Throw yourself into the fire of destiny and welcome the sun, moon and wind.
The long road is open to me, and I smile to see the wind being crazy about me.
Who is the tallest and strongest?
The lyrics quite fit Jia Liu's mood at the moment, but he didn't come to take the martial arts exam for his sister.
The Jianrui Battalion responsible for the order of the school grounds was formed in the 13th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign because of the unfavorable attack on Jinchuan. The Qing government specially selected elites from the forward battalion and the guard camp of the Eight Banners in Beijing to specialize in the ladder siege method.
There were only 1,000 people at the beginning, but it was gradually expanded and now has more than 3,000 troops. The Deshengmen campus is the main camp of Jianrui Camp.
While Jia Liu was observing the weapons and equipment of the Jianrui Camp, he followed Chang Bingzhong and others to stand behind the Han Army's Zhenglan Flag sign. Under the signal of the Xiaoqi Riding School in the mazifang, everyone lined up in two lines and waited to enter.
The team to the left of the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner is the Han Army's Yellow Banner. The number of people in the team is twice that of the Zhenglan Banner, with sixty or seventy people.
This is not surprising. Whether it is the Manchu, Mongolian or Han army, the number of assistant collars (Niu Lu) of the Two Yellow Banners is far greater than that of the other six banners. This naturally determines that the number of supplementary disciples of the Two Yellow Banners is also greater than that of the other six banners.
On the right is the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. The number is similar to that of the Zhenglan Banner, also more than thirty people.
Because the Han army still had two men with red and yellow flags who had not arrived, the officer in charge of the Jianrui Battalion said that all eight banners of the Han army could not enter the field, so the five-banner disciples who had already arrived could only stand there and wait.
Wang Fu, who was standing in front of Jia Liu, said aggrievedly: "If we had full flags, those people would have invited us in long ago."
Chang Bingzhong was delighted: "You were not born well, who is to blame?"
Wang Fu said angrily: "What are you enjoying? I'm not the only one waiting."
Jia Liu smiled and said nothing, but he could feel that many Han Banner people were obviously dissatisfied with the Qing court's "discriminatory" policy. This dissatisfaction was especially reflected in the fourth and fifth generation Han Banner children.
Perhaps the fact that Qianlong finally issued flag status to all the Eight Banners of the Han Army had something to do with the new generation of bannermen of the Han Army being "full of resentment".
For Jia Liu, this is a good thing.
The Eight Banners are the Eight Banners of the Han Army, not the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and certainly not the Eight Banners of Mongolia. Presumably, it can also attract a group of descendants of the Han Army who want to change the status quo.
Nothing is impossible in this world.
A hundred years ago during the Shunzhi period, Manchu generals with two white flags swore in Kunming to support Yongli and rebuild the Ming Dynasty;
Thirty years later, during the Jiaqing period, there were red belts and yellow belts who joined the Tianli Sect and vowed to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty;
Another hundred years later, during the Xuantong period, the bannermen in the Northeast actively responded to the call of the Southern Revolutionary Party to expel the Tartars and restore China...
So, what couldn’t happen during the heyday of Qianlong, the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong?
Everything is human-made.
.......
It was okay at first, as all banners were relatively orderly. After all, this place was a school field under the jurisdiction of Jianrui Battalion, so there was some military power.
But as time went by, these dandy boys couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't bear to stand there. In the end, I don't know who was responsible for it, but they all sat down on the ground, chatting and waiting.
The yellow flag next to it and the white flag are the same.
Jia Liu also sat on the ground. At this moment, he had no intention of standing out from the crowd.
What could a bunch of dandy boys have to say? First they chatted a little about the riding and archery exams and complimented each other. Then the topic turned to interesting places in the capital. Many people invited them to get together after the exams, shouting and drinking.
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Jia Liu was bored by what he heard. He looked up and saw that the people with the two red flags had already arrived. The only one left was the yellow flag, which was probably coming soon.
When there were more people, the order became obviously more chaotic.
