The arrival of Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao is indeed the result of Zhu Changhao's hard work, and even in order to make the two lose confidence in Chongzhen, some false accusations and frame-ups, and dirty and obscene methods have also been used, but these methods are all used secretly, and there is absolutely no trace of them in the official history. Maybe there are some folk histories, but they don't stand up to scrutiny. After all, history was written by Zhu Changhao, the victor.

Hanzhong City, which has been a place of human activities since ancient times, has been strengthened and expanded many times during the operation of the Ming Empire, and it looks very majestic. There are four gates and the towering city tower, in the four gates, the east name Chaoyang, the south name Wangjiang, the west name Zhenwu, the north name Gongchen. Ming Wuzong Zhengde five years (1510), the prefect of Hanzhong in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to build a brick city wall, at the same time, dig a moat, the river is ten zhang (33 meters) wide, one zhang eight feet (6 meters) deep, leading the mountain river weir water to flow.

Zhu Changhao believed that he had 20,000 people in his hands to defend the city, and the Nine-Border Army would have 100,000 people, and he would be helpless against it.

Now, the Gongchen Gate of Hanzhong City, this is the first time Zhu Changhao came here to greet the Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao are by land, from the Beijing Division, Zhu Changhao believes that their two thousand miles of long journey, halfway must be able to see the northern mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty is a barren scene, that is to say, the people are not living, or the bones are exposed in the wild, and it is not too much to say that there is no rooster cry for thousands of miles. Because just outside this Gongchen Gate, on the Qinling Mountains in the distance, the trees look sparse, and some of the cypress trees on the rocks have turned yellow.

On the official road outside the city gate, the thick loess can drown people's feet and necks, and it is only the right time in the morning, that is, at ten o'clock. At this temperature, Zhu Changhao estimates that it is about 30 degrees.

In the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century, there were not many greenhouse gas emissions, but at the beginning of April of the lunar calendar, there was a high temperature of 30 degrees in Hanzhong, which showed that the climate was harsh, and it indicated that this year's drought was going to be dry again.

Thirty-three or two carriages, under the protection of the 800 Anmin team, slowly drove towards the north gate of Hanzhong City. Today's Zhu Changhao, dressed in a bright yellow crown robe, with a king made of mahogany behind him, looks so rich and energetic surrounded by the royal honor guard.

Behind the king's chariot, twelve newly made steel cannons were ready, filled with empty shells with ceremonial flowers, as salutes, to welcome the most distinguished guests. Compared with the entire Ming Dynasty, no one uses it, after all, every cannonball, it is at least five taels of silver, and now Zhu Changhao uses it again, which shows that Lord Rui's compulsion is very high.

The carriage was getting closer and closer, and this time the Anmin team led a battalion commander, who saw that his supreme boss Rui Wang Ye was already standing at the edge of the city gate, and immediately dismounted at a distance of about 100 meters, and ran towards Zhu Changhao quickly.

"Wang Shuangxi, the commander of the eighteenth battalion of the villain Anmin team, knocked to see the prince, and the prince is a thousand years old."

After speaking, he knelt down and didn't speak, Zhu Changhao looked at Wang Shuangxi's dusty and haggard appearance, and personally stepped forward to help him up.

In the process of helping him up, Zhu Changhao saw this person's strong muscles, as well as his resolute gaze, and Kong Wu's powerful arms, he knew that this person was a good person, and he could see from his eyes that he was a loyal and brave person.

Immediately signaled to Xu Fu beside him, record this person, and reuse it in the future.

The battalion commander of the 800 Anmin team came to see Zhu Changhao, and Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao, who were loyal to the prince in the future, naturally would not sit in the carriage.

Sixty-seven-year-old Xu Guangqi got out of the carriage first, and then sixty-four-year-old Li Zhizao also got down.

As the two got out of the carriage, their families also got out of the carriage.

Zhu Changhao glanced at it, "Heh, these two old men are enough, and the family is not small, the two families together have almost hundreds of people." ”

It looked like there were hundreds of them, but two-thirds of them were their servants, as well as the servants' families.

The two ran towards Zhu Changhao slowly, and the family members behind them also followed behind their family heads (Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao), running in unison.

Zhu Changhao looked at this scene, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he had no choice but to step forward to meet him.

After walking for more than 20 steps, Zhu Changhao walked in front of the two, and with a "poof", the dust was flying, and the two old men knelt on the ground at once, their knees and calves sinking deep into the dust.

"The old Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao dragged their families with their mouths today, and came to join the prince, hoping that the prince would take them in. When the old decay comes, he will serve the prince with a modest effort, do his best, and then die, tie the grass and tie the ring, and repay the great virtue of the prince. ”

Zhu Changhao heard such a series of miserable resignations from the two, and laughed secretly in his heart. It's just that on his face, he was not affected by his state of mind, and there was no trace of a smile, but he was stern and moved, "Two old men, you can come to this king's side and help this king to rejuvenate my Ming, this king's heart is grateful, how can I take it in."

Two old men, the palace has prepared wine and food, please move. ”

After speaking, the roaring cannons behind rang out, twelve salutes, three salvos, and after thirty-six sounds, Zhu Changhao invited Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao to get into his carriage and drove towards the palace.

