The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 720 Cowpox and the Unpredictable King’s Heart

Zhu Hongyu led the team back to Nanjing City.

At this time, Wang An and the others probably only drove the steam train and had just dared to arrive at Zhenjiang Station.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Hongyu recalled what he saw today, and his heart was filled with unconcealable excitement.

Immediately afterwards, he sent an order to the cabinet to convene the cabinet members to hold an imperial meeting, and non-stop began to plan the laying plan of the railway network in the Ming Dynasty.

From the current point of view, it is definitely unrealistic for Zhu Hongyu to build a large-scale railway network.

Especially the kind of main artery that runs from north to south or from east to west is simply a fantasy.

Not because of anything else, simply because productivity does not allow it!

If he, Zhu Hongyu, wanted to build a few main railway lines in some key places, such as Jiangnan, Lianghuai, and along the canal, it would actually be feasible to a certain extent.

Because, when the railways are built in these places, profits can be realized after the completion of the repairs.

Only by building the railway itself can make money, Zhu Hongyu can continue to expand Daming's railway network with the profit from the railway.

Otherwise, if you repair one, you will lose one!
The current Ming court simply doesn't have that much money to spend in it!
Zhu Hongyu was also afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Emperor Sui Yang!
It’s not impossible to have a big wedding, but you must at least ensure that your big wedding is profitable compared to the required expenditures!

As long as the income can exceed the expenditure, no matter how good you are, it’s okay!
Otherwise, Emperor Sui Yang will wave to you, saying that brother is coming!

From the current point of view, the biggest difficulty for Zhu Hongyu to build a well-established railway network system is actually finance and manpower...

Regardless of the comparison between the current Ming Dynasty and the Chongzhen period, the fiscal revenue has doubled many times.

But when you really need money, you will know that no amount of money is really enough!
Not to mention manpower!
After decades of wars in the late Ming Dynasty, the population of Daming dropped drastically.

It is true that there are fewer social conflicts. In terms of governance, Zhu Hongyu has been given a lot of room for maneuver and a certain rate of fault tolerance...

After all, as long as the social conflicts are not particularly acute, no matter how much the emperor tries to make great achievements, no matter how much he struggles, the world will not be in chaos.

For the founding emperor like Zhu Hongyu, as long as the world is not in chaos, there is really no problem.

However, Daming's labor force is really lacking now!
Zhu Hongyu is really helpless!
After much deliberation, the only practical way for Da Ming to solve the current predicament he faced was to launch a foreign war.

To put it bluntly, it means robbing money, robbing food and robbing women!
It can also turn the enemy's men into slaves!

Imagine if Zhu Hongyu could send troops to wipe out the little days now.

Turn the gold and silver mines of Xiaotian into those of Ming Dynasty, turn all the men into slaves to work, snatch all the women back to have children...

Then wouldn't all the problems that Daming was facing now be solved?

So, as long as there is a war, the money, grain and labor that Daming is facing now can be solved.

As for what to do if you lose the battle?
Zhu Hongyu never considered this point.

Just kidding, with the current Ming army, facing these little brothers around, which one is not crushing?
Equipment, training, which aspect can't crush their generation?
How could it be possible to lose the battle? !

Since ancient times, as long as the Central Plains dynasty completed the unification and integrated internal forces, launching wars abroad was basically a crushing situation.

Even in the most rubbish of the Song Dynasty, the Jingsai Army was the best of the best during the reign of Song Taizu!
It is also the existence that the Khitan cavalry of the Liao Kingdom who once fought did not dare to look south!
But there is nothing to say about this little trash in a peaceful corner of the Southern Song Dynasty!

Not to mention Daming now!

It is an exaggeration to say that if the geographical distance is ignored, all the other countries in the world unite, and Ming can also deal with it.

Of course, this refers to the Ming army on land!

There is still a certain gap between the current Daming navy and the western navy.

Although Zhu Hongyu is unwilling to admit that Western countries are leading in navigation, he has to admit it.

