Episode 56: Nanjing's Banner

Yonggui jumped up from the sofa in a "tenth" way, turned around and saw the fourteenth princess walking in from the entrance, with an elusive smile on his face in the "fourth-frame format".

She took off her gloves and hat, handed them to the maid beside her, and smiled at Yonggui:

"Why, Yonggui, how long hasn't seen each other? Don't you know each other?"

Yonggui looked at the fourteenth princess in front of him, rolled nervously in his throat, slowly staring at her in a straight dark green military dress of the Ming military academy officer, and the People's Guard Colonel's Ejection Ejecting Golden Velvet Light under the palace lanterns.

Ten months ago, the woman in front of me was still her immediate boss and master. Now... in the past ten months, the 14th princess defected to Nanming, was named the princess, took up an important position in the People's Guard, attended press conferences... The 14th princess has become a celebrity in Nanming and other parts of the world, a legendary princess, and has become a hot pursuit and object of discussion among various media and the public.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, the four words "Fourth Princess" were "forced to disappear". None of them are allowed to appear in newspapers, radio, documents, meetings, and in their daily conversations. Even the senior officials inside the sticks occasionally quietly talk about the four words "Fourth Princess", they always subconsciously silenced, looked around, and confirmed that no one was heard, and then they dared to speak in a low voice...

Yonggui knew very well that after several years, more than ten years, at most, after a generation, the four words "Fourth Princess" completely disappeared on the land controlled by the Qing Dynasty. The older generation would wisely remain silent until death, and the younger generation would have no idea that there was a person like "Fourth Princess". Whether as a person, a memory, or just these four words, all of them will be thrown into the "forgotten black hole". They have not existed before, they do not exist now, and will not exist in the future.

Yes, it will not exist in the future. Even if any prince gives birth to a daughter in the future, he will stop with tacit understanding and seal the sword, and will never give birth to a fourteenth again.

...

But now, the "four words" that had been blocked for ten months suddenly stood opposite him, and was a living person with flesh and blood, Yonggui couldn't accept it for a while.

"You... ten... ten... square..."

Yonggui's lips trembled, trying to say the "four words" that were prohibited in the north. He had never expected to meet the Fourteenth Princess in the south. Because in the high-level officials of the Northern and Qing dynasties, including the stickers, the Fourteenth Princess was named a princess in the Nanming and served in the People's Guard, which had far more symbolic significance to the Nanming than to the practical significance. Even if the Fourteenth Princess had a title in the People's Guard, he had no real power. No matter what he said in secret negotiations, she would not be involved.

But now it seems that this is far from the case.

For Yonggui, even how to call the Fourteenth Princess now is a big problem. What should we do with the attitude towards the Fourteenth Princess? Should we be cold-hearted? Strictly scolding it? Or should we let it go and be harmonious? In the former, we are certainly very safe in politics, after all, we have clearly stated our position from the beginning. But we came to ask for peace with the emperor's order, so we should not have peace talks. But if we are harmonious, no matter how successful the peace talks are, it is difficult to guarantee that we will not be able to take advantage of the situation and be framed after we go back.

Yonggui stared at the fourteenth princess blankly, and the sweat on his forehead had already come down, standing in the area like a wooden stake.

The Fourteenth Princess came from the Beiqing Dynasty. How could she guess what Yonggui was thinking now?

Looking at Yonggui's pitiful situation, she suddenly felt an unspeakable pleasure in her heart, a breathable pleasure that was breathable and could breathe at will.

The fourteenth princess sat down on the sofa opposite Yonggui, took out a sterling silver cigarette box, picked up a slender lady cigarette and smoked it, spit out a light cigarette, and said with a smile:

"Yonggui, are you scared?"

Yonggui's sweat on his head became even worse, his face began to turn white, and his throat was rolling. He wanted to say something, but he just couldn't say it.

"Forget it, Yonggui," the fourteenth princess smoked, shook her head and smiled, "You don't have to say, I understand how you feel."

She leaned against the sofa, holding the cigarette and sighed:

"In the north, I have been so scared, and it's much more scared than you. In the north, no one is not afraid, even people like you and me are afraid, don't talk about others. Those in power are too guilty... The one who is most guilty is Guangwu himself. Let me tell you that he is so scared all day long. He is too guilty. He dare not mention me. Once I mention me, I will lead me to the south. Then I will lead me to how the six princes died. I will lead me to how Guangwu got to power. He will try his best to cover others' mouths. Alas, this is also the unique logic of the Qing court. If you don't let it say it, it means that it has never happened. Haha, the ostrich, my head is in the sand pile, and my whole body is in the sand pile."

Yonggui is now sweating all over, standing there shaking and shaking, about to faint. His throat rolls, trying to muster up the courage to refute her. In the north, no one dares to speak this. Now the fourteenth princess is talking about this. If he doesn't refute it sternly, it will be too dangerous if it reaches the north.

However, the fourteenth princess raised her chin:

"Zi Teng."

