No. 139: The Defender of the Lonely City
In this day and age, anything is good!
Only the backward traffic made Wang complain from time to time!
From Beijing to the south along the Grand Canal, and then from Nanjing along the Yangtze River, thousands of miles of travel, a long journey, a full number of months!
However, Wang Li's time was calculated just right!
The time to rush to the border of Sichuan is exactly the beginning of September!
Because of the cold climate, the rice harvest in most parts of Sichuan was delayed by more than 20 days compared to normal years!
The decree "prohibiting the abandonment of land" has been sent to all prefectures and counties in Sichuan.
In this regard, officials at all levels, royal relatives and wealthy squires all disdained.
Because, even if there is no law forbidden, they are not willing to abandon an inch of land!
Anyway, the people who work hard are the people!
In order to make a living, they would like to cultivate more land!
At the very least, a little more land will give you a little more food!
Of course, officials at all levels are still vigilant and even repulsive about the pilot reform of the West Factory!
Judging from the law of "prohibiting the abandonment of land", the factory is not bad!
Whatever, it's business as usual!
β¦β¦
"Whew! Whew! β
Song Zhe was so tired that he was out of breath, but Wang Li insisted on going up the mountain to take a look!
For him, the mountain is not very high!
"Gonggong, this mountain is too high, let's get on the boat!"
"Huh! Can this also be called a "mountain"? You're so ignorant!
In our Sichuan, this is a small dirt bag at most!
If you go to Hanzhong to see, the Qinling Mountains over there can be called "mountains"! β
Song Zhe wanted to persuade him again, but Wang Li turned his head and looked him up and down: "Look at you, you have been lying on the boat for more than a month, and your limbs are about to degenerate!"
If you don't move your muscles and bones, your martial arts will be wasted! β
"No! I rock the boat for two hours every day......" Song Zhe argued weakly, but Wang Li strode ahead.
This mountain, there may not be a name!
However, the ruins on the mountain are still clearly visible!
This is Diaoyu City!
When he grew up, Wang Li never understood: why did his father name himself "Wang Li"!
For the controversial lonely city guard "Wang Li", and for the little-known Diaoyu City, Wang Li consulted a lot of information!
At this moment, standing at the "West Gate of Zhen" in Diaoyu City, overlooking the surging Jialing River, Wang Li's heart is mixed.
In 1276 AD, the Southern Song Dynasty perished!
The small imperial court was exiled in Fujian, surviving for a long time!
However, in this Diaoyu city in Hezhou, Chongqing Prefecture, in the case of "three years of not obeying the king's order" and "cannibalism", there is still a Song army sticking here!
Under the 100,000 iron horsemen of Mongolia, this lonely city, known as the "place where God broke the whip", held on for three years!
However, on the eve of the Battle of Yashan, Wang Li, the defender of this lonely city, surrendered to the Mongol army!
History, always strikingly similar!
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, after Zhu Youzhen cut the coal mountain, Wu Sangui, the guard general of Shanhaiguan, also surrendered to the Qing soldiers!
Coincidentally, the surrender of these two people was when the imperial court was dead!
What's even more coincidental is that the rumored surrender of these two people is because of women!
It is said that the woman who let Wu Sangui switch and lower the Qing is Chen Yuanyuan, one of the "Eight Uniques of Qin Huai"!
The rumored surrender of Wang Li is because of his "righteous sister" Wang Xinglian - this person's real surname is "Li", and she is the wife of a thousand bears and ears who died in the Mongolian army!
Her elder brother is Li Dehui, the "Menghua Han" in the north - the deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the Mongolian army in Xichuan and the prime minister of the king!
Therefore, many people say that this Bears Ears lady deliberately infiltrated Diaoyu City and rebelled against Wang Li with her beauty!
What the truth is, it is already difficult to verify!
The fact is that under the condition that Kublai Khan promised to "not kill a single person", Wang Li did surrender to Li Dehui!
It was Wang Li's surrender that Kublai Khan violated MΓΆngke Khan's edict that "this city should be slaughtered"!
100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, save yourself from slaughter!
The surrender of these two people was reviled by later generations!
