With neat queues, majestic steps, and sonorous commands, infantry battalions marched through the streets. After the 'revolutionary army' seized the capital, it deliberately held a grand military parade into the city. In addition to the infantry, there were also specially selected tall cavalry, as well as artillery wagons that towed artillery, and also made rapid progress on the road.

At a time when the city is full of fear, such a military parade is an eye-opener. From the rich officials to the common people, everyone in the capital knows that the 'revolutionary army' is very strong. But how strong it is, you can really feel it today.

The participants in the parade are all veterans of more than one year, and the officers who lead the team generally serve for two years and have studied in the blessed land. Adequate nutrition and training make the soldiers about five centimeters taller than the average person. Some soldiers are just in the period of puberty, and if they are well fed and drunk, they will even grow ten centimeters taller and gain more than ten or twenty kilograms of weight in a year.

When such a group of people marched in a procession, the people on the street were amazed. Some of the gentry peeked secretly from the corner of their wall and courtyard, and they were also frightened by this iron master.

Fang Yizhe and Fang Shoufu were frightened all day yesterday, and when they heard the rumbling cannon at night, they almost committed suicide by swallowing gold. But suddenly, a palace eunuch came to slam the door, saying that the new emperor wanted to draft a draft girl, and he hesitated again.

Last night, more than 100 members of the Fang family didn't sleep, Fang Shoufu pulled out all his wives and daughters to comment one by one, and even recognized more than a dozen good-looking maids as righteous daughters overnight, and they were ready to send them to the palace to try their luck. It's just that as soon as it dawned, without waiting for Fang Shoufu to go out, he found that the streets and alleys of the whole city were guarded by soldiers.

These guards were also kind, and took the initiative to publicize the military discipline regulations of the 'revolutionary army', saying that they would never embarrass the normal life of the people, and informed them of the military parade -- this military parade into the city was not to go to Tiananmen Square. Not to mention the square, even Tiananmen Square is still called Chengtianmen.

In order to expand his influence, Zhou Qingfeng ordered the organization of a wing composed of several infantry and artillery arms. Several wings did nothing else all day, but ran back and forth on the main roads of the city - to show their image, to propagate the revolution, and to deter the young.

This kind of military parade specially for the people is really rare, and the people are happy to have a lively time. Fang Shoufu deliberately dressed up, changed into a shabby robe and pretended to be an old scholar and went to the street to take a look-this is amazing, the soldiers of the 'revolutionary army' are tall and strong, with straight waists, and a piece of equipment is worth a lot of money, which is not comparable to those poor beggars in the Ming army.

"This soldier has a ruddy face and full cheeks, and he is a little more powerful than the Han general who guards the palace forbidden. No wonder the Ming army could not win at all. Fang Shoufu just watched him walk in unison, and he was shocked by the sound of the footsteps of the cowhide boots stamping on the ground. The silver for raising this soldier is enough to raise a concubine. ”

When the infantry passed by, the people were already excited, and they knew that there were such strong soldiers in the world. It's just that the infantry is nothing, and when the cavalry behind them comes on horseback, many of them are so frightened that they almost fall to the ground and cry bitterly. The cavalry marching in line was not only neatly armoured, but the tall horse was also specially selected, a special divine horse.

Zhou Qingfeng has successively transported a large number of Arabian horses from Goa. Sometimes, he even thought that Muhammad and other celestial merchants were too slow, and would take the initiative to go to the Arabian Peninsula and even Egypt to buy horses. Although it takes time to run farther, the price is cheaper, the supply is more abundant, and you can easily buy some local delicate and soft 'local specialties'.

Arabian horses are more than 1.5 meters tall at the shoulders, some can even reach 1.6 meters, and the horse's head can be raised more than 1.8 meters. It was half a ton strong, and the ground trembled as a strong horse trotted over. And what if it's a queue of one or two hundred horses?

It was a very impactful scene.

The cavalry pressed the speed and followed the infantry. They can exceed two meters on horseback, completely looking down on the people on both sides of the street. In order to increase the deterrent, they also deliberately drew out the cold and shining cavalry knives and held them upright in front of their chests. This appearance is both powerful and domineering, no wonder the people are frightened and want to flee.

Fang Shoufu saw this horse team, and his eyes were straight. In his opinion, the ancient black horse, the red rabbit is nothing more than that. But in front of him, there were rows of black rabbits passing in front of him. When those cavalrymen looked down with pride, he even had the illusion of being ashamed of himself, he had been the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and he was a supreme minister in charge of the world, but he was not as good as a mere soldier.

The cavalry followed the infantry, followed by artillery. Instead of using Arabian horses, Mongolian horses with good endurance will continue to be used to pull artillery. But four-wheeled artillery carts rumbled through the ground, and the huge artillery glowed with a metallic sheen. Let everyone understand that this is the weapon of the battlefield, the god of war.

A military parade can be watched for five minutes, and many people are not addicted to watching it, and the horror is gone, and the excitement is surging. First, many children followed the queue, and then many young people followed closely to watch. For a whole day, more than half of the people in the city can see with their own eyes what this cross-era strong army is like.

The streets and alleys were boiling hotly, and the originally panicked city immediately settled down.

