The north wind blows a little cold,

The leaves are half green and yellow.

The souls of a hundred battles return to their hometowns,

Protect the common people and guard the Quartet.

On the ninth day of October, it is the beginning of winter, the beginning of winter is a major solar term since ancient times, from the beginning of the Han and Wei dynasties, there is a tradition of the Son of Heaven welcoming winter and sacrificing to the heroic spirits. On this day, the Son of Heaven should personally lead his ministers to welcome the winter weather, commend and compensate the martyrs and their families who sacrificed their lives for the country, and hold a grand sacrificial activity, ask the martyrs to protect the world, and encourage the people to resist the plunder and invasion of foreign enemies.

In the Ming Dynasty, the whole court was busy with disaster relief, thieves, and resisting the attack of the Houjin, and it has been a long time since such a grand sacrificial activity has been organized.

At the end of September in the fourth year of Chongzheng, the current emperor Zhu Cijiong suddenly issued a decree that a big sacrifice should be held in Lidong, and a series of activities should be carried out to commend the soldiers who fought bravely in eastern and northwest Liaoning, and to compensate the families of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country. At the same time, October 10 of each year is designated as Victory Day to commemorate the successive victories in Liaodong and Northwest and encourage the Ming soldiers to strive for greater victories.

Since the beginning of October, a large area on the east side of the Temple of Heaven south of the outer city of Beijing has been isolated by the white thick line sprinkled by the Ministry of Industry with lime, countless craftsmen have leveled the land in the white line area, laid stone slabs, and a white marble tower has been slowly erected from the middle hill, which is a new monument to the heroes and martyrs of the Ming Dynasty and Victory Square for the worship of the heroic souls and the Victory Day parade.

Early in the morning of the nineteenth day of October, the sky was just dawning, and the general political envoy was full of brocade guards outside the yamen, and a team of brocade guards not only lined up the main road outside the yamen, but also spread to several nearby streets, and there were at least tens of thousands of people in this formation. For a while, all the nearby residents closed their doors and windows, hiding in their homes and shivering, they all thought that the envoys were afraid of a collective rebellion, and Jinyiwei was arresting people!

Of course, Jinyiwei can't be arresting people, Lord Wu of Wumei Village is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he is recruited by the emperor to speak alone every day, and no one in Jinyiwei dares to arrest him.

They were ordered to come and distribute the first issue of the "Beijing News", and the Beijing teachers of the Ming Dynasty had a population of more than one million at this time, and there were many elites, so it can be said that there were more literate people than illiterate people, and Wu Meicun specially left 600,000 copies of the "Beijing News" to be distributed free of charge in the capital. 600,000 copies, it is estimated that all the officials of the Yamen of the General Political Envoy Department will go into battle, and they will not be able to finish distributing until their hands and feet cramp, so Zhu Cijiong specially arranged 12,000 brocade guards to help them distribute them.

A team of brocade guards walked directly into the yamen of the general political envoy, and in those class rooms with the word big red written on them, one person picked up a bundle of newspapers and ran out, without even saying hello. There was no one in the General Political Envoy Division, and it was not yet time to sit on duty, only a few officials who were guarding the treasury were watching, of course, they were not to prevent the Jinyi guards from stealing things, but they were afraid that they would take the wrong newspaper.

After about half an hour of excitement, the 12,000 Jinyi guards took the newspaper and spread it all over the capital, leaving only a few officials who were guarding the treasury there yawning and pouring hot tea, no way, it was too cold this morning, they were all frozen and cleared their noses, and if they didn't drink more hot tea, they would definitely catch a cold.

