Chapter 493: City of God
Master.”Soetu saw that the emperor's face was better, obviously he was right
Kangxi agreed with Soetu's theory. The Green Camp soldiers promoted the arrogance of the Ming army. If the Eight Banners Army took advantage of the enemy's underestimation of the enemy this time, they would have some confidence in winning, but his mind was not here. Soetu would obviously be wrong. He held his chin and touched the newly grown thorn beard from his jaw and pondered: "I want to lead the army in person."
"Ah? Personally expedition?" Soetu couldn't help but turn pale, and he couldn't speak for a moment.
"I dare not fight Zhu Youlang in person, don't I dare?" Kangxi seemed indignant. Obviously, the chief of the Diyi was stabbed to his self-esteem. He believed that he was proficient in Chinese, read all historical records, and was always committed to being a wise monarch. For this reason, he got up at the fourth day of the day, busy until late at night, worried about labor, just to get the name of the saint of the slaves for the ages. However, Zhu Youlang was not his slave, of course, pointed out that he was barbaric than this young emperor. The depth of insults made him out of his mind: "If the Han people dare to fight in person, can I still hide in the Forbidden City and sit ignoring?"
Soetu then said: "The emperor's precious body is not to take risks with his own life. The servant thought that it would be better to condemn the general and governor to make Zhu Youlang a prisoner..."
Kangxi waved his hand: ": Letting you in is not to persuade you, but to make you think about how to persuade the Empress Dowager."
Soetu was sweating coldly on his forehead, asking him to persuade the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang? The emperor obviously asked him to be a shield. The Empress Dowager's favorite is this grandson. The hard work of the young emperor for more than ten years has been on this young emperor. At such a dangerous moment, he would definitely not want his grandson to fight in person. What is his Suetu? If the emperor had any danger, how could he have life?
"Master, I won't persuade you. The Empress Dowager is also thinking about your master's safety. The Emperor should give up this idea." Soetu carefully comforted her.
Xi leaned against the chair and closed his eyes slightly: "Do I not care about my own safety? But when things are at a critical stage of the ancestors and the country, what can I do? I have figured it out in the past two days. I want to personally fight and prove to everyone who sees who is the orthodox Chinese. The Empress Dowager is old, so I can't let her worry for me. You are an old minister and a close relative of the royal family, so you can report it."
Kang stared at Soetu with his eyes curled up. Soetu knelt without saying a word and was still sitting on pins and needles and needles, and did not dare to refuse to agree, and he did not dare to accept the risks. If he did not agree, he would be difficult to resist the order.
"Liang Jiugong." Kangxi no longer paid attention to Soetu. His eyes came to the eunuch near His Highness: "Go and announce the decree of the imperial study room to the outsiders."
Liang Jiugong agreed and went trotting.
Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the ministers were already kneeling on the ground, their waists were sore, and they could withstand it when they were younger. Some of them were already numb all over. When the cold wind blew, it seemed that every part of their body had become stiff. At this time, Liang Jiugong came from the side hall, holding a yellow silk imperial edict, which immediately made many people feel energetic and decreed.
"The emperor who followed the heavens and inherited the emperor's decree: I have been in power for many years. I have inherited the cause of my ancestors. I have little virtue and little ability. Therefore, the country is now in danger. The building is about to collapse and it is difficult to find a single tree. Now the Ming Dynasty is growing more and more prosperous. The country has not yet achieved peace for a long time. Therefore, I am willing to serve King Wu and choose a day to personally fight for this."
Liang Jiugong finished shouting with great energy. Even he was frightened by this order and sweated all over. He felt that the emperor wanted to fight in person. Why didn’t he hear anyone tell me about this? It’s not good. I might have to take our family to the ground. I have heard from the people in the palace that the army has three heads and six arms, and it is invincible. It’s over. It’s over.
The civil and military ministers below were also gasping for cold air. They had never heard of the wind at all. Why did they suddenly go to the emperor to personally enlist? Most people still opposed the emperor's enlistment of land. After all, the Ming army was in a strong military force. The imperial court could not defeat it. Now the emperor wants to enlist himself. What's going on? But the emperor is the master. The master's dialect is the imperial edict. Resisting the imperial edict is a serious crime to confiscate the family and destroy the clan. Except for a few such things
The king dared to persuade him, but who dared to speak too much? For a moment, a sound like a tsunami was heard, and countless people kowtowed with big gifts.
