Rumble~
It started to rain outside.
Raindrops pattered on the eaves, and the surroundings were very quiet, leaving only the patter of rain.
Jiaqing fell asleep peacefully.
In the evening, the setting sun shone into the hall, chilling the bones.
Wei Dabao bowed to the rocking chair and called softly.
"Your Majesty, it's time to eat."
"Hmm~"
Jiaqing woke up in a daze, the cold air pouring from his neck, and he woke up most of the time with a jolt.
Looking back outside the hall, I saw the setting sun.
A drop of water fell on Jiaqing's face.
Jiaqing looked up and found that water seemed to be seeping above.
"This main hall should be repaired, that's all. Let's go to the imperial dining room first.
Today I also had Mingjun hot pot. "
As the saying goes, it rained all night when the house was leaking. Just when Jiaqing was enjoying his army's pot, an urgent message from the northwest was delivered to the palace.
Junggar declared independence.
In order to unify the northwest, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty fought continuous wars with Junggar.
The war started in 1690 and lasted until 1757. After three dynasties, it took 70 years to completely pacify the country.
Junggar originally had a population of 600,000, but due to the anti-Qing war, internal strife, plague, and massacres and plunders by the Qing army.
The people of the Junggar tribe are almost exhausted. The survivors who are attached to the Saiyinnuoyan tribe in Outer Mongolia are called Erut, and those who are nomadic in Qinghai are called Choros.
Decades later, when Ming Dynasty returned to Jinling Yingtian Mansion, they felt that an opportunity had come.
A descendant of the intermarriage between Erut and Zoros, named Lutros, once again took up the banner of anti-Qing.
In the first month of the year, Lutros merged the two tribes and called them Junggar again, once again breaking away from the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, Lutros's letter has arrived."
Duo Shan entered with his sword, regardless of the tangled looks in the eunuchs' eyes on both sides.
"Who is Lutros? Just read it." Jiaqing shook his head, took a piece of luncheon meat from the pot and put it into his mouth.
“My ancestor is a descendant of Mongolia and has a feud with the Golden Family of Eastern Mongolia.
Nowadays, the Qing Dynasty protects Eastern Mongolia and attacks Mongolia. The people of the Qing Dynasty are suffering very much.
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Therefore, we now have 30,000 troops and gathered all the tribes of Mongolia to establish the ambition of eternity and build a homeland of ten thousand chariots.
Said: Junggar Khanate. "
Duo Shan Nian was very calm.
"That's unreasonable!"
"It's too much!"
Jiaqing slapped the gold ivory chopsticks on the table, and the soup in the bowl burst out.
The Qing Dynasty at this moment is just a shabby house.
It was a wall that everyone pushed down.
"I can't defeat Ming Dynasty, how can I defeat you?
Summon Yang Yuchun back to Beijing! "
Duo Shan was stunned and asked: "What about the White Lotus Sect in Sichuan?"
"Don't worry about him!
Anyway, in the south, the dominance of our Qing Dynasty has dropped to the bottom. Instead of spending a lot of resources to maintain it, it is better to leave the White Lotus Sect and give Zhu Zaiming a headache. "
Duoshan took the order and left, leaving Jiaqing alone in the imperial dining room in a daze.
He looked at the delicious food on the table and completely lost his appetite.
Jiaqing whispered:
"Is the Qing Dynasty going to perish?"
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Jinling.
At this moment, the construction of the capital gradually took shape.
The residential areas are like dots on a chessboard, and some shops have opened on both sides of the street.
The three-story cement building has mineral red paint on the walls, white characters on a red background, and colorful flags fluttering.
In a teahouse, ordinary people leaned on their chairs, ordered a cup of Pu'er tea, and picked up the newspapers provided by the teahouse.
In the new issue of "Da Ming Bao", interesting stories about Zhungeer's independence were highlighted.
The famous contemporary writer Zhu Zaiming commented on this.
It fully praised the character of the Junggar people in not fearing the power of the Qing Dynasty, and praised the feats of the national hero Lutros.
