A long train honked its whistle in a billow of white steam, and rumbled slowly into the Zhengyangmen Railway Station in Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhengyangmen Railway Station was rebuilt from the original Zhengyangmen Urn in the inner city of Beijing. The tall and majestic Zhengyangmen Gate Tower, Arrow Tower, and Wengcheng City Wall have all been cleverly transformed into part of the train station.
At the same time, it is also a hub for Beijing's urban rail transit (subway, light rail), and it is also the largest bus station in Beijing. The name is "Bus Station", but in fact, there are public gas buses and public steam vehicles operating here. Cars, public carriages, and only a very small number of them are truly high-end and classy buses.
This bus is the high-tech king of ground transportation today! Because of the size of the bus, there is no way a 20- or 30-horsepower gasoline engine can pull it. It needs an inline or radial engine with 100-200 horsepower to be powerful enough! And these engines are all "aviation engines". The engines used in the aircraft and airships produced by the two major aviation giants of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing Ssangyong and Jiangnan Phoenix, are the same engines as the engines of these buses.
Can the class of "Hangfa" buses be lower?
And today, there was a row of extremely large double-decker buses parked outside the station in front! For this one, a 250-horsepower aviation engine is probably needed!
There are also very special paintings on the outer shell of these double-decker buses, which are in the shape of a dragon and a crane, not a tiger and a crane, but a dragon with teeth and claws and a crane with wings spread. Seeing this large bus, the pictures, and the large row of Jinyiwei officers and soldiers parked outside Zhengyangmen Railway Station and on guard inside and outside Zhengyangmen Railway Station, everyone knew that there must be some distinguished guests arriving today. Visited Beijing!
The Beijing citizens passing by Zhengyang Gate were also stopped by the vigilant Jin Yiwei - they were not allowed to pass for the time being because they were traveling in the royal family! Zhengyangmen in Beijing is not an ordinary place, it is at the foot of the real imperial city. In addition to the imperial palace, it is surrounded by the yamen of various ministries of the Ming Dynasty, or the residences of noble children of aristocratic families. Therefore, the pedestrians who were stopped by the Jin Yiwei were not in a hurry...because these people who were eating at the Yamen and were late because they were stopped while traveling by royal chariot would not be considered late.
Moreover, traveling with a chariot is quite rare in Beijing. It’s not that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were all otakus who never went out, but that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty rarely went out with formal imperial ceremonials... Just go out quietly for a while, don’t be too conspicuous, so as not to be spotted by people from the eight aristocratic families. I thought this emperor had different intentions and wanted to rebel!
However, the current Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty seems to be a timid person, not afraid of what others say, and not afraid of what the eight aristocratic families will arrange for him... He has been particularly active since he took office in October, and has already made several royal trips. . Today, the scale of this chauffeur trip is particularly large!
I don’t know if there is any valid reason?
It would not be a good idea if he moved around so frequently for no reason!
As a result, good citizens in Beijing who were concerned about the little emperor's health began to inquire about each other.
"What day is it today? Your Majesty is traveling again? Why are there so many big cars being repaired?"
"Don't you know? A foreign emperor is visiting us today to discuss the matter of a personal expedition, so our emperor has to come out to greet him."
"Foreign emperor? Which one? Daoguang or Nicholas?"
"It's not...it's the Mirror Emperor of Japan."
"What is the Mirror Emperor? It's Emperor Shizuko!"
"Female Emperor? What is she here for? Isn't she here for a blind date?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Emperor Shizuko is already in her thirties. How can she still be unmarried? Maybe she already has countless strong men in her harem..."
This group of old Beijingers who came from aristocratic families really had no respect for the imperial power. They were completely arrogant in their arrangement, and even the imperial guards on the side couldn't stand it anymore. However, these Jin Yiwei are also old Beijingers, and they are too embarrassed to scold them. One of them, the little boss, simply let the onlookers talk nonsense.
"That's all nonsense... Let me tell you, Emperor Jing's daughter is not here to have a blind date with our emperor. Our emperor has already appointed Princess Yujiao of Siam as his queen. It's not Jing's turn. The female emperor is here. The female emperor is here to discuss with our Ming Dynasty how to carve up India together, no, to liberate India!"
"Liberate India? Ah, I remembered... In the past two days, there has been news about the victory in Malacca! It seems that we are really going to do something big this time?"
"Of course!" The Jin Yiwei said with a proud look on his face, "The opportunity for our generation to make contributions... has come!"
"Really? Really coming? This is great!"
"How many years have I been waiting for this..."
Now no one was talking about the emperor's family and the emperor's family anymore, and everyone's interest was shifted to the great cause of liberating India.
Make great contributions!
Even for the children of the eight great aristocratic families and noble families, it is extremely attractive. After all, the eight aristocratic families have multiplied to this day, and who is not full of descendants? How can there be so many benefits that satisfy everyone?
And the war to capture India looks quite promising!
Everyone knows that India has a population of 200 million and millions of square kilometres…it would be valuable to liberate it!
...
At the same moment, a special train speeding all the way from Busan, North Korea, dressed in rough clothes, slowly drove into a heavily guarded platform. The platform was filled with royal guards in flying fish uniforms and black eunuchs in python robes holding whisks.
Zhu Xijin, the ninth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, wore a bright yellow dragon robe and a black gauze hat. He was sitting in a VIP room next to the platform with a golden sword. There was also a similarly dressed man sitting next to him. The bright woman is none other than the Queen Mother Zheng Yuhuan.
A month or two ago, Empress Dowager Zheng had ended her behind-the-curtain administration and returned the modest power to the young emperor Zhu Xijin. But her influence is still there! After all, she has been behind the curtain for many years, and everyone in the palace is her confidant, and outside the palace, she also has three supporters, Zhuge Weidao, Zheng Guoxian, and Mu Zhongjun! These three people are all core figures of the Zhuge family, Zheng family, and Mu family. It is not an exaggeration to say that they can influence the policies of the three major families.
Of course, another important reason that allows Zheng Yuhuan to continue to exert influence is that the "big policies" in the hands of the little emperor Zhu Xijin are not actually real. Since the great government is all empty, then there is nothing to fight between the mother and the son. Not only is there nothing to fight between them, but the two of them have obviously united to work hard so that their descendants can always hold the power. .
At this time, Zheng Yuhuan was whispering to his son: "The alliance of the Three Emperors to carve up India will be of great benefit to us two. It can greatly enhance the power of our royal family in the Ming Dynasty... But this is a big policy. , it is not appropriate for us to propose it, so you have to convince your Aunt Jingzi to propose it. If she proposes it, the cabinet will have to discuss the feasibility of this matter. And the cabinet’s major affairs should not be decided by the eight aristocratic families? Within the eight aristocratic families, there are The Zhuge family and the Zheng family have the most say, while the Mu family ranks third... and the carving up of India has many benefits for the eight great families. After all, there are many Indians and the country is large, and dozens of countries can be divided. How many people from the eight great families and the three great royal families will benefit? We will push forward this matter, and the people from the eight great families will not object. And once this matter is done, the next step will be the personal conquest of the emperor and the alliance of the three emperors. You have to come forward! You have to come forward for each of these! The more you come forward, your reputation will naturally increase, and the throne under your butt will become more stable, and you can pass it on to your descendants in the future!"
"Mother," Zhu Xijin had just taken office and really didn't know much about military affairs, so he was a little confused. "Who is the other emperor of the three emperors alliance you mentioned?"
"Daoguang, Golden Emperor Daoguang!"
