On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the first year of the reign of King Ding of the Ming Dynasty, a large group of former Confucians in cloth clothes and scarves, with long swords and bronze hammers had gathered on the Tianzi Pier in Nanguan, Guangzhou.
Although all the original Confucians are dressed similarly, people from Guangzhou who have been dealing with them for several months can already tell from the details how old this Confucian is?
First of all, the color of the scarves on the heads of the original Confucians was different. High-level Confucians all wore yellow scarves... People in Guangzhou who like to give people nicknames called them "Yellow Turban Confucians". The ordinary original Confucians wear red scarves on their heads, and the people in Guangfu call them "red-headed Confucians".
Now, what appears on the Tianzi Pier is a "yellow turban". It seems that all the yellow turbans in Guangzhou City are here.
Secondly, the clothes of the original Confucians also changed, although they were all dressed in commoners. But the high-ranking original Confucians all wear red cloth... This is the great Confucian in red! Ordinary Yuan Confucians wear black or light red cloth. Among them, the original Confucians in black are either students or officials. Most of the people wearing light red cloth were soldiers, and the people of Guangfu affectionately called them "the Confucians who kill people."
The third difference is that ordinary original Confucians only have long swords and copper hammers, while the "Yellow Turban Confucians" have been issued flintlock pistols produced in Foshan since July. These flintlock pistols were copied from the British-made flintlock pistols that Zhu Heji snatched from the Great Eastern, but the quality was not very good and they always failed to fire. However, Zhu Heji still spent money to buy them and distributed them to the "Yellow Turban Confucians" for show.
High imitation is not easy, and you will encounter many technical difficulties, so you need support in the early stages and cannot be beaten to death with a stick.
While providing support, Zhu Heji also prepared to let the "South Factory" that had moved to Guangzhou start iron-making, and explore metallurgical technology step by step from the bottom - although the two industries of chemical industry and metallurgy have many similarities. place, but after all, they are separated by lines like mountains! Therefore, the little knowledge Zhu Heji had in metallurgy, and the most he could do was to produce some strip steel. It was difficult to support a full-process ironworks workshop with complete technological processes, and it required a little exploration.
In addition to the need for a little exploration in the full-process workshop and ironworks, and the process of making flintlocks and even rifled flintlocks, which require craftsmen to explore under the guidance of Zhu Heji, Beichang’s wine, sugar, and perfume, Xichang’s Zhu Heji cannot ignore the production of fire salt, gunpowder in the inner factory, and allicin that supports Zhu Heji's status as a "sage"... He is the "chief engineer" of these factories!
In addition, there are three "key schools" such as Tiannan Daofu School, Huangpu Military Academy and Tianwanggong Children's Hall, which require Zhu Heji to invest a lot of energy in order to stand up bit by bit.
Finally, Zhu Heji also had to follow up on the construction of the army and local government.
Although Zhuge Sanhe and his son, Guo Youde, Yu Erye, Bai Xiaowen, and Da Boling are all relatively capable. But he couldn't do anything without Zhu Heji, so he was so busy these days that he didn't even have a chance to be his "secretary and teacher" Bei Jiaxin and "maid and nurse" Aoi. Keep your mouth shut. It's not that they lack the time to hold hands, but that they don't have time to take care of things... These two girls are also statuses. One is Zheng Jing's cousin and the other is the daughter of "Captain Aoi". If you don’t have a name or a lot, you’ll be “taken”. There must be a concubine ceremony, right?
Regarding this matter, Zhu and Ji could only push it again and again, and until now they still haven't gotten around to it.
But Zhu Heji, who was so busy, put down everything today and stood on the Tianzi Pier in Guangzhou with a large number of "Yellow Turban Confucians" under his command, waiting for several large bird boats to dock slowly.
These big bird boats have a certain background. They came from Dahao Port controlled by Qiu Hui. One of the bird boats was carrying King Zhu Tianwang, the king of the Ming Dynasty!
Under the repeated urging of Zhu Heji and Qiu Hui, Zhu Cijiong, the king of the Ming Dynasty, finally left Chaozhou Prefecture by boat on the first day of September. Today he finally arrived at Guangzhou Fucheng, the first city in Tiannan.
In fact, King Zhu Tian has been very happy in Jieyang City these past few months. He is the real master of half the county! There are more than 30,000 people! And he also won the first and second big victories in his life... Especially in the Battle of Xiushui Creek, he single-handedly blocked Shang Kexi's tens of thousands of troops, and also captured the Qing Dynasty alive. Wu Sanwei, the imperial martial arts champion, is simply the strongest man in the world.
