A group of people climbed northwest along the Great Wall. Although the weather was cold and windy, everyone was still very interested. Although there were barren mountains and wild ridges all around, yesterday's wind and snow covered them with white, giving it a different flavor. Zhu Cihong took a walk Looking at her solemn face, which seemed to be full of emotion, Princess Kunxing panted and looked around.
Just like us in later generations, whenever we go up to the Great Wall and look around, we always have various emotions in our hearts. Over the past thousands of years, this place has experienced so many iron horses and soldiers and horses and leather corpses, and how hard it was for the workers during the construction...
Chang Yu has climbed the Great Wall in his past and present lives, and he has different emotions every time. For example, the existence of everything has its limitations in time. The importance of its existence can be seen from the fact that thousands of kings of all dynasties have spent money to build the Great Wall. However, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of years later, this thousand-year-old project became a decoration.
In fact, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the role of the Great Wall plummeted. The Tatars had already entered the border, so what use was it? It was originally used to prevent thieves, but the thieves even occupied your old house.
Even Shanhaiguan, which is strategically important and is known as the gate of the Ming Dynasty, turned into an ordinary doorway after the Tatars came in. First, they withdrew all the troops and the town, and then only 300 soldiers and horsemen were left. At the end of the second year of Qianlong's reign, it was abolished and merged into Yulin until the Qing Dynasty was overthrown.
By mid-afternoon, everyone climbed up the Jiaoshan Mountain, where they could have a bird's-eye view of the entire Shanhaiguan Pass and the Bohai Sea. However, the drifting snow in the sky affected their view.
The wind on the mountain was very strong. Chang Yu asked Princess Kunxing if it was cold. Zhu Aona shook her head and said she was not cold. He asked her if she was tired. He pointed to the big mountain in the distance to the north and said, "I want to climb there."
"Okay! I'll let you have a good time today." Chang Yu agreed happily. Seeing that the Zhu family brothers and sisters were out of breath, he called Gao Di's servants to carry the two of them to the mountain, while he raced a foot race with his guards. The gang members screamed and rushed up, which surprised Gao Di's servants. The dignified eunuch of the East Factory had such childlike habits. Even Wang Zhengnan, who had just joined the gang, was surprised. It was so, so untraditional!
As for the old people in Dongchang, they had long been accustomed to it, playing and fooling around with their little governor, which made the Zhu family brothers and sisters gradually feel better after seeing it.
After running for three miles in one breath, everyone was gasping for breath from exhaustion, but Chang Yu was full of pride. He climbed onto the wall and spread his shoulders, ignoring the deep cliff at his feet. "The scenery of the North, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow..." a poem Mao Zedong's "Qin Yuan Chun, Snow" comes right out of the mouth.
Everyone immediately applauded. The words of Mao Zedong's poem are not exquisite, but the meaning of the words is majestic and majestic! Zhu Cixiang is considered the most knowledgeable here, and he can't help but touch his palms! "What a good one. Count the famous people, but let's look at the present!"
Princess Kunxing's eyes were filled with stars again. Chang Yu's words, "If life is just like the first time we met," made the girl's heart beat for several months. Now she listened to his poem that directly expresses her heroic ambitions. I fell in love with him again. What girl doesn't love this kind of upright and ambitious man? No one likes sissies these days.
But he also did not forget to joke: "Chang Yu, you commented on the Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, Song, and even the Mongolian who shot the giant eagle, why didn't you mention the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty at all!"
"How dare I? It's a big sin to talk about Taizu." Chang Yu pretended to be scared, which made everyone laugh. Princess Kunxing also covered her mouth and smiled: "You are such a slippery man, let's play another song chant".
"Articles are made by nature, and can be found by chance. Do you think I am Li Taibai, who has written hundreds of poems about drinking wine, or that Cao Zijian can make a basket in just a few steps?" Chang Yu shook his head. His inventory was limited, and He Jing only had this. One song, if you can't take out all your wealth at once, how can you pretend to be 13 in the future?