For this military parade, Fang Shoufu only felt a chill in his heart. He is the first assistant and has read countless military newspapers. But when others say that the strength of the 'revolutionary army' thousands of times is not as powerful as what he saw with his own eyes, he thought about it now, and the resistance tactics he planned were completely like a frog at the bottom of the well thinking about using his mantis arm as a car, which is ridiculous.

Fang Yizhe's head was dizzy from the shock of this parade procession, and he walked home in a groggy state. After walking a few steps, he saw that there was a person on the opposite side who was also dressed in the same way as him, and when he looked closely, it was Li Ruhua, the head of the household. The two glanced at each other, and subconsciously wanted to bow their hands to greet, but they just couldn't lift their hands. The two passed by silently, and they lost the interest in talking, like strangers.

The world has nothing to do with them.

Back at the door of the Shoufu Mansion, the housekeeper of the Fang Mansion trotted forward with his robe and shouted, "Master, the 'Revolutionary Army' is here." A notice was also sent saying that you should go to the palace at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to wait for a new appointment. ”

New appointments?

Fang Yizhe's heart flickered slightly, and he hurriedly grabbed the so-called notice, and wrote a few short lines in simplified Chinese characters with a lack of pen and drawing. He even guessed, which meant that the officials in the capital did not need to worry too much, the people who needed to be dealt with had been urgently arrested last night, and those who could be notified today would not be punished, and would be properly settled.

Apprehend?

"Who was arrested last night?" Fang Shoufu asked the housekeeper.

The housekeeper said: "I heard that several eunuchs in the palace have been arrested, and they are all punished for corruption. In addition, some old relatives who are usually arrogant and domineering have also been arrested, and many people have been arrested scattered in the market, and the charges are different. I heard that the security department of the 'revolutionary army' has already planted people in the capital, and it has been investigating us for the past year. ”

Fang Yizhe's heart trembled when he heard this. What the Daming literati hate the most is the factory guard system that is not under their control and always secretly handles cases and errands. They hit Dongchang and Jinyiwei several times. This blow lasted from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty. In various literary works and social public opinion, the Admiral of Dongchang is a big traitor and by no means a good person. But now it seems......

"The new emperor not only dislikes the gentry, but also gets close to the factory guards, which is not a blessing for scholars like us." Fang Shoufu sighed and walked home. He asked again, "Last night, there was a news in the palace that the draft girl was drafted, what happened to the follow-up?" ”

"I heard the people in the palace say that last night the Chaoyang Gate broke and the revolutionary army entered from the east. Zhou Dashuai personally led people into the Forbidden City, when Emperor Taichang was about to kill the wives and concubines of the harem, but was stopped by Dashuai. In addition, Zhou Dashuai seems to be really interested in the harem concubines, and the former Ma Keshi Ma Gonggong of Dongchang came back and arrested several concubines of Emperor Wanli.

"Shameless, shameless! Why are you so hungry? Fang Yizhe scolded a few times, and then said: "But now that the matter has come to this, I have no choice but to wait, so let's send all the people selected last night." ”

"Then there are your granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughter." The butler deliberately reminded, "This seems to be against human morality. ”

Al......as, Fang Yizhe shook his hand and walked into the back house without commenting.

The housekeeper knew that his master was unwilling to make a decision, and he wanted to put this matter on his head. He had no choice but to sigh and arrange for the carriage to send the selected women to the palace. It's just that not long after it was sent, the housekeeper ran back anxiously and reported: "Master, something seems to be wrong, and the palace wants us to continue to send it." ”

"Deliver?" Fang Yizhe was about to jump up, "I've already sent more than a dozen of them, and I still want to send them?" ”

The housekeeper said with a bitter face: "The news from the palace said that early this morning, a arrested Ma Gonggong and scolded him, saying that he was nosy. ”

"?" Fang Yizhe knew that the big thing was not good, but he was in the harem.

"It is said that this can be half of the family for the handsome, and the power in her hands is great, comparable to ......, comparable to the first assistant of the master in Daming." The butler said it plainly and simply.

"A woman has such authority. Tut-tut...... what's wrong with this? ”

"The news of the 'draft girl' came out, and someone sent it to the palace overnight last night. When I sent someone over just now, there were already thousands of show girls waiting to be selected in the palace. were furious when they learned about this, but she said that she would simply do bad things into good things, and that she would build a Beijing Academy, not only to select women from officials' families, but also to select school-age men and women from the people. ”

From October last year to January this year, 1,000 junior high school students have been trained in the Dongtian Blessed Land, and all personnel in the internal public service and technical system of the 'revolutionary army' have been further educated. Xu Bing's talent pool has changed from quantity to quality, which has given her a certain amount of faculty to run a comprehensive college in Tianjin.

When Xu Bing was busy all night, he finally stabilized the whole city, and when he arrived in the palace, he saw that Uncle Zhou was actually a draft girl. Angry, she pulled out her knife and chased after Zhou Qingfeng for two miles. Zhou Qingfeng's explanations were useless, and he was chased around. Angry, but the large number of young women who had finally gathered could not be wasted, Xu Bing simply decided to set up an academy in the capital.

"This capital is no better than other places, to stabilize the gentry in the city, but also to reform them. Men and women of appropriate age must be educated, and the old bureaucracy must be retrained. Even if they won't continue to use it, they have to explain all the past things clearly. Xu Bing was aggressive when he said this, "They must be honest, and dishonest people don't even have the qualifications to write memoirs." ”