Episode 146 What is the Empress going to do?!

On July 27th, it was already evening, and the day's meeting was coming to an end, and the ministers and generals were to go back as they had done the previous two days.

But to everyone's surprise, Her Majesty the Empress did not rush to a meeting today, but arranged for two large buses to drive into the palace, and she took the ministers and generals to board the buses. Zhu Yourong said that today she is going to take everyone to a special place to finish the meeting. Please accommodate her whims as the king of a country.

In the first three days of the meeting, the national policy of the Northern Expedition had been basically determined. Today is the fourth day. All the ministers and generals attending the meeting know that today will be the last day. Because the argumentative stuff has been discussed in the first three days. Today will be conclusive. I waited for the First Auxiliary Minister to play the Northern Expedition policy to Her Majesty on behalf of the Imperial Government, and then Her Majesty solemnly approved the performance. …… Next, it was up to the High Command to draw up a war plan and decide on the best time for the Northern Expedition.

However, Zhu Yourong suddenly came out like this, and everyone didn't understand what was going on, and they didn't know what His Majesty was doing. Many people sat in the car and asked Xiaoqiang around. They all felt that Xiang Xiaoqiang should know, maybe this was what kind of idea Xiang Xiaoqiang and His Majesty came up with, and what kind of whims. But Xiang Xiaoqiang, like others, doesn't know at all.

He just recognized that the two buses belonged to Dongchang, and when he came back from rescuing people from Beiqing, after getting off the plane at Xianlin Airport, one of them was the one who picked them up at the airport and went to the city. These two buses seem to be ordinary, no different from other buses running in Nanjing, but they are bulletproof cars. At that time, Xiang Xiaoqiang and his party entered the city from the airport, and happened to meet the students' anti-Dongchang parade, because it was the Dongchang license plate and was smashed all the way by stones, thanks to the bulletproof car at that time.

Zhu Yourong, Shen Rongxuan, and some cabinet ministers took the first car, while Xiang Xiaoqiang, another part of the ministers, and several commanders were arranged to take the second car. Xiang Xiaoqiang and the ministers and generals in the same car were full of questions, but they still couldn't answer them. Because Zhu Yourong was in the car in front, he couldn't even ask her personally.

In the car, every minister was in a hurry. They don't know where Her Majesty is taking you. As the king of a country and the highest symbol of the Ming Empire, he suddenly took all the top military and political leaders of the Ming Empire out of the palace like this, and obviously didn't greet anyone, because there was not even a guard car in front and back. It's just too dangerous. If some Manchu spy organization got the news at this time, and there was still a bomb coming out, the top figures of the Ming Empire would be boiled.

Two buses drove west along Changping Road, one after the other. The ministers were anxiously looking out the window and at the traffic on the road. On both sides of the bus, cars, rickshaws, bicycles, and pedestrians on both sides of the road were still bustling, and they didn't notice these two common buses, let alone find that these two cars were full of today's Ming leaders. Even so, it did not ease the anxiety in everyone's hearts at all. When I got into the car in the palace just now, because Zhu Yourong went up undoubtedly first, the others didn't think so much about it for a while. But now, everyone is sweating.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is more anxious than others. He knew that this girl was usually as well-behaved as a good student, but no one could guess when she had a nerve. It seems that Zhu Yourong really had a whim this time. Otherwise, it would be impossible not to even tell yourself. And it seems that she also deliberately separated herself and her in two cars without giving herself a chance to ask her. And when I got in the car, although I was confused, in front of everyone, I couldn't rush up like a boyfriend and ask for clarification.

Although these two buses belong to Dongchang, it is estimated that Zhu Yourong directly transferred them to Dongchang, and may not even have passed by Shen Rongxuan. Otherwise, Shen Rongxuan would definitely stop Zhu Yourong from doing this kind of thing. At least at least, he couldn't let Zhu Yourong take the entire cabinet and the top military governor to the street en masse without guards.

The surrounding ministers and generals began to feel that Xiang Xiaoqiang must have participated. But now that he looks at Xiaoqiang, he is so anxious, and he also feels that he is not pretending. They went to ask the driver who was driving. Although the driver was from Dongchang, he said that he didn't know anything, and that he had received a direct order from His Majesty to let him follow the car in front. So everyone can't do anything. Anyway, you can't force the driver to stop, and then everyone gets out of the car. That's more dangerous.

The car drove for a while, and although everyone was still anxious, they all calmed down, and each of them was silent, and there were various speculations in their hearts.

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The two cars drove all the way west, until they drove out of Shicheng Gate, and then crossed the Qinhuai River. Shicheng Gate is a city gate in the west of Nanjing, and this section of the Qinhuai River is also the moat of Nanjing City. When you go out and cross the river, you can count it as leaving Nanjing City.

As soon as they saw the city, the people in the car became agitated again. They really couldn't think of what Her Majesty was trying to do. Everyone once again turned their suspicious eyes to Xiang Xiaoqiang. Many people directly suspect that this is a coup d'état carried out by His Majesty to Xiaoqiang, to trick the cabinet ministers out of the city, to catch them all in some remote places, and then to carry out a military dictatorship in Daming.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was angry, and simply closed his eyes and leaned on the seat to recuperate, ignoring the suspicious eyes around him. In my heart, I scolded Zhu Yourong's girl for being bloody.

Although I went out of the city, I didn't just go to the countryside. Outside the city of Nanjing is still a part of the city, but there is no prosperity in the city, similar to "development zone", "high-tech zone" and the like. During the Battle of Nanjing, it was the hardest hit area of destruction, first by the artillery of the Qing army bombarded a piece of rubble, and then after the Yangtze River defense line was blown out of the gap, this area became a landing and anti-landing battlefield. However, in the intervening half a year, a large number of buildings were built again. To this day, both sides of the road are full of construction.

The two cars drove all the way to the west, and soon drove into the Jiangxinzhou Fortress Military District.

Jiangxinzhou is a sandbar in the Yangtze River, an outpost of the Southern Ming Dynasty on the Yangtze River, and the main base of the Yangtze River Fleet. The surface ship base and submarine base of the Yangtze River Fleet are both on Jiangxinzhou.

It was already six o'clock, and it was getting dark. The first bus was blocked by a crossbar in the middle of the bunker post, and the guards suspiciously stepped forward to investigate. This kind of bus is different from the shuttle bus that picks up and drops off officers and soldiers in the army, and at first glance it is civilian.

However, the guards who boarded the car clearly saw the "big guy" that he was stunned and never dreamed of. He staggered out of the car, almost with a white face, waved his hand to raise the crossbar, and let the two cars in. Then the guards threw themselves into the bunker, grabbed the phone and went to the base commander's office.

The ministers in the car were relieved at this time, but they still didn't understand why Her Majesty the Empress inexplicably brought everyone to inspect the Jiangxinzhou Fortress.

Jiangxinzhou and the east bank of Nanjing are separated by a "Jiajiang" of two or three hundred meters, and on the other side is the main road of the Yangtze River of more than 1,000 meters. As soon as the two buses drove into the ferry pier and were about to board Jiangxinzhou, a large group of guards came to the pier, and they lined up in two columns and stood up. Soon, the three chiefs' cars also came speeding up, and several senior officers jumped down, ran to the doors of the two buses, and stood up to greet Her Majesty the Empress and your lords.