In mid-April, in the city of Guangxin Fucheng, a group of scouts galloped into the northern camp of the Datong military city, and after a while, rumbling drums sounded, and the generals of the towns in Fujian hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Everyone, the latest military report, the Xianxia Pass defenders suddenly fled, and the time has come to make a move!" Ma Guangyuan said loudly.

The generals quietly discussed, and Ma Xianglin, the town commander of Bushi Town, frowned and said: "The Ming army fled without fighting, could it be that there is fraud in it?" ”

"Our army's combat strength is several times stronger than that of the Ming army, I'm afraid that he will do something, Ma Shuai, please give a military order!" Li Guoying made meritorious contributions, gave up the governor of Sichuan to Qin Yiming, and rushed to Jiangxi to participate in the war by appointing the newly formed infantry army of 15 towns and towns.

"The heaven-sent opportunity must not be missed, this battle is strategic, do not fight for one city and one place, rush to Fuzhou at full speed, the target - Longwu Puppet Emperor, dead or alive, must be fast, beware of the Qing army stabbing the knife from behind." Ma Guangyuan waved his hand and said.

"Is there an order from the Wuchang Governor's Palace?" Ma Xianglin gasped and asked again.

"Whether to fight the Governor's Mansion or not has the final say, how to fight Lao Tzu has the final say, and all departments will send troops immediately."

That night, Ma Bao led the iron cavalry to seize Xianxia Pass, and then Ma Xianglin of Bushi Town, Tian Jianxiu of Bu 14 Town, and Li Guoying of Bu 15 Town passed through Guancheng, and the troops marched south in three ways.

The Datong army started too quickly, and the Ming troops stationed along the way were caught off guard, and they were so frightened that they retreated into the city, and a small number of Ming troops tried to obstruct them, and they were scattered by the guns and cannons - the Fujian Ming army was really shabby, with incomplete armor and poor weapons, more like bandits, and was powerless to resist the Datong army armed to the teeth.

"Go around the city, kill along the official road, the target - Fuzhou!" Ma Guangyuan ran back and forth, constantly urging the army to speed up the march - the authority of the Ming State was concentrated in the emperor, and beheading it would lead to the collapse of the dynasty, which was the experience summarized by Lao Ma.

No one dares to stop the rolling iron flow, but the hills of northern Fujian are vertical and horizontal, the roads are rugged, and the march is very difficult, and the soldiers of Bu 10 Town and Bu 15 Town are mainly from Sichuan, and the mountain march speed is fast, but the Bu 14 Town, which is dominated by Shaanxi and Henan soldiers, is left behind.

The army marched to the vicinity of Yanping, a Ming army of 10,000 people suddenly appeared, Bu 10 Town, Bu 15 Town did not hesitate to pounce, and so Ma Bao led the cavalry five towns to rush to reinforcements, the Ming army has fled, interrogated the prisoners and learned that it was the troops of Zheng Zhilong, the Pingbo of the Longwu Dynasty, this guy claimed that there were pirates in his hometown of Anping, and ordered his subordinate departments to retreat in the direction of Xiamen, leaving Emperor Longwu in Fuzhou.

The tree did not fall and dispersed first, Fuzhou was already a lonely city, the Datong army marched to the city, mobilized heavy artillery to bombard the city wall, Fuzhou surrendered two days later, but Ma Guangyuan pounced, Emperor Longwu had fled to Guangdong, and the courtiers also went to the east and west, at this time Jin Sheng sent an urgent letter from Nanchang - this year, Zhejiang has been dry for a long time, the Qiantang River is fine, the Qing army waded across the river to capture Shaoxing in one fell swoop, King Lu fled to Zhoushan, Zhang Guowei, a scholar, committed suicide, Boluo took eastern Zhejiang and coveted western Zhejiang, Zhu Dadian, a scholar of the Shaoxing Imperial Court, will not be able to last long when he is stationed in Jinhua Mansion, and all the ministries entering Fujian should withdraw to Zhejiang as soon as possible.

Ma Guangyuan was so angry that he scolded Bo Luo for not believing his words, and after thinking for a while, he ordered all his troops to continue to pursue Emperor Longwu, and never stop without cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. The Datong army re-entered the road non-stop, Ma Bao led the cavalry to run day and night, and caught up with Emperor Longwu's royal car in Tingzhou, the Imperial Forest Army was not the opponent of the iron cavalry, and was scattered and fled, and Emperor Longwu died in the chaos. Ma Guangyuan rushed to inspect the corpse, and proudly sent a letter to Wuchang - the great victory in Fujian weakened the military strength of the Longwu Imperial Court to the greatest extent, and the various departments in Fujian immediately reinforced Zhejiang.

