Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 314 The Son of Heaven 4
When Lu Xiangsheng dragged Yang Menglong out of the sleeping bag, the guy was still sound asleep, and he didn't know what kind of food he had dreamed of, his saliva flowed out, he kept smacking his lips and muttering to himself, Hehe smirked, that sleeping appearance was comparable to that of a little pig, I don't know if those Wuyang elite soldiers would feel that their idols were shattered when they saw his sleeping appearance.Lu Xiangsheng was angry and funny, pinching his nose and shouting: "Jianu is calling! We have hit Wuyang!"

Yang Menglong jumped up and yelled: "Jiannu, the dog day, how dare you come to Lao Tzu's territory to play wild!? Zhong Ning, blow the trumpet and let the Lancers follow me, and thread them into meat skewers!"

We haven't even figured out where the enemy is, how many there are, or whether they are really coming. His first reaction is to rush forward with the lancers and skewer them. This can be regarded as Yang Menglong's standard reaction.

Lu Xiangsheng slapped him on the face—not to mention, it was quite soft: "What are you rushing for? It's time to wake up!"

Yang Menglong's roar stopped abruptly. Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, he was puzzled: "Why are you here? Jiannu has come to fight, hurry up and lead the Tianxiong army to fight!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Jianu didn't call, but the emperor is coming soon!"

Yang Menglong was even more puzzled: "The emperor is about to fight? I didn't provoke him or mess with him, so he's here to fight?"

Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed: "The emperor squeezed out a large sum of money from his internal funds to present a victory at Andingmen. It is such an honorable event. Someone didn't take it seriously at all. Do you think he will call and deal with this matter?" Have nothing to do with the king?"

Yang Menglong scratched his head: "Is there still such a thing?" After thinking about it hard, there really is such a thing.He said with a bitter face: "Boss, you can't blame me! For such an important matter, those cheating guys in the Ministry of Rites never told me in advance, until, until..." He glanced outside the tent, oh, heaven It was bright, and he said aggrievedly: "I didn't tell me until last night that today the emperor is going to present a victory at Andingmen, and then he just messed around. I didn't have time to prepare!"

Lu Xiangsheng said with a sullen face: "So you just broke the jar?"

Yang Menglong was terribly wronged: "What else can I do? Continue to let those cheating guys be fools and make them run around? They left us in this ghostly place where rabbits don't shit and birds don't lay eggs, and they are gloomy all day long. They acted as if I had robbed their wives. They didn’t even mention rewards or anything. They just brought us several carts of moldy rice and several jars of stinky sauerkraut, and then used us on important events such as Yaowei Xianjie. Fuck, I'm so angry that I want to kill someone!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The officials of the Ministry of Rites have done too much, how can they make such a joke!"

Yang Menglong shouted: "They're not joking, they just want to kill me!" He sat down on the carpet and said angrily, "Anyway, I don't want to play this grand ceremony anymore, let them play by themselves! "

Lu Xiangsheng shouted: "Are you the one who said you wouldn't play if you didn't want to play with such a big event? Why would you make such a fuss, what's the face of the Holy One? Hurry up and find a way to remedy it!"

Yang Menglong spread his hands: "The grand ceremony will start in a few hours, we are not prepared at all, how do you ask me to remedy it?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "That's better than doing nothing!"

Yang Menglong had no choice but to put on his clothes, walk out of the tent, blow the trumpet to assemble, and began to rack his brains to remedy the situation.Needless to say, he must be in an extremely bad mood now, and the gang of officials in the Ministry of Rites who stabbed the officials of the Ministry of Rites with a dog's leg knife feel relieved.So don't expect him to show much enthusiasm for work, he is completely dealing with errands, even those Wuyang elite soldiers who were excited about meeting the emperor, their interest has greatly diminished after being tossed by the bastards in the Ministry of Rites. Da can get up his spirits, he just wants to deal with this frustrating errand as soon as possible, and then go home.The official of the Ministry of Rites saw it in his eyes and smiled in his heart: That's right, it is impossible to go to see the emperor in Wuyangwei's current state without making the emperor angry, and Erhuo Yang still wants to be in the emperor's heart?Go dreaming!