If Emperor Chongzhen's spirit in heaven knew that he had such a powerful third prince, I really don't know how happy he would be?
But not long after King Zhu Tian was happy, he had to leave Chaozhou, the place where he made his fortune, and took the Qiu family's big bird boat to go to Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, to find a new dream... This was King Zhu Tian's first move. An emperor's dream that I have never dared to imagine since I was sensible!
This should have been the highest achievement of a man, but seeing that the dream of an emperor is about to come true, King Zhu Tian is now standing on the deck of a big bird ship, looking at Tianzi Pier getting closer and closer to him, but he is a little worried about gain and loss. .
After entering the city of Guangzhou, can I just lie down and become the emperor? From now on, there will no longer be the excitement of standing on a high bridge under the bright sun and facing tens of thousands of Jianyi soldiers alone?
Am I going to have fun playing happily with the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard all day long?
Although the emperor wanted to have the seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, without the excitement of fighting on the battlefield, it seemed that there was something missing!
By the way... Heavenly King Zhu suddenly thought: "Where are my seventy-two concubines from the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard? Why haven't they been chosen yet? No, I have to give them a good push when I turn around!"
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"Father, I am glad that I have lived up to my command and finally captured the eleven counties of Guangzhou for you! Now there are more than 1.2 million soldiers and civilians in Guangzhou, more than 1,000 townships, and more than 180 buildings. The farm, thirty-eight castles, big and small...are all ours!
Father, our Ming Dynasty is back now! "
On the Tianzi Pier, as soon as Zhu Heji saw his father, who looked like Mr. Guan, he strode forward. Instead of kowtow and salute, he went up and took Zhu's hand to announce the good news.
Before Father Zhu could react, there were already echoing voices around him announcing the good news.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"I would like to congratulate the great king and congratulate the Ming Dynasty..."
"Your Majesty has such a heroic son, so why worry about the Ming Dynasty disappearing and the founding barbarians never being destroyed..."
"I would like to ask the king to take up his throne as soon as possible and ascend the throne as soon as possible!"
Some people started to persuade me to join!
Zhu Heji didn't want to stay on the pier with his father for too long... The weather was not very good at the moment, and dark clouds were gathering. If it started raining later, it would still be a big deal for everyone. The most important thing was Unlucky!
So he took Zhu Tianwang's hand, and the father and son walked out of the dock together, surrounded by a group of "Yellow Turban Confucians", got on the Ocean Horse that had been prepared long ago, and then the father and son went to the Five Immortals Gate together.
The area from Wuxianmen to Tianzi Pier in the outer city of Guangzhou has been under construction since Zhu Heji took control of Guangzhou. Now it has the outline of a prosperous commercial district - several straight streets have been built. The roads are paved with bluestone, which is very elegant!
On both sides of the street are construction sites covered with fences. Every construction site is under construction, and there are clanging sounds. When Zhu Heji and Zhu Tianwang led a large group of men to pass by on Qingshi Street, the craftsmen all put down their work, got out of the door on the fence, and stepped on the edge of the street. Wait and see.
At this time, both sides of the street were already crowded with Confucian scholars watching the excitement... These Confucian scholars were all wearing cross-collar robes, and most of them had swords. Their robes were made of different materials and colors, and there was basically no bright red. , light red and black robes. They also don’t wear red and yellow scarves. Some people don’t even have scarves. Instead, they wear a Qing Dynasty-style melon-pipe hat. This look is a bit strange!
"Baby boy," King Zhu Tian raised his riding whip, pointed at a few Confucian scholars wearing melon-skin hats on the roadside in front, and asked Zhu Heji beside him, "Where did those people wearing melon-skin hats come from? Why are the Banqing Dressed in half-light?"
In fact, Guangfu under Zhu Heji also allowed qualified men to grow braids and wear Qing-style robes - he still had to maintain trade with the Qing Dynasty! If someone just cuts a braid, wouldn't that mean there is no return?
However, these people with half-clear and half-clear clothing styles are not businessmen, but Confucian scholars who came to Guangzhou to take the exam.
Zhu Heji smiled and said to his father: "Dad, they all came to us from the prefectures and counties near Guangfu to take the exam... They are all scholars who support us as emperor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, I don't know who took the lead. People on both sides of the street suddenly cheered: "Long live the saint! Long live the king of the prison..."
Is this long live the mountains?
The feeling of King Zhu Tian came immediately, but it was still a little strange, so he asked his son for advice, "Shai Zai, who is the saint? Our emperor of Ming Dynasty does not seem to be called a saint, right?"
