Back then, Bumbutai became Horqin Khan with the support of Kaiyuan forces and became the first female khan on the grassland. With the strong rise of Hu Duntu and threatening Liaodong, Lin Danhan became the common enemy of both sides, and Kaiyuan and Horqin formed an alliance.
In the first year of Tianqi, Kaiyuan soldiers and Horqin worked together to repel Lin Dan Khan and chased Lin Dan Khan all the way to Qinghai. Lin Dan Khan died of illness, and Bumu Butai finally avenged his death.
Later, the Horqin people assisted the Qi army many times in dealing with the Shaanxi bandits. When Du Du rebelled, the Horqin tribe and the Xianglan Banner fought several battles in Yehe. However, there was a huge difference in strength and they were no match for the Qing army.
The Mongolian grassland under the small glacier climate has good weather, which is different from the apocalyptic scene of successive disasters in Guan Nei. The grasslands and pastures are rich in water and grass, and cattle and horses thrive. The development of animal husbandry directly led to the rapid growth of the Horqin tribe's population. As of the summer of the third year of Taichu, Horqin tribe Ding The population increased sharply from 50,000 during the Wanli Period to 100,000.
Looking at Bumbutai returning in a hurry and the graceful and beautiful girl in front of him, Liu Zhaosun was surprised. Why did she lead her tribe to leave Horqin's paradise?
The reason is simple, Tsarist Russia is coming.
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On the third day of September, on the eve of the Emperor's personal expedition, he formally summoned Bumubutai in Huangji Hall.
Emperor Wuding greatly praised Horqin Khan, and the edict was modeled on the Qin and Han Dynasties. He made Bumubutai a loyal marquis, opened his mansion in Jinzhou, rewarded him with ten thousand taels of silver, and transferred the elite cavalry of Horqin tribe into the first corps to defend Liaodong. .
The officials were astonished and the government and the public were shocked.
It should be noted that starting from the pre-Qin period, there were only five women who were granted titles in China.
In the Western Han Dynasty, Hou Xi of Lu (the mother of Xi Juan, Marquis of Lu), Xu Nie, the Marquis of Wuningting, and Marquis of Yin'an (Liu Bang's sister-in-law), the above three were all granted the title by Liu Bang.
In addition, Linguang Hou Lu Yu (Lv Zhi's sister, Fan Kuai's wife) and Fou Hou (Xiao He's wife), the above two people were both granted the title by Lu Pheasant.
Emperor Wuding directly gave Bumubutai the title that originally belonged to Qin Liangyu, and not only made her a marquis, but also rewarded her with the land of Jinzhou - although Horqin's army was disbanded - which shows how much he loved his little sister.
Bumbutai wears a coral beaded headband, a red robe tied with a colorful silk belt, and thick felt high-waisted leather boots. Coupled with his extremely handsome appearance, he is magnificent and majestic, and is certainly not comparable to Xiaojia Biyu in Guan Nei.
Next to the throne, the Empress Dowager Cisheng blinked at Bumubutai, and Marquis Zhongzhen raised his head and looked at Emperor Wuding. Liu Zhaosun responded with a happy smile. Marquis Zhongzhen led his men and made a very serious oath of poison.
"I would like to express my gratitude to the Supreme Emperor for his kindness. From now on, the Horqin tribe will return to Da Qi. As a native of Qi, he will die as a ghost of Qi. The mountains have no edges and the grasslands are cracked. How dare you betray Qi! If you violate your oath, the grassland will be destroyed." The eagle pecks and dies!”
On that day, Marquis Zhongzhen received the order to express his gratitude. He did not rush back to the camp outside the city, but stayed to attend the royal banquet of the Supreme Emperor.
Liu Zhaosun, Liu Yufei, Jin Yuji, Yang Qing'er, and Chen Yuanyuan all participated. Everyone sat around the Eight Immortals table. The little emperor Liu Kan made an exception for a day off, so that they could cleanse the dust of Marquis Zhongzhen together. They no longer had to recite "Shang Shu" and "The Great Learning". The children were overjoyed. .
Before the Supreme Emperor arrived, Bumu Butai said to the young emperor:
"How old is your Majesty?"
Liu Kan stopped chewing the mutton in his mouth and looked up at this exotic girl with slender figure, charming eyebrows and long black hair. He spread his fingers and counted them one by one:
"Sister, one, two, three, four, four years old."
Jin Yuji smiled and said: "What sister? She is your father's old acquaintance, you have to call her..."
Yang Qing'er turned back to Bumu Butai and said:
"Marquis Zhongzhen, what do you say Horqin?"
Bumbutai blurted out:
"Eji."
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The relationship between Bumbutai and Liu Zhaosun was extraordinary. As early as when Liu Zhaosun was the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, the two were like brothers and sisters. They talked about everything when they were together, which aroused the imagination of Jin Yuji Yang Qing'er.
