Lu Ming

So now there is an uproar in the square of Huangji Palace, everyone is excitedly discussing the unprecedented victory, including the censor who maintains etiquette, for the first time, he is pulling messengers to ask questions, the solemn Forbidden City square, rare , turned into a vegetable market for the first time during the early dynasty.

It's normal for people to have this reaction.

In the previous siege campaign, it can be said that everyone in the capital was mentally prepared to be rushed in and massacred the city by the Tartars.I don't know how many people were woken up in the middle of the night by fright, and how many people were ready to kill their wives and daughters, and then hang themselves to death—especially the officials standing in the square today.

So after hearing the good news today, like a drowning man being rescued by a firefighter, the huge psychological gap in the Jedi's counter-killing made Ming officials who had been in a depressed and gloomy state of mind for a long time let go of their restraints, and no longer cared about the rules. .

The big square is like a boiling pot, and the small circle in front of the Huangji Hall is also very lively.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the dragon chair with a smile, asking a question to a messenger under his feet.

After unraveling some doubts in his heart, the emperor nodded with satisfaction: "Look and appreciate."

Then the courier kowtowed to take the silver and left, and then the next courier was brought forward, and then the emperor began to smile and ask the same question from another angle.

At the same time, on Danchi, one level lower than the emperor, Old Xigu Wen was sitting on a saddle, stroking his beard with one hand, and watching the emperor play tricks benevolently.

After hearing the letter, the old opera bone was shaken immediately.But this time it's true: From last night to now, Lao Wen seems to be unmoved, but in fact he has been under tremendous pressure. After this release, he can't stand it anymore.

Fortunately, Lao Wen was surrounded by smart people. After realizing who was the winner at the first moment, he stretched out a few hands and supported Lao Wen.

Seeing this situation, the emperor on the stage hurriedly pushed the boat forward, promoted the old opera bone, and rewarded him with a horse tie, and sat at the place closest to the emperor.

The lively scene in front of the hall continued until the emperor finished asking the last messenger.

At this time, the civil official group led by the chief assistant Zhou Yanru organized order, and led thousands of civil officials to officially kneel down and kowtow three times, congratulate the emperor, congratulate the Ming Dynasty, and celebrate this shocking event that has never been seen before. win.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had lost his composure many times today, was overwhelmed with emotion, accepted the congratulations from the officials smugly, and laughed again regardless of his manners.

Only at this time did the officials realize that the emperor, who had always been cold and gloomy, was still a young man!

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In the early court that day, from the king to the ministers, there were many irregularities, which can be regarded as creating a new record since Ming Dynasty.But this little matter is a matter of course in front of the shocking victory.

After the morning court ended, before noon, the Ming people in the capital who learned the truth began to set off firecrackers.For a while, fireworks were everywhere in the city, and even the eunuchs and maids in the imperial city set off fireworks, creating a festive atmosphere.

The young emperor, who hadn't closed his mouth since that moment in the morning, made an exception this time.For the first time, he ordered the palace people to give a collective reward on this non-holiday day.

The same program is also staged in various households in the capital.

Except for the working class, not to mention the princes and nobles, but those who have servants in their families have more or less sent happy money, which can be called universal celebration.

Accompanied by the show, several terms that have been on the hot search list in Beijing are spreading-"Caochuan", "Zhangchao Deputy Commander", "Green Jacket Camp", "Tianjin Yicong", "Wagon Car Pulling the Head", "Ah Min" and "Shuotuo".

In the next two days, the people of the capital fell into a kind of happy and anxious waiting.

Whenever a scout with an urgent flag on his back enters the city from the east, the message starts to spread like water waves: The Green Jacket Camp has arrived in Ji Town, the Green Jacket Camp has arrived in Sanhe, and the Green Jacket Camp has arrived in Tongzhou Alright, out of town...

Santunying is 300 miles away from the capital, and it can be reached in two days at most by Kuaima.

At that time, the sentry from the capital met Cao Zongbing on the way. After that, Cao Zongbing was carrying a van, so the speed was a bit slower.

It was not until the evening of April 4, the second day after the morning court, that the brigade of cavalry led by Chuanzhong passed through Tongzhou and settled down in a house outside Guangqumen on the east side of the capital.

Although some troops had come outside the city before this, including Sun Chengzong and other generals who entered the city ahead of time, none of these people caused any waves.

