The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

The 14-year-old immature prince, facing the almost middle-aged Huo Xi, wanted to gain a firm foothold in the military camp, how many hardships and hardships he had to go through, and how many hurtful backstabs he had to guard against. Those who have not experienced it will probably never won't feel it.

If it weren't for Zhuang Ye's talent like a ghost in military affairs, and his extreme leadership and fearlessness when fighting the enemy, he would even have fun with the officers and soldiers on weekdays, making jokes, laughing and cursing without the pretensions of a prince at all. It is impossible to gain the support and respect of so many soldiers.His military exploits were really bought with scars all over his body. Even if Huo Xi's faction intends to suppress him, they have to worry about the eyes of Li Mi, the supervisor sent by Emperor Xuankang.

This kind of contradiction in the Northwest Army was naturally seen by Li Mi, and he reported it to Emperor Xuankang.

Emperor Xuankang was quite satisfied with this situation. An army that was monolithically controlled by one person would definitely be feared by the emperor.Therefore, he turned a blind eye to this situation, and he was extremely proud of a son like Zhuang Ye.

When Zhuang Ye gradually grew up, and his military rank rose to General Yunhui from the third rank, Huo Xi finally felt threatened, and the two sides became more and more at war with each other, finally letting someone take advantage of the loophole.

In the winter of that year, the snow fell very heavily.

The people of Xirong, who had already been frightened by Dajing's army, finally came up with the idea of ​​Dajing because it was difficult to survive the winter. It is very cruel to kill everyone.

The Northwest Army was furious. Due to the weather, they were unable to mobilize a large army, and finally sent five thousand-man squads to chase down the Xirong people.One of them was led by Zhuang Ye.

The Northwest Army's combat strategy this time is not to wipe out the Xirong people, but to make a surprise attack when they find the Xirong troops, and leave at the touch of a button, in order to make everyone in Xirong panic and have no peace. They no longer have the energy to loot the people of Dajing.

If so, Zhuang Ye would not be in danger.However, someone leaked his identity and marching route to the Xirong people. As a result, Zhuang Ye's thousand-man team was finally chased and intercepted by a large number of Xirong soldiers. As a last resort, he fought and retreated, and was finally forced into the clouds mountains.

The news of Zhuang Ye's whereabouts leaked back to Yanliang City, and Huo Xi knew that he had been tricked.Huo Xi really hated Zhuang Ye to the bone, but he definitely would not want Zhuang Ye to have an accident with him, otherwise, let alone controlling the Northwest Army, even being able to leave his head after returning to Beijing would be regarded as the emperor's favor.But before he had the time to investigate who leaked Zhuang Ye's whereabouts, a military adviser beside him committed suicide by taking poison first. Huo Xi found out in despair that he had committed the blame.This scheme is really vicious, not only get rid of Zhuang Ye, but also make Huo Xi annihilated, and if it is extended, it will be the fighting between the Princeling Party and the Seventh Princeling Party.The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's benefit, and the mastermind behind this scene has no small plan.

When Emperor Xuankang heard the news, his eyes were shattered, and the queen even fainted immediately.

At this time, it was Qiu Qingyu who stood up and asked to go to Xirong to look for Zhuang Ye.Because Zhuang Ye has been away from Beijing for many years, the two have never been married, but Qiu Qingyu said: "Since I have promised him to be my wife, I will only recognize him as one in this life. If he is still alive, I will bring him back to marry. One is born with the same quilt. If he is dead, then I will marry him at the place where his bones are buried, so that one can share the same quilt after death."

Both Emperor Xuankang and the Empress were shocked, and finally let Qiu Qingyu go to Yanliang City under the protection of dozens of inner guards, accompanied by Mr. Bai.

Qiu Qingyu has always known that Mr. Bai is extraordinary, but he never thought that Mr. Bai would have such magical means. With just a pinch of his fingers, he calculated the location of Zhuang Ye and others, and he was able to use blindness to bring They passed by the Xirong army without being seen by the Xirong people. If Mr. Bai hadn't used his last means to erase the memory of the Ouchi guards, I am afraid Emperor Xuankang would be so jealous that he would try his best to kill him.Later, this became the deepest secret kept by Qiu Qingyu and Zhuang Ye, and even the crown prince didn't tell him.

When Qiu Qingyu finally found Zhuang Ye with the help of Mr. Bai, Zhuang Ye, who was originally strong and strong, was so thin that only a layer of skin was left covering the skeleton, and the accompanying soldiers were dead. Only more than 30 people remained .

