After the Chinese New Year's Eve is Zhengdan, and although the palace of this year's Zhengdan Dynasty is aggrieved, the atmosphere is much better than that of Zhengdan in the seventeenth year. Not only was it a beautiful day, but there was no strange thing about missing the drum and trumpet among the high-ranking officials who stayed there.

As the crown prince, Zhu Cihong led the princes of the vassal and hundreds of civil and military officials to make a pilgrimage to the emperor, and the princesses and wives accompanied the palace to meet the queen. Then there are princes and officials who meet the crown prince. Then there is the internal and external feast, and the whole pilgrimage activity lasts for one day.

Because these high-ranking officials and nobles have come to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor's house, those who go to their homes to pay New Year's greetings can only leave a greeting post in the gatehouse and sign their names. For thousands of years, signing in on the first day of the Lunar New Year has become a Chinese tradition.

In previous years, few princes participated in the Zhengdan Dynasty, because the emperor would not arbitrarily recruit princes into Beijing. However, this year, there are three princes of Heng, De and Jin in Shandong, as well as the kings of Dongyuan County, Heng, De and Jin of the Zheng line, which completely make up for the shortcomings of the small number of courtiers and let Chongzhen show his mind.

Therefore, Chongzhen deliberately gave a banquet to the courtiers, and left the princes and county kings to have refreshments together. Originally, I wanted to feel the joy of kissing, but these princes and county kings spoke "Fengyang official dialect" with different accents, which was obviously very awkward.

Not to mention now, no clan has returned to Fengyang since Renxuan - unless it is a criminal clan imprisoned by high walls.

Chongzhen also quickly lost interest, entrusted the task of entertaining the sect to Zhu Cihong, and went back to rest by himself. For the sake of the Zhengdan Dynasty, the emperor had to get up to worship heaven and earth before the fourth watch, and it was also very hard to change clothes and prepare.

As soon as the emperor left, it was like a gust of wind blowing in the banquet, blowing everyone's minds. Everyone doesn't have to hold back their strength to say Fengyang dialect, just hit haha casually and talk about this year's harvest. Zhu Cihong had taken their money earlier, although he had not formally established a business. But also took a part of the company's income out to make a statement, giving them a hope.

With the prince taking the lead, the county kings below also want to invest their few assets, whether they can make money or not, at least buy peace. Now these clans are not having a good time, everything is a rationing system. The granges and industries outside have also been "occupied", but they dare not speak out. For fear of angering the crown prince, he will directly find someone to go to Fengyang by hair, then it is even worse than death.

Zhu Cihong does not refuse to come, and it is always haode with more capital in his hands. After the beginning of spring, spring plowing in various places requires a large amount of silver money, rice and grain, and the purchase of animal power, farm tools, and improved seeds, and it will be difficult for the people who have been war-torn for a long time to support this part of the investment.

"Your Highness, there is still a matter of asking Your Highness to be gracious." The topic of King De and other topics came to an end, and a new topic was opened.

"It's up to the saint to decide, I'm just an errand boy." Although Zhu Cihong didn't know what it was, whenever it came to words like "open grace". It's certainly not going to be a good thing. He knew very well that no one could offend him, and most of those who offended him would not have the opportunity to ask him for "mercy".

King De smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's the matter of Lu Fan leaving the fiefdom without permission, and I want to ask His Highness to say good things to the saint." ”

"This kind of thing is not unprecedented." Zhu Cihong looked at King Dongyuan: "Right?" ”

King Dongyuan almost choked on his own saliva, and hurriedly hung his head and didn't dare to speak.

"If you want to forgive sins, you have to take some credit." Zhu Cihong said: "Like Dongyuan, he can abandon his family for the country and come to work." It's a credit. Whether it's the Lu clan, or the other clans. It is unavoidable to abandon the inheritance of the ancestors, but if you do not come to the Holy Shrine to ask for sin, it is unreasonable. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." King De smiled embarrassedly: "What His Highness said is very true. ”

When Zhu Cihong said this to King De, he remembered another clan, Zhu Yujian, a member of the Tang Shu family.

Zhu Yujian is the eighth grandson of Tang King Zhu Huan, the twenty-third son of Taizu, from Taizu's words. is two generations taller than Chongzhen. When Zhu Cihong was studying the history of the clan, he deliberately paid attention to the lineage of several emperors in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and he still had a good impression of this Tang king.

The deposed Tang King had a bad fate. His grandfather, Tang Duanwang Zhu Shuoxi, favored his concubines, and even imprisoned his eldest son Zhu Qiqi and grandson Zhu Yujian in the Chengfeng Division. Zhu Qiqi was even poisoned by his brother.

At that time, Henan was guarding the road Chen Qiyu, and the performance showed this matter. The imperial court established Zhu Yujian as the grandson of the Tang dynasty and was no longer imprisoned.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yujian succeeded to the Tang throne. Emperor Chongzhen gave him the Emperor Ming Zuxun, the Ming Huidian, the Five Classics and Four Books, the Twenty-one History, the Tongjian Compendium, the Loyalty and Filial Piety Classics and other books. The king of Tang himself was also very studious, and he set up a Gaoming building in the palace and invited celebrities from all over the world.

Probably because he read too many history books, Zhu Yujian was in Chongzhen for nine years, and killed and poisoned his father's two uncles, Zhu Qijun, the king of Fushan and Zhu Qijun, the king of Anyang, to avenge his father.

This happened on the first day of the seventh month, because in August, the Qing army entered the customs, and the imperial court was busy defending against the eastern captives, and did not care about him. Zhu Yujian asked to lead the army to the king. It is very taboo for the vassal king to lead the army, and when Chongzhen was in the ninth year, no one thought that the eastern captives could become any climate, but they just came to rob, and the court naturally did not allow it.

