Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Daqing... is really coming to an end!

Chapter 627 Reporting to the ancestors, the new Ming Dynasty has been established!

The parade composed of the triumphantly returned soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the captured officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners New Army walked straight along Yifengmen Inner Street, and soon went up Gulou Street and Taiping Street, and then turned around and walked to Nanjing. Outside the Hongwu Gate of the imperial city.

Grand Duke Zhu Heqi, who had already returned to Nanjing City one day earlier, had already put on the most formal and at the same time the most cumbersome crown at this time, and was sitting in the carriage of a four-wheeled carriage with six horses. The four-wheeled carriage is extremely refined, and the outside of the bright red carriage is also decorated with carvings and paintings. Small pieces of flat crystal glass produced by the "Crystal Palace" are also installed on the windows of the carriage.

Empress Qiu Shuzhen also put on a formal dark blue Zhai gown and a phoenix crown on her head. She sat beside Zhu Heqi, with a faint smile on her delicate and charming face, making her look solemn and majestic.

Behind the emperor's carriage shared by Zhu Heqi and Qiu Shuzhen is Zhu Tianwang's carriage, which is also "driving six", which is at the same level as Zhu Heqi's carriage.They are all driven by the emperor!

Although Zhu Tianwang, the "25 filial piety" father, gave up the throne to his son, he still wants to be named the Supreme Emperor.

Moreover, he is still able to serve as the supervisor of the country from time to time, and also has the real power of his own vassal state, the overlord, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the deputy emperor.

Behind Zhu Tianwang's carriage, there are four prince-level chariots drawn by four horses, which belong to Princess Kunxing, Zheng Jing, Princess Ming'an Li Wenji and Tang King Zhu Lingyu. His titles are all set at the "vassal lord level", and they are all hereditary vassal kings!

Among them, Tang Wang Zhu Lingyu is actually the second son of Zhu Tianwang, and the half brother of Zhu Heqi.Zhu Tianwang was originally from the Ju generation, and was of the same generation as Chongzhen.But he was a generation younger after he "adopted" to Chongzhen, so his second son would have to lose one generation after he adopted him back to the Tang Palace.

As for the titles of Princess Kunxing and Princess Ming'an, they will all fall into the hands of Zhu Heqi's sons in the future—Princess Kunxing has only one daughter, Zhou Yubing, who is Zhu Heyi's noble concubine, so Princess Kunxing's title of vassal king will sooner or later It will be passed on to Zhou Yubing's son.And Li Wenji...will sooner or later be Zhu Hechi's "dish"?

Therefore, among the four vassal kings, only Zheng Jing is the real prince of a different surname!

After the chariots of the four feudal kings (princesses), there are a series of "three chariots" and officials on horseback.

According to the "New Great Ming Ceremony" drafted by the University Scholars Academy, during the ceremony of the Great Sacrifice, six horses are used for the chariot of the emperor, four horses are used for the chariot of princes (vassal kings), and three horses are used for the chariot of officials (officials). pull.

Regardless of whether the emperor, the princes, or the doctor can choose to ride a horse instead of a car during the ceremony of the great sacrifice...the ceremony of riding a horse is always one person riding a horse.

In addition, there is no regulation on how many horses are used for the carriages used outside the Great Sacrifice, and you can use as many horses as you want.

When the triumphant soldiers and the captured Eight Banners soldiers arrived outside the Hongwu Gate, Yan Yuan, who was guarding the side of the emperor's car, saluted Emperor Zhu in the car, and reported loudly: "My lord, the heavenly soldiers and prisoners of war have arrived. "

Zhu Heqi nodded, and asked pretendingly, "Is the auspicious time coming?"

"The auspicious time has come."

Zhu Heqi smiled and said, "Then let's go, to the Mausoleum of Emperor Taizu!"

"Yes!"

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As the melodious music sounded, the carriage that Zhu Heqi was riding in was led by the cavalry guards who opened the way, out of the Chaoyang Gate in the inner city of Nanjing, and then headed for Xiaoling Mausoleum on Zijin Mountain.