There was not much controversy about Wu Sangui's surrender in later generations.
Wang Li just thinks: He is angry at the crown and has a personality!
However, the surrender of Wang Li, the defender of Diaoyu City, was met with mixed reviews in later generations, and it was debated for hundreds of years!
Countless experts and scholars have called Mrs. Bears Ears a "demon woman" and a "disaster water"!
And Wang Li has also become the scum of the nation, a traitor!
Guo Moruo even called the two "Qin Hui couple" and reprimanded them!
In this regard, Wang Li has always been indignant!
For generals, all pay attention to loyalty and patriotism!
However, at the time of Wang Li's surrender, it had been nearly three years since the "Great Song Dynasty" perished!
The small imperial court established in the south has been searched for three years and has not been heard from!
Where is his "king"?
Where is his "kingdom"?
There is no king to be loyal, no country to repay, and what can you do if you are trapped in a lonely city?
The tide is over!
Even if you fight to the last soldier, what can you do?
In addition to leaving "loyalty" and "integrity" to future generations, what can it be?
Is it worth it to pay the price of 100,000 lives in the city to fulfill one's "loyalty" and "integrity"?
Whether it is worth it or not, anyone in the hereafter, has no say!
Only the people who were spared the slaughter at that time had a voice!
In the Qing Dynasty, Diaoyu City built the "Loyal and Righteous Temple"!
Once, Yu Jue, Wang Jian, Zhang Jue, Ran Jin, and Ran Pu, who had meritorious service in guarding Diaoyu City, were invited to the Loyalty and Righteousness Temple!
Wang Li, Mrs. Bear's Ears and Li Dehui were also invited to the Loyalty and Righteousness Temple!
However, these three were only enshrined for more than a hundred years before they were kicked out!
Perhaps, Wang Li really did something wrong!
On the day of Kaesong's surrender, he should have killed himself like the thirty-five generals under his command!
However, he did not dare!
Only when all the generals under his command kill themselves, the Mongolian army has no worries!
Only when he, a general, is alive can he truly surrender, and the 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city can survive!
Therefore, he is destined to be scolded!
Indeed, a historical figure is a framed figure - anyone in later generations can embellish or scold it!
Wang Li is like this, Yue Fei is like this, and Zhuge Liang is like this!
Anyway, whether it's makeup or scolding, there are a lot of your own two taels of meat!
Just be happy!
Today's Da Ming is a complete corrupt official!
In order to make money, for the sake of the "Qinhuai Eight Uniques", you can do whatever it takes!
You can get rid of anyone, too!
Coincidentally, the people of later generations can tolerate corrupt officials, but they cannot tolerate traitors!
Isn't it?
Look, how many people scolded the gentleman?
How many people scolded Liang Ji?
How many people scolded Liu Jin?
Almost no one scolded!
However, Wang Li, who saved 100,000 lives, has been scolded for hundreds of years!
Therefore, treason or treason, Wang Li will not do!
Just to keep yourself from being scolded!
For the sake of your children and grandchildren, don't be scolded!
The people of the Hereafter, the affairs of the Hereafter, the king has no control!
I don't have the ability to care!
However, at the moment, I want to do something!
"Back then, the generals of the Song Army who guarded this Diaoyu City, have you heard of it?"
"Uh...... This ......"
Song Zhe smiled wryly and spread his hands: "Factory father, I have followed you for more than four years and learned more than a thousand words, but I have never studied history!" β
"I'll go!"
The black line on Wang Li's face!
I wanted to ask Song Zhe what he thought of "Wang Li", but it was in vain!
That's it!
"Gather people and build a shrine of loyalty here!
Visit the people, consult historical materials, and faithfully engrave monuments!
Yu Jue, Wang Jian, Zhang Jue, Ran Jin, Ran Pu, Wang Li, Lady Bears Ears and Li Dehui are all enshrined! β
"Wang ...... Wang Li......"
Song Zhe looked confused, and Wang Li smiled bitterly: "That's right, it's Wang Li!" I have the same name as him! β
Song Zhe nodded, still a little puzzled: "That's ...... You say Mrs. Bearears...... What is the last name? β
This question stumped Wang Li!