After all, people in the west have already started to engage in great voyages, and they have the first-mover advantage. Even if Daming goes all out to develop the navy, it will not be able to catch up in just a few years.

At the very least, it will take 30 to [-] years to close the gap.

Unless Da Ming entered the steam age ahead of schedule, it would not be impossible to use his first-mover advantage in steam warships to defeat the West's advantage in the sail age.

What's more, there is no rush to launch a foreign war!

At the very least, Zhu Hongyu must first resolve the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong, deal with the Guanning Army, regain the lost ground in Guanzhong, and then settle the Mongols on the grassland and the chieftains in the southwest.

Only when Ming Dynasty has no internal worries can it launch a large-scale foreign war!

Otherwise, it would be the most stupid thing to go to war when the country is unstable.

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December 23, the first year of Ming Guang's recovery!
Another year is approaching, every household in Nanjing began to decorate with lanterns and festoons.

Many wealthy families hang clean and beautiful red silk on tree branches to decorate their facades.

The Forbidden City has also started to clean and decorate!
Compared with last year's Forbidden City, this year's Forbidden City will be much more popular and prosperous.

On the one hand, a large part of the theme buildings of the Forbidden City have been repaired, and there are fewer dilapidated palaces.

On the other hand, it is because there are many more decorations in the Forbidden City now.

And these decorations were all seized by Zhu Hongyu in the Forbidden City of the capital after he regained the capital.

Under the decoration of a large number of exquisite decorations, the Forbidden City in Nanjing has become more and more royal.

After all, he was planning to set his capital in Nanjing. Isn't it a waste of so many good things in the Forbidden City of the capital?

It's better to ship it to Nanjing to save him Zhu Hongyu from spending money on buying it.

As the year was approaching, Zhu Hongyu had no time to rest.

He still has to be busy with government affairs!
On this day, he had just returned from inspecting the military camp outside the city when he received a report from Jin Yiwei.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Liaodong side that the Manchu Qing is gathering troops and supplies, and has dispatched secret missions to the North Korean side. It seems that they intend to attack North Korea."

Zhou Tianxu delivered a memorial to the desk in front of Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu raised his head and opened his mouth to give instructions.

"sit down!"

After Zhou Tianxu sat down, Zhu Hongyu picked up the newspaper and started to read it.

Looking at the text on the memorial, Zhu Hongyu fell into deep thought.

Judging from the information so far, the Manchu Qing side is likely to attack North Korea, and plunder North Korea to restore a wave of blood to themselves.

However, Zhu Hongyu's attitude towards this is indulgence!
The Manchu Qing wanted to attack North Korea, what happened to Guan Daming?
The obvious reason is that I, Ming, will never interfere in the internal affairs of the domain!
If North Korea does not ask Ming to send troops, Ming will definitely not move.

Of course, even if North Korea asked Daming to send troops, whether or not Da Ming sends troops is another matter!
The real reason why Zhu Hongyu chose to wait and see was because if Daming wanted to annex North Korea, it didn't have to be civil strife in North Korea.

If North Korea is facing foreign aggression, it is also possible!
Back then, during the Japanese Invasion in Imchen, North Korea was almost wiped out by Xiaotian. Didn’t they just cry and shout to be attached to Daming, and to be the inner vassal of Daming?
That is to say, the Wanli Emperor back then wanted face and was unwilling to take advantage of the danger to eat North Korea, otherwise North Korea would have been a province of Ming Dynasty long ago.

So, how could Zhu Hongyu meddle in the Manchu Qing invasion of North Korea?

He can't wait to cheer Man Qing up!
"When will the Manchu Qing attack North Korea?"

While flipping through the report, Zhu Hongyu asked Zhou Tianxu.

After Zhou Tianxu heard the words, he spoke.

"Your Majesty, according to the news from the brothers in Liaodong, the time for the Manchu Qing army to mobilize will probably be after the beginning of spring."

The reason why they did it after the beginning of spring, rather than in winter, was because the Manchus were holding weddings for the new and old banner people below.

