Ming Zuo

Chapter 207

"Young master, the master has sent a message that the house is about to start preparations for your marriage with Miss Xu's family."

Zuo Yan found Zhuangzi and came up, bringing Zuo Liangyu's orders.

After Zuo Menggeng's trip to the capital last time, Xu Guangqi specially invited Zuo Liangyu to visit him and talked about the marriage between Zuo Menggeng and Xu Ruolin.

Being able to marry Xu Guangqi, who is famous all over the world, Zuo Liangyu certainly wished for it, so there is no objection.

Later, both Zuo Menggeng and Zuo Liangyu went out to fight and were busy with the war, so the matter was delayed.

Now that everything has settled down, the Zuo family father and son have been promoted hand in hand.

One has reached the pinnacle of a general, and he is the commander-in-chief; the other is famous all over the world, killing slave chiefs.

Xu Guangqi was overjoyed, and urged him again.

It's okay if you don't remind me, Xu Ruolin is eighteen years old.In this day and age, a proper big girl.

The daughters and children of other people's families will run away.

That is to say, a Christian family like Xu's is more tolerant of this.

But even so, Xu Guangqi had to worry about the eyes of the world.

Zuo Liangyu was even more eager to finalize the marriage.

However, he is now the deputy general of Yongping, following Hou Xun, busy with reorganizing the army, and has no skills at all, so he had to send a letter home to let the mansion prepare.

"Hahaha, Zhongheng, congratulations!"

"The marriage of the attendees is finalized, it can be said that the hearts of the people are determined."

The others were pure congratulations, but Mao Yuanyi had a different opinion, which was unanimously agreed by everyone.

As the leader of the group, Zuo Menggeng has no purely personal affairs.

Those who follow him must not only look at the present, but also look at the future.

Zuo Menggeng was alone. In this chaotic world with serious shortage of medical and health care, there are too many accidents in human life.

Zuo Menggeng can stabilize and continue the incense, and everyone will have a united goal, so that people will not be scattered.

Although Zuo Menggeng himself has no experience in politics, seeing the sincere joy of these people, he also knows that he has a lot to bear.

Zuo Menggeng couldn't help laughing when he thought that he was only sixteen years old and was about to start worrying about marriage.

At the age of future generations, you haven't graduated from junior high school yet, right?

"Then please trouble Uncle Yan to go to the capital."

As the chief steward of the Zuo Mansion, Zuo Menggeng's marriage was naturally handled by Zuo Yan.

Zuo Yan asked: "Young Master, I wonder how the matchmaker will arrange it?"

Ordinary people get married at home, and the matchmaker can just find a matchmaker.When they arrived at the official's house, ordinary matchmakers couldn't get close to them at all.

Besides, the matchmaker here in Linqing went to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, and she fainted from fright.

Huang Daozhou was familiar with this kind of thing, and asked, "Does Zhongheng have any familiar senior officials in the capital?"

Zuo Menggeng became happy.

"The master read Taigong Gong as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture."

Huang Daozhou said: "Then let the housekeeper of your house take Geng Tie to the capital, and ask Mr. Nian Tai to help manage it."

The Zuo and Xu families have already agreed in private, so there will be no surprises at the wedding.

Visiting to exchange Geng posts is nothing more than a due procedure.

Xu Guangqi is the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Zongzhou is the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, which happens to be a good match.

Zuo Menggeng was not very familiar with the process of ancient weddings, so he followed suit, so he asked Zuo Yan to do it.

Zuo Yan was shrewd, went back to discuss with the Huang family, and asked the mansion to start preparing the letter of engagement and the betrothal gift, so as not to be in a hurry.

Zuo Menggeng was promoted step by step, but he was still diligent and thrifty.

Zuo Liangyu was different, it was really a matter of getting promoted and getting rich.Even the days of leading the Zuo Mansion were much richer, and the betrothal gift was extravagantly prepared.

Zuo Yan took Geng Tie to the capital and visited Liu Zongzhou.

Hearing that it was his disciple's marriage, Liu Zongzhou readily agreed, and immediately started to arrange it.

I invited the best matchmaker in the capital, visited Xu's mansion, and exchanged Geng Tie smoothly.

Zuo Yan didn't dare to delay, he ran all the way back to Linqing, and pressed Geng Tie to the bottom of the clean teacup in front of the Zaojun statue to test his will.

If there are no "abnormal" situations such as broken bowls, bad food, family quarrels, restless cats and dogs at home within three days, please ask a fortune teller to "sort the horoscopes" to see if the year and Geng are compatible and whether the zodiac signs are compatible.

None of these, then enter the engagement stage.

This time Zuo Yan went to the north to propose marriage, and also agreed on the wedding date of Zuo Menggeng and Xu Ruolin.

It can't be held in a short time, because Zuo Menggeng is going to fight again.

During this period of time, the White Lotus Sect was making too much noise, most of Shandong fell, and other than the cities, the local governments didn't care about the countryside at all.

Especially on Denglai's side, Zhang Keda, the commander-in-chief, was so devastated by the White Lotus Sect that he didn't dare to leave the city at all.

