"This is a cup that I collected from Debao Zhai in Yangzhou the year before last. It is called the Amber Cup of Fisherman Playing with Lotus. The original owner said it was a treasure from the Tang Dynasty. Linqing was under siege and it was difficult to get around. Quan used it as an audience gift and presented it to Mr. Zuo. Soldiers."
Dongfang Zhu took out a three-inch-long amber transparent cup from his arms and handed it to the guard.
Zuo Liangyu stared at the cup, holding it in his hand and playing with it carefully.
The body of the cup is in the shape of a lotus leaf, and the handle is carved into the shape of a fisherman. The fisherman's hair is pulled high into a bun, his arms are strong and strong, he carries a fish basket on his back, and holds a fish in his left hand. The fish's mouth is raised up, as if it is struggling to breathe. The fish scales are clearly visible, and it looks fresh. Live attitude.
"It is indeed a treasure. It is rare for a high-ranking official in the East to have such a heart." Zuo Liangyu put away the amber cup and stroked his beautiful beard and said proudly:
"Heaven punishes the traitor, Liu Zhaosun was killed, and the rebel Yang Hao, Shen Nian and other thieves were blown to pieces. Hahaha, the Shaanxi thieves also suffered all casualties. God will reincarnate! It's a shame that most of the civil servants and military generals in the North are dead. Our emperor is here Nanjing succeeded to the throne and swore to avenge Emperor Tianqi, so he had this Northern Expedition. At the time when the court was employing people, he could be promoted to deputy general and accompany Liu Zongzhou on the expedition, and he stood out, Brother Dongfang, "
Zuo Liangyu looked down at Dongfang Zhu with soft eyes, "A righteous businessman like Brother Dongfang serves the country and the people, and is not greedy for money or lust. I think you should be useful in the new dynasty. To be honest, this time Emperor Hongguang sent his officials northward, firstly to wipe out the remnants of the Liu bandits, and secondly, to go to Manasu (see Note 1) to select some good talents for the court who would be loyal to the country."
Dongfang Zhu looked at Zuo Liangyu with a smile. He had scolded this martial artist thousands of times in his heart. He looked carefree on the outside, but he didn't expect to be so greedy. He had just given the amber cup and then asked for more money. His words were vulgar and greedy. , making money so unscrupulously.
"When I was in Liaodong in the early years, I heard that Linqing was the first canal city. Now there is plague in the north and south, locust plague, drought, water transportation is cut off, and countless people have died of starvation and disease. Only Linqing still has some foundation. Brother Dongfang, will you go back now? , in addition to helping us set fires, we also have to convey the emperor's intention to recruit talents to those wealthy businessmen, asking them to donate more money, giving him tens of millions of taels. At present, the chief officials of prefectures and counties in Beizhili are fleeing to death, everywhere There are vacancies, and as long as the money comes, the official will arrive..."
Dongfang Zhu clasped his hands and said: "I will definitely do it. When the time comes, I will take the lead in donating. After the event is completed..."
Zuo Liangyu waved his hand, showing his heroic attitude: "When the matter is completed, we will divide the account into nineteen, and you will not be missing!"
That night, Zuo Liangyu and Dongfang Zhu secretly discussed the matter of breaking the city, and agreed on all the details of the incident. The more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they seemed to regret meeting each other late. At the second watch, Dongfang Zhu stood up and said goodbye, saying that it would be difficult to sneak into the city until daybreak. Zuo Liangyu did not want to stay at that moment, and sent his servant Ding Niuchun to "escort" Dongfang officials back to the city.
Dongfang Zhu declined, pointed at the servant with a heavy back and a fierce look on his face and said:
"At present, the Linqing soldiers are fighting fiercely and are in danger. I think this brother is also a good fighter. It is better to stay with Zuo Shangshu and protect him..."
Zuo Liangyu waved his hand and said with a heroic look: "No need, there are one hundred and seven heroes like him in my account! Right, Tong Niu?"
