Section 8: Empress Zhou's Determination
Queen Zhou's brain was running at a high speed at this time, and everything that Wang Chengen said turned out to be true, that is, Daming will perish next year, and her beloved husband will be hanged next year on Jingshan, her heart twitched, her most beloved daughter Zhu Duyun will die under her father's sword, and the gentle and timid second daughter Princess Zhu Huizu of Changping, and all the concubines have been given to death, and the royal family of the dead dynasty is not as good as a chicken, alas. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Wang Chengen was kneeling on the ground hoping that Empress Zhou could come up with a countermeasure, and the time was pressing, so he had to remind: "Your Royal Highness, the time left for us by the Flying Eagle Alliance is running out, only seven days." "Rong Bengong thinks, thinks." After saying that, Queen Zhou walked back and forth in the house, and Wang Chengen who walked was dizzy, Queen Zhou saw that Wang Chengen was still kneeling, and hurriedly helped Wang Chengen up and said: "Wang Companion, you have been wronged, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, you have suffered for the emperor." Wang Chengen's tears flowed involuntarily: "With the words of Her Royal Highness the Queen, the old slave Wang Chengen is worth it even if he dies today!" Wang Chengen struggled to climb for a long time before he got up from the ground, his legs were numb on his knees, and there were still a few kick injuries on his body, and he was also old and not agile.
After Wang Chengen sat down, Queen Zhou said anxiously: "Wang Companion, what should I do about this matter, this palace doesn't have any good ideas for a while." Wang Chengen's chest was determined, and he was ready to think about a bold plan for several days, and finally someone could share it, and suddenly returned to Queen Zhou's words with trembling spirits and shining: "Back to Your Highness, the most important thing in this matter is Long Live Lord, the rest is a trivial matter, the old slave has already thought about it, as long as there is no problem with Long Live Lord, we can lift our feet and leave." Queen Zhou said worriedly: "Wang Companion, you don't know the emperor's temperament, if you let him know about this, I'm afraid there will be thunderous anger." Wang Chengen said: "Why let the Long Live Lord know, as long as the Long Live Lord sleeps for a few days, we can leave the capital, even if the Long Live Lord wakes up to blame it is too late, at that time, we must ask Her Royal Highness the Queen to take power!" "Bold! This is a rebellion! Queen Zhou was taken aback when she heard this and said, Wang Chengen said with a deadly expression: "As long as the long-lived master who can be protected has no worries about his life, and the Ming Dynasty will last for thousands of years, even if the old slave is broken into thousands of pieces, he will not regret it!" Queen Zhou was moved when she heard Wang Chengen's heroic words, but her heart beat terribly after being afraid, after all, it was a woman's family, and she really hadn't done this rebellious thing, the first time, the big game was exciting and blood-spurting, Queen Zhou just couldn't put down her heart and said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Companion, it is better for you to send the prince and Yun'er to Heilongjiang, and the palace and the emperor will stay in the capital to martyr." Wang Chengen almost knelt down and hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness the Queen, the slave has also thought about this idea, and the old slave also wants to go there and not to die for the Ming Dynasty, and accompany the Long Live Lord and the Queen to be a Ming martyr." Deliver the prince and others to the Flying Eagle Alliance, but no, Your Highness, the prince went to Heilongjiang alone, weak and young, how to gain a foothold in Heilongjiang, how to master the flying eagle! How to establish a country and rebuild the Ming Dynasty, there are too many variables, if you are not careful, the prince and others will fall into a dangerous situation, and whether this big leader of the Flying Eagle Alliance Dural is sincere to the Ming Dynasty or has other ambitions to be Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven to make the princes all variables. β
Queen Zhou was shocked when she heard this, this Wang Chengen is really a talent, and she thinks about it thoroughly, if this is the case, wouldn't my emperor and Yun'er just escaped from the fire pit and entered the tiger's mouth, and she was anxious for a while, and said to Wang Chengen tremblingly: "Wang Companion's companion is too rebellious in this matter, which makes the palace very difficult." Wang Chengen saw that Queen Zhou couldn't make up his mind, so he could only force him to say: "Your Highness, the old slave will say it for the last time, if the old slave has finished speaking, Her Royal Highness still hasn't decided, just treat the old slave as if he didn't say anything today, and the old slave will go to the peach tree to commit suicide to apologize to the Lord Long Live." Queen Zhou burst into tears and said: "The king can't be accompanied..."Wang Chengen said earnestly: "Long live the Lord has been in power for more than 17 years, and he has never dared to slack off in the government, he has never worked hard to have extravagant pleasures, he has strict self-discipline, he gets up early and goes to bed late, and he is