A nice family gathering turned into farce.
Yilanzhu quickly realized how clever Zheng Haizhu, a Ming Dynasty businesswoman, was, and immediately retreated outside the house to avoid embarrassment.
Then she stood up holding her mother-in-law's hand and bowed to Abahai to say goodbye.
After arriving on the horse sledge, Yilanzhu was silent for a moment. She couldn't help but complained to Zheng Haizhu: "The first hand just took our best clothes, and the second hand called the Ming Dynasty men in front of me as bad old men. This , in the words of you Ming people, aren’t you pointing at the monks and calling thieves bald? Who are they?"
Zheng Haizhu comforted her softly: "Madam, don't worry, a child is ignorant and talks nonsense, or he is jealous that Madam is living a good life in the west."
Yilanzhu was smoothed down by Zheng Haizhu. She took a few deep breaths and said with a hint of lust: "That's right, look at that Abahai. She is a concubine, but her clothes are not as good as those of our Li family." The housekeeper."
When Yilanzhu married away, Nurhachi's eldest concubine was Fuchagundai, who was also a good sister of Yilanzhu's mother. Now in her fifties, the Fucha family is old and has lost love and affection. She lives with her son Mang. In the Gurtai family, the eldest concubine's favor was taken away by Abahai who was in his prime. When Yilanzhu came back and learned about it, she was naturally not very angry with Abahai.
Jurchens in Jianzhou were more noble in the west, and several big beile lived in the east of Nurhachi's harem.
Not long after the horse sledge walked eastward, Mang Gurtai met Yi Lanzhu and his party in the dark and took them back to his yard.
Fucha, who was already showing her age, hugged Yilanzhu when she saw her. Suddenly she pushed her away slightly, took a closer look, said, "She looks exactly like your mother when she was young," and then hugged her and cried again. stand up.
Zheng Haizhu and Mu Zaohua lifted the last box full of gifts from the sledge and presented it to Mang Gurtai respectfully.
Due to the change in Nurhachi's attitude during the day, Mang Gurtai was not as cruel to Zheng Haizhu as if he were a protector. He only said in a low voice: "According to the instructions of the Great Khan, my guards will take you to Zhenghuang Banner Yamen tomorrow." Look for a pen post. Your two maids will serve Gege to worship and are not allowed to leave even a step."
Zheng Haizhu lowered his head and responded. She understood that this was to monitor their visitors from the Ming Dynasty, and to limit their scope of activities to the greatest extent to prevent them from spying on anything.
However, with Nurha's cunning character like a red fox, he would never make any publicity before going to war like the Ming Dynasty launched the Battle of Sarhu a few years later. Historically, the day before the Jianzhou Jurchens attacked Fushun City, Nurhaci issued the "Seven Great Hatreds to Heaven and the Ming Dynasty" in Hetuala. At this time, even cutting down trees to build siege equipment was lied to the outside world by the Jurchens as building stables to raise horses to prevent the news from leaking.
Therefore, it does not make much sense to limit the scope of activities of Zheng Haizhu and others.
Moreover, as a person who knows the historical process, Zheng Haizhu decided to take a dangerous trip to Hetuala this time. The purpose was not to collect the military plans that she already knew, but to give herself a "real visit to the Jurchen lair in Jianzhou" Her experience allowed Zhang Quan and Mao Wenlong to believe her report which was 30% factual and 70% frame-up.
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A good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, Mang Gurtai's soldiers came to escort Zheng Haizhu to the flag offices south of the Khan Palace's office.
The Eight Banners Yamen was also built very crudely. The bricks at the base of the walls were of different sizes. It was not easy to build them together lovingly. The upper half of the wall is made of yellow mud, and the top is covered with straw. There are no tiles at all.
But in Zheng Haizhu's opinion, the rows of weapons racks in front of each yamen are the biggest highlight.
Armor, long sword, smooth sword, foot bow, heavy arrows.
The most impressive ones are the walking bow and heavy arrows.
Jianzhou Jurchens were born as forest hunters. To shoot tough-skinned prey such as large beasts or wild boars, they did not use small bows and light arrows like the Mongolians, but large bows that were close to the height of an adult man. The length of the arrows It is also up to three feet, the arrowhead is as sharp as a chisel, and its ability to pierce armor is very strong.
Seeing such a shooting weapon, Zheng Haizhu roughly understood that before Nurhaci had siege weapons like cannons, he used "deception" to capture Fushun City, tricking the city gates into opening and then shooting them at close range. In the later Battle of Sarhu, Nurhaci's tactics were to target a Ming army, move closer, and use hunting methods to strangle the opponent in the wilderness.
Their riding skills are certainly not mentioned, but they often dismount and fight on foot. No matter how inferior their house-building and weaving skills were, they were very good at forging iron and making bows, and the cold weapons they made were very powerful.
Fortunately, the armament situation was similar to what he saw in the royal city and Mang Gurta's house yesterday. Today, Zheng Haizhu still didn't find any signs of firecrackers in front of the banner offices.
After entering the Zhenghuangqi Yamen, a small man wearing an animal skin waistcoat came to greet him.
"Is the girl's surname Zheng? This is the writing style here. I have received the decree of the Great Khan, and the writing is subject to what the girl said."
