Chapter 64: The Emperor Cuts the Ribbon and Encounters Japan

Yaogang Stadium is a project that the entire Yaogang people are concerned about. After more than two years, the stadium was finally put into use, which is also a big thing in Yaogang. The first primary and secondary school students' sports meeting in Yaogang is also a very attractive event.

The ribbon-cutting of the stadium and the opening of the sports meeting were held at the same time, which was a major event in Yaogang. In particular, the emperor will also participate in the ribbon cutting, which makes this event even more attractive. The guests who were invited to participate felt that it was a great honor.

Emperor Chongzhen and Queen Zhou, the prince, the princess, and the adults came to the stadium by car, and they had to get off the car and take the elevator to the ** platform. However, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen got off the car, he felt the warmth of today's atmosphere. Outside the stadium, there are colorful flags everywhere, two large balloons tied to ropes float in the air, and a banner is hung on one balloon, which reads, Congratulations on the opening of the first primary and secondary school students in Yaogang! The banner on the other balloon made Emperor Chongzhen unstoppable at a glance! It turned out that it was written above that the first Yaogang Primary and Secondary School Student Sports Meeting was sponsored by the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce!

Liu Jiantai, who was with Emperor Chongzhen, was also happy after reading it, and said, "Your Majesty! Yaogang people do things! Someone took care of this soda, and the Hui merchants also showed their faces! The best of both worlds! ”

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head with a smile and said, "Zhang Dongjia is amazing!" That's what a businessman is! Everyone is happy to make money! ”

The prince said beside him: "Your Majesty, there is more!" I've heard that Hui merchants didn't get to provide everyone with boxed lunches, so they came up with a way to sponsor sodas! ”

"Ahh Someone else is in charge of today's meal? Emperor Chongzhen couldn't believe it, he knew that there were more than 30,000 people in this gymnasium.

"Yes! I heard that it was Shanxi businessmen and Shaanxi businessmen who were still in the family, and several companies jointly packed the box lunch! "I've heard that they ask for a print on the box of the lunch box that they sponsored!" ”

"Haha! And such a good thing! Emperor Chongzhen laughed when he heard this, "I want to eat the lunch they sponsored today!" ”

While holding the elevator door for Emperor Chongzhen, the prince said, "Then what is it!" Zhang Dongjia arranged a meal for the emperor in the service area of this stadium! ”

The inside of the new elevator is a large mirror on three sides, and the rest is chrome-plated, which looks particularly gorgeous and beautiful under the lighting in the elevator. Emperor Chongzhen admired the elevator and said, "Zhang Dongjia is too, there is a box lunch that does not cost money, what kind of meal should be arranged?" ”

As soon as the elevator opened, it stopped behind the ** platform, and Zhang Zhimu greeted Emperor Chongzhen in front of the door.

"The emperor worked hard!" Zhang Zhimu greeted him.

"Hey! Blessed! Such a beautiful elevator, is it still hard? Emperor Chongzhen also joked.

"Your Majesty, please come here." Zhang Zhimu said, "We are sitting on the ** stage." ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen saw that the entire stadium was already full, and the black pressure was full of people, and the sound was shocking. The colorful flags on the stands in each district are all neatly dressed primary and secondary school students. Students in various districts are conducting singing competitions.

**The stage was already full of guests, and when they saw Zhang Zhimu accompanying the emperor, they all gave a standing ovation. At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was in a very beautiful mood, came to the seat pointed by Zhang Zhimu, waved to everyone, and then sat down.

After the emperor sat down, Zhang Zhimu sat down with everyone. Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the students in each viewing area, and said to Zhang Zhimu in his ear: "Zhang Dongjia, they are all pillars of talent in ten years!" ”

"Yes! Emperor. Our college students, middle school students, who graduate every year, have already added a lot of strength to us. They are educated more systematically and have a more solid foundation. When they can hold up the girders, it will definitely be the front waves of the Yangtze River pushing the back waves, and each generation will be stronger than the next! Zhang Zhimu also said sincerely.

The voice of the master of ceremonies came from the loudspeaker of the venue, "Everyone, pay attention! Attention everyone! ”

With the voice of the master of ceremonies, the stadium suddenly fell silent.