At this time, the relationship between Datong and the Qing Dynasty deteriorated even more, and a major war was on the verge of breaking out.

Datong people know that the war is imminent, but they are busy with spring ploughing and did not wait for the mobilization order, life is still very good, the common people seize the time to enjoy the last peaceful time, and the scholars have scolded enough of the Qing Kingdom, and turn their attention to another thing - Ruan Dacheng and Fuwang arrived in Datong at the end of August, Ruan Dacheng's talent is known to the world, and he was hired as a professor at Datong University, and Fuwang also came and ran from time to time, not only was he not held accountable, but took back the Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang, and there were more than 3,000 acres of land owned by his family, and Fuwang had no other hobbies except listening to operas, suddenly became a rich man, so he encouraged Ruan Dacheng to rehearse a new play, so a big drama of "The Legend of Meizhu" was grandly launched.

The general plot of "The Legend of Meizhu" is: Zhang Sheng and Li Sheng, the sons of Jiangnan, met on the way to Beijing to catch the exam, and they traveled together with each other by chanting poems all the way, and stayed in Beijing with the top three in the same rank, and the two became friends, and also made a marriage contract for their young children. Later, Li Sheng and the traitorous party hijacked the emperor to exclude dissidents, Zhang Sheng was upright and denounced the traitorous party for causing chaos in the court, but Li Sheng slandered him as an opponent of the party and cut his official home. A few years later, Zhang Sheng's son entered Beijing to take the Jinshi and the first, and then went to the Li Mansion to propose, Li Sheng had done the Ministry of Rites at this time, lest the old things be exposed, and secretly made people frame Zhang Lang to the government as a thief, Li Sheng's daughter Meizhu disguised herself late at night to find Zhang Lang to persuade him to escape, and the two broke up when they agreed to marry in this life. After Zhang Lang escaped, the thieves invaded the capital, Li Sheng sold himself to the thief, and he also sacrificed his daughter to the thief's head as a concubine. A few years later, the Datong army recovered the Beijing Division, Zhang Lang was already a Datong official at this time, saw Li Sheng among the captives, and scolded him for being shameless and a well-dressed scum, Li Sheng was ashamed and embarrassed, and revealed the whereabouts of Meizhu before his death. Zhang Lang and Meizhu finally reunited, but Meizhu was poor and sick and dying, and the two couldn't help themselves and became husband and wife with heaven and earth as evidence, and Meizhu finally died happily in the arms of the lover.

This play is obviously Ruan Dacheng used the topic to play and scolded a group of people from the Donglin Fushe, and by the way, he also curried favor with Datong, but the plot is moving, the drama is exquisite, and the fierceness of the Bangzi opera and the euphemism of the Anqing opera are kneaded together, Datong people have never heard such a good play, and they all take the sneak peek as a pleasure, and the troupe has performed dozens of performances in Datong, Taiyuan, and naturalization, and the venue is full, and it has earned a lot of tears from the audience - "The Legend of Meizhu" made people forget about the war and became the hottest topic until another major event happened in early June.

Luquan is the place of mutual market between Datong and the Qing Dynasty, and the general soldier of Baoding, Jiang Zhuang, regards it as a source of wealth and cares for it, so the city of Luquan is safe and sound, and the business is prosperous. In April last year, Hao Jin arrived as the governor of Baoding, this person is a minister of the Ming State has always been hostile to Datong, drove Jiang Pin's soldiers and horses back to Baoding, and transferred other green battalion soldiers to take over Zhending, and secretly instigated the soldiers to make trouble, Luquan City is increasingly depressed - with the deterioration of relations between the two sides, Datong proposed to close the city, Hao Jin couldn't ask for it, and immediately agreed, from May this year, Datong merchants began to evacuate Luquan one after another.

A cartload of goods and gold and silver passed in front of him, and the eyes of the green battalion soldiers were red, but they were afraid of the firearms protecting the caravan and did not dare to attack easily. When the last group of merchants evacuated, they couldn't bear it anymore, pretending to be bandits to rob the caravan in Jingcheng, but dozens of people were killed on the spot, the smell of blood attracted more green battalion soldiers, they didn't even bother to take off the Qing army uniform, and directly rushed over to rob, the caravan was weak and weak, and the caravan was covered while fighting and retreating, when the guards of Niangziguan came to reinforce, the caravan and merchants had died more than 100 people, and the goods and money were almost lost.