"The emperor ordered the ministers and workers to go back to prepare themselves. After the order was issued, no one was allowed to persuade them. Otherwise, they would be punished for the crime of resisting the order and they would be dispersed."
More than 400 princes, Beile, civil and military officials stood up in horror and turned around and left. They had a premonition that the time for showdown was coming, and whether it was a blessing or a disaster was not something they could control.
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There has been a stir in Nanjing. The food and grass of more than 100,000 troops need to be dispatched. The corps have begun to be mobilized. The emperor’s personal expeditions must be prepared, and the officials accompanying the army and the ships crossing the river need to be prepared.
The Wuchang Legion has taken over Hankou, Hanyang and Wuhan towns, and now all have fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The Haidu and Chengdu Legion have arrived in Wuchang and are on standby. The Southern Jiangsu Legion and Guard Legion in Nanjing are ready to go. In half a month, Zhu Jun will go on the expedition. Mu Jianming's Southern Jiangsu Legion originally wanted to be built into the Xuzhou Legion, but because Xuzhou is located in Jiangbei and has not yet been recovered, it is only called the Southern Jiangsu Legion.
Officials from various departments were preparing in great enthusiasm, but Zhu Jun was the one who was most leisurely. At this time, a memorial had been sent from South America thousands of miles away. The memorial was naturally sent by Western Advisor Ames. The fleet had been out of the sea for more than ten months, and now the news has finally been sent back.
Arms led thousands of Ming troops, thousands of adventurers and dozens of warships of all sizes to South America four months ago and docked on the coast of the New Spain Governor's District. The New Spain Governor's District expanded millions of square kilometers of land, including Mexico, Central America, later American California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, etc. The capital is located in Mexico City, which is now the most important Spanish.
A colonial area has a territory of more than four times larger than Spain's territory. Here, the Spanish Empire was about to decline and valued more importance to this rich colony. They set up forty-three strongholds, built seven cities, and established eleven ports. Here, more than 400,000 Spanish settled here and formed a huge fleet to deal with the thriving Dutch people. Thirty thousand army entrenched here to maintain order.
In addition, in the southern part of the New Spain Governor General's jurisdiction in Central America, bordering it is the Peruvian Governor General's jurisdiction, which governs South America. The Spanish set up the Governor General's Office in Lima, which includes the Isthmus of Panama and all South American colonies except Venezuela. There, 600,000 Spanish moved to settle there for half a century, and 50,000 troops were stationed here.
The entire Central and South America east of the Xixi River is the lifeblood of the Spanish. When a Ming fleet landed here, the New Spanish Governor Motoloye immediately became worried. As the Spanish's largest colony governor, Motoloye felt that he had a great responsibility. In the Americas, the Spanish's biggest competitor was the Dutch in North America. Although these Dutch people driving new warships did not launch a colonial war, they still made the Spanish anxious. The two empires had already started a war, but their colonies were as calm as ever. The reason was that the two empires did not have enough troops to launch a war on this vast colony. However, now that the Ming fleet is coming, Motoloye has to be pregnant with them wanting to get a share of the land, but how should they be dismissed?
The mission led by Ass soon arrived at the capital New Mexico City under the escort of a Ming army and a Spanish army. Governor Motoloye personally went out to greet the city based on the traditional friendship between the two countries. He was both guarded against these Ming people who came from afar and had to greet them with a smile.
Ames was like a solemn Catholic. He went to the New Mexico Cathedral in the city to pray and gained enough favor from the Spanish, and then the difficult negotiations began.
There was only one content of the negotiation. The Ming Dynasty needed to obtain a piece of land here. In addition to a part of useless land, the entire Southeast America was included in the scope of Spanish colonists. It was extremely difficult to take out a piece of fat from the hungry wolf's mouth, because Governor Motoloye almost refused Ames' proposal without hesitation.
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If you insert a section of South America in the middle, you mainly take the domestic route.
Chapter completed!