This is a complete disaster!

The attack of the 30,000 new model army of the Republic of England lost more than half of the machine guns.

Defeated!

There is no doubt anymore. For the Republic of England, this is not only a failure, but also a disaster.

What they lost was not just about being nearly 20,000 elite soldiers who had experienced many battles. More importantly, their WeChat was severely damaged, and this was exactly the foundation of their foothold.

Originally, Cromwell's rule was a shaky and even relied entirely on high-pressure rule that was maintained by military power. With the failure of this battle, his military power was broken. The authoritative basis maintained by the Republic of England disappeared instantly.

Once upon a time, Cromwell relied on this army to rule England, and at that time, almost everyone thought that his rule was indestructible. After all, he had an army of battles.

But no one expected that the intervention of the Chinese would change everything. What was even more unexpected was that in just twenty days, the Chinese fleet not only burned London, but also almost wiped out the fundamental new model army of the Republican government.

After defeating and severely attacking the new model army, the English army, founded by the Chinese, took advantage of the victory and launched an attack on London. In the next few days, facing the fierce English army, each city raised white flags or drove away the rulers of the Republic, and rejoined the Wang family. As for the "Duke of the Nation" Cromwell, after suffering failure, he could only flee in a hurry.

Overnight, the Republic of England collapsed.

London's victory caused an unprecedented shock throughout Europe, and it was not until this time that European countries truly realized the power of the Celestial Empire.

Only then did they fully realize that this country from the far east can easily destroy any country as long as they are willing.

What is even more shocking is that England actually chose to surrender to China in exchange for support from China.

When the victory of the Battle of London and the news that England surrendered to the Celestial Empire caused an unprecedented sensation in Europe, the Ming Dynasty, which was thousands of miles away, obviously did not know that there was another vassal state. Not to mention ordinary people, even Zhu Guoqiang himself did not know the news.

After all, there is no telegraph in this era.

However, for Zhu Guoqiang, after leaving the fleet, he did not go to ask about the visit. After all, diplomacy is just a trivial matter, especially for a Chinese dynasty like the Ming Dynasty.

In the early autumn of the 14th year of Qiansheng, Zhu Guoqiang once again came to Peiping in the rustling autumn wind.

Once upon a time, this place was still the "Prince" of the Ming Dynasty. Even after the capital was moved in the third year of Qiansheng, it was once called "Beijing". However, in the tenth year of Qiansheng, it finally "remedy the chaos" and restored its old name to Peking. This also means a break between the Qiansheng Dynasty and the past to a certain extent.

To be precise, it was through this method that broke with the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Chengzu. After all, at that time, this city was the capital chosen by Emperor Chengzu. The Xin Dynasty wanted to inherit Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty of Emperor Gao, not Zhu Di's Ming Dynasty.

When he came to Peking again, Zhu Guoqiang could clearly feel that without the bonus of the imperial capital, the prosperity of this city is far less than before, and even worse than that of Tianjin, a key transportation site, as a hub connecting the inner and outer gates and one of the most important ports in the north. Tianjin Weiyuan is now more prosperous than the capital.

As a city, this former imperial capital is heading for a certain degree of decline. Of course, this decline is only relative. After all, it is still the largest city in Northern Zhili.

And there is another special existence in this city, the Imperial City. This is also the reason why Zhu Guoqiang came here.

Finally, the group arrived at the imperial city.

When the bandits evacuated the capital, they did not set fire to the imperial city as they did in history, so this "Forbidden City" still looks different from another Forbidden City built by the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, Zhu Guoqiang has always intentionally turned him into the "Palace Museum" and opened him to the world for visits, but he has always been opposed by people as "unething royal majesty".

Perhaps the time is not ripe enough. When the time is ripe in the future, we must open it to the world.

For the royal family, if the annual expenditure of hundreds of thousands of taels is maintained, this palace is indeed a burden. If it is opened to the public, you can at least earn some money to sell tickets.

