Chapter 109 A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter 109: Two Cities
These days, if Xia Wanchun and Han Lingshan are sleeping all over, they are indeed wronging them.
First, after Han Lingshan watched the emperor and Wang Chengen and his servants die with their own eyes, bleeding from their seven orifices, they first placed their bodies to ensure that their bodies would not be insulted.
Secondly, according to the orders sent from Lantian, they also wanted to restrain the bodies of those who died for the Ming Dynasty.
So, these days, both Hanling Mountain and Xia Wanchun have been very busy.
Because there are many people in the dead country, which is completely beyond their expectations.
Compared with the martyrs of Emperor Jianwen after Zhu Di's throne, there were not many Chongzhen periods, with only more than 30 ministers, and most of them were literati officials. However, the martyrdom of these people was worthy of their predecessors.
In terms of ministers and ministers, Xuanwu Bo Wei Shichun, Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing, and his son-in-law Gong Yonggu, either burning himself and his family jumping into a well.
As for civil officials, the first major minister Fan Jingwen was recommended. After he wrote a big book on the wall, "Who said that the country of faith (Wen Tianxiang) is not a man, what should he do when he delayed his resumption?", he resolutely jumped into a well and committed suicide.
The Minister of Revenue Ni Yuanlu hangs himself to his country.
The top scholar Liu Lishun heard that the thief entered the city and wrote a letter to him, saying, "He was the righteousness of the people, and Confucius and Mencius passed it on. Wenshan was practicing it, so why would I not do it?" The family of eighteen hanged themselves in the door.
The left-level censor Li Banghua tried his best to persuade the emperor to flee south, but was scolded by the emperor as a "rat".
However, when the city was broken, he wrote a big book on the pavilion gate: "A great husband is a disciple. He is loyal and filial, and his death is gone." He committed suicide by relying on medicine.
Wu Linzheng, the young minister of Taichang Temple, has been commanding the guards on the city, and hangs himself after the city falls.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army heard about their reputation for a long time. They passed by their door but did not dare to enter the house to rob, and praised: "A good man is a true loyal minister!"
Wu Gan, the director of the Ministry of Revenue, wrote a poem in the poem: "Who left the worries of the world? The red flag is fierce and the phoenix city is on the head. The king and his ministers are loyal to the world, the fox and rat are swords, the wind and rain are autumn. The eyes are full of tears and blood, and the sadness is full of sorrow. I know that the world is difficult to argue, and I wish to be loyal to you forever!" Yin wears himself in the room.
Jin Hyun, the head of the Ministry of War, committed suicide by jumping into the river.
When his mother and wife heard this, she cried and said, "How can we be humiliated by the thief when we are destined to be a thief!" She threw herself into the well and died one after another.
After his brother was buried, his mother, brother and sister-in-law's body was buried, he also jumped into a well and died...
It can be said that when the city was destroyed and the country was destroyed, hundreds of palace maids who had not escaped with the princess in the Forbidden City committed suicide, which made thousands of surrendered ministers feel embarrassed!
So many people have died in the feud, which has made Xia Wanchun and Han Lingshan very busy.
"The matter in Beijing has finally ended. I want to go home, go back to the academy, and go to see my father on the way. I am very worried that he will be angry to death by Tan Boming, Zhang Feng and others."
"It's about to end, Li Dingguo's troops are ready to attack."
"Li Dingguo's legion is clearly in Miyun, so why don't he quickly enter the capital?"
"Because Li Hongji's general Li Jin blocked the road, this person was fighting to the death, and he wanted to leave enough time for Li Hongji to torture the capital."
"So, Liu Zongmin's atrocities were actually forced into us?"
"No, they are cruel."
"I am now starting to miss Mu Tiantao. His army was defeated by bandits and has been scattered. I wonder if he is still alive now."
"Don't think about it anymore. Good or bad are his own choices. We, Lantian, have always respected other people's choices."
"Forget it, the Ming Dynasty is over, so let's stop talking bad things about them.
This time the master sent me to the capital, and I finally understood his painstaking efforts. No matter what kind of things we do or what kind of struggle we do, the interests of the country must be put first.
You must remember that you must obey the overall situation by your own interests!”
Han Lingshan nodded and said, "It doesn't need everyone to understand this principle, it only needs some key figures to understand it. I think you can see it too. You will be the fourth or fifth generation candidate for the national prime minister trained by your master.
If you understand this truth, then our Lantian imperial court will be at least stable for 30 years."
Xia Wanchun said: "I will deliberately cultivate a person in the future, and he must also experience what I have experienced."
Han Lingshan said: "The Ming Dynasty is over. Where can you find such an opportunity?"
Xia Wanchun sneered and said, "Without such an opportunity, I will create such an opportunity."
Han Lingshan realized that he was a person who could do anything to do great things. Now, after listening to Xia Wanchun's words, he felt that he was still a very kind and simple person.
Cunning, sinister, and vicious are never derogatory words.
This is a must-have high quality for politicians!
It is unacceptable to the enemy, but for the people represented by politicians, meeting a ruler with such characteristics to the outside world is definitely a blessing, not a disaster.
Meeting a ruler who is truly kind, kind and noble to the outside world is a great disaster for the people.
Mu Tiantao, in ragged clothes, walked on the streets of the capital without looking at him. Countless Dashun soldiers roared past him, and he was not panicked.
Nowadays, the streets of the capital are full of people like him.
It was strange that Dashunjun was extremely fierce to those who were dressed in silk and satin, but was very friendly to half-large wanderers like him. After walking less than half a street, he obtained half a bitten chicken and two black buns.
