Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is February of the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty.

In the more than half a month after the New Year's Festival, the most eye-catching thing in Beijing is undoubtedly the personnel changes of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of Zhuge Weidao and others.

In the past hundred years, the position of the right minister of the Ming Dynasty has almost been monopolized by the Zhuge family! The reason why it is almost is because there are also children of the eight great families other than the Zhuge family who have served as the right minister for a short time, but it is the first time that someone from a non-eight family has served as the right minister!

In addition, although the old man Yu Quanyu is also from the Yu family, his branch is a concubine, and he has never won the title for three generations. And Yu Quan's father's official fortune is not good, and he is just a local petty official all his life. His background can reach the right phase, there is no doubt that it has opened a channel for those talents who are not from the Eight Great Families and the descendants of the nobles!

This new Ming Dynasty is not bad in all aspects, but the joint rule of the nobles and nobles started by King Zhuge Wuzhong is a bit unfair! Oh, it's not completely unfair, after all, those noble ancestors also returned to China after a hundred battles, and they were forced by King Wuzhong to engage in Juntian and Limit Fields, and did not divide the country's wealth privately. Later, they also established education, broadened people's wisdom, and developed industry and commerce, which opened a peaceful and prosperous era for more than 100 years, so it is not too much for their children and grandchildren to do high-ranking officials. It's just that their monopoly has been a bit long, more than a hundred years...... It's time to end, no, it's time to move behind the scenes.

And seeing that a worldwide struggle is about to begin, this is another time when heroes and heroes are making contributions, and you veteran nobles always occupy a good position, and the enthusiasm of others will not be hit?

And the rapid rise of Zhuge Weidao's large group of people because of the Battle of Peshawar seems to prove to people that a new era of heroes is coming!

Although Zhuge Weidao and Mu Zhongjun, Zheng Guoxian, and Li Kezhi are all from the Eight Great Families, Guan Tianpei, Guo Xiaobao, Wang Wen, Yu Hui, Yu Yang, Ye Wu, Ma Xuchen, Ling Zongjun, and Yu Deke are not people from the "Eight Greats", and several of them are simply from civilian backgrounds.

Now they are all stained with the light of the Battle of Peshawar, and they have all been promoted!

Among them, Guan Tianpei, who was born in a civilian family, was promoted to rear admiral and became the commander of naval aviation - this is a position of vice admiral, according to the practice of the Ming Navy, as long as Guan Tianpei has accumulated enough seniority, he can be promoted to vice admiral immediately.

Ma Xuchen, who was also from a civilian background, was promoted to lieutenant colonel, followed Guan Tianpei to a good naval aviation, and became the captain of the first airship brigade, which also has a bright future!

There are also Ye Wu and Ling Zongjun, two civilian-born captains who were promoted to majors, and they both went to the First Airship Brigade as squadron leaders, and their futures are also enviable!

Wang Wen, a second lieutenant who was born as a civilian and was once expelled from the navy, was simply promoted two levels in a row this time, jumping directly from second lieutenant to captain, which can be regarded as making up for the previous "loss".

Li Kezhi and Yu Yang, two naval lieutenants from noble families, were only promoted to lieutenant colonels, and they did not have special preferential treatment compared to those civilian-born officers......

As for Zhuge Weidao, the "first meritorious" of this battle of Peshawar, because he had just been promoted to lieutenant colonel, he was not promoted again, but he won the position of military division of the Zhuge family "because of merit"! And on the 8th of February, he was officially appointed captain of the Lushun—a position of colonel, and as long as he had saved up enough seniority, he could be promoted immediately.

In addition, there is also Guo Xiaobao, who only participated in the "half" Peshawar, and also got a major, and he was also enrolled in the Naval Staff College.

Don't underestimate the official positions at this level and two levels...... Promotion in the army is like a knockout match between classmates, and whoever can rise faster than others is the winner!

And those officers who lost in the "knockout round" will certainly not be destitute, because the eight great families, including the Zhuge family and the Zheng family, have already arranged a retreat for them - the eight great families are not only political families, but also big chaebols! It controls a large number of industrial and commercial enterprises, which can provide a large number of positions close to home, such as directors, supervisors, directors, consultants, etc., all for those who lose in the promotion competition. When these officers reach the age and cannot be promoted, and must retire from active duty, there is still a comfortable and comfortable second half of life waiting for them.

Therefore, in the army of the new Ming Dynasty, there is often a phenomenon of "young people don't know the eight good", that is, the young and strong officer who has just come out of the military academy is very dissatisfied with the phenomenon of the eight great families and the children of the nobles in the promotion and elimination competition. But when they get older, they are promoted to the position of major or lieutenant colonel, and they can no longer go up, they will feel that they are also members of the Eight Great Families...... Eight great families, it's so fragrant!

