Chapter 122 - Brothers Are Not Harmonious

It turned out that the chief priest Zhao Butai was also Zhuo Butai, Guerjia, and a man with a yellow flag in Manchuria. The history books say that he has four major achievements, namely: subduing the Sauron Department, besieging Hong Chengchou, Western Expedition Li Zicheng, and the future "pursuit of King Minggui", the official position has also changed from the small Niu Lu Ezhen, through the Jiala Ezhen, the director of the military department, the Maile Ezhen, the criminal department of the squire, and has been promoted to the present day's Minister of the Interior, the Yellow Flag Manchuria Gushan Ezhen, the title from the third-class Ada Haha, and the progressive second-class Asihani Hafan.

In fact, this is not critical: he has a younger brother named Aobai.

Aobai's brother, friends in the 21st century, I don't know if you are interested, but Hongyi first heard that he was going to work with this Aobai adult's brother, and he immediately became interested. Why? According to the official history, after the Lord Zhao Butai beat Zhu Youlang, the king of Ming Gui, to Burma, he "pursued the victory, and returned to Vietnam with a fierce victory." Jie Wen, python suit, pommel horse". Later, "in February of the first year of Kangxi, the division was returned, and the minister of the interior was ordered to welcome labor." Seeking to pursue the crimes of the generals in the military survey is untrue, arguing with the king of the council, Baylor, complaining about the hope, arguing about the hanging, the order is lenient, the world is seized, and the capital is unified".

That is to say, in the second year of Kangxi in the official history, this Zhao Butai quarreled with the kings of parliament because of the issue of evaluating the military merits of the soldiers. Here's the problem!

Since it was the second year of Kangxi, it should be time for Zhao Butai's younger brother Ao Bai to be the regent of the auxiliary minister, but he was "deprived of his position." Strike the capital (inlaid with yellow flags, Manchuria, solid mountains, and true Ezhen)". Was Ao Bai not "tough" enough at that time to save his brother? Or are the brothers themselves at odds?

Hongyi came together with Zhao Butai with infinite reverie about this issue. Along the way, Hongyi thought about this problem over and over again in his sedan chair, but he never came to a plausible conclusion.

Finally arrived at the mansion of Prince Heshuo near the grinding factory, and when the main family let the two emperors into the side hall to rest, Hongyi had the opportunity to get close to Zhao Butai.

"Lord Zhao Butai, I have you for today!" Hongyi was the first to speak.

"Haha, where is Lord Belle, the slave serves the emperor, and he will never give up!" Zhao Butai, as a member of the early Qing Dynasty, has such a powerful tone of dialogue!

"Yes, yes. Adult Ke Solun, Harvest Jing Luo (referring to Hong Chengchou), break the thief. None of these credits are great! "Okay, Hongyi can only follow the temper of others and slowly lean on his own topic.

"Those achievements of the minions are not worth mentioning in front of you, Lord Belle!" I didn't expect the general to come to such a sentence.

"Me?" Hongyi didn't get it.

"It's you, master! haha! Shar Huda told me. The reason why he was able to take down those Rakshasa bandits with Ming Andali in the Battle of Humar. Isn't it all thanks to your strategy? Mulan played martial arts and made Ao Bai embarrassed again. It shows that you have used the law with your soldiers! Although the master is young, he knows how to make good use of the soldiers, which is really my luck in Manchuria and the blessing of the Qing Dynasty! "Zhao Butai is also like a treasure. Hang up Xiao Xuanye and praise him.

"Oh, don't you say I forgot, Lord Aobai is still your own brother...... This one...... Last time Mulan played martial arts, Xuan Ye got lucky, and it was all thanks to Lord Aobai's forbearance......" Hongyi wanted to be polite without understanding the intimacy of the two brothers, but Zhao Butai on the other side unexpectedly interrupted him.