the best emperor of the Ming Dynasty in my dynasty." But the Ming Dynasty is difficult to return, natural disasters and man-made disasters, plagues are rampant, drought years are repeated, there is no harvest, the people are hungry and unbearable, they are constantly rebelling, the official history is corrupt and morally corrupt, the treasury and financial resources are corrupted, the national strength is unsustainable without silver, and the soldiers and generals are in arrears and countless mutinies. Houjin is eyeing the Ming Dynasty outside the gate, embezzling the Ming Dynasty, such a bad situation of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Long Live Lord is a genius, he is unable to return to the sky, and the Long Live Lord is also tired like a sweat cow, and he should rest, such a critical juncture, when the Ming Dynasty lives and dies, Her Royal Highness the Queen will regret it if she does not make a decision to take power to save the Ming Dynasty! After speaking, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground.
Queen Zhou listened to tears in her eyes, Wang Chengen's words were heartfelt, every sentence was against the sky, but it was a practical matter, and the current situation of the Ming Dynasty was brutally outlined in the mind of Queen Zhou, so that Queen Zhou was secretly frightened, she knew that the Ming Dynasty was in danger, but she had never understood the situation of the Ming Dynasty so closely, the Ming Dynasty was really dangerous, it was a few feet close, this feeling made Queen Zhou almost collapse, and she was a little careless and finished playing.
For the first time, Queen Zhou felt the fatigue and pressure of her husband, and it was not easy to deal with such an unbearable situation calmly. Empress Zhou finally made up her mind ruthlessly and asked Wang Chengen: "Wang Companion, what should the palace do?" Wang Chengen was overjoyed and said excitedly: "It's really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty." After speaking, he kowtowed to Queen Zhou three times, and Queen Zhou hurriedly pulled up Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen then said how Queen Zhou did: "Your Highness, first: let the Lord Long Live rest in the next few days." Second: Her Royal Highness the Queen will inherit the seventeen treasures of the country, jade seals, edicts, and talismans. Third: Announce to the outside world that the Lord is in poor health and will not go to the court in the past few days, and the major affairs in the DPRK and China will be decided by the cabinet in these days. Fourth: The old slave carefully selected five hundred eunuchs and five hundred palace maids to accompany him. Fifth: His Royal Highness sent someone to send someone to fly the eagle to assist the prince to build the country, and the military generals gathered in one place with the dictation of the long live lord. Sixth: Everything is ready to set off for Heilongjiang in the middle of the night, and the rest of the matter will be arranged by the Flying Eagle Alliance. β
Queen Zhou listened to Wang Chengen's arrangement and fainted, so detailed, it seems that she has been planning for a long time, not leaking, and after thinking about it from the beginning, she felt that there was a leak, what was it, and asked Wang Chengen: "This trip to Heilongjiang, why is there no escort, how to deal with it if there is an accident?" Wang Chengen's face was bitter, and he said embarrassedly: "Your Highness, the old slave also thought about it this time, after the old slave secretly observed, there are less than 200 soldiers in the capital who can fight to the death for the Long Live Lord. "What?!" Queen Zhou was shocked, less than two hundred! It can be seen how hated her husband is! So unpopular! Empress Zhou panicked: "There are no guards, this is a long way to Heilongjiang, how to ensure the safety of the emperor on this trip, how to ensure the safety of the prince and others?" Wang Chengen comforted Queen Zhou with confidence: "Your Highness, rest assured, the five hundred little cubs of the old slave are not vegetarians, and the five hundred little palace maids are also equipped with martial arts, each with their own skills, and they can be used as guards." β
Empress Zhou was afraid and wanted to retreat, and asked Wang Chengen tremblingly: "Even if you go to Heilongjiang, how will the palace deal with itself?" Wang Chengen said fiercely: "Your Royal Highness can learn from Empress Wu Zetian to hold on to the power, force the Long Live Lord to submit, wait for the old slave to poison the big leader Dural, let the prince quickly support the Flying Eagle army to be driven by the Ming Dynasty, Her Royal Highness the Queen can delegate power to the prince, help the prince to be the Ming Emperor, and then help the prince and others to rebuild the Ming Dynasty!" β
Queen Zhou was not lightly thundered by Wang Chengen's bold plan, the outside was scorched and the inside was tender, and the black smoke billowed on the top of her head, Wu Zetian! Oh, my God! It seems that the life style of this martial queen is very casual, Queen Zhou shook her head and threw out the name of this martial queen, and forced her husband to let go of power and listen to herself, this day is not over, the relationship between this husband and wife will definitely be affected, in this Ming Dynasty, where men are superior to women, Queen Zhou's behavior of seizing power will definitely be poked and scolded to death by the people of the world.