From Chaoyang Gate to Xiaoling Mausoleum, there were no common people crowding around to watch. Both sides of the road were heavily guarded, with a post every five steps and a sentry post every ten steps.All of them carried flintlock guns, watched the chariots and carriages of the emperor, princes, and hundreds of officials pass in front of them, watched the triumphant soldiers led by their brothers, and watched the Eight Banners soldiers captured by the Ming Dynasty soldiers. Everyone had extremely excited expressions on their faces.

They have caught up with a big era!As a military officer, being able to catch up with such a great era is really a blessing in eight lifetimes!

Before long, like those senior brothers, they will also get the opportunity to make contributions and become the pillars of the new Ming army!

Zhu Heqi, who was sitting in the carriage, was as excited as they were at this time, and took out a hardcover version of "Da Ming Yue Fa" with slightly trembling hands.This is no longer a draft, but after repeated discussions by the Academy of Scholars and the Advisory Council, and several rounds of revisions, Zhu Heqi finally issued a big edict to announce the implementation of the "covenant with the world"... In fact, it is a constitution!

And half of today's grand ceremony is held for this "Daming Treaty"!

Zhu Heqi will take this agreement with him to the top of the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and report the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang alone.You have to read the clauses in the "Daming Treaty" to your ancestors one by one.After reading it, you have to burn this hardcover version of "Da Ming Yue Fa" in front of the top of the treasure - so that Zhu Yuanzhang can study it carefully below.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to disagree, and both Zhu and Qi wanted to implement this agreement.

Because the future belongs to Zhu Heqi and the new Ming, not to Zhu Yuanzhang and his old Ming... The new Ming is not a traditional feudal dynasty, but a bourgeois empire!

Of course, this empire had to operate under the cloak of the Celestial Dynasty.After all, the signboard of the Great Ming Dynasty still has a certain influence around China!

And this is also in line with Chinese tradition, so the internal and external resistance to implementation is relatively small.

In addition, this covenant is also an acknowledgment of a series of results produced by the continuous decades of turmoil and changes since the end of Ming Dynasty!

To put it more clearly, Zhu Hechi turned the great turmoil since the end of Ming Dynasty into a social revolution, a social revolution that conformed to the interests of the bourgeoisie and promoted the development of capitalism.

And the "Three Origins Principles", "The world is for the public" and the "Equal Land System", which were written into the "Daming Constitution", will undoubtedly greatly promote the development of capitalism in the new Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, this "Daming Covenant Law" is the product of this revolution, a symbol of the success of the revolution, and it also means the beginning of a new era that belongs to the "three principles" and "the world is for the public".

And when Zhu Hechi's own life comes to an end at some point in the future, this "Daming Covenant" will become the unshakable ancestral law of the new Ming Dynasty!

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"Emperor Taizu, the book I have in hand is the "Daming Treaty"... There are 88 articles in total, and I have just read them to you one by one."

At this time, Zhu Heqi was already standing in front of the top of the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, holding the "Da Ming Yue Fa" in his hand, and there was a brazier at his feet, and paper money was burning in the brazier-the paper money was also burned. For Zhu Yuanzhang, this is the "red envelope" that Zhu Heqi, the descendant of Zhu Heqi, honored his ancestors.

A filial son and virtuous grandson sighed, and said: "Although I know that you will definitely not agree with the content in it, I still want to implement it!"

Zhu Heqi laughed, and said to the stone wall of Baoding: "Because I am actually the founding emperor! Your Ming Dynasty has been passed down to me, and there is nothing but an empty name! And I am not The real grandson of the third grandson of Zhu...so my world was created from the beginning! And the world that was created is the hardest. So I am qualified to set rules for future generations, the ancestor of the covenant law. So my rules are not " "Emperor Ming Ancestral Instructions", but this "Daming Treaty".

Now I will burn it to you, although you will not agree, but you still have to bless me and my new Daming! "

After saying this, Zhu and Qi threw the "Da Ming Yue Fa" in their hands into the brazier, and then bowed to the stone wall.