Many reserve students who knew each other well greeted each other across the team, and it was very lively. Some simply left their teams and ran over to "visit".
The people leading the teams from different flags were also chatting together, and no one was controlling the order of the team. Obviously, these people knew that this exam was just a formality, so they didn't need to take it too seriously.
When Jia Liu was about to stand up and move around, Liu Heyi, who was sitting behind him, suddenly pulled him, pointed at a person in the Zhengbai Banner team and whispered to him: "Jia Liu, do you know who that kid is?"
"Which one?"
Jia Liu didn't know who Liu Heyi was talking about.
"That fat guy!"
"ah?"
Following Liu Heyi's gestures, Jia Liu saw a fat man who was probably about the same age as himself, but was obviously very fat.
"What's wrong with this guy?"
Jia Liu was puzzled.
Liu Heyi grinned: "Don't you know, this guy is Yuan Chonghuan's great-grandson."
"Yuan Chonghuan's great-grandson?"
Not only did Jia Liudun become interested in this background, but several people in front and behind him also curiously cast their eyes on the fat man.
"That's not right. Didn't Yuan Chonghuan have Chongzhen beheaded? Where did his descendants come from?"
Wang Fu looked confused. Mr. Qi Xue was fond of telling the story about Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty who fell into the conspiracy of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty and unjustly killed the loyal minister Yuan Chonghuan.
"Why not? You just don't know!"
Liu Heyi said with a showoff: "When Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, his concubine was already pregnant. Later, he gave birth to a son, Yuan Wenbi, who has been hiding among the people. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Yuan Wenbi joined the Qing Dynasty. He served in the army and was compiled
The Han army entering Ninggu Pagoda with white flags..."
Liu Heyi said that Yuan Wenbi later gave birth to a son named Yuan Erhan. During the Kangxi period, he went to conquer Yaksa, and then the Yuan family stationed in Heilongjiang.
That fat man was the only son of Yuan Gui, the son of Yuan Erhan, named Yuan Changzai. Last year, the emperor somehow mentioned Yuan Chonghuan to the courtiers and issued an order to investigate whether Yuan Chonghuan had any descendants.
Chang Bingzhong immediately interrupted Liu Heyi when he heard this and said: "I heard my father mention this. He said that the emperor specially asked the governor of Guangdong to visit Yuan's hometown, but the result of the visit was that Yuan Chonghuan had no direct descendants. He was in his hometown.
His only descendant was his cousin's heir Yuan Bing. When the emperor found out, he thought that Yuan Bing had learned the meaning of the word, and people still understood it, so he asked the Guangdong government to give Yuan Bing a minor official."
When Chang Bingzhong said this, Wang Fu became even more puzzled: "So, Yuan Chonghuan has no direct descendants at all, so where did this Yuan Chang appear?"
Liu Heyi explained: "It is true that Yuan Bing in Guangdong is not a direct descendant of Yuan Chonghuan, but this Yuan Changzai is a descendant of Yuan Wenbing, the posthumous son of Yuan Chonghuan's concubine..."
Chang Bingzhong shook his head in disbelief: "No, the gentleman from the flag school once said that Yuan Chonghuan was very honest as an official and his family was very poor. Where did he get the money to marry a concubine?"
Liu Heyi looked at Chang Bingzhong like a fool, and said very funny: "Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of the Ming Dynasty. How can he have no money to ask for a concubine?"
"How do you know these things?"
Jia Liu didn't care whether Yuan Chonghuan had money to have a concubine. He was curious about how Liu Heyi knew these things about the Yuan family.
Liu Heyi answered simply, his father Liu Qingzhong and Yuan Changzai's father Yuan Gui both worked at Taipu Temple.
It's hard to figure out what's wrong with a government official.
"The people in Guangdong are checking whether there are any descendants of Yuan Chonghuan in Guangdong, but the people in Heilongjiang are directly sending people to Beijing... I heard from my father that several yamen have checked Yuan Wenbi's old files, and they all confirmed it.