Queen Zhou was frightened by Wang Chengen's crazy and bold plan against the sky, Wang Chengen saw Queen Zhou's face change back and forth, and knew that Queen Zhou was frightened by her own bold plan, and had the intention of retreating, in fact, Wang Chengen himself was also very afraid of hair, but for the sake of Long Live Lord and Daming Jiangshan can only fight, and said to Queen Zhou seriously: "Long live Lord has been in power for more than ten years, and there is no way to change the current bad situation of Daming, it is not that Long Live has no strategy for governing the country, but that Daming has long been terminally ill and has no cure, so he can only stand after breaking." But Long Live Lord is now in the prime of life and ambitious will not listen to advice, a while ago there were many ministers who suggested that Long Live Lord secretly send the prince to Nanjing in order to get up, but Long Live Lord did not agree, it was ironclad that it was rather a broken jade than a complete tile, and now the life and death line of the Ming Dynasty is between the thoughts of Her Royal Highness the Queen, and then hesitate to think that the vitality of the Ming Dynasty is fleeting, and it is too late to regret it. β
Empress Zhou also heard about the construction of the prince in the court, and agreed very much with this construction, this is the last vitality of her own emperor and the Ming Dynasty, and she also reminded her husband Zhu Youzhen in a secret voice: "The concubine has a suite of rooms in the south, and she can live in it if she moves over." Who knew that Zhu Youzhen didn't react anymore, and he should have heard a sound! At that time, Queen Zhou almost vomited blood in anger, did she have to break the net, it was really brainless! Thinking of this, Queen Zhou calmly asked Wang Chengen: "Wang Banban, this palace asks the last question, why does Wang Banban think that the Flying Eagle Alliance can save me from the Ming Dynasty?" Why do you think that the Flying Eagle Alliance will help the prince rebuild the Ming Dynasty together? Could it be that the Flying Eagle Alliance is invincible with three heads and six arms? And why not choose the prince to go to Nanjing City? Going to Nanjing City can also save the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chengen shook his head and sighed and said to Queen Zhou: "If the prince goes to Nanjing City, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious and less, Nanjing Fu Wang has ill intentions, the capital has fallen into crisis many times, Fu Wang has refused to work on the grounds of long distance, Fu Wang has been coveting the throne for a long time, the prince is young and has no real military power, Fu Wang has been running Nanjing for many years, how can he easily let go of the prince to give up power, will only wait for the opportunity to seize the throne on the grounds that the prince is young, and then the prince is afraid that his life will not be long, so it is a dead end to go to Nanjing City. That's why the Lord of Banzai did not agree to the prince's move south. Queen Zhou listened to a cold sweat, sure enough, Nanjing is not a good place to go, and I also feel that my ability to see and analyze the complex situation in the Ming Dynasty is very tender and naΓ―ve, not as much as one ten-thousandth of Wang Chengen's, and I have to study hard, and I will be blind and blind when I take power in the future.
