Chapter 664: The Altar Is Completed! [2 more]
The harbor was in shambles, full of sunken warships, many half-sunk in the harbor, and a fire was raging.
In this port, there are not only burning and sinking ships, but also coalition soldiers who tried to jump ship at night to escape, but these coalition soldiers are obviously unlucky, many of them were drowned directly in the harbor, and the floating corpses floated on the water, looking very miserable.
Standing on the bow of the ship, Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others were full of joy on their faces, and they only heard Qi Jingtong exclaim: "Once the Western coalition forces are defeated in this battle, the general trend is gone!" ”
Everyone knows that this time the coalition forces of Western countries gathered together to form a huge coalition team to conquer the Ming fleet.
From the beginning of the war, the coalition forces of various countries firmly believed that they would definitely destroy the Ming fleet, and the coalition forces never concealed this, nor did they think that thousands of warships could not even fight more than 200 warships.
It is not only the coalition side that holds the same idea, in fact, even the Ming side has many generals who are not optimistic about this battle.
Although they had a certain advantage, the difference in the number of warships between the two sides was too great for anyone to see any hope of victory.
But everything changed dramatically with the sudden change last night.
Thousands of warships have sunk and sunk, and less than 10% of them have remained somewhat intact.
Needless to say, these warships have of course become the trophies of the Ming fleet.
A naval general sighed with regret: "It's a pity that I didn't be able to catch the high-ranking generals of the coalition forces." ”
Obviously, in the heart of this general, not only to destroy the naval fleet, but also to be able to capture the top of the coalition forces, that is also a kind of feat, isn't it?
Yu Dayou chuckled and said: "It's just a group of arrogant coalition generals, it's better to let them go, if these mediocre people lead the army, it's better than some smart people to lead the army." ”
Qi Jingtong watched as the small boats rowed into the harbor and began to receive the spoils left by the coalition forces.
Needless to say, the biggest trophies are these fairly intact warships, and if you count them so-so, there are almost a hundred warships that are still able to move.
He only lost a dozen warships, but he gained hundreds of warships, and at the same time destroyed thousands of coalition warships, once such a record spreads, the names of Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others will inevitably move the world.
In fact, at this time, with the departure of King William, the Governor of Portugal and other high-ranking generals of the coalition army to spread the news, the legend of Yu Dayou and others has begun to circulate in various countries.
In the winter of the nineteenth year of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, the invincible hundreds of thousands of Ming troops finally reached the Mediterranean coast.
Along the way, the Ming Dynasty pushed more than a dozen large and small countries, small countries were destroyed, and large countries were half crippled, if it wasn't for Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu's purpose was to learn from Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou, under the sweep of hundreds of thousands of troops, even some big countries would be afraid that they would not be able to escape the doom of destroying the country.
Between the snowflakes flying, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and others finally joined Yu Dayou and others, and the entire Western world trembled under the fierce power of the Ming Dynasty.
England was destroyed, Prussia was strong in its own army, but it destroyed 50,000 troops in World War I, defeated by the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the country was destroyed.
One country after another was destroyed, and the entire Western world was reduced to a garden-like existence after the Ming Dynasty, even if some countries were still surviving, but they no longer had the courage to form a coalition against the Ming Dynasty, and more chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
This year, the year-end festival, nearly 200 overseas vassal states sent envoys to watch the ceremony.
Not long ago, the 100-foot altar was finally completed after a lot of manpower and material resources.
As soon as the altar was completed, Zhu Houzhao got the news, and Zhu Houzhao sent a decree the next day, ordering all overseas countries to enter Beijing to watch the ceremony.
Although it is said that Zhu Houzhao's will is not mandatory, with the current momentum of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao will never dare to ignore it even if it only reveals a little meaning.
Towards the end of the year, the people in the capital found that several lords of overseas vassal states entered the capital almost every day.
The Ministry of Rites, which has always been the coldest place, suddenly became extremely lively.
As the Ministry of Rites, the reception and placement of guests from various countries has always been very grasp of that degree, if it is too cold, if it is too cold, if it is evil, it will ruin the relationship between the other party and the Ming Dynasty, if it is too enthusiastic, but it will be impeached by those imperial histories.
However, Da Ming can now be said to be the best in the world, and as an official of the Ministry of Rites, he naturally doesn't have to think too much, because Da Ming can completely ignore the threat of these overseas countries.
No matter how cold they are, these overseas countries will never dare to say anything, but they must be careful to flatter them, for fear that they will say anything bad about them in front of the Son of Heaven.
Hundreds of princely states are all royal clans, in just a few years, almost all the royal clans in the Ming Dynasty above the county king level have been sealed, although there are still a lot of remaining clans, but these clans are far less harmful than those who have been divided out of the Ming Dynasty.
