Chapter 8: The Prologue to the Great Chess
The night is kind, and the lights in the Qianqing Palace are bright.
The palace maid and eunuch of the catering supervisor quickly brought up the meal and placed it on everyone's table.
Daming implements a separate meal system, paying attention to one person, one case.
"You Aiqing have been tired all day, you might as well eat more."
The meal was not sumptuous, and it was not even as good as the ordinary people in the capital, but Emperor Chongzhen devoured it, and at the same time did not forget to greet everyone.
Indeed, the day was really exhausting.
Look at this hour, it's almost nine o'clock in the afterlife, can you not be hungry?
It's just that the adults chewed slowly and ate very gently.
In fact, the banquet given by the Son of Heaven is actually not delicious, except that the former Emperor Chongzhen is a poor ghost and has no high-end ingredients, even the taste of the food is not flattering.
The food supervisor pays attention to the golden mean, the dishes should not be too salty and too light, not too spicy and too sour, everything is mainly bland, how can it be delicious?
This makes the adults who eat finely, especially the noble ministers who have been rich and noble since childhood, very unaccustomed to eating.
Emperor Chongzhen was so particular, he finished his meal quickly, burped, gently wiped the corners of his mouth with wet wipes, and looked left and right.
The civil affairs have been partially resolved, and it should be the turn of the generals.
Suddenly, everyone immediately stopped the dishes and chopsticks and asked the palace maid to clean up the table.
Although, they did not have enough to eat.
"Yang Aiqing, the Ministry of War immediately sent a letter to Zheng Shizhu to comfort Mrs. Qin Liangyu and lead the white pole soldiers to march day and night, and rushed to King Qin, the capital division.
Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Lintao, led the iron cavalry under his command and entered the king of Beijing Qin.
Sun Chuanting, the governor of Zhaochuan and Shaanxi, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, immediately entered Beijing to discuss the war.
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On the dragon chair, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were slightly closed, and his fingers were beating the dragon's legs, summoning the awesome characters currently existing in the Ming Dynasty to the capital one by one.
At the same time, he also made a series of arrangements for the Beijing camp.
A big game of chess, with Emperor Chongzhen's instructions one by one, slowly kicked off.
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In the early morning of the next day, an autumn rain came unexpectedly.
The icy rain hit the stone slabs of the roads in the capital, splashing countless waters.
In late autumn, the weather gradually turned colder, slowly changing towards early winter, bringing a hint of depression and a bit of sadness.
Throughout the capital, there was a depressing smell everywhere, and the air was full of tension.
Especially the big families in the capital, the princes and nobles, every household has swords out of the sheath and is heavily guarded.
Martial law began in the capital.
On the street near the palace, it acts as the brave guard battalion of the Imperial Forest Army, with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and is heavily guarded, guarding the safety of the palace.
The ten-mile-long streets have also been blocked.
Even some ditches, sewers, and the source of the moat were heavily guarded by heavy troops, and they were murderous.
The officers and soldiers of the three major battalions of the Beijing battalion, plus the internal direct army, as well as the guards under the command of the palace, were on joint duty, densely packed all over the walls of the capital.
In addition, there are many eunuchs on the street, constantly coming and going, running in the rain, idle people, etc., all of them retreat.
Moreover, a huge number of soldiers and soldiers of the five cities in the capital were also dispatched to patrol the streets.
At the same time, all the officials of Shuntianfu were also dispatched, beating gongs and drums along the way to inform the people that the Tatar invasion, martial law in Beijing, and everyone in the city were not allowed to leave the city without the emperor's order.
It can be said that the entire Beijing division has been prepared, the whole city has been blocked by soldiers and horses, and a big city of more than one million people is like an iron plate, and the water is impassable.
Such a movement, such a scale, unprecedented in the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years.
Everyone in the capital knows that the imperial court has made a big move.
It's just that what they don't know is who is targeted by such a formation of the imperial court?
For a while, the scoundrels in the capital, as well as gangs of all sizes, disappeared without a trace, and I don't know where to hide from the limelight?
As for ordinary people, they are even more reluctant to go out if they have nothing to do, and they have closed their windows and closed their doors, so they should be winter in advance.
Outside the capital, because the imperial court only opened the three gates of Zhengyang, Chongwen and Xuanwu, the city gate was full of people and traffic.
These people were basically the common people or squires and merchants around Gyeonggi, because they had horse-drawn carts or donkey carts to travel, so they fled to the capital quickly.
At this time, everyone without exception was stopped outside the city.
They need to register their household registration, indicate whether they have relatives and friends to take refuge in Beijing, or a series of questions such as unified arrangements by the imperial court.
At the same time, they were told that horse-drawn carts and donkey carts were not allowed to enter the city, and that they were to be paid by the imperial court as the cost of entering the city.
Otherwise, flee elsewhere on your own.
Regarding this point, the officials sent by the imperial court explained very clearly that there was no way for the capital to house such a large number of livestock.
This will not only cause traffic jams and chaos, but also the food, drink and lazar of these livestock will not solve the problem.
In the current situation, only the guarantor can be given first.
Most people still understand things and make the right choice between leaving and staying according to their own conditions.
But there are also some people who believe that they have a noble status and a background in the capital, clamoring for both entering the city and keeping the means of transportation, otherwise what to do.
In a word, they want privileges, and they threaten the soldiers who defend the city.
It's just that at this time, there are often little eunuchs in the palace with a few brocade-clothed guard captains who stand up and smile, or wave a leather whip, and basically no one dares to say anything anymore.
This scene has been repeated many times in Zhengyang, Chongwen, and Xuanwu.
Thanks to the eunuchs sent out in the palace, the first day of martial law in the capital went quite smoothly.
Zhengyang Gate, one of the nine gates of Jingshi, is also the gate with the highest specifications. It integrates the city tower, the arrow tower and the urn city, and is a complete defensive building.
From the towering castle tower, the view is wide and unobstructed.
Li Ruolian, the secretary of the brocade guard, clasped his hands around him, looked at the majesty of the little eunuch in the palace under the city gate, and couldn't help but bow his head and sigh.
Jinyiwei has been in decline for too long, and now he has become the follower of the little eunuch, which is really sad.
As a senior general of Jinyiwei, Li Ruolian has experienced the glory of Jinyiwei during the period of Gonggong Wei and the decline of today, so he is deeply emotional.
However, just remembering for a moment, Li Ruolian immediately clenched his fists, raised his head high, and his eyes were full of fierce fighting spirit.
The spring of Jinyiwei has arrived, and the glory will follow.
Because, Your Majesty is going to rebuild the factory guard.
In his mind, Li Ruolian recalled the scene confessed by the new factory governor Wang Chengen this morning, and he almost couldn't control himself in his heart, he just wanted to look up to the sky and howl to relieve his long-term depression.
However, he deeply understands that now is not the time for the spring breeze to be proud, and only by completing the tasks entrusted by His Majesty to the Governor of Wang Factory is the moment to vent his heart.
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