Chapter 83: The Virtuous King

The advantage of Kaifeng is that the king of Zhou built a domain here.

Objectively speaking, the descendants of the old Zhu family have produced many people, each one is more unsatisfactory than the other, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, the performance of the entire Zhu Ming Dynasty in this period can almost be described as "weird".

If a person is stupid and naïve, and the decision is based on the head of the individual, then there should always be a few things that he does right - this is a matter of probability.

If a person is stupid and bad, none of the decisions are made right, and even every option is always the worst one - this can also be said to be a skill.

If a large group of people are like this – let's just say, it's a weird miracle – or...... It's that this dynasty is really exhausted, and if it doesn't perish, it will be unreasonable.

This was the case in the late Ming Dynasty. We have every reason to say this: even after Chongzhen hung the southeast branch, King Fu, King Lu, King Tang, King Gui...... Even if there is a normal person in it...... Well, it's okay to be worse than normal people - history will go in a completely different direction!

There is only one exception.

Unlike the vast majority of other dim-witted vassal kings, King Zhou's vein is a little different: he can really pick out some pretty good.

The first king of Zhou was called Zhu Hu (pronounced "speed"). In order to distinguish it from normal people's names, Zhu Yuanzhang invented and created a lot of strange words for future generations to prepare for naming, and the generations are reflected in the radicals. Starting from his son's generation, the five elements are arranged all the way down according to the order of wood, fire, earth, gold and water. The number of words prepared by the far-sighted Lao Zhu was too much, and he was not used up until he was killed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to cut off his children and grandchildren - as the saying goes, turn waste into treasure, Lao Zhu's hard work was not in vain, and when translating the periodic table of chemical elements, those unheard of names were taken as doctrines: most of the cold words next to the words on the table were invented by Lao Zhu), who was the fifth son of the grandfather.

This Zhu Hu has a brother born to a mother, named Zhu Di!

Because of this relationship, the honest King of Zhou was the first to be cut down when Emperor Jianwen was established. Of course, when Zhu Di cut Zhu Yunwen to the point of losing contact, he immediately restored his younger brother's prince.

Zhu Hu had no ambitions, in order to show his intentions, there were always people who falsely accused him of rebellion from time to time, and simply returned all the three guards of the palace to the court. His hobby is medicine, and he compiled a book called "Pocket Prescription". The book contains more than 3,000 prescriptions for various common diseases, which have been widely circulated and have become a well-known remedy for the world at that time. What is even more commendable is his other illustrated book "Materia Medica", which records more than 400 kinds of plants that can be eaten by hungry people in famine years, and it is not counted to benefit people. Scholar Li Lian commented: "Or in the famine, according to the map, there are everywhere, there is no difficulty, you can live if you eat like the law, it is a book, and it will help the people's livelihood!" ”

After Zhu Hu's death, Zhou Wangjue was inherited by his son Zhu Youstew (I wrote it right, you didn't read it wrong, it was stew). What is worth writing is that this baby has a character with his father, kind-hearted, and wrote to the court before he died, requesting that the princess and the six ladies be exempted from the funeral - you are also not mistaken: before the Yingzong Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, every time an emperor and prince collapsed, a large number of concubines and palace maids would be martyred inhumanely! Although these people had already been martyred "on their own initiative" when the edict agreed by Yingzong was delivered, Zhu Youzhu's classmate really deserves praise.

BTW, no matter how you evaluate Ming Yingzong, it was he who issued a decree on his deathbed to completely abolish the tragic human martyrdom system. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, 46 concubines, 15 palace maids, and more than 30 Zhu Di were martyred...... As for the "martyrdom" method, generally speaking, it is buried after the three-foot white silk hanging beam, and there are also records that the living people are directly sealed in the tomb (in this regard, I am suspicious - with Lao Zhu's suspicious and suspicious character, I should not think that the living people in the tomb may destroy the coffin to vent their anger), and Yeshi said that in order to maintain their appearance and let the emperors who were ghosts continue to be pleasing to the eye, some people were poured mercury and died...... In any case, human martyrdom is a bastard devil's system. On the abolition of martyrdom alone, Zhu Qizhen also deserves to give a big "like"!

