On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the entire capital was filled with a festive atmosphere.
The whole street is filled with lights of various colors. It would be so gorgeous if the lights were all lit up at night.
Suddenly, the crowd became restless in the distance, followed closely by the sound of horse hooves.
Many people opened the windows on the second floor on both sides of the street and looked down. They saw people on stage horses carrying bright yellow flags, galloping all the way. Whenever he went to a crowded place, he reined in the reins and shouted: "
Great victory! Great victory! Great victory at Jinling!”
On the road, cheers could not help but burst out.
At this time, Bai He, who was sitting on the second floor, suddenly changed his expression. The great victory in Jinling proved that the war had already started in the South, so why didn't any news come from home?
If the Ming Dynasty disappeared like smoke, would the chips in the hands of the aristocratic family still be chips?
At this time, everyone in Juxian Pavilion lost their voice.
If you don't understand what it means to sway the tiger away from the mountain at this time, you are really stupid.
The patriarch of the Fang family suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go! Go to the Hou Mansion!" He was anxious to find Fang Changqing.
But Fang Changqing was in a hurry to go out. Once Jinling was victorious, it would only take three or two months for the southern region to be pacified.
As the first governor of Liangjiang, I still had many things to discuss with the emperor. Especially, it happened to be February or March, the time of spring plowing. There was no time for him to do anything during this period. And the officials in various places were allocated
, he also had a lot of ideas. Therefore, he put on his big cloak and frowned and walked out directly.
When I arrived at the door, I happened to meet Clan Leader Fang face to face.
"I have a piece of paper here, please pass it to the emperor for me." Chief Fang handed the paper to Fang Changqing.
Fang Changqing did not answer it, but hid for a moment. Without looking, he knew that this was a congratulatory note to the emperor. As soon as this note was posted, it represented the meaning of surrender.
He's very good at adapting to the changing circumstances.
But the more this happens, the more people look down upon it.
Fang Changqing shook his head: "No, I will plead with the emperor about the Fang family. This is the last thing I do for the Fang family."
Patriarch Fang looked at Fang Changqing's chariot and horse going away with an embarrassed and gloomy look on his face. He only looked at the direction of the chariot and horse and knew that they were heading towards the palace.
It can be seen that Fang Changqing might have known the plan behind this. Before, he was just playing a double act with the emperor.
"Unworthy descendants!" Patriarch Fang closed his eyes tightly and could only suppress the anger in his heart.
Now, it is too late to say anything. It is impossible not to admit this failure.
The fourth master was very happy today. When Fang Changqing came in, the fourth master was sitting on the couch on the side with his palm in his arms, holding the good news in one hand and holding the palm in the other.
Kang Chang listened to the fourth master's intention and drafted the decree.
When the Fourth Master saw Fang Changqing coming in, he pointed to a chair on the side and told him to sit down. Then he kept talking, all to Kang Chang: "...Tell King Xiaoyao to return to the capital as soon as possible, and He Mao to stay behind. Who should
It's all up to him to take him to the capital."
"In addition, I drafted a decree to Mr. Zhang Ge, asking him to bring his family to Beijing, and said that I and the queen would personally go to greet him..."
Kang Chang listened and responded, but his hands kept moving.
The fourth master was still thinking about what he had missed, but his palms were staring at Fang Changqing and stretched out his arms for him to hold.
Fang Changqing was stunned at first, and then stood up at a loss.
Zhangzhu stared with round eyes, stretched out his arms, and kept whining.
Fang Changqing couldn't help but stretched out his arm. The Fourth Master finally came back to his senses and couldn't help laughing: "She wants to go outside. No one dares to take her. She has her sights set on you." After saying that, he handed over the palm beads.
"Just walking around the house, it's cold outside."
"According to the order!" Fang Changqing responded, then stiffly hugged his palms, "Princess!"
Zhangzhu whined and stretched his arms in the direction of the door. Fang Changqing held Zhangzhu to the window and asked her to look out through the window.
Zhangzhu had a bad temper and reached out to slap the window loudly.
Fang Changqing was startled, "Princess, be careful you hurt your hand."
Over there, Kang Chang showed the fourth master the prepared decree. When he turned around, he saw the eldest princess glaring at Chang Qing angrily, whimpering, as if her face was about to change in the next second.
He smiled, picked a small kumquat that Fourth Master had placed on the table from the potted plant, and handed it to Zhang Zhu.
As expected, Zhangzhu's attention was attracted.
Kang Chang held the kumquat and dodged left and right to tease the palm beads. After a while, the palm beads were teased and giggled.
It became more and more obvious that Fang Changqing didn't know how to look after children.
Kang Chang raised her eyebrows proudly, clapped her hands, and sure enough, Zhangzhu stretched out her arms, eager to ask Kang Chang to hug her.
Fang Changqing's face turned green with anger, this villain!
When Lin Yutong came in, he saw Kang Chang and Fang Changqing teasing around the palm beads. The fourth master fell aside and opened the box, took out the seal and used it.
These two idiots had forgotten all their serious errands.
When Zhangzhu saw Lin Yutong, he stopped playing and stretched out his hand for Lin Yutong to hug him.
Lin Yutong took the child over, and Fang Changqing and Kang Chang saluted her with red faces.
