Chapter 109: The New Look of the Capital
"Drum Band, up!"
In the capital, outside the Yongding Gate, the cavalry soldiers who were black and oppressive in the distance and spread to the end of the border had just appeared, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites ordered the gongs and drums to be sounded.
"Knock knock!" ……
A song "King Qin's Breaking Array Music" was played in a different style by a skilled military band with only gongs and drums.
Yongding Gate, the main gate of the capital, is already crowded here.
Regardless of before, the current emperor's expedition and return from a great victory will definitely take the Yongding Gate to enter the capital this time.
The nearly three million people in the capital today have already received the news that the emperor has returned victoriously with the army led by the emperor today, and they have gathered on both sides of the avenue of Yongdingmen early.
Since the great changes in the capital and the transformation of the old city, the gates of the capital have never been closed.
Although the military ban on entering and leaving the capital has long been lifted, the gate of the capital has not been closed since the beginning of the great change.
In this way, it provided enough places for the people of the capital to stand on the lively and welcome the imperial army back to Beijing.
At this moment, inside and outside the Yongding Gate, both sides of the Daguan Road, which is at least thirty zhang wide, are already crowded with dense people.
However, under the command of a policeman dressed in a mandarin duck jacket, the people did not cause any confusion and appeared to be orderly.
Here it comes!
A Royal Golden Dragon Banner was the first, followed by the Seven Kills Battle Banner, the Qilin Battle Banner, and the Vermilion Bird Battle Banner......
The big flag, held high by a famous flag bearer, with the sound of horses' hooves, came towards Yongding Gate.
Followed by a neat and orderly cavalry phalanx, a soldier in black clothes and black armor, riding on the war horse, slowly moving forward.
As this mountain-like black armor army gradually crushed over, a strong murderous aura also spread immediately!
"This ...... This is our army? ”
"I'm rubbing! This...... It's all cavalry? ”
"There are so many war horses in the imperial court? Or is it like an anomaly? ”
"You coward! Is that still used? It must have been snatched from the Tartars! ”
"There are so many cavalry, and they are still murderous, and I don't know how many Tartars the emperor and his old man killed before they got so many war horses back?" ……
Suddenly, the dense crowd of people on both sides of the avenue was shocked by the evil spirit of the army, and the scene immediately became silent.
Battle flags, with teams of soldiers, lined up according to their respective regiments.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a neat cavalry phalanx, led by a famous standard-bearer, lined up in front of the Yongding Gate in the capital.
The soldiers stood still like a mountain, standing solemnly, standing upright, and looking proudly straight ahead.
The emperor, riding a white horse, was supported by several mighty generals, and slowly came to the minister of civil and military affairs who had been waiting for the city gate for a long time.
"My Emperor! Wansheng! ”
"Da Ming! Years! ”……
Yan Yingyuan led the civil and military officials to step forward in unison, and shouted while saluting.
"My Emperor is victorious!"
"Ten thousand years of the Ming Dynasty!" ……
The millions of people who watched the excitement were infected and spontaneously chanted!
The thunderous shout resounded through the land!
Even the snow on the trees on the side of the road was shaken by the thunderous shouts, and the snowflakes fell!
This situation made a soldier who had returned from a bloody battle so excited that his face was red, everyone raised the weapons in their hands, kept moving up and down, and shouted:
"My Emperor is victorious!"
"Ten thousand years of the Ming Dynasty!" ……
This is an exciting scene, even Zhu Youxiao and the queen standing not far away, both of them are in tears, and their bodies are trembling slightly.
It's worth it!
Seeing this scene in front of him, Zhu Youxiao was greatly pleased.
It's been five months since I was reborn, and now I think back that I was so busy and tired that I finally saw the rewards.
Not to mention the big official roads and big farms that spread around, or the new army that has reached one million......
Just seeing the millions of people and soldiers who are cheering sincerely, their own efforts are already worth it.
Well, in a word, I can be regarded as doing some practical things for this calamitous nation.
The vigorous welcoming and meritorious service ceremony was carried out for nearly an hour, and the soldiers and the people retreated in an orderly manner.
Groups of soldiers left separately towards the newly built battalions on the east and west sides.
In the past three months, Yan Yingyuan has not been idle, he has done too many things: the military camp in the capital has been relocated to Zheng in the east and west of the city
Xidaying is located at the foot of Yuquan Mountain, by the Yuquan River.
