The war in the southwest was certain, and Zhu Youzhen set off to rush back to the capital.

This time, Zhu Youzhen boarded a ship from Xuzhou and went directly to Chongqing, and then went down the river from Chongqing to Yichang, and after seeing the beautiful scenery of the Three Gorges all the way, he soon arrived in Wuchang, followed by Jiujiang, and returned to Nanjing City not long after.

Therefore, it took a lot less time to come back than when he went, but Zhu Youzhen, who had taken a boat all the way and almost seen the entire Yangtze River, was also really tired, and it was relieved a lot by the back of the beauty in the palace all night.

Now there is not much time left before the official Northern Expedition, and all the armies of the Guards have been assembled, just waiting for Zhu Youzhen's sacrificial flag to announce the arrival of the official Northern Expedition.

However, on the fifth day of October, it ushered in the graduation ceremony of the fifth batch of students of the Daming Army Military Academy and the third batch of students of the Daming Shipbuilding Bureau.

For this reason, Zhu Youzhen specially organized a graduation ceremony for the graduating officers and cadets of these two schools in the Wuying Palace, and was uniformly assigned as the new grassroots officers of the Second Army of the Ming Guards.

A large number of grassroots officers of the Second Army of the former Ming Guards had been in charge of He Xin before Zhu Youzhen went to the southwest, and he was responsible for reorganizing and training with the Sixth Army of the Guards Army as the Eighth Army of the Guards.

In this Northern Expedition, Zhu Youzhen did not plan to let He Xin take command again, mainly because the eunuch who had been an internal official with him from the beginning of the confrontation with the civil officials before moving south to the present is now old and has relapsed from his old injuries, and can only stay in Nanjing.

Besides, since the last rebellion of King Lu, Zhu Youzhen did not dare to leave too few troops to defend Nanjing, this time he planned to directly leave a total of 150,000 troops in Nanjing, under the command of He Xin, who he was at ease, and he could also ensure that the rear was fine.

Most of the Eighth Army of the Guards Army was filled by veterans of the Second Army of the Guards Army and grassroots officers, which was regarded as the most loyal army to himself.

The new chief officer of the Second Army of the Guards Army is Qin Zuoming, the chief officer of the First Corps of the Third Army, who is the orphan of a martyr and has made outstanding achievements, and Zhu Youzhen has inherited the title of Duke of Loyalty from his aunt Qin Liangyu, and he deserves to be the chief officer of the corps level.

As for Qin Liangyu, the prince of Zhongguo, he died at the beginning of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, and Emperor Zhu Youzhen specially posthumously crowned him as the king of Changsha, and pursued Wu Gong, which can be described as a posthumous honor.

There are very few kings with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty, and one Liu Zeqing is just an expedient measure for Zhu Youzhen, and he was directly removed after being sealed, and the people who were crowned kings after his death are only a few founding fathers, and now Zhu Youzhen is responsible for the glory of Qin Liangyu after his death, so as to compare her with the founding fathers, so as to inspire the hearts of today's soldiers.

Qin Liangyu can still be crowned king after his death, and Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and others are naturally more diligent in royal affairs.

It has been five years since they moved south, and some ministers are indeed dying, and some have said goodbye to the world like Qin Liangyu.

In the end, he did not escape the fate of his death in the middle of the 17th century.

After the production of the 22nd rifled gun of Chongzhen, he became seriously ill and finally died in September.

People have life and death, grass has glory and withering, although Zhu Youzhen is a traverser, but in the end he is not the Lord of Yama, and he cannot reverse a person's lifespan, even if he uses cinchona to extend Bi Maokang's life span for a few years, but it can't make him live a long life.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know how long his life extension was, but as far as he knew, there were few long-lived emperors in the Zhu family, or there were indeed few long-lived emperors in the entire Chinese history.

The Northern Expedition was imminent, and he didn't know how many years he could be the emperor of this dynasty after the Northern Expedition.

Maybe because he is a time-traveler, the lifespan of the previous emperors of the Zhu family may be different, but he knows that he does have to cherish the time, and it may not be too much.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen is not yet forty years old, and all physiological functions are still strong and powerful.

The newly promoted fifty nobles Huang Yuanzhen and Huang Yuanjie are pregnant one after another, this is a pair of sisters, but they are also the first nobles to be broken by Zhu You, one is twenty years old, and one is eighteen.

This also means that Zhu Youzhen will add two more imperial heirs, if they are both male fetuses, the heir of the empire may have two more competitors after Zhu Youzhen is old.

Zhu Youzhen has promoted his sister Huang Yuanzhen to Ling Concubine and his sister Huang Yuanzhen to Xue Concubine by the Ministry of Rites.

For the two of them, it is their fate to give birth to a child for the royal family, and it is their glory to be conceived and promoted.

On the contrary, the beauties in the palace who have become Zhu Youzhen's nobles but have not yet been fortunate or have been fortunate and have no signs of conception have gradually become anxious and envious of Huang Yuanzhen and Huang Yuanjie sisters, after all, since Huang Yuanzhen and Huang Yuanjie sisters were conceived, people in and outside the palace have treated them differently.

Since ancient times, three women have played a play, not to mention that there are more than 50 people in Zhu Youzhen's harem, Zhu Youzhen didn't feel strange, and he didn't have the leisure to relieve these grievances at this time.

The lights of the Wuying Hall have become intertwined, and the officers and students from the Daming Army Military Academy and the Daming Ship Administration Bureau have entered the Wuying Hall one after another, sitting on the bench in the center of the hall with a straight waist, each with a face like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a body like a hundred tempered steel, sharp eyes, clenched iron fists, and a confident smile at the corner of the mouth.

Seventeen years before Chongzhen, only the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty could enjoy the honor of entering the palace to see the Son of Heaven, and now as these grassroots military attaches who are about to be selected into the Ming Guard, they will have the same glory as the Jinshi in the past.

This is undoubtedly a direct phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty changing the worship of literature and suppression of military force to the equal emphasis on civil and military affairs, and the status of military attachés has been greatly improved.

At this time, military attachés such as Qin Zuoming, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Zhang Tongchang, and Gu Yanwu were able to sit on an equal footing with Ruan Dayue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Yingxiong, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and salute each other.

The dark chimes began to play a rich and solemn music, and a row of officials with Eguan Bo belt walked in, and the crimson official robes and colorful beam crowns set off the whole hall more and more solemnly.

Immediately afterwards, the internal official walked in with a dignified demeanor holding a plate covered with red silk made of purple gold agate, on the plate is a sword stand, on the sword stand is a black and shiny Han sword, the handle of the Han sword is engraved with the word Huangming, the color of the emperor is the color of the emperor, and the color of the emperor is given to the officer and student as a sword to show that they are all the pro-army of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Changjiong couldn't help but straighten his chest, looking at the Han sword that was shining with black light, and suddenly felt a strong sense of pride.

The same is true for the other officers and cadets, and some of them can't help but grin.

The Northern Expedition is about to begin, and the Northern Expedition is over, whether it is better for the capital to move north back to Beijing or stay in Nanjing

(End of chapter)