From this moment on, the old Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang came to an end.And the new Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Heqi has completely replaced it!

Chapter 628 Gambler Kangxi!

The Forbidden City in Nanjing, the surrounding buildings of the Hall of Martial Arts.

Zhu Heqi, who just finished the enthronement ceremony the day before, did not give himself a two-day holiday. The next morning, he convened the left and right prime ministers, six ministers, and left and right military advisers in a conference hall inside the Wuying Hall enclosure. , and Zhu, the heavenly king who had just been named the Supreme Emperor, discussed how to kill the Qing Dynasty.

"Hahaha, it won't take long for Kangxi to know that his three Gushan troops have surrendered to me together... He has only 24 new troops from Gushan, and one-eighth of them surrendered at one time. The hearts of the people have already dispersed. What else do you want to fight with me? Seeing him, I just go out and become Qing Shun Emperor."

Zhu Heqi, who officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, seemed very excited at the moment, as if he would be able to rule the world in a short time, and kicked out Emperor Kangxi to become Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty.

"Emperor boy! Kang Mazi will not give up easily to become Qing Shun Emperor... He is like a red-eyed gambler now. If he loses until he loses his fortune, he will not let it go. I have seen this kind of person a lot. Already!"

The one who calls Zhu and Qi "Emperor Boy" is the "Zhu Tianwang" who likes to give people nicknames. Now they are all too emperors, and they are not serious.

But what he said still makes sense, Kangxi is now a red-eyed gambler!

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi nodded: "Father is right. If Kangxi does not vomit blood, he will not be Emperor Shun. We will let him lose all his money this time!"

"The emperor's son," the king of heaven Zhu said with a smile, "how do you want to set up a trap for him?"

Zhu Heqi smiled and said: "The game has actually been set up... Xiangyang has trapped a map overseas and added [-] Qing soldiers. Prime Minister Zhuge still has Dong E, Le Erjin and Mang Yitu who can use it. There was a prisoner offering ceremony in Nanjing. It's enough, I'm not afraid that Kangxi will not bite the bait!

As long as he bites the bait and gambles with his capital, Prime Minister Zhuge must have a way to get him trapped in Xiangyang.As long as it is delayed until next spring, Liaodong and North Korea can start to move.When the weather warms up, I can send troops from Nanjing to go north to fight Shandong.At that time, with a three-pronged approach, Kangxi's gambling capital is not enough to lose. "

Speaking of this, Zhu Heqi said to Zhu Tianwang confidently: "Father, it seems that next winter, we will be able to sleep in the Forbidden City in Beijing!"

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With a bang, the desk in the South Study Room fell to the ground.The eunuchs and maids who were standing around bowed their heads in fright, all fell to the ground at once.

The seven ministers of the South Study Room didn't even dare to raise their heads.

Kangxi, who had just overturned the desk, stood there panting heavily, his chest heaving rapidly, his pockmarked face flushed, and he looked like he was about to explode.

Suo'etu's voice was heard.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...they are all subordinates who are greedy for life and afraid of death, you have to hold on..."

Time flies, and today is the first day of November in the 18th year of Kangxi.What happened at the Nanjing triumphant military parade a month ago has already been transmitted to Jingzhao Mansion through the two lines of sticking pole and Confucianism.

Zhu Heqi's ascension to the throne and the announcement of the implementation of the "Daming Treaty" and so on, of course, would not make Emperor Kangxi so angry.Kangxi was almost blown up by the Eight Banners captives who appeared at the triumphant military parade in Nanjing... There were almost 2 people in the three banners. Yifeng Gate goes all the way to Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum!

Disgraceful!

The majestic Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers have captured [-] people... No, not [-] people, but the three new troops of Gu'an, the three banners of Zhenghong, Xiangbai, and Zhenglan in the encirclement of Guodi Bay, Surrender to the Ming army!

