Nanming Engineer

Chapter 491
Hai Lanzhu was sitting in the carriage with fur cushions and a heater. She was covered in thick mink fur, but she still couldn't feel a trace of warmth. She opened a small gap in the curtains made of thick quilts, letting in The biting wind outside mixed with snowflakes blowing in, slapping on the heavily made-up face.

The two maidservants who sat in the corner of the carriage with low eyebrows, huddled their bodies against the cold wind, did not dare to go over and put down the curtains, and sat with their heads bowed, not daring to show their atmosphere.They both knew that Miss was in a bad mood.

The scenery outside the window changes quickly with the speeding of the carriage. Residential villages, wilderness and high mountains, and the looming cooking smoke in the snow and mist. Beijing is not much different, just as intoxicating.

Recalling what her mother said when she made up her makeup for the last time, Hai Lanzhu's tears could not stop falling. Her mother, Borjit, the princess of the Horqin tribe of Mongolia, and her father Azig, who had committed a crime He was imprisoned in one place, and Hai Lanzhu didn't know where, neither did his brother and Du, but on the eve of Hai Lanzhu's departure for Datong, Borgit was sent back to let their mother and daughter meet. As a rule, it is also the mother who teaches the married daughter some things.

The mother held Hai Lanzhu's long hair, combed each strand of hair carefully, and said softly: "The imperial court sent you to be married. Although the one you marry is a Nanman, it is not as noble as our bannerman, but I heard that this Nanman Very unusual, he was the one who killed the Regent, even your father admired him. As women, we want to marry this kind of hero. After you pass, you will not be at home. Being a wife has to suffer, Take it easy, the Han people have enmity with us bannermen, you have to be more patient, without your parents and brothers by your side, it’s all up to you, you have to walk the road ahead by yourself.”

Thinking of these words, Hai Lanzhu's heart became colder, holding the purse given by her mother in her hand, which contained her favorite Songluo tea, and she wondered if she would have a chance to drink this kind of tea from her hometown again when she went to the land of the Han people.

It is not uncommon for the clan to marry relatives in the Manchu Eight Banners. It is not uncommon to see intermarriages with Mongolia every year, but Hai Lanzhu is the first to intermarry with Han people.

She knew that the reason why she was chosen had a lot to do with her father's loss of power. On the night not long ago, her father went to discuss matters in the Forbidden City and never came back. Lanzhu was in her own show building, and heard the sound of fighting and screams of weapons and screams. The mansion was unclear, so she dared not go out.

It wasn't until dawn, when news came in, that I learned that the emperor and the queen mother had decreed that the council of kings and ministers would imprison Azig on the charge of disrespect and plotting to regent, seize his position as the banner owner, and demote him to be a son, and his family members could not leave Half a step at the gate of the mansion, offenders will be cut off.

In order to save the lives of his family, his elder brother Hedu was ordered to go to the Ming army to negotiate a peace, and she, Hai Lanzhu, as Azig's eldest daughter, naturally became the most suitable victim, shouldering the heavy responsibility of delaying time for the Qing Dynasty. Embarked on the road to Datong alone.

Hai Lanzhu didn't know whether the Han man was tall or short, fat or thin, with a beard or an old man. Even the man's name was told to her by his elder brother He Du just before he left. of.

"His name is Wang Huan, and he is the Duke of the Ming Dynasty." He Du took her hand and said softly: "This man does not look like a bad person, but he is a ruthless character. Sister, you should take care of yourself. Once you get married, you will not be with the family anymore. It doesn't matter, Manchu and Han are not at odds with each other, and from now on, there will be no chance of meeting each other again."

The cold wind outside the car hit his face like a knife, cutting Hai Lanzhu's heart bloody and painful.

She opened the curtain a little wider and stretched out her head, trying to get a glimpse of the outline of the house.

There were snowflakes outside the window, and the future road had long been swallowed up, hidden in a haze, and nothing could be seen.

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In the spring of the fourth year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, the Duke of Liang Huan went to the court to declare the agreement reached with the Qing Dynasty. Zhaoqing was once again stirred up. There was an uproar in the court. .The ones who were furious were naturally the big bosses and a group of scholars who were ignored by Wang Huan. They dared to decide this matter without the court's discussion. Zhezi can be piled up from the table tops in the royal study and cabinet to the height of the rafters in one day.

The emperor is not good at scolding directly, so he can only hand over some papers without pain, but it is different for Qu Shisi and other cabinet ministers. Recovering the land thousands of miles away from the customs would mean losing power and humiliating the country, and dare to marry the Tartar princess, is there any shame in that?As a result, Qu Shixu and others dared not go to court for several days in a row, and they used the back door when they went out.

Those who agreed, however, sneered at the group of people who stood and talked without back pain, and made it clear that Daming now had no other choice but to rely on Wang Huan. Princess Zi made a marriage, and Zhaoqing and his gang had nothing to do, besides, Duke Liang was extremely wise in doing so. Was he fighting with the tens of thousands of elites of the Qing Dynasty with his pen and mouth?If you have the ability, you go!

Thinking about it slowly, exchanging time for space is the least expensive way.

Those who can understand these are people with keen eyesight. In addition, when Wang Huan's second memorial was handed in, the reaction aroused caused the opinions of the two groups of people with opposite positions to change again.

One month after the first memorial, Liang Guogong Wang Huan made another memorial, saying that Beizhili had been settled and everything was ready, and begged the emperor to move the old capital to the north to reassure the people.

The Ming court was boiling again, and those who had scolded Wang Huan before all expressed their gratitude for Duke Liang's loyalty, so the capital has been restored, and the king is welcome to return to the throne. Who can match such a good minister?As a result, long and cumbersome seconding papers once again filled the cabinet and the imperial study, and people were impassioned, saying that the emperor should move north.

Anyone with a discerning eye can understand the thoughts of these people at a glance. They are all from the north and were forced to flee to Guangdong. Although the south is good, it is not as strong as the north. They are fighting openly and secretly with the southern forces here. , There are a lot of worries, and only by going back can we continue the past and open up the future.

But most of the people who agreed with Wang Huan last time had serious concerns. The Duke of Liang had already taken the Northern Territory into his hands, and his people and soldiers were everywhere. If the emperor passed by, wouldn't it be like the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Cao Cao?
Although Yongli is in Guangdong, it is also in the hands of powerful officials, big and small, but no one is willing to send Emperor Yongli to Wang Huan. This involves a large-scale reorganization of interests. There is no clear division, no one would rashly agree.

At this time, Emperor Yongli's own opinion is very important.

On the last day of the winter month, that is, New Year's Eve, Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping County in the Ming Dynasty, came to Zhaoqing to meet the king.

(End of this chapter)