The Kaiping Palace is the Huaiyuan Marquis residence of Chang Yuchun, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty. Chang Yuchun was very much like Huo Qubing back then. He was brave and good at fighting. He often said that with an army of 100,000, he could conquer the world. He was known as Chang Shiwan in the army, but it was a pity that the British Although he died young, he still ranked second among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, which shows his great military achievements.
I don’t know if the ancestral grave of the Chang family was not properly buried. Chang Yuchun died early, and his descendants also had a rough fate. Both his sons, Chang Mao and Chang Sheng, did not die well, and the family was demoted to common people and wandered around. By the fifth generation, Chang Fu He was hired by Hongzhi to install the hereditary commander of the Nanjing Jinyi Guards in Nanjing. The eighth generation Chang Xuanzhen renewed his title of Huaiyuan Marquis in the 11th year of Jiajing. From then on, the family became stable, and the Chang family also learned the lessons of their ancestors, and acted in a low-key manner and did not mix in messy things. According to the incident, the twelfth generation Qiao Yanling no longer cares about the hereditary commander of the imperial guards. Some people speculate that it is because Qiao Yanling does not want to have more conflicts with the Duke of Wei.
Although Qiao Yanling did not attach much importance to official titles, he was very concerned about state affairs. When Chu was occupied last year, he invited himself to Jiujiang to help defend the country. He also organized people from the Chang clan in Jiangdu to train troops to fight against the bandits, but they were all rejected by Emperor Chongzhen, but it shows that he was loyal to the emperor. The heart of defending the country, and historical records also record that there are many nobles in the southern capital who do whatever they want, and they only extend their age to keep their titles.
Moreover, he was indifferent to fame and fortune. After Chongzhen died, he saw the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was messing around and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were disrupting the government. Its integrity.
Ever since her self-recommendation failed last year, Qiao Yanling had become a little disheartened. She knew that the imperial court did not look down on nobles like them at all. She wanted to have ability but no ability, and strength but no strength. She only talked nonsense about commanding troops on paper, especially since the Chang family had not led troops for many years. Been on the battlefield.
Thinking about the glory of our ancestors, the famous Chang Shiwan, but now... in the midst of a national crisis, we can only live in the house and wait to die. Each generation is not as good as the other, and they are ashamed of their ancestors! Chang Yanling spent every day in the Hou Mansion, his ambitions were dead, but he paid more attention to state affairs. He must read every issue of the Di newspaper, and inquired about the situation in various war zones through various channels, of course mainly in the north, and even sent servants to the city. I went to the Yangtze River Estuary to inquire about the travelers.
A eunuch suddenly appeared in Dongchang and his rise was astonishing. His achievements were jaw-dropping. He also had the same surname. So he paid special attention to this person. Afterwards, various rumors came pouring in. Chang Yanling's blood boiled when he heard it. Sometimes he touched his hands and sometimes sighed. Why can't there be such talents after King Kaiping? They are not as good as a eunuch. The ancestors have been disgraced.
Although Chang Yanling was indifferent to fame and fortune, he attached great importance to family honor. Otherwise, he would not have had the integrity to be a commoner rather than treacherous.
The war in the north subsided, and the eunuch devoted half of the country's military and financial resources to one man. After several battles, the bandit army and the Tatars fled in embarrassment, ensuring that there would be no worries about war in the north for two years, but now the bandit trouble in the south is getting worse. , has reached the doorstep of Nanjing. Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Nanjing, there is not even one who knows how to fight. The bandit army Ruolai can only defend the city to resist the enemy. He is afraid that he will not even dare to go out of the city to fight fiercely, and he may even still defend. Can't live. But even if the city of Nanjing can be defended, what about other places, will they be allowed to be destroyed by the bandits?
Therefore, if you want to defeat the enemy, you need the eunuch to come to help. Chang Yanling has made good friends with Shi Kefa. He has learned from Shi Kefa that the little eunuch will go south to fight for help, and Shi Kefa's evaluation of the little eunuch is particularly good, so good that he feels It was unbelievable, because it was impossible for a civil servant, especially a civil servant with an upright personality like Shi Kefa, to have a good attitude towards a power supervisor, let alone such a good reputation.
It seems that there must be something strange about this eunuch. Chang Yanling is planning every day. If he comes to the vicinity of Nanjing, he must find a chance to meet him. He even licks his face and asks Shi Kefa to introduce him when he comes. Shi Kefa is an honest man. , He only said that if he came to Nanjing, he would be an introduction, but he could not guarantee whether he would see her or not, because the young eunuch did not like to socialize, especially with civil servants and nobles. This made Chang Yanling a little disappointed, but he still had a chance.
So he never expected that the person who might not be able to see him after all his efforts would actually come to his door today.
Chang Yu didn't come to the door directly, but someone went to explore the way first.