The surrender of the three Gu'an establishments has never happened in the history of the Eight Banners soldiers. Not only has it never happened, but no one has even thought about it.

So before today, both the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in Kangxi and the Qing Dynasty agreed that the three Gu'an were wiped out because they were outnumbered after a complete resistance.Most of Dong E, Le Erjin and Mang Yitu have also died heroically.

Therefore, Emperor Kangxi also mercifully held a grand funeral for the three of them, posthumous titles, posthumous gifts, and posthumous titles, and also stopped court for three days for them.

But now it seems that these three people are very likely to be second ministers!

The two of them are still Aixinjueluo!One of them is still the prince, and the other is also Baylor.

If these two Aixinjueluo voted for Ming Dynasty, they would be banned...

Thinking of this, Kangxi gritted his teeth and shouted: "Quickly, go and find out for me whether Dong E, Le Erjin and Mang Yitu really died for the country!"

Upon hearing this, all the ministers of the South Study Room looked at each other... In fact, they already knew something was wrong!

Because for more than a month, good news came from Xiangyang one after another, and the number of Ming troops who killed and captured more than [-]!

Although there must be a lot of water in this number, Tuhai and Laita are not particularly unreliable people, and at most they blow the number of killing one thousand enemies to three thousand.

However, the ministers of Nanshufang who knew Tu Hai and Lai Ta felt that something was wrong, so they went to the vest soldiers killed from the siege of Xiangfan who delivered the news for Tu Hai and Lai Ta to find out the truth.

After some cross-examination, the Nanshufang ministers learned that the captured Ming troops were all officers and soldiers of the original Eight Banners new army, and most of them belonged to the three banners of Zhenghong, Xiangbai and Zhenglan...

"Your Majesty, it's better not to check..."

Suo'etu dissuaded Kangxi with tears while kowtowing.

"Your Majesty, don't check..."

"Your Majesty, calm down and stop chasing him."

"Your Majesty, you don't need to get angry with them!"

"Your Majesty... the army's morale is unstable!"

Seeing that Suo'etu had become an early bird, several Nanshufang ministers agreed with him one after another.

If the collective surrender of three Gushan, one prince, and one Baylor is really done, then don't fight the next battle.Just pack up your things and become Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty!

In fact, Kangxi was only talking about anger, and he also knew that now is the last chance to turn over the book.If the morale collapsed because of the collective surrender of three Gushan, one prince, and one Baylor, then the last chance to fight would be missed.

Because Kangxi wants to bet on this, he can only choose to start in winter!

Since the most powerful "old brothers" soldiers of the Ming army were all Cantonese and were not used to the severe cold in northern winter, it was impossible for Zhu and Qi to send troops from Nanjing to attack Shandong in winter.And his other two trump cards, the Liaodong Army and the North Korean Army, are also unlikely to be dispatched in winter.The winter in that corner of the Northeast is not so cold!

In other words, before the spring of Kangxi's 19th year, most of the Ming army will be in a state of rest, and it is impossible to launch a new offensive in Shandong and Liaodong.

It is based on this judgment that Kangxi has been raising money frantically since October... no, it is raising an army!

Except for the more than [-] people brought back by Yue Le and the [-] Eight Banners new troops that Kangxi kept to save their lives, there were also the Eight Banners new troops who had stayed in Beijing, Datong and other places, all of which were lost to Nanyang.

The Green Battalion soldiers in the Gansu-Shaanxi area were also emptied by him.

In addition, Kangxi continued to mobilize cavalry from various Mongolian tribes to go south in the name of the Mongolian Khan.The four warriors from the four alliances of Eastern Mongolia, Gushan, were also ordered by Kangxi to go south.

Even Lu Yong, a Shandong regiment who had just formed an army, was ordered by Kangxi. Kangxi asked them to mobilize as many troops as possible, not for the decisive battle in Xiangyang, but to fill the defense gaps in Beijing, Datong and other places.

He even sent people to the snowy plateau to borrow troops from Heshuote Mongolia and the Western Regions to Galdan.