After getting married, people have to spend a honeymoon, right?
Otherwise, you can't have a baby!

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, pondered for a while, and then gave instructions.

"Let the staff make a plan for our army to recover Liaodong after the main force of the Manchu Qing invades North Korea!"

"This time the Manchu Qing transferred their main force to North Korea. For me, Ming, it is a good opportunity to regain Liaodong without bloodshed."

Although the current Qing army is really not a threat to Daming.

However, if you can pick up a bargain, that would be the best.

At that time, after the main forces of the Manchu and Qing dynasties entered North Korea and brought disaster to North Korea, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to cut off the passage between the Korean Peninsula and Liaodong.

Block the Qing army on the Korean peninsula!

At that time, Liaodong will naturally go down without a fight.

And when the time comes, the Qing army blocked on the Korean peninsula will do something outrageous to North Korea...

He, Zhu Hongyu, said he didn't know!

Suddenly, Zhu Hongyu saw something about the Manchu Qing raising the flag for the green battalion soldiers under the rule, and marrying the bannermen's women as wives for these new bannermen.

The expression on Zhu Hongyu's face was a little weird!
The moral bottom line of my Qing Dynasty is as flexible as ever.

However, Zhu Hongyu really had to admit that Man Qing's move was very beautiful.

That is to say, it solved the problem of the alienation of the green battalion soldiers from the Qing Dynasty, supplemented the number of men in the bannermen, and solved the current situation of the Qing Dynasty's lack of troops.

It can be said to kill three birds with one stone!
The only price that needs to be paid is that some Banner women get married.

Man Qing's hand can be said to pay the least price and get the most benefits!

Zhu Hongyu had no choice but to give a thumbs up to the high-ranking officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who were able to make these decisions, and praised them for their admiration!
This works, show!
There are still capable people in the Qing Dynasty!

Zhu Hongyu flipped through the report that Jin Yiwei handed over, then closed the report and asked Zhou Tianxu.

"How is the anti-corruption arrangement going?"

Zhou Tianxu froze for a while when he heard the words, and then spoke.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the corresponding evidence has almost been collected, and the Ministry of Justice is also preparing to form a special case team to jointly handle the case with Jin Yiwei."

"As long as His Majesty gives an order, Jin Yiwei can sweep away the moths for Daming!"

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"After the New Year's Eve, start arranging the implementation of the corresponding plan!"

Zhou Tianxu clasped his fists in response.

……

In the last few days before the new year's day, what Zhu Hongyu didn't expect was that the Tai Hospital brought him a huge surprise.

The difficulty of mass production of vaccinia vaccine has been overcome, and it is ready to be promoted at any time for universal vaccination!

After hearing this news, the joy on Zhu Hongyu's face could hardly be concealed.

Because, he really knows how important the smallpox vaccine is!

Smallpox can be said to be one of the most terrifying viruses in human history!

It exists at the same level as plague, cholera, AIDS, etc.!

And what is even more frightening is that in this era, smallpox is basically an incurable disease due to its high mortality rate.

As long as you are infected with the virus, whether you can survive has nothing to do with medical methods, it all depends on whether the horoscope is hard or not!
Since the introduction of smallpox into China, the number of people who have died from the smallpox virus over the years has been countless.

If someone can eradicate the smallpox virus!

Then, no matter who this person is, he will create a godhead golden body in situ!
If during Zhu Hongyu's reign, if the vaccinia vaccine can be fully rolled out and the smallpox virus can be completely eradicated, then his prestige among the people will really be unimaginably high.

With this prestige, as long as he doesn't offend a whole interest class to death, he can basically do whatever he wants.

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, then spoke to Huatai in front of him.

"The Tai Hospital is preparing to fully roll out the vaccinia vaccination!"

"I will ask the cabinet to fully cooperate with the Tai Hospital, and will also ask the Ministry of Finance to make a corresponding financial plan and allocate special funds for the promotion and vaccination of vaccinia vaccine."