"Today is a festive day! The inauguration ceremony of our Yaogang Stadium and the opening ceremony of the first sports meeting of Yaogang primary and secondary school students were held here at the same time. We are honored to have His Majesty the Supreme Emperor cut the ribbon for us and participate in the opening ceremony of our Games. Let us welcome His Majesty with the warmest applause! ”

"Whoa!" There was a round of applause below.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up very majestically and waved to everyone!

After Emperor Chongzhen sat down, the master of ceremonies introduced the guests on the stage.

Zhang Zhimu suddenly found that Princess Anping and Princess Changping were missing today, and he always felt that something was missing, it turned out that there was a lack of hot eyes!

When the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the inauguration ceremony of Yaogang Stadium was carried out by Emperor Chongzhen, King Zhou, King Dai and Zhang Zhimu. Although Emperor Chongzhen smiled and did not show his dissatisfaction with cutting the ribbon with the two princes, Zhang Zhimu could see it from Emperor Chongzhen's lukewarm expression. The two princes are in the limelight here, and Emperor Chongzhen is uncomfortable in his heart no matter what.

The Games were officially opened by Zhang Zhimu himself.

At the first entrance ceremony of the Games, athletes, coaches and honor guards passed in front of the stage chanting slogans to the sound of drums.

The athletes are all dressed in new knitted sportswear and new white rubber-soled sneakers.

The slogan also made Emperor Chongzhen feel refreshing:

"Develop sports and enhance people's physique!"

"Exercise and defend the Motherland!"

"Study hard and make progress every day!"

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Emperor Chongzhen looked at it and clapped his hands.

After the athlete coach took the oath, the competitions began!

At this time, whole boxes of various flavors of soda began to be moved!

Zhang Zhimu saw that several princes and adults didn't care about their faces, and all kinds of soda of various flavors were opened and drunk. I couldn't help Zhang Zhimu's "poof" music.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Zhang Dongjia, don't laugh! My sons are usually very strict with me, and those adults don't spend money indiscriminately. When you encounter this soda that doesn't cost money, you won't let it go! ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that what Emperor Chongzhen said was true. Li Zhi reported that there was a great difference between these ministers, some of whom remitted silver from the capital, and some of whom remitted the silver issued to them by the kiln gang back to Beijing. This shows that their economic conditions are also different.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't get me wrong, the emperor, I think they can't stand it for a while!" This soda contains carbon dioxide, and you can see them burping! ”

"I've heard that your soda is sponsored, and your lunch box is sponsored. Is it? How did you get the merchants to be willing to spend their money? Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, the minds of businessmen are also changing. It seems that they have spent money to sponsor us, but they have attracted merchants who work with them, and people who buy their things. In the long run, they don't lose! It's also a time to show their strength. Businessmen are calculating, and they are also comparing. The Shanshan merchants and the Dongting merchants sponsored a boxed lunch, and the Hui merchants were not satisfied when they knew about it, and they came to the door to express their dissatisfaction, saying that we looked down on them. As a result, they sponsored sodas. Zhang Zhimu said, "It is appropriate for businessmen to earn money to sponsor public welfare undertakings." ”

Emperor Chongzhen saw it clearly, and the big sign opposite read "Develop sports and enhance the people's physique!" "The next row is the sponsors.

Watching the dragon and tiger game in the stadium, Emperor Chongzhen forgot all his troubles.

Zhang Zhimu is also very happy today, seeing so many students competing here, Zhang Zhimu is very satisfied with what he has done in the past few years in this era. Knowledge is power, and it seems true now.

Zhang Zhimu asked: "Your Majesty, didn't our two heavyweights appear today?" ”

"Heavyweights?" Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand.

"We two princesses! Today, I only saw the little princess here. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Hey! Don't talk about it! Emperor Chongzhen sighed, "Changping heard that Anping was going to Xi'an, so he had to follow!" Her mother advised her not to go, and she cried all night yesterday! No way, I agreed to let her go with Anping this morning! ”

"That's right!" Zhang Zhimu said, "The Xi'an Cultural Palace presided over by Anping will be completed tomorrow and cut the ribbon." Princess Anping couldn't help but go. I didn't expect to bring Princess Changping with me! Hehe! ”

"My Changping is different from Anping, King Zhou has always treated Anping as a son. Now he is better at doing things than the average man. "Emperor Chongzhen is obviously a little worried.

