A loud noise, like the roar of a dragon, woke up the world.
Wild sand swept through the wind and clouds, and the dazzling light tore up the boundary between the vast sky and the desolate desert. What followed was a rumbling explosion. In the haze, it seemed as if the heaven was falling and Ragnarok.
After a long time, a huge mushroom cloud gradually spread in the sky.
"God's Coffin No. 1 was detonated successfully."
Qi Jiguang turned his attention to Hu Zongxian, "General, do you know who named the God's Coffin No. 1?"
Hu Zongxian paused: "Is he also Emperor Shizuwu?"
"Yes."
Qi Jiguang said leisurely, "Emperor Shi Zuwu said that this is the coffin of the dust-covered gods. When it is detonated, it means that the gods have been buried in the coffin by the Ming Dynasty. As long as God's Coffin No. 1 is controlled by the imperial court, At least we can strive for five hundred years of peace for Mingqiu.”
"The territory of the Ming Dynasty is too vast, and everyone in the world is a Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasties in some places may not really want to be a Ming Dynasty. As long as the imperial court holds the sacred coffin, who dares to make a mistake? As long as the imperial court holds the coffin If we always control cutting-edge technology, the earth will always be a bright ball, and everyone will at least have the same tone."
"Perhaps sooner or later, Mingqiu will change its surname, but at least it won't be now. The imperial court has never thought of monopolizing technology, because this is perverse, but the imperial court has always stood on the top of the mountain of technology, waiting for future generations to catch up."
"When the temple collapses, God is still God."
[This immersive simulation ends here. 】
The scene in front of Zhu Di changed. After the darkness, his vision returned to Qianqing Palace.
He hasn't reacted yet.
What thing just exploded with a whoosh?
What were Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang talking about?
What is this big sun rising in the desert?
What is a mushroom cloud?
etc……
How does this thing feel? It's a bit like the intercontinental missile described by Xiaosi, but not so exaggerated?
Also, the intercontinental missile was created by the Qiming Empire, and the Coffin No. 1 was created by the Mingqiu. In terms of time period, the development time of the Qiming Empire was a hundred years longer than that of the Mingqiu, and it would be okay if the technology was more developed. Understood.
Zhu Di is now confused: "So, what is the earth? Why did it become a bright ball later?"
…
"Ah Qiu!"
Zhu Gaojie sneezed, wrapped himself tightly in the fox fur cloak, and couldn't help but murmured, "The weather is getting colder and colder. If the temperature continues at this rate, the Ministry of Household Affairs will have to set aside enough money to distribute to the people in various provinces." Cold clothes.”
The winter in the north is extremely cold this year. I don’t know how many people will freeze to death. After Zhu Gaojie reformed the civil service and tax system, although the common people were well fed and their families were much richer, this was only because the average income was higher, and a large part of the common people were still in dire straits.
No matter how awesome Zhu Gaojie is, he cannot build Ming Dynasty into an utopia in just a few years. This is unrealistic.
He was lost in thought, and the big white cat kept in the Wenhua Hall slowly walked over on cat steps, jumped into his arms, and rubbed Zhu Gaojie's chest with its hair.
Zhu Gaojie gently held the white cat's back and said to himself: "The lower level plans things, the middle level plans people, the upper level plans the situation, the planners integrate the upper level mergers and acquisitions, the middle level helps, the lower level everything is not for me, everything is for my use, in doing things It’s nothing but human nature, and it’s nothing but human nature to plan the situation.”
He let out a long sigh, "The people are at the bottom of the dynastic system. They only have the power to groan and get angry. They have no right to speak, make decisions, supervise, distribute benefits, or live and die. Therefore, the upper levels do not need to care about the reputation of the people. What the people consider will always remain among the people, but those who are good at dealing with the people will be promoted step by step."
"In a hierarchical environment, the likes, dislikes and reputation of the people cannot determine the rise, fall, honor and disgrace of an official, but the favor of the superior or the highest power is the key to the rise, fall, honor and disgrace."
"Even if there is an eighteenth-level meritocracy system, it can only affect the general environment, but cannot replace it. It is so difficult to govern a country."
While Zhu Gaojie was playing with the cat, Aqi came over.
She bowed and said: "Your Highness, Chirong has arrived in Beijing."
Zhu Gaojie came back to his senses and felt much better after hearing this: "Okay, Chirong, we are an old friend. We said goodbye to each other in Nanjing and have not seen each other again. Where is he?"
Chi Rong, the former admiral of the Three Thousand Battalion, commanded the most elite cavalry army in the Ming Dynasty. Although he was a Mongolian, he was highly regarded by the old man.
During the Northern Expedition, Chirong served as deputy generals for Zhu Gaojie. They used 800 cavalry to hold the pass at Hulan Huwenwen and faced tens of thousands of elite cavalry from Oara. They were among the first to follow Zhu Gaojie.