The servant listened and nodded repeatedly.
Dongfang Zhu had no choice but to salute again, took his servants with him, left the camp and returned to Linqing Prefecture City.
Zuo Liangyu sent Brother Dongfang out of the camp, left the medicine merchant at a distance, and told Tong Niu:
"Tong Niu, keep an eye on this Dongtian official. You have to watch him sleeping with his wife. If he dares to do any tricks, he will be sent to the East Heaven and the West Heaven."
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After sending Dongfang Zhu away, Zuo Liangyu sat in the military tent.
Who is sitting in the military tent? Ningnan Chehou Kunshan Gong.
Zuo Liangyu lost his father when he was young, and his uncle took care of him. The biography of Zuo Liangyu, the historian of the Ming Dynasty, said that he was "long and handsome, brave and good at shooting from both sides. He was ignorant of reading and resourceful, and he liked the soldiers, so he often achieved success in battle."
In the original history, Zuo Liangyu started out as a small general manager in Shenyang. After the Saarhu War, he relied on his family connections to make acquaintance with Hou Xun, who was still serving as the governor of Changping, and he began to make a fortune. In the first year of Chongzhen, the Ningyuan Guards rebelled, and the Liao soldiers were arguing about pay. They captured the governor Bi Zisu. Bi Zisu committed suicide in shame. Official Zuo Liangyu was appointed the commander of Cheyouying in Liaodong. He was implicated in this incident and lost his official position. In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, he resumed his official position, followed the guerrilla general Cao Wenzhao to support Yutian and Fengrun, and fought with the Qing army in Hongqiao, Daqianshan, Zunhua and other places. After the war, he was rewarded with an increase in rank.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen, he was elected as deputy general by Hou Xun. He participated in the battles of Songshan and Xingshan. Later, he participated in many battles with the Qing army and bandits, and was promoted to the rank of general. After Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and retreated to Sichuan, Zuo Liangyu occupied Wuchang and added the prince Shaobao, whose strength reached its peak and claimed to have 800,000 troops, sat back and watched as Li Chuang advanced eastward, the city of Beijing was destroyed, and Chongzhen died for his country. After Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, Zuo Liangyu had a large army in the upper reaches. He could have joined forces with the four towns in Jiangbei to defend the Qing army from going south. However, due to the power struggle between the imperial court and the general situation, Zuo Liangyu went east without permission in the name of the Qing emperor, disrupting the defense layout of Jiangbei. He also died of illness on the way eastward, which eventually led to the Qing army moving southward without any resistance...
However, due to the arrival of Liu Zhaosun, Zuo Liangyu's life trajectory has undergone major changes. Although he did not meet the noble Hou Xun, he also avoided Ningyuan's mutiny and dismissal from office. With his own efforts, he still became an important force influencing the situation in Nanming.
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Zuo Liangyu sat for a while and went to bed under the service of the servant. Lying on the bed, he remembered that Liu Zong, Zhou, Wu Sangui and the others had not returned, and they did not know what happened in the capital. The rich local Ma Hongqi left without saying goodbye. He did not even say hello when he left. Qingcheng was difficult to conquer for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he simply asked someone to recruit a prostitute, a Yangzhou woman named Liu Yuanyuan. The two of them were messing around in the tent, and the sky was already twilight. Zuo Liangyu was dizzy, his eyelids were twitching violently, and he always felt that something big was happening.
Before he could send Liu Yuanyuan away, he heard someone making a lot of noise outside. Zuo Liangyu shouted at the camp gate:
"Where's the mourning? What's going on!"
Zuo Liangyu casually touched Liu Yuanyuan's body. Liu Yuanyuan made a sound and said delicately:
"The general comes and goes like this every time. He calls my concubine over in the middle of the night, but she is never happy..."
"Go, go, get out of here,"
Zuo Liangyu pushed the woman away and began to put on clothes in a hurry.
