Chapter 263 The Eight Heavenly Kings
The next day, the capital.
As soon as Chen Shi arrived, there were already crowds of people on the Huangjimen Square.
Because the current royal family and imperial court have money, there are countless labor and construction materials.
Therefore, the Huangjimen Square, which was used by the Ming Empire to hold court meetings and large-scale events, has been widely transformed.
The renovated Huangjimen Square has now changed a lot.
First of all, a circle of luxurious pavilion-style corridors that seemed to be magnified dozens of times were built around the originally empty square.
The upper position facing north and south is naturally the dragon chaise and large wooden table that His Majesty sits on.
In the corridor opposite and on both sides are neatly arranged circles, with distinctly layered large wooden chairs and wooden tables.
Now, at the request of the emperor, the dynasty has changed its standing mode, and civil and military ministers will sit and hold meetings in the future.
There is only a protruding position in the front of the surrounding area, where there is a large wooden table with no seats.
There are a single large wooden table in front of these four directions, and a 3-tweeter can be placed on it, which can spread the voice throughout the huge Huangjimen Square.
This is where all the civil and military ministers take turns to speak.
Even a huge dome was built above the main square to avoid the pain of being exposed to the sun and rain during the meeting.
In the middle of the main square, there are several flowers, plants and landscape trees of about acres. The green flowers are covered with greenery, which is very pleasing to the eye, making people feel a little better involuntarily.
The various buildings here are carved railings and jade-making, which are extremely luxurious and bold and grand, and appear very "high, large, and upward", making people unconsciously look up at it at first sight.
Anyway, according to the emperor's wishes, don't be reluctant to spend money. The more money you spend, the more you will come back.
During the week, not only did the people make money, but also completed major events in large quantities.
Anyway, the huge amount of money and food spent by the court and the royal family will eventually return to the hands of the court and the royal family.
After all, within all the directly governed areas of the Ming Empire, more than 90% of the shops, supplies, factories and mines... are all belonged to the court and the royal family.
As long as the imperial civil servants, military generals, ordinary soldiers, and people spend money, they will soon return to the court and the royal family.
It's just a turnaround and paying some renewable money and food.
After a while, with the arrival of Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the time had come.
Yan Yingyuan stood up from the chief seat of the civil servant, walked to the large wooden table in front of him, and announced to the tweeter of 3:
"The Ming Empire, the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the first dynasty meeting officially opened..."
Yan Yingyuan first affirmed the work of all the court officials, and then said, "...Now, please invite Sun Chuanting, the Minister of the Royal Military of the Ming Dynasty, to give the latest military report."
The way of speaking in ancient Chinese is very difficult to understand and out of context. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao issued a formal occasion and also used plain language to make a report.
In this way, those generals with low levels of education can understand and will not be confused.
This grand dynasty meeting is actually mainly military and government affairs. The current stall has been fully deployed, and what should be processed has been processed or is being processed.
The work report of the Government Council must wait until the annual meeting is summarized before a summary report will be made.
The current Ming Empire held a grand dynasty meeting to demonstrate the majesty of the empire, so that the ministers would not be so unfamiliar with each other, that's all.
Important matters will not be discussed in public. Such efficiency will be too low and will delay various state affairs and will not be worth the loss.
"Your Majesty, everyone!"
Sun Chuanting walked to the large wooden table in front of the general's seat, stood up, and also headed to a 3-ton speaker, and began to speak loudly:
"Now, except for the war between Fengyang Prefecture and the northern grasslands, the war has basically been quelled within the other imperial areas."
"At the early morning of this morning, one and a half hours ago, I received an emergency report from Li Dingguo and the Third Corps of the Yonggu Army, saying that Liu Zeqing and Huang Degong, located in the east and west of Fengyang Prefecture, had already begun to advance towards Fengyang Prefecture!"
"If you don't ask, you can tell that neither of these two people can stand the pressure of the Southern Ming court, so they regard the Third Army of the Yonggu Army, which has recovered most of the Fengyang Prefecture, as the first target of this time." 520
"They want to use absolute superior forces to annihilate the 90,000 soldiers of the Third Legion of the Brave Guard in one fell swoop, and continue to launch an invasion of Shandong after the meeting."
"The Royal Military Intelligence Agency and the CIA have also confirmed the authenticity of this matter."
Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting's voice became extremely cold, "I have consulted urgently with His Majesty. One hour ago, I issued an order to attack the Taotie Legion of the Royal Guards on the north bank of the Yellow River!"
"In the past few days, Chen Qiyong, the new commander of the Taotie Legion, has ordered the collection of ships of all sizes and sizes that are enough for the two divisions to cross the river."
