Luzon was a relatively well-behaved younger brother, and every year he would send envoys to Beijing to pay tribute. Ji Yang, www.biquge.info the pen "Qu" Pavilion, would also give them some gifts, usually Confucian books and some industrial products.

For example, last year, Ji Yang sent ten coal stoves and one ton of honeycomb coal. They were all cheap industrial products, but the Luzon envoys liked them very much, and after using them, they ordered a lot of coal stoves and honeycomb coal from the Central Plains, and became a big customer.

This year, Ji Yuan learned that the Luzon envoys were coming, and he also prepared a freshly baked commodity in advance.

"The subordinate has seen the Holy Martial Emperor." Yin Haochu and the three of them bowed down, and the whole person was close to the ground.

"No need to be polite." Ji Yuan was in a good mood and smiled.

Yin Hao saw that Emperor Shengwu was in such a good mood for the first time, and his heart was much more relaxed, and he told Ji Yuan about Luzon's predicament, and hoped that the Taihao Dynasty could rescue Luzon after the weather warmed up next year.

"The rescue of Luzon will have to wait until next year, you don't have to worry, I have prepared a gift, you can take a look first." Ji Yuan pointed to the strange thing placed in front of the main hall and said, only to see that the thing had two wheels, and it looked like a car was not a car.

"Well, I don't know what it is?" Yin Haochu was in the mood to look at the gifts, but Emperor Shengwu's words, he didn't dare to be disobedient.

"It's called a bicycle, Lan'er, you go show him it." Ji Yuan said.

"Lan'er obeys." Lan'er used to call herself a slave, but Ji Yang didn't like this title, and abolished the slavery status of all ethnic groups in the Taihao Dynasty, which meant that no one in the Taihao Dynasty could be a slave, and if you wanted to catch slaves, you could only arrest people of other nationalities in other countries.

Nowadays, the palace maids in the palace call themselves by their names, which is more humane.

The personnel of the Ming Dynasty's harem were generally supplemented by holding large-scale beauty pageants in the court, and unmarried ladies between the ages of thirteen and sixteen were found throughout the country to fill the harem. Just imagine, the beauties of the whole country have gone through the selection of various provinces, prefectures, and counties, and no more than 100 people are selected in the end, which can really be described as one in hundreds of thousands of miles, that is to say, most of the palace maids in the Ming Dynasty are the top beauties in the world.

However, when these beauties walked into the Ming Dynasty palace, it meant that they lost their personal freedom. Not only did they live a court life of poor food and clothing, poor housing, and hard labor for life, but they also had to suffer psychological and physical humiliation from time to time, and even a painful life of being beaten and imprisoned, and some of them would also face the tragic end of being martyred, beheaded, and killed.

Now Ji Yang has changed the palace maid system, and they are no longer the emperor's personal belongings, but work with them.

As long as the palace maid is over sixteen years old, she can marry when she reaches the age, retire at the age of forty-five, and she can be later in special circumstances. After the system was changed, the atmosphere in the palace was no longer as cold as the previous dynasty, and the palace maids and guards were just a pair.

Because of the change of the system, the palace maid suddenly became a popular profession, and there was an endless stream of people who came for interviews. Naturally, the requirements of the palace maids have gradually increased, and most of the people who came to be palace maids in the past were desperate girls who were sent in by their parents. Now the palace maid not only requires beautiful facial features, but also reads and writes, cultivates a little martial arts, works lightly and hard, and can do both civil and martial arts.

Lan'er walked to His Royal Highness, sat on the bicycle lightly, kicked off the stand, stepped on the pedal, and returned to the place in the spacious hall under the curious eyes of everyone, then put the bicycle back on, saluted Ji Yuan, and returned to him.

"This bike really has some doorways, and it can turn on its own." Yin Haochu was surprised.

"Otherwise, how can it be called a bicycle, it is light and dexterous, it can walk on a very small road, much faster than walking, much more affordable than a horse-drawn carriage, much flatter than riding a horse, but it requires some foot strength." Ji Yuan said.

"It is indeed a strange thing, and the ministers thank Emperor Shengwu for the kindness of Emperor Shengwu for the king of Luzon." Yin Haochu bowed down again.

"Don't keep kowtowing, my Taihao Dynasty has canceled the ceremony of bowing down to the monarchs and ministers, and only kneeling to the parents of heaven and earth." Ji Yuan waved his hand, and then said: "Although the bicycle is novel, it is not a rare thing, as long as five hundred taels of silver, if you like it, you can buy him a few hundred back." ”

Speaking of one hundred taels of silver, Lan'er showed a smile in her eyes, but she knew that the bicycle was only sold for fifty taels of silver in the Taihao Dynasty, and the people with slightly better families could afford it.

The Taihao Dynasty built a cement road, so it was natural to make use of it, and it was not possible to ride a horse as before. Bicycles were born, one was a single bicycle, the other was a three-wheeled bicycle, which also gave birth to a driver who specialized in riding a three-wheeled passenger and pulling goods.