At this time, it was already the hour of the hour, and it was the time for people to get up for breakfast, and one by one the brocade guards ran to the designated alley or the middle of the street, and shouted loudly: "The emperor has sent a report to everyone, and those who are literate have come to get a copy, and they don't need money." ”

All the residents immediately rushed out, one by one, to the Jinyi guard, and shouted: "Really, really, quickly bring me a copy." ”

Why are these residents so motivated? This is all the credit of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, at that time he compiled a few copies of the "Great Message", in order to let the people of the Ming Dynasty abide by it, each family issued a copy, and stipulated that the family collection of the "Great Message" can be reduced to one degree if the crime is committed, and the family does not collect the "Great Message" if the crime is added to the first degree, and it is also stipulated that if you are familiar with the "Great Message", you can not only win awards, but also be hired as an official because of this! Although the role of "The Great Message" has gradually become smaller, the people of the Ming Dynasty have formed a habit, if the emperor sends everyone any book, law, or something, then hurry up and get it, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, that thing can reduce the crime and even become an official, if you don't receive it, it's stupid than a pig!

So Jin Yiwei shouted out, and everyone immediately ran out.

At this time, the role of Jinyiwei is reflected, whether they are readers they can see at a glance, if someone wants to impersonate, they will point a word on the cover of the newspaper at will, really recognize it, it is nothing to send a copy, if you can't recognize it, you can directly slap it in the face, and you can ignore people a few feet away!

This morning, because of the sudden "Beijing News", the whole capital was full of commotion, and it was naturally very proud to be able to receive it, and if it was not received, I wanted to find acquaintances, find neighbors, and ask what was written on it.

As a result, in less than an hour, almost everyone in the capital knew:

It turned out that the emperor personally led the imperial army to win a great victory in Liaodong, beat Jiannu to the ground, and recovered tens of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains; It turned out that Lord Sun Chengzong was so powerful, Jiannu was afraid when he saw him, and he didn't even dare to attack the city; It turned out that the Ming Dynasty also had invincible generals, and the two generals, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming, actually killed Mang Gurtai, the first fierce general of Jiannu, in three or two clicks; Originally.......

The most important point, the newspaper said, today at noon, the emperor will come to the Temple of Heaven to worship the heavens and welcome the winter weather; There will also be a memorial to the fallen martyrs in front of the newly built monument to the Ming martyrs next to the Temple of Heaven, and the families of the martyrs will be received in the newly built Victory Square to reward the fighting heroes!

At this time, the entire Beijing division was a sensation, and people threw away their work one after another, dragged their families and rushed to the outer city, went to the Temple of Heaven to see the emperor's heroic posture, and went to Victory Square to see how powerful the battle heroes were.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Cijiong, the emperor of Chongzheng, led hundreds of high-ranking officials of the imperial court to the Temple of Heaven under the protection of the regiment of the guards of the Ten Thousand Brocade Guards, at this time the entire Temple of Heaven has been crowded with people, only the avenue guarded by the brocade guards can still be passed, as soon as Zhu Cijiong arrived at the Temple of Heaven, the people spontaneously organized, kneeling on the mountain and shouting long live, for a time the sound vibrated the clouds and lasted for a long time.

Liaodong has been plagued by bad news since the beginning of the Wanli period, the Ming army was defeated again and again, and finally almost pressed to the gate of the Beijing division by the Houjin, and the people in the capital can be said to be always worried, for fear that the Houjin will attack the Beijing division.

Although in the sixth year of the Apocalypse and the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army won the Ningyuan and Ningjin victories, but they were all defensive victories, and the people of the capital cheered for a while.

Later, it was not until the second year of Chongzheng that the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the Huang Taiji to lead the main force of Houjin to go to Beijing and regain Guangning by a sneak attack, but at that time the entire Beijing Division was ravaged by Huang Taiji for more than half a month, and the people outside the city were plundered by Houjin for more than 100,000 yuan, and the property was lost countless times.

This time it's different, Daming defeated the main force of Jiannu in the frontal battlefield and recovered tens of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, which means that Daming is no longer afraid of Jiannu, and the Beijing division will no longer be in danger, how can the people of the capital not be excited, they kneel on the mountain and shout long live that are all spontaneous and conscious, because this time it is the emperor who defeated Jiannu in person, in their eyes, such an emperor is the real long live!

