I want to be emperor

Chapter 308 The new wave of the Ming court
In Wuchang, in the imperial palace of the Great Chu Empire, Wang Qiaoer and her younger sister Wang Xiuer were sitting together. Wang Qiaoer put her hands on her protruding belly, but looked at her little sister!

Calling her sister into the palace was the result of Wang Qiaoer's careful consideration after she became pregnant last year.

As one of the first two women around Luo Zhixue, Wang Qiaoer knew very well that her majesty was not an affectionate man.

He seemed to be pampering himself before, but it didn't stop him from looking for Hou Yunmeng and other women.

And since she was pregnant, although His Majesty also visited her from time to time, but the number of visits was much less, and sometimes she would not even see her for more than half a month.

Where did Luo Zhixue go during these hours, of course there is no need to ask, it must have gone to Hou Yunmeng, Queen Wang and others.

There are too many women in the harem, but Luo Zhixue has only one person!

Typical wolves have more meat and less meat.

After Wang Qiaoer became pregnant, she was always worried that Luo Zhixue would be completely stunned by other women, and then forget about herself.

After thinking about it, she thought of her sister in her hometown.

Her younger sister was two years younger than her, and she had been staying in her old home before. After Wang Qiaoer learned from Luo Zhi last year, Wang Qiaoer gained status, and the status of her natal Wang family also rose. Soon, a poor family became a local rich Family.

After Wang Qiaoer was formally conferred the title of concubine last year, Wang's father was also conferred the title of a relative, a non-hereditary baron for life.

At that time, Wang Xiu'er, the younger sister of the Wang family who was still in the boudoir, also attracted many people's marriage proposals.

As the rise of the Great Chu Empire was inevitable, many people also began to bet on the rulers and ministers of the Great Chu Empire. Some people chose to cling to the ministers of the Great Chu Empire, and some also chose to take other routes.

As Luo Zhixue's favorite concubine, Wang Qiao'er, her natal Wang's family also attracted the attention of some powerful families in the local area, and people came to propose marriage one after another.

However, these marriage proposals were eventually stopped by Wang Qiaoer who personally wrote a letter, and asked Wang's father to send Wang Qiaoer to Wuchang to ask Xiuer to teach her poetry, court etiquette and so on.

Wang Xiuer stayed in Wuchang for several months. After studying poetry and etiquette, finally in June, when Queen Wang presided over the selection of a group of beautiful women, Wang Qiaoer asked someone to put Wang Xiuer in.

Then he went through the route of Luo Zhixue's personal female officer, and after obtaining the acquiescence of the queen, he sent Wang Xiu'er to Luo Zhixue's bedroom.

Sending this to Luo Zhixue's bedroom was naturally not to be a personal maid. This was not to say that Wang Xiu'er had a special status or something, but that Wang Xiu'er couldn't help Luo Zhixue's personal maid.

The selection process of Luo Zhixue's personal maid is very complicated and strict!

The primary election was in charge of Queen Wang's side, but it had to go through multiple audits by the guard's room and the investigation department of the Imperial Academy, and finally Luo Zhixue had to ask Luo Zhixue himself before it could be finalized.

After all, these personal maids are all people who follow Luo Zhixue. When Luo Zhixue is sleeping, these personal maids are not far away.

In order to avoid being smothered to death with pillows by the maids while sleeping, Luo Zhixue's personal maids are selected very strictly.

Family background and character must be strictly investigated and met the requirements.

One of the very obvious features is: every personal maid has both parents alive and brothers and sisters.

Luo Zhixue has no guts to use a lonely woman with nothing to worry about.

Therefore, not everyone can be sent to Luo Zhixue's side as a personal maid. Wang Xiu'er's appearance in Luo Zhixue's bedroom is just to meet the saint as a newly entered palace.

As for why the other beautiful girls who entered the palace went to see Luo Zhixue in a group, but she went to see Luo Zhixue alone, naturally Wang Qiaoer's efforts were indispensable.

This group of beauties is placed in front of Luo Zhixue, most of the time Luo Zhixue can directly look at his eyes, and then he becomes blind...

But if a beautiful woman stood in front of Luo Zhixue, it would be easier to leave a deep impression.

Not to mention, Wang Xiuer and Wang Qiaoer are 0% similar. [-]
And this kind of hard work finally paid off. That night, Wang Xiu'er was summoned by His Majesty to attend her bed.

The next day, that is, this morning, a female official came here to confer the title of Zhaoyi on Wang Xiu'er.

As for Zhaoyi, this is already the title of the harem of the Great Chu Empire, second only to the title of concubine.

There are actually not many concubines conferred by Luo Zhixue. There is not a single imperial concubine, and there are only three concubines, all of whom are deeply loved by Luo Zhixue. There are five concubines.

This adds up to only eight concubines.

There are actually not many Zhaoyis below, there are only about twenty or so, and the rest are talents, nobles, servants, and ladies.

Under this title system, even if Wang Xiu'er is Wang Qiao'er's younger sister, it is difficult to say that she can be directly named a concubine, let alone a concubine.