Wang Chengen went on to analyze: "And the Flying Eagle Alliance is different, it is a new star, and it is a sincere vassal to the Ming Dynasty, and it has the sincerity to send elites to the capital to assist the prince to go to Heilongjiang, which is the real soldier and horse to assist the prince in rebuilding the Ming Dynasty." The Flying Eagle Alliance is not three-headed and six-armed, it is no different from ordinary people, but it is just that the Flying Eagle Alliance is so strong that Houjin does not dare to underestimate it. Empress Zhou looked at Wang Chengen with a questioning look and asked, "Is there a god soldier in the Flying Eagle Alliance, who is so afraid of the powerful Houjin?" Wang Chengen said that the eyes of the Flying Eagle Alliance were almost like a sibling dance, and he said very confidently: "What the Flying Eagle Alliance relies on is the sharpness of firearms!" "Wang Chengen played with rifles and shotguns many times at the Flying Eagle Station, and he couldn't put down this gun, and his hands itched to death when he thought about it.
Queen Zhou almost cried when she heard this, isn't this a joke. Queen Zhou also heard Zhu Youzhen mention the sharpness of Daming firearms, and also said the fatal shortcomings of firearms, and said to Wang Chengen helplessly: "Wang Companion, you are also not small, how can you be so childish about state affairs, we also have firearms, and they are also very sharp, and there are a lot, what's the use, can the musket of the Flying Eagle Alliance be more powerful than our three-eyed gun, Wang Companion, you have also been in charge of the military battle, and you are also familiar with the quality of firearms, how can you be so confused!" As soon as Wang Chengen heard Queen Zhou's complaints, he knew that he had misunderstood, so he said meaningfully: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Queen, forgive the old slave for offending his words, our Ming Dynasty's firearms are really not enough compared to those of the Flying Eagle Alliance, but they are a world of difference." Empress Zhou listened and asked in wonder: "Oh, listening to what the king's companion said, have you seen the firearms of the Flying Eagle Alliance with your own eyes?" Wang Chengen proudly showed off: "Hehe, the old slave has not only seen it with his own eyes, but also beaten it with his own hands!" What an artifact! The long fire gun fired countless steel bullets in one breath! There is no one alive within five steps of the short fire gun! "Queen Zhou is stunned, look at this cowhide blowing! Wang Chengen involuntarily raised his hands to imitate the shooting action of the rifle, Queen Zhou was really speechless, I felt that Wang Chengen's teasing incident this time was quite serious, looking at Wang Chengen's movements was a little white, how did this Wang Chengen become more and more like a child, I really wanted to call someone to come in and throw him out! Is it because of the age, alas.
"Horn!" Wang Chengen's mouth made a sound imitating a rifle, and then pulled the gun bolt to close the bolt, and with a "horn", Wang Chengen repeated this action eight times in a row, and then said to the stunned Queen Zhou: "Your Royal Highness, the old slave shot eight steel bullets in one breath, and the killing distance of this steel bullet is 800 steps!" Or maybe a thousand steps! This is the Flying Eagle Alliance's sharpshooter! Only then did Empress Zhou react and understand that Daming's musket was not fought like this! Zhu Youzhen took Queen Zhou to hunt in the back mountains when he was free, and he liked the three-eyed gun very much, this three-eyed gun was amazingly powerful, and the three-eyed gun had a total of three muzzles. The three barrels are connected, you can freely choose to fire once or three times, the loading process is troublesome, Queen Zhou has also seen, first put the gunpowder from the mouth into the medicine room, and then stuff the gun plug made of wood, used to hold the breath, and then load the bullet into the breech, use the fire rope to ignite through the fire door, ignite the gunpowder in the chamber, the gunpowder burns to generate a large amount of high-temperature gas, and the bullet in the breech can be pushed out of the chamber. This gun is very lethal at a distance of eighty paces, and after this distance it is scrap metal.
