August 18th, the first year of Daqi Guangde.
Nanjing's Xuanwu Gate was covered with banners and swords, and two black hot-air balloons rose into the sky early. Watchmen stood in hanging baskets and looked down at the whole city.
The weather was clear, the clouds were clear, and the wind was gentle. With the roar of eighteen artillery pieces, the Qi Army military parade officially began.
The eighteen-gun salute symbolizes the eighteen years of arduous journey that the empire has endured since its birth.
At the first moment of Shenshi, the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Guangde, Empress Dowager Cisheng Jin Yuji, and Empress Dowager Yang Qing'er, surrounded by civil and military ministers, climbed onto the tower of Xuanwu Gate.
Emperor Guangde and the Emperor sat side by side, surrounded by the two queen mothers, Concubine Chen (Chen Yuanyuan), Concubine Liu (Liu Rushi), Concubine Xi (Daphne), Concubine Ying (Tokugawa Chiki) sitting on the golden Behind Yu Ji and Yang Qing'er were the general manager of the palace, Francisco Dongfangzhu, the high priest, the commander of the Imperial Guard Pei Dahu, the deputy commander Lin Yu and Wu Xiao, the commander of the coir raincoat guards Zhang Dong Liu Xingzuo, the guards Li Zicheng and Wei Zhao, and the Zhenfu soldiers. The commander ordered Jiang Liuer and others to serve as guards.
Then there are eight cabinet ministers: Qiao Yiqi, Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Huazhen, Qian Qianyi, Wang Yingxiong, Du Yinxi, Chen Zizhuang, and Jiang Dejing.
And the chief officers of the top ten corps:
Deng Changxiong of the Second Corps, Qi Jin of the Third Corps, Qin Jianxun of the Fourth Corps, Pu Gang of the Fifth Corps, Wu Aheng of the Sixth Corps, Wang Zengbin, chief officer of the Seventh Corps, Zhao Lejiao of the Eighth Corps, Zheng Yishi of the Tenth Corps, and The corps and the 12th corps Wang Congzhi Han Zhenyi.
Civil Affairs Chiefs Xie Yang, Lei Yiming, Huang Delun, and a total of 82 governors (governors and kings) from 37 provinces (vassal states) from Sakhalin Island in the north to Ryukyu Islands in the south were all given seats in the tower. .
The Nanjing Military Parade in the first year of Guangde was the first large-scale military parade after the Qi Dynasty unified the country.
The reason why the Supreme Emperor asked Liu Kan to participate in the military parade was to enhance the little emperor's prestige in the military.
Liu Kan is now sixteen this year. Although he officially took office a year ago and handles government affairs independently, the real power of the empire has always been in the hands of the Supreme Emperor. Liu Zhaosun can live to be 300 years old or even longer, but Liu Kan is not immortal.
While your authority is rising, start planning for the transition of power as early as possible, so that you may be able to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Sixteen-year-old Emperor Liu Kan of Guangde sat quietly next to his father.
Liu Kan's aura was no weaker than that of his burly and majestic demigod father.
The young emperor is full of heroic spirit, as tall as a pine tree under a rock.
His appearance inherited the handsomeness of his mother, Zhang Yan, and his physique was similar to that of his father before the explosion of Wang Gongchang. Of course, he was taller and more muscular than Liu Zhaosun at that time.
Emperor Guangde's character was extremely complex. He not only had his father's determination, courage, benevolence and love for the people, but also his mother Zhang Yan's resourcefulness and eclecticism. At the same time, he was also influenced by the compassionate empress dowager Jin Yujidong and empress dowager Yang Qing'er - after all, he was The two queen mothers raised him into a man with a sagacity and scheming beyond his years.
"Liu Kan, when the regiments pass by the avenue in front of Xuanwu Gate, you can stand up first to greet the soldiers. You can also read out the rewards for the soldiers who have made meritorious service." Liu Zhaosun earnestly warned.
"Father," Liu Kan lowered his voice and said, "There are still some Bailian remnants in Cao County, and Zheng Sen's remnants, about a thousand of them, are fleeing to western Liaoning. I think..."
The Supreme Emperor interrupted Emperor Guangde and said seriously:
"Kan'er, you have to remember that the enemy can never be killed. Maybe their life span is longer than that of Daqi. Don't be afraid of this. It is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining brave men. However, the soldiers have been fighting for so many years. The cabinet Several groups of people have changed, and almost all the previous people are dead. Those who are alive need to have a conclusion and an explanation, and this is more important than chasing down thousands of remnants."
Liu Kan thought for a while, nodded and said: "Father, I know, the human heart is the foundation."
Liu Zhaosun was quite pleased, and slowly looked at the hot air balloon rising in the distance:
"It's good to know. I didn't call you from Shenyang to watch a show. You have grown up. During this time, you can learn more in the south. Soldiers are the most important weapon of the country and must be firmly grasped. In your hands, these regiments will be your capital to fight in all directions and protect your family in the future. These civil servants represent the people of the world and cannot be ignored. Two knives, one soft and one hard, are indispensable. In the future, you must hold them firmly in the palm of your hand. Only Only in this way can you control your own destiny.”
