This recognition of his ancestors was beyond Li Xianzhong's expectations.
Compared to his own identity, he was more surprised by the changes in the Li family in Liaodong.
Although he knew that Li Rusong's death had a huge impact on the Li family, he never imagined that the Li family, which dominated Liaodong back then, would be "annihilated" overnight.
Such great energy made him think of Emperor Wanli immediately.
However, this answer was quickly rejected by Li Xianzhong.
Obviously, Li Rusong's death and the instant disintegration of the Li family were not in Wanli's interests.
Originally, he could control the military power through Li Rusong, but as a result, his control over the army has declined.
And judging from Wanli's attitude towards Li Chengliang later, he still trusted the Li family and had no intention of killing them all.
Then we can only look for the driving force behind the scenes from the perspective of vested interests.
First of all, the disintegration of the Li family will definitely be beneficial to other generals of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ma family, also known as "Eastern Li and Western Ma" together with the Li family, is a vested interest.
Ma Gui replaced Li Rusong to command the second phase of the campaign to resist Japan and aid Korea. This change actually came very suddenly. No matter who read this period of history for the first time, they would feel a little confused.
After all, Li Rusong defeated the Japanese invaders in Pyongyang, annihilating more than 11,000 enemies, and the Ming army suffered a battle loss of 1:15.
It can be said that in this battle alone, Li Rusong surpassed any victory achieved by his father Li Chengliang in Liaodong, establishing his status as a famous general in the world.
This undoubtedly proves the correctness of Wanli's employment.
In the subsequent Battle of Biti Pavilion, although Li Rusong made some aggressive advances and encountered an ambush, the Liaodong Cavalry under his command suffered heavy losses.
But the Ming army used 5,000 people to fight against the 40,000 Japanese invaders, and successfully broke out of the siege.
In this battle, 15 Japanese generals were killed and five to six thousand enemy troops were killed.
At least it was a draw.
After that, the sudden change of commanders of the Ming army in North Korea was still a bit puzzling.
But if combined with the subsequent "accidental death" of Li Rusong and the fact that the Li family's close generals were "killed" by their own people on the Korean battlefield, this is just a plan for them to deal with the Li family.
After the fall of the Li family, Ma Lin took over as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong for a time. Although he did not last long, the Ma family's power began to take root in Kaiyuan.
As thugs, the Mongols were of course also vested interests. The Liaodong Cavalry led by Li Rusong used them as copies every day to make money.
The Li family in Liaodong has collapsed, and their lives will be much easier.
But the real driving force behind the scenes should be Ming Dynasty’s civil servant group.
As early as the 16th year of Wanli, the censor Ren Yangxin wrote: "The Li family's military power is too strong. The in-laws and servants are in charge of the military, and they surround the Shenjing for thousands of miles. They have an unshakable control. Rubai is greedy and domineering. What’s more. If we don’t plan ahead, we might be afraid of other changes.”
So Emperor Wanli relieved Li Rubai of his military power, and Li Chengliang directly wrote to request Wanli to relieve the Li family's children of their military power. Wanli rejected his proposal and offered words of relief.
After that, he still resisted all opinions and re-appointed Li Rusong as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. He not only put down the battle of Ningxia, but also directed the Ming Dynasty's war to enter the DPRK.
This shows that Wanli has major differences with the civil service group on the matter of reusing the Li family.
Li Xianzhong even suspected that someone had tipped off the Japanese invaders in advance during the Battle of Bitiguan.
This incident was most likely caused by the collusion between the Ming Dynasty's civil servant group and military generals, which destroyed the Li family in Liaodong in one fell swoop.
In the end, Emperor Wanli was helplessly forced to accept this result.
During this period, the Donglin Party took advantage of the opportunity of the "country-based dispute" to rise. However, just three years later, Wanli lost the "country-based dispute" and finally began to be completely helpless.
Or maybe suppressing and disintegrating the Li family is just a means for them to win this "national war".
In fact, everyone has ignored the real biggest beneficiary after the disintegration of the Li family, that is, Nurhachi's Jianzhou Jurchen.
Although there was no evidence pointing to them in the ambush against Li Rusong twenty-one years ago, this ambush against Li Xianzhong was clearly instigated by Jianzhou behind the scenes, which made people wonder whether they had Involved.
Li Xianzhong suddenly felt that this matter was far more complicated than the "Three Major Ming Palace Cases", and it seemed that the Intelligence Department should pay more attention to relevant clues.
