Chapter 12 I Have a Thing to Offer Your Majesty (Three in One, Make Up for Yesterday's Chapter)
"It's almost time to leave, isn't it?" Quest floated in mid-air, as a wind demon, he had an advantage in flying, he didn't need to consume magic and physical strength to float in mid-air, this is a racial talent, ordinary demons can't compare to it at all.
"Indeed, we should go, I roughly figured out the location of Shanhaiguan, as long as we get to Shanhaiguan, I don't have to worry about the guy who doesn't know the way. Carlos knew that he was outside the customs now, and since he knew the location of Shanhaiguan, with their speed, they could quickly rush to Shanhaiguan with full flight, and then meet Wu Sangui, the Ming general guarding Shanhaiguan.
It is now the tenth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1637, Wu Sangui at this time has not yet been cleared, so he is not a traitor, he will not be punished and angry because of the crime that Wu Sangui can no longer do, but it is inevitable that it will not be pleasing to the eye.
At this time, the Songjin War, which exhausted the last family of the Ming Dynasty, had not yet started, and the so-called King Li Zicheng was still in Shangluo Mountain, at this time, the Qing army was greatly injured and unable to invade the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zicheng and the remnants of his subordinates were unable to resist the Ming army at all, but the current situation of the Ming Dynasty was not optimistic.
In the last years of Chongzhen, the system ills accumulated in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years have long been difficult to return to, and they are terminally ill. On the one hand, the population is booming, land annexation is serious, and money is concentrated in the powerful and magnates, and on the other hand, the state is unable to collect taxes at all, and the financial situation is difficult, making it difficult to supply military supplies and maintain normal operation.
Even if he exterminated the elite of the Qing Dynasty, there were still many contradictions within the Ming Dynasty, those literati did not want to serve the country, but instead formed gangs, only knew how to loot the people's fat and people's cream, and the vast majority of the military attachés were not capable. Most of these civil and military generals surrendered to the Manchus from abroad, lost their national integrity, and obeyed the Manchus as tigers.
In later generations, some people even said: "In ancient times, the Han people had no national consciousness, and as long as they had clothes and food, they didn't care whether they were emperors or not. Such a view.
How ridiculous is it, aren't it the toiling people who really oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty? Who is not the common people who don't care who the emperor is as long as they have clothes and food to eat, as the Manchus say? And it was not the weak Manchu Qing who suppressed them, not the children of the Eight Banners who only knew how to tease birds and play with crickets every day, but the Lian Yong who was spontaneously formed by the Han landlords and bureaucrats!
Yangzhou Ten Days, Jiangyin Bloody Battle, Jiading Three Massacres, sweeping the southern provinces, those Han Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers, which battle is not the main force, which battle is not the vanguard?
The Qing Emperor Xuanye (Kang Mazi) relied not on tens of thousands of already corrupted Eight Banners, but on Daniel Zhang's Gansu Green Camp and Zhao Liangdong's Ningxia Green Battalion, who were traitors and soldiers transformed from the border army at the end of the Ming Dynasty and won the war.
And the shamelessness of the scholars is even more shameful for the country. After more than 200 years of continuous deterioration, the bad money drove out the good money, and finally the scum without national integrity accounted for the vast majority. How many local officials bravely joined the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they were afraid that they would be one step behind, and how many scholars saw that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still holding the imperial examination, so they obediently shaved their heads and read Bagu.
Mourn it, anger its shamelessness!
However, with his own help, at least he can continue the Ming Dynasty for a while, as for what happens after that? It can only be left to fate, he can take care of it at most, so that the blood of innocent people will be shed less when the world is in chaos, so that the Han people will not be bullied by the barbarians.
They soon flew to the sky above Shanhaiguan, looking at the five people flying in the air (Carlos was still holding the Huang Taiji in his hand), the soldiers defending the city knelt down in a large area, Carlos kissed and waved his hand, and they stood up again under an invisible force, this kind of basic application of magic power is not difficult for Carlos.