Fortunately, Liu Zhaosun is fundamentally different from other time-travelers. In addition to his extremely unstable personality, he also doesn't have much interest in developing lolita, even in the face of a one-in-a-million beauty embryo like Bumbutai. , and never had a single stray thought.
Of course, that was all before the explosion at Wang Gong Factory.
After the Big Bang, everything was changing.
Emperor Wuding was completely transformed.
In the past, the Duke of Zhou, a corporal who believed in kingship, self-restraint, restoration of etiquette and virtuous people, taught the world to return to his heart, but now tyranny, torture, power, trickery, and sorcerers are extravagant.
In the past, I had a very low drinking capacity and did not like to eat meat or drink wine. Now I am addicted to alcohol and enjoy all kinds of meat.
In the past, he was as devoid of women as Liu Xia Hui was like a medieval Puritan, but now he indulges in women's sex by singing and singing every night.
The current favored women of Emperor Wuding include: the two queen mothers of Jin Yuji and Yang Qing'er, the first concubine Chen Yuanyuan, the Japanese princess Tokugawa Qianhime, the nun Daphne and the two palace maids Amber Dujuan.
Despite this, Liu Zhaosun still felt that the beauty was not enough, so he told Dongfang Zhu to wait for an opportunity to "acquire a large number of women from the people and enter Chongyeting".
On the third day of September, a meteor fell to the ground and there were changes in the astrology.
On the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year, in the northeast, a meteor the size of a grain of rice suddenly turned into a lamp as big as a lamp, radiating red and yellow light and dazzling. According to Qin Tianjian, this was a sign of great misfortune.
Hu Xiao, the censor of Henan Province, did not know where he got the news that the number of concubines in the palace would be increased, so he used the excuse of "the demon star meets Cining Palace" to conclude that the concubine must be the concubine this time.
He went to Emperor Wuding and said, "(Da Qi) concubines have blocked the back court, the old ones don't know where they will end up, the young ones are really resentful, and the widowed women are miserable." He suggested that in order to comply with God's will, the first priority is to release the palace maids. He suggested that Emperor Wuding release all the palace maids from Yeting in the previous Ming Dynasty (Wanli, Taichang, Chongzhen, Tianqi) who had not been favored by the previous emperor.
Liu Zhaosun was furious when he heard about it. What made him even more angry was that in the memorial, Hu Xiao also used Wu Zetian as an example, quoted from classics, and said:
"If the emperor in the Tang Dynasty fails to rule, then the heaven will be cruel and the country will be endangered. This is not enough for the emperor to say, but the mistakes of the past should also be used as a lesson." (Note 1)
Seeing that the Eastern Expedition was imminent and the floods and plagues had just passed, Hu Xiao wanted to blame the changes in the sky (meteor shower) on the imperial court and threatened the Supreme Emperor to release the maids. This was clearly implying that Bu Mu Butai was Empress Lu and Wu Zetian. He not only wanted to arouse the loyalty of Marquis Zhongzhen His criticisms further disturbed the morale of the army, and his ambition was to be punished.
On that day when Bumubutai was conferred, some old ministers in the court were quite aggrieved, thinking that Horqin had no choice but to return eastward, so it was unnecessary to break the soil and become a marquis.
Emperor Wu Ding judged that there was someone behind Hu Xiao, perhaps an old minister, Chen Yuanyuan, or a relative.
Now that the war was about to begin, it was not appropriate to carry out a general purge. It happened that Marquis Ma Shiying consulted Shangshu and interceded for the censor of Henan Province: "Xiaoshu was originally a palace maid, but he uttered wild words. Although he is ridiculous and stupid, he is actually a stupid and upright person."
Therefore, the Ministry of Punishment sentenced Hu Xiao to death, and later changed his position to serve the people.
After this incident, no one in the Qi Dynasty dared to criticize the emperor's purchase of civilian girls, enter Chongye Court, or ask about the affairs of Zhongzhen Marquis.
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On the night when Bu Mu Butai defected to the Supreme Emperor, that is, August 19, Emperor Wu Ding urgently summoned Xie Yang, Hou Xun, and Li Sanguang in the Qianqing Palace.
Xie Yang was still brooding over the quarrel he had with Sun Chuanting four days ago in Qixing Tower.
Director Xie firmly opposed the advice of Sun Chuanting, Ma Shiying and others to "suffer the people even more", believing that doing so would jeopardize the world.
After the Qixinglou banquet, Xie Guangkun and Sun Shatou (Sun Chuanting's nickname) immediately impeached each other. In just three or four days, five memorials were issued, criticizing each other in all aspects, from character to political achievements to appearance. Sun Chuanting ridiculed Xie Yang " Fishing for fame and reputation will not help matters." Xie Yang attacked Sun Chuanting for killing people like Lai Junchen and Zhang Tang.
"I'm calling you here today to talk about buying grain."
