Tongzhou City, within the Golden Dome Imperial Tent.

Kong Sibao, who ventured out of the city, is now kneeling in front of Zhu Cihong, the son of the Great Tomorrow, and behind Zhu Cihong stands Kong Sizhen, who is dressed as a palace maid of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong was writing something at the desk, and in a blink of an eye, he had finished writing, put down the brush, and said to Kong Sibao with a smile: "It's done...... The reason for the contract written by me should be reassured, right? You take it and see if there's anything wrong, you can change it. ”

It turned out that Emperor Zhu wrote a "human sales contract", and the subject matter of the contract was the designated part of Fulin or Fulin - the head!

The price for the purchase of Fu Lin or Fu Lin's head was to pardon Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun and their lackeys, and to appoint two of them as the envoys and deputy envoys of the Duogan Army, allowing them to serve for life, and allowing them to be hereditary for two or three generations. Among them, Kong Tingxun can be passed on to his sons, and Shang Kexi can be passed on to his children and grandchildren. After that, the imperial court will appoint the envoy of the Dougan Festival and the deputy envoy of the Jiedu......

Such a "human trafficking contract" seems a bit strange at first glance. However, it is actually a low-cost and efficient way of administration or operation to be written in black and white, and to follow it. That kind of cloud and mountain fog cover, nothing is clear, it is convenient to shake the pot at any time to change the blame, and the way of "pulling the list" at any time looks very cool, but it is not suitable for the current Daming.

That kind of "very cool" rule must be based on a high degree of centralization, otherwise there will be a lack of trust between the imperial court and the internal and external vassals, and without trust, there will be no basis for coexistence. The Celestial Empire will exist in name only!

And now the Ming Empire has evolved into the Celestial Empire, and with the current means of transportation and communication, it is simply impossible to establish a highly centralized Celestial Empire.

And Zhu Cihong, who wanted to quickly open up the situation to grab territory with Westerners, was not willing to give up the Ming Dynasty's own Celestial Empire system first, shrink the Ming Dynasty into a highly centralized Western European-style nation-state, and then carry out colonial expansion. So he must establish a good reputation for the great tomorrow!

In his opinion, the Celestial Empire system owned by the Ming Dynasty actually regarded East Asia and Southeast Asia as a civilization circle.

This colonial rule, even in the West, is generally carried out outside the circle. For example, Europeans went to Asia, Africa and Latin America to engage in colonial rule, and Asia, Africa and Latin America were "outside the circle" at that time. It is very difficult to colonize "within the circle", and it is especially hateful.

If the Ming Dynasty really wanted to colonize East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia, then it would have to smash the Celestial Empire system first, and exclude all the internal and external vassals within the Celestial Empire system except for the Ming and Han lands, and then carry out colonial expansion......

However, after Zhu Cihong had an in-depth understanding of the Eastern Celestial Empire system in this era, he did not plan to engage in this kind of colonial route of shrinking first and then expanding, nor did he plan to abandon the circle of the Ming Dynasty, but was ready to unite the people in the circle.

He was ready to take advantage of the demographic advantages of the Han nationality and the huge economic, cultural, and political advantages of the Ming Dynasty to integrate all the ethnic groups and countries in the circle.

The Oriental circle in the 17th century was completely different from the East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia that later generations recognized!

In addition to the small territory controlled by the Western colonizers, there are only two sovereign and independent countries in the true sense of the word, namely China and Japan!

Japan does not have its own "circle", it is a lonely country - the so-called secession from Asia and entry into Europe is simply a false proposition, Japan has not been a member of the East Asian circle since the end of the Tang Dynasty in China, how can it be said to "break away from Asia"?

In the Celestial Empire circle in the East, there are more than 100 million Han people, and the lowest number of others is 20 million. Of the 20 million others, at least 10 million were Koreans and Annamites — in the 17th century, they were basically "quasi-Han" people, and if the central dynasty was strong enough, they could have been turned into Han Chinese.

As for the remaining less than 10 million people, they are divided into three small circles: Buddhism, Mongolia, Buddhism, and Nanyang Tianfangjiao. Among them, the Buddhist Mongols have been competing with the Ming for the leadership of the entire Celestial Empire, while the Manchurians belong to the corners of the main circle of the Buddhist Mongols and the Ming Dynasty...... Now Manchuria has been completely defeated, Mongolia is torn apart, the small circle of Southern Buddhism is basically finished, and the Nanyang Heavenly Sect has been crushed by Westerners.