The strangeness of the city head quickly attracted Wu Sangui's attention, Wu Sangui hurriedly made a bow to the air, and then asked cautiously: "Under is Wu Sangui, the general of the right battalion of the forward (Wu Sangui was promoted to the general army of Liaodong in 1639), where does the Taoist chief come from?" He didn't believe that the person in front of him was an immortal, but even if he wasn't an immortal, there was a person who had attained the Tao, and he had heard of this kind of alien, so he was naturally very cautious.
That Wu Sangui looks upright, with a righteous face, coupled with his resolute gaze that is not afraid of himself, this person is a talent, who would have expected that he would be reduced to the Qing in the future generations, but it doesn't matter, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not decline one day, a guy like Wu Sangui who can observe words and emotions will always be firmly tied to the ship of the Ming Dynasty, at this time the vitality of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is greatly injured, he naturally does not have to worry about Wu Sangui putting a good glory and wealth and not enjoying it and going to help the Qing army.
In the final analysis, people are fickle, and a generation of heroes may also be loyal to the royal family, want to achieve the prosperity of the country, and then a loyal minister in the history books, a humble gentleman may also have been a prodigal son who wandered the flowers. Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, when Wang Mang Lixian was corporal. If he died at that time, who knows if he is loyal through the ages?
If Wu Sangui dies now, then there will probably be no shortage of works in the future to praise his deeds of guarding the frontier and being loyal to the monarch and patriotism, so who can say right and wrong since ancient times.
"The general is polite, the general is so young and promising, how can he compare with him, his name is Luo Wei, the road number has no cliff, he has lived in seclusion in the mountains with his teacher since he was a child, he is just a mountain idler, it is not worth mentioning, they are my junior brothers and sisters. Carlos landed slowly, then politely returned the salute.
The name Loka suddenly came to his mind, and he felt that this name must have a deep relationship with him, and it might even be his former name, as for Wu Yazi, well, no one knew this allusion anyway, so he used it.
"Who is this person?" Wu Sangui looked at Huang Taiji in a yellow robe, the Tartar was very different from the Han people in terms of hairstyle and face, he had a guess in his heart, but he was not sure, if it was true, I am afraid that the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time would have been in chaos.
"He is the leader of the Tartars, Huang Taiji, I waited until I entered the WTO to learn that this person took the Tartars to kill and plunder our Han people, in order to avoid the world's lives and the people suffer from the war, we captured him with our own hands, and planned to enter Beijing to play the Son of Heaven. Carlos's words were extremely flat, as if asking someone if they had eaten it.
"This, how old is I crazy about you, and I cheekily call you a virtuous brother, virtuous brother, those Tartars like you will inevitably go south in a big way, and when the time comes, there will be corpses all over the wilderness, and the people will not be able to make a living. Wu Sangui knew that this matter would definitely not be good, he would not send people back again, and even if he sent them back, it would just add a big enemy to Daming.
"General Wu is too worried, the army of the Manchu Qing Tartars has long been broken by my Yanyangzi and Feng Qingzi's junior brothers, if the general can't do it, he can send someone to check, then the Tartars may not be able to go south in the past few decades. Carlos still looked calm, but his words shocked Wu Sangui.
"The Taoist is really boundless, I naturally trust the Taoist chief, come here, please ask a few Taoist leaders to rest, the Taoist leaders should have a good rest before entering Beijing. Wu Sangui didn't dare to talk at will, if he could take the head of the enemy in the army, he would admire, but the Taoist priests who could defeat tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of elite divisions at will were not something he could climb, so he had to treat them well.
"The general is polite, but firstly, we are in a hurry to go to Beijing to see the saint, and secondly, we are not too tired, as long as the general tells us where to go, we will arrive in the capital in less than half a day. Carlos also said that there is actually a lot of time, if they go all out, they can completely break through the speed of sound, and it only takes about 15 minutes to reach the capital, but considering that they still have to carry the oil bottle of Huang Taiji, then the speed will naturally have to slow down.
