When the crying in the hall stopped for a while, Zhu Gaoxu talked to the man in gray short coat at the next table and asked if there was anyone with the surname Tang nearby. The man immediately responded, saying that there was a place called Xiguan to the west, close to the lake, where many people with the surname Tang lived.
Zhu Gaoxu immediately became interested and asked directly if he knew a woman named Tang Sai'er. The man didn't know, but he kindly suggested that there was a matchmaker in Xiguan who knew many young women and men, and he could go and ask the matchmaker; asking her would be better than asking the head of the village, because the head of the village usually only knew the men in his jurisdiction.
Duan Xuehen seemed a little curious about Zhu Gaoxu's question about a named woman, so she turned to look at him, but she didn't say anything. When the villagers brought the food one after another, Duan Xuehen ate it first and then put it into the bowl
Led by the village head, Zhu Gaoxu and a group of more than ten people arrived at the place and saw a group of people gathered outside a courtyard, surrounding an old man in a long robe.This should be Tang Sai'er's home. The roof of the courtyard was covered with tiles. As expected, her family did not seem to be very poor. Because along the way, Zhu Gaoxu saw thatched houses in some villages occasionally.Zhu Gaoxu and his companions dismounted and walked over. The old man in the long robe knelt on the ground with a few others and bowed, saying, "My surname is Tang, and I am an elder from this village. Your Excellency is passing through Bi's village, and I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. May I ask your name?"However, the villagers who were watching did not salute or kneel, but stood around, watching the conversation between the village elder and the official as if they were watching a play. Asari, who was traveling with them, was a Semu person, a
Asari observed Zhu Gaoxu who was lost in thought. When he fell silent, the whole room fell silent, and Asari thought of the windless lake.Recently, she saw the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty with her own eyes, and she felt very different from before. Asari originally thought that Emperor Zhu Gaoxu was a brave, violent, and cunning person; because of Zhu Gaoxu's personal expedition to the north and the rescue of them this time, she inevitably had such an impression.However, her feelings over the past two days were completely the opposite. Zhu Gaoxu's bravery seemed to be only reflected in his sturdy and strong appearance.Perhaps because of this, Zhu Gaoxu, the emperor of an enemy country, made her feel at ease, and her previous worries gradually diminished. She only felt that Zhu Gaoxu was a kind, gentle and compassionate man.Asari took the initiative and said , "His Majesty the Emperor may want me to reveal some inside information, but I really don't
Tuo Huochi was so angry that his hands were shaking.He had never expected that a woman could suddenly make him so angry. Perhaps it was because what Ashari said was right, hitting his sore spot and revealing the selfish side of him that he was unwilling to admit.When Tuohuochi spoke generously of his ambitions and aspirations, describing his deeds as great and his sacrifices for the greater good of the tribe, Asari exposed him in person for having thought of a way out long ago. This was simply exposing his shortcomings. It seemed to have degraded Tuohuochi's character from the most noble to the most hypocritical.Tuohuochi did think that if he was caught by the Oirat, he might be redeemed. But the truth made him even angrier.He was extremely angry at this moment, and for a moment he didn't even know whether he wanted to hide it from others or deceive himself.But when Asari retreated to the door, Tuo Huochi had quickly changed from extremely a
The sun has dropped to the horizon, leaving only a ray of light on the earth. Most of the houses in the village don't have good lighting, and the light inside is even dimmer now.Asari and Duan Xuehen walked into the main room together and found that Emperor Zhu Gaoxu was sitting alone, with no one else around him. There was a dark wooden table above, with chairs on either side. Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair on the left. He changed into a red Tuanlong uniform and wore a black gauze hat on his head.Two women came in from the door, and Zhu Gaoxu must have noticed them. However, he did not look at Asari and the others. He just sat there with his eyes lowered and his hands clasped together beside his forehead, as if he was thinking about something."Your Majesty, Concubine Khan is here." Duan Xuehen squatted slightly and saluted.Zhu Gaoxu changed his posture, leaned his back on the chair, and looked at Asari.Ashari said, "The emperor deliberately ang
Dinner was late, and when Duan Xuehen came out of the courtyard where Zhu Gaoxu lived, night had completely fallen.The first two nights, Duan Xuehen lived in the same courtyard with the Mongolian Khan's concubine Asari so that she could travel with her every day. Now that the task assigned to her by the emperor had been completed, Duan Xuehen no longer needed to care about the Khan's concubine. She went straight back to another place and prepared to rest.Duan Xuehen walked along the brightly lit dirt road in the village and opened a simple courtyard door nearby. Most of the houses on both sides were earthen walls with hip roofs and narrow eaves, which were very different from the houses in the capital and Yunnan. Duan Xuehen glanced at the small window of the room to the east and saw that the light was still on inside, so he guessed that the Annan man Chen Xianzhen had not yet gone to bed.Duan Xuehen took the initiative to arrange Chen Xianzhen's residenc
Earlier, when Zhu Gaoxu left Zhangde Mansion, he had already issued an order to the Chief Envoy of Peiping and the Chief Envoy of Shandong to order the generals in the north to report on their duties in Peiping.The Liaodong Dusi (near Liaoyang) had also received the order, and then ordered the generals to set off southward.The capital commander of Liaodong Dusi is called Cao Yi. He has been the capital commander for several years since the last years of Hongwu. The emperor's recent tour to the north and summoning the generals to report on their duties seemed to be relatively normal, but Cao Yi felt a little uneasy.Today, he was thinking about this matter in the government office again, when he was informed that He Hao, the lieutenant general of Daning City, wanted to see him. Cao Yi immediately said to the guard, "You are welcome."He Hao was also one of the people who had to report on his work, but he first came to Liaodong Dusi. It was obvious tha
The grazing land of Wuliangha Sanwei is in the northeastern region, located on the east side of the Greater Khingan Mountains (called Halawen Mountain at this time), and mainly operates in the Nen River (called Naowen River at this time) and Songhua River basins. Among them, the Fuyu Guard area where General Ji'er is located is located in the northernmost part of the three guards.General Ji'er looked very serious. He sat on a chair and leaned forward to face Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Before I left, the commander Haisha Nandaxi told me to let His Majesty know that the Fuyu Guards were in a very dangerous situation."Zhu Gaoxu nodded without saying anything.General Jier continued, "It is said that Emperor Taizong had promised to allow the Three Guards to go south and obtain Daning City and the surrounding land. This statement is not known to be true or false, but it has been widely circulated. After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he did not do so. Many peop
There were many inherent problems in the rules of the Weisuo formulated by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Even though the Ming Dynasty has only been established for less than 50 years, the Weisuo military system has not yet been completely corrupted, but there are already signs that it is difficult to maintain. The fact that the military households have been fleeing for a long time and would rather become refugees is very telling.Zhu Gaoxu also understood this. When Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, he had to re-establish order in all aspects. There were so many things that were inevitably unreasonable. It was just that later generations had to continue to make improvements, and it was obviously not possible to stick to the ancestral system.At noon the next day, Zhu Gaoxu hosted a banquet for civil and military officials in the central hall of the old courtyard, including the noble ministers accompanying the army, officials from the three Beiping offices,