Lu Xiangsheng frowned when he saw that the damaged banner and armor of the Wuyang Guard had not been repaired, and the arrow holes were everywhere, bloodstained, and even the blood on the tip of the spear had not been washed.He said to Yang Menglong: "Hurry up and change the armor, I'll get some brand new flags for you to use, Wuyang Wei looks like this, he can't go to see the emperor!"

Yang Menglong yawned listlessly, and said: "Forget it, don't bother, isn't it just to walk in front of the emperor and ministers of civil and military affairs, why bother?"

Lu Xiangsheng said angrily: "Showing off your prestige and victories in front of the emperor, this is a grand event that has never happened in the kingdom for a hundred years, you can't play like this!"

Yang Menglong pointed to the officials of the Ministry of Rites: "They are the ones who treat this as a joke... I said boss, you should go and see your Tianxiong army quickly, and leave me alone, this is a great opportunity for you to get the holy family!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "How can I feel at ease with you like this!"

Yang Menglong shrugged: "I never thought about competing for the Holy Family, it's whatever."

Lu Xiangsheng really wanted to wake him up with a whip.At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rituals ran over and said that the grand ceremony was about to begin, and that the Tianxiong Army was the second to enter the field, which was of great importance. Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to neglect, so he had to return to his army with a bit of worry and helplessness. to go.Turning around and walking not far away, I heard Yang Menglong shouting: "Go, drive out the carriage, remove the hood, and help the injured brothers into the carriage! It's an honor to meet the emperor, but we can't take them away. I was left behind!" This time he really wanted to go back and beat people up.

Outside the Anding Gate is already crowded with people. Poor people in ragged clothes, scholars with Confucian crowns and folding fans, and noble merchants wearing gold and silver are all standing on both sides of Anding Gate, waiting eagerly.On the tower of Andingmen Gate, high-ranking officials and nobles in rich purple and gold seals gathered together, chatting and laughing happily, as if the whole Beijing city had come here.There are nine gates in Beijing, seven gates and four gates in the imperial city. Among the twenty city gates in total, Anding Gate is used for the victory ceremony and boasting of merit. It is only since the middle of the Ming Dynasty that civil servants have dominated and military generals have been suppressed. Such a grand event as showing off the victory has never happened again.Now that the Ming Dynasty is in decline, external troubles and internal troubles, even the capital city has been looted, and people are in panic. I heard that the Ming army won a big victory in western Liaoning. The emperor wants to inspect the victorious army. Watch the fun.Of course, it was not for nothing. Chongzhen allocated a sum of money, saying that it was for the welfare of those who came to support him. Sheng, everyone will come to join us no matter what.

The common people were excited, but the high officials were a little impatient.Xiong Mingyu and Hou Xun, who were in charge of preparing the ceremony, were even more impatient.Needless to say, Xiong Mingyu, as the minister of the Ministry of War, ignored the battle in Dalinghe, hurried to Jinzhou, quarreled with Yang Menglong and came back to file a complaint, completely unaware of the nearly 2000 troops thirty miles away He was killing blood and flesh, and he didn't know that the Ming army actually inflicted unprecedented heavy casualties on Jiannu at the price of more than half of the casualties under absolutely impossible circumstances. The beheading alone amounted to more than [-] levels, and more than [-] horses were seized. Since the Liao incident, the Ming army's record outside the customs has never been so brilliant.For such a great achievement, as the minister of the Ministry of War, he would be very incompetent if he didn't get one, and he even caused a whole lot of trouble because of it.Even his disciples secretly complained that his eyesight is too poor, and they don't know if they will have a bright future if they follow him.The triumphant return of the army, showing off its prestige and victory at Andingmen, may be a grand event for the people of Beijing, but for him, it is a great embarrassment. If Chongzhen did not let him make up for his mistakes, he would be willing to spend day and night It's all about the soldiers who made him lose face.As for Hou Xun, this is the Minister of the Household Department, who is in charge of the empire's wallet. For him, it is a waste of limited money on a group of people.This upright Donglin gentleman's interest in soldiers is limited to the kind of soldiers with delicate features, red lips and white teeth—such as Zuo Liangyu.Zuo Liangyu was originally a soldier, but after getting to know Hou Xun, he was promoted all the way, and became the commander-in-chief of a town in just a few years. Such a rapid rise is really jaw-dropping.As for those tall and murderous soldiers, he felt disgusted just looking at them. Now that he wants to accompany them here to drink the northwest wind, his mood is not much better.He whispered to Xiong Mingyu: "Let's end this grand ceremony quickly... It's a waste of people and money. It's of no benefit. It's of no use except to make those soldiers proud!"

