Beggars are the most common sight these days. They are everywhere you go from the capital to the south. There are single ones, there are groups of evil beggars that make people and gods angry, and there are also pitiful beggars. We have long been accustomed to seeing them, but this one
The beggar caught Chang Yu's attention.
It's not that this beggar is a poor mute, but... he's very tall.
The beggar was already more than half the height of a man just crouching on the ground. Although he was not fat or strong, he was surprisingly tall. He was estimated to be two meters tall if he stood up.
"You stand up." Chang Yu walked up to him and smiled at the beggar. The beggar's face was full of dirt but there was still a trace of childishness. He shouldn't be very old.
Although he was mute, the beggar could hear. Seeing Chang Yu's friendly expression and his fear gradually disappearing, he slowly stood up.
Good guy! Chang Yu looked up and realized that he had just reached the beggar's chest. This head must be higher than Yao Ming's.
"Are you hungry?" Chang Yu showed his hands from behind, and a steamed bun immediately caught the mute's attention, and he nodded vigorously.
"Become a horseman with me and have steamed buns to eat every day. Do you want to do it?"
The beggar nodded vigorously, and Chang Yu handed him the steamed bun. He was about to say something, but he was stunned. He had to take at least seven or eight bites of the steamed bun, but the beggar swallowed it in one gulp!
Damn, you have a big mouth.
"Let's go, at least I won't be hungry anymore." Chang Yu sighed. The beggar turned around and groped on the ground for a while before wrapping a package and carrying it. Chang Yu kicked it away and said, "You guys are of no use anymore."
Unexpectedly, the beggar lowered his body and picked it up again, carrying it in his hand and looking at Chang Yu with a silly smile.
With no other choice, Chang Yu had no choice but to take the beggar to a stall and let the vendor give him a bowl of chicken soup.
"Sir, what did you do if you picked up a fool?" Li Muchian came over and asked.
Chang Yu shook his head slightly: "I don't know, I just looked at him from a distance and had a strange feeling that I can't even describe!" He sighed slightly: "It's not like this food is missing, just keep it up."
"Do you think this is just a mouthful of rice?" Li Muchian smiled bitterly. Chang Yu turned around and looked dumbfounded. After saying a few words, the beggar had already drank three large bowls of chicken soup and returned four or five eggs.
There are four or five steamed buns.
"This...his mouth may be a little louder."
This is not a big mouth, but a big belly. Everyone laughed and said, the beggar didn't know what others were laughing at, so he also laughed stupidly.
After everyone finished eating and drinking, the sun came out. Chang Yu asked Jin Shenghuan and said that Twenty miles ahead was Sucheng, with the Tongji Canal (Bianhe River) leading to the Grand Canal, so he ordered the march to continue, and repairs would be done when it reached the Bianhe River, and then
Down the water.
Fengyang is the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After he came to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang had the intention to build the capital here, and the construction really started. However, he gave up later because Fengyang really did not have the conditions of Kyoto, but he also left Fengyang as a small city.
The county is set as Zhongdu.
Fengyang is where the ancestral mausoleum of the Zhu family is located. In addition, there is another place that is particularly famous, which is the high wall of Fengyang that frightened the emperor's relatives and vassals so much that they would rather die than come here!
This high wall was built by Emperor Yongle, who built a high wall, dug a deep ditch outside the wall, and set up gate towers at the four corners, which were specially used to imprison the royal children who had committed crimes. In order to monitor and protect them, a special army was stationed.
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The royal children who were imprisoned here were all imprisoned in the name of guarding the ancestral mausoleum. Although there were eunuchs to take care of their daily lives, their lives were extremely difficult. Therefore, some of the princes and grandsons who were well-dressed and well-fed on weekdays would rather die than come in.
During the Zhengde period, Zhu Dangqi (King Guishan), the ninth son of King Zhu Yang of Lu, was accused of rebelling because of his lies. Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, ordered him to be exiled. King Guishan came to his destination and asked: "What is this place?"
The escort replied: "High wall."
King Guishan was immediately frightened out of his mind and cried loudly: "I'm wronged!" He immediately hit his head against the wall and died.
Coincidentally, in 1556, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Houcong ordered Hui Wang Zhu Zaijuan to be sent here. When Hui Wang heard the news, he first hacked his beloved concubine to death with a sword, and then hanged himself to death.
It can be seen that for the emperor's relatives, the Fengyang High Wall is like the Dongchang Prison. They will be frightened when they hear it, and once they enter, there is almost no return.
The first documented person to be imprisoned here was Zhu Wengui, the second son of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, who was only two years old at the time.
It wasn't until Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, launched a coup to seize the throne for the second time, because he had been under house arrest by his younger brother Zhu Qiyu for several years, and he felt the pain of Zhu Wengui, so he issued an order to release Zhu Wengui, but many courtiers disagreed, and
Zhu Wengui was fifty-seven years old at this time. He had been imprisoned for fifty-five years and could not even tell the difference between a cow and a sheep. He died soon after he was released.
