Chapter two hundred and sixty-seven a door of loyalty
The sound of firecrackers sounds, and New Year's Eve is here.
Although Ding Yuanzhao was extremely strict with his son before, even to the point of harshness, once his son achieved success, he always thought about him. He invited all the brothers from Guanyi who came to the capital with Ding Yunyi to come over and hold a meeting at home.
A big banquet was held to entertain these brothers who fought bloody battles with their sons.
Ding Yunyi was also very grateful. He was very lucky to be able to spend the Chinese New Year happily with his brothers. It was a pity that his wife was in Taiwan.
Those brothers were behaved at first and did not dare to act arrogantly. However, when Ding Yuanzhao said: "You have all fought bloody battles with my son, and you feel like you are at home here," they began to drink with confidence.
After three rounds of drinking, these brothers with military background became unscrupulous, punching and shouting.
Wang Qingheng couldn't help but frown, and nodded at the guests at those tables: "How come you have no education at all?"
Ding Yunyi was about to retort, but Ding Yuanzhao had already said: "You can't say that. These generals are fighting on the battlefield all day long. Today I don't know whether they can save their lives tomorrow. It's the most difficult thing. It's New Year's Eve, so it's better to be a little bolder and more dangerous."
How about it? You know, my Ming Dynasty still relies entirely on them."
Ding Yunyi suddenly felt that his father could understand his thoughts. He picked up the wine glass and said respectfully: "Father, Yunyi is stubborn and has made you worry too much in the past. I'd like to give you a drink today."
Ding Yuanzhao also raised his glass, took a sip, and put down his glass: "Xiang Wen, after the New Year, go back to Taiwan early. You have been away for a long time."
"Yes. Father."
Ding Chen Wanhe couldn't help but said: "It's a pity that your second sister, second brother-in-law, and your wife and concubines are not here, otherwise the whole family can be reunited. My son, you should think about having a child in Taiwan. My Ding family
But I'm counting on you to pass on."
"Yes, mother."
Ding Chen Wanhe touched Xiaotu's head: "Xiaotu, there's nothing good about Taiwan. It's a barbaric land. Just stay in the capital."
"No. I want to be with my brother." Xiaotu said without thinking.
Ding Chen Wanhe shook his head helplessly: "Xiang Wen, Xiaotu is fifteen years old and has reached the age of marriage. Forget about those barbaric people in Taiwan. You need to help her pay attention to any good families in Fujian, but you can't do it alone.
To make the decision, your second sister must first agree."
Ding Yunyi was very dissatisfied. He was only fifteen years old. Why was he in such a hurry to get married?
"Master, someone from the palace has come to ask for an audience." As he was talking, Ding Yunyi's book boy Jiang Qi came in to report.
"Oh, please." Ding Yuanzhao stood up hurriedly and welcomed the eunuch from the palace in. Before he could speak, he heard the eunuch whisper: "The emperor left the palace incognito and is coming here. Hurry and prepare."
Welcome!"
Everyone was shocked, the emperor is coming?
Ding Yuanzhao quickly ordered preparations. But before preparations were completed, a group of imperial guards appeared at the door. Then, Wang Chengen came in: "The emperor is here!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
At this voice, Chongzhen walked in: "Everyone, get up. It doesn't matter."
Ding Yuanzhao stood up and said cautiously: "Why did the emperor come to Weichen?"
"It's New Year's Eve, and everything in the palace is like this. I've been upset for a long time, and suddenly I had a whim to see how you celebrate the New Year, so I thought of you first." Chongzhen was in great spirits,
He looked at the lively wine table: "It's really lively. Who are these people?"
Ding Yunyi took a step forward: "Your Majesty, these are the soldiers who fought bloody battles with me at the border and captured Gao Yingxiang alive!"
"Oh?" Chongzhen became interested: "It turns out that these warriors captured Gao Yingxiang alive. Okay, it's very good. Sit down, everyone, don't be so restrained. I know that you won't be able to eat when I come. The emperor will
, possessing the world, but cannot share a heart-to-heart meal with his ministers."
"Your Majesty's words are serious." Ding Yunyi turned around and said: "Brothers, Your Majesty is wise, brothers, just eat with confidence."
That's what he said, but as Chongzhen said, with the emperor here, who can let go and eat?
Ding Yuanzhao invited Chongzhen to sit at the head of the main table, and he and Ding Yunyi sat down with him on the left and right.
The bowls and chopsticks were brought up, and Wang Chengen was about to order someone to test the poison with a silver needle, but Chongzhen said unhappily: "Could it be that if I have a meal at the house of my trusted minister, they will harm me? Wang Chengen, don't use that person in the palace.