When Zhuang Ye met Qiu Qingyu and heard her say "death in the same hole", Zhuang Ye, who was forced into a desperate situation and could still kick the ass of his soldiers and say things that bleed but not tears, couldn't help but his eyes were red, and even Regardless of his extremely weak body, he insisted on pulling Qiu Qingyu to worship the world in front of the more than 30 surviving soldiers, and said that it was a memory he would never forget.

Those 30 people were able to struggle back from the death line, and their hearts were honed to be extremely firm, bloody and resilient. In the days to come, they gradually became the mainstay of the Dajing army, but they were loyal to Zhuang Ye from the beginning to the end. , I also respect Qiu Qingyu very much.

Perhaps it was the saying that if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. When Zhuang Ye returned to the capital, Emperor Xuankang and the Empress saw his appearance and the scars all over his body. They felt great grief and tried every means to make up for him.

Emperor Xuankang named Zhuang Ye the Prince of Chengke County, bestowed upon him the Prince's Mansion, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to immediately prepare for the wedding of Zhuang Ye and Qiu Qingyu.At that time Zhuang Ye was still very thin, with dark and yellow skin, Qiu Qingyu laughed at him tearfully, saying that he was the ugliest groom in the world, but Zhuang Ye replied that he was the happiest groom in the world.

After Zhuang Ye got married, he lived a very relaxed and fairy life.

Huo Xi had already been escorted back to the capital, and sentenced to beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy.Emperor Xuankang extended favor outside the law, and did not implicate the nine Huo family, but only demoted them to common people. Since then, the palace of Xining County has disappeared.

Because of this incident, Concubine Wei De and the Seventh Prince were also implicated, and they were silent for several years.

When Zhuang Ye recovered his health, the military power of the Northwest Army fell into his pocket, and he took Qiu Qingyu to guard Yanliang City, and it took another two years in the blink of an eye.During this period, Zhuang Ye's eldest son Zhuang Yu was born.

Dajing is not like the previous dynasty. The princes assigned by Dajing have no fiefdoms. The princes and grandchildren are destined to stay in the capital for the rest of their lives, and they are not allowed to leave the capital without the emperor's order.Zhuang Yu's birth meant that it was impossible for him to grow up with Zhuang Ye and Qiu Qingyu in the border town, and he had to return to Beijing.

Of course, it was impossible for Qiu Qingyu to return to the capital alone with her young son, so she could only separate from Zhuang Ye, and took her son back to the Chengke County Palace in the capital.

So Zhuang Ye stayed in Yanliang City alone for more than a year.

In the past few years, Dajing and the Xirong people have been in constant conflict, but in terms of national strength and military strength, the Xirong people are far inferior to Dajing. Their only advantage lies in their personal bravery. Maybe one Xirong soldier can defeat two Dajing soldiers. Soldiers, but Dajing's military strength is more than twice that of Xirong?What's more, Zhuang Ye is not a general who likes to trade his life for his life. He has strategies, is good at the art of war, and does not shy away from using some tactics that are not so upright. In his hands, the Xirong people really didn't take advantage of it. .

After a few years, the Xirong people were seriously injured and scared of being beaten, so they had no choice but to send a mission to negotiate a peace.

Zhuang Ye saw that there would be no storms in the northwest for a while, and the soldiers in the northwest had also practiced, and they were absolutely more than enough to deal with the situation in the northwest, so he simply asked for an order to go back to Beijing.He didn't want to rebel, and he didn't want to cling to the military power and be tabooed by others. Anyway, he has a lot of confidants in the Northwest Army. Even if he returns to Beijing, he can give orders to the Northwest Army, but if others want to intervene in the Northwest Army power, but it is unnecessary to think about it.

Originally, once the northwest was stabilized, Zhuang Ye's armed forces became very dazzling. Many people were secretly planning to transfer Zhuang Ye back to the capital, and they also took the opportunity to provoke Emperor Xuankang's suspicion of Zhuang Ye.

Unexpectedly, before they had time to act, Zhuang Ye invited himself back to the capital, and all of a sudden, some suspicions that Emperor Xuankang had originally had were killed all of a sudden.On the contrary, those ministers who took the opportunity to provoke were all remembered by Emperor Xuankang in his heart.

Zhuang Ye's retreat was another step forward in Emperor Xuankang's heart. Naturally, some people couldn't stand it and wanted to suppress it.