"Don't worry! Emperor. Zhang Zhimu said, "When they go out, they must have an entourage." Besides, the public security situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi is very good now! Even if there are bad people, they don't dare to get along with us. Let Princess Changping go out with her to exercise! It's not a good thing that you keep them by your side all the time! ”

"yes!" Emperor Chongzhen said, "Didn't I agree with her to go out today?" It's just that her mother is not at ease! ”

"It's fine!" Zhang Zhimu said with a smile, "Xi'an people are blessed!" The two princesses cut the ribbon on their Cultural Palace! This is also a festive event in Xi'an. It can be regarded as getting close to the people for the emperor! ”

"Oh! Hehe! Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "I didn't expect this!" I went back and persuaded her mother for a reason! ”

Such ordinary words are very different to Emperor Chongzhen. He knew his royal status, and he was still very respected by the people. Although it is the benefits brought to them by the kiln people, this matter cannot be changed.

Before noon, the bus delivered boxes of lunches, and the staff and teachers began to distribute them to the students in the stands.

Although the guests on the stage have been notified, the rest area has prepared meals for everyone.

But the people on the stage, finally someone couldn't stand the attraction of the smell of the boxed lunch, and decided not to eat in the restaurant, and asked for a boxed lunch. Someone took the lead, and there was chaos on the stage. They all asked for boxed lunches, and some even left their seats to pick up boxed lunches directly. It turned out that they found that there were many types of boxed lunches, all kinds of meat and vegetarian dishes.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhimu were also having fun over there, the princes couldn't sit still, so they also went to pick two boxed lunches each. The little princess also started to eat a boxed lunch.

Empress Zhou was embarrassed to eat in front of the audience in this hall.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but go over and ask the little princess: "Is the lunch delicious?" ”

"It's delicious! It's better than the food in the hotel! "The little princess also made two boxed lunches in order to eat different dishes.

Liu Jiantai, who was next to Emperor Chongzhen, didn't dare to get a boxed lunch to eat. After Emperor Chongzhen came back, he said to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhang Dongjia, I also want to eat that box of lunch. I don't think we'll eat at the restaurant! ”

"Huh! All right! Zhang Zhimu joked, "After eating, don't blame the emperor for not even caring about the meal, just give the emperor a free box lunch!" ”

"No, no, no!" Emperor Chongzhen muttered a few words to the prince and arranged for him to lead Queen Zhou to the back for dinner. Wang Gonggong and Li Gonggong took out several kinds of boxed lunches for everyone to see. Emperor Chongzhen was not polite and picked two kinds of box lunches, and Liu Jiantai and they also learned from the emperor to choose box lunches to eat.

Zhang Zhimu didn't have their appetite, so he picked two dishes and a meal and brought them over to eat.

At this moment, the whole stadium can see a group of people on the stage, just like them, eating a boxed lunch. The atmosphere is even more enthusiastic.

This lunch box is all made to order and the combination is very reasonable. There are both meat and vegetables, sour and spicy, and they are paired with a variety of pickles. It's really good for lunch.

Emperor Chongzhen and Liu Jiantai also sweated on their foreheads when they ate, and even said that it was delicious.

Emperor Chongzhen finally burped and put down the disposable wooden chopsticks.

Zhang Zhimu waved his hand and asked people to bring the tea.

Emperor Chongzhen took a small sip gently, and Zhang Zhimu knew that Emperor Chongzhen had no place to drink tea now. Emperor Chongzhen put down the teacup and said, "Zhang Dongjia, your wife is really amazing!" I went to see their chicken farm. The largest one has 100,000 chickens. It's unimaginable. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Without such a large-scale breeding enterprise, we would not be able to make such a box lunch." Let's just say that these chicken legs, not large-scale breeding chickens agree to slaughter, and then send them to cold storage for preservation, how can they be taken out at once. Besides, the front-line army called eggs and chicken, and it was not enough to buy them from the people. ”

"It's just that your lady is too powerful! I can't even go in and see it! Emperor Chongzhen said with some dissatisfaction.

