East Palace

The digital DV machine is playing the spectacular scene of the ironclad giant ship setting sail and sailing out of the water village in the dock of Longjiang Shipyard.

Until the ironclad giant ship sailed to the artillery test area, hundreds of cannons rang out in unison, and the pictures taken were trembling. Then the screen goes pitch black, and that ends with the playback.

This digital DV machine was originally used a few years ago to prove his innocence, secretly recorded Tian Hongyu's confession, and then handed it over to Emperor Chongzhen as evidence.

After that, the DV machine was left in the palace, and Empress Zhou also learned how to use it, until Chongzhen was placed under house arrest, and the DV machine fell into the hands of Empress Zhou. Because when Fang Yuan handed over the DV machine, he also gave Chongzhen a set of solar power banks, although after a few years, this precious DV machine can still be used as usual.

This video of the ironclad giant ship setting sail was personally taken by Jinyiwei at the launching ceremony of the Longjiang Shipyard.

After watching, Queen Zhou, Zhu Cihong, and Hong Chengchou were silent. It was hearsay that Fang Yuan was building a giant ship before, but he had never seen it with his own eyes, and the shock was not great. At present, I have seen the horror of the ironclad giant ship with my own eyes, and I was completely shocked by the behemoth of this giant ship in an instant.

Such a huge ship, although it can't cross the canal channel, but if it sails to Tianjin Wei, it can almost be determined that Tianjin Wei is vulnerable. If the Tianjin guard is lost, the capital will open its gates, and it will be able to hit the city of Beijing in one day.

The celebrant eunuch Wang Zhixin, and the Jinyi guard commanded Luo Yangxing to enter the East Palace together.

Luo Yangxing reported, "Niangniang, Prince, Jinyiwei sent information from Jiangnan, Fang Yuan issued two million taels of silver war bonds in Nanzhili a month or two ago. The people even released rumors that Fang Yuan would go south to attack Fujian in early October this year. ”

Empress Zhou frowned, the so-called soldiers are fast, it is only the beginning of May now, and there are still five months before October, Fang Yuan is really arrogant to spread the news of the attack on Fujian so early, and he simply didn't take the Zheng family in his eyes. And without knowing the imperial court, he sent troops without authorization, what is the difference between Fang Yuan and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who are the rogue governors? Where is the system of the imperial court?

Wang Zhixin was cautious, and respectfully handed over a piece of paper, "Niangniang, this is a fold sent by Fang Yuan from Jiangnan." ”

Empress Zhou took Fang Yuan's recital, opened it and saw that it was Fang Yuan who wrote to the imperial court, proposing to attack Fujian and recover the island of Taiwan that had been stolen by the Zheng clan and the Dutch for the imperial court, and asked the imperial court to issue an edict to grant him the right to conquer Fujian.

After Empress Zhou read it, she handed over the fold to Zhu Cihong, and said slowly, "Fang originally spread the news of the attack on Fujian, but he sent it for a long time, and it was clearly cut first and then played. ”

Zhu Cihong roughly swept the fold, let it go heavily, and said angrily, "Queen Mother, don't connive at Fang Yuan's troubles anymore!" If the Zheng clan is gone, Fang Yuan will unify Jiangnan, and there will be no worries, and the next goal will definitely be to rebel and go north! ”

Empress Zhou looked at Hong Chengchou noncommittally and asked, "Mr. Hong, what do you think?" ”

Hong Chengchou arched his hand and said, "The old minister also got a piece of news, Fang Yuan named the ironclad giant ship 'Daming', and the old minister thinks that Fang Yuan's move reveals a hint, that is, he will not oppose the Daming." ”

Empress Zhou asked, "Then Mr. Hong judges, will Fang Yuan be the opposite?" ”

Hong Chengchou was silent for a while, and sighed, "The old minister can't judge, the old minister estimates that Fang Yuan is actually taking one step at a time, and he is not determined to rebel, so there is still room for peace talks between the two sides." ”

Zhu Cihong said unhappily, "Teacher, what if this is Fang Yuan's delaying tactic?" ”

Hong Chengchou was speechless, and he didn't want to talk to this student who didn't care about it anymore and had no reason to fight Fang Yuan to the end, so he said again, "Everything is up to the mother and the prince." ”

Empress Zhou pondered for a while, ordered the ministers to have dinner in the East Palace first, and Yingying got up and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

Her target was the Qianqing Palace, and there was only one person in the Forbidden City who knew Fang Yuan best, and that was Emperor Chongzhen, who was under house arrest. When she hesitated, she finally remembered her emperor husband.