Zhu Hongyu was very happy when making a decision!
But after the decision was made and Huatai also resigned and left, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but grit his teeth for a while.

special!
The promotion of the vaccinia vaccine is another big expense.

The imperial court was almost out of money, and if they did this again...

Well, Zhu Hongyu can even imagine how tight the Ming court's finances will be next year!

Thinking of these things, Zhu Hongyu narrowed his eyes and said.

"It seems that I have to find a way to make some extra money!"

He thought that maybe he could work on the vaccinia vaccine!
Perhaps, the imperial court can divide the vaccines into different levels for promotion and vaccination. The lowest level of ordinary vaccines is free, and the imperial court pays for vaccinations for the common people.

Then there are so-called "enhanced" vaccines with different grades and different efficacy. Of course, these vaccines are charged.

And, the price will not be cheap!

However, these so-called different levels of vaccines are actually the same thing.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Hongyu intends to use the consumer psychology of a wave of luxury goods to engage in a wave of vaccine marketing.

Let those rich people who have too much money to spend panic to contribute to Daming's "smallpox eradication" campaign and pay for the vaccinations given to the poor.

Zhu Hongyu's behavior is definitely a bit of a dog, but it's better than the mass production of vaccinia vaccine because the court has no money, but it can't be promoted, okay?
Following Zhu Hongyu's order, the cabinet quickly came up with a corresponding plan.

And start preparing for implementation in the next year!

……

New Year's Eve!

On the last day of the first year of Ming Guang's restoration, the city of Nanjing was full of joy on this day.

The common people put up red couplets and hung lanterns outside their gates.

The family members who went out to work also returned home, and the family was preparing for a reunion year.

Every household is filled with the smell of food!
The chicken, duck and fish that they were reluctant to eat in the past were served on the table one after another.

No matter how poor the conditions are, people will eat dumplings on this day.

The streets are crowded with people, children are playing wildly on the street, and adults are buying new year's goods for the New Year's Eve dinner tonight!

There are even some takeaway guys running around the streets of Nanjing with their lunch boxes, delivering food to people who order takeaway from their own restaurants.

In fact, the takeaway brother has a long history!
In Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty and Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty, prototypes of takeaway food had appeared.

Basically, it belongs to the self-operated business of the major restaurants. Those regular customers want to eat something, and send someone to the restaurant to pass a message.

The restaurant will send people to the guests' homes after the food is prepared.

Isn't this the delivery guy?

Today's Nanjing City is no worse than Kaifeng and Lin'an in those days in terms of prosperity.

It is also normal to breed the industry of food delivery boys!

Standing on the wall of the imperial city of Nanjing, Zhu Hongyu looked at the fireworks in front of him, feeling quite proud and proud.

He came to this world through time travel, isn't it just for the fireworks in this world, isn't it just to let everyone in the world live a good life?
According to that sentence, the most beautiful thing in this world is nothing but fireworks in the world!
Looking away from the prosperous and prosperous scene in front of him, Zhu Hongyu turned his head and asked the eunuch beside him.

"How are the preparations for tonight's fireworks show and New Year's Eve party?"

Xiao Linzi, the personal eunuch serving beside him, spoke after hearing the words.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged, and the New Year's Eve party will start on time at eight o'clock tonight!"

"The firework show is according to the old practice, and it is arranged at twelve o'clock tonight to celebrate the New Year's Eve!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and spoke.

"well done!"

Zhu Hongyu is a lively person.

He has always felt from the bottom of his heart, just like the Spring Festival without firecrackers, can it be called the New Year, and the New Year without the Spring Festival Gala, can it still be called the New Year?
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu arranged a Spring Festival Gala for the people of Nanjing City.

Of course, since there is no television, the so-called Spring Festival Gala in this era is actually just setting up a big stage, and then preparing to put on a loudspeaker, and the imperial court pays for the opera troupe to come on stage and sing.

Probably each square arranges a stage!
It can be regarded as the imperial court paying money and having fun with the people.

Of course, what content to sing and what songs to sing on this stage must be decided by the imperial court!