"So, half an hour ago, the army began to force the Yellow River and launched a recovery operation against Henan!"
"At the same time, Li Dingguo and Hao Yaoqi's two divisions, together with four garrison divisions, half an hour ago, the army was divided into two groups and began to advance into Guangping Prefecture and Daming Prefecture!"
"And the Third Legion of the Yonggu Army temporarily stopped its attack on Fengyang Mansion, split into two parts, and made every effort to block the attack of the 600,000 soldiers of the two divisions of Liu Zeqing and Huang Degong."
"This time, we are 330,000 soldiers from the 11 divisions in total, and will fight 600,000 enemies in the surrounding areas on the east and west sides of Fengyang Prefecture, an unprecedented decisive battle!"
"In the Navy, I have ordered Zhang Guangzhe of the North Sea Fleet to lead half of the large warships and transport ships to be fully responsible for providing military supplies to our army."
"And the North Sea Fleet has another task, which is to clean up the entire Yellow River Basin and control the entire process of our Han people."
The more Sun Chuanting said, the more solemn his tone became. "There is another situation that deserves our attention. That is, after Huang Degong, who was in charge of Henan, began to lead his army to leave Henan yesterday afternoon, there had been a peasant uprising in various parts of Henan!"
This news was like a shock to the sky, which shocked the civil and military ministers present so much that some of them stood up from their seats!
"Everyone, since the past two months, the Southern Ming Puppet Dynasty has become increasingly expensive, with slaughtering, corvee labor... etc., and this year's severe drought has become a foregone conclusion."
"Don't mention the pseudo-dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty, just say that our Ming Empire had not overhauled the rivers in the past year and had a large number of canals built, every household now had a water pressing well, and the consequences were..."
"Now, in the empire's jurisdiction, all ecological farms have deep wells and water trucks for irrigation. If the national policies that benefit the country and the people were not promoted greatly by His Majesty, our Ming Empire would not be much better!"
"It can be said that our Ming Empire is now the most prosperous Han empire in history. At least half of this is due to Your Majesty!"
"I believe everyone knows this very well, and there is no doubt about it."
Sun Chuanting is a person who has a lot of words and does not mean to flatter Zhu Youxiao. He just talks to the truth.
"In the area of the puppet dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, although we had expected the peasant uprisings, these peasant uprisings that suddenly broke out almost together were not that simple according to information from all parties."
"Now in Henan, people are living in poverty, and people are starved to death every moment. However, even if the peasant uprising is about to break out, it will definitely not be as tacit as it is now."
"The various intelligence sent back by the Royal CIA and the Military Intelligence Agency shows that behind these peasant uprising troops, there are more or less one or two aristocratic families, rich and wealthy merchants and wealthy people supported them, and provided a lot of military armor, money and food."
"It is understood that these people behind the scenes are all those aristocratic families, rich merchants and wealthy merchants who are in absolute disadvantage in the recent puppet dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty who are at an absolute disadvantage!"
"Obviously, it was these people who were forced to influence the outbreak of the peasant uprising that made Henan burn, kill, looting everywhere overnight, and beacons everywhere in the sky."
Yan Yingyuan said this, paused, took a sip of Qingshen Tea, and breathed a sigh of relief:
"The latest information shows that in Henan today, except for those big and heavy cities, more than 50% of small and medium-sized towns have been captured by a large number of peasant uprising troops overnight!"
"Among these peasant uprising troops, the eight essays are the most powerful, and they call themselves the eight heavenly kings!"
"Of course, Wang Er, known as the Eastern King, has occupied the area around Ruyang City."
"Gao Yingxiang, known as the King of Chuang, occupied the surrounding areas of Kaifeng Prefecture."
"Luo Rucai, known as King of Wei, regarded himself as Cao Cao, and occupied the surrounding areas of Nanyang Prefecture City."
"Zhang Xianzhong, known as the Great Western King, occupied the area around Yiyang City."
"There are also the Southern King, Wang Jiayin, the Northern King Zijinliang, the Taiping King Chuangcai Tian, the Earth King Buzhanni and others, and they occupied some towns."
"Today, Henan has become a fire-cooking oil, and it is a mess."
"This Henan is the largest population province in the Central Plains, so it must not be harmed by these dogs!"
Sun Chuanting shouted sternly, "One month! I only give Li Dingguo, Chen Qiyong and others a month. This part of Henan must be controlled by the Ming Empire!"
There was regret and anger in Sun Chuanting's tone. He now wanted to come to the front line and give a head-on blow to the rebels who wanted to kill and set fire everywhere, as well as the corrupt officials who took their lives.
Chapter completed!