Chapter 738: The Northern Expedition
The two queens of Daming originally liked to associate with Cai'er, but now they are not outsiders, of course, they are more intimate, and they dare to say any private whispers when the three of them are together.
Cai'er brought KitKat to open the eyes of the two queens, because she herself likes that thing, Cai'er is the liberated foot after the foot is wrapped, if you walk a little more, your feet always hurt badly, and you can't walk fast.
With a bicycle to travel, Cai'er, who is in a hurry, feels much more convenient and spends a lot less time on the road.
In front of the gate of Kunning Palace, Cai'er said loudly to the two queens: "Two sisters, take a closer look, we women can also pedal Hot Wheels, this bicycle that rides on and walks is called a bicycle or a bicycle." ”
Cai'er has been with Chongzhen's concubines for many years, and she has been commensurate with sisters for many years, and she has not realized that she has been shortened for a while, and she still calls the two queen sisters.
Zhang Yan thinks that there are people everywhere, and they don't mean to let Lan Cai'er change her words, and she still calls Cai'er's sister.
Cai'er rides on a delicate bicycle, which is about the same size as the women's bicycle of later generations, and Cai'er, who is more than 1.6 meters tall, can sit on the saddle and support the ground firmly without tiptoeing.
Behind Cai'er are the four maids she has trained in the past few years, Cai'er's personal maids have changed three or four times, most of them have become popular corners, and many of them are married to "Nanming" civil and military officials.
The four teenage girls are also selected sensible women, all of whom are the red stars of the crew, and at this time Le Zizi is riding on a bicycle, ready to show off in the Daming Palace.
Cai'er and the five rode around Kunning Palace in a circle, and several Ming concubines were attracted, eager to try one by one, and even Princess Kunxing, who refused to show up, ran out with a red face and begged Cai'er to teach her to ride.
Most of the concubines in the palace are liberated feet, and their feet are actually the result of Huang Sheng's reversal.
The emperor's daughter does not worry about getting married, and of course Princess Kunxing does not need to be abused by the footcloth, she is naturally Tianzu.
She learned to ride very quickly, and she mastered her balance in only half an hour, and rode to the imperial study to greet her father, causing several attendant eunuchs and palace maids to chase after her and almost ran out of breath.
The Forbidden City has five more bicycles of different colors, each with its own bright colors, more crisp car bells, and more silver bell-like laughter of Princess Kunxing.
I have seen my daughter riding a bicycle in the palace many times, where is there still a little bit of ladylike demeanor, it is simply unseemly, Chongzhen thinks that his daughter can no longer let herself go freely, and is ready to find an opportunity to reprimand.
On this day, he heard the car bell ring again, Chongzhen hurriedly walked out of the imperial study and prepared to stop his daughter who passed by here to warn him, who knew that this time it was not Kun Xing at all, but his imperial sister-in-law Le Zizi rode by on a bicycle, and her face was so red with excitement.
Emperor Chongzhen hadn't seen the emperor's sister-in-law show his face for too long, Leng Keke looked at it for a long time, and he seemed very happy to see the emperor's sister-in-law being surrounded by a group of palace people riding a bicycle, and immediately decided not to mention it again, regardless of the bicycle riding in the palace.
Soon Cai'er went home, she brought back the older two thousand palace maids and one thousand eunuchs, and then the 'Nanming' official post house and inn were widely publicized, here is the etiquette of the Ming court, and the guests will enjoy the royal service.
As a result, of course, every post house and inn rebuilt in the palace was prosperous, and the price soared, and the palace people who were dismissed by the three thousand Ming Dynasty not only got monthly money, but also received benefits and bonuses.
The overall quality of the three thousand Daming Palace people who are accustomed to etiquette is of course higher than that of the common people, and the literacy rate is also very high.
The palace maids who lived a happy and free life wrote to their good sisters, telling them about the completely different new life of 'Nanming', and many people especially liked the warmth here.
They also wrote to their families, telling them that they could feel free to go to Nanming, where there were so many job opportunities and everyone would have the opportunity to support themselves.
Many eunuchs fell in love with the harmonious atmosphere of "Nanming", and the civil and military generals here did not become antagonists to the eunuchs, and the common people did not hold them and did not discriminate against them.
The eunuchs worked and lived very well in Nanming, there were no lynchings here, so no one would be beaten with a cane, and the criminals would be sentenced after a public trial.
At the end of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming delegation came to New Hangzhou, and Xu Guangqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, presided over the reception of foreign affairs.
In the sound of ceremonial music played by Huang Zhong Dalu, King Nan sat facing south in the palace hall, and Liang Tingdong was presenting the national letter and gift list.
After receiving the letter of request for help from the Ming Dynasty, the king of the south did not push back, and immediately convened a meeting of the ministers of civil and military affairs the next day.
The king of the south announced in a high-profile manner that Jiannu was doing evil in Liaodong and killing our Han soldiers and civilians, and the "Southern Ming" could not turn a deaf ear and immediately waved his army to the north, with the strategic intention of completely occupying Liaodong and Goryeo, and the tactical requirement was to annihilate all Qing troops.
Seeing that there was no big battle to fight in the Indochina Peninsula, the generals felt exhausted, and when they learned that the head of the family was preparing to go to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty to annihilate Jiannu, everyone was gearing up.
In order to meet the needs of the southern and northern wars to defend the territory and open up the territory, Huang Sheng announced that he would expand the army again.
The army will be organized into 72 battalions, with nearly 300,000 men, and the navy will increase the number of sailors and marines to 200,000 while increasing the number of heat-powered ironclad ships.
This also means that the 'Nanming' will soon have 500,000 thermal weapons troops, and will have steel warships powered by steam engines in modern times.
The king of the south demanded that the civil and military forces mobilize the troops and horses, leaving the 36th battalion to guard the territory of the 'Nanming', with Huang Dongshan, Zhao Shimin, and Cheng Quangong as the leaders of the three-person regiment to stay in the general praise painting department, and make persistent efforts to eliminate the remaining hostile forces in the Indochina Peninsula.
When the time comes, the men and horses who are training on "Nanhua Island" can consider taking the porridge-beaten island of Java, and the next goal is to seize Kalimantan Island.
Huang Sheng left seventy percent of the navy to inspect the sea frontier, and Huang Mingdao was the commander-in-chief of the navy, with the task of protecting foreign trade, fighting piracy, fighting small countries by the sea that refused to submit, and seizing new territories.
The king of the south is about to personally conquer the puppet Qing Dynasty, and at that time he will dispatch the 36th battalion of the army to form the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the navy will dispatch 100 warships and 600 transport ships.
Mobilize Zhoushan, Daishan, "Huaxia Island", Yongping Mansion, Huangjiawan Island, Zhongmingbao, and Juehua Island first-class villagers to participate in the battle, with a minimum number of 80,000 people, and no upper limit.
There are a large number of people who are ready to dispatch, and the preparation of soldiers, horses, money, food, and materials cannot be accomplished overnight.
Zhongming Fort, Yongping Mansion and Huangjiawan Island must organize at least 30,000 war horses, and the more horses they can organize, the better. Although the 'Nanming' system is very efficient, it may take more than half a year to complete the assembly of these materials.