"Thank you Emperor Shengwu for your excuse." Yin Haochu stood up, still bowed, and said bitterly: "Now that Luzon has natural and man-made disasters and rebellious people, if you send troops to rescue later, I am afraid that you will not be able to see the king of my family, where will there be silver to buy things." ”

In fact, when he entered Beijing, he had already seen many cyclists, and he also knew the benefits of this thing, so the reason why he expressed his attitude was just to cheer. It was not the first time that Yin Haochu had been a comprador, and when he came, he knew that Emperor Shengwu would definitely recommend new products to him again.

However, Yin Haochu did not resist, because every time there was a new product, after they bought it in large quantities, they could transfer it to some other more remote countries in Nanyang and make a lot of money as a middleman.

"The situation in Luzon, Bu Jingyun has already told me in the book, it's not easy to do. You have also seen that it is not your Luzon country that has been affected by the disaster, my Taihao Dynasty snow disaster is even more serious, and the snow has been flying since June, and the weather is getting colder and colder day by day. Two days ago, even Hangzhou, which has always been warm, Taihu Lake was frozen, and you can ride a bicycle on Taihu Lake, do you say that it is more difficult in Luzon or more difficult in the Central Plains. Ji Yuan's face became serious.

"It is true that the Central Plains is much colder than Luzon, but I went all the way from Jiangyin Port to the capital, and although I also saw some people living hard, they were not hungry and cold, at least they could eat enough." Yin Haochu said.

Even the people of remote villages can have enough to eat, which is hard to imagine in Luzon. Not to mention the snow disaster, even in normal times, there are many people in Luzon who have lost their families due to exploitation, and they can't eat enough, and they are as thin as firewood.

"This is all because of my Taihao Dynasty, united as one, and the rich gentry have donated money to make the people have enough to eat in the disaster year. If it is only by the strength of our court, let alone let the people have enough to eat, it would be good if there was no rebellion below. Ji Yuan said.

"The Taihao Dynasty is united, doesn't it just show that Emperor Shengwu is deeply popular, and the court has a degree of education. The emperor and his subordinates implored the Taihao Dynasty to send troops to Luzon to suppress the rebellious people. Yin Haochu knelt down again.

Ji Yuan said that the Central Plains is also difficult, Yin Haochu didn't believe it at all, all he saw along the way was bustling and lively, on snowy days, the street steamed bun shops were still selling hot steamed buns. Walking from Jiangyin Port, Yin Haochu has never seen a few people who have fallen into the streets due to hunger and cold, everyone has something to do, and the roads are still being built in the ice and snow.

This scene lingered in his mind, Yin Haochu wanted to cry without tears, not to mention the countryside in Luzon, even the people of Wangcheng starved to death a lot, the people in various places rebelled, and the throne was in jeopardy.

The scene in the snow of the Taihao Dynasty was very shocking to Yin Haochu, who had come to pay tribute several times during the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty was already very powerful, the situation among the people was much more chaotic than at this time, and it was impossible for it to remain so prosperous during the snow disaster.

"Luzon is my courtier's state, so I will naturally send troops to rescue me. Chenyang, your cabinet will discuss this matter with them and come up with a charter to show me. Ji Yuan looked at Chen Yang Dao.

"Obey." Chen Yang said.

"Thank you, Emperor Shengwu." Yin Haochu was grateful, and once again made a great gift of throwing himself to the ground

The cabinet was accustomed to Ji Yang and Ji Yuan's style of acting, and knew what the emperor wanted.

When discussing with Yin Haochu and others, he mainly explained that the issue of military spending was paid in advance by the Taihao Dynasty at first, and after suppressing the rebellious people for Luzon, Luzon had to compensate for it. Yin Haochu was also very good, and took the initiative to sign an order for the purchase of bicycles, soap, honeycomb coal, silk, cotton clothes, grain and other materials, with an amount of up to 30 million taels.

Luzon couldn't come up with the money, so it decided to cede three islands to the Taihao Dynasty, one island for 10 million taels. The three islands are not small, and together they are larger than the Ryukyus, and they are a province.

However, this order could only take effect after the Taihao Dynasty helped Luzon suppress the rebellious people and stabilize the regime.

Someone sent military funds to train troops, and negotiated such a large order, Ji Yuan was very satisfied, so he approved the dispatch of troops to Luzon. Of course, it is not to send troops immediately, but to prepare months in advance, and wait for the weather to be warmer next year.

"Luzon Elementary School, it's just to suppress some chaotic people, and leave this matter to the mercenaries." Ji Yuan said.

"The minister understands, and when he goes back, he will send a telegram to the mercenaries." The military department Shangshu Zeng Zong became enlightened.