Wang Qiaoer, Wang Lipin and her younger sister Wang Xiuer, Wang Zhaoyi were brought into the palace, and this incident quickly attracted the attention of many concubines in the palace, which led to some small turmoil and even discussions, but Luo Zhixue was indifferent to it.

Luo Zhixue has never interfered much in the affairs of the harem, and fully supports the king and empress in ruling the harem.

Now that Queen Wang has allowed this Wang Xiuer to enter the palace and went to her bedroom alone to face the saint, Luo Zhixue didn't bother to care if there was any dirty tricks or transactions behind it.

And don't look at Luo Zhixue walking around among the women in the harem these days, but that's all at night, a part of daily life.

During this time, Luo Zhixue's focus has always been on military affairs.

After finalizing the commanders of the seventh and eighth divisions, Luo Zhixue took the time to cross the river to Hanyang and inspect the eighth division and the sixth mortar regiment.

A few days later, Luo Zhixue observed an exercise jointly held by the Guards Division, the [-]st Brigade of the [-]th Division, the [-]st Cavalry Brigade, and the [-]st Mortar Regiment.

This exercise is different from the previous exercises. This time, there is no Ming army simulated by the garrison, but the Seventh Division directly plays the role of the Ming army, imitating the new standard army in the Ming army.

In the previous battle in southern Chu, the Chu army encountered the left army and the right army of the new standard army under Yang Sichang's command.

Although the Chu army wiped out the Zuo army of the new standard army.

However, in the Battle of Changsha, the Youjun of the new standard army, which was still weaker in combat effectiveness, was able to cover Yang Sichang and others to break through. Encountered the Ministry.

According to the report from the South Route Army, the right army of the new standard army did not do badly. They once ambushed a partial division of the Fifth Division in the Daozhou area of ​​Yongzhou Prefecture.

The strength of the Right Army of the New Standard Army is a reinforced battalion of about 800 people, and the strength of the Fifth Division is a heavy battalion.

After being ambushed, although the Fifth Division stabilized its position and insisted on rushing to a nearby infantry battalion for emergency assistance, it also paid the price of hundreds of people killed or seriously injured.

After cleaning the battlefield afterwards, it was found that the opponent had left nearly hundreds of dead bodies and seriously wounded.

Although there was a difference in the strength of the enemy and our troops in this battle, they were ambushed at the same time, and the troops participating in the battle were only a supply battalion, not a regular main infantry battalion.

However, the one-to-one casualty ratio still caused a shock in the Fifth Division and even the entire South Route Army.

After actual combat and various intelligence collections, the South Route Army judged that after Yang Sichang led his troops back to Guangdong, he quickly re-armed the New Standard Army Youjun, not only expanding its strength, but also equipped with a batch of muskets and two and a half catties of field troops. gun

At the same time, intelligence revealed that the Ming court had begun to imitate large-caliber muskets and field artillery on a large scale in the Foshan area of ​​Guangdong.

In addition, Xiong Wencan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, also followed Yang Sichang's example and began to compile a new standard army. It is said that he also received the support of the Zheng family, the overlord of the sea. The new standard army has a scale of tens of thousands.

All kinds of information showed that the Ming court, to be precise, the local governors of the Ming court had followed Yang Sichang's example and started training new standard troops.

The reason why these governors of the Ming court acted so quickly is also very much related to the impressive record of the Chu army.

People saw that the Chu army had won consecutive battles and their fighting power was beyond the charts. As long as they were not fools, they would study why the Chu army was so good at fighting.

However, most of them will come to the same conclusion: Chu thieves are strong because of their sharp guns!
And if it's just that the guns are sharp, then they will see the hope of following suit.

The Chu army is different from the Eastern captives.

The civil and military ministers of the Ming court also knew very well that Dongyao was very strong, but for such a long time in the past, the Ming court did not say to follow Dongyue's army to form elite troops, because it was difficult for Ming court to emulate Dongyao's army.

Dongyao's combat effectiveness is mainly reflected in two aspects, one is their own heavy armored infantry, and the other is the elite cavalry formed by relying on Mongolian cavalry after Dongyao conquered the eastern part of Mongolia.

As for these two, the human factor is greater than the equipment factor. It is easier said than done for the Ming army to imitate.

How should I put it, in fact, there is no essential difference between the Eastern Captives and the Ming Army. They are actually similar in terms of equipment and tactics. The reason why one is strong and the other is weak is the influence of other factors.

But the Chu thieves are different. At first glance, the Chu thieves' army does not seem to be very elite... To be able to fight well, they rely more on their guns.

But guns can be imitated, and the cost of imitating is not too high.

The Chu army and the Dongyao are two completely different armies. The elite of the Dongyao requires years of training and accumulation before they can train a group of elite infantry and cavalry.

As for the Chu army, you find a group of young and strong farmers, give them a musket or a spear one by one, and after two or three months of training, you can pull them out to fight!
As for the artillery, it's not difficult. Isn't it just a small Hongyi artillery? That's a field artillery.

Therefore, in the eyes of the governors of the Ming court, the Chu army is easy to imitate, and it is easy to see results.

This is also the reason why Yang Sichang, Xiong Wencan, and other governors successively formed new standard troops spontaneously.

(End of this chapter)