Li Rubai reminded him very timely. If he didn't restrain himself, he might be the next Li Rusong.
I still have to keep a low profile in my future behavior. Maybe this high-profile wedding will become a reason for the Donglin Party to impeach me.
But getting married is the top priority right now.
Soon Li Xianzhong and Haqiya were supported by the waiters and walked to the ceremony stage.
Then there is the most familiar "three prayers".
Bow to heaven and earth.
Second greetings to parents.
Husband and wife bow to each other.
However, when paying homage to his parents in the high hall, people discovered that in addition to Li Xianzhong's adoptive father Li Rubai, there was also a memorial tablet of Li Rusong.
Soon the news spread that Li Xianzhong was Li Rusong's concubine and had officially recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan.
However, with Li Xianzhong's current status in the Li family, birth is not actually important.
The guests who came today are more interested in Li Xianzhong's current status than the Li family in Liaodong behind him.
This news still caused a lot of discussion.
Today's Ning Yuanbo Li Shizhong is seriously ill and may not have much time left, and he has no heirs.
The Li family announced Li Xianzhong's true identity at this time, and the intention behind it can't help but make everyone wonder.
Even Zheng Yangxing said half-jokingly: "It turns out that Xianzhong is really a descendant of the Li family. If he can inherit the title of Ning Yuanbo one day, he will be on par with us."
Although Li Xianzhong now has his own place in the elite circle of the capital, the identity of the adopted son of the Li family is indeed somewhat looked down upon.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, disagreed with Zheng Yangxing's words. Naturally, the Zheng family was the best in the world and was unruly.
It's a pity that Concubine Zheng is no longer a queen no matter how favored she is, and Zhu Changxun is still just Prince Fu.
He smiled and said, "Even if Uncle Ning Yuan wants to take over again, and there is his second brother Li Xingzhong in front of him, I'm afraid it won't be Brother Xianzhong's turn."
In order not to embarrass Zheng Yangxing too much, he then added: "However, Brother Xianzhong is the only one favored by His Majesty. This matter is really uncertain."
Then the two of them had a drink together.
After the three bows, Li Xianzhong used the prepared weighing beam to lift the hijab on the bride's head, which means: everything goes well.
Hazia was wearing a phoenix crown and a habei, and she looked just like a Han woman.
She already had a delicate face, but she looked even more beautiful in this dress.
At this time, the wine glass in Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen's hand actually overturned. He was really shocked by Haqia's appearance.
He said excitedly: "No wonder Xianzhong was not interested in Miss Wu at all in Mianyue Tower. It turns out that the bride is so good-looking."
Seeing that Cheng Guogong's old habit of being lecherous had returned, Zheng Yangxing at the side quickly pretended to cough twice to remind him to pay attention to his words and deeds.
Fortunately, everyone's attention was on the newlyweds at this time, otherwise it would have been really difficult for Zhu Chunchen.
Afterwards, they held the Worship Ceremony, the Tonglao Ceremony, and the Hebei Ceremony one after another.
Li Xianzhong personally took off the wedding tassel on Haqia's head and completed the step of "untying the tassel".
Then a bunch of hair was cut from each of their heads, tied together with the red tassel that Li Xianzhong had taken off before, and put into the prepared brocade bag, symbolizing the two people's firm union.
This is also called "hair-tying". After completing this step, they officially become a hair-tying couple.
After untying the knot and giving gifts, Li Xianzhong and his wife began to thank the guests again.
The wedding banquet was a grand occasion and kept the two of them very busy. It was not until late at night that the newlyweds entered the bridal chamber.
Although Hazia did not understand the meaning behind these complicated processes, she was finally able to be alone with Li Xianzhong, and the efforts were worth it.
The process of this meal made the two of them a little tired, but it didn't seem to affect their interest.
Although this was not the first time, the damn sense of ceremony still made the two of them unable to let go.
At this time, Hazia's face was slightly red. Although she was very eager in her heart, she still kept sitting upright.
Seeing her like this, Li Xianzhong felt a little funny, so he decided to tease her.
Li Xianzhong said solemnly: "From now on, we are married as husband and wife. But fighting for my husband all day long may lead to death on the battlefield one day, so I wrote a poem to my wife, so that you can Keep me in mind."
Then he sang slowly:
“We are married as husband and wife, and our love for each other is unquestionable.