BTW AGAIN, many people think that Zhu Di Tu Fang Xiaoru Ten Clans is too cruel and perverted, so they think that Emperor Jianwen is a bit stupid "good person", and they have deep sympathy for his whereabouts......

Is that really the case?

Hehe.

Think about the concubines and palace maids who accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to the funeral - the question is: the so-called funeral, you have to die to accompany the funeral, right? In other words, this has to happen after Lao Zhu's death!

So...... Who ordered these people to be killed?

You guess!

History is not all good and bad, black and white.

After Zhu You's stew, there is a Zhu Ziyun (polyphonic character, a sound "ground", a variant of "ground", a sound "defense", "defense" variant character. Here it should be pronounced "defense" to avoid the obscurity of Chengzu Zhu Di) attacked the king of Zhou. He did even better: when he was first crowned the king of Tongxu County, he opened two "Huimin Pharmacy Bureaus" in Tongxu County to treat diseases for the people free of charge. He was nineteen years old that year! At the age of thirty-four, Zhu Ziyun was crowned King of Zhou, so he opened the "Huimin Pharmacy" in various counties and counties in Kaifeng to treat the poor with "free diagnosis and medicine", and "expanded the medicine field by 120 tilts", and "personally organized the planting, cultivation, harvesting, and distribution of the medicine to the places where they needed it"! Well, 600 years ago, Yu Province in the Ming Dynasty began to provide free medical care for all.

There is also a Zhou king Zhu Tongyi (pronounced "boil", a copper pot for cooking things). When the Yellow River burst its embankment, he did not play any verbal tricks that attached great importance to his personal deployment, but walked out of the palace and rolled up his sleeves to personally go up to the embankment to lead the masses to fight the flood and provide disaster relief.

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To sum up, the vein of King Zhou is really quite good - in order to express respect, King Zhou's branch is all real names in the text, and Zhu Gongqi is the same.

The name of this king of Zhou is Zhu Gongqi (pronounced "elimination", which means emptiness. The idiom is from the public: dealing with official business with a hungry stomach), and is known as a virtuous name. The people of the time unanimously agreed: King Zhou's character and insight are not lost to his ancestors, and his courage and strategy are even better.

With the support of King Zhou Xian, Lu Shen felt a faint sense of happiness in his heart.

Sure enough, before Lu Shen left for the palace, the decree of the king of Zhou (the order of the Son of Heaven is called the holy decree, the order of the prince/prince is called the decree, and the order of the queen mother/queen is called the Yi decree. "Yi": female virtue) has arrived: please lead the civil officials above the seventh rank and the military officials above the fourth rank to the palace to discuss matters.

Lu Shen was sentenced to Wei Buqun (word Zhuoran), Kaifeng prefect Tao Dechang (word Peiran), Henan patrol according to Shi Kaidi (word Wendeng), branch guard Dao Liang Hui (word Mingguang), Guan He Tongzhi Sang Yourong (word Yaozu), Kaifeng Prefecture official Ji Shu (word Xianglin), Xiangfu Zhixian Dong Xie (sound "Xie", the meaning of harmony. Zi Yunzhong), the commander of Yang Zhongguo (Xiao Fei), Henan General Jiang Shide (Zi Xiuping), deputy general Yuan Ping, staff general Wu Yi, guerrilla Gao Qian, Zhang Dechang and others, hurried to the Zhou Palace. Shi Xia Hongfei (the word Zhenyu), the left chief of the palace, was already waiting outside the door.

