Chapter 47: The Ming Dynasty’s Birthday Celebration
Mingzhu, whose surname was Nala, was born in the 41st year of Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty. His grandfather Jintaiji succeeded his brother Nalinbulu as the leader of the Jurchen Yehe tribe. In the fourth year of Tianming's reign, he was beheaded by Nurhaci. [] His son Niyaha,
Deleger surrendered to the Hou Jin Dynasty and was subordinate to the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner. In Manchuria, the two yellow flags were located in the north, the Xianghuang Banner was stationed at Anding Gate, and the Zhenghuang Banner was stationed at Deshengmen. According to the eight-banner system, Manchuria and Seoul had no contact with each other.
Except for officials and gentry, no one was allowed to enter the city. Therefore, when Zhao Qiang happily brought Deqiu and Ge Feihu to Desheng Gate, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate.
"Banner man?" The soldiers guarding the gate were a little confused. Zhao Qiang's dress did not look like a Han Chinese, nor did a Banner man look like a Banner man.
Zhao Qiang replied: "Replying to the military master, the Sauron Qiuhe tribe outside Xiaguan is included in the banner." This is ambiguous if it is included in the banner, because the Sauron tribe outside the pass was often raped in the Later Jin Dynasty.
However, some tribes in the far north are not incorporated into the banner due to transportation and geography reasons. However, they are still regarded as the Eight Banners in name, but they do not exercise the Eight Banners system, and they are of a "scattered" nature.
"Be included in the Eight Banners?" The guard looked at Zhao Qiang and the others, and chuckled: "Yes, if you are really bannermen, you will be allowed to pass through Desheng Gate, but it is not included in the banner. If you can
I can show you the flag process to prove it, but if you don't have it, why don't you come back?" The guard said it politely, but he didn't deliberately make things difficult, but Zhao Qiang didn't have any flag process, so he didn't
There is no way to prove that you are within the flag.
Seeing Zhao Qiang's embarrassed look, the guards knew that he had no way to lead the flag, so they didn't say much at that moment: "Let's go, don't stand there, because of the iron system of the imperial court, non-banner men are not allowed to enter this city. It's not because of me."
you."
"Yes, yes, that's what the military master said." Zhao Qiang was anxious. How could he go to Mingzhu's banquet if he couldn't enter Desheng Gate. Deqiu and Ge Feihu were also helpless and stared at the commander, not knowing why.
It’s good to do it.
Just as he was panicking, he saw a carriage hurriedly coming from Desheng Gate, approaching the city gate. A coated servant got out of the carriage and looked over. When he saw Zhao Qiang and the others, he paid attention and rushed towards them.
come over.
"May I ask, are you the owner of Mi Qingmi?" Bao Yi asked uncertainly.
"That's right." Zhao Qiang responded with clasped fists and asked doubtfully, "I wonder who you are?"
Seeing that the other party was the one he wanted to pick up, the Baoyi's face lit up with joy and said: "Oh, the young one is from the Ming Prime Minister's Mansion. I came to pick up the proprietor at the request of the master." After speaking, he said to the guards: "
This is the person the Prime Minister wants to see, please let him go."
"Yes, yes, young men, let me go now." These guards probably knew Bao Yi and knew that he was from the Ming Prime Minister's Mansion. How dare they disobey him. The guard who just asked Zhao Qiang hurriedly approached Zhao Qiang.
There was a smiling face around him and he said: "This gentleman, I am so young that I don't know the truth. I don't know that you are always the one you want to see. I would offend you very much!"
"Thank you!" Zhao Qiang was relieved and hurriedly followed the coater to get into the carriage. The carriage was not very fast, and both Deqiu and Ge Feihu were following behind. The carriage was spacious, but it was only decorated in general. It should be noted that on weekdays, it should be
They were picking up some less important guests. Bao Yi got into the carriage and sat on Zhao Qiang's left hand side. Because he was unfamiliar with him, Bao Yi didn't know what to say to Zhao Qiang. In fact, he didn't really care about Sauron in front of him.
He's a barbarian, he looks like a rough guy, but I don't know why the prime minister invited this man here.
