People upstairs looked out the window.
This team is arranged neatly, and it looks like a straight line when viewed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
The soldiers held their heads high and their morale high.
They were completely different from the beggars-like guardsmen that were common in the Ming Dynasty. Just looking at this energy and energy, even the elite of the Beijing camp cannot compare.
Wei Zhongxian said with envy: "This is really the most powerful soldier in the world. He looks murderous at the sight."
Lin Yueru smiled bitterly and thought to herself, during the battle with the Jiannu horse bandits, there were only 5,000 people including the supplementary troops, but in the end, these less than 1,000 people were all alive. How could they not look murderous? Such high morale was created by that evildoer Yang Fan who piled up lives and money.
Who else in the world would be willing to pay for such good treatment as a soldier except him. I heard that Xinghe Tuanlian will soon be divided into houses. What is it called Tongzilou? I don’t know what kind of house it is.
Everyone looked and saw that the firecrackers carried on the shoulders of these soldiers were different from all the firecrackers of the Ming Dynasty. The black barrel was slender, the wooden structure was very beautiful, and the handguard under the barrel and the place where the hand was held had smooth lines. , the butt of the gun also looks very delicate, and you can tell at a glance that this thing is for shoulder shooting.
Good industrial products have their own aesthetics and give people a pleasing feeling.
"Why is there no match rope? Is it a fire gate gun?" Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War, couldn't help but ask.
Lin Yueru explained: "These guns are all flintlock guns. They came from the West and are also called self-fire guns. They use fixed bullets and the rate of fire is twice as high as bird guns."
"What, the rate of fire is so high." The people around suddenly roared and started talking. This is not good news. This group of people is equipped with such sophisticated firearms, and the eunuch army in charge is no match.
Watching this group of soldiers running north in a hurry.
Li Kuilong suddenly reacted and shouted:
"Oh, no, they're going to pick up the security gate."
Everyone looked very unhappy, but there was no way to stop it now, so the emperor made a surprise attack. Taking advantage of the eunuchs being unprepared, they directly took control of the imperial city.
The emperor is going to blockade the imperial city.
It seems that from now on no one will be allowed to enter or leave the imperial city without the emperor's order.
Tian Ji touched his goatee and said faintly: "Your Majesty has resolved his own security issues. It seems that the next step is to attack us."
Wu Chunfu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Will your Majesty attack the Governor directly? Or first find a way to send the Governor out of the imperial city and go to the Jishuitan Royal Horse Prison to conduct the camp."
Taichang Qing Ni Wenhuan hurriedly stopped him and said: "No! Once the governor leaves the imperial city, his power will no longer be there. It is easy to go out, but it is difficult to come back in. Then he has left the center of power. If the emperor wants to Running a superintendent's office is just a matter of giving an order."
Li Kuilong, the deputy censor of the capital, said: "It's not okay to be like this now. We can't just sit back and wait for death."
Eunuch Li Chaoqing said gloomily: "To mobilize troops directly is to commit rebellion. Once you take this step, you will have no chance of turning back. Everyone should think clearly. The Beijing camp will not support us, even the internal eunuchs will not support us. They may not support it. This is the plan with the least chance of winning. So we still have to find a clever way to solve the problem. The Forbidden City is still in our hands."
Tian Ji and others were shocked when they heard Li Chaoqing's words.
There are too many people in the Forbidden City, Governor Wei. It is not easy for the emperor to distinguish between bright and dark ones. Unless all people are replaced, but this is impossible.
Wei Zhongxian weighed for a long time, but still did not dare to directly use internal tactics to attack the palace and control the emperor. This regiment training was born out of fighting on the battlefield. He didn't know what the eunuchs in the internal training were. Isn't this just trying to kill an egg with an egg against a stone?
Besides, they don't even have eggs, so they can still hit the ass.
Wei Zhongxian was silent for a while and then said sadly: "Then let the imperial kitchen cook something delicious for your majesty."
His Majesty Chongzhen started dinner. The difference was that the kitchen was not in the imperial dining room, but in a field kitchen set up in the Qianqing Palace Square.
All the people in the back three palaces have been replaced, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. The news inside cannot be spread at all.
No one knows that now the Housan Palace has switched to meals cooked by the group training cooking class.