During the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there were many royal relatives imprisoned in the high walls of Fengyang. In addition to the first Zhu Wengui, there was another person with a great reputation, and that was Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian who later became one of the emperors of Nanming!
As mentioned before, Zhu Yujian was originally the Tang Dynasty king who granted vassal status to Nanyang. He was a legend from birth, but he was also a vassal king who was unwilling to do anything. He liked to dance with guns and sticks, and thought about the iron horse and gold fighting on the battlefield. Or maybe he really wanted to defend himself.
Anyway, when the Qing army entered the customs seven years ago, he recruited his own troops and formed a team of a thousand people to go north to Qinwang. Emperor Chongzhen was furious, go back. He refused to listen and insisted on going north. However, the Qing army did not encounter it but was captured by a small group
The rebels beat him to pieces and escaped back, but he offended Emperor Chongzhen and was immediately demoted to Fengyang to guard the ancestral mausoleum with high walls.
As the old saying goes, a phoenix drowned in water is not as good as a chicken, and the same is true for the sons and grandsons of dragons. The former vassal king is nothing but bullshit after he entered the high wall. This Zhu Yujian was abused by Shi Yingzhao, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum, and was almost deformed. He was dying. If not for Lu Zhen, the governor of Fengyang last year
Fei accidentally learned that Shi Yingzhao was executed by the imperial court, which made Zhu Yujian hiccup.
As for why Shi Yingzhao abused Zhu Yujian, historical data said that the bribe was unsuccessful, but later generations have different analyses. Some people say that it was the emperor's instruction, while others say that it looked like abuse but was actually protection. There are different opinions.
Fengyang Prefecture is in Fengyang County. Lu Zhenfei is the governor of Fengyang and can be said to be the largest official on the ground. Last year, he sent general Wen Huaizhong to Suxu to assist He Tengjiao and Jin Shenghuan in suppressing the three major bandits, Cheng, Ji, and Kong.
Su County was under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture at this time.
The Governor's Yamen recently had a distinguished guest, Lu Zhenfei's immediate boss, Governor Ma Shiying of Lufeng. Anyone who is familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty has heard of his name. It can be said that the Southern Ming Dynasty was messed up by him.
But why did Ma Shiying come to Fengyang at this time?
When the three major bandits of Cheng Jikong were suppressed last year, Xu Huaidao recognized He Tengjiao as the commander-in-chief. After several battles with reinforcements from all walks of life, he finally killed Wang Daoshan and Zhang Fangzao and surrendered Cheng Jikong. Later, He Tengjiao was promoted to acting governor of Huguang, and his troops were relieved.
Cheng Jikong asked him to go with him, but Cheng refused. He Tengjiao was in a hurry to take up his post and had no time to talk to him, but before leaving, he told Ma Shiying to pay attention to him.
This old horse remained calm on the surface. At the end of last year, he secretly sent his deputy Yang Zhenzong to team up with Jin Shenghuan and Liu Shichang to defeat the prisoners of Cheng Jikong and escort them to the capital. Later, because the rebels captured the capital, Cheng Jikong took Xiaocheng back and was killed by Gao Jie.
It's all a matter of course.
Although Ma Shiying was nominally Lu Zhenfei's boss, and the two had worked together to suppress bandits, they were at odds with each other and rarely interacted with each other. Historically, during the Southern Ming Dynasty, Ma Shiying dismissed Lu Zhenfei and appointed his close confidant Tian Yang. At that time, he
When Lu Zhenfei lost his mother, he was homeless and living in a foreign land. It was really unreasonable to come to Fengyang as a guest at this time.
But after all, Ma Shiying was the governor of Lufeng, so he stayed in Fengyang Mansion in the name of official inspection, and stayed there for more than ten days. At this time, Lu Zhenfei also realized that this guy was not on official inspection, but he was actually hiding in the corpse.
Quietness has come.
Adjacent to the south of Fengyang Prefecture is Luzhou Prefecture. Luzhou Prefecture governs Hefei, Shucheng, Lujiang, and Chaoxian County (Chaohu). Adjacent to the south is Anqing Prefecture. At this time, Anqing Prefecture has been invaded by the Baiwang tribe, and the vanguard has entered Chaohu Lake.
In the territory, this guy was so scared that he hid in Fengyang Mansion on the pretext of official duties.
In fact, it was reasonable for Ma Shiying to be afraid. The rebel army was sharp and sharp, but at this time, both Anqing and Luzhou Prefectures were very empty and had no soldiers to use.
A few years ago, it was Zuo Liangyu who was responsible for suppressing bandits in Anqing and Luzhou. Later, he fought several defeats with Li Zicheng. Now he retreated to Wuchang and closed the door to think about good things. Later, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong took charge of this area, but
Some time ago, just after the rebel general Liu Chao was defeated, the imperial court ordered him to go north to King Qin, so that now Anqing Mansion has no soldiers or generals.
A city without soldiers is like a clever woman who cannot make a living without rice, so that the towns where the rebels went have fallen one after another. The soldiers in Nanjing did not dare to travel long distances to come for reinforcements. They only wanted to take care of their own business, and they could not care about other places. That said