Most of the old subordinates who followed Zhu Gaojie back then had a successful career, but Chirong was demoted instead of promoted, and lost his post as admiral. He had been training troops in Songlu Mountain and was willing to serve as the commander of King Qi's guard. Later, when Zhu Gaojie was promoted to crown prince, King Qi's guard was abolished in name. In fact, it was renamed "Songlu Guard", and Chirong became the commander of Songlu Guard.
The name of the Songlu Guard is Wei, but the regular number of guards is three thousand, but the Songlu Guard has expanded to tens of thousands. With the support of Zhu Gaojie, the Songlu Guards are well-equipped and well-trained under the management of Chi Rong. They can be said to be the most loyal and elite team in Zhu Gaojie's hands.
The old man's health was getting worse and worse. In order to prevent unrest, Zhu Gaojie ordered the Songlu Guards to be transferred from Nanjing to Beijing. Having such an army at hand would make him feel more at ease.
"Then I'll give myself a day off today to check and accept what Chi Rong has done in the past few years."
Zhu Gaojiu put the big white cat in his arms onto the table, stood up and walked out of the hall with a happy mood, "Let's go to the military parade with me!"
Aqi followed closely behind.
…
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers gathered at the camp in the western suburbs of Beijing.
Unlike the sergeants of the three major battalions, although the equipment on these sergeants is also standard, it is very different from the conventional equipment.
The sergeants of this army are all wearing light armor, with short knives on their waists for close combat, and fire blunderbuss, suitable for distant combat, and most of them are infantry. The only cavalry that can be seen in the barracks are sentry horses.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were gathered in the camp. Rows of sergeants stood side by side in silence. This was a silent army. There was no whispering or laughter. The only thing that could make them move was the general's order.
Chirong sat at the front of tens of thousands of soldiers. He closed his eyes lightly. The tall and battle-experienced man was wearing armor. Just sitting there was like a mountain, not angry and self-powerful.
He was originally a cavalry leader, but after training this infantry army according to Zhu Gaojie's training method, he suddenly felt that if it were the same number of cavalry, even an elite battalion of three thousand, they would not be able to face this infantry army. No chance of winning.
Fireguns are consumed by long-range attacks, and it is difficult for any army to rush to the front of the Truffle Guards under this tacit understanding of gunpowder shooting. Even if they rush to the front of the Truffle Guards, they will be greeted by short knives suitable for close combat.
However, what truly gives this army its strong combat effectiveness is its strict discipline and common beliefs.
According to the military training methods left by Zhu Gaojie, Chi Rong carried out several years of unremitting brainwashing on the Songlu Guards... ahem, it was will training.
Every day I shout some slogans that make my blood boil. After I get tired of hearing them, the soldiers may feel that they are too unrealistic and unwilling to sacrifice their lives. Whoever is willing to sacrifice will be sacrificed. My life is the most important.
But if you are willing to provide them with military pay, cold clothes, and adequate food on time, provide pensions to the soldiers who died in battle according to high standards and confirm that they can be distributed to the families of the soldiers, issue medals of honor to the soldiers who died in the battle, and permanently engrave them on the local on the Heroes Monument, and each soldier only needs to serve for ten years. After retirement, the court will issue retirement pay and solve follow-up work issues...
The soldiers will feel: The interests of the country outweigh everything else, and I am willing to be the first warrior to sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty!
The prince is really good!
How can the soldiers not be brave?
The cost of cultivating such a well-equipped and highly disciplined army is several times or even ten times that of an ordinary army. But Chirong felt it was worth it, because the army trained by Zhu Gaojie had dozens or even a hundred times the combat power of the ordinary army!
Chi Rong saw the figure approaching from a distance and stood up immediately.
The man was wearing a fox fur cloak and he looked like just a handsome young man. Even though he hadn't seen him for several years, Chirong recognized him at a glance.
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the barracks also stood up.
Chi Rong raised his fist in front of his chest in a military salute and said loudly: "Commander Chi Rong of the Songlu Guards, come to see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The chorus of tens of thousands of soldiers was like a tsunami, with great momentum: "Songlu Guards, see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"His Royal Highness, may you be blessed!"
The sound is like a continuous tidal wave, rolling in, like a natural thunder god beating a drum, the wind and clouds are turbulent, making people's hair stand on end and their liver and gallbladder broken. Just from this chorus and military salute, it can be seen that this army is a well-trained army. Su, the powerful tiger and leopard warrior!
Aqi, who was following Zhu Gaojie, couldn't help but be shocked. She had never seen such a uniform and high-morale army!
In her memory, wasn't the Songlu Mountain Guard a useless regiment that was rotten to the core? How could it be that they had been completely transformed in just a few years?
Zhu Gaojie returned the military salute with a smile: "Hello, soldiers!"
"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"
When the voice fell, the tens of thousands of Songlu Guard soldiers responded loudly: "Death for His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Damn, the treatment is so good, anyone else would be willing to die for Zhu Gaojie!
The Songlu Guard sergeants had seen many generals drawing big cakes for their soldiers, but this was the first time they could actually eat the big cakes. What's more, what Zhu Gaojie fed them was not cakes, but meat!
(End of chapter)
