The Ming Dynasty is going to carry out a big military exercise, although this kind of military exercise has been experienced twice, but there are still many people who do not understand, want to take a second look, and have an intuitive feeling of the real power of the country known as 'China'.
Among them, the most concerned are the Chahar, the Wa Kingdom and Burma.
Chahar is a fierce unification of Mongolia, reproduce the great cause of Genghis Khan, wantonly annex its own factions, the surrounding tribes, and constantly provoke the rules set by the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has news that they can't bear it anymore and are about to crusade, they naturally can't be careless.
The Wa Kingdom, since the Ming Dynasty interfered with the Satsuma Domain to invade and occupy the Ryukyus, even if there was a grudge, but because of the internal instability of the Wa Kingdom, especially the Satsuma Domain fell to the Ming Dynasty, the Tokugawa Shogunate was very shocked, and when preparing for the crusade, the Shimabara Rebellion broke out, and the eight countries of the Nine Nations Island were simply unable to suppress it, plus the Satsuma Domain's fanning the flames and secretly helping, the Tokugawa Shogunate had mobilized tens of thousands of troops, and it still failed to extinguish.
All this is to blame on the Ming Dynasty, so there is the last time to call for another crusade against North Korea and attack the Ming Dynasty's 'declaration of war'.
Therefore, they are also eager to know what the current strength of the Ming Dynasty is and whether it has the ability to further interfere in the affairs of the Nine Kingdoms.
The last one is Myanmar, this country has been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for decades, nearly half a century, and now it is in internal turmoil, divided, and the Ming Dynasty has 'recovered' Annam, and has made frequent moves on the southeast peninsula, and he does not dare to be careless, and wants to take a peek.
Of course, other countries did not pay attention to it, Siam, Nanzhang, Korea, Ryukyu, Horqin and other lords and envoys are waiting for the Ming Dynasty's strength and prosperity to effectively protect them, they are now facing threats, realistic and urgent.
These lords and envoys can't wait to watch, because according to the procedure, after the great military exercise, His Majesty the Ming Emperor will have a banquet to entertain them, and many questions, they all want to present His Majesty the Ming Emperor to find out the true intentions of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War are now the most busy, in addition to the lords of various countries, the envoys want to visit the Great Martial Arts, the civil and military officials of the capital in addition to the mandatory must go, other officials of all sizes can participate on their own, in addition to the honorable ministers, clans, almost all the 'high-level' of the Ming Dynasty will attend!
Such a grand event, Daming has never had!
The Ministry of Rites is arranging the rituals in detail, who goes, how to go, how to go, etc., which are tedious and terrible, but they cannot but be meticulous.
The military department was more cautious, mobilized heavy troops, starting from the capital, along the road three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, stretching for more than ten miles, straight to the Jingdong camp, solemn formation.
The other four are not idle, and there are too many things to do, even if their heads and brains are now two big.
Cining Palace.
Zhu Xu, Zhang Yun, Empress Dowager Zhang, and Xiao Yongning surrounded the table, and in the middle of the table was a steaming hot pot and various home-cooked dishes.
The little girl's face was flushed, she stood up, held chopsticks, and looked all over the table for food.
"Xiangjun, here you go."
"Sister Huan'er, here you go."
"Here you go, hurry up and eat."
The little girl is quite good at buying people's hearts now, holding small bowls and filling them with food one by one.
Empress Dowager Zhang didn't bother to pay attention to the little girl, looked at Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun, and felt very satisfied, so that she was like a family.
It's just one less child. ’ Empress Dowager Zhang said secretly in her heart, glanced at Zhang Yun's stomach quietly, smiled and said to Zhu Xu: "Don't go to the concubine's side, I just saw it, it's no big deal, it's just a cold, and it's okay to rest for a while." ” Zhu Xu sandwiched a bowl of dishes for Zhang Yun, looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Well, I can rest assured that I am taken care of by the imperial sister-in-law, and I will go for a walk with the queen later, and take a look at peace of mind." ” Empress Dowager Zhang nodded, watched the little girl squeeze around her with chopsticks, frowned, grabbed her ear, pressed on the stool and sat down, and said angrily: "Be honest with me, and then fight other ghost ideas, see how I clean you up." ” The little girl pouted, her face full of grievances.
