Beijing, Zizhuyuan.
When Lama Ilaguk arrived here despite the severe cold and dust with the answers from Ge Erdan and his wife, Zhu Heji was in a large study room warmed by the fireplace with Zhu Tianwang, Zhuge Sanhe and Kun. Princess Xing discussed together the matter of building an imperial mausoleum for Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen actually already had an imperial mausoleum, which was the original tomb of Concubine Tian. Li Zicheng had Chongzhen and Empress Zhou buried there together. After the Qing Dynasty established the tripod in Beijing, they spent a little money to repair it casually and gave it the name "Si Ling".
However, Zhu Heji and King Zhu Tian could not recognize Siling. They had to call Siling Cangong, which means the place where the emperor's coffin is temporarily parked.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has regained Beijing, the Qing Dynasty has also become the Western Qing Dynasty - not the Northern Qing Dynasty, because Kangxi ran to the west, and Chongzhen was naturally buried in glory.
Of course, it was not only Chongzhen who needed a grand burial, but also the mourning emperors Zhu Cihong, Emperor Longwu, Emperor Shaowu, Emperor Yongli, Lu Supervisor Zhu Yihai, etc., all of whom had to be buried with splendor. Even if there are no bones left, a tomb must be built. Adding these five to Chongzhen, there are six tombs.
These are all big projects!
Of course, this big project will cost a lot of money, and although the Ming Dynasty is rich now, money does not come from strong winds, so it must be calculated carefully.
So Zhu Heji came up with a cheaper way...to build all six imperial tombs in Nanjing - Nanjing has a large population, abundant labor force, and also has cement factories and large red brick kilns. Caishiji can also provide enough stones, so the cost of building a mausoleum can be saved a lot.
Moreover, according to Zhu Heji's plan, Nanjing will be the main capital of the Ming Dynasty in the future, with Beijing and Haijing (Guangzhou) as companion capitals. Therefore, the emperor had to live in Nanjing for a long time, and these six imperial mausoleums were built in Nanjing to facilitate sacrifices...
While several people were discussing, Yan Yuan ran in happily, bowed to Zhu Heji, King Zhu Tian, and Princess Kunxing, and then reported: "Your Majesty, Lama Ilaguk is here again... .. He said that Ge Erdan had agreed to our conditions, agreed to be granted the title of King of Shunyi, agreed to the amount of the city reward, and was also preparing to send his nephew Cewang Alabutan to lead five thousand cavalrymen to Japan. Join the war.”
"Okay!" When Zhu Heji heard this, he immediately called. He smiled and said to King Zhu Tian: "Abba, do you see? This is Dedao Duozhu! Now Burni, Chang Ning, and Ge Erdan have all agreed to send troops... Burni also has five thousand Mongolian cavalry, and Chang Ning Send Ba Hai to command the Eight Banners with 20,000 troops, plus Ge Erdan’s 5,000 troops, this is an army of 30,000 troops! When North Korea heard that they were going to crusade against Japan, they were already excited and gathered together 50,000 to 60,000 expeditionary troops. Next words.
There are already almost 100,000 troops... If Japan does not surrender, it will only be dead! "
Can this be called Dodoshu?
King Zhu Tian and Princess Kunxing are both a little suspicious!
This Chang Ning is a Qing Yao, Burni is a Tatar, and Ge Erdan is the descendant of Grand Master Ye Xian who captured Ming Yingzong... His men are also Tatars who commit murder and arson.
If we gather these people together and make it clear that they are going to harm people, how can this be justified?
Zhu Heji knew that his father and Princess Kunxing still could not understand what "getting the way" meant, but he had no intention of explaining it. He just smiled and said to Yan Yuan: "Go and invite Lama Ilaguk to come in, and then prepare Banquet!"
"yes!"
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Japan, Edo Castle.