He threw a robe randomly around him, walked to the camp gate, and lifted the curtain. The head of the servants, Ma Chun, and dozens of servants fell at the door in disorder, like filial sons at a funeral, all of them howling like ghosts.
"What's going on? Every one of them has lost his soul, and the Linqing soldiers came out? I asked you to go to the north to search for Inspector Liu. Why are you here?"
Ma Chun, who was as strong as a bear, covered the wound on his head, feeling aggrieved like a beaten dog.
"Master Zuo, we met the emperor,"
Zuo Liangyu put on his leather bean uniform without haste, and said with doubts on his face: "Emperor? Isn't the emperor in Nanjing? Where are your 108 generals?"
Ma Chun wailed and almost fainted.
Zuo Liangyu grabbed his collar and said angrily: "Tell me clearly, which emperor? Where are the others? Why are you back!"
It took the head servant a long time to regain his breath, and said in a whimpering voice: "I just arrived in Fucheng the day before yesterday, and before I went in to rest, I met Liu Zhaosun. Seven or eight of our people were arrested, and dozens of them died. We are very lucky. Running back,"
Zuo Liangyu was shot in the shoulder by a big arrow, and his tall and burly body shrank suddenly.
"Liu Zhaosun? Wasn't he killed by the bomb? Are you fucking blind!"
Before Ma Chun could reply, a servant who had escaped next to him said with horror in his eyes: "Yes, it's him. I saw him at Tianjin Wei Pier the year before last. He beat Wang San'er's horse to death with one punch, and punched him with sandbags again." With the same big fist, Wang Saner's head disappeared..."
Because Liu Zhaosun had traveled up and down the canal many times and personally recruited several waves of tracker soldiers, more than one of his servants knew Emperor Wuding.
The remaining servants began to describe what they saw. How brave Emperor Wu Ding was. He threw a servant into the air with one hand and kicked away a running horse... These people who usually kill people do all kinds of evil. All the servants seemed to have seen a ghost and became garrulous. Some even spoke incoherently, saying that the one who attacked them in Fucheng was not a human at all, but the ghost of Liu Zhaosun.
Zuo Liangyu drank a lot of wine with Dongfang Zhu last night, and had a romantic relationship with Liu Yuanyuan just now. At this time, he had a splitting headache. He roared, grabbed Ma Chun, and said angrily:
"Go, hurry up and chase after that medicine dealer. We will set fire to him tonight. If we don't capture Linqing, I will die here."
Ma Chun didn't know who the drug dealer was. Seeing Zuo Liangyu's rage, he didn't dare to hesitate and hurriedly rode towards the Linqing city wall.
Zuo Liangyu looked at the head of the servant's retreating figure and cursed, "I didn't come to the north to grab some money. Why am I so unlucky that I have to meet this murderer?"
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Northwest of Fucheng.
Liu Zhaosun stood on his horse and looked around. A servant cried and said:
"Zong Bing Zuo has his own reasons. He was poor since he was a child, and his father died early...Zong Bing Zuo always treated his soldiers very well and had enough food and wages. But now the Ming Dynasty is plagued by plague and famine, and even the wealthy landlords in the south of the Yangtze River are... I can’t survive. General Zuo brought his brothers to the north to beg for food. I unintentionally offended the emperor. I beg the emperor to have mercy and spare me..."
Liu Zhaosun stood on his horse and said with an indifferent expression:
"That's no reason!"
Zhang Dong raised his sword and dropped it.
Note:
1. Shangma Nasu: It indicates that in the Qing Dynasty, Nasu was donated to the Imperial College as a supervisor. It began in the early days of Emperor Jing of the Ming Dynasty. It was initially limited to students, but later expanded to include civilians, called routine prisons. Huang Yu's "Shuanghuai Sui Chao·Implementation by Case": "Jingtai changed to the Yuan Dynasty, and the imperial edict was to cut out the holes and thorns in the borders. All the soldiers who received millet and mounted their horses were allowed to be imprisoned, and the limit was only 1,000 people.
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