Xie Yang knew very well that the food and livestock brought by the Horqin people were only enough for the Eastern Expeditionary Army. It was still far from enough to help the victims in Liaodong. However, with the war imminent, where could he buy food?
"Your Majesty said you want to buy food?"
Liu Zhaosun glanced at Xie Yang and said firmly: "Go to Jiangnan to buy grain."
Hou Xun participated in the Xuzhou peace negotiation with the Nanming court and had friendship with Ruan Dacheng, so he knew a lot about the Nanming court. After hearing what Emperor Wu Ding said, he quickly said:
"Your Majesty, the Southern Dynasty just contributed 20,000 shi of grain to Daqi in June. Seventy years later, after all the taxes from the people in Hangzhou were collected, the poor have no money, let alone food."
"Then take money and food from rich households."
Emperor Wu Ding was worried that the three people did not understand, so he explained to them: "There were no floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and there was no plague. The annual grain paid by Zhu Changhuan was only a drop in the bucket. Large and prominent families still hid grain and asked them to buy grain."
Xie Guangkun smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, how can it be so easy to buy? Now everyone in the south knows that Daqi is short of food, so they are raising prices. All the money from the treasury is used by the Ministry of War to train troops and build ships, provide disaster relief and build roads, how can Still have money to buy food? How about letting Qin Jianxun lead his troops to grab it!"
Liu Zhaosun looked at Xie Yang blankly. Xie Yang chuckled and waited for the emperor's order.
This civil affairs officer was forced to ask for money and food every day, and all he thought about was food, and all his sleep talking at night was related to food.
Looking like this, I'm almost going crazy.
"Rob?"
Liu Zhaosun quickly shook his head and said disapprovingly: "We cannot start a war with the Southern Dynasty now. At least we have to wait until the end of the Eastern Expedition and recuperate before the army can go south. We must not act too hastily, otherwise it will be the same as in the early years of Wu Ding."
The eastward expedition to Korea was only to annex three northern roads (Ping'an Road, Ning'an Road, and Huanghai Road). Da Qi had to do its best to open up another front in the south at the same time.
"There are other things you can trade with them for."
After hearing this, Hou Xun and Xie Yang pricked up their ears and asked in unison:
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what is it?"
A few days ago, in order to raise food, Emperor Wu Ding sent Dongfang Zhu Pei Dahu and others to search the treasury. Xie Yang couldn't think of anything else to trade with the local tyrants and evil gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.
Without waiting for Emperor Wuding to answer, Hou Xun rushed to say, "Isn't it that the Holy One wants to send the cattle and sheep donated by the Horqin tribe to the south of the Yangtze River?"
"It will take a long time to deliver 30,000 sheep to Jiangnan, right?"
Liu Zhaosun chuckled, decided not to go around in circles with the two of them, and finally revealed his plan.
"In the first year of Taichang, the Kaiyuan Army confiscated more than 10,000 pieces of antique calligraphy and painting from Kong's house in Qufu. Do you still remember?"
Hou Xun and Xie Yang looked at each other with blank expressions on their faces. Weren't those antique calligraphy and paintings long ago reduced to ashes in the explosion at Wang Gong Factory?
Emperor Wu Ding looked at Li Sanguang, who had been silent, patted the one-armed native scholar's remaining shoulder, and said solemnly:
"All the treasures of the Kong family are hidden in the tomb of Queen Zhang. Sanguang, let Wu Xiao and Lin Yu protect you. Go to Gyeonggi and use the method Master Xu (Xiake) taught you to take out the antique calligraphy and paintings."
Li Sanguang raised his one arm and was about to kneel down to salute. Liu Zhaosun supported him and said, "Don't disturb Queen Zhang."
"I obey the decree."
Xie Yang Houxun was stunned. This operation of stealing his own tomb was really jaw-dropping.
Emperor Wu Ding glanced at the two of them and said lightly: "Are those items in the Kong Mansion valuable?"
Hou Xun followed Ma Shiying to greet him. He had been involved in Jiangnan officialdom for many years and had extensive research on antique calligraphy and painting. He quickly said:
"It is priceless. The few ancient Shang and Zhou dings in Yan Shenggong's house are priceless treasures. I heard that there are also Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and paintings, and Yan Zhenqing's original "Manuscript of Sacrifice to Nephew", which is more than ten times the price of Dong Qichang. These treasures flowed into the south of the Yangtze River and found Donglin. Those clean people in the Party, even if they want food, they are willing to give it even if it means their lives..."
Liu Zhaosun felt disappointed and said: "As long as it's valuable, it's good as long as it's valuable."
On September 15th in the third year of Taichu, it started to rain lightly in Shenyang. Emperor Wuding killed the Korean envoys at Guangjimen to offer sacrifices to heaven, and announced the formal imperial conquest.
Note:
1. Volume 2 of "Records of Taizu of Qi", Ding Chou on August 24, the third year of Taichu; Volume 215 of "History of Qi" by Qi Meng and "Biography of Hu Xiao"
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