Walking in the empty imperial city, I occasionally only met some eunuchs who acted as cleaners. These eunuchs were the last eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, they were not eunuchs at all, but were labor employed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were specifically responsible for the hygiene and daily maintenance of the imperial city. Perhaps Zhu Guoqiang abolished the eunuchs, but did not sweep all eunuchs out, and those who were willing to stay became labor employed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After all, these people were mostly miserable people, and they always had to make a living. Moreover, such a large imperial city really required many people to maintain it.

After wandering around the royal "Forbidden City", Wang Xi asked quietly.

"Master, where are we going next?"

"Coal Mountain!"

Zhu Guoqiang said casually.

When the people accompanying him heard this, their expressions changed slightly.

Coal Mountain, that is where Yizong died for his country.

In the Ming Dynasty, the big guys always avoided this place carefully. Sometimes they even avoided this emperor carefully.

After all, the Ming Dynasty almost died in his hands.

Standing under the pavilion on the main peak of Coal Mountain, Zhu Guoqiang held the railings and stared out of the mountain, and the city of Peking was reflected in front of him.

Zhu Guoqiang stood here silently.

At this moment, looking south from the highest point where he stood, not facing the three halls, nor Kunning Palace or Qianqing Palace. Instead, facing the Fengxian Palace in the Forbidden City and the Taimiao outside the Forbidden City. The towering temples and tall trees in these two places appeared in front of Zhu Guoqiang.

At this moment, Zhu Guoqiang knew why Chongzhen did not choose to sacrifice his country and face his ancestors without any shame. Perhaps it was because he felt that he should not hang himself at his ancestors' temple!

Zhu Guoqiang stood here, staring at the land. He spoke with a turbulent mood.

"Do you all know, why has the Ming Dynasty been the most upright country throughout the ages?"

It seems to be asking questions, but it is also talking to oneself.

"In the dark, it seems that there is a fixed number? It seems that every civilization has its own rise and fall. It has weakness, strength and decline. Those nations that created brilliant civilizations and brought the light of happiness to mankind will eventually decline. They will eventually be occupied and even eliminated by the barbarians, leaving only cultural remnants learned and mutated by foreign races. This fixed number works in Europe. The Greeks brought the fire of civilization to Europe. The Alexander Empire was established and the Romans were assimilated. The Romans inherited Greek civilization, "Glory belongs to Greece, and great belongs to Rome." However, in the end,

The city of Constantinople was broken, and the civilization of the common classics was full of fishy smell. The star and moon flags were raised in the land of honey and milk. The Greeks became Turkic. This fixed number worked in Egypt. Egypt created a brilliant civilization, conquered by Alexander, conquered by the Romans, and finally the scimitar of the Tianfang people came, and the flowers of civilization were haggard and withered. In many parts of the world, similar tragedies of civilization were repeated. The first nation that brought fire and hope often could not escape being conquered by barbaric nations, the decay of civilization, or even disappeared. Is this the fixed number of human beings?"

Regardless of whether the ministers accompanying him could understand such a question, Zhu Guoqiang continued to say.

"However, this so-called fixed number does not work in the Central Plains. From the pre-Qin to the modern times, only our Han family in all dynasties, whether it is Han, Tang, or Song, they are always Han, and Ming. I don't know how many barbarians invaded and conquered again and again. They always feel that the Han family has lived for so long and it has been so many years. It should be over. Should he disappear? Their guess seems to be becoming a reality. The Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Southern Song Dynasty was also destroyed. Under the rule of the Mongol Yuan, China was full of fishy smells, and it seemed that the Han family was really finished!

But at this time, the Ming Dynasty appeared! Holding a 99-nine steel knife in hand, he stopped killing Hu'er. The Han family stood up again. From the East China Sea to the Western Regions, from the South China Sea to the desert, China once again stood in the east. This China is still the Han family... Our civilization has been broken, enslaved, and burned, and has recovered again, showing its vitality again."

Staring at the distant sky and earth, Zhu Guoqiang's mind appeared in Zhu Hongwu, and this nominal ancestor emerged. It was him and the benevolent and ambitious people of the Ming generation who were gradually restored to this ancient civilization, allowing him to restore his youth again.

This is even the reason why Zhu Guoqiang liked the Ming Dynasty.

