Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 77

Several other thousands of households also echoed their voices. They are all from the Yongwei Camp. Needless to say, they are loyal. With a sharp blade in his heart, he started to kill himself. After nearly a year of training, he saw that his subordinates gradually looked like strong soldiers. The equipment provided by the court became more and more sophisticated, and the supply of food and salaries was sufficient. The superiors never skimped. stand up.

Huang Degong listened and pondered: he and Lao Zhou were appreciated by the emperor, and they were promoted several ranks in less than a year. Lao Zhou was originally a general, but the emperor transferred him to Shaanxi, and suddenly became a deputy general, equal to himself. Yes; I heard that Sun Chuanting formed the Qin army with over ten thousand troops, and Lao Zhou was able to fight. If he makes another contribution, the commander-in-chief will be watching. I will still be a lieutenant. , Grandma's!No, this time no matter what you say, you have to stay in the Central Plains to suppress the thieves, and you can't let Lao Zhou compare!
After making up his mind, Huang Degong picked up the fried noodles and gulped it down, and said in a vague way: "Okay, okay! I have my own idea! Eat quickly! After eating, check your subordinates to see if there is any heat! If so, quickly call a doctor for treatment!"

After eating, the army began to rest, and the soldiers who were guarding outside were replaced to eat. Many soldiers couldn't bear the heat and ran to play in the water again. Some ignored the hot weather and found an exposed boulder in the shade and lay down Sleeping soundly, some gathered in small groups to chat.

A group of thousands of households inspected their soldiers, and nearly a hundred people showed symptoms of heatstroke. Fortunately, most of them were relatively mild. Some were thirsty, loss of appetite, headache, dizziness, and sweating; some felt tired and weak , nausea and vomiting, palpitations.

More than a dozen doctors who accompanied the army hurriedly began to treat them. They ordered the soldiers who had suffered from heatstroke to be carried to a cool and dry place, took off their clothes, wiped their bodies with wet towels, and then gave the sick soldiers powder medicine soup and salt water. The Jieshu decoction developed by Wu Youxing, who had been summoned to the Imperial Hospital by Chongzhen, passed the clinical trials, and Chongzhen ordered the Imperial Medical Office to make a large amount of it and distribute it to all armies as military products.

As for the military doctors accompanying the army, Jin Yiwei searched for some wandering doctors from the surrounding areas of the capital, and then "invited" them to the capital. After short-term training by Wu Youxing and others, they learned some simple trauma treatment dictated by Chongzhen. After the method, a group of clever and sensible apprentices were hired from some larger pharmacies to form a small-scale medical team, which was sent to Lu Xiangsheng and others.

Of course, although there is a reason for Jin Yiwei's persecution, the more important thing is that the treatment is very generous: each doctor pays ten taels a month, and the apprentices who come with him take two taels each. In the face of huge benefits, these doctors and apprentices are willing. Come to the army.

After simple treatment, the symptoms of most of the soldiers who were infected with heat were relieved, and they could return to normal after a few hours of rest. Only a few were seriously ill. After it takes effect, decide whether to leave or send it to Huaiyuan City.

Originally planned to set off half an hour after dinner, due to injuries, it took more than an hour to finish. Huang Degong gave an order, and the army began to pack up, left the river beach and came to the official road to form a team. Fill the waste, put away the cooking utensils, and extinguish the open flames before chasing the army. Fortunately, the marching speed is not fast, and the young and strong can clean up in a short time so that they will not fall behind.

Nearly 1 people set off from the assembly line, and it took another half an hour. By the time the front team reached Huaiyuan City, it was already around the end of the day, and the rear team's baggage battalion had just started. It seems that today It's because they couldn't make it to Fengyang, but fortunately, there was no delay in other times along the way. Even if they arrived at Fengyang tomorrow, it would be three days earlier than the scheduled arrival time ordered by Lu Xiangsheng.

Everyone in the Fengyang government stayed in the office, and the governor of Fengyang, Chen Qiyu, was discussing Lu Xiangsheng's military report with Chen Liangmo, the governor of Fengyang.

Chen Qiyu is a native of Baode, Shanxi Province, whose name is Yuxuan.In the 44th year of Wanli, he was a Jinshi in the Bingchen Division, and he was in the same discipline as Hong Chengchou.In the fifth year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to be the governor of Yansui, and he led his troops to sweep up all kinds of rogues, and soon wiped out all the well-known large groups of rogues in the territory.To be honest, Chen Qiyu is quite capable, strategic, and good at fighting. Because of his meritorious service, he was specially simplified by the emperor as governor of five provinces, which is Hong Chengchou's current position.

After Chen Qiyu became the governor of the five provinces, relying on his excellent strategic vision, he carefully deployed and mobilized various officers and troops to fight from all sides. In just a few months, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Miaoshou, Xie Zikuai and others in a row, and finally forced them to Besieged and in the carriage gorge near Xing'an.

The heavy rain for dozens of days made the bandits' swords rust, their bows and arrows fell apart, their clothes and armor were soaked, and their war horses were also infected with the epidemic one after another. What's more, the food was cut off, and a large number of bandit soldiers were infected. At this time, let alone the army, it was Sending a fresh army of thousands of people into the gorge, these tens of thousands of thieves have no power to resist.

Under the desperate situation, the cunning Zhang Xianzhong proposed to surrender. At this time, Chen Qiyu was dazzled by the upcoming victory, and was imagining what kind of official position he would get. In addition, he looked down on these local bandits from the bottom of his heart, so He easily accepted the thief's request to surrender.

