Ningyuan's north city gate opened, and more than a hundred riders rushed out.
The only person who could open the door at night and blow the wind out of the city with this tune was the little eunuch.
Li Yan was a guest, and Wu Sangui's way of treating guests was to invite them to watch how good I was, and then go back to the city to serve tea and watch me quarrel with the governor of Dongchang, and he even dared to show off his face, you must be awesome.
The little eunuch's hospitality is very casual. If he's not familiar with you or doesn't want to be familiar with you, then he should be respectful and follow official procedures. If he treats you as one of his own, then he can play together, such as going out to enjoy the breeze and eating together. barbecue!
The little eunuch took Li Yan out of the city to have a barbecue.
He went up Shoushan and entered the beacon tower, had a barbecue with the soldiers on duty, and even secretly got some wine. He was the one who issued the order to ban alcohol during the war, but he took the lead in breaking the ban in order to entertain old friends, and he was shameless. To justify it, the war has just ended, this is the post-war period, so of course we have to drink and celebrate.
Tu Yuan and Wuzhong, who were serving as attendants, were overjoyed when they heard this, but soon became sad because the little eunuch said that the wine was too little for them.
Li Yan was born as a scholar, and then abandoned literature to join the military, but he did not change his scholarly habits. He was a polite gentleman in both words and deeds, and looked out of place compared with those rude military generals.
But he had been in the bandit army for several years, and he had never seen any kind of vulgar men or anything rude. The soldiers around Chang Yu were already well-informed and courteous. As for the little eunuch himself, he really liked him, he was casual and casual. There is no airs, and there is no pretense when treating friends.
Li Yan led the expedition with 50,000 troops and 6,000 cavalry. Afraid of missing the battle, he led the cavalry first, while the Red Lady led the infantry behind and marched day and night under the stars and the moon.
"Is the thing in the back camp, or did you bring it here?" The bonfire crackled in the beacon tower, and the little eunuch asked in a low voice, Tu Yuan, Wu Zhong and others were in the stone room next door, bragging to the beacon defenders about how much they had today. Awesome, so majestic, he killed so many Qing troops.
"Bring some of it, and keep the rest in the base camp." Li Yan told the truth. No one could have imagined that most of the money Chang Yu had swindled in Taiyuan was not escorted by Dongchang's subordinates, nor was it given to Tu Yuan, Jia Wai Xiong's men and horses escorted him, but secretly ordered Li Yan to escort him.
Li Yan didn't know why the little eunuch handed over hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to him for escort, but he felt that this was a kind of trust, and it was also the reason why he fell more and more in love with the little eunuch.
"Do you know what our family got so much money for?" Chang Yu stood up and stood at the lookout, looking at the distance due north. There was a faint light of fire. It should be that the defeated Qing army fled in the mountains and lit a fire to keep warm.
"I don't know what the humble position is, but the governor is a man of great authority, not a person who only pays for his personal gain." Li Yan felt that he had always judged people accurately. Although the young eunuch was often rude and even careless, his eyes were always upright and upright, and his eyes could not deceive others.
"Do you know where the money came from?" Chang Yu smiled slightly.
Li Yan was silent for a while and said, "Everywhere the thieves arrive, they will look for the wealthy gentry in the city to torture and plunder..."
Chang Yu laughed, "It's not called torture here, it's called donation, and of course sometimes it's forced donation!"
"Isn't that the same as a thief?" Li Yan frowned.
Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, "You have been among thieves for several years. When thieves do what they do, you take it for granted. Why do you think it's inappropriate when you get here? Isn't it double standards?" He paused slightly and then said, "Thieves torture and plunder, murder and arson. The imperial court had been without food and pay after years of fighting, but those wealthy country squires who were clamoring for soldiers to behead and bleed to protect their property were unwilling to pay a penny or a grain of rice.
The governor had no choice but to let them force them to donate some money. Of course, this force was not like holding a knife to their necks like the bandit army did, but using the force of the bandit army to force them to pay some protection money."
Li Yan groaned and said, "Then shouldn't this money be put into the national treasury? How can the governor..."
Chang Yu chuckled, "Didn't you just say that this governor is not a person who reports his own personal gain? Why are you not sure now?"
Li Yan was embarrassed, "No, no..."
"The imperial court spends too much money and cannot make ends meet. The man in the palace is often unable to take charge. He is asking for money everywhere. Even if the cabinet approves it, he cannot say no. The governor is afraid that the money will be used to fill the national treasury. In the blink of an eye, Chengkong, when you need money now, ask who is going!
