Zhu Jishi returned to Yingtianfu City, and it was already early June of the 4th year of liberation. On both sides of the Yangtze River, the rice fields grew very well, and the people of Yingtian, who were increasingly prosperous because of the prosperity of industry and commerce, rushed to come out to greet the Son of Heaven who had returned to the dynasty, and the joyful atmosphere was almost fanatical—although the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty gave Emperor Zhu a lot of twists and turns, and opposed the harsh policies adopted in northern Vietnam. But these are all different opinions within the imperial court, and in terms of external caliber, these Ming officials are a strong advocate of the emperor's great martial arts. The vast majority of newspapers are also full of praise, opening up territory and expanding thousands of miles, such martial arts are worth boasting about in any dynasty. As for the profound suffering caused to the Vietnamese people by this war of aggression, it has been artificially ignored.

After all, it is now 1851, when the colonial empire was in great power, not 1951, when the colonial independence movement was surging. What colonial empire was not built on the suffering, blood and tears of the colonial peoples? In fact, even the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, who opposed the colonization of northern Vietnam, were based on the fact that the old emperor who had invaded and defeated Vietnam four times in the past put forward a well-intentioned objection. After seeing that the working people of Beiqi were trapped in barbed wire and waiting to move south, even the officials who had opposed it stopped writing to the emperor to raise objections.

The conquest of Vietnam has come to an end here in Yingtianfu. Immediately afterwards, another major event that seemed to be of great significance appeared in everyone's sight - the three Asian countries of Daming, Siam, and Japan are about to form an offensive and defensive alliance!

This news was first poked out by Hong Kong's "Qingliu Bao", but in fact, it was not poked, but guessed. According to the analysis of Mr. Yubai, a current affairs analyst of "Qingliu Daily". The Great Tomorrow has already taken the daughter of the Tokugawa shogun and the king of Siam as his concubine. Then it is necessary to "welcome" the sister of the Japanese emperor with a very high standard. As a result, the marriage of the three royal families of China and Japan and Siam has been formed. At a time when the Western powers have reached the doorstep of the ancient Asian countries, it is only natural for the three Asian countries that have maintained their completely independent status to conclude an alliance.

Soon after the "Qingliu Bao" put forward this speculation, the "Ta Kung Pao" disclosed the news that the Siamese king Rama IV would visit Yingtianfu at the beginning of next year, which seemed to confirm the speculation that the three Siamese countries of China and Japan were going to form an alliance, but the Ming court never publicly stated its position on this issue.

In fact, Zhu Jishi did have such a plan, and he planned to make the Triple Alliance a reality before the start of the war against Russia, and Japan and Siam would also participate in this war - Emperor Zhu needed Japanese soldiers and Siamese rice. However, the news from Japan made him feel a little embarrassed and uneasy, on the one hand, Tokugawa Iekei wanted to hold the aftermath of the victory in Osaka Bay. overwhelmed the imperial court in one fell swoop and realized the combination of public and military forces of "one stone and one vote"; On the other hand, Tokugawa Yoshiki wanted to entrust his unborn child to Tokugawa Akiko, and if the child was a boy, he would also become the head of the Tokugawa clan in the future - a golden opportunity to influence and even manipulate Japan's internal affairs.

"Is it difficult to morality Chuan Jiaqing is using a painting cake to win me over? Maybe he was worried about my support for the Japanese court and the foreign powers? When Tokugawa Akiko's handwritten letter was delivered to Zhu Jishi, he really couldn't make up his mind. It seems that everything can only wait for the arrival of the lady queen.

At noon on June 6, Zhu Jishi entered the Forbidden City, and after dealing with the affairs of the foreign court early, he hurriedly entered the harem. The emperor's concubine is usually the responsibility of the queen. Therefore, all the etiquette to welcome the lady queen was arranged by Luo Xiangmei.

"Congratulations on your triumphant return."

Facing Luo Xiangmei, who came to greet her, Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "Where is there anything worth celebrating?" It's just that the lost territory in Jiaozhou has been recovered. ”

"Nope. It has been 900 years since the fall of Jiaozhou, and it only took a few months for His Majesty to recover it, isn't it still a great martial art? ”

"This is a great martial art? In the future, I will expand the land for thousands of miles! ”

"Then the concubine will first wish His Majesty to get off the horse and succeed......"

"Then thank you for your auspicious words, by the way, have you seen Zheng Shi? Although she is not a Siamese princess, she is indeed the daughter of the king, what status can be arranged? ”

"You can be a concubine, if you have something in the future, it's not too late to be promoted to a concubine."