"I see, but I have seen less, several are masters, in the next I have to wish you a smooth journey, these small gifts are not a tribute, I hope you accept. Wu Sangui clapped his hands and called a subordinate to order, this person is exquisite, naturally he will not easily offend them who are capable, but will please them in various ways, but will not make them disgusted, this is really a guy who can be a man.
The things that Wu Sangui gave were all sent by him by observing their appearance and temperament, and the one given to Naqi was naturally a good whetstone, and the one given to Quisi was a famous landscape painting.
Of course, Wu Sangui was a little unsure of what Carlos liked, but as the leader of them, his status was naturally not ordinary, so he sent a piece of jade pendant, which was very popular in ancient China。
To put it bluntly, Confucius believed that jade is very similar to a gentleman, and the color and appearance of jade represent various virtues of a gentleman.
Wu Sangui sent him such a good thing, and also prepared dry food and water for them to carry with him, in case he was hungry and thirsty when he was in a hurry, and he didn't say it clearly, and directly made them owe favors without a trace.
Carlos smiled, since this is the case, then it is necessary to give him something back, he handed him a bottle of low-level healing potion that can cure diseases and diseases, this potion bottle he deliberately let the hell battle system be replaced with Qingyu, which is more forceful, and then handed it to Wu Sangui, speaking of which, this potion is not worth much, a contribution point can be exchanged for ten bottles, this thing is chicken ribs for demons, even the diseases or injuries that the demon's self-healing ability cannot solve This potion is useless, and the disease that this potion can cure, the demon either can't get it, or it can be recovered by relying only on its self-healing ability。
"The general has a heart, this medicine is a gadget that is accidentally refined under the next, which can cure all kinds of diseases, and can also be applied to the severed limbs that have not been away from the body for a long time, and then make the severed limbs reborn. Carlos took out the potion bottle and handed it to Wu Sangui.
"Thank you very much. Wu Sangui opened the cap of the bottle, and a fragrance followed, he couldn't describe this fragrance, but it could really make people feel refreshed, thinking about it carefully, this kind of character would deceive himself, so he no longer doubted it, and stuffed it directly into his arms to keep it.
He raised his head and wanted to say thanks, but found that the person was long gone, and when he looked up at the sky, the five people had already turned into a vague black dot, and after a while, the person was completely gone.
"Is this a master of the Dao? I didn't expect that I, Wu Sangui, would have this opportunity. Wu Sangui thought about it, and then he sent someone to find out the truth of the Manchu Qing, once it was determined that the Manchu Qing was powerless to rise again, he didn't mind stepping on it hard, and let the Manchu become the capital of his promotion.
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Not to mention Wu Sangui's thoughts, at this time, Carlos and his party had already come to the top of the palace, and the forbidden army at the head of the city was directly startled, but they directly pointed their guns and bows and arrows at them with their backhands.
The level of this forbidden army is good, and it is actually braver than those soldiers on the border, even if they do not release their own momentum, they are still at the level of first-class soldiers in the feudal dynasty.
"Brothers, don't panic, there is no cliff in Xia, I was living in the mountains to practice, but I heard that the Tartar wantonly bullied my Han family and went down the mountain to the frontier, no, I caught the leader of the Tartars, that Huang Taiji, who came to offer it to Your Majesty. His words were gentle, giving people the feeling of spring breeze, and the warriors felt good for him from the bottom of their hearts.
The language of the devil has the ability to seduc, the difference is in the strength of the ability, with his strength, it is really not that difficult to fool a group of ordinary people to help him die.
"We will report this matter to your lordship, for the safety of the palace, we also ask a few Taoist leaders to stay here, don't overstep, it's a lot of offense. One of them said politely to them, and then randomly ordered the people around him to find his leader, he seemed to have a lot of prestige in these forbidden armies.