Zhang Yun held the bowl given by Zhu Xu, her pretty face was slightly red, and she sat dignified without interjecting.
She hadn't settled into such an atmosphere for the time being, her eyes were wide open, and she had been observing curiously.
Zhu Xu ate a few bites, looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, how is your health lately?"
” In this way, Zhu Xu will ask many times a year, but Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care, and said, "It's okay, as long as this girl is less angry with me a few times, there will be no big problem." ” Zhu Xu turned his head to look at Xiao Yongning and said, "What did you do again?"
” The little girl sat upright in a serious manner, and said coquettishly to Zhu Xu: "Uncle Huang, people are very well-behaved, and the female rings have been read." ” Zhu Xu didn't believe her, and looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang, the Empress Dowager Zhang frowned and didn't want to say more, Zhu Xu looked at Zhang Yun on his side.
Zhang Yun glanced at Xiao Yongning, leaned closer and whispered: "The princess was riding a horse in the palace and almost lost control and fell down, which scared the mother. ” After saying this, she said, "The concubine has already discussed with the princess, and she promised to inform me first when riding a horse in the future." ” Zhu Xu shook his head secretly, this girl has ghost ideas one after another, where can Zhang Yun cover it, he pondered in his heart, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhang, "Imperial sister-in-law, there is a group banquet after the martial arts, I wanted to invite the concubine, the imperial sister-in-law to show up together, give a blessing, now the concubine, the imperial sister-in-law is not very comfortable, it is better to let Yongning go, a kid from the five imperial brothers' family will also go, in this way, our royal family is basically together." ” Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't understand Zhu Xu's consideration, but she knew that it was a major event outside, looked at Xiao Yongning, and said with a calm face: "Tomorrow is the emperor, a big event in the imperial court, if you mess around again, you will never be spared!"
” The little girl had a solemn face, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhang: "The queen mother's teachings, the sons have written them down." ” Although the little girl said it seriously, Zhu Xu clearly felt the excitement in her eyes.
The corners of Zhu Xu's mouth were quietly hooked, and he sandwiched a few dishes for Zhang Yun, and said, "You will also go together tomorrow, wearing formal clothes, it may be harder." ” Zhang Yun leaned over lightly and said, "The concubine is fine." ” Zhu Xu nodded slightly, thinking in his heart, if it weren't for Ci Ye's young age, it would be appropriate to take him with him.
Putting these aside, Zhu Xu, Empress Dowager Zhang and others began to eat, talking about the shortcomings of their parents.
Zhang Yunqiao's face did not move, and she was secretly surprised in her heart, it turned out that the emperor and the queen mother's family ate like this, and it was really ordinary and could not be more ordinary.
Not long after, Cao Huachun walked in, first saluted everyone, and then whispered in Zhu Xu's ear: "The emperor, the cabinet, the six ministries, and the governors are asking to see you outside the palace. ” Zhu Xu was stunned, turned his head and said, "What's the matter with them?"
” Cao Huachun said, "Elder Bi Ge said that they have figured out what the emperor said, and they are here to ask for guilt." ” Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, no matter whether they really figured it out or coped with an errand, he definitely couldn't go to meet at this time, the time to belittle the Manchu Dynasty and elevate him as an emperor had passed, and he couldn't hit the confidence of the ministers anymore.
"Take the notebook and tell them all to go back, there is no right or wrong for the sake of state affairs, there are pros and cons to the form and method, just think clearly."
Zhu Xu thought about it for a moment and said.
"Yes."
Cao Huachun responded.