Chapter 122: Earthquake

Tuhuan's death revised Zhu Qizhen's expectations.

also first after the death of Tuohuan, he compromised with Tuo Buhua, so that Tuo Tuo Buhua regained a certain amount of power. It can be said that it is a wise move at this time.

But when you first want to reach the same height as dejoy, it adds a problem.

Historically, it has also stabilized the interior first, fought in the east and west, and suppressed and detached. Then he went south to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and it took nearly ten years to surpass his father's control over the grassland.

There is a change in the civil fort.

But Zhu Qizhen will not be so easy to let him integrate the grassland first.

Although limited to the problem of Ming Dynasty troops, Zhu Qizhen was not prepared to make a large-scale northern expedition. I'd rather wait for the Tile Thorn to come south to attack. Therefore, the time of the decisive battle between the two sides, Zhu Qizhen is estimated to be about the thirteenth and fifteenth years of orthodoxy.

It couldn't be any longer.

Because of the contradiction between the first and the detachment, it is impossible to delay it for too long. If you don't go south first. It's going to take it off. This is determined by their internal contradictions.

even went south to Daming first, which was also a prelude to his detachment. It was also the feat of capturing the Ming Emperor, and he also replaced the Golden Family Khan.

So he had about ten years of recuperation time.

And he said that it would take ten years, which is also a half-truth. Although he has about ten years of repair, he doesn't think that Luchuan can fight for ten years, it is estimated that there will be a big war in the first year, and then there will be a public security war.

The army will be able to begin to retreat.

Even Meng Ying herself was unwilling to stay in Yunnan for ten years.

How many decades he has, all in his fifties.

Compared with dealing with Luchuan, Meng Ying wanted to deal with Mongolia more.

Sure enough, Meng Ying said: "The minister understands what His Majesty means, and the minister will definitely let Luchuan live in peace for a long time." It's just a land of Luchuan projectiles, and it won't take ten years. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Actually, I asked Qing to come here today, and I also have an idea, to let the guards around me perform martial arts, and let Qing see if there is anything to be done." ”

"It's a pity that God doesn't make beauty."

Meng Ying said with a smile: "The guards around Your Majesty are all first-class talents. ”

This sentence is half-true and half-false, although there is a suspicion of sycophancy, but it may not all be sycophancy.

Zhu Qizhen has insisted on training bow horses for several years, and the guards around him naturally followed. These guards were either low-ranking officers and had a lot of kung fu.

Such as Li Dachuan.

Either they are from noble backgrounds, their fathers and ancestors are in the army, and there are also family heirlooms, such as Shi Jing and others. Under such training, in archery and horse riding, the level of the average Xia army was far away.

Even if Meng Yuan is among the children of the Meng family, he is considered to be top-notch, but among the guards, he cannot take the lead. It can be seen in general.

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this case, if the Marquis of Baoding is here, he will bring dozens of them as personal soldiers." It can also be regarded as training a few generals for our dynasty, so that they can see the soldiers. ”

Meng Ying naturally did not refuse, and immediately said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

After a while, Meng Ying was among Zhu Qizhen's guards and selected about twenty people. Originally, Meng Ying hoped that Li Dachuan would go with him, but Zhu Qizhen chose Shi Jing.

None of the children of the princes selected by Meng Ying were at most, and there were only some children of the earls.

Because these people have a relationship behind them, once they die in battle, it is difficult to explain, coupled with the danger of the soldiers, on the battlefield, no one can guarantee that they can come back safely.

Shi Jing is now a colt. Once something happens, won't the palace be dissatisfied, and Li Dachuan has now hung the title of a thousand households, and it is his killing of Adai Khan that is famous all over the world.

Meng Ying naturally knew that he was regarded as a rising star in the army.

How Meng Ying will choose, it is naturally clear at a glance.

But the Holy Command could not be disobeyed. Meng Ying had no choice.

When Meng Ying left the palace, it was already raining heavily.

This heavy rain does not stop at a time, even if it sometimes becomes drizzling, maybe it will be sunny, but it will rain for a while every day.

In such a heavy rain, Meng Ying went out of Beijing, took the people of the headquarters, rushed to Tongzhou, and then took a boat to the south. First go to Nanjing to gather troops from various places, and then take a boat to Hunan, go ashore from Changde, go west to Guizhou, and then go to Yunnan through the Guizhou Post Road, because it will probably take a long time to integrate soldiers and horses, and when Meng Ying goes to Yunnan, it is estimated that it will be next spring.

