Chapter 52 Rebuilding the Ming Dynasty, starting from Huailai
Badaling Chengguan has long returned to its former tranquility.
Kuang Ye stood on the tower every day, looking north, for a whole day.
In addition to busying himself with the things at hand, Luo Tong would spend the rest of his time standing on the street with Kuang Ye.
The howling north wind blew in my face, making my face hurt.
"Kuang Shangshu, it's getting dark, go back!"
"Hmm!"
Kuang Ye nodded but did not move.
Luo Tong sighed secretly and said, "Kuang Shangshu, that's it for today."
"Hmm!"
Kuang Ye nodded again, but still didn't move.
"Kuang Shangshu..."
"Give me a hand, my legs are numb!"
Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to help Kuang Ye, and was about to walk down from the tower when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
Kuang Ye seemed to feel something. He turned around suddenly and saw a dozen fast horses rushing from the west.
When I saw that it was coming from the west, the hope in my eyes fell silent again.
On this road, there may be memorials sent by Datong or Xuanfu.
Kuang Ye looked to the north again, and the empty grassland was unobstructed, without even a shadow of a ghost.
He sighed and continued walking down the tower.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and they arrived at the city gate in an instant. The guard on the city wall asked loudly: "Who is coming?"
As the horse neighed, a voice came.
"I am Li Zhen, the Bo of Xiangcheng. I have been ordered to go to Juyongguan and open the door quickly!"
Suddenly, Kuang Ye was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, he ran back to the city wall like a madman, staring at the knight on the horse.
"Uncle Xiangcheng, is that you?"
Li Zhen raised her head and said in surprise: "Kuang Shangshu, why are you here?"
Kuang Ye looked at Li Zhen in disbelief, his eyes filled with excitement.
"Uncle Xiangcheng, aren't you with the emperor? Is the emperor well?"
Li Zhen replied: "Don't worry, the emperor is in Huailai City!"
"God bless, God bless!"
Kuang Ye's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
Luo Tong couldn't care less about comforting Kuang Ye, and quickly ordered the city gate to be opened and welcomed Li Zhen and his party into the barracks.
Kuang Ye cried all the way from the city wall to the barracks. Li Zhen was so upset that she wondered what happened to this old man and what happened to his family?
Luo Tong asked: "Uncle Xiangcheng, why does the emperor not go back to Beijing directly, but stay in Huailai?"
"This is exactly why I came here!"
At that moment, Li Zhen told the story about the guards in Huailai City who met on the way and killed good people and took credit for their crimes.
After hearing this, Luo Tong was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said: "These dogs who can kill a thousand people should be killed with one knife!"
"The emperor takes this matter very seriously and ordered these people to be killed on the spot. However, Huailai City is already empty of ten houses. Therefore, the emperor ordered us to come to find Mr. Luo and transport some supplies to Huailai as soon as possible. Relieve the people in the city."
Luo Tong nodded and said: "Without further delay, I have made arrangements overnight and will set off early tomorrow morning!"
"Wait a minute!"
Li Zhen stopped him and asked: "Where are the people who the emperor saved when he went out of the city now?"
Luo Tong replied: "Since the Wara people withdrew their troops, most of them have been demobilized and returned to their hometowns. At present, there are still more than a thousand homeless people who are temporarily staying in Juyongguan, doing chores and helping to transport some supplies. Kind of."
Li Zhen nodded and said: "Bring all these people tomorrow and tell them that the emperor will personally allocate houses and land to them so that everyone can live a good life!"
After talking about the business, Kuang Ye came up again and asked: "Uncle Xiangcheng, where has the emperor been these days? Tell me quickly!"
"It's a long story!"
Speaking of the trip to the desert, Li Zhen's face was full of pride and she started talking...
Early the next morning, Li Zhen, Kuang Ye, Luo Tong and his party, with more than a thousand people and a large amount of food supplies, set out from Badaling and arrived at Huailai City.
Because they were transporting supplies, the team moved slowly and did not arrive until dark.
At this time, Huailai City had been taken over by the Three Thousand Battalion. Ha Ming guarded the city gate and welcomed Li Zhen and others in.
"My lord, Kuang Ye, bows to the emperor, long live my emperor!"
"Your Majesty, Luo Tong, bows to the Emperor, long live my Emperor!"
Kuang Ye and Luo Tong bowed their heads in obeisance. These days, they have been looking at the north from the Badaling Tower every day, just to wait for news.
At this moment, seeing that the emperor was safe and sound, I could no longer suppress the excitement in my heart and fell to the ground sobbing.
"Two nobles, I'm not dead, why are you crying?"
"Your Majesty, be careful what you say, Your Majesty!"
