Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 9

Swallows fly across the sky, leaving strings of joy; the wind floats across the water, leaving sparkling ripples; time passes through the woods, leaving rings of growth rings.The rain is like a chattering old man, spilling those words into every corner of the castle.

The light rain and the white paper money floated together, showing a sense of sadness, and the people mourned, and all wore mourning.

The remains of Ming soldiers were placed peacefully on carriages. Governor Lu, Zhao Yi and others stood on one side, and the rest of the villagers of Tumu Fort gathered together. The cemetery chosen by the martyrs.

The cemetery is very large. At the entrance of the cemetery, there is a large stone tablet that was completed overnight by masons from all over the city. Filled the whole cemetery.

"You are all heroes of our Ming Dynasty and the pride of our nation. Please accept Lu Xiangsheng's respect." Lu Xiangsheng's solemn and solemn voice resounded in everyone's ears. Put it in the incense burner, turned around and said: "The blood of our Ming soldiers will not be shed in vain, and we will definitely get it back for them like Tartars in the future."

After Governor Lu took the lead in paying homage, Zhao Yi, the generals and representatives elected by the common people began to offer incense one by one.

After burning incense, Zhao Yi, after getting a signal from Lu Xiangsheng, walked to the center of the open space with solemn steps, raised his robe and knelt on the ground, and bowed three times to the parents of the martyrs: "Fathers and elders, it is you who educated us so well." Excellent sons and daughters, I, Zhao Yi, kowtow to you. All the parents of soldiers who sacrificed will have a pension from the court. We will not let the heroes bleed and let the family members shed tears."

There was a sound of mourning, the court has not forgotten us, and all the villagers sat in a group crying, all moved.

After finishing the funerals of the martyrs, Zhao Yi hurried to the county government office. Now Zhao Yi is temporarily managing the affairs of the civil fortress. Although the civil fortress is not big now, because of the large army stationed, there is a steady stream of supplies and horses from all over the army. Entering the civil fort, contacting the army, receiving grain and grass into the warehouse, the coming in and out of those rice grains is really cumbersome.

Zhao Yi now understands that managing a civil castle is not as simple as he imagined. At first, he thought that the magistrate was just drinking tea, going to court, and trying cases, but now Zhao Yi realized that what needs to be managed is the financial affairs of the civil castle. Taxes, traffic, laws... .Everything needs to be dealt with by oneself, and these things need to be solved in one brain.

Fortunately, the people of Tumu Fort are all simple and honest, and with the help of the fort chief, they sorted out some clues.

At this time, the curtain of the yamen hut was lifted, and a soldier of Governor Lu came in, cupped his hands and said: "Master Zhao, Governor Lu asked me to invite you to the camp for discussion."

Zhao Yi looked up and saw that it was Governor Lu's personal soldier Yang Yiyuan. Zhao Yi stood up and said, "Brother Yang, it just so happens that the matter here is over, let's go."

Seeing that Zhao Yi had no airs, Yang Yiyuan immediately liked him, and said with a smile, "Master Zhao, let's go, don't make the Governor wait any longer." Without waiting for Zhao Yi's reaction, Yang Yiyuan took Zhao Yi and left. Zhao Yi had no choice but to go with him.

Fortunately, Daying was not very far from the county government. The two walked to Daying. Yang Yiyuan went in and informed Zhao Yi, and then he called Zhao Yi into the big tent.

To Zhao Yi's surprise, there was also a young father-in-law who had never met before, also sitting in the big tent drinking fragrant tea.

When everyone saw Zhao Yi coming in, the young father-in-law walked to the middle of the big tent, coughed dryly and said: "Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Xuanda, Zhao Yi, a villager of Tumubao, accepts the order~~.

Lu Xiangsheng took the lead, followed by Zhao Yi and Eunuch Zeng, kneeling on the ground.

"By God's blessing, the emperor's decree said that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, has made great contributions to fighting against the Qing soldiers. He will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold. The ups and downs, impassioned, even Zhao Yi felt inspiring, and suddenly heard his name, he immediately cheered up: "Zhao Yi, a righteous man of the people, was loyal to the country, and captured Duoduo in the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Yi is the general manager of the Tumu Fort regiment, and temporarily acts as an agent for the Tumu Fort, waiting for the new county magistrate to hand over the rewards. "The imperial decree was very long, and it was written in ancient Chinese. Zhao Yi didn't listen to the rest of it. It wasn't until Zhao Yi had finished reading the imperial decree that Zhao Yi came back to his senses. The young father-in-law rolled up the imperial decree with a smile on his face.

"The minister received the decree to thank you." Lu Xiangsheng and Zhao Yi shouted long live together, and after three bows and nine kowtows, they took over the decree.

"I'm sorry, Eunuch Xu, please rest at the station, and I will clean up the dust for Eunuch Xu at night." Lu Xiangsheng said. "

"It's easy to say, easy to say, Governor Lu, no... It should be called Lu Shaobao now, and when Lu Shaobao develops in the future, don't forget that our family is the one, ha ha ha." Eunuch Xu's face was about to smile, and he looked at Zhao Yi after speaking. Said: "This is Zhao Yi. The emperor was very happy to hear about you. He praised you several times in the hall. You must have a bright future when you are young. I think we will do it tonight." Come on, after all, our family is here on behalf of the imperial court, please do me a favor." After speaking, he took a few imperial guards back to the station to rest. "

After sending off Eunuch Xu, Zhao Yi did not understand the content behind the imperial decree, so he asked Governor Lu to understand that the decree behind the imperial court was that the refugees in Huguang and Huguang were already huge in scale, so Lu Xiangsheng was rushed to Huguang to calm the chaos, so Only then will they give up and continue to attack the Qing Dynasty. The court has arranged for officials at all levels to come and take up their posts. As for the capture of Duoduo, the court asked Eunuch Xu to escort them back to the capital when he returned to Beijing, and the court will arrange the follow-up matters
Lu Xiangsheng turned around, frowning deeply: "It seems that the refugees in Huguang and other places are not optimistic, otherwise the emperor would not be so anxious to send me to Huguang. After I leave, the civil castle will depend entirely on you."

"My lord, don't worry, I will definitely protect the Tumu Fortress. Besides, Mr. Lu, I am always a high-ranking official." Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's concern for the country and the people, Zhao Yi didn't want to make Lu Xiangsheng sad, so he changed the subject , I asked about my official position.

"Well, this... Zhao Yi, don't care about these false names." Lu Xiangsheng laughed and did not respond positively. In the last memorial, he introduced Zhao Yi's achievements in detail, but the court actually gave Zhao Yi He was really embarrassed to face Zhao Yi when he was sealed off as a general officer.

Although the two felt that if they sent a large army to attack the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop at this time, the chances of winning would be great, but the court had to stop because of the Huguang refugees, and the two discussed the defense of the civil fort. His official uniform went home.

Back home, Zhao Yi changed into his official uniform. He wore a black gauze hat on his head straightly, with two hat wings trembling behind his head. He wore black official boots with a white background on his feet, and a belt with black horns around his waist. The brand-new and spacious official uniform is really majestic on the body.

Yaoyao giggled in general: "Brother Zhao Yi, you look really good in official clothes."

Zhao Yi felt that wearing this body looked like a costume, but seeing Yaoyao so happy, Zhao Yi put on a few more pompous poses, which made Yaoyao tremble with laughter.

(End of this chapter)