Zhu Xiancai followed Cao Guerrilla and walked in Thang Long City with several other female military doctors under the care of the escorting soldiers.
Along the way, Zhu Xiancai had been looking curiously at the Annan people on both sides of the road. Although Annan had always been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty, it was a foreign country after all. Zhu Xiancai had always wanted to know whether the daily life of the people in these foreign countries was different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.
So I watched with curiosity.
It was late in the afternoon, and most people had finished eating and were taking a nap. Many idlers or small traders were lying on the roadside, covering their faces with straw hats made of reeds, and taking a nap.
There are also a few people active on the street. Most of these people are big men with jobs. A group of more than a dozen people are walking on the street carrying something, and behind them are usually a few people wearing Ming Dynasty military uniforms with swords and guns in their hands.
There are also some diners eating in restaurants on both sides of the road. Since there are very few customers, you can still see the shopkeepers and diners sitting together and chatting leisurely. Occasionally, men and women come out of the houses on both sides of the road and pour sewage into the drainage system.
On the canal, when I saw Ming soldiers passing by, they immediately showed a flattering smile.
In addition, there are some servants who look like they are sent out to work by their masters from a wealthy family. When these people see Zhu Xiancai and his group, they will nod and bow and say: "I have seen the Great Tomorrow Soldiers."
But other than that, the behavior of the people in the cities in the Central Plains was no different, and they could not even tell that they had just experienced war. If it were not for the occasional blood stains on the roadside that had not been cleaned up, I would not have been able to tell that there was a war yesterday.
Zhu Xiancai felt a little disappointed and whispered: "Why are you like the people in Shandong?"
"What are you talking about, Sister Zhu?" Na Li suddenly asked.
"Oh, I mean these people are similar to the Han people I saw in the Han cities in Ming Dynasty. They can't even tell that they just fought yesterday," Zhu Xiancai said.
"When I was studying in a school in Kunming, I once learned that Annan was returned to the imperial government of the Central Plains more than 400 years ago. Before that, it was controlled by the Han people in the Central Plains for more than a thousand years. It is not surprising that it is almost the same as the Han people."
Li Dao.
Zhu Xiancai was noncommittal. It was just a portrait of the Han people. It was very abnormal to be so calm. There had just been a battle yesterday. But he didn't say anything else.
Not long after, a group of them came to a government office. The plaque on the main entrance of the government office read: "Hanoi County Government Office." Cao Youyi said a few words to the soldier guarding the door, and showed him something.
Zhu Xiancai and others walked in.
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On the other side, Mu Sheng walked into the former Shenglong Mansion Yamen, sat on a chair and closed his eyes to rest for a while, then ordered the guards: "Go and call Nie Yi and Xu Jingchang's Deputy Qianhu."
"Sir, Xu Qianshi's Deputy Qianhu was injured when he attacked Duobang City, and he is still recovering in Duobang City. Now one of his Baihu was temporarily appointed as Deputy Qianhu by Xu Qianshi, and he presided over it together with Nie Yi
Matters in the city."
"Then call them two over!" Mu Sheng said.
The guard agreed and trotted out of the room. After a while, the two of them walked in together, bowed and said, "I have met Lord Mu!"
"No need to be polite." Mu Sheng returned the courtesy.
He then said without any nonsense, "I called you here because I want to ask you some questions." He then asked about the details of the attack on Shenglong City and the affairs of the gentry in the city.
When he heard that they said that the last line of defense of the Annan people was due to a small flag coming up with a brilliant idea, he raised his eyebrows: "Kami Naoki is indeed a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. Even an ordinary soldier has such insight.
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"When we attacked Duobang City before, there was a soldier surnamed Lin in Jinwu's vanguard who gave very useful suggestions to Chang Jizong, so that Duobang City could be captured smoothly; now you also have such a person in your Yulin left guard. I am the general.
I must ask Your Majesty, Marshal Zhang, for credit for them! Of course, as Shangguan, you have also made great achievements in leadership, and you will also express your contribution together."