Such a good publicity opportunity, Zhu Hongyu will definitely not let it go.

"What are the repertoires prepared for the stage?"

Zhu Hongyu asked, he wanted to confirm again.

The little eunuch beside him replied.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the repertoire prepared on the stage includes "Emperor Taizu Anti-corruption", "Loyal Yang Family General", "Man Jianghong", "Chengzu Northern Expedition", "Jiashen", "Ten Diaries of Yangzhou", "Jiangyin 81 Days"..."

Some of the repertoires in this are from the past, but more repertoires are newly compiled by the imperial court.

The central idea is basically to promote loyalty, promote the legitimacy of the Ming royal family, and stimulate nationalist thoughts and other related content.

Quite echoed the political views of Daming now!

The Ming Dynasty was able to restore the country, apart from its military strength, the main reason was that the Ming Dynasty had righteousness.

Loyalty, the nationalist ideological trend of the Huayi debate, and the legitimacy of Ming Dynasty's rule of the world for more than 200 years are the righteousness.

Therefore, Zhu Hongyu wants to use the means of propaganda to make Daming's orthodoxy more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"In addition to these repertoires, there are singing and dancing performances, cross talk performances, magic performances, etc..."

The little eunuch said to Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly when he heard this.

"Good, very good!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Hongyu turned around and went down the city wall, striding back into the imperial city.

To put it bluntly, the current Zhu Hongyu is still not short of money!
Although with the current financial situation of Ming Dynasty, it will be very difficult for Zhu Hongyu to engage in compulsory education and the construction of the railway network.

But Zhu Hongyu wanted to hold a Spring Festival Gala in Nanjing, so such a small expense was nothing but a drop in the bucket for Daming!
……

West of Nanjing City, Kangde Square!

This is a well-known slum in Nanjing.

There are several families living in a yard.

Everyone has to share the same toilet and water well, which makes life very inconvenient.

Especially when female relatives want to take a bath, they can only carry the water to their own room to wash, and they have to find someone to keep watch so as not to be peeped.

Life is very inconvenient!

However, this is the status quo of life of the people at the bottom of Nanjing.

Prior to this, due to the war, 300 million people were crowded in the city of Nanjing.

The influx of a large number of people has caused the already limited housing in Nanjing to become more and more compact.

A family like this living in one room is actually pretty good.

Because, in the current city of Nanjing, some people even have several households to squeeze into one room!
Jingshiju is not easy!
However, they are not willing to let these people go back to their hometown after seeing the prosperity of the capital.

They still don't understand that Nanjing is the Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanjing of the emperor, and the Nanjing of the people of Nanjing, but it is not their Nanjing!
This is due to the fact that the imperial court attached great importance to the security of Nanjing City, and dealt a severe blow to the social vitality organization in Nanjing City.

Otherwise, the life of the people at the bottom may be even more difficult!

"Mom, Mom, when will Dad come back!"

A little Douding, who seemed to be only six or seven years old, asked innocently while hugging the leg of his mother who was making dumplings.

"People are hungry!"

Looking at the dumplings his mother was making, he drools.

At this time, the stove in their house had been lit, and there was an iron pot on the stove, and the water in the pot was already boiling.

The mother shook off her son and put the dumplings into the pot one by one.

"Wait a minute, your father should be back soon!"

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl who was helping her mother stretched out her finger, tapped her brother's forehead lightly, and said.

"Dad hasn't come back yet, don't steal it!"

"That's great!"

Xiao Douding pursed his lips in aggrieved hearing, then turned around with his head shrunk and went out to play.

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and a tall, thin middle-aged man walked in.

His face is full of weather-beaten vicissitudes, and his big hands are also full of calluses.

He was tall and tall, but his back was stooped.

Because the burden of family life is on his shoulders.

The cost of living in Nanjing is very high. Rent, food and clothing are all expensive.

In order to meet the family's daily needs, even though today is New Year's Eve, Lu Gao still went out to do odd jobs.

Fortunately, this year's New Year's Eve, the imperial court wants to have fun with the people and set up a stage in the square to sing operas.