He didn't dislike it either. He bit the chicken in his hand while wandering on the street.
The eight thousand army, once the stars scattered, found that he didn't seem to have much sadness. At least, Xue Xiucai and others finally followed him out of the siege.
Mu Tiantao placed these people in a villa he had already ordered Xue Xiucai to buy, and he went into the capital alone.
After experiencing a series of bloody battles in the capital, Mu Tiantao thought he had cleared all the kindness of Prince Mu's mansion. From now on, he was ready to truly live for himself.
Lantian has no shame to go back.
So, he felt that he would follow Li Hongji for a while before looking at the wind direction.
He didn't want to ask for a high-ranking official and generous salary from Li Hongji. He knew clearly that with Yun Zhao, Li Hongji's fate would not be too good. He just wanted to know where Li Hongji could go after being driven away from the capital by Lantian's army!
Along the way, many Dashun Army soldiers took a fancy to this tall half-baby boy and hoped that he could join Dashun Army to enjoy the delicious food and drink it.
But Mu Tiantao looked down on these unshaven, dirty and ugly soldiers, and just kept ruling, saying that he wanted to find his uncle in the Dashun Army.
Mu Tiantao's words in Shaanxi dialect immediately made other soldiers lose their intention to recruit them. Generally speaking, as long as they were from Shaanxi, they would be recruited by Wang Laoying or Liu Zongmin's personal guards.
He also gave him half a ate half of the roast chicken and two steamed buns, and also gave him guidance on his way to Laoying and Liu Zongmin's mansion.
These people knew that this half-baby who obviously had a tall and burly figure in Guanzhong was the favorite of Li Hongji and Liu Zongmin.
Over the years, it has been very difficult to recruit people who dare to fight from Guanzhong. The wealthy Guanzhong people are now Yun Zhao's tyrants, and no one is willing to leave their families and businesses and follow them, the bandits, to mess around.
After thinking about it, Mu Tiantao still felt that it would be better to get into Liu Zongmin's army.
To enter Liu Zongmin's army, it is impossible to just rely on the full word of Shaanxi dialect, and it must be accomplished with contributions.
Seeing the man-slaying stake placed by Liu Zongmin at the gate and the bloody corpse on the stake, Mu Tiantao looked at it for a long time, but he could not see the figure of Wei Dezao, the chief minister of the dynasty.
Then, he found a piece of hemp paper, and wrote down Wei Dezao's name and the four words Cao Gong's treasure with his left hand, and handed it to the Dashun army guard who was guarding the door with a smile on his face.
It was heard that the children from Guanzhong had been wandering to the capital, and the Dashun army soldiers, who were also from Shaanxi, naturally seemed closer.
In a short while, Mu Tiantao, a black-faced and down-and-out boy who had long been wiped out by the cold wind in the capital, was sent to Liu Zongmin.
"What's the meaning?"
Liu Zongmin held a charming woman in his arms and pointed at the piece of hemp paper he sent with his thick fingers.
Mu Tiantao hurriedly said: "I heard that the chief assistant of the dynasty Wei Dezao obtained Cao Huachun's treasure house secret map."
Liu Zongmin frowned and said, "Is it the admiral and eunuch of the East Factory?"
Mu Tiantao nodded repeatedly.
Liu Zongmin nodded, pushed the woman in his arms away, pointed at Mu Tiantao and said, "Guanzhong kid?"
Mu Tiantao raised his chest and said, "Guanzhong Swordsman!"
Liu Zongmin laughed when he heard this, and then pulled out the long sword beside him and slashed it like a practice.
Mu Tiantao jumped away, rolled on the ground twice, and hid far away. As soon as he stood up, he punched a guard's waist and eyes. The guard bent down in pain. He took the opportunity to pull out the guard's long sword and crossed the guard's neck and said, "Let me go."
Liu Zongmin's long sword had been sheathed at some point. The beautiful woman returned to his arms. While Liu Zongmin's big hand was pondering in the woman's arms, he said to the woman: "The only thing that the baby in Guanzhong is bad, he has a bad temper, but his mind is not good."
The woman smiled and said, "The general can accept him as his adopted son and teach him how to be smart."
Mu Tiantao said angrily: "If you want your son, you should give birth to him. Grandpa has a father and mother!"
Liu Zongmin laughed even more happily when he heard this, and slapped the woman on the buttocks hard and said, "I'm a good person. When I have time, I will give birth to seventeen or eighteen sons and follow me to conquer the world."
Looking up, Mu Tiantao was slowly walking out with a guard hostage, and then he smiled grimly, "I've entered my grandfather's door, so easy to run away?"
"I gave you a way to make money. If you don't care, you will have to kill me to silence you. It's amazing that one life will be exchanged for another!"
Liu Zongmin smiled even harder and pointed at Mu Tiantao and said, "If grandpa wants to kill you, do you think you can hide?"
The guard who was held hostage by Mu Tiantao grinned and said, "Boy, don't let go, kowtow to the general, and give him a damn swordsman, he has no price at all."
Mu Tiantao looked back and looked at the other guards who were watching the fun while holding hands. He couldn't help but blushed. He slowly let go of the guards and returned them with his long sword. Then he knelt on one knee and clasped his fists over and said loudly: "Hei Yan Liu Yunlong is willing to serve the general, please take him in."
Liu Zongmin smiled more and more happily, and his mouthful of yellow teeth were undoubtedly exposed. He kissed the woman's face heavily: "Listen, black slut, damn, it sounds better than grandpa's reputation in the past!"
Chapter completed!