However, when Cao Zongbing's green-coated army arrived at the station, the capital suddenly became manic, and many people left the city through Guangqumen one after another, wanting to see what the legendary magic soldier looked like.

Afterwards, seeing more and more crowds of onlookers, and seeing that the situation was not good, he hurriedly put out the van with human heads for the crowd to visit, while the troops kept vigilance, except Xue Haiyuan who came to meet, It is strictly forbidden for idlers to approach.

This time there are more people.If a team of officials on horseback hadn't dispersed the aborigines, Guangqumen would probably be blocked today.

This team of officials is Cao Zongbing's theoretical superior, sent by the Ministry of War to deliver the order, and there are also several officials from the Ministry of Rites among them.

The person in charge of passing the decree is the doctor of the military selection department of the Ministry of war.

After setting up the incense table, he knelt down to receive the decree, and the next moment, the doctor read out the rhythmic ancient characters.

Zhang Dongdong has been in and out of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for the past two years, and he has already mastered his ancient prose skills, so he understood the will without any trouble.

The content of the imperial decree is very simple: Chongzhen first praised Cao Zongbing a few words, thanked him for his hard work, and then gave the Green Coat Camp wine and meat.

At the end of the imperial decree, it said that the soldiers should have a good rest, and tomorrow morning, a prisoner offering ceremony will be held in the capital!

After kowtowing to receive the decree, the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of War, who instantly switched from the emperor's spokesperson to an ordinary official, was all smiles on his face. While building a relationship with General Cao, he directed his subordinates to unload the drinks and meat from the carriage to work for the army.

At this point, the mission of the officials of the Ministry of War is over, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites will come on stage next.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were even more enthusiastic: the big boss on their heads this time was gifted by General Cao, and he was about to join the cabinet, so all the subordinates appointed by Wen Tiren came here to avoid any moths.

There are two things on the Ministry of Rites.One is to communicate with Cao Zongbing about the process of tomorrow's ceremony, and the other is training.

What is the training?Facial sanctification.

Like Xinke Scholars, Cao Zongbing also entered Beijing for the first time, so the Ministry of Rites thoughtfully sent people to train overnight, so that Cao Zongbing and the rest of the people who were going to meet the saints knew the rules and etiquette.

In this way, Cao Zongbing's first night in the capital passed in a hurry.

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When the sun rose on April 4th, the Guangqu Gate slowly opened, and the last major mission of the crossing people to lead their troops to the north this time: to go to Beijing to offer prisoners, kicked off.

In fact, today's event is no longer "offering prisoners" but "offering heads".

A group of cavalry dressed in Ming army uniforms led a shocking convoy into the city first.The side panels of the original van were removed and turned into a cart, with 4000 human heads neatly placed on the cart.

As the knights and a long line of scooters marched, the natives of the capital who had already crowded both sides of the main street cheered impatiently.

While shouting, the Ming people in robes gritted their teeth and stared at the clear and ugly heads on the cart, showing hatred and fear in their eyes.

Not long ago, these human heads were still raging outside the city, turning the Jingyuan area into a white field.After a few months, almost every family of the aboriginals in the capital brought filial piety, from the princes and nobles to the grassroots, and all of them suffered heavy losses.

Now seeing these robbers handing over their heads, the natives are all very happy.Not long after the convoy moved forward, a woman's tragic cry appeared in the crowd.If it weren't for the obstruction of many yamen servants and soldiers, all the heads on the street at this meeting would have been snatched away by the natives to vent their anger.

The long convoy entered from Guangqumen in the east, went west, walked halfway through the outer city, and then came to the central axis of the capital, the junction of the outer city and the inner city: Zhengyangmen.

This location is probably near the monument of heroes of later generations.

At this moment, both sides of the road, including the windows and roofs of the shops facing the street, are crowded with people of all colors, men, women and children.And starting from the inner city, the clothing and complexion of the Ming people has been significantly improved. It is indeed a city that gathers the most wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty.

From here, the convoy turned north at a right angle and headed towards the imperial city.

Behind Zhengyang Gate is a square square surrounded by stone railings.In the Ming Dynasty, it was a busy street, commonly known as "Qishan Street".

After crossing Qipan Street, the convoy finally arrived at the terminal.