Xiong Mingyu felt sorry for him: "Isn't that right! Those army chiefs just won a tragic victory by luck, and the Holy Majesty is going to brag about his achievements. It's really a bit inappropriate!"

Hou Xun said: "Something is wrong! Finish the work early and send them home early. If you stay in the capital for one more day, the household department will waste a lot of money and food!"

Just talking, boom boom boom!The salute was fired suddenly, and the high-spirited emperor, accompanied by a group of courtiers, quickly walked up the Anding Gate while shouting "long live". Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Xu Guangqi, and Sun Chengzong, the four giants of the cabinet, all appeared on the stage. It's called aura.The soldiers and civilians at the top and bottom of the city gate immediately knelt on the ground, shouting long live.Chongzhen let them flatten in a good mood, then sat down, and asked with a smile, "Is it time?"

Qin Tianjian looked at the hourglass and called in a long voice: "The auspicious time has come, the ceremony begins!"

The salute on the city gate fired a few more times, Wang Chengen walked to the front of the battlement, unfolded the imperial decree, and began to read in cadence.Thousands of people were silent, inside and outside the Anding Gate, only his sharp and high-pitched voice echoed:
"...Nurhachi, the slave chieftain, was an ambitious wolf. He received the emperor's favor and didn't think about repaying it. Instead, he rebelled. Daming accidentally took advantage of him and lost Liaodong. Millions of Han people in Liaodong were almost killed and looted. The massacre was appalling. Zi Hongtai was even more ambitious and frenzied. Yu Jisi broke in and ran across the capital, slaughtered without counting, arrogant, and contemptuous! Fortunately, my Ming Dynasty was united as one, and the soldiers outside the pass fought bloody battles. Ning Jin has repeatedly defeated Jiannu soldiers. Today, he defeated Jiannu in the Daling River. He beheaded [-] people, beheaded three of his Jiala foreheads, and eleven of Niulu's foreheads. He severely injured the slave chieftain Hongtai, captured the riches, killed many enemies, unheard of, and the shame of breaking the mouth has been a little cleared. Joy..."

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chengen was not the only one reciting this imperial edict. There was no amplification equipment these days, so he was the only one. Even if he shouted loudly, not many people could hear him.At regular intervals, several eunuchs were listening with their ears pricked up. Every time Wang Chengen read a sentence, they would repeat it loudly and word for word, passing it on layer by layer, quite like a choir.To put it bluntly, the meaning of this imperial edict is the Battle of Daling River. Although the Ming army lost cities and territory and killed tens of thousands of people, they also killed and injured thousands of Jiannu, with as many as [-] beheadings. The slave chief Huang Taiji was even more seriously injured. Strictly speaking, the Ming army won and accepted the victory from the army.Yang Menglong smiled bitterly. Tens of thousands of people died, and the place that should be guarded was lost. How can this still be considered a win?The Ming Dynasty’s criteria for judging victory are really incomprehensible!

(End of this chapter)