So a Celestial Empire was placed in front of Emperor Zhu's eyes, waiting for him to pick it up...... In fact, after defeating the Manchurian Qing Dynasty and the southwestern Dashun, Emperor Zhu would become the common Son of Heaven in the civilization circle of the Eastern Celestial Empire!

Whether he is satisfied or not, this is the reality of the Oriental world!

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In the eighth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, October 22, early in the morning.

Zhu Cihong had already eaten breakfast, dressed in full armor, pressed his sword in his hand, and strode into the gold-topped imperial tent. In the imperial tent, it has long been a gathering of people, and the generals of the Ming army in front of the Tongzhou army have all been ready to be armed, and the Ming Emperor Chongzhen has also arrived - today he will also watch the battle and witness the Ming soldiers capture the enemy chief alive!

All the generals and officials in the big tent saluted Emperor Zhu together and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Cihong walked to his throne, his face indescribably full of pride.

After today, it will be a new period of history!

"Flat!" Zhu Cihong roared, and then sat down on the throne.

"Your Majesty!" Yan Yingyuan went out to play, "All the departments that will go to battle today are ready, just wait for His Majesty's order, and they will be able to march to the battlefield." ”

The battlefield was not in the east of Beijing - there were trenches dug here, and there were eight large batteries and a dozen small batteries, and the Qing army could not get out of the city at all. Therefore, the battlefield was placed in the north of Beijing according to the meaning of Fulin.

And the Ming army besieging the city, including the Mongol vassals, had a total strength of 250,000! Of course, it is impossible to drive them all out, or Fulin will be able to escape from other places.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu asked Yan Yingyuan, who served as the "former enemy general", to select 50,000 elite soldiers to participate in today's decisive battle.

Yan Yingyuan chose four infantry divisions, two flintlock regiments, one lancer regiment, and two musketeer regiments, because the baggage soldiers of the selected troops did not go out of battle, so it was almost 50,000 people. A total of 72 guns were put into battle, of which 54 were 3-pounder guns and 18 were 12-pounder guns.

With such a luxurious lineup, there is no possibility of being defeated at all, even if Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun find out in their conscience that it will be a dead end for the Qing Dynasty!

After listening to Yan Yingyuan's report, Zhu Cihong nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Send troops, grab the blessing and go! ”

......

Fu Lin suddenly trembled, not because he heard Emperor Zhu's roar, but because he saw Xuan Ye in Tong Jia's arms.

He is now neatly clothed, and he is about to go down the coal mountain...... He went down the mountain nominally to fight with Zhu Cihong, of course he couldn't take his wife and children with him.

So Tong Jiashi and Xuan Ye still have to stay on the coal mountain!

"If something happens to me, Xuan Ye will be the emperor!" Fu Lin took a breath, his eyes burned, and looked at the group of Qing Zhongliang around him - except for Shang Kexi, who never went to the coal mountain, they all came, so Fu Lin could explain the future.

Although he is ready to let the golden cicada come out of his shell, the Qing Dynasty can't die in his hands!

Now that Duoduo refuses to be the emperor's uncle, then he has to find someone else to carry the black cauldron, and this other person is the crown prince Xuanye!

"After Xuan Ye ascended the throne, he immediately changed the era name!" Fu Lin said, "I have already thought of the name of the year, it is Kangxi!" The healthy are also peaceful; The bustle is also prosperous. Do you have any objections? ”

You're all stupid...... Wouldn't it be nice for the Qing Dynasty to end with you? Why bother with the entire Kangxi Emperor? Without Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty would be the official emperor, the former master, the middle master, and the rear master, how smooth is it? Now add one Kangxi and become four generations of kings, what kind of lord is Kangxi? The Last Lord?

"There is no objection to the minions!"

It was Gang Atai and Sun Zhiqi who spoke. The two of them should watch out for the coal mountain...... Of course, they didn't know that the golden cicada of Fulin was about to come out of its shell, and only a few people such as Sony, Sukh Saha, Bambulshan, Bai Yintu, and Monk Yulin Tongxiu knew about it.