Just after noon, a Taoist priest with a celestial spirit came to the gate of the Hou Mansion. He knocked on the door and directly told the servant that he wanted to see Chang Yanling, the head of the Chang Mansion. Although the servant saw that he had an extraordinary temperament, it was impossible for him to meet just as soon as he asked. Besides, there were so many swindlers nowadays, so he wanted to coax him away. At this moment, the Taoist raised his hand and saw a man rushing out of his sleeve. The black mist turned into a tiger's head, and a whistling sound was faintly heard.
Dahai, the servant, did not dare to neglect and hurriedly welcomed him into the house, and quickly informed Chang Yanling.
Chang Yanling was a little surprised when he heard the news and came to meet him in the lobby. The Taoist was indeed a fairy. From his appearance, he didn't look like a treacherous person, so he had a favorable impression in his heart. When he was about to speak, the Taoist said first: "I am a poor Taoist." The abbot of Lu Xian Temple in Guangping Prefecture has met the head of the Chang family." (Note: The word abbot originally originated from Taoism. The Buddha who followed the local customs after entering the country was also called abbot)
Chang Yanling had heard of the Lu Xian Temple in Guangping Prefecture, but he didn’t understand why this Taoist came here. Could it be that he came to pray for alms in the autumn wind, but most people would call him the Marquis, but this Taoist called him the Patriarch of the Chang Family. It was surprising, so he cupped his hand and said, "Master Yifang is so polite."
Li Muxian nodded slightly and looked around: "After King Kaiping, there is a genius. The Chang family will be prosperous for five hundred years!"
Sure enough, they are here to beat the autumn wind. Chang Yanling smiled bitterly in her heart. No matter whether it is a monk or a Taoist priest, it is always the same. Either there is a disaster in your family or there is a joy in your family. Anyway, you can find an excuse first and then try to fool them.
These days, the common people are superstitious about the rich and powerful, and even those who don't believe in it are unwilling to offend these monks. Most of them will give away some money and food to drive them away.
However, what the Taoist priest said was quite interesting. Chang Yanling had nothing to do and wanted to listen to him for a while and wanted to talk about how boring the game was. He was not in a hurry to dismiss him. However, when Li Muchian's next words made him jump up from his chair in shock: "I am a poor Taoist." He is a staff member of the governor of the East Factory, Eunuch Chang."
People from Dongchang, people from that eunuch!
"Where is Eunuch Chang? He came to Nanjing?" Chang Yanling regained his composure and asked quickly, but Li Muchian gently waved his hand to indicate that he should not be nervous: "The Governor is on official business elsewhere, and I have specially ordered Pindao to come to the Marquis Mansion to inform him first. , Sun Changyu, the fourteenth king of Kaiping, will come to visit my uncle later."
What! Like thunder, Chang Yanling took a few steps back and sat down on the chair again. He looked at Li Muxian with astonishment. The dignified governor of the East Factory, the invincible murderous eunuch turned out to be Chang Yu, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. The fourteenth grandson of Haru's descendants? ? ?
This was undoubtedly a thunderbolt for him, it was incredible.
But the dignified governor of the East Factory naturally cannot recognize his ancestors casually. Of course, the Chang family cannot recognize his ancestors casually just because a person's surname is Chang. If you want to recognize your ancestors, we must admit it. You have to think about whether it is right or not. This is also the cleverness of Li Muxian. , he only said that it was after Chang Yuchun, but did not specify which branch it was.
Chang Yuchun had a son, Chang Sheng, and Chang Mao. When Chang Mao died, he had no children. This line was considered extinct. Chang Sheng had a son, Chang Jizu. However, he was only seven years old when he was demoted to Yunnan. Maybe he stayed in the north, and Chang Yu's native place is Hebei. If you say that he is the direct descendant of Chang Sheng and Chang Mao, it is absolutely wrong.
Therefore, Chang Fu, the fifth generation, could only lead his people back to Nanjing and flourish. It is difficult to trace the direct and collateral lines once they have spread out, and some may just be the servants of the Chang family who marry and have children. After that, they will say that they are from Chang Yuchun. This kind of thing is difficult to investigate carefully.
For example, last year Chang Yanling asked for an order to recruit thousands of Sha tribesmen from the Chang family in Jiangdu to train troops and suppress thieves. Jiangdu is over there in Yangzhou. In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang conferred the title of Chang Mao, who was the Duke of E at that time, and left it in Yuliu Lane, Xiaodongmen, Yangzhou. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, this tribe had grown into thousands of people. They all said that they would always meet the queen of spring, but Chang Mao had no descendants!
Therefore, Chang Yu’s true pedigree cannot be traced at all.
"The Lord Governor lost his father when he was young, and his family was extremely poor. His mother raised him until he was ten years old, and he passed away. On his deathbed, he did not forget to tell her that she was the Queen of Kaiping! Later, she was not allowed to enter the palace to make a living, and she often cried and cried bitterly. I feel ashamed of my ancestor... Even though he is now famous all over the world, every time he thinks about it, he is in great pain. He always wants to recognize his ancestor and return to the clan, but he is worried about bringing shame to his ancestor, so he specially sent a poor man to come and hear the intention of the family head." .