But the same thing.
He also criticized Lutros' misdeeds of dividing China.
You know, the northwest region has been an indivisible territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times!
If you are against the Qing Dynasty, then you are against the Qing Dynasty. Why are you still seeking separatism?
This doesn’t work, we must criticize!
The entire article deeply praises the excellent qualities of the local people.
It also deeply analyzes Lutros's use of national contradictions to satisfy his desire for power.
The people of Ming Dynasty firmly believed in this.
Even the people in Qingtong District pointed fingers at Lutros.
At the same time, he expressed concern about his compatriots in Dzunggar, fearing that they would become cannon fodder in the power game.
It’s not just Zhu Zaiming’s article.
Many advanced new-age intellectuals have also published articles criticizing Lutros.
What is the Chinese orthodoxy in the Ming Dynasty, and why are our northern compatriots in dire straits?
They jointly submitted a letter asking His Majesty to make an expedition to the north and liberate the north as soon as possible.
This issue of the newspaper was, not surprisingly, on the Coast Guard mail clipper.
Today, the business of Daming Mail is getting wider and wider, from Australia to Nanyang and then to Jinling.
Even the southern border and the Forbidden City in Peking have Ming mail.
As business expanded, postal costs also began to plummet.
The mailing service from Jinling to Peking only costs 17 yuan per catty.
If you are a commercial bank and a partner of Daming Mail, the price can be cut in half.
Many people also began to exchange letters. Find a scholar in a teahouse and bring you a cup of tea and a plate of snacks. They can help you write any form of letter.
Mr. Wang entered the teahouse with a big bald head and a cotton hat.
He looked left and right, and his eyes locked on a figure in the crowd.
He quickly ran over and lined up next to him.
An hour later, it was finally his turn.
Old Man Wang put the bag in his hand on the table, took out 8 more copper coins, and said to the middle-aged scholar in front of him.
"Fan Tui, this old man is here again. This time I am writing to the old Zhang family at the end of Donkey Rou Hutong in Beiping."
Fan Tui collected the copper coins, carefully put them into a small wooden box containing half a box of coins, and asked patiently: "What do you want to say specifically?"
"Hey, it's okay.
Isn't this what Lao Zhang and I agreed to do more than ten years ago, to get married with our fingertips?
The grown-up son of my family is very promising now. He is said to have joined Archaeological Team of Archbishop Yan Bai, and will soon go out to sea for archeology.
Thinking that the sea was very rough and afraid of any accident, he asked Lao Zhang to pack up quickly and come to Jinling to get married first.
Leave a seed. "
"That's it!" Fan Tui nodded.
In ancient times, arranged marriages were the norm.
Although Ming Dynasty has now entered a new era, some traditions cannot be changed for a while.
Arranged marriage and free love each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
No matter how lenient the Ming Dynasty was, it could not manage the inheritance of the people's family lineage, so they could only let nature take its course.
The Ministry of Etiquette only needs to provide some appropriate guidance to avoid bad things such as cheating and flash marriages in the future.
After writing the letter, Mr. Wang left the postage fee and left.
He was not afraid of Fan Tui fooling him, because these scholars had to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to apply for a certificate if they could write letters in the teahouse.
If someone makes a mistake, the Ministry of Punishment will naturally send someone to deal with them.
After leaving the teahouse, Old Man Wang walked on the sidewalk and sat on a small bench on the street for a while.
He slapped his head and shouted secretly: "How could I forget this!"
When you have a wedding, you have to invite the folks from the village to have a meal, and it has to be a festive event.
So, Old Man Wang began to walk purposefully on the street.
I bought some daily necessities from the daily necessities store, including soap, a copper basin, a mirror, a thick bed tent, and a set of quilts.
I bought a barrel of oil at a grain and oil store, as well as unknown fruits from Southeast Asia.
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Finally, Old Man Wang gritted his teeth and bought a clock from Sa Chen's Watch Shop.