What the Jurchens call the writing style is similar to the Chinese word "clerk, scribe".
Zheng Haizhu cupped his fists and saluted: "May I ask how you address me?"
"My surname is Tong, my name is Yang Ding, Yang Ding is the person who nourishes the true energy, and Ding is the one who cultivates moral integrity."
It's rare to find someone who speaks Chinese in this post style, so naturally I have to enjoy the post.
Zheng Haizhu chewed his name and showed an expression of sincere praise: "Ah, what a good name. The mountains and seas are endless. Only by cultivating one's nature and calming one's mind can one see it at ease. Such an ethereal artistic conception, may I ask if your ancestors are from Liaodong?" Are you all scholarly?"
When Tong Yangding heard this, his heart felt as if he had put on a small heater for nine cold days. Bi Tie Shi was originally a low-level employee. Mo Jian could usually go in and out of the Eight Banners Yamen. In the eyes of military commanders, he was no more than the Bao Yi in Niu Lu.
Tong Yangding, who had always been treated roughly, was suddenly elated when he could speak civilized language with a delicate Han man and was complimented on his background by elegant-sounding sentences.
The two thin wisps of rat whiskers on his upper lip seemed to fly away.
When a person is happy, the chat box opens up.
"Miss Zheng is full of praise. Neither my eldest father nor my late father went to school. They have been doing business in Shanhuo and Dongzhu in Liaodong. In my generation, several cousins also inherited the family business and only gave me a few educations. In the 1980s, I originally wanted to be a candidate for examination in Fushun, but was favored by the Great Khan and recruited as a pen post type. I originally created Manchu with Erdeni Bakshi, so I can be considered a half-scholar."
Baksh means "doctor, one who can write" in Mongolian, and Erdeni was the leader of Nurhaci's order to create the Manchu language based on Mongolian.
Zheng Haizhu continued to interpret the look of reverence in his eyes: "It turns out to be Dr. Tong. Are Dr. Tong's uncles and brothers still over there in the Ming Dynasty?"
"Yes, yes, there are several big markets there every year. The horse markets in Fushun and Kaiyuan are very lively."
"Oh, that's a coincidence," Zheng Haizhu said with a smile, "Actually, I am also a businessman. Where is Mr. Tong's house? I will visit next year to see if there is anything I can buy and ship to the south."
Tong Yangding was unprepared and clasped his hands and said: "That's good. Our Tong family lives in Magendan, south of Fushun. Now the owner of the house is his cousin, named Tong Yangxing. I'll write a letter to the girl and ask my cousin to entertain me well. Oops , Miss Zheng is someone who does great things at first sight."
As Tong Yangding spoke, he eagerly turned to lay down some paper and started writing.
Zheng Haizhu looked at his enthusiastic and joyful expression, suppressed a trace of unbearability, and thought to himself: Ma Gendan, Tong Yangxing, remember, it will not be your cousin who entertains me well, but we who entertain your cousin well.
Tong Yangding quickly wrote the recommendation letter and handed it to Zheng Haizhu.
Zheng Haizhu took it and praised it first, then asked if it was birch bark paper.
Tong Yangding said: "The paper in the Ming Dynasty is too expensive to use. It is made from the pulp of Achnatherum splendens and Hemerocallis fulva near the old city. The Manchus call it mulberry paper. It will not break due to wear and tear. It can be used for writing." .”
Zheng Haizhu secretly rejoiced, what I want is your "only share".
She then sat down opposite Tong Yangding and said politely: "Mr. Tong, let's start drawing the map. Before drawing the map, I will tell you some new names first, and please write it down. Outside the Ming Dynasty, there are seven vast places. The sea, the Thais call it the Seven Seas.”
"Seven oceans."
Tong Yangdingggong neatly wrote Chinese characters on the mulberry paper, and wrote several Manchu characters on the side like earthworms entwining branches.
Zheng Haizhu leaned over with a studious look on his face: "Is this the Manchu script created by Mr. Tong and Erdeni? It's quite difficult to see."
Tong Yangding said: "Actually, it is not difficult to learn for those who can speak Mongolian and Manchu. For example, the Manchu pronunciation of "Qi" is 'Na Dan', which is half the pronunciation of Mongolian... This big character is made using the Manchu character creation method. It’s the same thing.”
Zheng Haizhu showed a look of enlightenment: "So that's it, so if you memorize the corresponding pronunciation of Manchu characters, you can read them when you see them, and then you can understand the meaning based on the read words? This is the same as our Chinese way of making characters. French, very different.”
Tong Yangding nodded.
Zheng Haizhu said: "Continue talking about the seven oceans. The largest one is divided into two oceans, the North and South, and is named the Pacific Ocean. Because sailors hate its dangerous and deep waves, they pray for smooth and clear travel."
Tong Yangxing wrote it in both Manchu and Chinese languages.
Zheng Haizhu picked out the four characters "South, North, Hate, and Ming" and once again asked about the contrasting letters in Manchu.
Tong Yangding informed them one by one.
In this way, throughout the day, Zheng Haizhu learned more than twenty Manchu texts that she wanted to frame Nurhaci.
In fact, it’s not a frame-up, it’s just a spoiler in advance.