This woman!
The name "Wang Xinglian" is not her real name!
Perhaps, it was Wang Li's name that he made up at random when he accepted her as a "righteous sister"!
I only know that she is a Menghua Han from the north of the Yangtze River, and her surname is Li!
Maybe it's the low status of women, or maybe it's the deliberate forgetfulness of the chroniclers, her real name is not recorded in the history books!
In history, she was a hurried passerby!
A witch!
A scourge!
Like countless ordinary women, she only has a "surname" and does not deserve to leave a "name" and "character"!
"Try to look it up!
If you really can't find it, just call her "Mrs. Bears"! β
β¦β¦
After arranging the establishment of the ancestral hall, the fleet continued to the west.
When you arrive in Neijiang County, you can reach Chengdu Prefecture in less than ten days along the Tuojiang River north.
At this moment, more than thirty small boats hurried in.
The person who came was the famous heroine Qin Liangyu!
A few days ago, when Wang Li's fleet passed by Chungju, he wanted to make a special trip to visit her, but he came up empty!
At that time, Qin Liangyu went to Shizhu to train his troops!
Wang Li didn't want to wait any longer, so he left 50,000 taels of silver and left in a hurry.
At this time, Qin Liangyu hurriedly chased after him, he should have thanked him in person!
Or......
This female general, nearly sixty years old, is still heroic!
If nothing else, she can fight for several more years!
With her guarding the Shizhu and Zhongzhou areas, it is difficult for thieves to attack Chengdu along the Yangtze River!
can establish a good relationship with her, only 50,000 taels of silver, it's worth the money!
"General Qin has fought for the country for many years, and the little slave admires it so much!
This little bit of money is just a little bit of the little slave's heart!
General Qin made a special trip over, which really flattered the little slave! β
In front of Qin Liangyu, Wang Li put his figure very low!
The name of Wang Li of Xichang, Qin Liangyu is no stranger!
The salary sent by Wang Li, she really didn't dare to accept it easily!
"The factory man came here thousands of miles away, and the old body couldn't greet him in person, I'm really ashamed!
It's just that the silver sent by the factory is ...... How can the old body be ......?"
"This bit of silver is just a little bit of the little slave's personal heart, please smile!
Presumably General Qin also knows that thieves are rampant in Henan!
If you encounter a strong crackdown, it is very possible to escape into Huguang, and then run along the Yangtze River into Sichuan!
Today, the little slave is entrusted by the Lord of Long Live to try to change the law in Sichuan, in order to make the country strong, and needs a stable rear!
I also asked General Qin to focus on the overall situation and carefully train the soldiers and horses to ensure the peace of the people of Sichuan! β
"What the factory said...... That's a big deal!
It is the duty of the old man to guard Zhongzhou and ensure the peace of one party under the trust of the emperor!
The salary sent by the factory is really unacceptable!
Today, the salary will be refunded in full, and please don't blame the factory company! β
Alas!
Qin Liangyu's attitude is really resolute!
Wang Li persuaded for a long time, but she always politely declined!
That's it!
She doesn't want to be involved in the West Factory, so she doesn't have to force it!
Even if she doesn't have this salary, she will still stick to Zhongzhou, fulfill her duties, and not let half of the thieves enter Sichuan!
Watching Qin Liangyu's fleet leave, Wang Li's heart was mixed again!
The West Factory has already investigated, and Qin Liangyu's "White Pole Army" is in urgent need of silver!
But why did she refuse?
Could it be that just because he is the commander of the West Factory, he does all kinds of evil?
It seems that I didn't kill courtiers indiscriminately in my West Factory!
Or is integrity so important to her?
"Factory father, you don't know!
General Qin's husband, Ma Qiancheng, was originally a Shizhu Xuanfu envoy, and he had many military exploits!
In the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), he was falsely accused by the eunuch Qiu Chengyun and died in Yunyang Prison! β
I'll go!
I see!
The eunuch of the Ming Dynasty is such a strange species!
The generals in the army, as long as they heard the name of the eunuch, they all trembled!
Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, Sun Chengzong, Qin Liangyu, all like this!