Yuan Gui and his son are indeed the descendants of Yuan Chonghuan. Therefore, the emperor specially issued a decree and rewarded Yuan Gui with a knight's rank, and he was allowed to stay in Beijing as an errand for the Eight Banners."
After saying that, Liu Heyi pointed at Yuan Chang, who didn't know he was being discussed, "If the Emperor hadn't rewarded his father with a Spyker, how could this kid sit here and join the rest of us to pay homage to Tang A?"
Jia Liu said "hmm" and then said: "Since my ancestor was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, it is appropriate for the emperor to praise loyalty and reward him with kindness."
"The descendants of the great loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty are bannermen just like us, the descendants of the traitorous ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Don't you think this is ironic?"
Wang Fu said "hehe".
"His ancestors were loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and our ancestors were loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty..." Chang Bingzhong was a little unhappy because his old man, Chang Jinzhong, was also designated as the second minister by the emperor.
You may not have felt it before, but now a descendant of a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty enjoys the same treatment as the descendants of a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. Do you think it's awkward?
Jia Liusheng was afraid that this guy would say something offensive again, so he quickly interrupted him and said: "What happened to our ancestors has been over for hundreds of years. What is there to say? Everyone is the same now."
Liu Heyi leaned his head forward and said mysteriously: "But do you know who Yuan Chang likes to be with on weekdays?"
Wang Fu asked: "Who?"
Liu Heyi had a bad smile on his face: "The great-grandson of Hong Chengchou, the Hong Jia De Biao of the Zhenghuang Banner in Manchuria."
"Manchuria's Yellow Flag?"
Jia Liu was stunned, "Isn't the Hong family under the banner of our Han army?"
"you do not know?"
"what do you know?"
"The grandson of Hong Chengchou is married to a princess."
"Can Han bannermen also marry clan members?"
Jia Liu was even more puzzled. Didn't he say that Han bannermen could not marry Manchu women?
"Who says it's not allowed? Just raise the flag."
Jia Liu was still not sure and asked what it meant.
Liu Heyi said that Hong Chengchou's eldest son Hong Shiming served as the chief minister of Taichang Temple during the Shunzhi period. His son Hong Yimie, also the grandson of Hong Chengchou, achieved great military exploits in the fight against San Francisco during the Kangxi period. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi carried Hong Yimie into the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner.
He also personally acted as a matchmaker and betrothed the son of Gu'er Macuo, the son of Gushan Beizi of Xianglan Banner, and the daughter of Fuguogong Aoshan to Hong Yimiang.
Hong Jiadebiao is the son of Hong Jiayuanbao, the son of Hong Yimiang and his son Gege.
As for why the surname changed from Hong to Hongjia, it was in compliance with Manchu custom.
For example, Jia Liu's two aunts who married into the clan were also named Jia Jia.
"That's it,"
Jia Liu was amused that Hong Chengchou's great-grandson became Hong Jiashi.
Chang Bingzhong didn't know what Jia Liule was, so he said "Hey": "Why, do you want to change your name to Jia Jiadongge too?"
"How can I do that? If I don't change my surname at home or my name at work, if I really change it to Jia Jia, my old man can get up from the coffin and strangle me, an unfilial descendant, to death."
That's what he said, but if Jia really changed into Jia Jia, Jia Liu felt that the old man Jia Hanfu might be able to secretly enjoy himself in the coffin.
"Who knows what you are thinking, you have so many ideas to defeat the little devils, you are like a devil six,"
As Chang Bingzhong was speaking, he saw everyone around him suddenly stand up, but it was the people with the yellow flag who arrived, and the leaders of each flag came in shouting.
"Let's go, I'll treat everyone to a drink after the exam!"
Chang Bingzhong patted his butt and followed the team towards the school gate.
Jia Liu also followed, but was confused by Chang Bingzhong's "Guiziliu" statement.
That Guiziliu was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. What was I, Guiziliu?