In short, Kangxi tried his best to transfer those who could be transferred and those who could not, and finally put together an army of [-] to [-].

In addition to collating the army, Kangxi also raised money and food by selling pots and iron... In order to make money, he even ordered Sticky to arrest the patriarchs of the eight imperial merchants, and insisted that they were traitors (Ming) and betrayed the country. Finally, he got two 300 Ten thousand.

Chapter 629 Returning to Himself in His Way!

Nanyang City, once guarded by the Ming Dynasty Tang Palace, was the economic, military and political center of the southwestern part of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty.

This city and Xiangyang City, which is more than 200 miles to the south, both belong to the Nanyang Basin geographically. The two places are surrounded by mountains and live in the heart of China, with Tongbai Mountain in the east, Qinling Mountains in the west, and Daba Mountain in the south. The southeast is the Dabie Mountains, and the southeast is connected to the Jianghan Basin through the Hanshui River and the Suizhou Corridor.

For the southern regime that lacked powerful cavalry in history, first take Xiangyang, then go down to Nanyang, use the Baihe River and Hanshui River as the arteries for transporting troops and food, and then use the mountains around Nanyang as a cover to enter Heluo in the north and pass in the west. It is also a good route for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

Therefore, whenever there is a confrontation between the north and the south, Nanyang and Xiangyang will inevitably become the battlegrounds for the soldiers of the north and the south!

At the end of the 18th year of Kangxi, Nanyang and Xiangyang once again became the places where the troops of the Southern Ming and Northern Qing gathered together.

At this time, Xiangyang City has been surrounded by the revived Ming Dynasty army regiments, and there are also dense military camps outside Nanyang City. Emperor Kangxi himself and Xiao Guizi's father-in-law each have a Batulu!

"Your Majesty, Tuhai sent another warrior to break through and brought good news. The day before yesterday he and Laita sent [-] cavalry with General Weiyuan's cannon to break a rebel's fortress in the north of Fancheng. They killed another [-] enemies and captured a lot. "

Suo'etu reported in a low voice, there were Manchu confidants such as Mingzhu, Yue Le, Tong Guogang, Mo Luo, Shangshan, and four other people from the host Mongolia, including Tunahei, Wenbu, Wenchun, and Gelertu. The new Mongolian army is unified.

Kangxi took over the good news from Tu Hai. This is the ninth or tenth good news he has received since he moved to Nanyang... I don't know if this Tu Hai has been defeated for a long time. Anyway, he was defeated this time. After encircling Xiangyang, the invincible mode was started.Anyway, if you defend the city and win, you also win when you go out of the city. It's almost too late to win.The number of killed enemies reported back and forth was more than 1!

According to such killings, there is no need for Kangxi to send troops to rescue Xiangyang, and the "Zhuge village man" who can pinch and count will be defeated by himself.

Of course, Kangxi also knew that the number of killings of the Ming army on the poster must be exaggerated.But Tu Hai is not a particularly unreliable person, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be a bachelor for so many years!Even if he wanted to exaggerate the great results, multiplying by three by four would be the best.In other words, the Ming army who besieged Xiangyang lost thousands of dollars...

Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi finally showed a calm and confident smile on his face. Now the 13 troops concentrated in Nanyang are all the main forces he can draw... If it weren't for the Ming troops in Liaodong and North Korea, they would definitely be defeated next year. When he launched an offensive in spring, he wanted to draw out all 4 people under Ba Hai and Wang Fuchen.

But for the current Qing Dynasty, this is already a desperate gamble. It is meaningless to just repel Zhuge Sanhe's troops who besieged Xiangyang, because Zhuge Sanhe will make another Northern Expedition in the spring and summer of next year, and Kangxi However, the 13 troops in the army could not stay in Nanyang all the time, so he had to defeat Zhuge Sanhe's main force and win a decisive victory.

Yue Le whispered: "Your Majesty, will Zhuge Sanhe intentionally defeat us again to paralyze us?"

When Kangxi heard this, his heart twitched... because what Yue Le said was very possible!