Take out the condom."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen stepped aside.
Chongzhen stood up with a glass of wine: "I don't drink much, but I must drink this glass of wine today. All the soldiers fought bloody battles for me. Without you, there would be no Ming Dynasty. Come, brave and capable soldiers,
I respect you!"
"Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live your Majesty!"
Dozens of soldiers shouted in unison, raised their cups and drank the whole drink in one gulp.
Chongzhen asked someone to fill up his glass: "This second glass of wine is to honor Ding Yunyi. Ding Yunyi joined the army before he was nineteen years old, killed pirates, chased away the red barbarians, conquered Liaodong, and defeated the bandits. He has made many great contributions to me.
?In addition to promoting you to an official position, I can only express my gratitude with this glass of wine..."
Ding Yunyi was shocked. He was about to speak, but was stopped by Chongzhen: "There is no need to say anything else. Drink this cup to the full!"
Ding Yunyi said no more and drank it all in one gulp. He put down the cup and said loudly: "How virtuous and capable is my minister Ding Yunyi? How dare he trouble the emperor like this? I must do my best to guard Taiwan for the emperor, fight bloody battles on the sea, and die without regrets!"
"Okay!" Chongzhen praised loudly and filled another glass of wine: "This third glass of wine, Mr. Ding and Mrs. Ding, I respect you!"
Ding Yuanzhao and Ding Chen Wanhe hurriedly raised their glasses, only to hear Chongzhen say: "You have given birth to a good son for the Ding family, and a good general for my Ming Dynasty! Come and drink."
Ding Yuanzhao and Ding Chenwanhe drank in a panic. Chongzhen put down the cup and said loudly: "Come here, bring the gift I prepared."
Everyone was surprised, not knowing what it was. They saw two eunuchs carrying a plaque covered with red cloth. Chongzhen nodded to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen stepped forward and took off the red cloth. The four big characters on the plaque were clearly visible.
Appear:
One loyalty!
Ding Yuanzhao swayed. He knelt down with his family, tears streaming down his cheeks, and his voice trembling: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how can I be worthy of a humble minister?"
"You deserve it, your Ding family deserves it!" Chongzhen helped Ding Yuanzhao up: "Get up, get up. This is what I wrote. My handwriting is not good, but this is my intention. 1
The Ding family is loyal and loyal."
He said with a meaningful glance at Ding Yunyi: "I once bestowed the word, 'Martial, Brave, Loyal, Tiger and Guard', but you raised this flag and fought a bloody battle in Yingzhou. Now I will give the word to your Ding family. I just hope you will not live up to my expectations."
That!"
"I serve the Ming Dynasty and am loyal to His Majesty. I will die before I die!" Ding Yunyi said loudly.
"Okay, let's all sit down and talk." Chongzhen asked everyone to sit down: "I just received a spy report before I came. After Gao Yingxiang was executed, the rebels elected Li Zi as the false king of Chuang. I have ordered Hong Chengchou to continue the pursuit.
How does Xiang Wen think the rogue bandits will respond?"
Ding Yunyi thought for a while: "After Gao Yingxiang was killed, although Li Zicheng was elected as the false king, Zhang Xianzhong would definitely refuse to accept it. Once the two of them split, our officers and soldiers can divide them and destroy them. Compared to Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng is more harmful
.I believe that Li Zicheng will definitely move to the area west of Tongguan. Zhang Xianzhong will become the main target of encirclement and suppression by the officers and soldiers, but I think it is unnecessary."
"Yes." Ding Yunyi responded: "Block Zhang Xianzhong's eastward march, force him toward Sichuan, and then deploy officers and soldiers from various parts of Sichuan to encircle and suppress him. After that, focus on using troops against Li Zicheng. I ordered Hong Chengchou,
Sun Chuanting and others combined more than 100,000 troops. They increased their pay by more than 3 million and used all their strength to destroy them. They must not let up. Once Li Zicheng was eliminated, they quickly mobilized their troops to encircle Zhang Xianzhong. If within three years, the rebels or rebels
It can be pacified!”
Chongzhen frowned slightly: "What I hate the most in my heart is Zhang Xianzhong. This rebel has destroyed Fengyang and dug up my ancestral graves. How can I give up if I don't cut him into pieces?"
"Your Majesty!" Ding Yunyi urged: "Although Zhang Xianzhong is hateful, in comparison, Li Zicheng has more troops and poses a greater threat. Why don't your Majesty temporarily tolerate your anger and destroy Li Zicheng first, and then Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong will be defeated sooner or later.