Once there is a loss in Dengzhou, it will affect the overall situation of Liaodong.

Zhang Keda sent ten letters for help to the capital one after another. Chongzhen was furious, but he could only do his best.

The first thing is to restore the Governor of Deng Lai.

It won't work if you don't restore it.

Today's Denglai is not under the management of Shandong, and the highest officer is Zhang Keda, the commander-in-chief.

But the problem is that Zhang Keda is a military general, and it is okay to manage Dengzhou City, and the remaining counties in Dengzhou ignore him, let alone Laizhou next to him.

The lack of unified authority is also an important reason for Zhang Keda's inability to suppress bandits.

Looking at the court at present, the only force that can be used is Zuo Menggeng's Dongchang Association.

When Zuo Yan went to the capital to make a marriage appointment, Huang Daozhou also left for Dongchang Mansion to take up his post.

Zuo Menggeng sent a second regiment to accompany them.

On the one hand, it is to protect the safety of Huang Daozhou, and on the other hand, it is also to find a suitable place for the First Division in Dongchang Mansion.

But no matter what, he went out to quell the White Lotus Sect's rebellion, and it must be within a month, and the wedding had to be delayed.

In Shandong in June, the sun was scorching like fire, and Zuo Menggeng's career was also booming and bustling.

Liaodong in June was cloudy and people were in turmoil.

The joy of the big victory had long since dissipated, and the panic of the big defeat enveloped Shenyang, making Huang Taiji almost vomit blood.

"Five thousand army, if you say no, then it will be gone? How did Amin lead the army?"

In the meeting hall, Huang Taiji was furious and furious.

I can't help being angry, it's really the fact that Amin's entire army was annihilated. The impact is too bad.

Originally, he took a risky attack and took a detour to knock on the pass. He had a fluke mentality, and he never thought that the harvest would be so rich.Not only robbed a large number of people and supplies, but also killed Yuan Chonghuan, the most difficult opponent.

Because of this action, not only Jurchen's internal affairs, but also the Eastern Mongolian ministries were completely convinced by him and became Jurchen's allies.

Huang Taiji had already thought about it a long time ago, taking advantage of the aftermath of this big victory to completely consolidate his position.Be like the emperor of the Central Plains, keep your promises and stand high.

Amin, Mang Gurtai and other rebellious people are all the targets he wants to clean up.

As a result, Tang Gudai ran back to Shenyang in embarrassment with about twenty remnants of soldiers, bringing news of Amin's defeat and the annihilation of the entire army.

Although it is an established strategy to kill Amin, punishing him as a crime and killing Amin on the battlefield are completely different things.

Even if there was indeed a problem with Amin's command, and the crime was unforgivable, but Amin's death disrupted all Huang Taiji's plans.

What he had planned long ago was to punish Amin with crimes after Amin came back.In this way, no one can say nothing, and it can also demonstrate the authority of his sweat.

After all, he can punish the four major Baylors at will, who dare not respect his authority?

The annihilation of Amin's entire army not only failed Huang Taiji's plan, but also brought about very serious consequences.

You must know that in the five thousand army, there are not only Jurchens, but also a large number of Han Chinese and Mongolians.

Since Tang Gudai escaped back, Huang Taiji clearly felt that the atmosphere in Shenyang City was different.

The Han generals seemed to have other ideas,
The family members of Bao Chengxian, Gao Hongzhong, and Cao Zhenyan cried to the door, begging Huang Taiji to avenge their families.

If the fluctuations of the Han people can be controlled, then the anger of the Mongols will cause Huang Taiji a headache.

The Mongolian princes specially sent people to inquire about the crime, hoping that Huang Taiji could give an explanation.

The loss of more than a thousand people is also unbearable for the various tribes of Eastern Mongolia.

Looking at Tang Gudai who was kneeling in front of him, Huang Taiji, who was so angry that he almost regarded him as Amin, really wanted to chop him up with a knife.

Tang Gudai just didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise, he might as well die in battle at Qingshui Pass.

He still felt that he was loyal and fled back desperately just to tell the truth.

"Khan, this Ming army is different."

It was rare for Dorgon to speak sarcasm.

"What's the difference between the Ming people? When we enter the customs, it's not like those Ming people's generals have never met them. They are all chickens and dogs."

Amin died in battle, and Dorgon was absolutely happy to see it happen.

Huang Taiji wants to deal with Amin's mind, Dorgon knows it well, and supports it.

Don't look at the Dorgon brothers who have always been vigilant against Huang Taiji, but the ones who want to deal with them the most must be Amin and Mang Gurtai.

Although Huang Taiji is also eyeing the Dorgon brothers, Amin and Mang Gurtai are pure evil wolves, and they have already begun to grind their teeth.

Facing the realistic pressure of survival, Dorgon had no choice but to rely on Huang Taiji, and tried his best to solve Amin and Mang Gurtai, and protect himself first.

Now that Amin didn't wait for Huang Taiji to clean up, his death on the battlefield is not counted, and he also entrapped thousands of Mongolian and Han troops, and caused big troubles for Huang Taiji. Dorgon was even happier.

He wants to see now how Huang Taiji faces these troubles.

(End of this chapter)