Joy is in this evening, and grace is in good times.
On a long journey, what will happen when you look up at night?
All the ginseng and dust are gone. I will say goodbye now.
We are on the battlefield, but we haven't seen each other for a long time.
Shake hands and let out a long sigh, crying to make a living.
Love Chunhua with all your strength, and don’t forget the happy times.
Life is a time to come back, death is a longing for love. "
Although Haziya did not fully understand the full meaning of the poem, tears were already welling up in her eyes. She could no longer control her emotions and quickly moved towards Li Xianzhong. The distance was getting closer and closer, and my breathing began to become faster.
The moment their lips touched, they were like a river bursting its banks, unable to contain their inner desire for each other any longer.
After several lingering moments, Li Xianzhong even slept until dawn.
Although he was unwilling to disturb his young general, at the urging of Butler Li, Li Sanshun still woke up Li Xianzhong.
Out of courtesy, he should go and say goodbye to the guests who came to congratulate him yesterday.
When he learned that he had received more than 300,000 taels of silver this time just as a gift, Li Xianzhong was overjoyed.
Calculated in this way, after deducting the expenses, I still made a net profit of 200,000 taels of silver. It seems that there are advantages to this grand ostentation, and the gifts are also rising.
However, Li Xianzhong only took half of it. After all, the wedding was mainly organized by the Li family, and he was embarrassed to take too much.
When he finished seeing off the guests and wanted to give his eldest brother Li Shizhong a closer diagnosis, he discovered that he did not stay in Tieling to recuperate, but returned directly to the capital.
To be honest, he was still a little sad. This was probably the last time the two brothers would see each other!
In fact, it was not just Li Shizhong. At this time, most of the Li family had moved to the capital, and there were not many family members left in the old house in Tieling.
Soon the place was calm again.
Of course, Hazia will also move to the capital soon.
Because Wanli had already gifted Li Xianzhong a mansion in the capital.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, his meaning was obvious, that is, he asked Li Xianzhong to leave his family in Beijing.
After Yuan Yingtai took over the Liaodong administration, he made many moves.
Continuously increasing troops to the Liaodong region, especially near Kuandian Fort in the south, the Ming army's strength has increased from the original 3,000 during Xiong Tingbi's period to 10,000.
Moreover, many small-scale conflicts broke out between the Ming army and Jianzhou near Kuandian.
Li Xianzhong was also helpless about this move.
Xiong Tingbi originally sent 3,000 white pole soldiers to station, which was actually appropriate.
It can ensure that the Tatars cannot capture Kuandian Fort for a while, and the demand for food is not that great. Even if they are surrounded by the Tatars, they can hold on for a while.
This creates more options for relief.
But there are some problems if Yuan Yingtai sends 10,000 main troops to garrison.
It seems that the defense strength has been strengthened, but if it is surrounded by Tatars, the pressure on food will increase several times at once.
Moreover, he concentrated all his main forces in Kuandian Fort, and subsequent support forces would be greatly reduced.
The main force is surrounded, who will rescue the main force?
This is an obvious fighting style that ignores the head and body, and is completely at the level of amateur military enthusiasts.
Even if you want to attack Hetuala through Kuandian, you don't need to station the main force so early. You can wait until the eve of the attack before sending the army there.
This year's "Liao rates" have not yet been collected, and at this time the imperial court is simply unable to launch a large-scale campaign against Jianzhou.
He was really worried about the Ming army in the south, and hoped that Yuan Yingtai wouldn't go too far!
Thanks to the restraint of the southern line, Jianzhou on Kaiyuan Road was much more honest. Nurhachi neither harassed Kaiyuan nor caused trouble for Ye He.
On the contrary, the Liaodong Cavalry and the Assault Battalion often went out of Guangshun Pass to inspect the ground in Jianzhou.
But an undercurrent began to surge on the grassland. The great Lin Dan Khan was not satisfied with Horqin's apparent surrender, and wanted to take advantage of their weakened strength to join forces with Zai Sai to annex the three left wing groups of Horqin.
At this time, Horqin finally discovered that Jianzhou was unreliable. Due to Ye He's obstruction, Jianzhou's route to support Horqin would become very far away.
But Jianzhou has been unable to deal with Ye He, especially Li Xianzhong's luxurious wedding, which made them feel that Jianzhou was no longer able to annex Ye He.
So Horqin's three left-wing troops also began to look for new backers. After a final search, they found that the only one they could rely on now seemed to be Li Xianzhong.