When the news spread, the people of Datong were shocked, and the shameless Qing army dared to kill people and oversell goods in broad daylight, which was unbearable, and 10,000 people marched in Guihua, Datong, Baoketu, Taiyuan and other places, strongly demanding a declaration of war on the Qing state. The Supreme Court, fearing that it would bring disaster to itself, quickly issued a default verdict: Dolgon, Duoduo and other 66 people were convicted of mass murder of the people and sentenced to death by hanging.

The Supreme Court simply added to the chaos, and the citizens were even more agitated, gathering in Datong Statue of Liberty Square, threatening not to leave until the news of the declaration of war, Li Yu rushed from naturalization, did not dare to stop through the square, and hurried into the House of Representatives--In the conference hall, all 100 senators and 300 representatives were there, waiting quietly......

Li Yu walked to the front desk, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly spoke:

"All citizens under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong are brothers and sisters, and there is no nobleness, no slavery, no extravagance, no humiliation;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, there is no restriction on the freedom of association, procession, demonstration, or belief;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, citizens' private property is sacred and inviolable, and citizens' lives are sacrosanct;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, citizens are not subject to arrest, deliberation, or confiscation of property without a bill of judges elected by the Parliament;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, no taxes or levies shall be levied on citizens without a public hearing of the Parliament;

Under the Federal Republic of Datong, the President and his officials below shall not rule over the citizens without the election of the Parliament, and shall not spend taxes without the approval of the Parliament;

The declaration of war, peace, merger, and division of the Federal Republic of Unity shall be decided by the Parliament. ”

This is the reconstructed "Naturalization Oath" and the preface to the "Datong Constitutional Law", and the parliamentarians recited it word by word along with Li Yu, and many people burst into tears in an instant.

Li Yu finally waved his hand and said loudly: "Gentlemen, although we have adopted various methods to avoid it, but the great war is coming, this is not a war between the citizens of the Federation and the subjects of the Qing State, but a war between freedom and slavery, republic and centralization, justice and evil, unless we give up our faith, there is no way back, I solemnly propose to the Senate and the House of Representatives to declare war on the Qing." ”

"Declaration of war", "declaration of war" - the parliamentarians raised their arms and shouted, Li Yu nodded, turned to the speaker of the House of Representatives Wang Jimo and gave a military salute, took out an envelope with fire paint from his arms and said, "Mr. Speaker, this is my arrangement for the future, if I am not there, please hand it over to the House for public discussion." ”

"President, the Federation can't do without you, no, you can't go to war, you must stay and preside over the overall situation." Wang Jimo was stunned for a moment, and immediately waved his hand and said.

"I'm the dogs of the Federation, how can I watch the citizens bleed and stay out, so it's decided, some things have to be done by me." Li Yu smiled and handed the letter to Wang Jimo, and then turned back to the parliamentarians and said loudly, "The Datong Federation and the Qing Empire are the two great powers in the world, unless one of them falls first, there can be no truce. ”

"Agreed", "agreed" – the parliamentarians echoed loudly.

Liberty Square was still crowded — the president had gone to the House, and there should be accurate news soon, and they were waiting for that moment. Of course, people of various factions will not give up this opportunity and have jumped out to promote their own ideas.

Father Cui Erding, a rising star of Western religion, is peddling his new theory at this time: "All religions believe that God creates and controls everything in the world, and there is also a doctrine of destiny in middle school, and the appearance and nature of human beings are the same, and all things grow, rise and fall the same, and the creator must be the same, just like the card in my hand, the front and back are completely different, but it is still the same card, but what you see is different." Man is created by God, regardless of whether it is high or low, from the same source, it should be equal, benevolent, now there are two countries in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and its emperor appointed himself as the Son of Heaven to usurp the divine power, and wants to enslave the people with a lonely family, and ......the sky will be destroyed."

Cui Erding talked endlessly, which from time to time aroused the applause of the believers of his own religion, and the followers of Lamaism and Muslim also frequently nodded and praised -- in the atmosphere of the Datong Federation, any sect that wants to exclude pagan religions and become a monopoly is looking for death, and only by tolerating each other and cooperating with each other can there be broad prospects, and this is the consensus of the believers of all religions.

Li Zhengyi also rushed into the square with his supporters, and continued to promote the idea of the Federal Republic of East Asia: "Ladies and gentlemen, once the East Asian Federation is established, goods can be exchanged and people can move freely, so as to integrate the talents of hundreds of millions of people. Our citizens' will surely become a reality, and then our people will be incomparably richer, and the Federation will be stronger, and there will be our mighty cavalry on the steppes, and our brave infantry in the mountains and rivers, and our combined fleet on the seas. ”

The Japanese, the Ryukyus, the Koreans, and the Annam people applauded, and the citizens of Datong had little interest in the East Asian Federation, but it was not a bad thing to have a big family, and they also applauded.