The two of them bowed and saluted.
After that, they talked about the situation in the city. However, Nie Yi and Sun Bingwen had only been in Shenglong City for only one day. Before that, there were only a thousand households. Officials like a hundred households would not care about the important affairs of the court, so they didn't know much.
Mu Sheng suddenly became a little worried. Although he has not said it clearly yet, there is no doubt that His Majesty will not let Annan State continue to be a completely independent vassal state in the future. At present, it seems that there are two ways to deal with it: one is to abolish Annan State and establish three
The second is to appoint a vassal king to be the king here, and the court appoints the left and right kings to assist each other.
In any case, Thang Long City is the capital of Annam. Even if the provincial capital of this province or the capital of the vassal state is not located here in the future, this city cannot be ignored.
To control such a city, one must control the gentry in the city; as long as the gentry obeys them, the people will be fine.
The gentry who want to control the city must set rules for them when the Ming Dynasty has just arrived and they are still afraid of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with it later.
"But how should we set the rules?" Mu Sheng rubbed his head and said to himself.
He used to guard Yunnan, but Yunnan only had a registered population of more than 200,000, not counting the guards and naturalized barbarians. This would not produce powerful gentry. He had no experience in dealing with the gentry and had no idea how to start.
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He was thinking hard when something suddenly occurred to him, and he told Nie Yi and Sun Bingwen to leave in a friendly manner, and then said to the guards: "You will return to Baihe six hundred miles away, and please invite His Highness King Min and His Highness King Jingjiang to come to Shenglong City.
No matter what your two highnesses are doing, you must invite them here!"
Looking at the guards leaving, Mu Sheng said to himself: "I don't know how to deal with these things, but there are people who can. Besides, if His Majesty entrusts a vassal king in Annan, he must entrust King Jingjiang here."
"Anyway, no matter how well I manage Shenglong City, it is not a military achievement, and there is no benefit. Why bother to do such a thing? Just leave it to King Jingjiang; King Min also has experience, so he can help."
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Zhu Xiancai and several other female military doctors followed Cao Youbi into the former Hanoi County Government Office, turned several corners, passed several courtyards, and walked into a house.
They were about to walk into the inner room when Cao Youyi suddenly stopped, turned around and said to them seriously: "The person you want to treat is the hero who conquered Shenglong City this time in the Ming Dynasty. It is very important. You must do it."
Treat his injuries carefully. In addition,..."
Na Li curled her lips secretly and said: "I have told you many times along the way. We have long known that this man is the hero who conquered Shenglong City and cannot be ignored; we also know that his status is extraordinary. He is the son of a high-ranking official.
I have promised to treat the injury seriously many times, but it is really not annoying to be nagging like this. The few Han officials I have met before are not so nagging."
But when Cao Youyi finished speaking, she still bowed and said yes, and then walked into the inner room under the leadership of Xu Jingchang's bodyguards.
As soon as Zhu Xiancai walked in, he saw Xu Jingchang lying on the bed very unhappy with a bunch of moon-white cloth wrapped around his waist.
"Is he Xu Jingchang?" Zhu Xiancai wondered in her heart. She lived in the capital for a short time with her father Zhu Shu during the Hongwu period. Of course, she also met the children of the Xu family, the Chang family, and the Li family, including Xu Jingchang. In her mind,
In my impression, Xu Jingchang is not like this.
But then she laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's been five years since I last saw him. I'm fifteen this year, and he's nineteen. Everyone's appearance has changed. That's why I dare to come and give him a message."
He treats injuries without fear of being discovered, doesn't he?'
Zhu Xiancai retracted his thoughts and looked at Xu Jingchang in front of him.
When Xu Jingchang saw several women walking in, even though they were wearing military doctor uniforms, he immediately said: "Why did I find several women to look at my injuries? How can this happen? Let them out quickly!"
"Xu Qianshi, they have the best medical skills among the military doctors who came with the You Army. They are especially good at dealing with external injuries, so my subordinates selected a few of them to treat Qianshi's injuries."