"Hey, hey," he hurried over with a stomachache and smiled diligently, "What are your instructions?"

The fourteenth princess smiled and said:

"Arrang a room for Yonggui and a radio station, and asked him to ask Guangwu for instructions first, and then he said that he accidentally met Ben Ge in Nanjing. In order to negotiate a plan, what attitude should he use to face Ben Ge. Haha, otherwise Yonggui would not even be able to pass this meal."

My stomach hurts and understands it, and I smiled and said to Yonggui:

"Brother Yonggui, please?"

Yonggui then took a breath and wanted to find a few more words to find a way for himself. But looking at the fourteenth princess who was smiling and had a stomachache, he found that he could not find a word. He nodded in panic, shook his head again, dragged his weak point, and staggered with his stomachache out.

...

After a while, Yonggui brought it back with a stomachache.

Yonggui now looks relaxed and chats and laughs, and has changed his personalities. He came to the lounge just now and found that several men and women had already sat there. Except for the fourteen princes, they were all "legendary" characters: Xiang Xiaoqiang, the commander of the People's Guard, Shang Xiu, the "insider manager" of the People's Guard, Zheng Yuxiang, the princess of Leping, Jiang Meilu, deputy director of the first bureau of the East Factory, and even two very dazzling people-

One is Hui Zhang, the commander of Fangcheng Army who had just surrendered to the Southern Ming Dynasty! The other is the tank designer who defected to the Southern Ming Dynasty not long ago, Dorobel Aisin Gioro-Puheng! The fourteenth princess and Pu Heng sat together and seemed to have a happy chat.

Everyone was chatting and chatting. When he saw him come in, the room was quiet.

But at this time, Yonggui was no longer the Yonggui just now. He walked in with great gaze, bowed all over, and said with a smile:

"Hello everyone, hello everyone, hehe..."

My stomach hurts and said:

"I'll tell you, this is the negotiation envoy from Beijing, Mr. Yonggui. Mr. Yonggui, the right second-in-command at the stick, hahaha..."

Then the others also laughed "hehe" and nodded and greeted each other, as if they were old friends.

Yonggui half-squinted his eyes, looked at the Ming army uniform on the fourteenth princess, his mouth slightly raised up, and he thought about it. He strode over, and in full view of everyone, he thrust down at the fourteenth princess, and said loudly in Manchu:

"Aha Yonggui, Endurlin, Ezine Nixel Hebbeimi! (Slave Yonggui, pay tribute to the princess!)"

The room immediately became quiet, and everyone looked at the Fourteenth Princess. There was a little strangeness in the air.

The fourteenth princess turned his head to look at him, nodded and smiled:

"Yili (up)!"

Then he still turned around and continued to laugh and talk to Pu Heng in a low voice.

Yonggui was stuck underground, lowering his head, and his face was a little overwhelmed.

He originally wanted to use this bannerman to pay his respects and "bring back to his original form" in front of everyone, but he didn't expect that he was open and didn't care at all.

Seeing that he was still stuck on the ground, the fourteenth princess turned her head and laughed in Beijing talisman:

"Qike!"

Yonggui took a deep breath and started to smile. He stepped forward and said with a smile on his face:

"Gee, have you been happy in the past few months? My subordinates are thinking about you!"

The fourteenth princess raised her head and said with a smile:

"I miss you too! I've been away for a few months, and you have all made a fortune. Yonggui, you have also made a fortune. You and Chongshan have picked up the sticking rods. Hahaha! Do it well!... Then what, I'll go back to Beijing to see everyone in a few months."

Yonggui's face stiffened and his muscles twitched. Looking at the 14th Princess's smile, he immediately understood the meaning of the last sentence.

A sneering laugh came. Yonggui quickly turned his face and saw that it was Zheng Yuchang, smiling, and was wiping the tea on his chin with a hot towel, and then gracefully put the hot towel back on the plate.

Yonggui turned his head again, laughed at the fourteenth princess, and nodded to Pu Heng next to him, making a slight gesture of greeting him, which means something, and said with a smile:

"Yoho, Mr. Beile, you are so good!"

Pu Heng was in his thirties and wearing glasses. He was very gentle. Although he was the cousin of the 14th Princess, he was a scholar and an honest scholar. He just nodded and smiled.

Yonggui turned around and was about to leave, and Huizhang next to him stopped him:

"I said, Lord Yong, that's wrong. Even if Liu Beile comes, he will still be the Beile of our bannerman, and the elder of the princess. His surname is Aisin Gioro. You are just paying homage?"

Yonggui was stunned, turned around, stared at Hui Zhang, and cursed in his heart: You surrendered general, now you have taken the reward from Nanming and become a slave of the Han people, so come and teach me a lesson?

He glanced at the fourteenth princess quickly, and saw that she didn't say anything. She just lowered her head, held the tea cup, plucked the tea leaves one by one, and blew it gently. But Pu Heng himself was quite embarrassed, lowered his head and smiled, gently holding the glasses on his nose.

