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Chapter 15 See the old friend and give the sword
In the mansion of Governor Lu Xiangsheng in Beijing, an old man came to pay his respects, and was invited by Lu Xiangsheng into the inner hall to give a detailed account.

The visiting old man's real name was Yao Dongzhao, and his surname was Dunchu. He should be in his sixties, but he was still tall and vigorous, with a long gray beard hanging down his chest.

He was originally a poor scholar in Julu County, but he was generous, kind and righteous, with a lot of integrity, and he had a high prestige in Julu Township.

In the autumn of the second year of Chongzhen, the Tartars invaded Gyeonggi for the first time and approached the Chaoyang Gate in the east of Beijing. Lu Xiangsheng was then the magistrate of Damingfu.

When passing by Julu, Mr. Yao Dongzhao led more than 1000 Julu children to join Lu Xiangsheng's Qinwang Xiangyong team. He was appreciated by Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng was moved and admired by him. They became acquaintances.

Lu Xiangsheng wanted to invite Mr. Yao Dongzhao to become an official several times, but he politely refused, so Lu Xiangsheng respected Yao Dongzhao even more.

Now that the old man came to visit suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng was both surprised and delighted, so even if he had important matters to do with the war against the captives, he was willing to stay and have a chat with the old man.

After the two came to the living room and sat down separately, they just had a brief exchange of greetings, and Yao Dongzhao explained the purpose of coming straight to the point: "Old Grandfather, you are going to Andingmen to discuss the strategy of fighting and defending soon.

Dong Zhao really shouldn't come to bother me at this time, but the state affairs of our dynasty have been corrupted to this point, and the disaster of the Southern Song Dynasty may be imminent, so Dong Zhao really had to come and see Mr. Lu.Your Excellency is going to discuss the matter today, do you know that the imperial court is already preparing to secretly transfer money to the Tartars for peace talks? "

"Xiang Sheng has also heard about the peace talks, but he really doesn't know about the money loss." After hearing what Yao Dongzhao said just now, Lu Xiangsheng felt a little surprised in his heart.

Yao Dongzhao didn't care about Lu Xiangsheng's reaction, and just continued to say: "I heard that the imperial court is willing to send 60 taels of silver to Donglu every year, and will abandon a large area of ​​land in the Liaodong area of ​​our dynasty to seek the security of the imperial court.
Isn't this just repeating the same mistakes of the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty's summation?

It's tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger! "

After hearing Yao Dongzhao's words, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly jumped up from his chair, trembling with anger, his beard trembling, staring at Yao Dongzhao, and asked sharply: "Is this true?"

"It is said to be credible. The Tartars refused to agree only because Zhou Yuanzhong, the intermediary, is a blind man who sells divination in the street. He had to send court officials to negotiate peace before he was willing to negotiate and agree.

In the current situation, if a covenant under the city is signed with the Tartars, the proposal of cutting the land and giving up the land, losing the old coins and opening the mutual market will surely follow.

The old grandfather is already in danger of the country's safety and survival today, so he must make a serious statement of the stakes in it when discussing the battle and defense, so that one or two powerful officials in the court, Gui Dang, dare not ask the current emperor to ask for a sum of money.

Only then can the soldiers of the three armies be encouraged to gather troops to fight to the death with the captives and thieves, and severely injure the captives in the key areas of Jifu, so that the Tartars will know that there are still people in our Ming Dynasty, and they will not dare to have half a heart to encroach on the whale.

In this way, the country will be blessed, the people will be blessed, and the name of the old ancestor will be immortal! "Yao Dongzhao said firmly.

Lu Xiangsheng stretched out both hands to hold Yao Dongzhao's hand tightly, and said in a firm tone: "Old man, why do you need to talk too much, the students have already made plans in their chests, and they have no fear of death. But with Xiang Sheng, I will not make me Daming like the Song dynasty." The mistake!"