Before the big show started, the venue needed to be tidied up, and then he could find a job during the Chinese New Year.

Otherwise, Lu Gao couldn't find a suitable job even if he wanted to do odd jobs during the Chinese New Year.

Seeing her husband came back, the wife put down her work.

Patting his flour-stained hands on the apron, he strode towards his husband and helped him take off his dusty and stained coat.

"Come in, it's cold outside!"

"Drink some hot water to warm up your body!"

At the same time, Lu Gao's sons and daughters also rushed up one after another, and greeted their father for a while.

Feeling the warmth of home, Lu Gao's fatigue disappeared very quickly.

He touched his daughter's head, leaned over and picked up his son, and said.

"Get ready to eat!"

The family sat around the table, and the wife used a strainer to fish out the cooked dumplings from the pot and put them in front of the family.

The living conditions of their family are not good. Even if it is Chinese New Year, they can only eat dumplings for one meal.

Moreover, the stuffing of the dumplings is not meat stuffing, but white radish and potato stuffing. At most, some eggs and lard residue are added, which can be regarded as somewhat meaty.

Although Zhu Hongyu thinks his life is simple, compared with these real low-level people, his life is still luxurious enough.

However, although the food is simple, because the family is sitting together to eat, Lu Gao and others also eat with relish.

From time to time, he made a dumpling for his son and daughter. Seeing how they devoured it, Lu Gao felt that his hard work today was worth it.

Watching his mother-in-law and children eating, Lu Gao said.

"Today the emperor wants to have fun with the people, so he ordered people to set up a stage in the workshop, and everyone can watch it."

"Let's eat quickly, go early after eating, and take a good seat."

Hearing this, his son clapped his hands very excitedly and said.

"Watching a big show, watching a big play!"

"Watch a big show!"

Even his daughter's eyes are shining, obviously full of longing for the big drama.

There are many entertainment projects in this era, but that is for the top people.

The entertainment items for the people at the bottom are very scarce!

Many people are very interested in watching big dramas, or watching free big dramas.

However, when Lu Gao's wife heard the words, she showed a hesitant expression and asked.

"But, there should be a lot of people going to the theater today, right?"

"If there are too many people, we will be pushed to the back, afraid that we won't be able to see anything."

"Plus, I'm afraid there will be a lot of people today, so there will be danger, right?"

"Why don't you go?"

Lu Gao's wife is more introverted, not the kind of person who likes to join in the fun.

When Lu Gao heard the words, he waved his hands and said.

"Do you think your man did all his work for nothing during the day?"

"When I was working today, I got acquainted with the people in the troupe. Later, I will take you directly into the arena!"

"No need to queue, no need to worry about crowds!"

"Today we will definitely see a big show!"

"..."

Lu Gao patted his chest and made a promise.

When the son and daughter heard the words, they all exclaimed.

"Dad is amazing! Dad is amazing!"

Listening to his son and daughter's praise, Lu Gao's weather-beaten face was full of smiles.

This is a common problem of all fathers, who like to pretend to be omnipotent in front of their children!

The family finished their dinner quickly, and then went out together.

The family came to the place where the stage was set up in the workshop, went directly to the backstage, and found a suitable place to sit down.

Quietly waiting for the opening of tonight's big show!
……

On the square outside the imperial city, there is also a huge stage set up.

After Zhu Hongyu's banquet in the palace was over, he brought his concubines and heirs to the square outside the imperial city.

Beside him, many important ministers and nobles of Ming Dynasty, as well as their family members gathered together, preparing to watch the performance of the gala.

Singing babbling on the stage, Zhu Hongyu was watching the play while talking with Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo beside him in a low voice.

These two are the only two kings with different surnames in Ming Dynasty. Although they have no power, they are qualified to sit beside the emperor and accompany him to the theater because of their identities.

Then, there are Li Guangyuan, Zhou Tianxu, Shi Yongxin and other cronies.