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On the second day of the second month of February, when it was getting dark, Zhuge Weidao, who had just received the letter of appointment of the captain of the cruiser Lushun, and Wang Wen, the new combat staff officer of the Lushun, rode in a carriage and returned to his Xishan villa with a smile. As soon as they got out of the car, they saw a carriage with the sign of Xishan Palace parked there, and a young black eunuch holding a whisk of dust was standing by the carriage. One of the black eunuchs also recognized Zhuge as the Tao, and when he saw him coming back, he greeted him with a smile and said, "Eighteen military divisions, you are back...... The wind master came early in the morning. ”

"Wind Chief" is the black whirlwind, Empress Dowager Zheng's confidant eunuch, a while ago he was promoted to the head of Xishan Palace, he did not serve the Queen Mother in the palace, but ran to Zhuge Weidao's villa in Xishan early in the morning, which can only be one thing......

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao hurriedly rushed into the door of his villa in three steps and two steps, bypassed the wall, and saw Ah Li guarding the door of the lobby.

"A-Li!"

Zhuge Weidao hurriedly shouted to her, and then saw Ah Li Fei running to Zhuge Weidao, and even forgot to salute, but said in a low voice: "Congratulations master, the second twin of your twins has been born, and it is a son!" ”

Twins can still have a husband, and then another one in a few days...... And what Mr. came out of is the second brother, that is, the younger brother, and the second brother is the first brother, whether it is the elder brother and sister, I don't know yet.

"Great, I have ......" Zhuge Weidao had just said this, Ah Li suddenly reached out to cover his mouth, and whispered again, "Captain Wang has come in." ”

It turned out that Wang Wen came in.

Zhuge Weidao and Empress Dowager Zheng's affairs, only Natalie, Yu De, and Ah Li knew about it in his family, and even Wang Wen and Nalandili were kept in the dark.

At this time, Ah Li said to Zhuge Weidao: "Master, you go into the house quickly, and the slave from Captain Wang's side will deal with it." ”

"Okay."

Zhuge agreed for the road, and flew into the hall of his villa, and there were two people in the house, one was Natalie with a big belly, and the other was a black whirlwind. The two men were sitting close together and were talking in low voices.

Seeing Zhuge Weidao walk in, Natalie made a gesture to him to close the door. Zhuge Weidao quickly closed the door, and then walked quickly to Natalie and Black Whirlwind.

"Black father-in-law," Zhuge Weidao first hugged his fist at the black whirlwind, "Queen Mother, she ......"

"The Queen Mother is very good," Black Whirlwind said in a low voice, "Mother and son are safe." ”

"Then can the lower officials enter the palace for an audience?" Zhuge asked again for the Tao.

"Not yet," said Black Whirlwind, "and you won't be able to enter the palace until the first twins are born." ”

"First cell?" Zhuge Weidao glanced at Natalie's belly, counting the days, it will take at least a month, right? The older brother or sister of the twins was born a month later than the younger brother......

Natalie smiled: "Daozi, the Queen Mother has finally recovered from her illness these days...... She knew that you were going to be the captain of the cruiser Lushun and go to serve the country, so she wanted the slave family to go to Xishan Palace to give birth. ”

Black Whirlwind said: "Eighteen military divisions, the Queen Mother said, Archduchess Natalie is the princess of the Rakshasa country, and her fetus is very important, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise it will affect the relationship between the Ming and Rakshasas." You have military affairs in your body, so the matter of taking care of the female archduke will be taken care of by Xishan Palace. You can go to sea with peace of mind to contribute to the country! ”

This arrangement has been negotiated a long time ago, otherwise how would Natalie give birth to twins?

Zhuge nodded for Dao, and looked at his virtuous wife Natalie again, "My dear, this time I will be able to come back in a maximum of three months when I go out, and there will be no danger, you can rest assured." ”

Although Da Ming is determined to beat Japan hard, now is not the time. First, after all, the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and it has to be saluted first and then soldiers...... First of all, I told Japan the conditions for being a dog, and if the other party agreed, then there was no need to fight.

Of course, if Japan does not agree to be a dog, the Ming Dynasty will not start a war immediately, and the Ming Dynasty will only impose a complete embargo on Japan - everything, including grain, energy, and iron ore, is not allowed to be shipped to Japan from the Ming Dynasty's homeland, overseas provinces, and vassal states, nor is it allowed to ship ships with these materials to go to Japan through the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming vassal states!

If Japan could accept this forced seclusion and retreat from the industrial age, then the Ming Dynasty could ignore the existence of this country.

Second, Zhuge Weijiu, the great military division, is now on his way to Europe, and when he arrives in Europe, it is the best time for the Ming Dynasty to start accepting Japan as a dog, because that can leave a deep impression on the forgetful European powers.

Third, of course, because the Ming Dynasty has at least five to six months to secretly complete the preparations for war, there is time to talk slowly.