Chapter 206: The King of Qin Zhu Xu
Beim Mountain outside Luoyang City is actually a not-tall mountain range, with an altitude of only 300 meters. However, it is famous here because many emperors and celebrities are buried here. There is even a saying that "born in Suzhou and Hangzhou and died in Beim Mountain."
Li Jie accompanied Zhu Biao to Beimang Mountain to pay tribute to the present. In this small mountain range, there are too many emperors, generals and ministers buried, with dozens of imperial tombs alone, as well as the tombs of Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Buwei, Ban Chao, Di Renjie and others. Even the famous poet Du Fu and poet Bai Juyi were buried here.
If you want to walk through the tombs of so many emperors and celebrities one by one, it will probably take several months. Zhu Biao doesn’t have that much time to stay in Luoyang, so he only picked some tombs that he was more interested in and turned them around, such as Di Renjie, Du Fu and others.
But even so, Zhu Biao stayed in Beimang Mountain for three days. On the afternoon of the last day, Li Jie was about to return to Luoyang City, but he didn't expect that Zhu Biao would take Li Jie to the foot of the mountain again. There was a large tomb covering an area of eight or nine acres, and it looked very new, and it seemed to be a modern tomb.
"Your Highness, whose tomb is here?" Li Jie looked at the well-preserved tomb, which could even be said to be very new, and could not help but ask curiously.
"You will know if you walk forward!" Zhu Biao did not answer, but smiled slightly. After saying that, he stepped into the cemetery, and Li Jie hurriedly followed.
When the two arrived at the tall main tomb, Li Jie saw the words on the tombstone at a glance, and the stele read "The Tomb of King Chahan Timuer, Yingchuan King", these ten big words were vigorous and powerful, obviously from the hands of famous masters.
"Chahan Timur? Why is this name so familiar?" Li Jie couldn't help but say in surprise when he looked at the name on the tomb. This was obviously a Mongolian name, but what kind of Mongolian could actually let Zhu Biao go there in person?
"You may have never heard of Chahan Timur, but his adopted son is named Kuo Timur, and his Chinese name is Wang Baobao!" Zhu Biao saw that Li Jie didn't know about it, so he also explained with a smile.
"So it's him!" Li Jie finally remembered that Chahan Timur started his career by pacifying the Red Turban Army. He once served as the political affairs of Pingzhang, Henan Province, and became a pillar general in the Mongolian and Yuan army. However, he eventually died at the hands of the Red Turban Army. His most famous one was that he adopted a son, Wang Baobao, who had always been loved by Lao Zhu.
"When my father inspected Henan, Wang Baobao was still alive. In order to surrender Wang Baobao, his father also came to worship Chahan Timur himself. Unfortunately, Wang Baobao died in Mobei later. After hearing the news, his father was quite sad." Zhu Biao explained again, and at the end he sighed.
Zhu Biao has seen too many tombs of emperors, generals and ministers these days, which made him feel a little depressed. No matter how noble the glory these people were in their lifetime, once they died, their glory before their lifetime could only become a few words in history books at most.
"Wang Baobao is indeed a genius, but unfortunately, he is not planning to do anything. Moreover, he has been defeated by General Xu Da repeatedly, which shows that his talent is even worse than General Xu. There is no need for His Majesty to be too persistent with him." Li Jie commented after hearing this.
"You are right. I also think that my father is too persistent in Wang Baobao. However, it is because he can't get it that his father has been obsessed with it. If Wang Baobao surrendered back then, his father probably wouldn't pay much attention to him." Zhu Biao laughed when he heard Li Jie's words, and he had the same view as Li Jie.
When Zhu Biao said this, he suddenly pointed at Chahan Timur's tombstone and said again: "Li Jie, do you know who erected this tombstone?"
"This... should have been established by Wang Baobao back then?" Li Jie was also stunned when he heard this. He remembered that Chahan Timuer died in the army. Wang Baobao, who was less than twenty years old, took over his position and buried his adoptive father Chahan Timuer for a grand funeral, so the tombstone should have been established by Wang Baobao.
"Look at it carefully!" Zhu Biao pointed to the tombstone and smiled again.
Li Jie also looked at the tombstone curiously when he heard this, but he really found something wrong with him, because if it were a tombstone erected by his children, he would usually write a line of words in the lower corner, such as "When did Erxx" or something, but there was no such line of words on this tombstone. With Wang Baobao's identity at that time, such negligence should not have occurred.
"You discovered it. This tombstone was not the one that Wang Baobao had established back then. In fact, Chahan Timur's reputation in Henan was not very good. He suppressed the Red Turban Army and destroyed the entire Henan and Shandong. Many people hated him to the core. So after the Mongolian retreated, his tomb was immediately destroyed, and even the corpse was pulled out and exposed to the sun."
"I understand. It must be that His Majesty came to Henan for inspection and buried him again. The tombstone was also erected at that time?" Li Jie immediately reacted and asked when he heard this.
"Yes, the father of Chahan Timur's tomb was indeed rebuilt by his father, and he ordered the people around him to take care of him, so that his tomb was preserved. However, now that Kaifeng and Luoyang are now destroyed, Chahan Timur has to bear a lot of responsibility!" Zhu Biao sighed at the end.