"Okay, then...... What about the Lady Queen? ”

"The concubine doesn't know how to arrange it, and I ask the emperor to show it."

"Then it's for the concubine, the same as Akiko. I heard that there are also concubines who accompany the marriage, and they are arranged to serve as female officials. ”

Luo Xiangmei was stunned, the lady queen is not the identity of a "princess", but also the queen of the Ryukyus, although it is only an empty name, but the status of the king is certain. Such an identity is not the imperial concubine, but the concubine, which is a head lower than the Yanma, it seems that the weight of the Yanma in Emperor Zhu's heart is extremely heavy.

Now, the number of concubines in the Ming harem is not fixed - this is also deliberately arranged by Queen Luo Xiangmei, hoping to get a few more imperial concubines to come out. But even the noble status of the lady and the queen can't get the position of the imperial concubine.

"I will not set up a second queen, nor will I be crowned a second imperial concubine." Zhu Jishi said lightly, "So I can only wronged the lady to be a concubine, but all supplies refer to the standards of the imperial concubine Maria." Let's build a palace for the lady in the Purple Mountain according to the style of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and the cost will be paid by my inner library. ”

The Kyoto Imperial Palace is the imperial palace of the Japanese emperor, it is not very large, it covers an area of only 110,000 square meters, almost one-tenth of the size of the Forbidden City, the architectural style is the style of the Tang Dynasty, if you use the form of public bidding to issue a contract, it is enough to spend a million silver dollars, and it is not too much burden for Zhu Jishi.

"In this way, the lady should be satisfied." Luo Xiangmei was a little jealous in her heart, as the queen, she didn't have her own palace except for Kunning Palace, which was inferior to Maria and Queen Shu.

"Queen, are there fewer concubines for me?" Zhu Jishi suddenly asked a question that was a bit ridiculous no matter how he listened.

"Less? Your Majesty, you already have a total of twelve famous concubines, including Concubine Shen, Maria, Xiangju, Concubine Su, Concubine Hong, Concubine Mingzi, Concubine Wang, Concubine Chang, Concubine Zhou, Concubine Zheng, Mrs. Duran and the lady who is about to enter the door. In addition, there are many female officers who can sleep ......"

"I want to choose a concubine!" Zhu Jishi waved his hand to interrupt Luo Xiangmei, who was a virtuous queen, "I want to issue an order to Zeng Guofan, asking him to select beauties from the Khalkha Mongol khanate royal families such as Zasak Khan, Tushetu Khan, Chechen Khan, and Saiyin Noyan Khan to enrich my harem. ”

"What?"

"I want to choose beautiful women from the Khalkha Mongol Khan royal family to enrich the harem! Let Zeng Guofan choose about four or five in each sweat department, and each beauty will give a gift of 5,000 silver dollars and 1,000 smoothbore guns, and the cost will also be allocated by the inner treasury. ”

Luo Xiangmei was stunned and stunned, and looked at Zhu Jishi blankly. Are there beautiful women in Outer Mongolia? Zhu Jishi's taste is too picky, right?

Zhu Jishi added: "The will to Zeng Guofan should be clearly written, it must be selected from the Khan's family, preferably the daughter of the Khan king, and it can be ...... in appearance."

Hearing this, Luo Xiangmei already understood that Zhu Jishi was ready to attack Bohai Kingdom! The current Bohai State has four pillars, one is the support of the Russians; the second is Yixin's Eight Banner Soldiers; the third is the four major tribes of Khalkha Mongolia; Fourth, the Chahar and Horqin Mongol tribes. Among them, the four major Khalkha Mongol tribes are certainly the weakest of the four pillars that support the Yixin regime. For 200 years, the Manchus did not regard the Khalkha Mongols as their own, and in the past, the Manchus were powerful and occupied the Central Plains and Tibet (the Mongols believed in Tibetan Buddhism), and the four major Khalkha Mongol tribes had to submit to the Manchu obscenity. But now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has fallen, and Yixin has become the lord of the Bohai Sea, so why should he order the Khalkha Mongols? Zhu Jishi asked Zeng Guofan, the supervisor of the Bohai State, to choose a concubine for himself in Khalkha Mongolia, that is, to marry with the four khanates. Breaking one of the four pillars that supported the Bohai State may also want to force Yixin to oppose Yixin and provoke a new war in the north...... (To be continued......)