The empty moraine is boundless, thousands of miles of Yangguan road. Ma Xiaoxiao, people go and go, Long Yun is sad.
The old military clothes made by the mink are narrow, and they have a thousand miles of white hushuang. Qi Luo heart, soul and dream, go up tall buildings.
"Jiuquanzi·Empty Moraine Boundless"
Five Dynasties: Sun Guangxian
—I am the dividing line —
And in Wuwei City, the capital of Liangzhou in the northwest, it has just experienced a nearly bloodless coup. The remnants of the Guiyi Army who had fled back one after another used their defense as an excuse to suppress their dissatisfaction.
However, as the biggest beneficiary of this upheaval, he was put under house arrest in a disguised form in the local area under the name of the leader of the rebel army, and was greeted afterwards to preside over the situation in the city. And xinran
Because, as one of the initiators of this upheaval, the former military commander of the Guiyi Army, Cao Yijin’s younger brother, and the former Zhang Yeshou arresting envoy Cao Renli, are working hard to persuade him and take the initiative. Give up the power and status that is already at your fingertips.
"Ding Gong, forgive me to say something unrespectful. Is there anything you can lose now, or you can't give up?"
"what do you mean?"
Because of his early life in Jinghua, Zhang Huaiding, who is still a little rich and romantic after 40 years of age, was slightly moved and said:
"I just want to protect Ding Duke, the big fellow Zhou Quan, in the current difficult situation, to seek a way of survival and retreat; the Taiping army is already tens of miles away and is about to arrive, but the city looks like this, isn't it allowed to let people? Do you want to be alive?"
Cao Renli said solemnly without changing his face:
"It's really good, but why should I believe you?"
Zhang Huaiding said unmovedly:
"If Ding Duke can't believe it, who else can you trust?. Is it to believe in the Soxhlet remnants who stayed behind to guard you? Or to the albatross Shangshu those impeccable court officials?..."
Cao Renli asked in a straightforward manner:
"Then you can't just give up, I'm dignified by the family of Zhang in Hexi..."
Zhang Huaiding turned to him and said:
"It depends on what you gave up, Ding Gong!"
Cao Renli was a little angry and said:
"That Zhang family has the decent and prestige of the northwest. Since Soxhlet's usurpation, how many points can be left? The imperial court even regards the Zhang family as suffering, and repeatedly refuses to grant the invitation!"
"In the beginning, the Taiwei (Zhang Yichao) overcame the difficulties and settled the chaos and Helong, and Anbang had the latitude and longitude on all sides. What he relied on was the gathering of the hearts of the people who have been suffering for a long time, and he always respected the name of the court without being decorated. ..."
"Nowadays, there are no imperial courts that can be honored. A large number of Helong children have not been in the Guan with Suo Clan, and the northwestern families can hardly say mourning. What is the benefit of the so-called Jingjie name and the Ding Gong? Does Ding Gong want it? Stand up and endure this resentment?"
Having said that, Cao Renli sighed heavily:
"At least compared to the restless generations of my generation, Ding Gong still has a way of retreat and wealth and wealth..."
"how do I say this?"
After hearing this, Zhang Huaiding frowned and said:
"Don't Ding Duke still know? Those people are too much!! Are you so deceived and guarded against you?"
Cao Renli suddenly became angry.
"Yi Jinshi, is there anything else I don't know about the situation in class?"
Zhang Huaiding was somewhat self-deprecating and self-defeating, saying:
"Since entering the customs, everyone is well-known. Ding Gong also has a young girl who is close to the flesh and blood. Now she is serving by the main body of the Taiping Army and has already given birth to the eldest son..."
"what!"
Hearing this news, Zhang Huaiding couldn't help being a little stunned, but he became angry again.
As the eldest son of Zhang Yichao, he naturally knows the meaning of this identity. That's why he was able to live in Chang'an for many years with unfamiliar qualifications; naturally, he gathered a group of old veterans in the Guiyi Army to show their eyes, and Zhang Huaishen, who had been in charge of the Guiyi Army for more than 30 years, couldn't help it.
However, the court, Soxhlet, and Li's people were obviously concealing and guarding him, and they remained unaware of him. This makes people a little embarrassed and uncomfortable. Does Zhang Huaiding rely on Enze, a young girl who has almost never masked, to talk about the character of Gou Quan
Then Cao Renli's next sentence made him feel full of boycotts and indignation suddenly disappeared, and he became more and more uncomfortable:
"It needs to be known that the subordinate of Li Mingzhen, the governor of Langzhou, has already bowed his head to the Taiping Army in Didaocheng, Lanzhou, and it is only because of his wife and sister..."
