wheat is ripe in June, which is the most green and yellow month, and the people do not know how many people will starve to death.
But how could he bear to say this to the emperor who was already extremely worried, so he tried to change the topic and divert the emperor's attention.
"The old slave left the palace today, but I heard that there is a new joke in the folk market!"
Zhu Youzhen has never had the opportunity to contact the people of Beijing, and he is also very interested in topics in the market. Sure enough, as soon as Wang Chengen's words came out, his interest came.
"Oh? Tell me, what has been preached? β
"Lord Xinle!"
I heard that it was the lord of Xinle, Zhu Youzhen was a little excited, the lord of Xinle was personally married to Li Xin, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, but there was a drama of being taken away by the Tartars for a few days.
It's just that after this incident, the reputation of Li Xin, a confidant and beloved general, was greatly damaged, and the fiancΓ©e of a county lord who was ruined by flowers and willows was married or not, and the emperor's finger marriage was not counted? There is a lot of involved, and no one can make the decision alone, and even he, the emperor, finds it tricky.
I couldn't help but sigh.
"Poor Xiao will be wronged by this!"
Wang Chengen disagreed.
"Hooray, would you like to hear how the market judges this matter?"
Zhu Youzhen heard a different flavor from Wang Chengen's words, is there another way to say it?
"Say, listen!"
"Even the jokes in the market have been compiled, bluntly saying that Li Zhengxi entered the enemy camp with a horse and saved the county lord with a single sword!"
Li Xin hung the seal of the former general of the expedition to the west, so Li Xinlai is also called "Li Zhengxi" in the people. The saying "a horse enters the enemy camp and saves the county lord with a single sword" aroused Zhu Youzhen's strong interest, could it be that there is another story between Li Xin and the county lord of Xinle? Seeing the emperor in a trance, Wang Chengen smiled slightly, knowing that he had successfully attracted and diverted his attention.
So in 1510, the folk interpretation jokes were processed and told eloquently, for half an hour, until the night was completely dark, and the temple was lit with candlesticks.
Prosecutor Zhu You sighed, "I can't think of it, I can't think of it, I can't think of it......" said three times in a row.
"Is Li Xinguo as rumored in the market to think?"
In the folk saying, Li Xin can actually put aside the secular and etiquette, and insist on loving the county lord, such shocking behavior is really not something ordinary people can do, but it makes people shout love and faith! But in the end, he turned to doubt. Wang Chengen said with a smile: "This, the old slave really doesn't know, why not summon General Li, just ask!" β
Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized that this was indeed the case, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
However, Zhu Youzhen's decision to summon Li Xin to Beijing was soon opposed by the courtiers, on the grounds that the war had ended and the army of Shanxi Town was on the side of the capital, and that summoning him to Beijing at this time was due to discord in the system. It is only advisable to give a lenient reward and make him return to the town immediately.
In the end, Zhu Youzhen acquiesced to the opinions of the ministers and issued an order to commend them, so that they did not have to enter Beijing, and they could return to Taiyuan directly from the Xuanfu, and the army that was resting in Changping returned together from Juyongguan.
The eunuch Li Fengxiang was the official director of the military affairs of Xuanda, while the question of Hong Chengchou was suspended indefinitely, and he himself was idle in Beijing waiting for the will of the imperial court. After this, the emperor became more and more trusting of the lieutenants and ministers around him, except for a very small number of ministers such as Sun Chengzong, Yang Sichang, Xiong Wencan and other ministers who could still get his trust to take charge of military affairs in one party or even several provinces, the rest were worried about his intentions, and began to frequently send eunuchs to superintendent military affairs in various places.
Li Xin is also like an arrow, and the war delayed his development plan, and this time he can finally beat the gong and drum to open.