The sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Dalong Yongping.
Twenty-three generals including Liu Mingzhi and Song Qing led their three hundred cavalry and finally rushed to Dalong Capital in the wind and snow.
After placing the three hundred cavalrymen in a post station outside the city, and 'instructing' the post station officials not to reveal their whereabouts, Liu Mingzhi and others changed their armor, dressed in regular clothes and slowly rushed towards the city gate.
It was already early December when Liu Mingzhi and others arrived at the capital. In just over twenty days, the first year of Yongping was about to come to an end and a new chapter began, the second year of Yongping.
A dozen carriages that were not extravagant but exuded nobility slowly stopped about a hundred paces outside the north gate of the capital. Qi Yun, Qi Ya, Yun Qing Shi, Wenren Yun Shu and the ladies opened the curtains on the carriages and looked at them.
Looking at the capital, this majestic city that has been away for a year, showed a sigh of relief.
In the blink of an eye, time passed by, and spring and autumn came again.
The moment I left the capital was like a scene that just happened yesterday.
It has also snowed in the capital. Although it is not as icy and snowy as in northern Xinjiang, where the snow reflects the same color as the sky and the earth, the snow in the capital is not too light. The places with more snow on the official roads are almost as thick as horseshoes.
The reason why the Qi Yun sisters followed Liu Mingzhi back was because the Spring Festival was approaching.
Thinking that she and her husband could never be separated from each other on the New Year's Day, Qi Yun and her daughters also packed up their salutes and returned to the capital together under the escort of three hundred cavalry.
Liu Mingzhi patted the snowflakes on his shoulders, looked at the groups of talented people and beauties outside the city gate going out to enjoy the snow, and then looked at the scene of groups of children gathering in the fields outside the city to have a snowball fight, with a look on his face.
Happy and sad at the same time.
Three national wars resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties, so wasn't it just so that the people in the rear could live and work in peace and contentment and have food and clothing?
I think the hundreds of thousands of great warriors who died in battle are alive in heaven. Seeing that their efforts were not in vain, they can rest in peace.
Just looking at the prosperous and peaceful capital in front of me, the talented and beautiful ladies chatting and laughing, the laughing and playing children, how many people still remember that their peaceful and peaceful life was obtained by the bloodshed and sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of people in the northern Xinjiang battlefield.
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How many people still remember that their current life was obtained by hundreds of thousands of people who fought and sacrificed their lives on the bloody battlefield.
Hundreds of thousands of new graves brought prosperity to tens of millions of people.
Worth it or not?
"Commander, we're home, we're finally back!"
"Finally home."
"Damn it, I stayed overnight at Xiaoxing along the way. It was freezing cold, but I can finally have a solid sleep."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the excited expressions of Song Qing and the others, sighed silently, and raised his hand to straighten the baggage behind his back. There was nothing valuable in it.
There are only a dozen rosters filled with names, all of which are rosters of soldiers who died in the middle of Northern Xinjiang.
Looking at the happy expressions of Song Qing and others, Liu Mingzhi sighed silently again.
"If you raise a son and serve as a soldier, you will return home soon. If your ambition is not fulfilled, you will return soon."
"We are back, but there are still more than 100,000 brothers lying in northern Xinjiang. There is nothing to be happy about."
"You should go home and improve your moral character first, and then you will go to the palace with me to meet the Holy Spirit next morning."
Liu Mingzhi's words made Song Qing and the others fall silent. They silently glanced at the baggage behind Liu Mingzhi, nodded slightly, got off their horses and walked towards the city gate.
"Commander, let's take our leave first. You and I will never meet again in Japan and North Korea!"
"Walk slowly!"
Looking at Song Qing's slightly heavy backs, Liu Mingzhi turned his horse's head and stopped in front of Qi Yun's carriage.
"Madam, you go home first to reunite with the old man and my mother, and your husband first goes to the Ministry of War to hand over the roster of brothers who died in the war to the Ministry of War for entry into the document library."
The Qi Yun girls also heard what their husband had just said to Song Qing and the others, and knew that their husband must be in a bad mood now. They nodded obediently, said goodbye to their husband, and urged his servants to drive towards the city gate.
After Song Qing, Qi Yun and others all entered the city, Liu Mingzhi led his horse towards the city gate.
"Stop, stand still."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, took out Liu Shu's identity certificate from his arms and handed it to the gatekeeper general. Liu Mingzhi knew in his heart that if he took out his true identity certificate, it would definitely cause an uproar.
It would be better for me to inquire about the situation in the capital in person, as this would inevitably lead to traveling incognito.
The gatekeeper general returned his badge to Young Master Liu, said "Come in," and stopped the next person entering the city.
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, put away his horse and led the horse into the city without any hurry.
Liu Mingzhi was not surprised that the gatekeeper general could not recognize his identity. He had been in the temple for twelve years and had actually stayed in the capital for a few more years.
Either he left Beijing to quell the chaos, or he went on an expedition. It was strange that everyone could recognize him.
What's more, because of Li Yunlong and his brothers' efforts to raise troops, less than 50% of the 100,000 imperial guards were left in the capital, so it was natural to recruit new soldiers to supplement them.
I am afraid that half of the current imperial guards have only heard of Liu Mingzhi's name, but have never met Liu Dashao.
Entering the capital, which he had not seen for a year, Liu Mingzhi looked around at everything in the city.
Pedestrians, business travelers, restaurants and tea shops.
These scenes that were not familiar at all made Mr. Liu full of emotions.
The most important thing is that from these places we can observe the current situation of the capital.
From the conversations between passers-by to the noises coming from restaurants and tea shops, Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded thoughtfully.
The situation in the capital may not be as bad as he thought. At least the things above the court have not affected the people. This is good news for Liu Mingzhi.
Otherwise, if the struggle for power in the court affects the lives of the people, it may not end so easily.
However, along the way, what I saw was not as good as Liu Mingzhi thought.
Because Liu Mingzhi saw Lin Yangming and Song Bingge from the crowd, two heartless fellows who had been specially taken care of by him because of Xue Bizhu and Huang Lingyi.
Ordinarily, their careers should have ended long ago because of themselves.
But he just saw the two of them, surrounded by a group of scholars in their twenties, walking out of a restaurant in groups of five or six.
Looking at the robes worn by the two of them, not only did their careers not end, but they were promoted one level higher than before.
As for the group of scholars, none of them looked familiar to Liu Mingzhi. He must have been this year's scholar Enko.
Moreover, Liu Mingzhi discovered that there seemed to be a lot more dandies on the streets, and the people everywhere they went turned into birds and beasts, as if they could not avoid them.
Looking at the group of arrogant and domineering young men from the rich and powerful, Liu Mingzhi didn't say anything, but just walked past quietly.
Back then, I was also an arrogant and domineering playboy who was shunned by everyone.
Just looking at the fear of the people around this group of young men, I guess these people are not just arrogant and domineering.
In order to cause unnecessary trouble, Liu Mingzhi could only pretend to turn a deaf ear and rush towards the Ministry of War Yamen.
As for these arrogant dudes, Mr. Liu has no intention of doing anything.
After I become the emperor, they will all be honest, let alone these naughty children.
Thinking about this, Young Master Liu led Feng Xing straight to the door of the Ministry of War Yamen and stopped.