Money should be spent wisely, and you can keep some on hand for easy turnover. You don’t have to worry about people when you use it. As long as you use it wisely, our family will have a clear conscience! "
Li Yan was very moved, first because of the young eunuch's righteousness, and secondly because the young eunuch actually told him such confidential things, which meant that he was treating himself as a confidant.
"I heard that you studied essays before being a thief and determined to be an upright official who makes decisions for the people. But you still have this plan. If the governor recommends you to the prince, it will not be difficult to get an official position in the court or local government. ".
Li Yan's face was heavy, looking at the dark shadows on the vast crowd under the dark night, "There are internal and external troubles, the people are in dire straits, and I am a useless scholar. I am a man with a sword on my horse. These thousands of miles of land are still in the hands of foreigners. I, Li Yan, am an official. My heart is not peaceful, and my heart is unwilling for the sake of my family! After I am restored to my country, it will not be too late to serve as an official and benefit thousands of families!"
Chang Yu stroked his palm, "Your plan is so big, Wu Sangui and others will be ashamed and hit the wall when they hear it."
Li Yan was startled, "Why did the Governor say this?"
"The structure of Wu Sangui and others is a family and a country. Wherever the family is, there is a country. The home is in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is his country. It is sandwiched between the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty is his country. Whoever owns the world will not be the dragon's throne. I don’t care, General Li’s situation is very different. It’s a country. Where there is a country, there is a family. The Ming Dynasty is the family. When the Ming Dynasty is there, the family is there!”
Li Yan was shocked, never expecting that this weak-headed young man could actually understand his heart.
Only people of the same kind can understand this thought. This young governor actually has such ambitions!
"You will be lucky enough to meet the governor." Li Yan bowed deeply to Chang Yu with his hands in hand.
The little eunuch returned the favor, "We are like-minded, fortunately, fortunately!"
The two drank wine and ate meat, looked at the north and south of Shoushan Mountain, pointed out the country, spoke from the bottom of their hearts, and talked about everything. For a moment, they forgot that time was passing by in a hurry.
"Dorgon has hundreds of thousands of troops heading south this time. Even though I only watched the end of the battle today, I was shocked by the strength of the Qing army. The governor refused with tens of thousands of people in an isolated city, but he was fearless. To be impressed".
Chang Yu looked proud, "I have been determined to die since I came out of seclusion. If Dorgon wants to take the next step south, he must first kill me and trample on my corpse!"
Li Yan was infected by his heroic spirit and raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp. "I will follow the governor and guard this city, rejecting the Tatars and outside the pass. If you take one step, you will step on my dead body, Li Yan."
After hearing this, Tu Yuan and others next door were all excited and stood up.
"Guard this city?" Chang Yu laughed and pointed at the brightly lit Ningyuan Gucheng in the distance. "Does this governor care about this city or a pond?" He suddenly turned around and pointed to the north. "What I want is to recover me." The Ming Dynasty’s thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!”
Li Yan was greatly shocked. He stood up and saluted, "How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you."
Reclaim the mountains and rivers!
On the top of the first mountain, more than a hundred people roared on the beacon tower, piercing the night sky and carrying the sound for more than ten miles.
In Ningyuan City, Wu Sangui, who was still chatting with Tang Tong, raised his eyebrows and stared northward, thinking that Li Yan was useless, and his head should have been cleaned inside and out.
After the Battle of Gongzi Camp and the Infantry Battalion, they immediately went to the mountains to rest and recuperate. Of course, they took horse meat with them. As for the wounded, all the wounded were transferred to the military camp in the city and handed over to military doctors for bandaging.
In the cave, Wu Weiying gnawed game meat, listened to Fan Jiaqianzai and Hu Ling and others talking about how to encircle and suppress the Qing army, and stared at Ningyuan City like a lantern in the dark night in trance.
Late at night, the wages and salaries had been distributed in front of the Drum Tower. The young eunuch and Li Yan returned to the city and learned that Wu Sangui and Tang Tong were visiting the wounded soldiers in the military camp. He wanted to go, but thought of the bad influence of the smell of alcohol, so he went back together. After arriving at the Governor's Mansion, he placed Li Yan in a side room in the same hospital, and then went back to check on Jia Waixiong's injuries in the next room. He had a skin injury, but he couldn't die!
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