At this moment, the people of Xirong bowed their heads and professed their ministers, and the atmosphere of friendship and neighborliness in the court became more and more harmonious. The civil servants in charge of the peace negotiation put on the airs of the heaven and the kingdom, and forgot the inside when they had face. They actually thought that Xirong had become a minister of Dajing If it is a country, it should be supported by the imperial court. It not only advocates the support of food, cloth and other materials, but also plans to send farmers and craftsmen to teach the Xirong people the techniques of planting and weaving.

When Zhuang Ye heard it, he almost lost his temper. He fought desperately, and the soldiers threw their heads and blood, just to send things and technology to the people of Xirong?Resolutely cannot agree.

Zhuang Ye not only opposed supporting Xirong, but also proposed that Xirong should send a large amount of cattle, sheep, leather, gold and silver as compensation to Dajing.

So there was that pedantic and stubborn civil servant who never turned his head and thought that Zhuang Ye was petty, greedy for money, and lacked the demeanor of a prince in the kingdom of heaven. Then he was provoked by someone with a heart, and even impeached Zhuang Ye for killing too much, despicable and scheming. The vicious schemes used on the battlefield ruined the reputation of Dajing's righteous division.

Zhuang Ye simply scoffed at this.What he wants has never been the tragedy of a single general, since he has the ability to avoid sacrifices, why should he risk the lives of his soldiers to fight for a fair and just one?Soldiers never tire of cheating, it has been like this since ancient times.

Because the people of Xirong are proud of being ministers, these people are too superficial, no, maybe it should be said that their eyes are limited to books and principles, but they don't know the blood dripping in real life.They never thought that if the loser was Dajing, the people of Xirong would never mind showing their ambition of "swallowing elephants".

Zhuang Ye was not a man who could reason with others, not to mention that these civil servants ruled the world with their pens, and any of them could speak so clearly that he had nothing to refute.Zhuang Ye's method of fighting against the insistence of these civil servants was simple and rude.He directly led a group of people on the way to court and carried those civil servants to the resettlement place for wounded soldiers and survivors outside the city. The people who lived here were all seriously injured on the battlefield and lost their ability to work. people, as well as the survivors of those martyrs who have died.

Zhuang Ye directly threw the civil servants into the village and told them that these people were only part of the victims of the war. There were still many people in various cities of Dajing who could not be taken care of.If they can convince the people here to agree to support Xirong and agree to send a large amount of grain and cloth to Xirong, then Zhuang Ye will never say a word against it again.

Where have those civil servants seen such a scene? The sacrifices they know are just the numbers on the battle report. Now they see these poor and poor people, most of them are old, weak, women and children. Grief and despair, confusion about future life, and their pain, needless to say, are already breathless.And those wounded soldiers with missing arms and broken legs, how will they live in the future, those who are married can’t support their families, and instead become a drag; those who are not married, who would be willing to marry him to suffer?Maybe it just broke the inheritance of incense in the family.

In the face of these people, no matter how pedantic the civil servants are, they also know that their words of supporting Xirong cannot be said here again, otherwise they will definitely be torn to pieces by these people, chew them, chew them, and swallow them.

Zhuang Ye surrounded the village and kept them there for two full days before letting them go home.In the meantime, Emperor Xuankang just sent his personal eunuch to ask Zhuang Ye not to make a fuss, so he let Zhuang Ye go.

At this time, if these civil servants don't know what Emperor Xuankang means, they will be in vain as officials.After thinking about it, they were all in a cold sweat. They were also dazzled by the surrender of the Xirong people. You must know that the eleventh prince Chengke County King almost died in the hands of the Xirong people.Facing the murderer who almost killed his own son, how could Emperor Xuankang be willing to cut his own country's flesh to feed such a pack of wolves?

These civil servants who returned to the court were uncharacteristically uncharacteristic when it came to peace negotiations with Xirong. Not only did they never mention the matter of supporting Xirong, but they ruthlessly took another layer of skin from the Xirong people. down.

There was no war in the northwest, but Zhuang Ye didn't rest because of it.He was conferred the rank of first-rank hussar general, and he became a handsome man only from a general. Since then, whenever there was a war in the Dajing Dynasty, Emperor Xuankang would immediately consider letting him go to battle.And Zhuang Ye did not live up to his expectations, and the reputation of the invincible "General King" spread all over the world.