A considerable part of these clans are no longer much different from the common people, and after Zhu Houzhao lifted the ban on clans, many clans fend for themselves, and some of the talents in the clans have also stood out one by one.
The harm of the Ming clan, which can drag down the Ming Dynasty, can be regarded as completely dissipated in Zhu Houzhao's hands.
In addition to these vassal states divided by the Ming Dynasty, there are a group of lords who are extremely eye-catching.
To tell the truth, these people should add a title, and that is the king of the fallen country.
These people are all the lords of the country that were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, but one by one the former lords of the kingdom have been reduced to prisoners.
But all those who have backbone have already died in front of the Ming Dynasty, and these foreign masters present obviously do not have the determination and courage to die calmly, so the foreign masters who are still alive in the Ming Dynasty and only want to save their lives are even more cautious.
After all, these people have nothing but a false name, and even their living needs are provided by the Ministry of Rites, but it is obvious that the imperial court will not support these people in excellent conditions, although they are much stronger than most of the Ming people, but compared to the days when these lords of a country lived before, it is simply a heaven and a land, and there is no comparison at all.
There is such a towering altar in the capital, but anyone who sees this altar will be deeply shocked, but at the same time, there are some doubts in their hearts.
It took so much effort and a long time to complete, is it just for the sake of looking good?
It's just that no one knows what Zhu Houzhao thinks in his heart, and he doesn't know why Zhu Houzhao came up with the idea of building such an eye-catching altar.
No one can guess the mind of the Son of Heaven, so many people are very curious about that altar.
It is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to tell others what he thinks in his heart, the fundamental intention of building such a sacrifice to the heavens Zhu Houzhao didn't even say anything about Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others, and even Wang Zheng, who was almost inseparable from him, didn't know the purpose of his repair of the altar.
In the last early morning of the year ago, Zhu Houzhao appeared in the court as usual and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.
"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!"
As soon as he sang and harmonized, Wang Zheng stood beside Zhu Houzhao with a whisk in his hand, and looked at the civil and military officials below with a peaceful gaze.
To a certain extent, Zhu Houzhao took back part of the power of the celebrant eunuch, although the position of the eunuch was not revoked, but Zhu Houzhao did not choose a new chief celebrant for a long time, which made Wang Zheng, the identity of Zhu Houzhao's chamberlain, seem a little strange.
It is said that with Zhu Houzhao's trust in Wang Zheng, Wang Zheng can definitely be regarded as deeply trusted by Zhu Houzhao, but Wang Zheng has not been able to become the new chief of ceremonies, as if the position of chief celebrant has been consciously vacant by the Son of Heaven.
But thinking about the people who have served as the chief of ceremonies since Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, it is not incomprehensible that Zhu Houzhao left this seat vacant.
Liu Jin lost his heart because of the victimization of hundreds of officials, coupled with his sudden rise to a high position, and was finally seized by hundreds of officials, forcing the Son of Heaven to behead him at the noon gate.
Following Liu Jin is Chu Yi, Chu Yi has done a good job in the position of chief celebrant supervisor, and even changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty by virtue of the position of chief celebrant supervisor, it can be said that there are so many ceremonial supervisors in the Ming Dynasty, and no one can compare with Chu Yi at all.
And after Chu Yi resigned, the position of the chief supervisor of ceremonies fell into the hands of Gu Dayong, a great eunuch who was extremely trusted by the Son of Heaven.
However, Gu Dayong is using this to form a party for personal gain, if it is just like this, after all, Chu Yi has also united a group of people in the position of the chief supervisor of ceremonies, and it can be regarded as a party for personal gain.
It's a pity that Gu Dayong didn't learn Chu Yi's skills, and the result of forming a party for personal gain was to harm the locality, and even caused a local mutiny because of his subordinates.
Of the three chief celebrants, only Chu Yi had a good death, whether it was Liu Jin or Gu Dayong, they all had a great impact on Zhu Houzhao, so after Gu Dayong, Zhu Houzhao subconsciously vacated the position of chief celebrant supervisor.
Fortunately, Wang Zheng followed Chu Yi's side, and he was taught by Chu Yi all the year round, but he also knew how to advance and retreat, and he did not have too high expectations, and it was precisely because of Wang Zheng's duty that he was able to be relied on by the Son of Heaven.
The Chinese military officials of the main hall all knew that Zhu Houzhao held a great dynasty meeting with the towering Baizhang altar in the Beijing Division, so the eyes of all the officials looked towards several chief officials of the ceremonial department, after all, they got the news that the officials of the ceremonial department were preparing for the sacrificial ceremony, if there was no accident, about what was going on at the altar, the Son of Heaven would most likely inform the hundred officials at this grand court meeting.
Seeing that there was nothing to do with the civil and military forces, after sinking a little, Zhu Houzhao's eyes looked at the Ministry of Rites.
Feeling Zhu Houzhao's gaze, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted the Son of Heaven, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”
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