This city, the residence of the Tokugawa generals, has been shrouded in the shadow of the Ming Dynasty's imminent invasion for more than two years...Song Shilie and Feng Xifan came across the ocean in a Great Eastern-class warship, and for the first time they gave the original When the calm Japan brought the storm of "the Ming invaders are coming", it was still four years since the Ming Dynasty had been in charge of the country. Now it is the beginning of the second year of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the ninth year of Yanbao in Japan.
In the past two years or so, Japan's domestic political situation has also undergone great changes. First of all, the general has been replaced!
The general who now lives in the magnificent and luxurious Edo Castle is no longer the "Foolish Lord" Tokugawa Ietsuna, but the animal protector General Tokugawa Tsunayoshi known as the "Inu Lord".
He is the fourth son of the third shogun Iemitsu, the half-brother of the fourth shogun Ietsuna, and was originally the lord of the Tatebayashi Domain of 250,000 koku. After his stupid brother passed away, with the support of the shogunate veteran Hota Masatoshi, he was able to join the Tokugawa clan and take over the hot potato of "General Conquering the Barbarians".
The reason why the originally popular "General" became hot is of course because the Ming Dynasty is coming... This matter started to be clamored more than two years ago, and the senior shogunate officials at that time were not too worried. When Ming invaded, they thought Ming was just bluffing.
After all, Japan is a "divine country" blessed by the divine wind. The Yuan invaders were blown away by the divine wind twice in a row. The Ming Dynasty two years ago cannot be compared with Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty... ...At that time, there were still three pillars of power in China!
Therefore, the senior middlemen gave the most resolute response to Zhu Heji's request - the Tokugawa shogunate was not afraid of going to war!
After the response, because Zhu Heji had returned to his homeland to fight the civil war, the shogunate was relieved - the Japanese had also read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Several senior officials in the shogunate felt that the three kingdoms of Ming, Zhou and Qing would not be able to achieve a three-point unification within a few decades.
So they didn't prepare for war seriously and just lived a stable life. Then there was the death of Ietsuna and the crisis of general succession - because Ietsuna had no children, the elder Sakai who assisted Ietsuna in power wanted to get a Japanese prince to be a puppet general. But this didn't happen, otherwise it wouldn't be Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who has a headache now.
This "Dog Gongfang" was so happy that within a few days he got the bad news of Wu Zhou's surrender and the Qing Dynasty's Western Hunt!
The battle of the "Later Three Kingdoms", which was originally thought to last for decades, was basically decided in less than two years!
This time, the "Inu Gongfang" was so anxious that he didn't even have time to love the dog. He spent all day in the Shiro Shoin in Edo Castle with the big boss Hota Masatoshi and the old Naka Tsuchiya Masanao - the same Japanese in Soryaka. The unlucky guy who almost starved to death in the hotel is now an old man. If you can be considered a survivor, you will be blessed later, right?
However, this wealthy old man now had a crying look on his face and was reporting the Ming Dynasty's war preparations to the "Dog Gongfang" eloquently.
"Your Highness, it is reported that the Ming army is concentrating in southern Korea, and the number of troops may have exceeded 100,000!
It is said that the Ming Emperor will arrive soon...the invasion is imminent! "
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi looked again at Hotta, the big boss who supported him on stage.
Boss Hotta immediately said: "Don't worry, the envoys from the Netherlands and Spain have made it clear that they will not sit idly by... because Japan's surrender is not in the interest of both countries!"
"But... Mr. Hotta," Inugong asked, "Did the envoys from the Netherlands and Spain say how many reinforcements they can provide?"
"This..." Hota said, "They didn't make it clear...but they will definitely help us, that's for sure!
And we have no way to accept the conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty... We can't let the Emperor become a minister of the Ming Emperor, right? "
"Of course!" Inugongfang could only nod his head, "We really can't let His Majesty the Emperor bow down to the Ming Dynasty... This is really troublesome!"
Chapter 672: This means that if you are in good faith, you will get a lot of help, but if you are in bad faith, you will get little help! (Please vote for me, please recommend me)