In the past two years when Emperor Chongzhen was under house arrest, the first days were those who roared every day, couldn't sleep, and often woke up in nightmares. But fortunately, life is not difficult, except that he does not handle military and political affairs, and the treatment is the same as before he was under house arrest, and Queen Zhou will come to accompany him every other day.

After more than a year, Emperor Chongzhen no longer yelled and accepted the fact that he was under house arrest. Guarding his side was only the loyal eunuch Fang Zhenghua.

Emperor Chongzhen was playing chess with Fang Zhenghua in the Dongnuan Pavilion, but when he saw Empress Zhou entering the Dongnuan Pavilion, he smiled and said, "The queen only came yesterday, why did she come again today?" ”

Empress Zhou sat beside him and said softly, "The concubine has something she wants to ask Your Majesty about something. ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at her with a smile, his face full of sarcasm, "Empress! In the past two years, you are very majestic! not only ceded most of the Ming Dynasty to Liukou and vassal kings, but also changed the ancestral system of Ming merchants who were not allowed to interfere in politics. What else can I teach you? The only thing I can teach you is that it's the shore when you turn back! ”

Empress Zhou turned a deaf ear to his ridicule, chuckled and said, "Your Majesty's teachings, the concubines will keep them in mind, aren't you here to ask Your Majesty about military and political affairs today?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't get angry when he saw her soft-spoken, and he was also curious, "Empress, what military and political affairs?" ”

Empress Zhou asked, "Your Majesty, is this person Fang Yuan against him?" ”

Chongzhen Luozi's hand stopped in mid-air, turned his head sideways and stared at her and said, "Queen, how much territory does he occupy now?" ”

Empress Zhou had blocked all the news about Fang Yuan to Chongzhen and Fang Zhenghua before, and now she could only say truthfully, "Fang Yuan is now the governor of Zhejiang, and Nanjing City is also in his bag. ”

Chongzhen sighed lightly, not in the slightest surprise, and smiled at Fang Zhenghua, "Zhenghua, this righteous son of yours is really promising, I didn't see the wrong person." ”

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly complimented and said, "The old slave has no merit, it is all His Majesty's wisdom and talent." ”

Empress Zhou said, "Your Majesty, the concubine also admits that Fang Yuan is indeed a once-in-a-century talent, but the greater his ability, the greater the threat to Da Ming!" For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty should also teach a concubine. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Empress, you ask me if the concubine has any objections. I can tell you that he must have a colt. Not just horses, but everyone, even tigers and wolves. But the biggest difference between people and tigers and wolves is that people still know honesty and morality. The colt has not rebelled yet, and that is because he is hesitating whether to rebel or not. If the queen pulls him, he will not rebel; If you push him, he will definitely be reversed. ”

"The horse wants to expel the Zheng clan and recover Fujian; Attack Taiwan and drive out the red hairs. That was to recover the lost sea frontier for the Ming Dynasty. As the Ming court, it's okay not to help each other, do you still want to drag the back of the horse? ”

Empress Zhou listened to his teachings, pondered for a while, grabbed Chongzhen's hand, lowered her gaze and said, "The concubine is worried that Fang Yuanwei will not be able to fall. ”

Chongzhen could sense from the slight tremor of her hand that she was deeply jealous of Fang Yuan, and her heart softened, no longer sarcastic, and said solemnly, "Queen, you are Kunxing's own mother and Fang Yuan's mother-in-law. As long as you don't commit those crimes that lose your conscience and are full of evil, whether you win or lose, Fang Yuan and Kun Xing will never harm your life, it's a big deal to learn from me to cultivate in the harem. As a queen, you should be in the harem, what are you afraid of? ”

Empress Zhou said in a low voice, "The concubine is worried about the prince!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was angry as soon as he heard the name of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, but he still forced it down, and said coldly, "This rebel son and prisoner usurped power, for one or two years, he has never been to the Qianqing Palace for half a step, and he should be punished!" ”

The crown prince has no more action, and he is also her own flesh and blood, Queen Zhou sighed lightly, got up and said, "Your Majesty have a good rest, and the concubine will retire first." ”