"Huh! Don't say it's you, not even me! Zhang Zhimu explained, "So many chickens. If one chicken is sick, then all the chickens are in danger. Therefore, no one is allowed to enter the people who are not specifically working on the farm and have undergone strict disinfection. What I am afraid of is that the germs in our outsiders cause chicken disease. The emperor must understand such a thing! ”

"Even! That's right! Emperor Chongzhen said, "I said it! When we got to the place where the fox was raised, your wife made us change into white clothes and blew the wind, so that we could go and see it. I just think it's strange, why don't the chickens let us see such a valuable thing? I see! ”

"Now, the fox also has a certain scale. It's easy to raise," Zhang Zhimu said, "and my wife will hold a study class for officials from all over the country next year." Let the officials see where the fox breeding is suitable, and organize the poor housewives there so that they can learn to raise foxes. In a few years, they will be able to get out of poverty. ”

"Mrs. Huang is really amazing, with such a technology, if you use it yourself, you will not be able to spend all the money you earn!" Emperor Chongzhen was very emotional.

Liu Jiantai interjected and said: "I saw that some fox furs are really good, and they can be sold for tens of thousands of taels in the capital." This live fox can handle the skin very completely at home, which is not comparable to the wild. ”

Before Emperor Chongzhen and Liu Jiantai finished sighing, Ouyang He came over with a telegram and was polite to the emperor first: "Your Majesty, excuse me!" There is an urgent call to Mr. Zhang! ”

"Good!" Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly said, "Zhang Dongjia, take a look!" Don't get down to business! ”

Zhang Zhimu's heart was tight, it was not a very urgent matter, Ouyang He would not come over to interrupt him to chat with the emperor.

Zhang Zhimu took the telegram and read it again, with a solemn look on his face.

The telegram was sent back by Jiang Ting. They fought with the Japanese. The situation is still complicated.

First, the soldiers they sent to Kuwu sent a telegram back saying that they had heard from the locals: "Japanese people have come to them. ”

Second, after they received the telegram to take over Ezo, a 5,000-ton ship returned home after unloading its cargo. Jiang sent a regiment of soldiers to follow the ship, and asked them to drop them off the way to the southern tip of Ezo Island. Today, however, they had not yet landed at the southern tip of Ezo Island, when they were besieged by more than 30 Japanese warships. Since there were no heavy guns on board, they used the ship's infantry guns and the ship's 12.7 caliber heavy machine guns to meet them. They sank ten Japanese ships and wounded a few, because they did not want to delay the landing on Ezo Island. They did not chase the Japanese ships. It is estimated that our big ship was discovered by the Japanese ships when they were delivering goods to Nuergan, and they saw that our ship was not equipped with cannons, and wanted to ambush such an unseen ship on the way back, thinking that they could take advantage of the siege with more than 30 ships. I didn't expect our infantry artillery and large-caliber heavy machine guns to be more than abundant against them.

Fortunately, there were Japanese-speaking crew members on board, and the Japanese who interrogated and fished them learned that the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate had given Ezo to the Matsumae Domain, and now Matsumae Takahiro of the Matsumae family has just succeeded the fourth daimyo of the Matsumae Domain for more than a year. The family built a castle in the southern part of Ezo called Matsumae Castle, which was also the domain of the Matsumae Domain.

Now our big boat is anchored at the southern tip of Ezo Island, and some soldiers are ferryed by small boats to land. Drop off the speedboat and barge right away. Sending the cannons ashore on barges, they prepared to capture Matsumae Castle at once.