Inside the tall and wide carriage, hot water and toiletries are all available. Under Uncle Wang's waiting, Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao washed their hands and faces casually, and two cups of tea were delivered to the two of them.

Zhu Changhao looked at Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao and took a sip of tea, "The two bosses, this king is a little abrupt this time, but my Ming Zhongxing will eventually need someone like the boss to assist, otherwise, how old is a few years old, therefore, the conditions in Hanzhong are simple, I hope the two elders will not dislike it."

Invite the two adults to come to Hanzhong, because this king has seen that in the past few years, the Jianzhou Tartars in Liaodong have become more and more rampant, and my Ming Dynasty has become weaker and weaker in the past two years. Also, this king came in to study some practices of building slaves, as well as the military system and the official system. Once they entered the Central Plains, my Ming handicraft workshop, as well as the Shinong industry and commerce, were trampled on by this group of barbarians, and they were strangled. It is estimated that there are tens of millions of dead people, and this king really can't bear it in his heart."

These words are Zhu Changhao's heartfelt words, and now he is saying them so bluntly, which is also a sincere expression to Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao.

The two old men listened to Zhu Changhao's words, drank a cup of tea silently, and Xu Guangqi spoke, "Lord Wang, there is another point, if Jiannu enters the Central Plains, tramples on our Shinong industry and commerce, and leads the decadence of hundreds of workers, then the barbarians of the Southeast Sea Frontier and Europa will definitely run in and tear off the flesh and blood of Huaxia."

More than 70 years ago, the França (Portuguese) people did not leave our Macau, and they are still there, doing ceramics and silk business with us. It's just that many people don't know that Luzon, our Ming vassal country, has been occupied by Spain, and Malacca, as well as Pattani, Srivijaya, Java, and Ceylon in the west, have all been occupied by França, Franco, and Spain. Now, I still have to attack Dongning (Taiwan), but fortunately, my Daming maritime merchants are okay, and Zheng Zhilong, a coastal defense guerrilla general, is also very strong, and he actually drove these Eurobayians out of Wanli Shitang (Qiyangzhou, South China Sea). But once the skilled Jiannu occupy the Central Plains, they are not familiar with commerce and trade, maritime affairs, and decay predictions, and within a hundred years, my Ming Sea Frontier will all be returned to the Yi people. ”

When Zhu Changhao heard this, he sighed in his heart, and he was affirmed by Xu Guangqi's vision from these words.

In the original historical time and space, although Xu Guangqi was born as a civil official, he was still murderous, and in the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618), the northern Houjin rebel army attacked the border pass, and was recommended by someone to introduce Xu Guangqi to illness.

Xu Guangqi wrote in a letter to Jiao Hong: "The country is not armed, and for a long time, once it provokes, it cannot be written. The ministry of enlightenment is not suitable for the battle of the army, and there is no obligation to sit idly by, so as to bear the grace of the country and the teachings of the teacher". He not only did his best to die, but also inspired others to give up a comfortable life and go to the national disaster together. For more than three years until the third year of the Apocalypse (1621), Xu Guangqi was engaged in the work of selecting and training soldiers. During this period, Jiao Hong recommended Xu Guangqi to his own governor Yuan Keli of Denglai in the same year, Xu Guangqi's talent in weapons was fully appreciated by Yuan Keli, and later both of them advocated strengthening the control of North Korea in strategic thinking, but unfortunately in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the two were excluded by the eunuch party and resigned one after another. At this time, although he was nearly 60 years old, his patriotism and loyalty to protect the country and defend the land were evident and did not allow him to be in his prime.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli (16l9), Xu Guangqi supervised the training of the new army with the new official title of Zhan Shifu Shao Zhan Shi and Henan Provincial Supervisor of the Imperial History. He advocated that "the way of employing troops is all in selection and training" and "selection needs to be actually selected, and training needs to be practiced." During this period, he wrote various military notes, regulations, formations, etc., most of which were later compiled by him into the book "Xu's Words". However, due to financial constraints, the constraints of the ministers and other reasons, the training plan did not go well, Xu Guangqi also due to overwork, in the first year of the Apocalypse (1621) in March on the evacuation of Tianjin to "recuperate", in June Liaodong was defeated, and was called to Beijing, but in the end due to the manufacture of weapons and training plans could not be achieved, in December resigned to Tianjin again.

Maybe Xu Guangqi's words were approved by the prince, Li Zhizao was not polite, he said, "For Jiannu, in fact, it is also very easy, Lao Tzu said, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, for Jiannu with only a million people, the first is to besiege, the second is to take the initiative, the third is to disintegrate from it, and the fourth is to dismember and carve up Jiannu with the hungry wolves of the surrounding grasslands." Finally, I Daming carried out the construction of the castle on the grassland, and I believe that in more than ten years, those nomadic tribes on the grassland will return to the arms of my Daming. ”

Zhu Changhao listened, nodded frequently, and shouted in his heart, "It's so ruthless, just these four articles, if he doesn't become an imperial pig, this king won't believe anything." ”

Unexpectedly, the two Ming Wenchens who were born in Jinshi, under their polite faces, there is also a demonic ruthlessness.

Zhu Changhao decided that he wanted to stimulate the demonic hearts of the two in the shortest possible time, so that the wild boar skin Emperor Taiji would wail in the ice and snow.