"You are known as the most versatile person in the imperial city in both civil and military affairs." Zhu Yulao teased him. Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head and walked to her chair: "Those are all the things others made fun of me for." He then tucked up the collar of Princess Kunxing. The scarf, this move seems very casual, just the most common move for a slave to serve his master, but it makes the little deer in Princess Kunxing's heart jump crazily again, ah, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, he is handsome and talented who can fight, Wen can govern the country and martial arts can determine the world. Who can stand such a young brother? At least she, a girl in the palace who has never seen the world, can't stand it!
When Chang Yu saw Princess Kunxing's expression, he couldn't help but feel proud, hey, my damn charm has nowhere to hide!
There is no way, one is an old driver, and a girl who is in the palace and is inexperienced in the world, how can she withstand him.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Princess Kunxing was in high spirits and looked around: "Having a picnic on the Great Wall is quite different."
"Since we want to have a picnic, let's take you to a fun place." Chang Yu said to everyone, "Let's go to Yishi".
A piece of stone is the Jiumen Pass. Yes, it is the place where Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui fought. It is thirty miles away from Shanhaiguan. If you walk through the Great Wall, it is only ten miles away. When Xu Da built this place, he paved more than 7,000 square meters on the bottom of the Jiujiang River. A large stone was built on top of the pass, hence the name. Because the Nine Gates on the Water are also called the Nine Gates, it is an important pass of the Great Wall and is known as the "First Pass in Jingdong".
There were more than ten guards at the nine gates. They were all staying at the outpost in this cold weather. When they heard that dozens of people came with horses and sedan chairs, they thought it was the chief who came to inspect and hurriedly got out to greet him. However, I went there... From Dongchang.
What are the people from Dongchang doing here?
Come and play, at least that’s what the Zhu brothers and sisters do.
"You guys go down there and clean up a clean place..." Gao Di's servant shouted to the soldiers. Chang Yu frowned, and Kuang Ren walked over and kicked the servant directly: "Their duty is to guard the gate. You are not the one to boss around boys, and you are not qualified to boss them around."
The servant quickly apologized: "Young men, go and clean up."
Chang Yu asked Princess Kunxing and her party to go down the Great Wall first to find a place to camp by the Jiujiang River, while he went to the barracks of the soldiers guarding the gate.
It was smoky inside, and a big tree root was roasting for warmth. There was some hay spread in the corner and a few beddings of unclear color piled on top. There were some pots and pans next to them. Chang Yu looked at their food, with a solemn expression on his face. Zhu Cixiang who was at the door said: "Come in and take a look."
Zhu Cixiang held his nose and came in, with tears welling up in his eyes. He looked at the soldiers crowded at the door and looking at them curiously. They were all unkempt, dark and sloppy, and some were still wearing single clothes.
"You have seen clearly and remember their appearance. These people are silently guarding the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the gentlemen in the capital can sing, laugh and dance is because they eat chaff here and suffer from hunger and cold."
Zhu Cixiang was silent, but tears flowed down. Chang Yu also felt uncomfortable in his heart. It was really hard to be a soldier these days, especially the frontier soldiers, whose conditions were worse than those of later generations of soldiers.
"Lend me some money." Zhu Cixi wiped his tears and walked to Chang Yu and whispered. Chang Yu sighed: "Do you know how long the Great Wall is, how many passes there are, how many such guards are there? Do you want to help me?" Hui is not just giving a few dollars..."
"Stop talking, I know what you mean, but I just want to..." Zhu Cixiang tried his best to control his emotions. He felt that he cried a bit too much today. He didn't want to lose control so much. It would be fine if Chang Yu was in front of him. There are so many people around.
Chang Yu sighed, took out a silver bag and threw it to him. There was probably thirty or fifty taels in it. Zhu Cihong took it and walked up to the dozen soldiers. He wanted to say something but couldn't say a word, so he just stuffed it away. into one person's hands.
"Let's all split up. This is the eldest son's wish," Chang Yu said. The soldiers were overjoyed and thanked them profusely. One of them boldly asked, "Are you high officials?"
"His father is a high official," Chang Yu pointed at Zhu Cixiang with a slight smile. Zhu Cixiang laughed, raised his leg and kicked Chang Yu.
"Let's go, I'll take you to have a good meal." Chang Yu waved to the soldiers and led everyone to find Princess Kunxing by the Jiujiang River.