"My son, please remember your father's teachings."
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At the first moment of Shenshi, the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Guangde, the cabinet and others watched the military parade at the Xuanwu Gate Tower.
Deng Changxiong, the chief officer of Daqi's Second Corps, served as the commander-in-chief and inspected various units on horseback.
The troops being reviewed were from the 11th Imperial Corps (there were actually ten left). Due to the rush of the incident, many people's military parade training was incomplete.
The army, navy and air force of the Daqi Corps jointly participated in the parade for the first time.
The Army took the lead. Twenty thousand soldiers from the 11th Corps were mobilized to form multiple square (echelon) teams, including twelve teams of gunmen, five square teams of pikemen, five square teams of sword and shield soldiers, and artillery. Eight square formations, four cavalry formations, and four auxiliary engineering formations passed in front of the Xuanwu Gate moat in sequence. The Qi Army's latest field artillery, medium and long-range rockets, and the latest tanks and carriages were also unveiled at the ceremony.
Next came the two formations of the Navy. Different from the purple uniforms of the Air Force, the Navy all wore blue.
In addition to the naval phalanx, other battleships and landing ships (reduced to a ratio of 1:50) were also reviewed. When all the ship models sailed through the Xuanwu Gate moat, the people watching suddenly became excited. Most of them , I have never seen such a warship before, and the strong impact it received is self-evident.
Of course, the most shocking thing is the empire's air force.
First, the air force phalanx walked through Xuanwu Gate Avenue, and accompanied by Guangde Emperor Liu Kan, he stood up and faced the three armies and shouted, "The Qi army is mighty!"
The 30,000 Qi troops outside Xuanwu Gate shouted: "Long live the Emperor! Long live Emperor Guangde! Long live Da Qi!"
The people around him were infected by this momentum and cheered and shouted.
After eighteen years, Liu Zhaosun led this army to overcome obstacles, wipe out fierce enemies one after another, fight a hundred battles externally, and carry out reforms internally. Although there were setbacks and failures, the imperial ship set sail again, soaring and moving forward indomitably.
The cry of long live went straight into the sky, even the lookout soldiers on the airship could hear it.
I don't know how long it took, but everyone's frenzied emotions gradually calmed down.
Liu Kan looked at the Supreme Emperor excitedly and asked, "Father, when will the Kunpeng you mentioned come out?"
Liu Zhaosun smiled and said nothing, looking up at the western sky.
At this time, there was a faint buzzing and roaring of a steam engine overhead.
Then, twelve new-type airships flew in from the western sky, blocking out the sky and the sun.
When these behemoths such as the black bird Kunpeng slowly passed over the Xuanwu Gate, the entire Wengcheng and the moat were shrouded in their shadows, and the sky in Nanjing darkened as if there was a sudden solar eclipse.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians held their breaths and stared blankly at the behemoth that suddenly broke in. If the commander-in-chief of each battalion hadn't yelled loudly that this was their own airship, many people would have been frightened and fled on the spot.
Kunpeng slowly swam over the head and towards the sky. The sun showed its head again, and the ancient city of Jinling was boiling instantly.
The sounds of long live the song come and go one after another, the sound is like the ocean tide, continuous and continuous.
Liu Zhaosun called Lei Zhenhua, the chief designer of the airship and nephew of Lei Yiming, the workshop director, and praised:
"You have done well. You have kept it a secret before. Even I didn't know that airships could be so big. The Kunpeng in Zhuang Zhou's novel soared to ninety thousand miles, but it was nothing more than that."
Lei Zhenhua is a standard technical geek. After hearing what the Emperor said, he quickly corrected him: "Your Majesty, although this boat is called Kunpeng, it can actually only fly two thousand feet high, which is far from ninety thousand miles away..." "
Liu Zhaosun laughed.
The Kunpeng airship can be controlled by humans and powered by steam, but its flight speed is very slow, slightly faster than a war horse. Fortunately, it already has precision bombing capabilities. The number of passengers on board has increased from the original two to eight, and there is a dedicated bomb delivery The hand and boiler hand can carry about five thousand kilograms of grenades or gunpowder at a time, and the range is one hundred and fifty miles.
Due to the insufficient number of airships, the three airships of the first echelon flew around the first circle to form the fourth echelon. Of course, this was the only military parade in Qi since then.
This military parade reviewed a total of 123 guns of various types, 50 chariots and carriages, 3,500 war horses, and 12 steam airships.
This army that Liu Zhaosun was proud of was not only invincible in East Asia, but could also sweep through thousands of armies even in contemporary Europe.
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The people of Nanjing who were watching the military parade screamed in surprise, and finally their voices were hoarse. Although there were soldiers from the Jinyi Guards and the Military Horse Division to maintain order around them, they still could not stop the enthusiastic people.
The military parade ended at dusk, the curfew in Jinling was lifted that day, and the people caroused all night long until dawn.
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