"Lord Belle doesn't have to be too humble! I know best about that guy, if it really gets to the critical point, where will he take care of your face? is our brother born and raised by his father, where will he say anything polite and take care of? In the Mulan paddock that day, he was ruthless, but you were more ruthless than him, and the slave saw it very clearly at the time! haha! ”

"This, Xuan Ye is young, and there is no ...... of seriousness"

"No, if you want me to say, the master played well, played well! haha, just to let Aobai, the so-called 'first Baturu of the Qing Dynasty', who is increasingly unpopular, know what the Han people say...... Right! There are people outside the mountains! haha! Zhao Butai recalled the embarrassed appearance of Mulan in the enclosure that day, and unabashedly shouted daxiao, completely ignoring the fact that this was in the mansion of Prince Zheng, and in the main hall outside was the mourning hall of Heshuo Dafujin!

Hongyi saw it clearly, and thought carefully and judged: First, Zhao Butai didn't seem to be deliberately acting for himself, and he could be happy and unscrupulous outside the mourning hall, which showed that he was really happy. Second, as two brothers, they are both ministers of the interior, but the elder brother Zhao Butai is a second-class male, and the younger brother Aobai is a first-class duke. It's a big deal! Maybe coupled with the fact that Ao Bai is a high-flying person, it seems that the relationship between the two brothers is very ordinary! If your judgment is correct, it is not difficult to explain why Zhao Butai almost lost his life in the official history, and Ao Bai did nothing. [Author's speculation]

If this is the case, can the brothers here be of any use to me?

"Besides, the Rakshasa bandits in Hummar Fort are not so easy to fight. However, fortunately, Sha'er Huda advised Ming Andali to obey your master, 'The thief city is strong and cannot be attacked. Layers of siege, artillery and arrows, birds do not come out, and no one can escape. After a hundred days of fierce fighting, the thieves will surrender themselves, capture the bandit leaders alive, and sacrifice prisoners at noon. Ammunition and food are sufficient, and retreat will humiliate the country! These forty-eight words are the best strategy! It seems that the sentences are simple and unpretentious, but in fact, how can those who do not bring soldiers know that these twelve sentences put the entire war together! Wonderful! The minions are really admired! Speaking of which, Zhao Butai came to the momentum, and actually got up from his seat, straightened his clothes, beat his chest with his right hand, and bowed to Hongyi on one knee!

This is a gift to little Belle in the march, how dare Hongyi accept it casually? This Gushan is really an adult, but he is the capital of the yellow flag, if he is ordinary to fight thousands of children or something, it will be over if he is sloppy. But the yellow flag Manchuria, one of the three flags, is all given a military salute to your second son, how can the emperor behind you be at the mercy of it?

Hongyi hurriedly jumped out of his seat and hurriedly flashed to the side. Dodged the salute, and then hurriedly reached out to hug each other.

"Don't do that, adults! I'm just a fluke......" Halfway through the words, Hongyi suddenly found a doubt: when he said this in Cining Palace that day, only the Queen Mother, the Emperor, Ming Andali and himself were present, and the Queen Mother also asked not to show secrets. Later, when he came to the battlefield, even if Ming Andali and Sha Erhuda made an explanation, how did Zhao Butai, who was far away in Beijing, know?

"How did the adults know about Xuan Ye's nonsense that day?" Hongyi and Zhao Butai sat down again, seemingly unintentionally asking.

"It's gibberish there, Lord Belle don't shirk with the minions anymore! Haha, the words spoken by the Manchurian man. That's a nail in the coffin! haha! As for how do I know? It's not that little old man from Shaerhuda who wrote to me. I have to show off my own merits, or how will I know? Zhao Butai first taught Xuan Ye a lesson, and Zuihou said "intelligence source".

"Oh, General Sha'er Huda and your lord......" Hongyi remembered that Zhao Butai had mentioned Sha'er Huda several times just now. It's just that I was bent on spying on the privacy of the relationship between the two brothers. I just didn't notice the message.