In this land, Zhu Guoqiang had his pride. Hundreds of years ago, when people talked about the ruins of ancient civilizations five thousand years ago, it was the Han family, when they talked about Fenglangjuxu, when they talked about the prosperous Tang Dynasty when they destroyed Loulan and established Anxi, they were still the Han family, and when they talked about modern science and technology and cultural achievements, they were still the Han family.

In the 21st century, Americans could only sing today, Indians could only sing ancient times, and Turks could only sing Ottomans.

Only the Han family can change from the pre-Qin period to the modern era, and the only thing that remains unchanged is the Han family. All of this is left by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty uses facts to tell future generations that a nation that has been enslaved, slaughtered, or conquered can still stand up as long as it is willing to stand up.

The Han and Tang Dynasties are distant memories of youth in China, and the Ming Dynasty was a real wealth for the Han people. What would happen if the Ming Dynasty had not stood up back then? We might have been willing to fall into depravity and truly become a waste nation. From this point of view, the Ming Dynasty was the strongest, stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It is precisely because of the light brought by the Ming Dynasty that nearly three hundred years after the Jiashen land sinking, Sun Yat-sen and others still have the confidence to expel the Tartars and restore China.

"Because we have done it, we can do it again!"

After saying this, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Others asked me about the achievements of the Ming Dynasty. I said that the achievements of the Ming Dynasty were not to recover the southern Han land that had been lost for a hundred years, nor to recover the Central Plains Han land that had been lost for two hundred years, nor to recover the sixteen states of Youyun that had been lost for four hundred years. It was not to recover the former land of Liaodong that had been lost for five hundred years, nor to recover the Hexi that had been lost for 600 years...but because there was no Ming Dynasty, we Han people were left with endless darkness, and eventually we would only sink into the world and disappear into the long rivers of all generations..."

Just at this moment, a trace of autumn rain fell in the sky, and the raindrops fell on the leaves. It seemed that the sky was echoing Zhu Guoqiang's words. The ministers around were all thinking deeply because of His Majesty's words. Before that, they might have thought everything was taken for granted, but how many of them remembered the way Zhu Yuanzhang looked like when he founded the Ming Dynasty?

"When Emperor Gao vowed to the Northern Expedition. The north was defeated by barbarians from the Northern Song Dynasty. After hundreds of years of enslavement, the Han style was lost. The scholars and common people followed the customs of Hu, and even lost their elegance and sound. They did not hear the Han pronunciation. Although they were both Han people, they were divided into north and south. The Mongols also divided the Han people into northern people, southern people. The northern people were different from the southern people, and the customs and even the words were clear. The north was the old place in my Central Plains, and the northern people were also my Han people. At that time..."

Shaking his head, without even thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang could imagine what the north of the Ming Dynasty looked like at that time, like Albania, like Kosovo. They were obviously Slavs and Romans, but after hundreds of years of Ottoman rule, they became Albanians and Kosovo.

Just like the Turks, the vast majority of Turks had ancestors from Greeks and Romans. But what happened later? They became Turks.

If there was no Ming Dynasty, the elegant voice was incorrect, and who would the "Northern people" who followed the Hu customs became? No one had ever considered it, and even in later generations, many unfilial descendants just kept mocking the Ming Dynasty. They had no idea what the Ming Dynasty meant to China.

He reiterated the north and south of a group that was invaded by foreign races and split or even almost became two ethnic groups, and reunified. This meaning has always been ignored. If the Ming Dynasty had not been the Ming Dynasty, it might have been the end of Byzantine, not only would the ethnic groups be divided into several ethnic groups like the so-called ancient civilizations such as Greece, Egypt, and India, or even completely split into several independent countries. Without the Ming Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion would have been considered a key event in which the Han people could not recover and even eventually decline.

"A piece of paper "Retro Clothing and Retro Clothing" restores Chinese clothes and clothing, and a piece of article "Hongwu Zhengyun" restores the Han Dynasty's voice to the Central Plains. What is the achievement of my Ming Dynasty?"

Looking back at the ministers, Zhu Guoqiang asked back and suddenly said.
Chapter completed!