Zhu Yujian is a talent, and he even talked to himself and brought 3,000 guards to the north to King Qin, and was ordered to return by Emperor Chongzhen. Facts also proved that Zhu Yujian did not have enough military talent, and these 3,000 guards were defeated after encountering the rogue. Zhu Yujian was defeated and returned to Nanyang, and the new and old accounts were liquidated together.

In November of the ninth year, the Tang Dynasty resisted the decree and discussed it, abolished it as a concubine, and issued a high wall.

The king of Tang was sealed by his brother Zhu Yuyan. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Nanyang was occupied by Li Zicheng, and Zhu Yuyan was killed.

The story of this family is also quite tortuous, and later generations also have a sympathetic attitude towards Tang Wang. In addition, Tang Wang did not drink alcohol and was not lustful, he was bent on prospering the Ming Dynasty, and he was very tolerant of Zheng Chenggong in his early years, so he became a "Ming Jun" in the eyes of people.

Zhu Cihong thought of him, but he felt that the clan relatives who dared to raise troops were always better than those who surrendered to the thieves. Instead of being locked up in Fengyang, it is better to pull to the emperor's side, even if it is to teach. What's more, a distant domain, even if he really wanted to rebel back then, he would not have any appeal.

After a brief conversation with all the clansmen, Zhu Cihong knew that Emperor Chongzhen would not come again, so he hinted that King Dongyuan checked the homework of King Ding and King Yong, and dispersed the family banquet.

After he came out, he wanted to go to the back to read the book, and planned to go to Laizhou to meet with the professors of the technical college in the near future. Recently, he has been busy with military affairs, and he has not intervened too much in science and technology. Song Yingxing was ordered to design and manufacture a hot air balloon, and there is no sound so far, so it is time to go and see it.

From Jinan to Laizhou more than 600 miles, if the weather is haode, you can catch up in four or five days. Especially now that the progress of road construction in Shandong is increasing every day, maybe the speed can be faster.

"Master, the queen invites you to go."

Zhu Cihong had barely taken two steps before he was stopped by someone sent by Zhou Hou. Zhu Cihong could also see women when he was young, and since he was thirteen or fourteen years old, the queen would not let him go out of his way to meet those women.

When he arrived at the dormitory, Zhu Cihong found that it was not an ordinary princess or wife who stayed with the queen, but a female official of his own East Palace. Headed by Qin Liangyu, Yao Tao was also given a seat by the queen, and other female officials at all levels were arranged in order, but they were all together.

The atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is still very conservative, and there is indeed no place for women in celebrations like the Great Dynasty. Wu Fu finally found such a compromise route between the etiquette system and the dignity of the crown prince.

Qin Liangyu did not wear the crown dress of a life wife, but wore a men's court dress. She was already 1.86 meters tall, taller than ordinary men, and she looked even more burly and majestic after wearing court clothes. Seeing the crown prince, Qin Liangyu got up to greet him, and he also used the same man's salute.

Zhu Cihong took advantage of the situation to support Qin Liangyu and said with a smile: "Governor Qin doesn't need to be polite. Why didn't I see you in the court, I was here. ”

Qin Liangyu smiled heartily and said: "Originally, the Ministry of Rites let me be included in the court with the military attaché, but after I came, I was arranged in the female official column." But maybe I'm old and deaf, and I can't hear well. ”

"Qin Du is still in the prime of life! Next year, I would like to ask Governor Qin to lead the troops to recover Sichuan. Zhu Cihong asked Qin Liangyu to sit down.

"There are countless tigers under Chitose's command, where do you need me to lead the troops with a female stream." Qin Liangyu said with a smile: "The minister is in the Chinese army to appease His Highness." ”

"There are many famous generals who can train elite soldiers, but the female generals who can train the world's strong soldiers can be Qin Governor alone throughout the ages." Zhu Cihong popularized his knowledge in front of the queen, and sure enough, when he saw that Zhou Hou's eyes looked at Qin Liangyu, they became a little kind.

He added: "Fighting on the Sichuan Plain, naturally there is no need to work the Qin governor. However, how to march and fight in the mountains has to be done by Qin Governor himself. The 4,000 white-pole soldiers brought by Qin Du, I have already asked the teaching camp to expand with them, and when they are trained to become a mountain division, it is time to recover Bashu. ”

Qin Liangyu saw that the prince said so conclusively, and knew that it was not a lie, so he hurriedly got up and said, "The minister is willing to serve His Highness in front of the horse!" ”

Zhu Cihong was naturally happy and comfortable.

The reason why the white pole soldiers got their name is that the white pole guns in their hands are very special, they are made of sturdy white wax trees to make long poles, with a bladed hook on the top and a hard iron ring on the bottom. When fighting, the hook can be cut and pulled, and the ring can be used as a hammer weapon. Dozens of white-pole guns can be used as tools for climbing mountains and walls, and the cliffs are specially made for mountain warfare.

Moreover, the soldiers of the white pole soldiers are all mountain residents of Shushan, who have been running in the mountains since they were children, and are particularly familiar with the vegetation, trees, animals, meteorological geography in the mountains, and they are a natural mountain troops, and it is definitely a huge waste to fight in the plains. Now that Li Zicheng has been entered Sichuan, as long as he and Zhang Xianzhong start fighting, Zhu Cihong's side will first recover Sichuan and completely cut off the possibility of the Qing army going south.

The Qing army, which was trapped in the bitter cold, either went south to fight the prince's army, or had to obediently return to their hometown. After taking control of the three major provinces, Zhu Cihong had enough manpower and soldiers to fight a war of attrition against the Manchus. The Manchurians, however, had one less death, and eight births in one child could not make up for it. (To be continued......)

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