Dongdaying, located on the bank of the Datong River, by the Datong River.
Even the Daming Royal Military Equipment Department and the Daming Royal Academy of Science in the capital have also been relocated to the Yuquan River and Datong River, ten miles outside the city.
The Yuquan River and Datong River, which have been renovated and controlled, have not only been deepened and widened, but also the protective lifts and shelter forests on both sides of the river have been repaired by Yan Yingyuan in accordance with the emperor's majesty.
Now the new Yuquan River and Datong River, the river channel is smooth and spacious, and the bluestone embankment is neatly built on both banks.
After the arrival of this spring, it is also ready to plant flowers and trees and build a riverside avenue on both banks.
According to the emperor's request, Yan Yingyuan planned to renovate all the rivers in the capital area, dig canals and connect them, divert the river water, and permanently relieve the waterlogging in the capital and the flooding in the rainy season.
In the next step, this new policy in Beijing is to be promoted to cover the entire Shunfu and Yongping Mansion.
Today, Xidaying, which covers an area of more than 100,000 acres, and the Royal Academy of Science all stand on the bank of the Yuquan River not far from Yuquan Mountain.
The two places face each other across the river, and there is a large stone bridge with a width of 30 zhang to connect the two places, and they are the trend of turning corners with each other.
The Dongdaying and the Royal Military Equipment Department are similar, two magnificent buildings covering an area of more than 100,000 acres, standing on both sides of the Datong River, ten miles away from the capital.
The two places are the same across the river, each other is the horns, there is a super large stone bridge up to 30 zhang wide, along with the two places.
Previously, because of the initial decision of the capital, for the sake of security and confidentiality, Zhu Youxiao had to place these two important departments and military camps of the Ming Empire in the capital.
But now, the capital can almost be described as not closing its doors at night, and the area under its control has also been cleared, and there are no enemies who can steal secrets and threaten the three departments.
Then, it is necessary for these three most important departments of the empire, which are getting bigger and bigger, to move out of the capital.
Moreover, both the Royal Military Armament Department and the Royal Academy of Science are adjacent to the East and West Battalions, and the security and confidentiality are much higher than those in the capital.
After all, these two departments and the barracks, are too important.
Continuing to put them in the capital will not only waste too much land, but also have too many people, and it will be difficult to do defense work, and it will also affect the environmental sanitation and people's lives in the capital.
Now that such a relocation has left no large-scale workshops and factories in the huge capital, nor will there be a large army stationed, and it has completely become a delicate and gorgeous capital living area, which seems to be too comfortable and clean.
Because of the relocation, there are a lot of idle land and buildings in the capital, and it is time to renovate them again and build them into an urban ecological life circle, so as to settle more people and businesses to live in the capital.
As it is now, the Suzaku Legion and the Qilin Legion, led by a team of soldiers of the garrison legion, went directly to the new camp ten miles away from Dongcheng, on the edge of the Datong River, and stationed there, and was responsible for guarding the Royal Military Equipment Department.
The soldiers of the Boy Guards came to the Xinjian West Camp not far from the foot of Yuquan Mountain to station, and they also served as the important task of guarding the Royal Academy of Science.
Nowadays, the garrison corps of the capital also has a special place to station.
Outside the Guangning Gate in the southwest of the capital, Yan Yingyuan ordered a new 100,000-mu battalion, which is now specially stationed for the garrison corps.
However, Zhu Youxiao will soon order a large-scale expansion of the Boy Guard, and the garrison here will soon be released to guard the towns of various state capitals.
This large camp near Quang Ninh Gate will also welcome the greatly expanded garrison of the Guards Scout Soldiers.
Zhu Youxiao planned that in the future, near the capital, only the Guards Scout would be stationed in the army.
Others, such as the Brave Guards, Garrisons, and Field Armies, will be stationed throughout the country to be responsible for defense and battle.
In Zhu Youxiao's heart, the status of the Boy Guards will always come first.
Without it, because of their absolute faithfulness.
This is very important.
He didn't want to be like the emperors of previous dynasties, sleeping in the capital and not living peacefully.
Being able to sleep peacefully is the minimum requirement of Zhu Youxiao, and it is also a goal that must be achieved.
Otherwise, this emperor would inevitably be too aggrieved and depressed.
That kind of emperor, Zhu Youxiao is very disdainful.
He doesn't want to be the kind of emperor who looks like a stallion or a puppet.