"That's not possible!" Xu Jingchang said loudly: "If it's just internal medicine that checks the pulse, what I suffered is external trauma. How can I let a woman come to see me? You too, when you received these military doctors, why didn't you notice that there were women among them? Why did you not notice that there were women among them?
Did you let them follow you to Annan?"
Just as Cao Youyi was about to speak, Na Li spoke first: "Xu Qianshi, are you looking down on our women? In our Miao village, women are the same as men. There are not as many prejudices against women as you Han people. In many places, there are still
Women becoming local officials are all recognized by the imperial edict issued by the Ming Dynasty. Why, you still dare to deny the imperial edict?"
"What's more, we Miao women are different from you Han women. It's not that we don't leave the house and only do housework. We can fish, hunt, or go into battle to kill enemies. Why do you look down on us?"
Xu Jingchang was confused by her words that sounded like Zhuge Liannu. He had never quarreled with a woman - he always quarreled with his relatives, and with his status, he would not quarrel with a shrew - for a moment he didn't
Know what to say.
At this moment, Cao Youji interrupted: "Doctor, how can you talk to Xu Qianshi like this? Even if what Xu Qianshi said is disrespectful to you, you can't talk like this. You still won't back down."
At this time, his head was covered with sweat. Xu Jingchang had a valuable status. If he got angry and wanted to deal with Na Li, he would still be in trouble even if he stopped him. While he asked Na Li to step back, he looked at Xu Jingchang nervously. As long as he said something
To deal with Na Li, he immediately sent everyone out to 'dissuade' Xu Jingchang.
But who would have thought that Xu Jingchang was stunned for a moment and then said: "Wait a minute! That girl is right. I am narrow-minded. Please ask some doctors to treat my injury."
Cao Youyi was overjoyed! Although he felt that this situation was very abnormal, he didn't have time to think too much and immediately asked Zhu Xiancai to come forward to treat his injuries.
Zhu Xiancai took the order, walked to the bedside with the necessary items, and said softly: "Master Xu, it may hurt a little, please bear with it."
"I don't even care about injuries on the battlefield, let alone this little pain. Just treat it quickly and don't worry about anything else." Xu Jingchang said.
Zhu Xiancai said no more, took out the medicine and equipment for treating trauma, and began to treat the injury.
Xu Jingchang didn't pay much attention to her at first, but glanced at Na Li who had just spoken. But when he accidentally saw Zhu Xiancai's movements, he immediately turned his attention to her.
In Xu Jingchang's opinion, this person was very strange. Not only did she look like a well-educated Han woman in every move, but her appearance also seemed familiar. He felt that he should have seen someone who looked like her, but he couldn't remember it at the moment.
Who.
"Are you really a Miao?" Xu Jingchang suddenly asked.
Zhu Xiancai's hand stiffened for a moment, and then he said nonchalantly in less than standard Chinese: "Of course the civilian girl is a Miao, from the Third Department of Education of Lin'an Prefecture."
"I see. I think you look like someone I've seen before, and I thought you were Han Chinese." Xu Jingchang said.
"Both the Han people and the Miao people are all people of the Ming Dynasty, and their looks are not much different. It is not strange for a Miao person and a Han person to look alike." Zhu Xiancai said lightly.
"Yes, it's me, Meng Lang." Xu Jingchang smiled and said no more.
After a while, Xu Jingchang wrapped the white cloth around him again and said: "Master Xu, the wound is not serious and has been treated. However, you need to apply ointment once a day. You can ask your guards to apply it.
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"Oh, has it been dealt with?" Xu Jingchang straightened up, twisted his waist, and said to Zhu Xiancai with a smile: "You are indeed the most outstanding doctor in the military medical institute. Your medical skills are indeed superb. I am afraid there are not many in the capital who are better than you."
A doctor with even better medical skills."
"Your Excellency, this is a ridiculous compliment. I am ashamed of myself as a daughter of the people." Zhu Xiancai bowed and retreated.