Everyone saluted, Zhou Gongfang didn't do too much greetings, first briefly asked about the military situation, and then said straight to the point: "Kaifeng Mansion must be guarded, and Luofu must not be lost." All Aiqing have their own duties, and everything can be done freely, and this king will never overstep his responsibilities. Those who have meritorious service to the enemy will be rewarded by the court, and the king will not hesitate to reward them. Lu Aiqing, Wei Aiqing, Yang, Jiang two generals, the defense of this government is the top priority, you also have to find a way to go all out to aid Luofu, Luofu is safe, Kaifeng is naturally safe. But let's also plan ahead. Last year, when the river was flooded, the palace gave relief, and there was not much grain in stock. The emperor also passed on the decree of the lonely king to the soldiers and civilians: This king will pay 50,000 taels, recruit the displaced people, and 'buy rice and wheat, make rice and noodles day and night, and reward those who guard the wall'! In the future, but there are other enemies who need to defend the city, report to the orphan at any time, and if it is beneficial, there is no inaccuracy! ”

The crowd was overjoyed and thanked them and went away.

When Xia Hongfei sent the officials away, the right chief Shi Kezhi (the word Gancai) cautiously said: "Chitose, the Kaifeng Mansion Treasury is very solid, you can't always get used to them, if there is a wind and grass, I will find you to reach out, Wang Yin is your own money......"

Zhu Gongyu waved his hand: "Confused! 'The walls of the city have fallen, and there is no body, but what is the gold? The city is safe, why is there no gold'! ”

Lu Shenwei Buqun, who returned to the political envoy Yamen, quickly carried out a series of work:

Arrange 600 miles to expedite the stagecoach and report the bandit situation to the imperial court.

A messenger was sent to Guide Prefecture to ask the governor Yan Dai to return to the provincial capital quickly.

Inform neighboring provinces such as Jingshi, Shandong, Nanzhili, Huguang, and Shanxi for help. Of course, everyone knows the rules of the imperial court, and without the express order of the imperial court, the military and horses of various provinces are not allowed to be transferred across provinces. The letter asking for help is just a reminder to the neighboring provinces to prepare in advance.

Ordered Zhangde Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion, Weihui Mansion, Ruyang Mansion, Nanyang Mansion, Runing Mansion, Guide Mansion and other places to send troops to help in the battle.

Ordered Qi Xiaoguang to stand by in Luoyang for help.

In the surrounding counties, the list was announced, and the news and rewards of the recruitment and defense were announced.

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Although the vassal king does not manage things, but there are the kings of Zhou who are virtuous and love the people in the past dynasties in this town, the folk customs and environment of Kaifeng Mansion are not comparable to other places, not only there is no chaos of the people fleeing from the disaster at all, on the contrary, many people even make their own weapons, spontaneously organize themselves to climb the wall to help.

In the past three or five days, although the Kaifeng Mansion of Nuoda has been much busier than usual, everything is still in good order, and the soldiers and civilians are waiting for it.

At the same time, Guan Shengyun organized two tentative attacks on Hangu Pass. In a hurry, I didn't even build a few rushing cars, let alone the watchtower, the main force was also an auxiliary soldier, carrying the ladder ants to climb the wall, but they were all blocked back by Qi Xiaoguang and Sun Fugui. Because it was a temptation, the offensive was not fierce, with more than 20 killed and less than 100 wounded. The generals watched from afar for two days, and they all knew it in their hearts.

In the second hall of Xin'an County, Guan Shengyun and the generals are discussing in the military.