Zhao Qiang didn't know what Bao Yi was thinking. After driving for a while, he asked Bao Yi: "I wonder if Lord Gao Shiqi Gao has arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Bao Yi nodded and said: "Here, the mansion is very lively today. Many military officials have come. We servants are very busy."
Hearing this, Zhao Qiang asked him puzzledly: "Is there anything festive happening in the house?"
Bao Yi smiled and said: "No, my little master is celebrating his birthday today, so the Prime Minister invited a lot of good friends and a theater troupe. The inner courtyard and the outer rooms are all lively. Even us slaves are also taking advantage of it, haha."
It turned out that it was Mingzhu's son's birthday. Zhao Qiang smiled and stopped asking. He was wondering if he also wanted a backup gift. However, there was no time. He might not be able to buy it now. After much deliberation, he decided to choose a thousand-year-old tree.
Lao Shen and Dong Zhu were given as congratulatory gifts, and I thought the amount was quite sufficient.
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The Ming Mansion is very lively tonight. The various carriages parked in front of the house have filled the entire alley. Guests are entering and exiting the Ming Mansion in an endless stream. The guests who arrived later parked their carriages on the roadside in the outer alley. Zhao Qiang’s carriage
When they arrived, Baoyi saw that there were too many people and couldn't squeeze in, so he stopped the carriage outside and asked Zhao Qiang to get out of the car and enter the house.
The door of Mingzhu's house was very grand, and there were seven or eight servants in charge of reception standing at the door. After standing outside the door for a while, Zhao Qiang found that most of the guests were officials of fourth rank or above, and there were relatively few officials below fourth rank.
Most of them are low-ranking military attachés, which must be related to the fact that the pearl is a minister of the Ministry of War. There are also some who are not officials like me, but most of them are gorgeously dressed. One is the rich and wealthy businessmen, and some officials' families and ladies are also dressed up.
, as if participating in a beauty pageant, they entered the house accompanied by their husbands, fathers and brothers.
After there were fewer people at the door, the bagger took Zhao Qiang to the steps. Zhao Qiang took the package handed to him by Deqiu and followed him without saying a word. Who knew that after only a few steps, he saw the package in front of him?
Someone stopped the wrapper, and a manager-looking man pointed at Zhao Qiang and asked, "Hu Er, does this person have an invitation?"
The man in charge was Hu Er. Seeing that it was the third steward who was asking questions, he hurriedly said with a smile: "In reply to the third master, this is the master who wants to see him, but he doesn't have an invitation. I will take him to see the master now."
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"Master wants to see this man?" The third steward looked at Zhao Qiang suspiciously. He didn't look like an official or a businessman. The rough guy had an appearance somewhere, and he was filled with contempt. He pouted at Hu Eryi: "That's right.
If the master wants to see anyone, bring him in."
"Hey!" Hu Er agreed and motioned for Zhao Qiang to follow him into the house.
As soon as night fell, the mansion was already ablaze with lights. The lights illuminated the mansion as if it were daytime. The servants of the Ming mansion who shuttled among the crowd kept bringing out various drinks and dishes. The open space in the outer courtyard was already filled with Eight Immortals tables.
There were so many guests that we couldn't accommodate them in the inner courtyard, so we set up tables in the outer courtyard. The sound of opera troupes singing could be faintly heard from the backyard, which sounded a bit distant, so we could tell that the Ming Mansion was a very large place.
After following Hu Er into the house, Zhao Qiang didn't know whether the other party would take him directly to see Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi, or whether he would first arrange for himself to find a place to sit down and have a drink with all the guests.
However, Hu Er had his own idea. He pointed to a table in the corner next to the flower bed on the left and said to Zhao Qiang: "The proprietor, please go and have a rest first. I'll go and report it."
"Okay, thank you!" Zhao Qiang agreed and walked towards the table. There were three or four people sitting at the table at this time. They looked like they were low-ranking little people. When they saw Zhao Qiang coming, several people raised their heads.
I glanced at him and saw that he didn't recognize him, so I started talking and laughing to myself again.