Queen Zhou's brain couldn't turn around, after all, she was not familiar with firearms, but she also knew that the musket was to stuff gunpowder and lead bullets, but the flying eagle's gun didn't seem to have this link, Wang Chengen still couldn't finish giving Queen Zhou the basic knowledge of the gun: "This gun is worthy of being a magic gun, called a rifle, a musket used by infantry, eight steel bullets are shot between one breath, if there are 10,000 rifles equipped with 10,000 infantry, 80,000 steel bullets are fired in a salvo, even if there are thousands of troops and horses in front of them, they can be disabled!" "Empress Zhou doesn't know anything about muskets, but she still has a basic concept of numbers, and she is deeply frightened when she imagines it, and the number of kills is really amazing!
Wang Chengen then added: "This rifle is made of stainless steel, it will not decay for a hundred years, the parts of the gun are easy to replace, and the manufacturing is exquisite, if the Ming soldiers will be five years earlier, no, three years earlier equipped with this magic gun, not to mention the little Li Zicheng and others, even if it is the Houjin army, thousands of horses can go back to his grandmother's house!" After all, Queen Zhou had never seen the Flying Eagle Rifle in person, and she still had questions and suspicions, Wang Chengen didn't care what kind of mood Queen Zhou was in, and said to herself: "The Battle of the Heishui River The Flying Eagle Alliance relied on this sharp spear, and after the fight, there were no 50,000 elites in the aftermath, and Dolgon fled in the wilderness, and the number of self-injuries of the Flying Eagle was zero, which can be described as the Heishui River God War!" Queen Zhou couldn't sit still anymore when she heard this, she was excited, and she knew that what Wang Chengen said was definitely not a lie, Wang Chengen knew a lot about firearms, and Wang Chengen went on to say: "Your Highness, the Flying Eagle Alliance also understands that the Houjin Qing soldiers are brave in close combat, and they are brave in slashing and killing, so they have studied a short gun, called a shotgun, this gun is really wonderful, and the three-eyed gun is actually similar, but it is not a three-eyed gun, but a nine-eyed gun!" Queen Zhou was surprised for a while and said, "Nine-eyed gun, oh my God!" How many barrels do you need, can you hold it? Wang Chengen said with emotion: "This gun is short and concise, but it is not composed of nine barrels, but only one barrel, and the power is incomparably stronger than the three-eyed gun!" Queen Zhou was dizzy for a while, with a puzzled and puzzled face, Wang Chengen explained: "I have to admire the ingenuity of the designer of this gun, a barrel is rotated by a nine-eyed steel wheel and fired, and dozens of steel bullets are shot out of a wheel to shoot around!" No matter how strong the Qing soldiers are within five steps, even if they are copper-headed iron arms, they can form a hornet's nest! Hearing this, Queen Zhou exclaimed: "So sharp! Wang Chengen bragged and said: "The old slave doesn't want to get close to ten Qing soldiers with this shotgun alone!" "Empress Zhou was amazed by the wisdom of the Flying Eagle Alliance, and she was able to exert the power of the musket to the best of her ability! Then Wang Chengen broke the inside story again: "Your Highness, do you know who this shotgun came from?" "Empress Zhou is dizzy, I know that, she rolled her eyes and didn't answer, "This shotgun is from the hands of Master Bi Maokang of the Korean Ordnance Bureau!" β
"What! Bi Maokang! Queen Zhou exclaimed, this person is understood, in the Ordnance Bureau any seven products in the scholar, this person is obsessed with firearms, the firearms attainment is quite profound, now the Ming Dynasty many firearms are from this person's hands, once won Zhu Youzhen's appreciation, and later offended Zhu Youzhen to be dismissed and sent home, according to Zhu Youzhen's words, this person does not know what to say, pointing fingers at the government, disrespectful, if it weren't for his contribution to Daming firearms, I would have cut off his head! Queen Zhou was speechless, just because Bi Maokang said a few unpleasant words, her husband dismissed such a talented person, it was really as small as a needle's eye, but why did Daming's firearms expert get there in the Flying Eagle Alliance? Wang Chengen was ashamed to explain that a few years ago, when the Qing soldiers entered the pass, Bi Maokang was plundered with the people to Heishui County, Heilongjiang outside the pass, as a hard laborer, starvation and cold, almost starved to death outside the pass, and happened to be rescued by the Flying Eagle Alliance to survive.