"Young Master, I have sent word that the mansion is starting to prepare for your marriage to Miss Xu."
Zuo Yan came up to Zhuangzi and brought Zuo Liangyu's instructions.
After Zuo Menggeng's last trip to the capital, Xu Guangqi specially invited Zuo Liangyu to visit and talked about the marriage between Zuo Menggeng and Xu Ruolin.
Zuo Liangyu certainly wanted to marry Xu Guangqi, who was famous all over the world, so there was no way he could disagree.
Later, both Zuo Mengeng and Zuo Liangyu were away on military expeditions and busy with the war, so the matter was delayed.
Now that everything is settled, the Zuo family father and son are promoted together.
One reached the pinnacle of military generals and was honored as the commander-in-chief; the other became famous all over the world and killed slave chieftains.
Xu Guangqi was delighted and urged again.
It’s impossible not to urge her. Xu Ruolin is already eighteen years old. In this era, she is a proper big girl.
Other people’s daughters and children will run away.
That is to say, Christian families like the Xu family are more tolerant of this.
But despite this, Xu Guangqi had to worry about the eyes of the world.
Zuo Liangyu was even more eager to get the marriage finalized.
However, he was now the deputy general of Yongping, following Hou Xun. He was busy rectifying the army and had no other skills, so he had to send a letter home to let the palace prepare.
"Hahaha, Zhongheng, congratulations!"
"The wedding has been finalized. It can be said that people are at peace."
Others simply congratulated, but Mao Yuanyi had a different opinion, which was unanimously recognized by everyone.
As the leader of the group, Zuo Mengeng has no purely private matters.
Those who follow him must not only look to the present, but also to the future.
Zuo Mengeng is alone. In this troubled world where medical and health care is seriously inadequate, human life has too many surprises.
Zuo Menggeng can stabilize and continue his career smoothly, and everyone will have a goal of unity, so that people will not be scattered.
Although Zuo Mengeng himself had little experience in politics, seeing the sincere joy of these people, he knew that he had a lot to bear.
Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but laugh when he thought that he was only sixteen years old and was about to start worrying about marriage.
At this age in future generations, you haven't graduated from junior high school yet, right?
"Then please trouble Uncle Yan to make a trip to the capital."
As the chief steward of Zuo Mansion, Zuo Yan naturally handles Zuo Menggeng's marriage.
Zuo Yan asked: "Master, I wonder how the matchmaker will arrange it?"
When ordinary people get married at home, they just need to find a matchmaker. When he arrived at the official's house, ordinary matchmakers couldn't get close to him.
Besides, the matchmaker here in Linqing went to the house of the Minister of Rites and fainted from the shock.
Huang Daozhou was familiar with this kind of thing, so he asked, "Does Zhongheng have any familiar senior officials in the capital?"
Zuo Mengeng became happy.
"My mentor calls him Taigong Gong as the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture."
Huang Daozhou then said: "Then let the housekeeper of your house go to the capital with the Geng Tie and ask Mr. Nian Tai to help with the arrangements."
The Zuo and Xu families had already agreed privately, so there would be no surprises at the wedding.
Going to the door to exchange Geng Tie is just a formality.
Xu Guangqi was the Minister of Rites, and Liu Zongzhou was the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, so they were well matched.
Zuo Mengeng was not very familiar with the process of ancient weddings, so he followed suit and asked Zuo Yan to do it.
Zuo Yan was shrewd and went back to discuss with Mr. Huang, and then asked the government to prepare letters of appointment and gifts to avoid being in a hurry when the time came.
Zuo Mengeng rose up step by step and remained diligent and thrifty.
But Zuo Liangyu was different. It was really a matter of getting promoted and making a fortune. Even Zuofu's life has become a lot richer, and the betrothal gifts prepared are extremely luxurious and rich.
Zuo Yan rushed to the capital with Geng Tie and visited Liu Zongzhou.
Hearing that it was his disciple's marriage, Liu Zongzhou readily agreed and immediately started to arrange it.
Invited the best matchmaker in the capital, visited the Xu Mansion, and successfully exchanged Geng Tie.
Zuo Yan did not dare to delay, so he rushed all the way back to Linqing, where he pressed the Geng Tie on the bottom of a clean tea cup in front of the statue of the God of Kitchen God to test God's will.
If there are no "abnormal" situations such as broken bowls, rancid food, family quarrels, or uneasy cats and dogs in the home within three days, ask a fortune teller to "make a horoscope" to see if the year and age are compatible and whether the zodiac signs are incompatible.
If you don't have any of these, then start entering the engagement stage.
This time Zuo Yan went north to propose marriage and also agreed on the wedding date of Zuo Menggeng and Xu Ruolin.
It cannot be held in a short time because Zuo Menggeng is going to war again.
During this period of time, the White Lotus Sect was causing too much trouble. Most of Shandong was occupied, and the local governments did not care about the countryside except for the city.
Especially on the Denglai side, the commander-in-chief Zhang Keda was so troubled by the White Lotus Sect that he did not dare to leave the city at all.
