Chapter 542: Epilogue: Picturesque Country (Finale)
Baoding was a great victory, and the Ming army completed its work in one battle, and wiped out the main force of the Qing army.
Subsequently, the Ming army took the Beijing division in one go.
On the first day of the fourth month, Zhu Cihong, the Son of Heaven, entered the city surrounded by civil and military officials.
A few years have passed, and the city has not changed much.
Zhu Cihong has imagined many scenes of the recovery of Shenjing, but when this day really came, his mood was unusually calm.
He led the military generals into the imperial city, and then entered the palace city. As a proclamation of the restoration of Shenjing, he will hold a grand court meeting in the Imperial Palace.
At the court meeting, Zhu Cihong wore a big red twelve-chapter gown, sat on the throne of the main hall, and accepted the congratulations of civil and military officials.
Thinking that there were countless people who looked down on the Ming Dynasty when the Manchu Qing Dynasty first entered the customs, almost no one thought that the Ming Dynasty could succeed in the Northern Expedition and recover Shenjing.
It seems that the best outcome is to divide the river.
But Zhu Cihong does not plan to favor Jiangnan, nor is he willing to favor Jiangnan.
At that time, he made an oath to lead the Ming Dynasty to rejuvenate and revive the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.
He appointed Wen Anzhi, Du Yinxi, Lu Zhenfei and other capable ministers, and he promoted Zheng Chenggong, Zeng Ying and other military generals, and he firmly believed that the Ming Dynasty would be able to prosper after all.
And he did.
The Ming Dynasty has the invincible cavalry, the invincible cannon, the invincible flintlock pistol, and the invincible sailor......
Those who once looked down on the declining Ming were slapped in the face.
It's a really good feeling.
Zhu Cihong is a king, but at the same time, he is also a person of flesh and blood and feelings.
The most difficult thing is that he has to restrain this emotion and try to deal with the problem from the perspective of a king.
Because he knew that every decision and every decision he made had the potential to directly affect the battle situation between the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Just three days ago, the guards of Shanhaiguan surrendered, and yesterday Zhu Cihong received news that the guards of Shenyang had surrendered. Now that Zhu Cihong has sent someone to take over Shenyang, it will not take a few days for the entire territory of Liaodong to return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Cihong was very pleased.
What Emperor Xian didn't do, what Emperor Yi didn't do, and even what his father didn't do, he did.
But he understands that this alone is not enough.
Nuergandusi, Annam, Xiaoliuqiu, and even the Western and Nanyang countries......
There were so many places where he needed to exert his strength.
Nowadays, Daming is like a big ship that sets sail, and needs a qualified helmsman to steer its direction.
Zhu Cihong is at the helm.
Maybe to let Da Ming reach the pinnacle of the world, it is not enough to rely on his generation. Then let his son inherit his will and continue to steer the Ming Dynasty.
If there is not enough one generation, then two generations, and if two generations are not enough, then three generations. One day, Daming can stand at the top of the world.
There was nothing special at the court, nothing more than the sacrifice of prisoners, rewards, and congratulatory messages.
After going through the procedures one by one, Zhu Cihong announced his next court.
He did not stay in the outer court for long, but climbed Jingshan surrounded by his attendants.
His father, the emperor, once hanged himself here, fulfilled the ancestral precept of the Son of Heaven to guard the country and the king to die.
He had come here to tell his father that he had not let him down. Shenjing is restored, and the Ming Dynasty is still the same Ming.
Zhu Cihong stood on the top of Jingshan Mountain overlooking the majestic Forbidden City, the golden glazed tiles were very dazzling, and the palaces seemed to whisper something in unison.
Zhu Cihong's eyes were slightly red.
I saw that the country was picturesque, and he was also the person in the painting.
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