Thieves and others collected a large amount of gold, silver and jewels. Zhang Xianzhong secretly found people who were acquainted with the government and the army, and bribed the generals at all levels and Chen Qiyu's staff with a lot of money. Finally, under the persuasion of everyone, Governor Chen made an acceptance. The absurd decision of surrendering and not breaking up their establishment, even sent dozens of officials to escort the exiles back to their hometown to work in agriculture. Escaping into the mountains, the good situation is ruined once.

Afterwards, Chen Qiyu, who underestimated the enemy and missed the opportunity, was impeached by the courtiers. Chongzhen was furious and sent Jin Yiwei to arrest him and bring him to Beijing, where he was imprisoned until Zhu Zhenqing came across. more than a year.

Chen Qiyu, who was already disheartened, thought that she would be sentenced to death in prison by the emperor. Unexpectedly, a eunuch in the palace suddenly came to visit him one day, and said that this time he was interrogating him on behalf of the emperor, asking if he had any reflections In spite of the enemy's mistakes that day, do you still have the heart to serve the court?

In the past two years, Chen Qiyu has regretted countless times for the loss of the carriage gorge. After thinking about all kinds of things that day, he has understood the key points. Hearing the eunuch's words, Chen Qiyu was overjoyed, knowing that the emperor gave him a Excited by the opportunity to make a comeback, Chen Qiyu asked for pen, ink and paper to record his regrets and experiences over the past two years on the paper, and handed it over to the eunuch who came by order, and entrusted him to forward it to the Holy Majesty. He, he asked His Majesty to see him.The eunuch returned to the palace with his text after a few words of comfort.

A few days later, the imperial decree came down, and the emperor sent him to Fengyang to serve as the governor, and asked him to vigorously carry out water conservancy construction, open up wasteland and land, and expand the area of ​​grain planting to prepare for famine years; You can also recruit soldiers to protect the environment. You must work hard and avoid impetuousness. If you achieve outstanding results during your tenure, the imperial court will not hesitate to promote you. As for your majesty, there is no need for it.

After Chen Qiyu was released from prison, he immediately wrote a letter to his hometown, asking the clan to choose a capable and reliable clan member to come to Beijing and follow him to Fengyang.

The Chen family is also a big family in Baode. Although there are no celebrities with Jinshi backgrounds in the family, there are still a lot of family members. The heads of the Chen family have made full use of their official connections, diversified operations, and gradually accumulated a huge fortune. family property.

Chen Qiyu is the second householder of the Chen family, and also the first Jinshi of the Chen family. As his official became bigger and bigger, the business in the family also took the opportunity to expand. With the title of relative of the governor of the five provinces, officials of all sizes in Shanxi would sell it. Face is given to the Chen family, and those who have been promoted in the clan for many years, and then know that they are hopeless, also use their connections to become officials. The Chen family has become the leading gentry family in the local area.

After Chen Qiyu was arrested due to the failure of the Chexiang Gorge, the business of the Chen family plummeted. Many government gentry who were originally looking at the governor's face took the opportunity to steal all the most profitable business of the Chen family. Several members of the Chen clan who were officials were also dismissed from office one after another, and returned to their hometowns sadly. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the officialdom.

Because of this, many members of the Chen family were extremely resentful towards Chen Qiyu. People in his house were often abused and made things difficult by the clan members. During the family meeting, some people even suggested that Chen Qiyu's house should be famous in the genealogy, and all of them should be expelled from the Chen family, so that other Fortunately, the patriarch thought of the favor the Chen clan had received since Chen Qiyu became an official, and sternly reprimanded the clansmen who spoke out to drive them away, and managed to suppress the anger of the clansmen.

There are also clan members who have a good relationship with Chen Qiyu, who secretly take care of his family, and the clan leader is still upholding justice, so his family can barely survive.

Just when everyone thought that Chen Qiyu was destined to be executed, a letter from the family was brought back from the capital. After reading the letter, the patriarch immediately called a meeting of prominent figures in the clan to discuss Chen Qiyu's request.The clansmen who thought that Erfang would be lost just now, listened to the letter read by the patriarch, and many people secretly regretted it. Chen Qiyu would definitely be told by Erfang about what he did on a daily basis. Reconciliation, I really can't save face for a while.

Chen Qiyu's father had passed away long ago, his mother was over seventy years old, and her body was gradually declining. His wife was weak in character and had no opinion at all when dealing with things. His younger brother Chen Qifan was in charge of the second bedroom.

Chen Qifan is five or six years younger than his elder brother, and he has admired Chen Qiyu since he was a child. After he became a student, he knew that he was not suitable for studying, so he gave up his studies and concentrated on managing the family business. , and also took advantage of his elder brother's reputation to manage the Chen family's business well.

With Chen Qiyu's imprisonment, Chen Qifan's rights were also deprived by the clan, Erfang's various clan subsidies were also cancelled, and he only lived on the money he usually saved. Chen Qifan was not a greedy person. For the sake of the interests of the clan, so he did not seek much personal gain from it.

For more than a year, he has endured accusations, abuse and difficulties from his clansmen, devoted himself to serving his mother, and taking care of his elder brother's family.He has always firmly believed that his elder brother's talent was unanimously recognized by the emperor and courtiers, and he would never sink like this, let alone lose his life, and would definitely recover.

(End of this chapter)