Zhu Cijiong finished worshipping heaven in the crowd of the people, and rushed to the Ming Dynasty Martyrs Monument next to it to worship the fallen soldiers, and then came to the Victory Square, the periphery of the square was crowded with people, and then there was a burst of mountain shouts Long live, when the combat heroes or representatives sent by the military department stepped forward to receive the reward, it caused a burst of cheers. Finally, when Zhu Cijiong announced that the family of each fallen soldier would be given an additional 100 taels of pension, the whole square suddenly boiled, and the sound of long live the mountain was endless, and it was not until he left for a long time that it slowly subsided.

On this day, except for a few remote provinces, all other provinces organized personnel to distribute the "Beijing News", and for a time almost the entire Ming Dynasty knew the news of the great victory in Liaodong, and the people from all over the country gathered together to discuss the great victory in Liaodong, and the Ming Dynasty laughed and laughed everywhere, and people were all happy.

Early the next morning, the Jinyi guard in the capital began to repeat yesterday's events again, carrying the newspaper and distributing it everywhere, now people already know what this thing is, and no one comes forward to take it anymore, but those who read will be pulled by one or two people after receiving it, those are illiterate, this is to ask people to explain the content of the newspaper.

It's a big victory again, a big victory in Shanxi, the main force of the thieves has almost been wiped out, the remnants of the forces have also been chased into the mountains to hide, and the entire northwest has almost no thieves, this time, the thieves are really disabled!

And this day was set by the emperor as Victory Day, it is a new solar term, and you can also rest on holiday, and most importantly, the emperor will come to Victory Square to review the Beijing army!

Now the whole Beijing division is a sensation again, and people are once again dragging their families and rushing to the outer city, and the entire capital is empty!

At noon, the entire Victory Square was lined up with a large army of Beijing, densely packed with no less than 100,000, Zhu Cijiong rode a horse back and forth to inspect the circle, and then announced: The exercise has begun!

What is a drill? What do you want to do? Just when the onlookers were unconscious, the soldiers of the Beijing camp in the square scattered, and on one side began to fix the giant shield and place the humanoid puppets, and on the other side pulled up thirty newly cast cannons, and a group of musketeers lined up neatly in the middle to raise their guns and aim at the giant shield.

At this time, the artillery was at least six hundred steps away from the giant shield array, and the musketeers were at least two hundred steps away from the puppets behind the giant shield array. The onlookers began to wait with bated breath, they hoped to hit it in their hearts, but the distance was so far that almost no one believed that it could be hit at such a long distance!

At this moment, a loud shout came from the artillery: "Release." ”

There was a loud bang, followed by a burst of sawdust flying on the side of the giant shield array, and the onlookers reacted at this time, and they really hit it, and directly smashed the giant shield!

While they were still in a state of surprise, the musketeers opened fire, and the five rows of musketeers rose and fell like waves, and the puppets two hundred paces away came with a continuous "pop" sound, and in a short time the puppets were broken to pieces!

After a short silence, a deafening cheer erupted in the square, Da Ming actually has such an artifact, isn't it invincible in the world!

At the same time, the second issue of the "Beijing News" was also distributed in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and it was another great victory, and the thieves in the northwest were almost wiped out! In recent years, the people of the Ming Dynasty have not known the joy of the thieves in the northwest, and the Jiannu in Liaodong have made even more joy, this next one has been defeated, and one has been disabled, doesn't it mean that the peaceful and prosperous era is coming! At this time, the whole Ming Dynasty was boiling, and there were people beating gongs and drums everywhere to celebrate the victory, and the people of Daming were even happier than the New Year's Festival.

On the third day, it was a free "Beijing News", but this time there was no big victory, but the performance of muskets and artillery, the scale of equipment, production and other relevant information, the fiery celebration activities of the people of the Ming Dynasty not only did not stop, but the jubilation was even more powerful, with this artifact what thieves are you afraid of, what are you afraid of Jiannu, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible in the world, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is coming!

At the end of this volume, if you want to know how to open the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, please see the breakdown of the next volume.