While watching the opera, Zhu Hongyu was still thinking about the policy policy of Ming Dynasty next year.

First of all, the most important thing before Daming is the destruction of the Qing Dynasty.

The second is the rotation and cleaning of local officials!

Then there is compulsory education, the promotion of vaccination, and the establishment plan of the preliminary railway network, the opening of the top ten steel factories...

As well as the further development plan of the economic development zone, there are also policies to benefit the people such as checking Dingkou, clearing the acres of land, reducing rent and interest...etc.

Many things require Zhu Hongyu to personally check.

As an emperor with a high position and real power, rest is really a very luxurious thing for him.

Even if it is Chinese New Year, he is not allowed to rest.

That kind of real and serious emperor, how can he go to the south of the Yangtze River to play at every turn!

Not to mention that I can go six or seven times!

That's right, this is about Qianlong!
The time soon reached twelve o'clock in the evening, accompanied by the sound of the clock chiming...

In the next instant, clusters of fireworks bloomed over the entire city of Nanjing!

call out!Snapped!call out!Snapped!Whoosh!Snapped!

Fireworks rushed into the sky, and then exploded, blooming beautiful fireworks in the sky.

What a beautiful scene of fiery trees and silver flowers!
Zhu Hongyu also looked up at the sky and let out a breath of foul air slowly.

After the fireworks show ended, Zhu Hongyu gave another order.

"It's getting late, everyone, please go home early and rest!"

"Have a good rest for a few days during the New Year's Eve. After the Lantern Festival, the imperial court will be busy again!"

"..."

Many honorable ministers around heard the words, stood up to promise, and paid New Year's greetings to the emperor.

Zhu Hongyu said with a smile.

"Well, don't pay New Year's greetings, don't pay New Year's greetings!"

"Happy New Year now, I don't have any red envelopes for you gentlemen!"

When everyone heard the words, they all burst into laughter.

The emperor is joking, whether it's funny or not, you just have to laugh!
Afterwards, Zhu Hongyu returned to the palace with his concubines and heirs.

After the emperor left, those ministers also bid farewell to each other and then left.

After Li Dingguo said goodbye to Zheng Chenggong, he rode towards his mansion on horseback.

After he returned to his mansion, he saw a young eunuch wearing an inner official's robe standing at the gate of his mansion.

Seeing Li Dingguo returning to the mansion, the little eunuch quickly walked a few steps, rushed to his horse and bowed in front of his horse, then said.

"Prince Jin, this servant has ordered His Majesty to send a New Year's gift to King Jin!"

"Prince Jin please sign for acceptance, so that slaves can go back and report to His Majesty!"

While speaking, the little eunuch took out a gift list from his pocket, and then pointed to the pile of gifts piled up outside Jinwang Mansion, indicating that it was those things.

Li Dingguo glanced at the detailed list of New Year's gifts bestowed by the emperor on the gift list.

While being shocked by the emperor's generosity, he quickly signed his name and stamped his seal.

This Da Mingzi is really generous!
If the Emperor Chongzhen of that year was half as generous to his subordinates, Daming would definitely not have experienced the difficulty of Jiashen.

Uh... Well, Chongzhen is poor, and he can't be generous even if he wants to!

At the same time, Li Dingguo's heart was also complicated. Although he said that he didn't give them any red envelopes for New Year's greetings, he sent someone to deliver the gifts to their respective mansions later.

Is this Jun's kindness deep? !
No, this is unpredictable!
……

The second day, New Year's Day!

Many people came to Li Dingguo's house to pay New Year's greetings, and many of Li Dingguo's generals were rewarded with houses in Nanjing.

On the first day of the new year, they gathered together in a tacit understanding, planning to go together to pay New Year greetings to Li Dingguo.

Zhu Tingyun, Bai Wenxuan Habai and others arrived outside Li Dingguo's Prince Jin's mansion together.

The guards on duty at the gate went in and announced that they were allowed to enter.

Although Li Dingguo has no real power now, Zhu Hongyu allowed him to retain a part of his personal staff.

Used to protect his safety!

