Chapter 725: Hetuala

We set off early the next morning for Hetuala, and Turzhan went with us, after all, he was a descendant of the Eight Banners, which involved the secrets of his ancestors, and he was also needed to help translate the Manchu language. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When I arrived in Hetuala, the winter sun shone on this ancient city, and the walls that condensed the vicissitudes and changes of time still seemed to tell me about the glory of this place.

Hetuara is Manchu, Turzhan tells us that Han means Henggang, in fact, it is a horizontal hill, which can be seen everywhere in the land of Liaodong, but the Qing Taizu has given it supreme glory.

Qing Taizu moved here from the old old city of Feiala, and the descendants of the Eight Banners called it the old city or hometown, and even now, the descendants of the Eight Banners still believe that this is the holy city in their hearts.

The castle is built on a hill running east-west. The cliff is grandiose, surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Hetuara has two cities inside and outside, the city wall is seven feet high, the earth and stone are mixed, the inner city lives the family and relatives of the Qing Taizu, the outer city lives the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and there are more than 20,000 households of various craftsmen living outside the city.

Ye Zhiqiu was obviously a little fascinated after arriving here, or he was full of emotion.

"What's wrong? You should have seen a lot of ruins, why did this slap big city make you so fascinated. I asked, walking next to her.

"I'm a little conflicted right now." Ye Zhiqiu smiled very entangledly.

"What are you contradictory?"

"These city walls were built by the soldiers led by Qing Taizu." Ye Zhiqiu looked at the quaint stone wall, and said with his hand lightly touching it. "It seems that the horn of the Eight Banners and the drums of war are ringing in my ears."

"Oh, you're Han." I reacted suddenly. "Qing Taizu established the Great Qing Dynasty here, and began to dominate the Central Plains, how can you study archaeology still be entangled in these."

"That's why I'm contradictory, from an archaeological point of view, I actually admire Qing Taizu." Ye Zhiqiu said to me with a faint smile. "It is recorded in literature and history that it was from here that the Qing Taizu embarked on the journey of crusading against Nikan Wailan, and it was also here that the Qing Taizu announced the Seven Hatreds and used this as a reason to declare war on the Ming Dynasty."

"Zhiqiu, you should look at history objectively." Xue Xinrou said with a smile next to her. "The magnificent imperial history book of Qing Taizu began to be written here, and we have no power to stop the wheel of history, but we can learn experience and lessons from past history."

"Of course I know, but after all, I am Han, and it is inevitable that I will be subjective when I get here." Ye Zhiqiu said.

"No one can deny the tenacity of the Jurchens, the Dajin Kingdom was almost exterminated under the butcher's knife of the Mongols back then, and the Mongols slaughtered nine out of ten Jurchens, and after three hundred years of recuperation, they regained their own formidity." Turjan's voice was full of pride. "The Jurchens are not satisfied with 10,000 people, and they are invincible in the world, this is the enemy's most pertinent evaluation of the Jurchens."

Turzhan took us around the city of Hetuala, saw many ruins of ancient buildings, and when we passed by a temple in the city, the pheasant stopped and beckoned us to come over.

He pointed to the statue of the god enshrined inside, it was a Han man with a rectangular red face, beautiful hair, wearing an imperial crown, wearing a green brocade robe, wearing golden armor on his shoulders, and holding a jade plate, Ye Jiuqing approached and was surprised: "This, how can this second master be enshrined here?" ”

Bai Jin smiled and explained to us that the Manchu royal family held three sacrifices in one day, Guan Gong, Rulai and Guanyin in the morning, and two sacrifices to the ancestors and nomadic gods in the evening and night.

"Emperor Guan is loyal and brave, and the Manchus regard him as a martial god, so the royal family worships him in the hope of being blessed by Emperor Guan." Bai Jin said this, taking advantage of Turzhan's inattention, and said to us in a low voice. "Actually, the martial god that the Manchurians worshiped before was not Emperor Guan."

"Who's that?" Tian Ji asked.

"Yue Fei." Bai Jin's voice was even quieter, for fear of being heard by Turzhan.

"Huh?" The field chicken was confused. "Why?"

"When the Song Dynasty arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the martial saint was Yue Fei's, but when it came to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing emperor felt that it was not a glorious thing for Yue Fei to defeat their ancestors, so he changed the martial saint to Guan Yu's." Bai Jin covered his mouth and said.

"Oh, I understand, Yue Fei is famous for killing Jin Ren, this is to worship Yue Fei as a martial saint, isn't it to worship the heroes who killed their ancestors, dare to love this man is very stingy"

Xue Xinrou poked Tian Ji next to her: "You can't talk a little brain, and you don't look at what kind of place this is." ”

Tian Ji stuck out his tongue, scratched his head innocently, and continued to follow Turzhan forward, in the center of the ancient city, in the southwest of the Yamen post under the white flag, Bai Jin pointed to a wooden spring well: "This is the Khan King's Well, in Hetuala, all the secrets about the treasure of the dragon vein of the Great Qing Dynasty are linked to this well." ”

We stepped forward and stood by the well of King Khan, the well was more than a foot deep, the well water was full, it was advisable to lean over, the well water inside was crystal clear, Ye Jiuqing also took a sip, saying that it was refreshing and sweet.

