As soon as Chongzhen's words came out, he felt that it was too little, but the treasury was empty, and there was really no silver, even his dragon robe was patched, and his daily meals were reduced. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But when he heard the word "knighted", he groaned.

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the founding of the country and the martyrdom of the martyrdom, the emperors of the past dynasties were very cautious about the different surnames outside the clan.

Chongzhen is notoriously mean to his courtiers, he will be sent to prison if he makes a big mistake, he will be beheaded if he makes a mistake, he will be Ling Chi if he is annoyed, and it is even more common for him to lose his official position. He reigned for 17 years, except for the old man Zhou Kui was named Jiading Bo in the third year of Chongzhen, there were almost no generals knighted, until the Ming Dynasty was almost over in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng was about to fight in Beijing, he hurriedly sealed a few counts in order to stimulate the fighting spirit of the generals, including the notorious thief general Zuo Liangyu.

And when the building is about to collapse, according to his temperament, even if he has merit, he is not willing to be knighted easily. The Qiong Navy rose like a comet, and when he made great contributions to the counterinsurgency in Shandong, Chongzhen was only a deputy general who didn't feel any pain, if it wasn't for Xia Nan's self-directed and self-starred two big dramas, I'm afraid this Pingnan chief military officer would not be able to get it.

He thought for a long time and said: "The matter of knighthood will be put aside for the time being, so let's first seal one of his sons as a hundred households of Jinyi Wei." "This can be regarded as a way to reward meritorious heroes, which is similar in nature to the wife of the right wife, but the grade is low.

However, most of the heirs of the shadow seal are the incidental rewards after the knighthood, and there are only 100 households, which is too shabby compared to the credit of capturing Gao Yingxiang. When everyone heard this, they shook their heads secretly, who is willing to die for you if you are so slammed at the door?

Wen Tiren wanted to be a favor, but he didn't expect the emperor to come to this point, and Chrysostom Yuyan had already made a decision, sighed secretly, and stopped mentioning this topic.

However, Chongzhen's interest was not affected, and after casually setting Xia Nan's reward, his attention returned to the prisoner offering. He said to Wu Zongda and Wang Yingxiong: "The thieves can be escorted into Beijing in a few days, and all matters related to the ceremony of offering prisoners will be handled by the Ministry of Rites according to the ancestral system. "He is very stingy with rewarding heroes, but he is very generous with such a face-saving project.

The two should order: "The minister obeys the order." ”

When Chongzhen was preparing for a grand prisoner sacrifice in the capital, Xia Nan encountered an unpleasant thing when he led the army back triumphantly.

The Yangtze River divides Nanjing and Jiangsu from Anhui, and after crossing the Yangtze River is the boundary of Nanjing, although part of Anhui belongs to the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also considered rich, but if it is prosperous, any state capital in Anhui is less than one-tenth of Nanjing. After the Battle of the Qiong Navy, there were quite a lot of casualties, and a city with abundant materials and good medical conditions was needed to rest, and of course Nanjing was the first choice.

However, the defenders of Nanjing refused the request of the army to enter the city, for the same reason as before: in the important land of Gyeonggi, the guest army was not allowed to enter the city, and they were all stationed outside the city, and the food and salary were self-raised.

When the army arrived outside the Bei'an Gate of Nanjing, the general of the defending army at the gate of the city solemnly repeated what he had said last time, and added: "Please don't make it difficult for us to do it, if there is any misunderstanding, everyone will have friction, and each other's faces will not look good." ”

Xia Nan's face suddenly looked ugly, last time the soldiers were neat, the food was sufficient, and he was about to cross the river to suppress the Liukou, he didn't have the heart to deal with these people, but he didn't expect to return with a big victory, and when he needed to enter the city to treat the wounded soldiers, he still refused to enter the city for the same reason! It's not disgusting enough to say "friction, and each other's faces don't look good"?

He said with a calm face: "This brother has a noble surname, what is his official position?"

"It's good to say, the surname is Niu, and the Nanjing Jingying garrison is stationed at the north gate."

Xia Nan held back his anger: "Niu Dusi, leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future." We just went to the battlefield after fighting the Liukou, and we all served the imperial court, so can't we make it convenient? ”

Niu Du Sipi didn't smile: "Brother is also the duty, no way." Besides, there are many people who have fled back after the battle, and they have all gone to the city after losing the battle, so what is the place of Nanjing? Not to mention, a few days ago, there was a Fengyang governor who was beaten and lost his armor and ran to Nanjing, and then the father-in-law who came from the palace looked for him to pass the decree and didn't find anyone......"

Yang Youji stepped forward from behind Xia Nan and glared angrily: "Keep your mouth clean, who defeated the battle?" With 5,000 men, we defeated the 50,000 coalition forces of King Chuang and the Eight Kings, and captured King Gao Yingxiang alive, and now we have been sent to the capital. ”

Niu Dusi and the soldiers around him burst into laughter, as if they had heard the funniest thing in the world, and he joked: "You can really blow, why don't you say that the Tartars were also driven out of the customs by you?" Tens of thousands of troops of Inspector Hong can't catch Gao Yingxiang, you can do it with 5,000 people? Soon after the end of the battle of Qiuyushan, the news had been rushed to the capital for 800 miles, but the city of Nanjing, which was close at hand, became dark under the lights, and it was not known for the time being that this tragic battle occurred on the other side of the river. Niu Dusi took his own people, and the 100,000 troops in Nanjing City did not dare to go out to meet the Liukou army, and it was impossible for 5,000 people to achieve such a record, so they thought that the other party was bragging.

When all the generals heard the words of this cow Dusi's contempt, they were all excited, and some even put their hands on the hilt of their swords, just waiting for the general to give an order to cut this unbelievable and thick Dusi into pulp.

Yang Youji took another step forward, clenched his hands into fists, his knuckles crackled, and said word by word: "Is it blowing, do you want to try it?" ”

Hearing this provocative words, Niu Dusi was furious, and his finger almost poked Yang Youji's face: "You red guy, what do you want?" ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Sima De hurriedly stepped forward to play a round game, and said in Nanjing dialect: "Niu Dusi is angry, my brother is just making a birthday (just kidding)." Since Niu Dusi is in a dilemma, you might as well help us, go to the official, and let the adults above decide. As he spoke, he quietly handed over a piece of silver.

Seeing that he spoke pure Nanjing dialect, Niu Dusi was stunned, and when the silver was handed over, the conditioned reflex accepted it. Accepting things from people, he softened his tone: "Since you are a fellow villager in Nanjing, I will sell you face." Waiting here, I'll report to Shangguan. ”

After this Niu Dusi left, Yang Youji snorted in a low voice: "The king of Hades is good, the little ghost is difficult, and it is more troublesome to send this gatekeeper than the governor and governor." ”

Sima De shook his head: "It's not that simple, it is estimated that someone above instructed us to deliberately make things difficult for us." ”