He said a few words casually, and then got the information he wanted, this person's name is Zhang Wenxin, who has a lot of prestige in the forbidden army, and their forbidden army is a very strong Yongwei battalion in the Ming army, although the reputation is not obvious, but in order to shed the last drop of blood, these forbidden troops are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, whether it is to encircle and suppress the Liukou (rebel army) or resist the Qing army, they have made great contributions, and the military discipline is strict, and there is no crime in the autumn along the way.
After the fall of Beijing, after some competition, King Fu entered Nanjing with the support of the military leaders and established the Hongguang regime. In order to reward the merits of the support, and in order to resist the Dashun regime and the Manchu regime that went south, the Hongguang regime set up four towns in Jiangbei. Huang Degong was named the Marquis of Jingnan by Hongguang, and Luzhou became one of the four towns.
It's a pity that when the Southern Ming Dynasty was in danger of survival, the four towns in Jiangbei were rapidly warlordized, and only Huang Degong was an alternative. Huang Degong's army "advances and stops only the order of the imperial court", and the horse is the first to look forward. After that, it lifted the major crisis of the Hongguang regime.
It's a pity that just when Huang Degong was defending against the rebels, the Qing army went south!
The Ming Dynasty's Jiangbei defense line quickly collapsed, and the soldiers and horses of the three towns that had been pinned on by the public also fell apart, but Huang Degong insisted on resisting under such circumstances. After the fall of Nanjing, Emperor Hongguang also fled into Huang Degong's military camp, which shows his trust in Huang Degong.
Huang Degong was wounded during the Battle of Ogigang, but he still sat on a boat with a sword to supervise the battle. At that time, the Qing army could not attack, so he ordered Liu Liangzuo, who had surrendered, to go to the front of the battle to persuade Huang Degong to surrender. Huang Degong was anxious to scold Liu Liangzuo in front of the battle, at this time the Qing army archers who had been on standby for a long time quickly sent arrows to snipe Huang Degong, and the arrow hit Huang Degong's throat to the left.
After Huang Degong's death, the Hongguang Emperor was also captured, and the Hongguang Dynasty fell. The Yongwei Battalion, which galloped on the battlefield of the late Ming Dynasty and extinguished fires everywhere, also withdrew from the historical stage with the death of Huang Degong.
Soon, a dignified general walked over, then clasped his fists and saluted, and said respectfully: "Huang Degong, the deputy chief officer of the Xia Naiyong Guard Battalion, has seen the Taoist chief, and the Taoist chief, please." ”
Carlos didn't wonder why he was so respectful, after all, it was almost noon now, and it was almost nightbreak when the Manchu camp was burned yesterday, and it was almost a day, and the battlefield was not far from the capital, if he had the heart to report, I am afraid that the excerpt of the record of the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would have already reached Chongzhen.
He was not afraid, and then directly made a gesture of please, and then said modestly: "General Lao is leading the way." "After all, it's always okay to be humble, even if others want to pretend to be slapped in the face, they can't find your head.
Soon they arrived in front of the Jinluan Palace, ignoring the prompts of the eunuchs on the side, he walked straight in, and then bowed to Emperor Chongzhen who was sitting on the dragon chair, this is his respect for Chongzhen, of course, it is naturally impossible for him to kneel, and the three demons also follow suit, but with the arrogance of the three demons, it is naturally pretentious.
Chongzhen didn't think so, after all, he was a master, so he naturally had a little temper, these four solved his big trouble, and he naturally didn't care about these trivial things.
"Bold!" I saw a civil official on the left side furious, but he was glared at by Carlos, and he was directly frightened and fell down, he looked at Chongzhen again, and said lightly: "I have something to dedicate to Your Majesty." He unraveled the spell of the Emperor Taiji who had been carrying.
After unlocking the spell, Huang Taiji finally regained his sight, and anyone who was locked up in a completely lifeless small dark room would be uncomfortable for most of the day, and those who were not strong-willed would even go crazy.
"You ......" he pointed at Carlos speechless, he always felt that all the previous times were not as long as the dark days, and he was brewing emotions, only to be kicked to the ground by Carlos.