"It's okay! Let's all get up." Lin Yutong hugged Zhangzhu, "This child is a bit naughty and won't stay in the room." Except for the fourth master who held her in the room, she didn't cry or howl. Others wanted to trap her.
She, that's really not good. This is a new skill she has gained as she grows older. Otherwise, she would not have put the child in the study room properly. She nodded helplessly on her daughter's forehead, "Little heartless
"Yin Laoer and Qian couldn't see the child, so they were eager to catch him blind. No one could control this naughty child except her father. Now, the fourth master and the eldest princess meeting the courtiers have become a scene.
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She took Zhangzhu to the inner room to breastfeed, while Fourth Master and Fang Changqing were talking about Jiangnan outside.
After they finished talking outside, Zhangzhu was full and fell asleep.
Lin Yutong settled the child, then turned around and went out, "How's it going?"
Fourth Master nodded: "It's basically decided."
"Where is Prince Zheng?" Lin Yutong couldn't help but ask.
Fourth Master nodded Lin Yutong: "Another silly question. If the aristocratic family in the capital wants to protect themselves and stand out, they have to make meritorious deeds. Prince Zheng doesn't need us to touch him. They are fighting for it and will find a way to get Prince Zheng."
life."
Once King Zheng dies, his power will also collapse.
Lin Yutong breathed a sigh of relief: "I just don't know what the casualties are?"
"It's inevitable..." Fourth Master felt a little sad, and then added: "It's better than bombarding with artillery fire... At least, the people who will suffer the least losses are the common people. That's enough."
By the time Sanlang and Zhang Ge's family were about to arrive in the capital, it was already February, and the weather was slowly getting warmer. Looking from a distance, the weeping willows by the moat were already a little green.
On this day, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, along with all the civil and military officials, went out of the city for thirty miles to meet Sanlang and Zhang Gelao and his party.
While Tan Ma was running back and forth, everyone was facing the wind and looking forward to it.
Sanlang first rode his horse to the front, jumped off the horse from a distance, took off all the weapons on his body, and then trotted all the way over. When he got close, he knelt down, "...Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life!"
The fourth master helped him with his own hands, "Well done! Well done! King Xiaoyao has been hereditary for five generations before he descended."
Sanlang was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. Five generations of hereditary inheritance also meant that the five generations were all princes, and the sixth generation was the county king, and then descended. He made a calculation in his mind, and they said that the country lasts for thousands of generations. In fact, the inheritance of a dynasty is also
Hundreds of years. This title is enough for future generations to squander.
Of course, this idea cannot be known to Fourth Master. He thanked me with a look of joy on his face.
Then he stood up and said to Lin Yutong: "Mr. Zhang Ge and Mrs. Jiang will arrive soon."
Mrs. Jiang jumped off the carriage, looked up, and saw Lin Yutong not far away smiling at her. The corners of her mouth could not help but tilt up.
Before the two of them could get closer, the fourth master pulled Lin Yutong forward to greet them.
When Mr. Zhang Ge saw this attitude, he sighed inwardly and knelt down to Fourth Master from a distance.
"The guilty minister pays homage to the emperor." Mr. Zhang Ge put his head on the ground and was very respectful.
The Fourth Master personally helped the man up and said, "Mr. Zhang Ge is not a criminal, but a meritorious official. He is a great contributor to the Southern Expedition." Just the fact that the troops and horses controlling the southern region were not touched at all is a great achievement.
Lin Yutong helped Mrs. Jiang: "I've been waiting for you to come back." She said, and laughed softly: "Every time I pass by that place selling stinky tofu, I feel sorry. There is no one who has the same odor, and it is really lonely.
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Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but laugh, "It's convenient for me to go out, isn't it also convenient for you to go out?"
"You can climb the wall, but I can't?" Lin Yutong pretended to be unconvinced and said: "Otherwise, let's make an appointment next time and try it again."
As he said this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The fourth master was very generous and made Mr. Zhang Ge the Duke of the country, but he was not allowed to join the army, but was appointed to the cabinet.
It can be seen from this that military aircraft is a place where there is no room for any selfish thoughts. People who are not absolutely loyal will still not be able to enter.
A grand banquet was held in the palace to honor the heroes.
But Sanlang watched Lin Yutong get free and came closer.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yutong asked. Is there something you can't say to Fourth Master? Do you want to say hello to yourself in advance?
Sanlang whispered: "I promised someone something, and I must do it. Therefore, I was afraid that the empress and the emperor would not agree, so I did it secretly."
Lin Yutong raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What did you do?"
Sanlang gritted his teeth and said: "Those royal children of the former Ming royal family were all brought back by me. Do you know this?"
"I know." Lin Yutong nodded, "The emperor promised to keep their lives, what happened? You killed someone?"
Sanlang shook his head: "I promised Feng Hai that I would ask the royal family of the former Ming Dynasty to extirpate their children and grandchildren. I did not kill anyone, nor did I kill anyone. However, I gave them sterilization medicine. No matter whether they were men or women!" Anyway, the former dynasty clan should be kept.
Disaster. It is mercy and helplessness to leave their lives now. They may be innocent, but if they really have descendants, they will be troubles. I don’t know how many people want to make trouble through them. It is better to cut them off at the root.