Kaifeng and the others have been there, and now they are here in Luoyang. To be honest, compared with Kaifeng, Luoyang may have suffered less damage, but it is also very limited. In fact, Luoyang is more famous than Kaifeng, so there have been more disasters in history than Kaifeng. For example, when Mongolia destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the entire Luoyang City was destroyed, and even after the war, there were only one thousand people left in Luoyang.
When the Mongol Yuan was destroyed, Luoyang suffered another war. Until now, Luoyang City has not been able to recover its vitality. However, Luoyang is one of the things that are stronger than Kaifeng, that is, the floods are not so serious, and the past historical sites have not sunk into the ground. In addition, there are many mountains near Luoyang, and people also have places to hide when they are suffering from war. Therefore, the situation in Luoyang is a little better than Kaifeng.
However, Kaifeng's recovery speed is faster than Luoyang. After all, Kaifeng is surrounded by large plains, and the population has recovered faster. Therefore, Kaifeng's population is more than Luoyang. Of course, Luoyang's foundation is deeper.
"Luoyang is a good place. Although the damage suffered by the war has been severely damaged, its foundation is still there, and there is no problem in establishing it as the capital of a country. What do you think?" Zhu Biao turned his head and asked Li Jie.
"We have only left halfway through the four cities, so your highness doesn't have to make a conclusion too early!" Li Jie smiled slightly and said. Luoyang is indeed good. Although there are fewer people and the city walls are a little broken, as long as it is established as the capital, it is estimated that it will not take ten years to restore the prosperity of the past. However, Li Jie is still more optimistic about Peking Prefecture.
Zhu Biao also knew what Li Jie was thinking, so he smiled slightly and said nothing. Then the two of them walked around the cemetery of Chahan Timur before finally setting off for Luoyang.
Luoyang was destroyed several times by the war, but after entering the city, you can still see a bit of the "Shendu" style of that year. In addition, Luoyang has a moderate geographical location, and there are dangers to guard around it and is close to the Great Plain, so there are no need to worry about food issues. In addition, Luoyang is not far from the northern border, so it is easier to grasp the trends of the border, so Zhu Biao likes Luoyang so much.
Zhu Biao had been staying in Luoyang for a long time and stayed in Beimang Mountain for three days, so when he came back to Luoyang, they only had a day off, and then set off again to Chang'an. Of course, it has been renamed Xi'an now, but Xi'an is mainly used in official documents, and many people still call it Chang'an verbally.
A wide official road was built between Chang'an and Luoyang. It is said that these official roads were built during the Tang Dynasty. After all, Chang'an and Luoyang frequently traveled frequently during the Tang Dynasty, so the transportation was naturally very convenient. Although the two ancient capitals had experienced wars, the official roads were well preserved.
The flat official road also made the team move very quickly. Just five days later, Zhu Biao, Li Jie and others came outside Chang'an City. However, just as the team approached Chang'an City, a cavalry rushed towards him in the distance, which made Lan Yu immediately command the army to prepare for defense.
However, when the cavalry approached the team, they saw a burly middle-aged man in the lead. As soon as he arrived close, he shouted loudly at the team: "Where is the eldest brother?"
Zhu Biao also left the carriage at this time, and whispered to the middle-aged man riding a horse: "Second brother, I'm here for you!"
When he saw Zhu Biao, the middle-aged man immediately threw his saddle off his horse. He walked a few steps to Zhu Biao's carriage, and saluted Zhu Biao with excitement on his face and said, "Greetings to Brother!"
"Haha~, what else are you and my brothers doing? Come up quickly!" Zhu Biao also laughed loudly, reached out and pulled the middle-aged man into his carriage. Needless to ask, this middle-aged man is naturally the King of Qin Zhu Cheng, and Xi'an is his fiefdom.
When the two brothers met, they were naturally very excited. Zhu Biao was actually only one year older than Zhu Chuang. They grew up almost at the same time. They could be said to be inseparable. The relationship between brothers was also very deep. However, Zhu Chuang came to Xi'an to take up the vassal state when she was in her twenties. Except for Empress Ma who died and Zhu Chuang returned to Beijing to attend the funeral, the two brothers had been together for a while and had never seen each other again.
Zhu Biao held Zhu Chuang's hand and chatted with each other for a few intimate words, then introduced Li Jie next to him, and Li Jie hurriedly saluted Zhu Chuang and said, "My memory, Li Jie, pays homage to His Highness the King of Qin!"
"No need to be polite. You are the eldest brother's son-in-law. I heard that even the father often praises you. Today, I am indeed a talented person!" Zhu Ren looked at Li Jie for a few glances before speaking.
"Your Highness of the King of Qin is ridiculous!" Li Jie also said modestly. At the same time, he was also quietly looking at the King of Qin. He saw that Zhu Zui and Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao both had burly figures, but they did not look like Lao Zhu, but were quite handsome. According to Zhu Biao, Zhu Zui looked more like Queen Ma, and now he did look a bit female.
"Brother, I have prepared a banquet in the city. Today we will not be drunk and not return home!" Zhu Chuang said to Zhu Biao generously again.
Of course, Zhu Biao agreed with a laugh. Then his descendants of his brothers joined hands to go back to the city together. Li Jie was not easy to get into the car and disturb him, so he rode his horse next to the car. However, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that a strange person also appeared next to the carriage.
Chapter completed!