Gao Tengdou said: "Look at the Wang Qi, most of the main forces of the defenders are the Shouwang Protectors, plus almost more than 2,000 auxiliaries. As soon as the battle began, the dog officers and soldiers would not leave no reserves, and the enemy was expected to be lenient, counting it as more than 3,000. This battle is fought. ”

Gu Baihua, who was in a hurry, responded: "What is it called, you have to fight!" I can see clearly, those guards don't have much battlefield experience, and we will release the arrows not long after we launch here, who can we shoot down in 200 steps? After a few rounds of ejaculation, my arm became sore. According to me, build more ladders and make them fifty, sixty, seventy or eighty. I got a few big carts loaded with firewood and poured oil. Fight again, tell the sons to shout and cheer from afar, lead them to release the arrows, and after one round has passed, they will walk quickly for a while, and wait for the second round of arrows to come and stop and raise their shields, and then they will rush away...... Thirty or fifty people were left on the road and they arrived at the pass. Burn the door and set up a ladder and rush up! I'll take the lead, and you'll just catch up when I occupy a section of the wall. Which one can't beat is a private baby! ”

Guan Shengyun doesn't have so many courtesies in the army, and Gu Baihua has always looked down on Gao Tengdou's cautiousness, so despite the difference in job ranks, he has always spoken straightforwardly. The other generals have long been accustomed to the rectum of this barbarian, and no one will care.

"Phew! Your grandma's thoughts! It was Gong Derun who laughed and scolded, "Every time you start?" You belong to the brute, can you fight? In the battle of Shaanzhou, you were obviously asked to guard the stone pass, but you brought a group of people back to join in the fun, and you picked up a daughter-in-law for nothing! I'm here this time! I didn't have a wheel to fight Shaanzhou, and the sons and daughters were holding their breath! Then the conversation changed, "It's a good trick to attract the defenders to release arrows, I borrowed it!" I can't pick up a mother-in-law, hahaha. ”

When it came to picking up his daughter-in-law, Gu Baihua was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and smiled.

You Futian accosted: "Lao Gong has a sweet dream. The daughter-in-law can only be found in the village and the city, and I haven't heard of an aunt at the pass! Tomorrow, I'll take the Tianyi camp with you. The Nutao camp in Shaanzhou is fighting well, this time I told them to look at the baggage, it's time for the Tianyi camp to see blood. ”

Gao Tengdou was robbed of a few words, and was a little anxious: "You barbarians can't understand the Central Plains, right?" I said that some fights, which means that you can fight! Boss, in the next game, all three of my battalions will be smashed into the main attack, so that this barbarian knows that none of them are vegetarians! ”

Without waiting for Guan Shengyun to speak, Luo Yonghao coughed lightly and stopped everyone: "Generals, Luo believes that with the power of our army, there is no doubt that we can break through the barrier." However, have you ever thought about how much our army will lose when it is attacked and laid down by Hangu Pass? After breaking through the barrier, did many of the wounded leave behind, or did they travel thousands of miles along the way? ”

The hall fell silent.

Indeed, what Luo Junshi raised was a question that must be taken seriously: with a large number of injuries and illnesses, it would certainly greatly slow down the pace of advance, and the officers and troops of the provinces would have the opportunity to mobilize and assemble, and the future of the army would be uncertain under heavy siege and pursuit. But if they are left behind, not to mention that these people will definitely die when the officers and soldiers come back, they will not survive for a few days if they are left in the barren mountains and mountains...... There is still a long way to go, and with this precedent, if there is a tough battle again, I am afraid that none of the soldiers will dare to sell their lives anymore!

Guan Shengyun smiled slightly: "That being said, the military advisor must have a clever plan." Don't sell it. ”

All the generals clasped their fists one after another: "All listen to the orders of the military master." ”

Luo Yonghao returned the salute and said: "The handsome man has won the award." In the past few days, Luo has been thinking, what will happen after our army breaks through? Hit Luoyang, and then, do you want to open the seal? And what about the future? Runing to fight or not? If we continue to fight all the way, we can't get to Huguang, and we may wipe out the children! Speaking of this, Luo Yonghao paused and looked around at everyone, "Generals, don't worry, I'm waiting for someone, calculate the time, it's time to come back." ”

Before the words fell, Guan Yehuo broke into the second hall: "Report to the commander, the military advisor." The little master is back. ”

Only then did the generals remember that they hadn't seen the little master Luo Shifan for two or three days.