Yang Fan and the emperor said that the dishes cooked by the cooking team were not as delicious as those in the imperial kitchen, which made His Majesty suffer.
The emperor laughed and said, when he first entered the palace and inherited the throne, he ate wheat cakes he brought in for several days, and even water was brought in with a kettle. No matter how bad your food is, it can be worse than this. Do you want to eat?
Chen Boishui was busy working in the imperial dining room. The eunuch, the eunuch of the imperial dining room, came in with someone to look at the prepared dishes and come over for inspection.
What was different from every day was that these unfamiliar eunuchs stood behind the eunuch Sishan King, blocking him and the royal chefs.
"The shredded bamboo shoots are not very well made. It seems that the color is not very tender." Eunuch Wang started to find faults in the eggs.
The emperor ate only a few bamboo shoots from a basket. What was wrong with that?
All the royal chefs hurriedly said nice things to their smiling faces, but in the end they were scolded bloody by Eunuch Wang.
Everyone was so scolded that they couldn't even lift their heads, and everyone looked down at their toes.
Eunuch Wang looked at all the forty-nine dishes before he let these poor chefs go and left with them.
Chen Boishui quickly sent someone to deliver the dishes to Qianqing Palace while they were still cold.
A lot of time was wasted just now.
Chongzhen had only one concubine, the queen, and two concubines. Chongzhen got married not long ago. He only got married in February this year. At the same time, he married the princess Zhou and his concubines Fei Tian and Yuan.
There were no children at this time.
The food provided by the imperial dining room is not much every day.
Chongzhen was frugal and not lewd by nature. He had very few people in his harem, and the cost of raising his family was the lowest among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
The imperial chefs brought the food to Kunning Gate. The other gates were closed, so they could only go here.
The two eunuchs in front of the door immediately stopped the royal chef and the kitchen servants carrying the meals. These eunuchs had been carrying the meals in person in the past few days.
At this time, a round table was set up in the Kunning Palace. This table was a table that Yang Fan had just paid tribute to the emperor. Since the emperor had given him all the food and drinks, he did not refuse and took the initiative to take responsibility.
The emperor usually ate alone at a table, but this time Yang Fan actually brought a round table, which surprised Chongzhen.
In the middle of the table is a disc made of colored glaze that can be rotated. Dishes are placed on the disc and are gently rotated by the hands of the serving eunuchs. Your Majesty, you can turn over to eat whatever you want.
In the past few days, Chongzhen called the queen and the two concubines to live in Kunning Palace so that Yang Fan could protect their safety.
In the past few days, we have eaten together, which made Chongzhen feel the intimacy of home.
Everyone on this table is the same distance from the center of the table, which makes Chongzhen feel a sense of intimacy with his wives, more like an ordinary couple.
In the past, when I ate alone, it was deserted, and it was far less interesting than sitting at a round table with my three wives.
Yang Fan's gang leaders kept bringing the food.
"Your Majesty, this is fish-flavored shredded pork, this is roasted eggplant, and this is boiled fish, sizzling beef fillet, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and fried liver tips." Yang Fan introduced to His Majesty one by one the cooking class's preparations. dishes.
It’s all home-cooked food for later generations.
Queen Zhou and the two noble concubines were stunned when they saw these delicious and delicious stir-fry dishes.
Everyone wants to eat it when they look at it.
In fact, Yang Fan doesn't know that the most unpalatable food in the world is the food in the palace. It is bland and tasteless, and cannot have personal characteristics. Everyone must cook it with the same taste.
The imperial chefs were mainly concerned with the safety of the emperor, and at the same time, they also tried their best not to cause trouble for themselves.
It would be damned if the food that comes out like this is delicious.
The cooking in Yang Fan's cooking class is completely based on the later model of heavy oil and heavy salt. If the taste is not good, customers will not come to the door. As a result, the chefs trained according to the standards of modern restaurants naturally make dishes with modern tastes.
Chongzhen looked at the dishes on the table. He didn't know where to start. He looked around, and finally opened the lid of the soup cup for each person that had just been served.
A strong aroma hit my nostrils.
Seeing Chongzhen open the lid of the soup, Queen Zhou also opened the lid.
Xiao Niangpi introduced from behind Queen Zhou: "Your Majesty, this is Buddha jumping over the wall. Try it, it's full of precious ingredients. It tastes very good."