"It is also necessary to prepare for the march into Central Asia, which is a 100,000-mile expedition, arduous and excellent, and it is not good to hand it over to a certain army. In this way, the volunteers from various units will be drawn to form an expeditionary force. Garrisons in all provinces and localities can enter the expeditionary force as long as they are voluntary, and the quota is limited to 100,000. We should do a good job in handling the affairs of the expeditionary force as soon as possible and get a good grasp of drills. Ji Yuan said.

"Obey." Zeng Zongcheng heard such a thing as the Volunteer Army for the first time, and he felt quite fresh.

After the 100,000-mile expedition and the formation of the Volunteer Army were issued, a round of registration frenzy was set off in the garrisons of the provinces.

Because of the strength of the Taihao Dynasty, the war was not as tragic and difficult as before, and it could almost be crushed against some surrounding countries, so many people wanted to make war achievements. The 100,000-mile expedition sounds bluffing, but those young and vigorous young soldiers and generals don't care about these things after holding back in the barracks for a long time.

The Shuchuan Shizhu Army, because it was more familiar with the situation in the west, almost everyone signed up, even the general Qin Liangyu signed up.

Of the 100,000 Haixi Army led by Chen Jiayi, more than 70,000 people also signed up, and Chen Jiayi was also duty-bound. Of the 100,000 bull-headed troops led by Tatsuno, more than 80,000 people signed up, and Tatsuno was also duty-bound.

"I want to sign up!" After Pojun heard the military report, he did not hesitate to say authentically, and the 350,000 northern defense troops who followed him also followed.

Qin Shuang was calmer, he was the governor of the three prefectures of Liaodong, and it was inconvenient to go west to conquer 100,000 miles, so he just reported the military to his subordinates, and many of his subordinates signed up. You Tanzhi also signed up, and he had almost no meritorious service before and after the Jin First War, so he felt that this was a good opportunity.

Then there was the newly occupied Houjin region, which was divided into three regions: Xingzhou, Shanzhou and Qingzhou.

Qin Shuang truthfully reported the results of the battle, and Ji Yuan punished Lu Xiang for his disciplinary violations, and then he was named the governor of the three states. Lu Xiang also has a garrison of 100,000 people, but his army is still being formed, and the manpower is not even, and he has to undertake the task of building three states, so there are relatively few people who sign up.

Then there are the garrisons in the Central Plains and the coastal areas, and the total number of people who signed up is more than 200,000. The Oriental Naval Division, the Southern Marine Division, and even the mercenaries have a large number of people signing up, and the quota for the expeditionary force is crowded.

"Your Majesty, the minister earnestly invites you to join the expeditionary force." Excellence is the commander of the Great Internal Forbidden Army, and he should have taken it as his responsibility to protect the Forbidden City, but seeing that all his friends in the past have made meritorious contributions to become feudal officials, he can't stand it.

And the emperor has already said that the Ouchi guards and even the forbidden army can sign up.

"Leave the affairs in your hands and sign up." Ji Yuan was talking to Lian Feiyan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Excellence was overjoyed, and he stepped down and went to the registration office.

Seeing Excellence leaving in a hurry, Ji Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and smile, the expedition was so popular.

"Brother Yuan, you just need to go west for a word, why bother so much." Lian Feiyan was puzzled.

"The 100,000-mile expedition is no joke, the real distance is about more than 400,000 miles. This battle will not be fought in a few months, it may take several years, and they will not be able to return home for several years. This expedition is of great significance, and mobilizing troops from all over the country to sign up can cultivate everyone's sense of honor. Ji Yuan said.

"I see, you always think about others when you do things." Lian Feiyan appreciates Ji Yuan's point, obviously as an emperor, he always thinks from the perspective of the grassroots, rather than acting arbitrarily.

"This is a decision made by Ji Yang after discussing with me, and it is also our responsibility." Ji Yuan said.

"Responsibility?" Lian Feiyan was puzzled, what responsibility did the emperor have.

"Yes, the position of power and responsibility are equal, I, the emperor and the officials below, have enjoyed the benefits brought by the position, so naturally I must also take the corresponding responsibility. If you only enjoy power and do not take responsibility, you are not a good emperor or a good official. Ji Yuan said.

"That's a good point, if everyone in the world is as willing to take responsibility as you are, there won't be so many things." Lian Feiyan remembered that nameless, although that person was strong in martial arts and full of benevolence and morality, he hid in the countryside all day long to live his leisurely life.

Compared with Ji Yuan, Lian Feiyan suddenly felt that he was nameless and weak, and Ji Yuan was so glorious and majestic.

Unconsciously, Lian Feiyan's eyes looked at Ji Yuan with some longing and fascination.

"Feiyan, are you willing to shoulder the country's heavy responsibilities with me?" Ji Yuan reacted quickly, and when he saw Lian Feiyan's eyes, he knew that this was a good opportunity, so he took her hand and asked affectionately.

"Yes." Lian Feiyan's cheeks were slightly red, but he was not timid.

Ji Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Lian Feiyan's waist, and the two snuggled together.