Kuang Ye said with runny nose and tears, "Your Majesty is the true Dragon Emperor, and he should be blessed with great blessings and turn danger into safety!"
"Okay, get up quickly!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Li Zhen, go bring two chairs to the Qing family!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Qizhen looked at the two old men and asked with some confusion: "Kuang Qing's family, why haven't you gone back yet?"
Kuang Ye suddenly became excited again and said: "Your Majesty, when you took the three thousand battalion and left at once, what should I do with the old minister? Later, when Oara withdrew his troops, the British Duke returned to Beijing with the army first, and I have been waiting for the emperor in Badaling. Come back!"
After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Kuang Shangshu was quite a righteous man.
I originally thought that after this battle was over, I would quickly let Yu Qian take over from you, but now it seems that I still need to think carefully.
"The Qing family is worried. Speaking of which, I was really too impulsive and didn't think carefully. I'm here to help the Qing family!"
"Your Majesty, please don't say that!" Kuang Ye shook his head and said, "For the sake of thousands of people, even the original Emperor Hong Xiren would not be able to do such a benevolent and righteous act! ”
Zhu Qizhen said in his heart, praise me if you praise me, don’t step on my grandpa!
"Kuang Qing's family, we'll take things slowly in the future. Today I'm looking for Luo Qing's family to discuss business matters."
Luo Tong hurriedly said: "Please give me the emperor's orders!"
Zhu Qizhen's face gradually darkened and he said, "I believe Li Zhen has told you about what happened in Huailai City, right?"
Luo Tong nodded and said: "I have heard about it, and such behavior is worse than an animal!"
"General Kang Neng, deputy general Fan Cheng, and more than 500 sergeants, I killed them all on the spot!"
Luo Tong felt a chill in his heart and said: "It should be like this!"
"But what should the people in the city do? I walked around the city recently and found that there were abandoned houses everywhere, and no one in ten was alive."
"Back to the emperor, I have been ordered to transport food and materials from Juyongguan, which can solve the urgent need. Also, most of the people who were rescued by the emperor personally have returned to their hometowns. There are still 1,500 people left. I have already Brought here."
"Very good!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "These people can just replenish the people lost in the city. The blow Huailai City suffered in this battle is really too heavy. It will take a long time to regain its vitality." Gotta go."
Kuang Ye said: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. I believe that the top priority is for the court to allocate some money and food to relieve the people, and then reorganize the Huailai Guard. The location of Huailai City is very important, and the court must pay attention to it."
Zhu Qizhen thought so too, but he had further plans.
To renovate and upgrade an old house, all you have to do is always make repairs.
But if this room is too damaged and repairs are futile, then it can only be demolished and rebuilt.
If it is reconstruction, there are too many places that can be used. If I want to build a round building, I will build a round one. If I want to build a square building, then I will build a square one.
The Ming Dynasty will have to be torn down and rebuilt sooner or later, so let’s start from Huailai City!
"Luo Qing family, I am going to hand over Huailai City to you, what do you think?"
Luo Tong was unprepared in advance, but he nodded without hesitation and said, "I obey your order!"
"I don't just let you be responsible for the guarding of Huailai City," Zhu Qizhen continued, "the Qing family must take on all the military, political, civil and judicial education, how about that?"
"This..." Luo Tong hesitated for a moment and nodded, "I should do my best!"
Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied and said: "Then it's settled. From now on, the Qing family will be appointed as the doctor of the Ministry of War and the commander of the Huailai Guard, taking charge of the affairs of Huailai City! At the same time, he will step down from the post of Juyongguan garrison.
The Ministry of War will find another suitable candidate for the position and report to me for approval."
"I obey the decree!"
"I obey the decree!"
Although Luo Tong was a military officer, he did not have meritorious service. He had a serious imperial examination background and was a Jinshi in the Yongle decade.
The difference between literati and rough men is that literati can lead troops, but rough men cannot control civil affairs.
"Regarding the reconstruction of Huailai City, I have a preliminary plan. First, we will inventory the houses and measure the acres. Unowned houses and acres will be temporarily placed under the custody of the imperial court, and then distributed uniformly to the newly moved people. As for sanitation, medical treatment, etc.
I have written down the construction of the facilities on paper, let the Qing family read it themselves!"
Luo Tong took the stack of paper doubtfully and found that it was filled with words about how to build roads, how to drain sewerage, the division of residential areas and commercial areas, hospitals and schools, and industrial parks...
"Your Majesty, you..."
"What, what's the problem?"
"No, no!" Luo Tong hurriedly explained, "No problem, it's too detailed. I can't remember it at the moment. I have to take it back and read it slowly."