“haha。 I'm an old partner with him! Speaking of his past exploits, Zhao Butai opened the conversation.

Originally. Whether Zhao Butai subdued the Sauron Tribe[1], besieged Hong Chengchou, or went west to conquer Li Zicheng, he fought side by side with Sha'er Huda and formed a deep "revolutionary friendship". [Historical facts are so, but the relationship between the two is the author's speculation]

During the conversation, Hongyi was surprised to find that this Zhao Butai was extremely sympathetic to his actions such as appointing Rakshasa musketeers, setting up firearms battalions, and opening firearms research institutes, and was very annoyed that Rakshasa continued to come west and south, and he couldn't wait to be able to lead the army in northern Xinjiang with Shaerhuda again and drive out all the Rakshasa bandits. Of course, all of this is inextricably linked to his defeat that day, and Zhao Butai does not deny it.

When it came to Ao Bai several times, Zhao Butai naturally showed disdain and chagrin, which made Hongyi very interested. So, seeing an opportunity, Hongyi said as if nothing:

"I don't know what I've been up to lately?"

"Hmph, what can he do? Since he was ordered to go to Horqin in May last year to give the current queen a concubine ceremony, the emperor has not given him any errands that can be put on the table. Oh, in addition to the loss of armor in the Mulan paddock that was beaten by Lord Baylor, haha......" Zhao Butai was proud again, but he didn't notice the blazing eyes of Lord Baylor on the other side!

It turned out that in May of the eleventh year of Shunzhi, after the Empress Fulin was abolished as Concubine Jing, she re-hired Ulunzhurige, the daughter of the Duke of Horqin Town, as the concubine, that is, the current queen. At that time, the prince of the town was sent to Babutai, the minister of the interior Baturu Gongaobai, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites Wuhe, and the waiter of the Lifan Yuan Shajidara and so on to pay the dowry. The dowry gifts brought with them include "Pannier Armor Linglong Saddle Horse Five Boils [pǐ] (same as "Horse"), satin fifty boils, green cloth hundred boils, gold tea tubes, and silver basins. A feast was held, and nine cows and seventy-two sheep were slaughtered. [See "Qing Shilu"]

"Ao Bai went to Horqin back then?" Hongyi blurted out.

"Huh? Yes, I went with Babutai, Woh, and Shajidara, the princes of the town. But it's in vain, and when he comes back, the queen is useless to him......" Zhao Butai was still immersed in his joy and said casually.

"Oh, Babutai, Woh, Shazidara......" Hongyi silently read the names of the three officials who traveled to the Korqin Department with Aobai in his heart, and was silent.

At this time, the little official who followed the class came in to report that the main hall was ready, and the ceremony of giving Prince Zheng Fujin could begin.

"Lord Belle, the minion is in the position of the main priest?" Zhao Butai was polite.

"Emperor Amaqin, naturally you are the chief priest. Sir, please! Hongyi gave in.

"Haha, Lord Belle, please!" Zhao Butai came out first.

Hongyi continued to silently recite those names in his heart, and followed absentmindedly behind-

Are these people reliable or not?

[1] In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Sauron tribe was the collective name of the Daur and Evenki, Oroqen and Buryats tribes in the early Qing Dynasty. They share a shamanic religion and are closely related to each other. "Sauron" is the name of the Daur people for the Oroqen people, which means "people living in the mountains and forests", because the Evenks are brave and good at fighting, so their surrounding tribes are also called Sauron. The Sauron tribe is not an ethnic entity, but a collective term for the surrounding tribal groups. According to the "Qing Historical Manuscript", it is recorded: "In the first year of Shunzhi, (Zhao Butai) and Jiajia Laezhen Shaerhuda (Shaerhuda) slightly Heilongjiang, Ketuhule Chancheng, captured more than 200 people." After that, Heilongjiang was pacified, and the Qing Dynasty incorporated the Sauron Department into the Butha Banner. (To be continued......)