Young talent Sun Zhiwei is widely regarded as the smartest man, and everyone asked him to share his views on the future of battle.

"Needless to say, we will definitely win this battle," Sun Zhiwei yawned, rubbed his eyes and said to everyone, "Think about it, the war is fought by national strength, our federation is prosperous in industry and commerce, rich in the people, silver banknotes are blooming everywhere, free to operate, it is not strange that the annual interest rate of the money banks in the Ming and Qing dynasties is fifty percent, our silver banknotes are still making money with an annual interest rate of less than two percent, and the annual interest rate of national bonds is not even one percent, even if the federal government is insufficient in finance and taxation, it can raise military expenses from the people at a very low cost, and where can the Qing country raise money in addition to looting the people, Wait and see, if you are fast, you will be slow for two years, and the Qing State will definitely die in internal and external difficulties. ”

Sun Zhiwei's words made everyone suddenly, yes, the war is fought by national strength, whoever can raise military funds at the lowest cost will win, this truth is easy to understand, and the defeat of the Ming Dynasty is a ready-made example.

Singing sounded in the square, King Xiaoding brought the choir of the church to cheer up, and of course the five Tibetan dogs, which are the lark's dogs, usually listen to him, and follow him wherever he goes - in fact, King Xiaoding should be called the emperor, and the emperor name is kept, but everyone is used to changing his words, and he doesn't care about it, so let's call it on.

"The world is for the public, our country is the sect, the people are the citizens, and the country is said to be the same; The tricolor eagle banner, freedom and equality, not tyranny, but charity; Homogeneous and different customs, the legacy of martyrs, sincere friendship, and the eternal family and country; The people are rich and the country is rich, the people are strong and the country is strong, East Asia is dominant, and only we are the federation. ”

Everyone sang and waited together, and when it was almost dusk, someone shouted "The House of Representatives is dissolved, the president is coming", and people immediately rushed to the North City Tower, and soon Li Yu led the parliamentarians and officials to appear on the City Tower.

"After a vote, the Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously agreed to declare war on the Qing State" As soon as Li Yu's words came out, a tsunami-like cheer sounded in the square, Li Yu raised his arms and said firmly, "I believe that our federation will win, and after this battle, the Datong federation will become the first power in the world!" ”

"Long live the Federated Republic of East Asia Minor, long live the President!" Li Zhengyi and his group shouted first, and the others were stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted and shouted, even the five Tibetan dogs barked with confidence.

Li Yu shook his head slightly, took off his military hat and shouted to the crowd: "Long live freedom, long live citizens!" ”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ma Guozhu took the official document from Na Mu'er's hand, and said with a bitter face: "It's still here that should come, I'll send someone to Beijing immediately, let's fight, and make a balance in the world!" ”

"Old horse, go home, everyone and friends, we will never be difficult for you." Namur held Ma Guozhu's hand and said.

Ma Guozhu slowly walked out of the door, suddenly turned around and begged: "Xinsheng, arrest me, I also love the Datong Federation, please, you must arrest me, I don't want to leave!" ”

Datong Republic Restaurant used to be the property of Wang Mumin, this guy made enough money to go back to his hometown of the grassland to support the elderly, Ah Shan fled from Liaodong to Datong, and bought this restaurant while he had money in his hand, and the business has always been good, but today he is closed to thank the guests, and the Manchurians who have a head and face in Datong are holding a small meeting inside.

"Old and young masters, the time has come to return to Liaodong's hometown, the Manchurian Division and the gang only talk and don't do anything, but I, Ah Shan, only like to do it, we have the money to contribute, and we have the strength to pull a Manchurian volunteer army to do it with the president." Ahsan slapped the table and shouted.

"Of course, the president is our Prince of Jin, if we don't help him, who will help him, I will count one," Zhai Sangu patted his chest and agreed, turned his head and said to Kupilon, "You and Ah Shan are the richest among the people of Datong, what are you going to do?" ”

"It doesn't matter if you pay for it, but I have an industry in my hand, and I can't leave!" He is now in charge of Li Jin's glass factory, and the newly opened machine factory also has his shares, and he is addicted to making money, and he has been resigned from several calls by the presidential palace and the prime minister's office.

"It's useless for the little white face, leave him alone, let him make money and earn to death." Ahsan glanced at Curb Pilon and said contemptuously.

"Whoever says I'm useless, it's not that I haven't fought, I'm one of them." Curb shouted in a huff.

"Good guys, let's work together to beat his doggy Dorgon." Ahsan smiled and pressed him into his chair.