They will all be cut into pieces for His Majesty!"
Chongzhen smiled speciously and said nothing.
Ding Yunyi quickly realized that Chongzhen's anger towards Zhang Xianzhong had reached an extreme level. He was afraid that he might not listen to what he said, so he immediately stepped back and said: "If your Majesty must kill Zhang Xianzhong first, that's not impossible, it's just that
When the task of killing the thieves is over, you must not be merciful. Once the rebels are at the end of their rope, they will inevitably resort to surrender. When the crisis is over and their strength is restored, they will rebel against the court again."
"Xiang Wen is too worried." Chongzhen said coldly: "I wish I could eat Zhang Ni's flesh and drink Zhang Ni's blood, how can I let him go?"
Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled: "Today is New Year's Eve, why did I say these embarrassing words? Xiang Wen, I heard that there are many Thai and Westerners in your Taiwan, and you have recently recruited two people from Liaodong.
Is this happening?"
"They are French." Ding Yunyi was surprised when he heard this. How could Chongzhen know it so quickly?
"French people? Where are they?" Chongzhen became curious: "I know there are Folangji people and Ganlusi people, but the French have never heard of them."
"That is a country in Europe. The so-called Europe is what we in the Ming Dynasty call the West." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "The monarch of this country is called the king, and the current king is Louis XIII. France can also be regarded as a big country in the West, with the ability to unify the entire country.
What Tessie means is that there is an English country next to France, which is an ally of France. Huer is a sworn enemy and prevented France from unifying. But this time they became an alliance again and launched a war together. They are still there today.
Not finished yet."
Chongzhen and everyone else listened with great interest. Chongzhen kept urging: "Please tell me and everyone else carefully."
"Yes." Ding Yunyi thought carefully about the causes and consequences of the Thirty Years' War in Europe: "In fact, this war broke out first because of sectarian disputes, just like our Buddhism and Taoism. It's just that these Westerners have different opinions on which is the so-called God's sect.
They took it very seriously, even to the point of going to war. The ones who caused division and opposition were the Protestant sects and the Catholic sects..."
Ding Yunyi paused for a moment, and then said:
"In the past, there was a very powerful Holy Roman Empire in the West. Later, just like our Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Holy Roman Empire gradually declined and was in a state of separatism among the princes. The religious reform movement in the West, led by Martin Luther, transformed the whole of the West.
It was divided into two major camps, the Catholic and the Protestant. In a country called Germany, the internal princes had serious differences in beliefs, and they were also divided into two factions, the Catholic and the Protestant. The European and Western powers all wanted to intervene in German affairs to gain benefits.
They were divided into two factions. Among them, the once extremely powerful Habsburg group was composed of the Catholic princes of Austria, Spain and Germany, and was supported by the Pope and Poland; and the other was the anti-Habsburg group.
, composed of France, Denmark, Sweden, the Franconian Kingdom and the German Protestant princely states, and was supported by Britain and Russia. France is a Catholic country, but under the leadership of Prime Minister Richelieu, it insists that royal power is higher than divine power, in order to eliminate the
The weak rivals on the mainland, the Gansu Kingdom and the Habsburg Dynasty, resolutely supported the camp of the Protestant countries..."
Everyone listened with great interest. Ding Yunyi briefly explained the causes and consequences of the Thirty Years' War, and then said: "This war, which has not yet ended, originally started as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics.
Loss of religious character…”
"How many armies do these countries have? Is there an army of millions?" Chongzhen asked the question he was concerned about.
"Your Majesty, how can there be so many? Even all the Thai and Western countries combined do not have millions of troops." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "On the eve of the outbreak of the war, both opposing sides had standing mercenaries, with a total strength of about two
Thousands to 50,000 people. These armies are organized into brigades and regiments. Although they are rigorously trained, their military discipline and combat quality are poor. The Swedish state was reorganized by King Gustav II. Adolf and has stronger combat effectiveness.
Farmers and citizens are the strong backbone of this army and come from their own nation. To put it bluntly, calling them an army is a bit reluctant."
"So that's it." Chongzhen didn't agree: "I thought these Thai and Western countries were so mysterious. It turns out that they have such small armies. Even my Ming Dynasty can deal with all the countries in the entire Thai and Western countries."
Ding Yunyi nodded. This is indeed the case at present. If there are no external and internal troubles, a Ming Dynasty can challenge the entire Europe. But what about in the future? With the great progress of European civilization?
But Ding Yunyi did not say these words in front of the Ming Emperor.