Zhu Qizhen only thought that the rainy season was coming. Didn't care.

This year is a leap year, leap February. As a result, June is a few days later than usual. It is estimated that the conversion to the solar calendar is about August. It's the rainy season.

On the night of June 28, the fourth year of Orthodoxy.

Zhu Qizhen was sleeping soundly in the Qianqing Palace, and suddenly felt that the sky was shaking, and when he first started, Zhu Qizhen thought he was dreaming.

As for when a piece of porcelain on the side of the bed smashed on the ground, there was a "pop", and the crisp cracking sound woke Zhu Qizhen from his daze.

Only then did I know that this was not a dream.

At the same time that Zhu Qizhen woke up, Wang Zhen also broke in and said, "Master, the ground has moved." ”

Zhu Qizhen turned over and got out of bed, just put on a piece of clothes, and immediately rushed out of the warm pavilion, saying: "Let everyone go to the courtyard, and call out to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Concubine Hu Xian, and the Imperial Brother, all of them, and gather outside the Qianqing Palace." ”

"No one is allowed in the house."

Wang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, be careful of your body, and now it is raining heavily outside. ”

Only then did Zhu Qizhen feel that the dense rain outside seemed to come with the earthquake, becoming the background sound of the earthquake.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Stupid, don't you have an umbrella? Zhu Qizhen suddenly pushed open the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and the water vapor in front of him hit his face. made Zhu Qizhen suddenly feel a trace of coldness.

At the same time, there were all kinds of sounds, shouts, shouts, dense rain, and inexplicable sounds from the ground. It's like a giant beast surging beneath the ground.

Not to mention the darkness outside, the only light is the light source around Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen was suddenly a little timid.

However, it was at this time that the second wave of earthquakes came.

For a while, Zhu Qizhen seemed to be standing on top of a fast-moving car, and all kinds of vibrations made Zhu Qizhen unstable at all.

It's just that the quality of the Daming Palace is still very earthquake-resistant, after all, this is the emperor's bedroom. It's just that the Qianqing Palace was saved under the earthquake. But the things in the Qianqing Palace may not be able to be saved.

It crackled like a symphony, countless porcelains fell to the ground, and heavy Nanmu bookshelves also slammed under the ground.

For a while, all kinds of books, songs, and even candles were down.

In an instant, a ball of fire lit up in the Qianqing Palace.

Wang Zhen was shocked and immediately brought people over to extinguish the fire. He then ordered that no one should light a fire, except for the lanterns they were carrying.

You must know that this Qianqing Palace is a wooden structure, and this earthquake may not be able to shake it down, but once there is a fire, it will be terrible.

The reason for the most destruction of palaces in the Ming Dynasty was fire.

When Zhu Qizhen saw it, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly in his heart: "This rain may not be a bad thing. At least with this heavy rain, there will be no major fires. ”

In this era, fires are lit up, and earthquakes can easily cause fires.

It's just that there are some things that he thinks about too well, and everything has advantages and disadvantages.

When Zhu Qizhen saw this situation, he also knew that he couldn't hesitate.

This earthquake came and went, and who knows what kind of situation it will bring, even if it is raining heavily outside, you have to go out.

Zhu Qizhen didn't need to play a fan, Wang Zhen commanded a few people, and several umbrellas were covered on Zhu Qizhen's head. The palace people and guards in the Qianqing Palace stood on the main square.

This square is the largest square in the Forbidden City. There are only three high platforms, which are the ruins of the three major halls.

At this moment, it was also dark on the square, and there was no one. After all, Zhu Qizhen's order will go down for a while, and it will take some time to carry it out, and when it is panicked, people's reactions are not so fast.

Zhu Qizhen said to Wang Zhen: "Wang Daban will go to Kunning Palace quickly, pick up his mother, and bring his second brother and Concubine Wu together." ”

Wang Zhen said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Where is Jin Ying?" ”

Wang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, Gonggong Jin has a mansion outside the palace, and he is resting outside the palace at the moment. ”

Zhu Qizhen knew that Wang Zhen would give Jin Ying eye medicine again, but he couldn't help but be angry.