Carlos said directly to him sharply: "This is the saint of today, the true dragon emperor, Your Majesty Chongzhen, how can you look directly at it." Then he kicked Huang Taiji on the back again.
Huang Taiji was in pain, and couldn't help howling madly, but Carlos's mastery of power was very exquisite, which could make him miserable without causing those serious injuries, don't look at Huang Taiji's terrifying screaming now, it was just a little flesh wound.
"Oh, you are the so-called Manchu Emperor, Huang Taiji?" After all, Huang Taiji and Huang Taiji have similar pronunciations, both of these translations have names, the ghost knows how to call it, Carlos is directly called Huang Taiji often said in history, and other people in this era are not expected to be called Huang Taiji, for fear of angering the emperor, they will naturally call him Huang Taiji.
"Chongzhen old dog, this time I admit it, but don't be complacent for too long, I am not defeated in your hands, but in his hands!" Huang Taiji came to his senses, and when he found that the situation was not good, he threw himself directly towards the dragon chair, but he was pulled back by Carlos and dragged back directly, and then he was pressed down by the forbidden army, and I am afraid that it will not be long before he will be executed by Ling Chi.
After that, it was verified by all kinds of spells, and the hundred officials had never seen real spells, so they naturally didn't believe in this kind of bizarre thing, and most of those literati scoffed, thinking that the theory of ghosts and gods was nonsense, if they really believed that there were gods in the three feet above their heads, how could they descend and help the Tartars to bully their compatriots.
After that, they met Yanyangzi...... No, I'm talking about Nazi's Fire Ward and Quest's Wind Exorcism and Carlos' Stealth Wall Piercing, with the least believing of them receiving an additional gift from Quest.
"Then I have to offend my lord. ”
"Hmph, it's okay, the old man just wants to prove the tricks of you bullies. The old man who relied on the old and sold the old was just a yellow-haired child who had not dried up in front of them, and Ques naturally had the idea of teasing.
Then the old man was carried to the sky by Quesi, and flew a long circle over the Forbidden City before coming back, the sourness is definitely not something that ordinary people can feel, so after experiencing the heavens, the old man was afraid of being remembered by them, so he played Chongzhen on the spot and prepared to return to his hometown.
After that, it's to cut to the chase, Carlos created a phantom, the item in the phantom is the spirit orb, and then he said to Chongzhen with a frank face: "The wealth rewarded by Your Majesty is just a passing moment for us, if Your Majesty really wants to reward it, please help us find this orb, this pearl is called the Spirit Orb, which has the wonderful effect of restoring the energy of others, if you can't find Your Majesty, don't worry, I have heard that Your Majesty is wise, so I would like to offer a longevity pill to Your Majesty." If Your Majesty finds this item, we are willing to exchange it for a magic elixir, a divine weapon, and a door-guarding spirit animal. ”
If there is a panacea, there are naturally them, but for demons with long lives and perverted physiques, those elixirs have no half-dime effect, and can only be used to trade with living beings such as humans, so it is completely the price of cabbage, and even the demons themselves can do it, but they need to turn the refined potion into a spherical shape.
If you are a divine weapon, you can take out an obsidian weapon from hell and sharpen it like clay, so no matter what you do, they will not lose money, after all, it is just a waste product that they can't use themselves.
As for the spirit beasts, well, he can go to hell and grab some low-level monsters to sign a compulsory contract for Chongzhen, anyway, there are not many things in hell, just monsters or demons and other creatures, even if it is the strength of lower-level monsters, it can be completely defeated by one hundred, and it is naturally no problem to fool Chongzhen.
However, considering that the Spirit Orb himself had already gotten his hands on, what he was doing now was naturally to pretend to show Naqi and a few of them, the hidden level of the underground demon was good, if it wasn't for walking under his nose, even a stealth master like him wouldn't be able to find out, and he deliberately laid down an enchantment when he was trading, so the other three demons simply didn't have the ability to overhear or peek at all this without him knowing.