Although there were not many people, there were only a hundred or so people.

These people are all from Li Dingguo's personal guards, and there is no need to doubt their loyalty.

It is precisely because of this that these personal soldiers are familiar with Zhu Tingyun, Bai Wenxuan, etc.

When someone went in to inform Zhu Tingyun and others of their visit, Zhu Tingyun and others had already been invited into the small house where the guards usually rested.

And poured tea for them!
Several people chatted enthusiastically about old times.

Suddenly, Zhu Tingyun's eyes lit up, and he saw a beautiful figure walking by in Prince Jin's mansion.

She has a very slim figure, and the clothes she wears are also quite luxurious, a skirt embroidered with flowing clouds, black lining, blue silk square shoes, and a hairpin with pearl tassels stuck in her jet-black hair...

It's just that he is a little short, with a black fur scarf around his neck, which makes his small face, which is only the size of a palm, even more delicate.

But the size of the chest is quite exaggerated!
It's a loli with a childlike face!

Zhu Tingyun gasped, feeling that this woman was so terrifying that she had grown to his heart!

Turning around, Zhu Tingyun put his arms around the neck of the captain of Li Dingguo's personal guard beside him, and asked with a rippling face.

"Lao Li, whose family is that girl?"

"Strangely beautiful!"

He raised his chin slightly and pointed at the girl with a childlike face.

The ones that appear on Li Dingguo's mansion now are most likely to come to Jin Wang's mansion to pay New Year's greetings.

If you want to know her identity, you must ask Lao Li who is in charge of guarding the gate.

The corner of Lao Li's mouth twitched when he heard this, and tried to break free from Zhu Tingyun's chokehold, but failed.

He said helplessly.

"You take it easy!"

"Well, that girl's surname is Mu, and she's a young lady from Prince Mu's residence."

"The one who came to the prince today is with his father and brother. He wants the prince to take them to see His Majesty and restore the title of Prince Mu's Mansion."

Zhu Tingyun showed a very interested expression on his face, touched his chin and said.

"It's interesting!"

Before making Zhu Tingyun wait long, Li Dingguo sent someone to call all his old ministries in.

And send someone to lead them to the table!

However, Li Dingguo did not show up.

……

At this time, Li Dingguo was talking face to face with a middle-aged man in his study.

"My lord, we haven't seen each other for a long time!"

The middle-aged man's surname is Mu, and his name is Mu Tianyong. He is the cousin of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qian in the last Ming Dynasty.

When Wu Sangui's army broke through Kunming, Mu Tianbo escorted Emperor Yongli to flee south to Burma.

And Mu Tianyong is a fugitive civilian!

With the fall of the Yongli regime, Mu Tianyong decided to choose to forget his identity as a descendant of the Duke of Qian, and prepared to live incognito.

It's just that with the restoration of Ming Dynasty and the great victory of the Northern Expedition of Ming Dynasty, Mu Tianyong couldn't sit still.

Then, he brought his family to Nanjing, wanting to restore the title of Duke Qian's mansion!

However, he didn't dare to rush to see the emperor!

Therefore, he decided to have a relationship with Li Dingguo before entering the palace to see the emperor.

When Li Dingguo's troops were stationed in Yunnan, Mu Tianyong also contributed to the fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Had an intersection with Li Dingguo, although there was no friendship...

But after all, he looks familiar!
Li Dingguo nodded and said.

"It's been a long time since the Qing army entered Yunnan in the 12th year of the Yongli calendar, and it's been almost eight or nine years since I saw you!"

"Mu...how is your life recently?"

After struggling for a while, Li Dingguo chose to call Mu Tianyong Mr. Mu.

Because besides that, he really didn't know why he should call Mu Tianyong!

Although the emperor did not announce the excommunication of the Duke of Guizhou, it is true that the court did not set up a Duke of Qian after Mu Tianbo, the last Duke of Guizhou, died in the disaster of curse water.

Mu Tianyong really has no official status, so Li Dingguo can only call him Mr.

……

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