When Cao Renli said this, Zhang Huaiding couldn't help but sternly said:
"Unreasonable, unreasonable..."
"Ding Gong?"
Cao Renli was slightly startled when he heard the words. Could it be that he overcorrected
"He's Li's kind of thing, but he took a sister who was raised under his knees. Is it possible that my family can be closer if the family is closer?"
Zhang Huaiding complimented:
"Come here, send an envoy to negotiate, saying that as the current leader of the Zhang family, as I miss this young girl who is living away, I hope to see each other again."
"Yes.."
Cao Renli was shocked when he heard the words, but he sighed greatly in his heart, and remembered the instructions and explanations of the patriarch and elder brother Cao Yijin, who had been a monk before he came; at least the thousands of Cao’s children and relatives who stayed in the Guan were kept Living.
In the territory of Gyeonggi Province, Lee Myung-jin, who was heading for Chang'an on a slowly moving carriage, couldn't help but sneezed several times. Then I faintly felt lucky and lucky again.
You know, he thought that his injuries had deteriorated and his fever would not retreat, he would die in Di Daocheng for a hundred; but he didn't expect that there were still some capable people and methods in the Taiping Army who were able to save lives;
Afterwards, the medical officer who came from the army not only cleared his festering wounds, but also used a special medicinal powder to directly make him slowly wake up from the constant fever and groaning and drowsiness, and face reality again.
Therefore, in the end, he just paid the price of limping a leg, and there is no way to run quickly and fight fiercely. But what really changed her mentality was what she saw and heard along the way back when she was escorted.
It was only after more than a month had passed since he led the troops to retreat from the pass, and everything that had been devastated and withered was completely different.
On both sides of the road that was obviously re-leveled and widened; the silted ditches were dug up and the river water began to flow; the wild grasses in the fields visible to the naked eye were gone, only clumps of top-notch young crops remained. . . .
Those villages and towns that were deserted and submerged in the ruins of weeds also began to emerge surrounded by fences and wooden fences with fresh colors of branches and leaves, and smoke spots and vague sporadic spots appeared. Chickens and dogs crowed.
On the occasion of encountering farmers and women who came to the fields in groups, they were basically not afraid of life and no one ran around in a hurry. They just ignored them or just watched them fish pass by. When they got closer Will stand up and look at it a few times.
This made Li Mingzhen, who has been accustomed to seeing the people panic and fleeing since the joint entry of the Western Army, even if they can’t escape, they can’t be horrified behind closed doors and crying endlessly. He also had to admit it in addition to the mixed feelings. One or two
No matter how cruel and brutal the Taiping Army treated the gentry and wealthy under the rumors, how cruel it was to the military and civilian officials of the old dynasty. However, the methods used to manage peace and rest and rejuvenate the people are due to unprecedented and immediate results.
On the other hand, it is a large-scale construction site that can always be encountered every three times. It is not building bridges and paving roads, or building embankments and fortifications, or building a tower that looks particularly conspicuous, as well as square buildings.
However, unlike those who have been conscripted and conscripted in the past, the people who have been conscripted and conscripted have shown a bit of death and death on the construction site; these enthusiastic civil servants, but it is rare to show a positive and enthusiastic side, they even sing Songzi works together.
Although I have heard that these Taiping army also like to build civil engineering, and exhaust the people's power as hard work; but why can these civilians do so enthusiastically? Is it some kind of deceptive means
With such a cryptic mood, Li Mingzhen finally arrived at Chang'an City; however, the team in which his carriage was located stopped again; then, someone naturally conveyed the latest news to him:
"What? The last emperor of the old dynasty is in front of him. He is giving lectures to the place. Therefore, the audience who came from all directions blocked the road!"
At this moment, Li Mingzhen only felt more and more unthinkable, as if everything in front of him seemed to be dreaming. You know this is the emperor of the previous dynasty! Shouldn't it be strictly guarded against being confined in a secret place instead of being so dignified and showing up
Isn't it afraid that people with ulterior motives will take advantage of this opportunity? Or is it because the soldiers of the Western Army have been fighting for several years, but in fact they only respected and followed a fake Datang Emperor? (End of this chapter)