There is a dismounting stele here, and civil servants get off their sedan chairs and military officials get off their horses.On the opposite side is a majestic city gate, which is the symbol of the Ming and Qing dynasties - Daming Gate.

Daming Gate is the south gate of the Imperial City of Beijing. It was called Daqing Gate in the Qing Dynasty and Zhonghua Gate in the Republic of China. In later generations, this place was converted into a memorial hall.

Inside the gate is the royal road, except for the dragon chariots and phoenix chariots of the emperor, empress, and empress dowager, other people can only pass by on foot.

Seeing the convoy approaching, a large number of soldiers who had been waiting here stepped forward one after another and took off the heads on the cart.

These soldiers were agile and skilled. On both sides of the main gate of Daming Gate, they began to pile up pyramids with the heads of the Tartars. The necessary props for Han people to show off their martial arts——Jingguan.

And at this moment, at the Guangqu Gate far to the east, there was another shocking applause: the large army led by Cao Chuan, Zhangchao's deputy commander, began to officially enter the city.

Chapter 471

The knight holding the banner of the general army entered Guangqumen first.

Following the flag into the city was a man in bright armor, representing Chen Ce, the young chief executive of the governor's office in Fujian.

Chen Ce's entry into the city drew huge cheers—on the tip of the spear he raised in his hand, it was the head of the great Kou Amin.

The next one to appear was Erwu Zai, who had just gotten up from a mid-life crisis and "personally" stabbed to death Shuo Tuo's Yongping General Li Jichun.

Li Jichun was also wearing armor, with Shuo Tuo's head stuck on the spear in his hand.

Riding on the horse, Li Jichun's face was flushed at the moment, and he couldn't tell whether he was stimulated by the cheers of the men in the capital, or he was ashamed, or both.

In short, the knight holding the heads of two Tartar leaders attracted the loudest cheers and attention.

After that, Cao Zongbing appeared.

Cao Zongbing, who was dressed in a red official robe, didn't need to attract attention at all, so he was escorted by his personal guards and walked through the long street step by step in the team, not very eye-catching.

Ever since the time-traveling people from later generations became masters, they all suffered from persecution delusions.Therefore, in public, Cao Zongbing always follows the general style of successful people in later generations, and is always surrounded by personal guards.

Otherwise, what if the lurking Tartar shoots him with an arrow?If you wear seven or eight holes, you won't be Kennedy...

After the leading guard team passed by, the ones following behind were 500 members of the Flying Tiger Battalion, wearing copper basin hats and brand-new bright red Ming army mandarin duck jackets.These Tianjin natives took off their green jackets today, put on formal clothes, and pretended to be a regular Ming army.

The army was neatly organized, and the cavalry team marched in four rows, and the places they passed also attracted applause one after another.

The members of the Flying Tiger Battalion riding on tall horses raised their heads and chests high at this moment, trying to put on the posture of a veteran soldier.

These aborigines from Tianjin really never dreamed that one day they would be able to make such a show in the capital.

Accompanied by waves of applause by the side of the road, some young people gradually couldn't pretend to be forced in the eager atmosphere, so from time to time some team members grinned and waved to both sides, destroying the solemn and solemn atmosphere of the queue. do.

The last ones to appear were guard battalion soldiers in green jackets and rifles on their backs.

The Guards Battalion soldiers who had received "formal education" all had sullen faces and seemed to follow a little casually at the end of the brigade, showing no excitement at all when they entered the great capital and were about to meet the emperor.

In addition, the Guards Battalion did not give the aborigines a goose step performance that is necessary for the crossing people's military parade today, and just followed the squad in a very low-key manner.

Travelers have thought about doing this.

There is always a process of familiarization and acceptance in everything.What needs to be done now is to pack these short-haired and green-coated soldiers into special arms under the command of remote chieftains like "white soldiers".

In this way, when the number of short-haired people in the Beijing-Tianjin area gradually increases in the future, the people will gradually accept it.

So there is no need to shock the world anymore today, let the Internet celebrities holding their heads and Tianjin natives attract attention.

In this way, the low-key soldiers of the Green Coat Battalion followed behind the brigade and marched steadily.Apart from the fresh and curious comments of some Ming people along the way, nothing went wrong.

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When the banner of General Cao came to the gate of Daming, the Jingguan on the left and right sides of the tower had already been piled up, and it was only a matter of "finishing the finishing touch".