Li Muxian spoke eloquently, and Chang Yanling had mixed feelings, but he also had a rough idea in his mind. It was impossible for the eldest son and grandson of his direct line to get mixed up like this. It was most likely which side of the family would be like this, but it was hard to say. Aren't the Chang family among the fifth generation ancestors all common people? At that time, there was no difference between the direct line and the collateral line. They were also running around for a living. If they were not preserved, maybe it was the branch that spread to the north. As for the specifics of their childhood, There is no clear information about the deceased father and there is no way to investigate. As for returning to his ancestral home and asking his clan members, Li Muxian explained: "I went there, but it was implicated in the military disaster and it has long been deserted."
This sentence is true. Li Zicheng's bandit army swept through Hebei, and the Tatar cavalry plundered, leaving bones and bones in ten rooms for thousands of miles.
For such a powerful eunuch to recognize his ancestor, Chang Yanling couldn't make up his mind for a while. Everyone wanted to be attached to power, but the identity of a eunuch was indeed a gap that was difficult to cross. In this era, no matter whose family had a eunuch It's all a shame to the family.
Although Wang Zhi, a powerful eunuch like Wei Zhongxian, had countless people clinging to them, and even shamelessly acknowledged him as their father, but on the surface it was like this, but behind the scenes everyone was not stabbing their spines and looking down on them from the bottom of their hearts.
But isn't it more shameful to kneel down and call someone daddy while secretly scolding him? Chang Yanling felt relieved when he thought of this. He also knew why Chang Yu sent people in advance, so as not to make it appear that the incident suddenly affected him. Difficult.
"My ancestors were also thieves, but they eventually became heroes in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The so-called heroes do not care about their origins. Eunuch Chang was forced to live in the palace and entered the palace just to survive. Although he was a eunuch, he was also an upright man. He is better than Nowadays in the Ming Dynasty, there are countless self-righteous people who have single-handedly eliminated thieves and chaos and established the prestige of our country. Our Chang family is proud of them, how can we deny it?"
As soon as Chang Yanling said these words, Li Muxian knew that the matter was done. Although he didn't know the reason for their acquaintance, he definitely made this decision after considering it, so he laughed and said: "Changmen will continue to live for another five hundred years. It is no empty talk." ".
"Taoist Master, please don't bully me," Chang Yanling said solemnly.
Li Muxian also straightened his expression: "Pin Tao is proficient in Zhouyi odd numbers. How can he talk nonsense if he is not sure? How can Master Datuk keep Pindao by his side to help him if he has no ability? He can be invincible and invincible, and Pindao can help him." place".
Seeing what he said, Chang Yanling became more and more curious. He was already very interested in Chang Yu. How could he miss the opportunity to gossip at this time? So he asked someone to serve tea. One of them was spitting in the hall, and the other was listening. Before I knew it, it was getting late in the evening, but I still had so much to say.
"At that time, there were tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry outside Qingzhou City. Lord Marquis, you know that the Tatar cavalry is said to be invincible in the world..." Li Muxian was talking about the Qingzhou battle, and Chang Yanling clenched his fists tightly at the critical moment, nervous and afraid Take a breath.
At this moment, the official came hurriedly: "Master, Master, there are two people outside the door. They said they were invited by Chang."
Ah, Chang Yanling stood up quickly: "Quick, quick, open the door to welcome you."
Chang Yu stood outside the gate of Chang's Mansion. After seeing the servants go in and report, the gate of Hou's Mansion opened soon. More than ten families came out and knew that the matter was done. However, he was also a little nervous. After adjusting his clothes, he saw Li Muchian followed by a middle-aged man. He walked quickly and hurriedly greeted him and bowed down: "Sun Changyu, the 14th King of Kaiping, kowtows to his great-uncle."
Chang Yanling quickly stepped forward and reached out to help him up. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still surprised. How could he be so young? His eyebrows were as sharp as a sword, his face was like a crown jewel, and his murderous aura was looming, but there was no hint of eunuch temperament. , more like a warrior in the army like his ancestors, he even wondered for a moment whether this was a group of liars.
"There are descendants of this generation in the Chang family. Our ancestors should be proud of them, and we should also be proud of them. I would like to invite you, Eunuch Chang." Chang Yanling had long admired Chang Yu after hearing about Chang Yu's illustrious military exploits. Now when he saw the man's appearance, he was instantly attracted to him and ignored his identity as an eunuch.
"It's fine for my uncle to call me Chang Yu. This is a family matter and I don't dare to invite him." Chang Yu quickly handed over his hand and said that the identity he gave him was the fourteenth generation grandson of Chang Yuchun, two generations older than Chang Yuchun.
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