"This well is the only well in the city of Hetuala, and it has been used by the military and civilians in the city since ancient times." Turzhan introduced on the side.

"It is said that there is no wind and no waves, why are all the legends about the treasure of the dragon vein of the Great Qing Dynasty related to this well?" The palace lord tilted his head and muttered to himself. "Judging from the clues we currently have, the treasure of the Great Qing Dragon Vein is not in Hetuala, so where did this rumor about the Khan King Well come from?"

"I guess it has something to do with the origin of Khanwangjing." Turzhan said from the side.

"What is the origin of this well?" I asked curiously.

Turzhan told us that the first Jurchen Kingdom was not established by the Qing Taizu, but in Foala, and gradually became more and more powerful, although the territory of Foala City is not small, but the water source in this city is insufficient.

The water in the well can barely be used when it is waterlogged, and there is simply no drip of water when it is dry, and people and animals can only go to the Jiaha River five or six miles away from the city to pick it up, in addition, the water quality here is not good, bitter and astringent, and there is an alkaline smell.

In winter, the water was even more difficult to solve, so the soldiers and civilians could only go to the Shuoriga River, more than ten miles away, to smash ice cubes, and then use people to pick horses to move them to the city, store them for later use, wasting a lot of manpower and material resources.

It was for this reason that prompted Qing Taizu to have the determination to move the capital, and sent people back to his hometown of Hetuala to explore the water source, and found a spring here, and the water quality was inexhaustible, so Qing Taizu decided to move the capital immediately.

"The descendants of the Eight Banners called this well the Hanwang Well that thousands of troops and horses could not drink, and it was rumored that there were more and more treasures of the dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty, so many people invariably associated the treasure with this well." Turzhan continued to us unhurriedly. "Because the Manchus were nomadic at that time, they had a strong sense of reserve of food and property, and since this Khan Wang Well could provide drinking water for thousands of troops, it was speculated that there was a lot of space under the well, and the treasure was hidden in the ancient well."

"I see, needless to say, someone must have gone to this well to look for it, right?" I asked.

"Of course, even now there are good people who try to go to the well to find out, but the first person to send someone into the well to investigate is an emperor of the Qing Dynasty." Turzhan said.

"Huang Taiji?" Ye Zhiqiu took over.

"You know that, too?"

"I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true." Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback.

"What the hell?" Tian Ji asked.

Ye Zhiqiu slowly told us that she had heard a legend that the struggle for power in the early Qing Dynasty was quite sharp and cruel, and whoever could master the treasure of the dragon vein of the Great Qing Dynasty would be able to take the initiative.

Huang Taiji ordered to dig three feet into the ground in Hetuala, and never stopped until the treasure was dug up, and paid attention to the well of King Khan, thinking that this inexhaustible ancient well had a great origin, and the Qing Taizu may have another reason for moving the capital here for this well.

Therefore, they sent people into the well to investigate, but when the sergeants had just picked up their shovels and picks and were about to dig, the sky that had been empty suddenly became black clouds, and at the same time, a thick smoke rolled out of the well of King Khan.

The smoke dissipated, and a voice came out of the well, angrily accusing Huang Taiji of being greedy for money and forgetting his righteousness, not thinking of forging ahead, and told him that this treasure was the fortune of the Qing Dynasty, and would protect the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, and the country would be forever solid, and the frightened Huang Taiji immediately knelt down and bowed, and swore not to look for the treasure again.

"What you have heard is indeed a legend, but it is true that Huang Taiji ordered the exploration of the Khan's well, the ancient well has been thoroughly investigated, and nothing has been found, but there are still many people who believe that the treasure is in the Khan's well." Turzhan said.

"Huang Taiji sent someone to explore the well," I said with a slight frown. "It seems that Huang Taiji doesn't know the secret of the treasure of the dragon vein of the Great Qing Dynasty."

"In the end, only Qing Taizu knew the clue of the treasure, but he didn't choose to tell the person who inherited the throne, what is the reason for this?" Xue Xinrou also heard other things from this legend.

"Judging from the clues currently in hand, the person who inherited the treasure of the dragon vein of the Qing Dynasty is Dolgon, but it is also very strange to say, Huang Taiji died violently in the Shengjing Imperial Palace, and the most powerful person in the Qing Dynasty at that time was none other than Dolgon, he originally had the opportunity to ascend the throne and become the emperor, but why did he give up the opportunity to ascend to the Ninety-Five Emperor?" Ye Zhiqiu said with a frown.

Someone pulled the corner of my clothes next to me, and when I looked back, I saw that it was the palace lord, and she stretched out her hand to me: "Where is the tin stick in the gold box?" ”

"I was stunned, I didn't know why she suddenly mentioned this, I took it out and handed it to her." What's wrong? ”

The palace lord slowly raised the tin stick, and we all gathered around, and then heard her cold voice: "It's not the finishing touch at all, I know what we guessed was wrong!" ”