Once Dengzhou fails, it will affect the overall situation of Liaodong.
Zhang Keda sent ten letters asking for help to the capital one after another. Chongzhen was furious, but he could only do his best.
The first thing was to restore Governor Denglai.
It’s impossible without recovery.
Today, Denglai is not under the control of Shandong, and the highest officer is Zhang Keda, the commander-in-chief.
But the problem is that Zhang Keda is a military general who can manage Dengzhou City, but the remaining counties in Dengzhou ignore him, let alone Laizhou next door.
The lack of unified authority was also an important reason why Zhang Keda was unable to suppress the bandits.
Looking at the imperial court at present, the only force that can be used is Zuo Menggeng's Dongchang Xie.
When Zuo Yan went to the capital to get engaged, Huang Daozhou also left for Dongchang Mansion to take up his post.
Zuo Menggeng sent a second regiment to accompany him.
On the one hand, it is to protect the safety of Huang Daozhou, and on the other hand, it is to find a suitable location for the First Division in Dongchang Mansion.
But no matter what, his expedition to quell the White Lotus Rebellion will definitely be within a month, so the wedding will have to be postponed.
In Shandong in June, the sun was blazing, and Zuo Menggeng's career was booming and bustling.
Liaodong in June was filled with gloomy clouds and people's hearts were in turmoil.
The joy of victory had long since dissipated, and the panic of defeat enveloped Shenyang, making Huang Taiji almost want to vomit blood.
"An army of five thousand was just gone? How did Amin lead the army?"
In the meeting hall, Huang Taiji was furious and furious.
I couldn't help but be angry, the impact of Amin's entire army being wiped out was really too bad.
Originally, he took a risk and took a detour to knock on the pass, just because he was lucky, and he did not expect that the harvest would be so rich. Not only did they rob a large number of people and supplies, but they also killed their most difficult opponent, Yuan Chonghuan.
Because of this action, not only the Jurchens, but also the various tribes in Eastern Mongolia were convinced by him and became the Jurchens' allies.
Huang Taiji had long thought about taking advantage of the remaining power of this victory to completely consolidate his position. We must be like the emperors of the Central Plains, who keep their word and act lofty.
Unruly people like Amin and Mang Gurtai are the targets he wants to clean up.
As a result, Tang Gudai ran back to Shenyang in embarrassment with about 20 remnant soldiers, bringing news that Amin was defeated and the entire army was annihilated.
Although wanting to kill Amin was an established strategy, punishing him with a crime and killing Amin in battle were completely different things.
Even if Amin's command was indeed problematic and his crime was unpardonable, Amin's death disrupted all Huang Taiji's plans.
He had already thought of punishing Amin for the crime when he came back. In this way, no one can say anything, and it can also demonstrate the authority of his Khan.
After all, he can punish even the four Baylors at will. Who dares not to respect his authority?
The annihilation of Amin's entire army not only failed Huang Taiji's plan, but also brought about very serious consequences.
You must know that among the five thousand troops, there are not only Jurchens, but also a large number of Han and Mongolians.
After Tang Gudai escaped, Huang Taiji clearly felt that the atmosphere in Shenyang City was different.
The Han generals seemed to have other ideas.
The families of Bao Chengxian, Gao Hongzhong, and Cao Zhenyan even cried to the door, begging Huang Taiji to avenge their families.
If the fluctuations of the Han people can be controlled, then the anger of the Mongols gave Huang Taiji a headache.
The Mongolian princes specially sent people to interrogate the crime, hoping that Huang Taiji could give an explanation.
The loss of more than a thousand people was not something that the Eastern Mongolian tribes could bear.
Looking at Tang Gudai kneeling in front of him, Huang Taiji was so angry that he almost thought he was A Min and wanted to chop him into pieces.
Tang Gudai just didn't know what he was thinking. Otherwise, he might as well have died at Qingshui Pass.
He still felt that he was loyal and fled back just to tell the truth.
"Great Khan, this Ming army is different."
Dorgon is rarely sarcastic.
"What's different about Ming people? When we enter the pass, it's not like those Ming people generals haven't passed. They are all just chickens and dogs."
Amin died in battle, and Dorgon was definitely happy to see it happen.
Dorgon was well aware of Huang Taiji's intention to deal with Amin and supported him.
Although the Dorgon brothers are always wary of Huang Taiji, the ones who want to get rid of him most quickly must be Amin and Mang Gurtai.
Although Huang Taiji is also eyeing the Dorgon brothers, Amin and Mang Gurtai are pure evil wolves and have already begun to grind their teeth.
Faced with the real pressure of survival, Dorgon had to rely on Huang Taiji and tried to solve Amin and Mang Gurtai, protecting himself first.
Now Amin did not wait for Huang Taiji to clean up, not counting his death on the battlefield, he also harmed thousands of Mongolian and Han troops, and created big trouble for Huang Taiji. Dorgon was even happier.
He now wants to see how Huang Taiji faces these troubles.