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes, the two knights holding the heads of Amin and Shuotuo stretched out their spears to the soldiers standing at the top of the Jingguan.

Then the heads were removed from the tops of the spears, and each was placed on top of the pyramid.

So, Licheng, thousands of cheers sounded.

Accompanied by the sound, Cao Zongbing came out of the crowd and came to the gate of Daming alone.

At the same time, the bells and drums at the foot of Daming Gate rang together, and two rows of trumpeters blew a low and long tone at the same time.

The next moment, three side-by-side doors slowly opened.From the central gate of the country, a jade chariot drove out. On it was the Chongzhen Emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown on his head.And from the side doors on both sides, a group of officials lined up came out.

At this time, you can't pretend to be coercive. This person is here to get to know each other, not Gengyao.So when he saw the highly recognizable bright yellow figure, Cao Zongbing immediately got off his horse, pushed the golden mountain and inverted the jade pillar, knelt down and yelled: "Your servant Cao Chuan kowtows to my emperor, long live long live long live."

The jade chariot stopped after passing through the city gate.Soon, the emperor came in front of him, bent down and stretched out his arms, helped Cao Zongbing up, and said in a gentle voice: "Aiqing, please forgive me!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" General Cao stood up.At this moment, Ming Jun's loyal ministers finally met each other's eyes, and both sides showed excited expressions.

"The general has made an indelible contribution to the imperial court this time. Today, I personally lead a group of ministers to disarm the general. There will be a big reward later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! From now on, but I have something to entrust, and the last general will die!"

"Good! Good!" The emperor raised his head and laughed, his young face was radiant, and his eyes were shining brightly: "My love, please come with me on the chariot."

"I am frightened!"

The next moment, under the gaze of thousands of complicated eyes, amidst the drums and the shouts of the Ming people behind him, the young emperor stretched out his hand to support Cao Zhongchen's arm, and the two boarded the jade chariot together, and the car drove slowly into the Daming Gate.

This action created a new record: the main entrance of Daming Gate, which only the Supreme Emperor, the emperor and the queen of the main palace on the day of her wedding, could enter and exit, passed a military general for the first time.

In this way, accompanied by hundreds of officials lined up on both sides, the jade chariot slowly passed through the Daming Gate, passed the long government offices under the high walls on both sides, passed the Waijinshui Bridge with white marble railings, and continued to pass through the majestic Chengtianmen (Tiananmen) and Meridian Gate, cross the Inner Jinshui Bridge, pass through the Huangji Gate, and finally stop in front of the broad Huangji Hall.

The extremely honorable and favored treatment put Cao Zongbing in a mysterious state after he got off the car - he could feel the countless curious or cold eyes around him, how many of them were full of intense emotion. Strong malice.

Fortunately, Comrade Zhang Dongdong also visited the Forbidden City back then, so he was not nervous when he stood in front of the Huangji Hall today, but he had some emotions after time and space disorder: the dense tourists were replaced by dense officials, and the plaque of the Hall of Supreme Harmony It was replaced by the Emperor Palace.

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After the emperor got off the car, he went to the apse to rest and prepare under the service of the eunuchs and guards.The rest of the officials waited outside the hall for a while, and after forming a line, they entered the Huangji Hall one by one.

Although today is not the day of the Great Court Meeting, the grandness has already surpassed the Great Court Meeting, so all the officials in Beijing, including Xungui's relatives, were all present.

In this way, those who can get a place in the Huangji Palace are basically officials of the fourth grade or above, and the rest of the dicks line up in line, from the gate of the palace to the square, which is very spectacular.

After three blows of the whip, there was a loud and shrill shout from Empress Dan: "The emperor is here!"

After hearing the protracted shout, the officials inside and outside the hall collectively became solemn.Immediately afterwards, the emperor, who had replaced the troublesome crown and put on a crown of golden gauze wings, walked out from behind the throne.

The emperor ascended the throne, and the officials kowtowed, and after the cutscene, they returned to their places.

The next process is not to return to court without incident.

Relying on the small merit of the first good news, I obtained a Fangzhenghua eunuch wearing a boa robe from the emperor. At this moment, after seeing the emperor nodding his head, he happily walked to Dan Majesty, and unfolded an imperial edict in his hand. : "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Cao Chuan, the general soldier, stepped forward to accept the seal!"