Zhang Zhimu smiled bitterly and said to Ouyang He: "Hehe! It seems that we have made things simpler. In this way, we will have to deal with the Japanese in advance! ”

"With the strength of one of our regiments, it is not a problem to hold Ezo." Ouyang He said, "It's just that we have to ensure their supplies and ammunition!" I think Jiang Ji sent them out alone, and the ammunition should be enough. Besides, such a large ship carrying more than 1,000 of them also has a lot of places to carry some medicine and supplies. I see if I can send them a telegram back and ask how their foster ammunition is, and if it is not enough, let our big ship go back again to replenish them. There is no need to worry about the safety of our big ships, if they want to go, the Japanese ships will not be able to catch up with them. There is no suspense for our regiment to capture Matsuyama Castle. The question is whether we need to settle the old enemy of the Japanese in advance. ”

Emperor Chongzhen finished reading the telegram handed over by Zhang Zhimu and said, "Zhang Dongjia, don't be careless. Although you have good weapons, one of your regiments is more than 1,000 people. However, when we were fighting them in Korea, the Japanese sent more than 100,000 people, and it is said that more than 100,000 people did not come to Japan. They concentrated more than 300,000 troops on that occasion. These hateful Japanese people are learning from us in culture, art and technology, but they are bent on exterminating us. Don't be careless, the Japanese are still very strong in combat, their firearms are stronger than those of our officers and soldiers, but their artillery is inferior to ours. But the Japanese will improve after going back for so long. ”

"As long as our regiment has enough ammunition and food, there is no problem in staying in Ezo. Hurry up and send a telegram back to Jiang and ask them about the foster care they carried. We'll look at it again in the evening and what to do with little Japan's next. Zhang Zhimu said, "Then send a telegram to Fan Chengkun and Zheng Zhilong to introduce this situation and ask for their opinions." ”

"Good! I'll send a telegram to Jiang Ji right away. Ouyang He finished speaking and left. Zhang Zhimu saw Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He go out together.

Emperor Chongzhen said with palpitations: "Zhang Dongjia, why is our court so difficult, a big reason is that we fought three battles in the previous dynasty, the Battle of Korea, the Battle of Ningxia, and the Battle of Banzhou. These three battles have exhausted our national strength. Originally, at that time, we had more than 7 million taels of silver in the treasury, but it was not enough to be empty after three battles. Although the battle of Korea was fought so that the Japanese did not dare to do it again. But we've also plummeted. Now you are solving the matter of the southwest, which is actually the new Battle of Banshu. You have just settled Xiaoliuqiu (Taiwan), and next year you will face the battle to completely solve our biggest threat, the Mongols. Be cautious when you fight the Japanese again! ”

"I also thought about it all, and finally went back to clean up little Japan. Now it's they who mess with us, and we can't do it if we don't fight. Zhang Zhimu said, "The emperor can rest assured, we have a plan to solve Little Japan, and we won't need much troops." The problem is a matter after the war. We have to think about these things, and one plan is to exterminate Little Japan, and then we will immigrate there. Then we will occupy Little Japan forever, and they will never be allowed to have an army. The expenses of our garrison are paid for by them. In addition, we sent all the Japanese officials. The Japanese can only be our people. These things need to be thought through before acting. Only when these are settled can we decide how to fight the war. ”

"The Japanese should be exterminated." Emperor Chongzhen said hatefully, "Those Japanese robbers have also made us miserable!" ”

Liu Jiantai interjected: "Capture all their Japanese as slaves, separate their men and women, and distribute them to be slaves everywhere, and they are not allowed to leave their descendants." I've also seen that we need people to build roads and reservoirs. They can send 300,000 men to fight, and we can capture at least 300,000 to do labor. ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Hehe! Lord Liu is also a bit economically minded! It seems that the environment of our kiln gang has transformed people! ”

Emperor Chongzhen and Liu Jiantai admired Zhang Zhimu very much, and they could joke when they encountered such a tricky matter. They're also a lot more relaxed. At this time, Li Zhi came over with a large stack of materials.

Zhang Zhimu looked at it as an introduction to the situation in Japan. Li Zhi is a careful person, he knows that Zhang Zhimu can't leave with the emperor, but he will definitely think about Japan in his heart. Sitting here and reading the information, you can also accompany the emperor.

Zhang Zhimu glanced at Li Zhi, and didn't say anything in his heart, but such a glance was enough for Li Zhi. Li Zhi nodded and retreated. Zhang Zhimu picked up a few volumes of materials, handed them to the emperor and said, "It's all about Japan." How about we watch the game and learn at the same time? ”

"Hey! You can't imagine how efficiently you work. Emperor Chongzhen said with a sigh, picked up a volume of information and flipped it up.

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