Yonggui immediately understood: Huizhang must be observing his words and expressions now, embarrassing himself for the fourteenth princess.

Several powerful people in the Southern Ming Dynasty around them were also holding teacups there, smiling and "watching".

Yonggui gritted his teeth, smiled again, and stabbed Pu Heng and Qian'er again, and said vaguely:

"Please pay tribute to Mr. Beile!"

Pu Heng shook his hand very loyally:

"Oh, get up, get up."

Yonggui sneered in his heart, but still couldn't get up. He just raised his head and looked at the Fourteenth Princess. It means: You Pu Heng is the old man, I will get up if you ask me to get up? You Hui Zhang is the old man, I will give you my old man, I will give you my old man? I will give you the face to the Fourteenth Princess!

The Fourteenth Princess seemed to be not going to make things difficult for him anymore. She took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and said:

"Oh, Qi Ke... You still respect me so much, I have to thank you. But Yonggui, you must know that Uncle Hengliu is my sixth uncle. If you respect me, you must respect me Uncle Hengliu."

Yonggui had no choice but to say:

“Wait.”

Then he got up.

...

After sitting down again, the Fourteenth Princess introduced everyone in the hall to Yonggui with a smile. Yonggui originally thought that the Fourteenth Princess was in Nanming, and was just a nominal princess with no power, but she looked at the center of these people in front of the house, and her attitude was not like a "nominal princess" at all, but she was the actual person in charge with great power. Even her immediate boss Xiang Xiaoqiang and the authentic Princess Nanming smiled at him and respected him like a big sister.

Moreover, even Hui Zhang and Pu Heng, who are honest and restrained, are not as frightened as surrenders. Hui Zhang does not have the fear of surrendering generals at all, and it is natural to talk and laugh.

Hui Zhang was not wearing military uniforms, but in a suit. Yonggui knew that he was no longer a soldier, but just a rich man from the civilian who had won 500,000 Mingyang. But what Yonggui didn't know was that Hui Zhang had now obtained the citizenship of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and now sits here as a Ming citizen. The confidence brought by the 500,000 Mingyang and the sense of security brought by the citizenship of the Ming Dynasty made Hui Zhang feel very good now. Even if he sat with the senior officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was completely relaxed.

The situation of these Manchus after they entered the Southern Ming Dynasty was different from what Yonggui originally thought. It was completely different.

...

The banquet started at 7:30. Although this reception banquet is high in specifications, it is very small in scale, with only one table, and these are the people participating.

The Fourteenth Princess was like the host of the banquet. She first brought everyone toast to welcome Lord Yonggui's arrival, and then brought everyone toast to Zheng Yuchang.

"Congfeng is the 'young boss' here," the fourteenth princess raised his wine glass and smiled, "Yonggui, do you know that this Wuwang Villa is their property. This table of food will be hosted by their old Zheng family tonight, hahaha..."

"Ah, hahaha," Yonggui immediately raised his glass and smiled at Zheng Yuchang, "Then we really have to respect the princess! Princess, please ask Dai Yonggui to thank King Yanping! Hahaha..."

"It's easy to talk, but the hospitality is not good..." Zheng Yuchangyan smiled insincerely. The last negotiation experience of the Beijing-Qing Dynasty made her feel no good about these officials at all. "Well, the landlord should do the best..."

The fourteenth princess smiled and said:

"Today, we are borrowing this table of wine from the Fenhuang family to welcome Lord Yonggui who came from afar. Secondly, we took this opportunity to gather together in Nanjing and talk about family matters... Haha, it is rare for everyone to get together. Yonggui is here, so I will make the decision and call Uncle Hengliu, Oh, and Huizhang... Haha, I am so lucky, I will tell you later to roast a suckling pig... You know, Beijing roasted pig is a traditional dish of our bannermen... This Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes are all fish, I am used to eating them. Uncle Hengliu, Yonggui and Huizhang are not used to eating them, hehe..."

...

This night, Yonggui had seen the status of the Fourteenth Princess in the Southern Ming Dynasty. With her under his command, the bannermen in the Southern Ming Dynasty were not bad. For a month since the war started, one of the important things in the Ming army's propaganda to the Qing Dynasty was to "destroy the Qing Dynasty and not destroy Manchu", promising to unify China, and implement the "Manchu and Han reconciliation" policy. However, most of the senior Manchu leaders in the Northern and Qing Dynasty did not believe it very much. Especially when they were stuck, they could have a full exposure to the real historical materials of the massacre that year. They did not believe it, and they dared not believe that the Nanming would be polite to the bannermen. This is also an important reason why the Eight Banners Division had strong combat effectiveness against the Ming Dynasty.

But now, Yonggui has seen something different from his impression. Although this is just a small corner and it is likely to be deliberately acting, it still breaks his usual impression. Moreover, if you do a show, you can't do it so naturally, right?

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Chapter completed!