Yao Dongzhao held Lu Xiangsheng's hand tightly, and said with an excited expression on his face: "Dongzhao, I knew that Your Excellency is Yue Shaobao of my dynasty. With your words, I feel at ease, and I will leave now."

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly pulled Yao Dongzhao's hand tightly, and said, "Mr. Tunchu! Could you please submit to the army of King Qin of Changping, and help the students to praise and paint military affairs, and Xiangsheng will always ask for advice. Will the old man agree?"

"Dongzhao has long been favored by his father, Zu Engu, how can he not respect the drive. But fearing that the captives would drive deep into the south of Jinan like before, Dongzhao has already decided to return to his hometown in the starry night, and summoned his children to help defend the city and deal with the captives. , to protect the village. I have received so much love, I have no choice but to ask for repayment in the future, and I beg my old grandpa to forgive me."

"Okay! Since the old man has such an idea, how dare the student force him to stay." Lu Xiangsheng thought that Yao Dongzhao was a poor scholar, not rich, and Sichuan's capital might not be too rich, so he asked his servant Gu Xian to fetch ten taels of silver and give it to him. he.

However, this old man was determined not to accept him no matter what. Lu Xiangsheng also knew his upright nature very well, so he didn't force it at the moment.

Then he turned around and called Gu Xian, and ordered him to fetch the precious sword that he often wore on his body, held it in front of the old man with both hands, and said in a loud voice: "Mr. , the student has no one to help me, I will give you a precious sword as a special gift, in the manner of Mr. Zhuang."

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was determined, Yao Dongzhao no longer refused, took the sword with both hands, and said generously: "Thank you, sir! If the cavalry resolutely invade Jinan, Dong promises to use this sword to fight the Tartars to the end. Use this knife to kill yourself!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, and continued to Yao Dongzhao: "Maybe we two will meet again."

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After seeing Yao Dongzhao off, Lu Xiangsheng rode to the Anding Gate in the north of the city with his entourage and guards.

Lu Xiangsheng rode his Wuming steed on the road to Andingmen, followed by ten soldiers, but he felt his heart fluctuate constantly.

On the one hand, he was moved by Mr. Yao Dongzhao's visit and his generous return to his hometown to resist the captives, and on the other hand, he couldn't get rid of that ominous premonition in his heart.

In fact, not only Mr. Yao Dongzhao compared Lu Xiangsheng to Yue Fei and Yue Shaobao, but he himself often regarded Yue Shaobao as his own, but in the end, Yue Shaobao died because of his hatred and injustice.

He couldn't help but look up at the sky, the blue sky was covered with white clouds, but he felt that there seemed to be endless dark clouds covering the entire Beijing city, even the endless sky of the Ming Dynasty, even the dazzling sun become dim.

Before I knew it, I came to Andingmen.

Andingmen is located at the east gate of the northern wall of the inner city of Beijing. It means sending troops to defeat bandits and returning triumphantly, which means obtaining the stability of the imperial family and country.

Among the nine gates in the inner city of Beijing, temples of relevant emperors were built in the other seven gates, but only the Zhenwu Temple was built in the two gates of Beiyuan. Unique.

Zhenwu is Xuanwu or Yuanwu (renamed Zhenwu in the Song Dynasty to avoid the taboo of the emperor's ancestors).

Andingmen, like the other eight gates in the capital, has city towers, archery towers and gate towers.Among them, the arrow tower is located in the Wengcheng, the gate tower is located on the moon wall on the east side of the Wengcheng, and the city tower is on the Anding Gate.

The Andingmen tower is divided into upper and lower floors, the lower floor is seven rooms wide, and the upper floor is five rooms wide. There are horse-riding roads built inside the walls on both sides of the inner wall of the tower, for the soldiers guarding the city to go up and down the city wall on foot or on horseback.

Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse onto the horse path. At this moment, he felt as if a ten thousand catty boulder was pressing on his chest, which made him feel particularly depressed. In a blink of an eye, he went to the Anding Gate and entered the city tower.

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