But just before that, Horqin took the initiative to contact Chahar and the Ministry of Flowers to intercept Li Xianzhong's wedding team.
Li Xianzhong also raided Horqin's tribe twice, and the two sides had already formed a feud.
So Mangusi of the Horqin tribe discussed with Ming'an and decided to make peace with the Yehe tribe first.
Soon they sent some cattle and sheep, apologizing for their previous cooperation with Jianzhou in attacking Ye He.
He also stated that he would never participate in the dispute between Ye He and Jianzhou in the future.
Buyangu and Jintaiji had long been exhausted by Jianzhou, and naturally they were unwilling to continue their feud with Horqin.
Although Horqin's promise may not be reliable, it is good to have one less enemy even temporarily. At least they don't have to be attacked from both sides.
In addition, the two sides have been allies for many years, so there is still some friendship.
Soon they swore an oath in Yehe City that the two sides would live in peace and non-aggression.
Of course, Horqin's move was a drunkard's intention.
Soon after, Mangus expressed his hope that he and Li Xianzhong could also reach a reconciliation, and asked Buyangu, the "father-in-law", to help make peace.
Soon Buyangu came to Kaiyuan City with 200 horses provided by several Horqin ministries, as well as some sheepskins, kumiss and other gifts.
Nowadays, the Intelligence Department's intelligence network in the grassland has become increasingly complete, and Li Xianzhong has long been aware of the disturbances on the grassland.
There is a saying that "don't hit someone with a smiling face". There is no reason for him not to accept the gifts that others bring to his door, not to mention that he still has to give Buyangu face.
Li Xianzhong said: "Jianzhou Nuzhen is my mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. As long as Horqin cuts off contact with Jianzhou, I, the Ming Dynasty, can guarantee the safety of Horqin's tribe."
Originally, Li Xianzhong planned to "eat for free". He did not believe that Horqin would publicly sever ties with Jianzhou.
Although Jianzhou and the Horqin tribe have not formally formed an alliance, they have had many marriages, and the two sides are basically equivalent to allies.
So he not only accepted Horqin's gift, but also put forward conditions that they couldn't accept, which could be regarded as giving some face to his father-in-law.
To him, Horqin was just a "little fat sheep".
If you don't keep the wool, you still have to protect them?
Unless there is water in your head, and the water in your head is still boiling water!
However, it turns out that Li Xianzhong's brain may really be filled with water, because the three left-wing departments of Horqin expressed their willingness to publicly announce the severance of ties with Jianzhou and stand firmly on the side of Ming Dynasty.
Not only that, Mangusi even expressed his hope to marry his granddaughter Hai Lanzhu to Li Xianzhong as his concubine.
This old dog is really shameless. If Bumbutai were not too young, he would probably offer to be his concubine together.
To be honest, Hai Lanzhu is really good-looking. Although she is only ten years old and is still in a budding state, she is obviously a beauty.
Even compared to Hazia, they are not far behind. They have their own merits!
No wonder later Huang Taiji would love her to death.
But it had only been a month since he and Haziya got married, so keeping a concubine was unjustifiable at this time, not to mention that Hai Lanzhu was only ten years old now.
So much so that Li Xianzhong strongly suspected that Mangus, an old dog, had a wrong idea because he saw the generous betrothal gift he gave Ye Hebu.
He may not know much about the marriage rules of the Han people. To take a concubine, there is no need to pay a betrothal gift at all, and there is no need to even hold a ceremony.
However, it would be a very advantageous thing if Horqin's support for Jianzhou could be cut off.
Li Xianzhong said that Hai Lanzhu was too young and they could get engaged first and then get married in a few years.
Anyway, Hazia didn't have many playmates in the capital, so he simply sent Hailanzhu and Bumbutai to Hazia.
Whether it is Ye He or Mongolia, it is normal for their Baylor to marry multiple women, and Haziya should not have any idea.
What's more, Hai Lanzhu is just a little girl now.
As for whether Horqin really cut off contact with Jianzhou, anyway, with Fan Yongdou here, Li Xianzhong will get accurate information soon.
If they deceive themselves, then of course their promise to Horqin will not be valid, and naturally it will be invalid.
However, soon the news that Li Xianzhong was engaged to Hai Lanzhu and that Horqin had severed contact with Jianzhou spread throughout the grasslands and Liaodong.
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